The Al-Hazem Herald
Match7 Nov 2026
Afimico Pululu leads the rout of Al-Njoom
5‑0, and Afimico Pululu took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Al-Hazem tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Both of them Afimico Pululu's — 9.58
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.58, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match9 Nov 2026
Al-Hazem refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 31 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Vintage Omar Al-Somah — 8.92
At 37 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.92, and nobody on the pitch better.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Yahya Abu Dahi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Al-Hazem may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Al-Hazem
Sofiane Bendebka was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market9 Nov 2026
Al-Hazem promote Yasser Al-Ghamdi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yasser Al-Ghamdi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market9 Nov 2026
Ali Al-Otaibi steps up from the Al-Hazem academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ali Al-Otaibi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Elton Acolatse was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.29. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Elias Mokwana
- Squad Words at Al-Hazem training over how hard people work
- The dugout Hamad Al-Khaibari has his say