Khalid Eisa

Goalkeeper - Al Ain
12 Jan 2027
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Marked for Khalid Eisa

24 Edition

The Al Ain Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match9 Jan 2027

Caio Lucas leads the rout of Al Nasr

5‑2, and Caio Lucas took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Al Ain tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Khalid Eisa stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad11 Jan 2027

A day Caio Lucas will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Market11 Jan 2027

Al Ain say no — this time

The offer from Emirates Club for Abdoulkarim Traoré was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market11 Jan 2027

Abdullah Al Suwaidi wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Al Ain

Valentino Lazaro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Gustavo Ulguim is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

A masterclass from Caio Lucas

Marked 10.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match9 Jan 2027

Caio Lucas among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Caio Lucas on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Al Ain and Al Nasr.

In brief

Back issues
18 Edition

The Al Ain Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match28 Nov 2026

13 unbeaten for Al Ain

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 13 matches without defeat is a foundation Al Ain did not have in the autumn.

Squad30 Nov 2026

3 goals for Soufiane Rahimi

The match ball belongs to Soufiane Rahimi, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Soufiane Rahimi 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 Al Ain this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match28 Nov 2026

Soufiane Rahimi among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Soufiane Rahimi on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Al Ain and Al Shabab.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

A masterclass from Soufiane Rahimi

Marked 9.86 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match28 Nov 2026

Soufiane Rahimi the difference as Al Ain beat Al Shabab

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Soufiane Rahimi. 4‑2 against Al Shabab, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Khalid Eisa

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom30 Nov 2026

129% of the income goes out in wages at Al Ain

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Valentino Lazaro was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.26. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief

  • Player ratings Caio Lucas was on a different afternoon to everybody else
  • Player ratings Ninety minutes of Matías Palacios at his very best
  • Match The half-term report on Al Ain