Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 119. (Read 127313 times)

Actually I agree with what you said about the defense and the quality of the players in the very weak defense line that Al Nassr currently has.
At the beginning of this season all the fans hoped that Al Nassr could start the season better than last season but it turned out that the start of this season was not very good.
Al Nassr may have European star players like Ronaldo but it is impossible for Al Nassr to only rely on Ronaldo because a club that wants to compete at the top should have perfect players in every line.
Now the problem has not been resolved and the coach should immediately fix the weaknesses that Al Nassr has.

Al Nassr do not have good players in every position compared to Al Hilal. However, Al Hilal was better at placing the best players or the best options in every position. I also think there is a difference in the technical director. They have one of the best players in the world by far, Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano is still contributing to the team at the highest level despite being 40 years old. Despite this, they still lose in the finals. The only explanation for this can be the difference in the technical director. The Saudi Arabian League will be watched more this year than last year, that is for sure.

To be honest, I actually see Osimhen move to SPL as a coercion for Osimhen, so far Osimhen has no intention to play in the Arab League because after all he still has the ability to play in a competitive league in Europe, especially his young age allows for Osimhen to be able to further improve his career in the future, I don't know what is the reason why Napoli refuses to sell Osimhen to PSG,  Arsenal and Chelsea are therefore more inclined to accept offers from Al Ahli although the offers made by PSG, Arsenal and Chelsea before are still better than Al Ahli today, but even so I congratulate Al Ahli if Al Ahli succeeds in recruiting one of the great strikers of the moment even though maybe Osimhen will not be happy with that Napoli decision.
According to Fabrizio, Napoli have reached an agreement with Al Ahli for 80 million euros but so far they are still waiting for the green light from Osimhen to realize the transfer, reportedly in addition to Osimhen, Al Ahli is also considering recruiting Ivan Toney as an alternative if Osimhen does not want to move to the current Arab League.

Al Hilal definitely plays a good football, there isn't really any shock there, but the fact that they have been getting this many wins and not losing for this long is still incredible. They do not have a Ronaldo or a Benzema or any "star" that is world famous, sure they have some good European players but nobody that is a Ballon d'or winner or candidate to be fair.

They technically have Neymar if I am not wrong he is still there but he doesn't play at all so it doesn't really mean much. He doesn't play and he is injured, so he doesn't really mean anything for the team at all. I believe that Al Hilal is getting to a point where they may end up building some dynasty there and it might be very hard to defeat them after a while.

Guys, is this a dream? The best African player is one step away from moving here and Napoli has reportedly agreed to the transfer value given by Al-Ahli.

I didn't expect a great player like Osimhen to be here and it would be a landslide if he made his decision. The fee offered by Al-Ahli is around 80m euros but the most tempting thing is the salary that Osimhen can earn, which is up to 30m euros per season.

Al-Ahli will have a dangerous striker this season and there is no doubt that they will be a productive team considering that the former Serie A top scorer will shake up the Saudi league. Al-Ahli have also ordered a medical test for Osimhen and they seem impatient to wait for Osimhen's answer.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1829419337062441058

Well, that the main advantage that Ronaldo has, indeed he is getting older but he is able to really keep his body fit and has healthy lifestyle that makes him still able to perform impressively until now, it is very rare for players to be able to do all this at the same age.
What is clear is that now Al Nassr has really had perfect squad, Talisca has also started to show how he has really recovered and can help Al Nassr to win after last season getting injury problems and having to be absent for several weeks.
With full strength like this, Al Nassr chances of being able to rise again and compete for the championship title can be even more open, they will be one of the favorite teams besides Al Hilal in the fight for the title this season.

Ronaldo has short contract with Al Nassr and they will definitely fight for the SPL title before really losing Ronaldo, it would be shame if all this ended without single important title they won.

Competitive race for the SPL title this season would be entertaining for everyone, especially the supporters. Al Nassr are strong enough but consider them on the other hand, they need to make crucial upgrades for better chances of winnings, not in league games but in finals against Al Hilal. Al Nassr have problem and fixing them should be their priority. Remember every club have their weaknesses and Al Nassr own is opened to their pre-eminent rival, clearly referring to Al Hilal. The Knights of Najd have huge problem and dealing them will definitely take time.

Yes, Al Hilal gets 3 points, they win again the match. Sure, it is not an easy match, Damac was leading but Al Hilal players always know the way to win the match. They scored 2 goals in minute 73' and 84'. Again, Mitrovic becomes the hero of Al Hilal team, this man is unstoppable scoring more and more goals. Scoring 2 goals in this match, Mitrovic is leading the top scorer table now. And with this result, Al Hilal is leading the chance to win again SPL trophy this season. Surprisingly, there is no Al Nassr and Al Ahli in the top 3 of SPL standings now. We have Al Hilal, Al Ittihad, and Al Qadisiyah in the top 3.  



