The ES Setif Sentinel
Match16 Feb 2036
The run at home goes on for ES Setif
14 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Player ratings18 Feb 2036
Ibrahim Adel, 34, rolls back the years — 7.99
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.99 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match16 Feb 2036
ES Setif cannot stop winning
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad18 Feb 2036
Oscar Destiny in a row with a teammate
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 Setif this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Feb 2036
Iyad Mohamed falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market18 Feb 2036
Sofiane Halliche steps up from the ES Setif academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sofiane Halliche 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.
Market18 Feb 2036
Karim Belaili steps up from the ES Setif academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Karim Belaili 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.
Market18 Feb 2036
One of our own: Omar Touba joins the ES Setif first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Omar Touba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Feb 2036
Abdelkader Belaili steps up from the ES Setif academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdelkader Belaili 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.
In brief
- Match ES Setif see off ES Ben Aknoun
- Squad Houssem Tarzout is carrying ES Setif
- The dugout Abdelkader Feghouli: “That is the standard”