The Gazelle Herald
Squad11 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Mohamed Hamami out for 144 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gazelle will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The knee: Abdelaziz Makine out for 35 days
35 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Gazelle lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Vintage Fawzi Ouaamar — 8.01
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.01, and nobody on the pitch better.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Ezechiel Haroun is a medical away from Gazelle
The deal with AS Algoy is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Gazelle
Brahim Sabaouni 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Gazelle are running out of bodies
4 out, and the manager is picking from what is left rather than from what he wanted. Seasons are not lost in the treatment room, but they are rarely won from it.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Door shut on Thobani Gumede
Gazelle asked and Golden Arrows said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match9 Jan 2027
Fawzi Ouaamar the difference as Gazelle beat Stars Jeunes Talents
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Fawzi Ouaamar. 2‑1 against Stars Jeunes Talents, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market11 Jan 2027
One of our own: Brahim Haroun joins the Gazelle first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brahim Haroun is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Mohamed Hamami gets it from the manager
- The dugout A satisfied Issa Abakar
- The dugout Ezechiel Bechir dropped after a run of poor form