Darvin Chávez

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14 Edition

The El Dakhleya Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Sherif Dabo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Abdelnasr Mohamed

27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. El Dakhleya lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Up for the corner, and Luis Arias delivers — 7.54

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Luis Arias scored, was marked 7.54, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Darvin Chávez 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 El Dakhleya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Chiquinho Alagoano stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Chiquinho Alagoano and El Dakhleya agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Lawal Muritala 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.

In brief

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13 Edition

The El Dakhleya Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Abdelnasr Mohamed

34 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. El Dakhleya lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Mohamed Abdelnasser says El Dakhleya went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Tempers go at El Dakhleya

Darvin Chávez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

7 Edition

The El Dakhleya Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad14 Sep 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Abdelnasr Mohamed

80 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. El Dakhleya lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match12 Sep 2026

No end in sight to El Dakhleya's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at El Dakhleya has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at El Dakhleya

Darvin Chávez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad14 Sep 2026

José Rodrigo Lugo 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.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Sherif Dabo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market14 Sep 2026

Talks stall between El Dakhleya and Kolawole Sheriff

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

6 Edition

The El Dakhleya Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Sep 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Abdelnasr Mohamed

87 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. El Dakhleya lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

El-Amir Hossam pops up at the right end — 7.01

7.01, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

The El Dakhleya board want somebody sold

The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.

Match5 Sep 2026

4 matches without a win for El Dakhleya

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around El Dakhleya are no longer polite ones.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Darvin Chávez 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 El Dakhleya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at El Dakhleya training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. José Rodrigo Lugo 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

No hiding place for El Sayed Salem

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to El Sayed Salem, and the manager let it.

Match5 Sep 2026

El Dakhleya hit back inside 2 minutes

Police Union held the lead for 2 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. El Dakhleya answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.

Match5 Sep 2026

El Dakhleya and Police Union take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

4 Edition

The El Dakhleya Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad24 Aug 2026

Abdelnasr Mohamed damages knee ligaments — 102 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 102 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market24 Aug 2026

Abdelnaser Mohamed hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what El Dakhleya can pretend not to have heard.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Sherif Dabo 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 El Dakhleya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at El Dakhleya training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. José Rodrigo Lugo 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Darvin Chávez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Darvin Chávez, and the manager let it.

Match22 Aug 2026

Zamalek take the points off El Dakhleya

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief