The ASO Chlef Chronicle
Market19 Nov 2035
Said Halliche puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at ASO Chlef, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market19 Nov 2035
One of our own: Sofiane Brahimi joins the ASO Chlef first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sofiane Brahimi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Nov 2035
ASO Chlef promote Said Tahrat from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Said Tahrat 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.
Market19 Nov 2035
One of our own: Abdelhak Guedioura joins the ASO Chlef first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Abdelhak Guedioura is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad19 Nov 2035
Hicham Belaili signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Hicham Belaili and ASO Chlef agree another 3 years.
The dugout19 Nov 2035
Naoufel Merdja has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at ASO Chlef will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout19 Nov 2035
The manager has not finished forgetting Aissa Benayada's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Squad19 Nov 2035
Hicham Zeffane, 20, is the weekend’s best young player
Measured against every other kid in the division and first among them. The senior award is where ASO Chlef would like this to lead.
Looking ahead19 Nov 2035
Chemseddine Bekkouche goes back to face CR Belouizdad
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Chemseddine Bekkouche’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and ASO Chlef needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Hicham Zeffane
- The dugout Aissa Benayada asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom The ASO Chlef academy earns its keep