The Al Ain Chronicle
Squad16 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Matías Palacios 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.
Match14 Nov 2026
Kodjo Laba’s goal not enough for Al Ain
Kodjo Laba scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Sharjah, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Modou Niang
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Mohammed Bu Sanda
“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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Al Ain pick somebody else ahead of Ilyass Lagrimi
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
Jônatas keeps scoring at Al Nasr
8 appearances away from home and 2 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
The pass was always on for Soufiane Rahimi
Chances created: 5. Somebody has to open a door before anybody can walk through it, and he spent the afternoon opening doors.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
Amadou Niang first choice at Saipa
14 starts and a season average of 6.53. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
In brief
- Player ratings The referee tires of Kouamé Autonne
- Loan watch Mohammed Abbas first choice at Gostaresh Foulad