Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 125. (Read 111761 times)

Competition is always good, if one team always does well and if only one player's individual performance surpasses all other players, then we will not like that game or that individual performance. Al Nasr is definitely a strong club and they have strong opponents in their league which is why their league is so talked about. Al Nakher won the league title last season if they won the league title this season but on the contrary if Al Hilal couldn't compete then we wouldn't be talking much about this league. Hopefully next season Al Nass will bring more players to their club and increase the strength of their club

The big win over abha is certainly not surprising for me, because if we look at the quality and also the performance of the two teams today of course inversely proportional, besides that we can see if abha this season is not a very strong team in the league and even they they now have to work hard enough to survive the relegation zone in the remaining two games of the season,  Abha are by far the team that has conceded the most goals in the league and even worse than Al Hazem who are bottom of the Arab League this season, with 84 goals conceded certainly indicates that Abha is the team that has the worst defense of the season in the Arab League.

Currently many players who used to play in the English league fill the al ahli squad, so indeed the squad depth they have is quite good this season, but unfortunately they are still unable to compete in the race for the Saudi Arabian league championship title this season, with the squad depth they have now of course al ahli has the potential to continue to be able to compete in the championship next season,  So far the performance possessed by Firmino is of course quite good, but unfortunately Firmino goal contribution at Al Ahli can not helped Al Ahli to be able to challenge for the title.

The truth is that Cristiano Ronaldo have done exceptionally well for his club Al Nassr since he was signed to the club last year winter transfer window. Before his arrival like you rightly said, the club was doing exceptionally well and was considered as one of the best clubs in the league but they never had the sort of global exposure as they have now that Cristiano Ronaldo is part of the club and that's why all lot of people who started following the development at the club have been small knowledge of gow the club was performing before Cristiano Ronaldo joined.
The Portuguese superstar's job as the club's main striker is to score a lot of goals and that obligation he has fulfilled very well but despite him impressive number of goals, the club is still struggling to win trophies. Hopefully they're going to do better next season.

Yes it is these exceptional seasons that are confusing at times If you look at Bayer Leverkusen and how they won the title, it is far from normality. Al-Hilal played a season that they will probably never be able to repeat.

But apart from that, I guess Ronaldo would at least want to win the title once. Being the too scorer is one thing and probably the only thing that counts for him, but leaving Saudi Arabia one day without having won the title once would be quite bad for a guy who thinks he is above everyone else

Al-Nasr lost in the title race, but I would not say that this season was a failure for them as a whole. As I heard, this season they scored more points than they have ever scored, and if not for the phenomenal run of Al-Hilal, then in a “regular” season this would have been enough for the title. I hope next season will be more competitive and the intrigue will continue until the end of the season.

To be fair Al Nassr was considered one of the best teams in the league even before Ronaldo, and one of the reasons for that was Talisca, and also they had Aboubhakar who played well enough.

Now they have Ronaldo, and the dude scored the most goals so I do give him his due credit, he did play well, but I do not know what made everyone else so bad, it is not like he is some midfielder who didn't pass, dude is a striker, he is not a winger like his youth anymore, he is just a top goalscorer at the striker position which is what he can only do, and he still have a team that gets worse the more he plays. Maybe it is basically because on the big games he is usually not there, maybe the fact that he scored bunch of goals to easy opponents and then fail to score against bigger teams.

Al Ahli seems to need to recruit a top European manager to be able to become a team challenging for the title next season, meanwhile they also have to add depth to the squad, because the current point difference reflects that Al Ahli strength is still far less than Al Hilal and Al Nassr . However, Fermino and his colleagues are still very lucky, unlike Al Ittihad which experienced a significant decline in performance. There are two matches remaining in the Saudi Pro League, and mathematically Al Ahli will finish in 3rd place in the standings.

Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Al Ahli and Al Ittihad have abundant financial strength, because they are under the auspices of the PIF. It is hoped that these four teams can make the competition more competitive, so in my opinion these four teams will move actively to recruit new players in the next transfer window. But it would be better if they didn't just focus on players, they also needed to recruit top managers to make the competition for trophies more interesting.

Al abha was a shitty team. that's al ahly was destroying it. Look at abha's stats. 0 shoot on target. How can this club draw or won the game without even making a single shoot to the al ahli's goal keeper? No doubt that if this club will be relegated soon. There must be a better club to replace abha next season.

It was fukin ez bet for sure. Ahli's far superior than abha. Abha like a mediocre club that was only lucky enough in playing on saudi pro league.