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Other than the good performance and good financial situation they have in Al Hilal they have good players in this team too.
This a definitely a great win for both Saudi Arabia country and Al Hilal to have some players in the step stronger teams. Saud Abdulhamid the Saudi player of Al Hilal officially joined Roma and he going to play in the Serie in this season.
He played in 66 games for Al Hilal and 28 games for Saudi Arabia.

it is true that Al Nassr has no problem scoring goals, but on the contrary, their defense is quite weak. last season we saw that the number of goals scored by Al Nassr and Al Hilal was not much different. but Al Nassr conceded quite a lot.
if Al Nassr wants to compete for the trophy this season, they should have evaluated last season. and now they have to do better. not only focus on collecting points, but they could also lose by goal difference. and that would be very painful for them.

Al Hillal is one of the clubs that I think has a very perfect balance in the league, their defense, midfield and attack are very compact in every game they play, so it is very natural that at the beginning of the season we all think if they will win the league again, Al Nassr has been a rival for Al Hillal since the arrival of Ronaldo but when we hope that both teams can present a match like El Classico when facing their each other but actually Al Hillal didn't get strong resistance from Al Nassr at all, Al Nassr won the match against Al Fayha with a big score but aren't they really very easy opponents?

Currently to be able to break or offset al Hillal dominance of course Al Nassr must be able to strengthen their very poor defense, Currently Al Hillal has managed to recruit joao cancelo to more strengthen their defense, Likewise with Al Nassr who managed to recruit Wesley from Corinthians at this time but unfortunately Al Nassr is focusing on the attacking line because Wesley position is a striker, besides that it is reported that currently Al Nassr is negotiating with Leipzig to get Mo Simakan who is positioned as a Center Back, I hope that Mo Simakan transfer will be realized soon because he can be a good addition to Al Nassr defense.

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News about Mo Simakan : https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1829188519811596658?t=yZu1sZZt3VlnlwULhI2r4Q&s=19

Al Hilal has loaded. Attack, defense, the guy does it all; Cancelo is revolutionary. True, they seem to be the favorites. However Al Nassr? Not count them yet; not yet. Early on they stammered, but that against Al-Feiha? That was an observation. Ronaldo is already scoring really brilliantly. Their firepower is sufficient for a run. This relates more than only Neymar or Ronaldo. About who shows up week in, week out. Al Nassr has to tighten, particularly in relation to the big lads like Al Hilal. Head-to-head challenges? Those are going to be wars. Al Hilal right now has momentum. But the far from finished this league is

They are already back acting all tough again this season and it’s almost as if they are continuing from where they stopped last season. Doesn’t matter if they are 2 goals down they will always win the match no matter what, i don’t think there is any team in the league that is capable of challenging them for the title. Al Nassr looks a bit close but they are still not uptil the task yet at least not this season because they already dropped a point and are behind them already at just the start of the season.

I don’t see any competition because Al Nassr still didn’t solve the problem they had last season campaign, they concede a lot and to challenge Al Hilal you need to at least reduce your conceding rate by improving their defensive line. There is still a little time to strengthen their defense before the transfer deadline.

European league tournaments are definitely much tougher and more popular than the ones organized by the Saudi League, but Ronaldo scoring for Al Nasser in the Saudi League is very easy for him if we say so, then our perception is completely wrong. When Ronaldo played for Real Madrid, his effort was less because he played in the finishing position and the ball came to him from every position on the field to finish and he could do that very well. But he can't do the same for Nasser as he certainly doesn't have the same team-mates in Saudi Arabia as he had at Real Madrid, which means he has to be content with relatively few goals while trying more. I hope no one has any complaints about Ronaldo's football career and we can consider the football game he is gifting now as a bonus for us.

I was a bit surprised to see the result of this match because I thought Al-Hilal would win easily because against a weak team, I said this team is a weak team because Al-Damac only finished in 10th place last season and I don't expect anything from their efforts but the fact is that Al-Damac is a great team with a strong mentality, conceding early did not disturb their concentration and continue to try to catch up unfortunately Al-Hilal was still able to secure the 3 points while also strengthening their position at the top of the standings.

Today we have one match between Al-Ittihad vs Al-Taawoun and Al-Ittihad are clearly the favorites when playing at home, Al-Ittihad also started the season well after winning their first match and Al-Ittihad still need another win to move into the top 3 on the other hand Al-Taawoun also won their first match so this match will be more interesting because there is no team with the label of weak team. I think both teams will score and at least 3 goals these are 2 interesting bets, imo.

