Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 132. (Read 127439 times)

It is true that young Brazilian players prefer Europe, but when it comes to money, money must be more attractive. Saudi Arabian teams can make very high contract offers. European teams want to transfer players with lower offers and more modest ones. When it comes to this, Saudi Arabia does not matter much to Brazilian players because they focus on the money they will earn rather than the country's situation. They also have the chance to go to Europe a few years later when they are richer. In fact, I think they are making a logical move.

Al Ahli got their first new player this season and they were successfully to gets Fluminense defender player Alexsander and it says Al Ahli have to spend 10 million as transfer fees and Alexsander will gets 3 years contract duration however Alexsander current age is 21 years old so for some of Brazilian player he is still too young to playing at Saudi Pro League because mostly the players from Brazil is targetting want to play at Europa instead of Saudi Pro League

Source : https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1824950785714606427

But for Al Ahli i think this is good transfer for them because finally they can gets young potential player from outside Saudi Arabia but i can see they are not too active to buy players this summer

I personally also feel sad because I see Al-Nassr always losing to Al-Hilal and of course I thought that in yesterday's match against Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup, Al-Nassr would win because I think Al-Hilal got the trophy too often and snatched it from Al-nassr. and I also saw that Al-Nassr fans were sad, but it couldn't be helped because Al-Hilal was a strong team.

and I personally also feel sorry for the Cristiano Ronaldo that I remember because until now he hasn't won a trophy since he went to the Saudi league and brought his team to the title. I agree with your opinion that the club manager should try as much as possible to make Al-Nassr even stronger and it is very painful for Al-Nassr because his dreams are always taken away by Jorge Jesus' troops.


and I also see that Al-Nassr's defense still needs to be improved and I also hope that Luis Castro can improve Al-Nassr's defense and also Luis Castro must train in terms of the mentality of Al-Nassr's players to make them stronger because I saw in the final match yesterday that Al-Nassr's players When the score was 2-1, Al-Nassr's players looked like their performance was not good and of course if Al-Nassr wanted to win the title next season, it would be very difficult if their performance did not improve.

As a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, I felt very bad to watch them suffer another defeat that denied them what would've been the first trophy of the season but to think that the defeat was handed to them by the same Al Hilal that's denied them the chance of winning at least three different trophies last season makes it even more painful. The club manager must as a matter of fact try work on the team and their failures to win games against big Al Hilal since they'll still meet in the league and probably in the league cup later this season. They must not continue to suffer defeat in the hands of Al Hilal whenever they meet unless they don't want to win any trophy this new season.

I was not at all present for this result, the game was quite competitive until half time. But since then Al Hilal scored four goals between 55 minutes and 72 minutes. Al Nasr's team players seemed to be asleep, because of how they temporarily performed during such a weak performance.  Al Hilal team waited for a long time which they took advantage of, one attack after another Al Nasr team's defense department and goalkeeper failed to meet their attacks.

So I would like to say that despite performing well throughout the whole period and losing badly in the end, this season Al Hilal has proven once again that they are strong and capable.

The second half was a nightmare for Al Nassr because Al Hilal was able to turn things around and even scored 4 goals. I don't know why Al Naasr played quite badly in this match even though they were able to control the game well in the first half but when Savic managed to score a goal the balance of Al Nassr's game started to falter. It is true that statistically in their matches, Al Nassr always failed to win against Al Hilal and today it continued again where Al Nassr had to suffer defeat with a big score.

Al Hilal's strength was really strong, they managed to submerge the enthusiasm of the Al Nassr players in the second half, even Ronaldo was so frustrated with this result because he was so enthusiastic about bringing Al Nassr to a trophy but it didn't come true. Mitrovic performed quite well, he managed to score two goals which allowed Al Hilal to seal victory in today's match

Al Nassr was defeated again by Al Hilal in the Super Cup final, unfortunately even though they had taken the lead first. Referring to the statistics of this match, almost all of the Al Nassr players played very underperformed. Except for Ronaldo who was able to score the first goal in the 44th minute. Having taken the lead first, Luis Castro's squad was unable to maintain its advantage. It seems that Brozovic's absence has had quite an impact on Al Nassr's midfield. In fact, Sadio Mane did not help much in this match. On the other hand, even though they were behind first, Al Hilal had proven their mentality and were able to equalize the goal scored by Sergej Savic. While Mitrovic was able to contribute two goals and one assist. Although in this match Salem Al Dawsari's performance was not optimal. However, overall Al Hilal played well. Uniquely, even though Bono did not play well guarding Al Hilal's goal, he only conceded one goal. Well, congratulations to Al Hilal, they deserved it.

