RAMY: ABSENCE LONGER THAN EXPECTED

Last weekend Borussia Monchengladbach lost the derby to Schalke 2-0, with Ramy Bensebaini missing the game through injury and it could be more serious than expected. Borussia’s best player of the month in December suffered a muscle injury and was due to return this week. However, Borussia Monchengladbach coach Marco Rose said the left full-back’s…

CHEIKH NIASSE AROUSES LUST

Versatile, powerful and athletic, Cheikh Niasse is able to position himself with the central defenders at the restart, he has an interesting technical quality for a player of this athletic presence. He is also able to play as a relay midfielder, able to launch offensive transitions but also to retrieve many balls in midfield .…

BREACH OF CONTRACT FOR KARIM HAFEZ

Egyptian international left-back Karim Hafez is one of 11 players who were released by Turkish club Kasimpasa during their January reconstruction. After two years at two different clubs, it seems that Karim Hafez‘s Turkish tour ends with his release by Kasimpasa. The Istanbul club have struggled on the pitch this season, finding themselves in 14th…

KOUAMÉ ARRIVES AT THE ESTAC

Born in Lopou (Ivory Coast) on 17 December 1996, Rominigue Kouamé has dual Malian (his mother is Malian) and Ivorian nationality. It was in his native country that he started playing football, at the age of seven, initially for fun, before being spotted playing in the Youpoguon district of Abidjan. He then joined the Majestic…

ZIZO OFFERS VICTORY TO HIS CLUB AGAINST ASWAN

Zamalek beat Aswan by a comfortable 2-0 margin despite Tarek Hamed’s dismissal early in the second half. Zamalek XI: Abu-Gabal; Ahmed Eid, Mahmoud Alaa, Mahmoud El-Wensh, Abdel-Shafy; Hamed, Sassi, Obama; Bencharki, Zizo, Mustafa Mohamed. Although he dominated the early proceedings, Zamalek struggled to make an initial breakthrough against the resilient Aswan back line. The stalemate…

FIRST GOAL FOR HICHAM BOUDAOUI

In only his second start in Ligue 1 this season, Algerian international midfielder Hicham Boudaoui scored his first-ever goal on Ligue 1 fields. The former Paradou academician, who started the match against Toulouse on Saturday 21 December 2019 as a right-winger (he is better in the centre, let’s hope he doesn’t follow the same path…