Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 125. (Read 127347 times)

This season Al Nassr have only made 2 signings, namely:

Bento - Goalkeeper

Salem Al-Najdi - Left-Back

They haven't signed any new good strikers. Al Nassr's problem is in the attack, which is very weak. Looking at the current strikers, we have a very scary scenario. To be more direct:

Cristiano Ronaldo = he has been trying very hard, but most of the time he hasn't received the ball in perfect conditions to score goals. He would need to have a good player who knows how to make good assists to support him.

Talisca = this guy had a time when he scored a lot of goals, but since he got injured and came back, he hasn't been the same guy, he hasn't been able to score many goals.

Sadio Mane = he doesn't even look like the guy who scored a lot of goals for Liverpool and helped the Senegal national team a lot. Since he arrived at Al Nassr he hasn't been the Sadio Mane of Liverpool. He's been very quiet, he hasn't scored many goals.

Al Nassr needs at least 2 good strikers.

Why do I think the coach should be fired? I think the coach should be fired because he is the one who hires players, he is the one who puts the players on the field, he is the one who defines the team formation and the team strategies. So he should know that Mane and Talisca are not being good attackers and that the team needs 2 better attackers.

The opportunity to break the dominance of Al Hilal in the acquisition of the title has not been closed like last season which is quite large in the context of the acquisition of points. If indeed Al Nassr's obstacle lies in the player, I agree if the management of Al Nassr needs to recruit new players if the Al Nassr squad is considered to have experienced obstacles there.
1 point in two matches is certainly not a good result, but the journey is still too far. It is also not good for Al Nassr that the 2024-2025 season is still too early if it continues to fail to win full points.

Al Nassr had previously led the match with a score of 1 goal through a goal scored by Ronaldo, but as usual, when victory was in sight, the performance and concentration of Al Nassr defenders dropped again and made a foul that could have been avoided in the penalty box, the penalty scored by Al Raed in that match was the goal that made Al Nassr continue to maintain its negative trend after losing in the Super Cup final to Al Hillal this season, the first match didn't go as they expected and I think for now Ronaldo is still not enough to help Al Nassr to become title contenders if they don't immediately improve their defense, Al Nassr, who this season has the ambition to break Al Hillal dominance, seems to still must to move quickly for recruit new players before the transfer market closes.

This is the first time in YouTube history that a YouTuber has completed one million subscribers within an hour of having a YouTube account. And the number of subscribers of this account did not stop there, every moment the number of subscribers only increased. I am making this post right now and Ronaldo's YouTube channel has as many subscribers as I post, maybe his YouTube channel will increase. We have known for a long time that Ronaldo has the highest number of Instagram followers and has a huge fanbase on social media unlike any other player in the world. He has started his journey on YouTube, maybe if he is active on YouTube, he will leave behind the best YouTubers in the world in terms of subscribers. Messi created an account on YouTube but the Portuguese star managed to gain a huge amount of subscribers in just a few days where he has probably a little over 2 million subscribers.

It was very sad to see my fears come true and I have previously said about these fears here.
Initially I thought Al Wahda - Al Riyadh would only score 2 goals but it turned out that both clubs performed very well and neither wanted to lose points and gave each other a reply ending in a 3-3 draw.
I must give praise to Al Riyadh who played with only 10 players and were able to give a reply of 2 goals and this was the best match for Al Riyadh.
For Al Wahda, it was a bit bad in defense but the attacking players were able to play very well putting pressure on Al Riyadh's defense and were able to score 3 goals but for me Al Riyadh's performance was better than Al Wahda's.

Al Nassr's performance in the match was very disappointing, I thought Al Nassr would start with a win at home but instead they only got a draw and were only able to score 1 goal in the first half, Ronaldo always scores goals for his club Al Nassr, it seems like all the players depend on him, usually Talischa and Sadio Mane can help Ronaldo score goals, but what's wrong with their performance lately? is it possible that Al Nassr's front line is no longer sharp even though this club relies heavily on these three players. I feel sorry for Ronaldo because he looks the most serious in playing the match but is not supported by solid teammates.

Al Nassr started this season by getting 2 bad results. They got defeated with big scores by Al Hilal in the final of Saudi Super Cup. They also got a draw result in the first match of Saudi league. It is strange if you assume Al Nassr begins the season well. In the match against Al Raed, they made many shots, they were not unlucky but they have lack of shot accuracy. It is difficult to win the match if Al Nassr only relies on the goals made by Ronaldo. Mane or Talisca should score goals, too. Al Nassr attackers arn't Ronaldo only, right?

Al Nassr doesn't have a lot of time to fix it, they will play against a strong team in matchday 3 (against Al Ahli). If Luis Castro still can't fix the problem, they may get bad result again in matchday 3. I think Al Nassr needs the improvement of all their lines. They are not only easy to get conceded goals, they also have lack of goals now.

