The Al-Fateh Gazette
Squad19 Oct 2026
Mourad Batna 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-Fateh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Abdullah Hassoun pulls a muscle — 18 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 18 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Adrian Šemper
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Al-Fateh against Al-Ahli
0‑2 to Al-Ahli, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Al-Fateh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marwane Saâdane is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Abdullah Al-Mansour left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Al-Fateh pick somebody else ahead of Sami Al-Naji
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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Saeed Baattia asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Looking ahead19 Oct 2026
Faisal Darisi goes back to face Najran
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Faisal Darisi’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Al-Fateh needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Player ratings Lukáš Haraslín beats them one at a time
- Market The Saad Al-Sharfa question follows Al-Fateh around
- Squad Tadjou Alidou: “I am not a substitute”