Mahrez and kessi scored without even putting a lot of efforts. No doubt that since abha was a mediocre club. Ahli deserves it. Abha has no motivation to play seriously in this game as they will be relegated to the lower level soon.

Goodbye abha.

Al Hilal is no doubt very strong in domestic league. But when it is in AFC champions league, Al Hilal was defeated by Al Ain. This is the only proof that Al Hilal actually has a weakness and can be defeated. If Al Nassr can improve their defense and midfield, I think Al Nassr can defeat Al Hilal, too. In the last meeting, Al Nassr almost defeated Al Hilal if they can defend their leading until the end of the match. Sadly, Al Hilal can steal a single goal when the match was almost over.

People who blame Ronaldo should be the haters of Ronaldo. Common football fans mustn't blame Ronaldo, we all know Ronaldo actually performed very well this season. He is the top scorer in Saudi league, he also becomes one of the players who delivered most assists. And he also contributed to give an assist for Otavio's goal when Al Nassr played against Al Hilal.

You're right. Al Nassr defense is always the problem, I don't know why Al Nassr doesn't focus on improving their defense. I expect the defense will be better in the next season, Al Nassr needs to sign some strong defenders. They can't rely on the attackers only to win the match. Al the lines must have quality players, all of them must be strong to compete with Al Hilal for the trophy.



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The number of goals scored by Firmino is not as many as Feran Al Brikan, who is more often used by Jassiel as the main striker than Firmino, that's why it looks like Firmino is not very sharp as a striker, even his number of goals is below Karim Benzema.
I see that Al-Ahli's victory over Abha with a big score is normal because Abha has lost many times with big scores this season to other teams, even in the first meeting this season Al-Ahli beat Abha with a bigger score 6-0, and Abha became the team with the most goals conceded even compared to Al-Hazm who were below them.

What makes me curious is how Al-Ahli will be next season? Will they be better in terms of becoming title contenders, because it seems like this season they can't do that, their points are far apart even from Al-Nassr who are in second place in the standings, even more from Al-Hilal, champions this season.

In the last match, Al-Ahli successfully beat Abha with a score of 5-1 and that was another big win for Al-Ahli before the season ended. I didn't expect a team that initially had difficulties when facing a relatively weak team to win by so many goals and this is what they should do with such great squad depth.

Apart from the local players who scored goals, there were other well-known names such as Mahrez and Kessie who also scored goals in this match and it was a very good thing for them to continue to coordinate in achieving their goals. On the other hand, I'm actually curious about Firmino's development considering that he is one of the good strikers in the Saudi league and his name is quite low so far if we look closely.

Yes indeed Al Hilal are very superior when they are in the Saudi Pro League, they can withstand every opponent they face and make them never lose so far, there are only 2 matches left in the league and they will finish it in my opinion. Al Hilal has been successful and they managed to defend the championship title. They did this even when they had problems with the player they brought in very expensively, namely Neymar. This player did not contribute anything, because he was only struggling with the injury he suffered.
Talking about their transfer which in my opinion "failed", I think they were too hasty in considering and deciding to recruit Neymar. Because Neymar is a player who has a history of continuous injuries, that should have been one of their considerations before deciding to bring in Neymar, and we can see now what they feel, yes they are just wasting money paying for players who have injury problems.

Defense is the main problem that Al Nassr has this season, they conceded 38 times and that is one of the factors they failed this season. In fact, the number of goals they scored was more than the teams below them. Even though they have a very good attack line and can score a lot of goals during this season, it still cannot cover their weaknesses in defense. That is homework they have to complete.

On the other hand, we can see how solid Al Hilal's performance is, they are strong at the back and they are also very good in the attack line, their midfield can maintain balance very well so they really deserve to be champions this season. They have never been defeated in the Saudi Pro League, which is a very good record. And even though they have been able to secure the title, they can still maintain their unbeaten record in the Saudi Pro League. Maybe they are pursuing that target this season, to be able to end the season without defeat.

Al Hilal does look very strong this season in fact no club has been able to break its unbeaten record except in the LCA when they faced Al Ain, Al Hilal suffered defeat and was eliminated from the LCA competition but in the SPL Al Hilal is the strongest club and is better than Al Nassr in terms of player performance and no one has been able to break this record, even Al Nassr almost did it but again had to be thwarted by Al Hilal's last goal because Al Nassr awarded a penalty to Al Hilal in the last minute.

I was quite amazed by the quick goal made by Al Nassr. I thought Al Hilal was not ready to defend its defense so Al Nassr was able to create a quick goal but unfortunately the quick goal was not able to be defended by Al Nassr by making 3 shots. There were no additional goals by Al Nassr. . There's no need to blame Ronaldo too much, however, he tried his best and he was even the one who provided the assist to help Otavinho score that goal.