I've said this since the last season. Luis Castro has no capability to improve the performance of Al Nassr. Under his management, Al Nassr even never won against Al Hilal. It is proven that Al Nassr is very weak and no hope to compete against Al Hilal.

Yes, so far he has not been able to meet expectations. The draw in the first match indicated that there are a few areas where it is essential to effect an immediate improvement, particularly tactics and strategy. and one more thing to weigh is his good relationship with players such as Ronaldo, who can bring stability in the team.

Al Hilal have been more consistent under their manager who continues to make brilliant performances. But that does not mean Al Nassr has no chance to rise again. The season is still long, and there is a lot of time for Luis Castro to change everything.



Sure, Ronaldo is an important player for Al Nassr and his contribution is key, but to rely on one player in the long run is a risk-driven strategy. Success, at the end of the day, should not be contingent upon one player's performance— however great he may be. There are many other talented players in Al Nassr who can make big contributions as well if they get a chance and trust.

Al Nassr is going to have a nightmare if they lose Ronaldo or this player gets retired and he can't play for some weeks. Currently, the whole team is based on Ronaldo in Al Nassr and he is the most important player for Al Nassr if he is in the bad form, Al Nassr is in the bad form and he is more than just a normal player for Al Nassr. Maybe Al Nassr should start using the investment they had and they should try using players like Ronaldo to get other younger players more experienced by using Ronaldo.  

Luis Castro's performance seems to be not very satisfying because he has many quality players in the team but he failed to bring victory to the team. Even when Al Nassr was humiliated by Al Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup, the management should have fired him at that time. Al Nassr's performance so far has not changed because in their first match they lost maximum points because Al Raed was able to hold Al Nassr to a draw in the first match of the season. On the one hand, Ronaldo has a good relationship with Luis Castro and it could be because of their close relationship that Luis Castro's position is quite safe in the Al Nassr coaching chair.

Of course, if you look at their rivals Al Hilal, they appear quite consistent because they managed to beat their opponents in the first match of the season. Mitrovic was able to maintain his good performance because he continued to contribute by scoring goals and bringing Al Hilal to 3 points.

It is already very clear that Al Nassr needs to fire coach Luis Castro because he is not able to bring good results to the team, you don't need to be a genius to see that. That's why I don't understand why the Al Nassr board didn't fire him last season and could have hired another coach who could have made some good signings for this season and Al Nassr would have had good results. It is not possible that a team that did not do well last season, continue with the same squad and coach this season and expect to have good results. That doesn't make any sense.

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AL Akhdood 0 - 3 AL Hilal

this guy Aleksandar Mitrović and this guy Jorge Jesus They are making history at AL Hilal, they will be able to win the league for the second time in a row this season. I have always said that coach Jorge Jesus is a great coach and that he should coach some big team in the Premier League or La Liga. It was an incredible victory, it showed a great superiority of AL Hilal and the most interesting thing is that AL Hilal did not concede any goals in this game. Congratulations Jorge Jesus

Al Okhdood vs Al Hilal.

Al Hilal played their first match with a satisfying score, visiting Al Okhdood they won with a score of 0-3. Mitrovic scored two goals, another goal by Sergej Savic. Referring to the course of the match, Al Hilal was able to dominate with 67% possession of the ball. I think Al Hilal will increase their victory after they scored three goals in the first half, unfortunately in the second half no more goals were scored. Overall, the team coached by Jorge Jesus performed very well. With this victory, Al Hilal won full points and Mitrovic has collected two goals for the time being. It's natural, after all Al Okhdood is not an equal opponent. It is clear that the home team had trouble putting up resistance, they were only able to fire 5 total shots without any on target. After all, in terms of player depth, the two teams have a clear gap. Well, it seems that Al Hilal will remain a difficult opponent for its rival teams.

While Ronaldo is in a league outside Europe today, but he is still a player who continues to attract the public attention, Ronaldo popularity has not only broken the boundaries of existing league levels in football, but even when he failed to bring Portugal and Al Nassr champions, but his popularity has not decreased in the eyes of football fans, this time perhaps the subscribers they have on YouTube are still very few if we compare it with the number of followers on his Instagram and X social media, but even so, 40 million subscribers in less than two days is clearly a record that will be difficult for anyone to break, even Messi, who is his eternal rival now only has around 2.64 million subscribers.

Although Ronaldo is still less than Mr. Beast, but I think it won't take long for Ronaldo to pass the subscribers have by Mr Beast later, currently Ronaldo may be at the end of his career but he is still able to attract tens of millions of subscribers in just a short time, so course we can imagine what would have happened if he had not been banned from creating a Youtube account when he was still at the peak of his career with Madrid before. ?

