The El Masry Chronicle
Player ratings1 Dec 2031
Nobody could get near Prince Ukachukwu
Successful dribbles: 38. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match29 Nov 2031
Still nobody has beaten El Masry
The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match29 Nov 2031
The run at home goes on for El Masry
15 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Player ratings1 Dec 2031
A brace, and Abdulmajid Aminu takes the afternoon — 8.29
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Abdulmajid Aminu provided it, and the 8.29 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout1 Dec 2031
Karim Ashour keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” El Masry may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad1 Dec 2031
A falling-out at El Masry
Karim El Eraki and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad1 Dec 2031
A row about effort at El Masry
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Moussa Ndiaye was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match29 Nov 2031
El Masry get the job done against Haras El Hodoud
A 2‑0 win over Haras El Hodoud, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout1 Dec 2031
Mohamed Shokry gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Boardroom Wages eat 112% of everything El Masry earn
- The dugout Hossam Mohsen has his say
- The dugout Abdulmajid Aminu asks for a word with the manager