0‑3 against CR Belouizdad, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Dorin Hagi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around ES Ben Aknoun the goodbyes have quietly begun.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at ES Ben Aknoun this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Redouane Bounoua and ES Ben Aknoun agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at ES Ben Aknoun is running low.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at ES Ben Aknoun this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sofiane Bellahcene and ES Ben Aknoun agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at ES Ben Aknoun this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Nobody left the ES Ben Aknoun dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 3 saves does not settle it either way.
Every manager in football claims to be building one of these and almost none of them can point at it. This one is visible: in who warms up with whom, in who gets picked up when a mistake is made, and in a group that has stopped being a list of names.
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at ES Ben Aknoun is running low.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at ES Ben Aknoun, and it is not being withdrawn.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at ES Ben Aknoun this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Ahmed Zaouache.
In brief
SquadLounas Adjout has become a man the manager trusts