Cristiano Ronaldo not only always sets new records on the field but he also always sets records for very high popularity on the internet and on social media. and now on his YouTube channel he continues to set new records. Maybe it's only a matter of time until he can match the number of Mr. Beast's subscribers. Hopefully he can also get his good notes on Al-nassr. But I feel quite sorry for Al-Nassr who previously failed to get full points.

In contrast to Al-Nassr who failed to get full points, the other top teams have succeeded in getting full points very well. Like Al-ittihad, Al-ahli, Al-taawoun, and now Al-hilal are also competing and already have a 0-2 advantage. So you can be sure that Al-hilal will also collect full points in the first match of the season. And yes, it is very sad to see Al-Nassr being the only top team that failed to get full points at the start. Al-ettifaq is also playing and the score is still 0-0.

https://www.youtube.com/@cristiano
Until now when I see the number of subscribers on his YouTube channel, there are already 40.2 million subscribers, I don't know but maybe this is the fastest increase in the number of subscribers that someone can record on YouTube. The popularity of Cristiano Ronaldo is no joke, he is always the center of attention of many people and now he is listed as the player with the most followers on social media plus the number of subscribers on his YouTube channel.
Amazing!!! 

Honestly, if you take the best they have to offer, and put them on the midtable teams or even lower ranked teams like relegation zone battle, then I do not think that it will be that much of a trouble. Not saying they are great or anything, but they have some 5+ million dollar valued players, which means that it wouldn't be really unheard of for many of the big leagues low level teams.

But I would suggest going a little bit further down, to build something, like go to championship, they may get a lot more chances there. Of course these are just few players but at the same time Saudi League started caring about football just recently, they need some time to grow and eventually I am sure that they will be sending a lot more.

Actually Al Nassr started the season well, it's just that they were unlucky in this match, there were many opportunities but the goalkeeper Al Raed in this match also performed quite well. Al Nassr should have also been able to win this match if Ronaldo's second goal was not disallowed for offside, this offside was also full of controversy with the referee's decision but that's how football is sometimes unlucky. This draw made Al Nassr lose two points in front of their own supporters.

Although it is still early, Al Nassr still has a lot of time to fix the team to be able to compete in the league. Al Nassr only needs a good and experienced defender so that it no longer gives an extra burden to the goalkeeper during the match. Al Nassr still needs to build a solid squad and be able to work well and must no longer give a heavy burden to Ronaldo. The back line, midfield, and front line must have good chemistry so that Al Nassr can win every match consistently.

Nacho Fernandes made his first debut with Al Qadisiyah against Al Fateh, in this match Al Qadisiyah managed to win the match with a landslide score of 3-0. With these results, Al Qadisiyah is now at the top of the Saudi Arabian League standings. So this victory will certainly make Nacho Fernandes very happy, because at the start of his debut with Al Qadisiyah, which is also a team that has just been promoted to the Saudi Arabian Premier League, this victory will certainly be something to be very proud of. from. from. Maybe this season Al Qadisiyah will be a great competitor to become a candidate to win the Saudi Arabian League. Therefore I am very curious and definitely looking forward to the match between Al Hilal, last season's Saudi Arabian League champions, and Al Qadisiyah, a very promising newcomer. I am sure the match between Al Qadisiyah and Al Hilal will be exciting.

Apart from that, today Al Hilal is scheduled to compete against Al Okhdood. This match should be very easy for Al Hilal. But we'll see later, whether Al Hilal still has good performance like last season or not. Because as we know, last season Al Hilal never lost to any team in the Saudi Arabian league. So I am very curious, whether this season Al Hilal will again create an unbeaten record like last season or not.

Most of the Asian players believes that it takes moving to European clubs to actualize their dreams and announce themselves to the football but unlike them, Feras Albrikan like you rightly said have a different idea which had paid off. When Albrikan was getting offers to join clubs in Europe, the Saudi Pro League wasn't as popular as it is today and I don't think he knew that the league will enjoy the sort of global audience it currently enjoys but the Saudi player turned down most of these offers to remain in Saudi League. Right now, it seems he's now ready to move to Europe and considering the recent transfer rumours concerning him, that's very likely to happen this summer

It’s a disappointing start for Al Nassr because if they want to compete with Al Hilal they cannot start the season in this manner. Ronaldo has always been there scoring goals for them but the defender don’t balance it up for them, they keep conceding goals even to lesser opponents. They didn’t play bad the entire match they were just unlucky not to have scored a second goal, they kept on mounting pressure and couple of chances were missed and some hit the post.

The penalty conceded was as a result of poor defending that’s why it is important for them to improve their defense before the transfer window closes else it will be the same old story as last season where Al Hilal will end up being the best team once again.