Before the match ended, there was no word of defeat for Al Hilal and they proved it in this match. They were ahead at the end of the first half, but then Damac was able to equalize at the beginning of the second half and they were also able to turn things around to 2-1 in the 53rd minute. However, Al Hilal did not give up, they continued to make attacks and finally they were able to equalize in the 73rd minute.
They thought they would get a draw after the time showed only 5 minutes left in normal time. However, they managed to score again and at the same time secure victory in this match. It's not that easy to beat Al Hilal.

yes of course Al-hilal so far has been extraordinary because it started the season well and of course now Al-hilal has won 6 points and now Al-hilal has succeeded in being at the top of the standings. if Al-nassr at the beginning of this season in my opinion Al-nassr did not win because they drew against Al-Raed and of course I thought Al-nassr would not be able to compete with Al-hilal again. but if you look at Al-nassr's 2nd match this season yes I also see of course I see Al-nassr stepping in a good direction and indeed Al-nassr's performance recovered, namely when playing against Al-feiha and improved because Al-feiha was defeated by Al-nassr with a fantastic score of 4-1.

yes of course Cristiano Ronaldo is very good because he started this season well because he scored 2 goals. yes of course the competition will definitely be no less exciting than last season. and surely Al-hilal and Al-nassr will compete again to win the title and of course because at the beginning of the season we cannot easily predict which team will compete tightly until the end of the season because there are always teams that make surprises and extraordinary developments like Al-Ettifaq indeed Al-Ettifaq's performance is very good because until now at the beginning of this season they have never lost.

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but of course Al-hilal and Al-nassr will definitely be favored because these two teams are very strong and of course Al-hilal by presenting Cancelo from Manchester City will certainly make its performance stronger and of course if Neymar has recovered from his injury, of course Al-hilal's strength will be difficult to match by any SPL club. yes, let's just see what happens at the end of the season and of course what I'm waiting for the most is when Al-nassr plays Al-hilal and we will see whether Al-nassr will always lose to Al-hilal or not.

I was also quite impressed with Damac in that match. Because I think even though they didn't have many opportunities to attack and penetrate Al-Hilal's defense, when they had a moment to attack and get a chance then we could see they converted it well. Maybe if Damac had a better squad then this team could be a very real threat to Al-hilal. It is very rare for a team to score 2 goals against Al-Hilal. But Damac managed to do it.

Regarding Al-nassr, currently they definitely hope that the Al-taawoun vs Al-ittihad match can end in a draw. because this will keep Al-nassr safe in its current position. Apart from that, Al-nassr also definitely hopes that Al-khaleej will not win in today's match against Al-shabab because Al-khaleej also has the potential to overtake Al-nassr if they succeed in winning today's match.

Al-nassr managed to collect full points on matchday 2 this season. And on matchday 2, I felt that Al-nassr was starting to play better. Especially Talisca, who seems to have started to regain her confidence in the attacking line. I hope they continue their good performance.

What we see in Al Hillal is no different from Leverkusen in the Bundesliga last season where they are indeed very difficult to beat, besides that it seems that for now Al Hillal is a team that continues to be avoided by defeats as seen in yesterday match against Damac, last season they were able to win the league without a single defeat and maybe even they will continue that achievement until this season, although it is difficult but if you look at the performance, consistency, mentality and unyielding attitude possessed by Al Hillal, of course it is not impossible if Al Hillal can win two consecutive seasons without defeat.

Mitrovic continues to be the difference in every match that Al hillal plays and with his additional two goals in that match makes him temporarily the top scorer with 4 goals, Al hillal has become the team that has dominated the SPL the most in the last two seasons and we can say that they are a team that has a very perfect squad at the moment but in the near future they will soon inaugurate a new player (joao cancelo) that they got from Manchester City.

I thought this would be Al-Hilal's first defeat since last season but I was wrong because this team never gave up until the end. Al-Hilal secured 3 points after playing a tough match against Damac and I think they deserve to win the Saudi league title again if they always show their champion mentality.

Initially Al-Hilal took the lead before half time through Mitrovic's goal but not long after the advantage was immediately replied by Damac with two quick goals in the 49th and 53rd minutes which gave the away team a chance to beat Al-Hilal. But it failed after Al Juwayr and Mitrovic completed the score needed to win this match and I am still amazed at how strong Al-Hilal are even though the pressure is clearly on them. 6 perfect points from 2 matches still make Al-Hilal the temporary leader of the standings and they really deserve it.