Its interesting to compare the seasons Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal have had. Of course, Al-Nassr have looked good, but their competitors have outshone them. I think the coaches' experience and familiarity have been very important. Jorge Jesus managed in the Saudi league before taking over Al-Hilal, he knows what to anticipate. At almost every club, he's won trophies. But Castro was fresh to the league and may have struggled to adjust. Impressive that Al-Hilal is league undefeated. They join Leverkusen and other relentless teams this season. Seeing what occurs when an immovable item meets an unstoppable force would be great! Overall, you're right regarding the Saudi league's rise. greater big names mean greater attention. Having the appropriate coach will help Al-Nassr keep up and push Al-Hilal.

I am sure that there will definitely be a change in Al Nassr. They were favorites together with Al Hilal at the beginning of the year, but towards the end of the season they went towards becoming champions without even a single defeat. Al Hilal is one of the undefeated teams along with Leverkusen. I hope they will meet in a friendly match this year and this unbeaten streak will end. Of course, Al Hilal lost in the Asian cup, but Leverkusen was undefeated in the UEL. They are having a good season. The Saudi league will become an even more important league next year.

Ronaldo this season has great potential to end the season with the title of top scorer but it is indeed incomplete without the championship trophy title that can be achieved by al nassr, being the top scorer without a club that wins the league is certainly not unusual in my opinion because so far there that have been many things happening in the top European leagues,  Like Kane and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Ronaldo performance this season is quite good and it can even be said that if he is in his best form if we see his age, Ronaldo ability and sharpness in scoring certainly makes Al Nassr able to compete at the top level even though it is not able to make Al Nassr become champions this season.

Al Nassr failure to win the league certainly cannot be attributed to Ronaldo because after all, 33 goals and 11 assists from 29 Al Nassr games in all competitions are clear evidence of Ronaldo contribution to Al Nassr this season, Ronaldo good performance is not able to improve Al Nassr performance and it is fitting that Al Nassr conduct a thorough evaluation of the squad and also the performance of their coach next season,  If al nassr really want to compete for the championship next season, of course Al Nassr should bring in some new players to add to the quality of the club, besides it seems that the coach of Al Nassr this season is no longer worth maintaining next season.

Talisca's absence did not cause Al-Nassr's attack line to decline. Because having Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane there is enough to keep Al-Nassr's attack line strong.

But still, Talisca is one of the most reliable players when he is paired with Cristiano Ronaldo. In fact, honestly, I see that Cristiano Ronaldo and Talisca's collaboration is better than Mane's. This happened because Talisca has been playing with Cristiano Ronaldo since last season. Meanwhile, Mane is only in this season. But at the end of this season, when Talisca had to be absent due to injury, we could see that Mane was indeed able to work well with Cristiano Ronaldo. It's just that everything would be more perfect if Talisca was there too. In fact, I'm sure that if Talisca hadn't been injured, this player would probably have been the player who scored the third most goals this season in the SPL.

We should look at Al Nassr performance in several matches as whole this season, if we compare Ronaldo and Talisca, it is clear that Ronaldo is far superior and with Ronaldo Al Nassr is able to improve his performance more strongly.
We can say that Al Nassr without Talisca can still play well because of Ronaldo, but remember that when Ronaldo was absent from the match it was also thanks to Talisca and Mane that Al Nassr was still able to play well, everything will come back to how solid Al Nassr squad.
Moreover, Talisca is also quite sharp striker like Ronaldo and so far when there are 3 core players Ronaldo, Talisca and Mane, Al Nassr attack line is truly perfect, just look at the collaboration between these three players when carrying out attacks which is very dangerous.

Many people hope that Talisca can recover for next season and he can return to playing for Al Nassr, so that competition for points and winning every match will be much easier.

If we critically analyze Cristiano Ronaldo's number of goals and assists this season, we'll definitely agree to the fact that the Portuguese superstar have easily been the best player in Saudi league as far as football in the league is concerned but despite his individual records, Al Nassr still weren't able to win the league title which i think goes a long way to further explain the simple logic that a player can not single-handedly decide the fate an entire team.
Cristiano Ronaldo without doubt have done his best for his club but for them to win trophies, the rest of the club players have to be at their best and that I don't think is happening at the moment. Al Nassr management must try their best to bring in more players that'll be contributing as much as Cristiano Ronaldo is doing for the team if they really want to succeed next season.