Al Nassr's got a big one today. Its about establishing they won't roll over for Al Hilal anymore, not only about the trophy. Indeed, they have suffered some difficult losses; the strongest teams grow from those rather than obsess over them.

Now, while it might drive you powerfully, it can also distort your judgment. Al Nassr must play disciplined, clever, and avoid letting feelings rule him. Having Ronaldo on your side absolutely helps; he is a game-changer without a doubt. One player, even one as outstanding as Ronaldo, cannot win a game on his own though. It will call for group effort.

Should Al Nassr be able to pull this one off, it will inform the entire league. It will demonstrate their readiness to challenge for the top spot and their absence of fear of Al Hilal. If they lose, though, Al Hilal will simply become even more difficult to defeat next time.

I followed part of this game after Cristiano Ronaldo scored the game and when Milinkovic-Savic has scored his goal. I find Al-Hilal dominating the game and in like 17 minutes everything turned upside down for Al-Nassr which literally collapsed and were watching Al-Hilal players scoring in their goal without doing anything to stop them.
The last goal scored by Malcolm was shameful and the goalkeeper made a very silly mistake putting the ball far from him so it was snitched easily by his opponent..

Previously, I really hoped that Al Nassr this season would be able to beat and break Al Hillal dominance in the Saudi Arabian domestic league, but in fact what was hoped for did not come true and Al Hillal again extended their dominance over Al Nassr at this time, Ronaldo appearance and good performance  in that match was not supported by good and solid play from other players, in that match Ronaldo managed to score a goal in the first half but the goal scored by Ronaldo became a disaster for them after in the second half Al Hillal got up and mercilessly destroyed Al Nassr defense with 4 consecutive goals, to be honest, if we look that the final match, it seems that apart from having to strengthen their defense, Al Nassr needs to consider their reasons for retaining Luis Castro as coach so far, throughout the match in my opinion there was no change in strategy made by Castro in their gams even though they In a losing position, apart from that, Castro was also unable to lift the mentality of his players, which has down and lose hope after Al Hillal managed to score their second goal and enabled them to completely dominate Al Nassr.

I think with conditions like now of course it will be difficult for Al Nassr to become a challenger for the title, even though Ronaldo is able to continue to contribute in every Al Nassr match, but without changes and improvements in the quality of the squad and also their playing strategy, of course Al Nassr this season certainly will not different from last season which ended the season full of failure

This is going to definitely be a big game, I still think that Al Hilal is a better team and I still think that they are going to win, but what we should be considering right now is that Al Nassr really needs to win, like I mean for real and that means we are going to see them not do that well if they feel too much pressure, like the cup final.

I think finishing second place in every place that means we can't really expect them to do that badly anymore, they have no excuse and it has been a full summer so they should have transferred some players that will make them better and if they didn't then that's their own fault.

Ronaldo is basically wasting his last years by not winning anything because of them. He still scores like crazy, he still plays well, beyond well for that league level, but Al Nassr refuses to get some more talented players around him, and should be doing more and better. We are going to see this result be very important for Ronaldos career, he hasn't won anything aside from that Arabian cup or something with this team. They should win the league this season too if you ask me.

Al Hilal had to beat Al-Ahli in the penalty to get into the final, where they won dominantly in 4-1. Al-Nassr had to beat Al-Taawoun by 2-0 to get to the final. Cristiano Ronaldo had scored in that match. The reason for the struggle of Al-Hilal is the absence of their star player Neymar. He might miss the final as well. Meanwhile Brozovic from Al-Nassr also got a red card in the semi-final so he will also miss the match. He is a crucial and a very experienced player. I think this might cost Al-Nassr big time.

Cristiano Ronaldo had scored in the semi-final and if he can bring this flow to the final, they can win this cup. Ronaldo is hungry for trophies right now and I think he deserves to win one. Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal are big rivals in the Saudi Football scene. This will be a very good match to watch.

Regards

Duke

A tough game I dare not missed. I caught up with the game ontime and this is really one of the entertaining SPL matches because it's a challenging final between two elite clubs. We're talking about Al Nassr and Al Hilal. Both elite clubs have been rivals from previous season and we've watch the outstanding performance from both clubs. Turning on the TV to see Al Hilal thrashing Al Nassr 3-1 in the 70 minutes of the second half. At the moment, I think the Al Nassr team really need to work on their defendlnes because conceding goals from pre-eminent rivals is absurd. Although we have more time to watch the game because its not ended and there's possible hope for Al Nassr to bounce back.

I am expecting Ittihad to have more this season as well, not saying that they will win or anything but I am expecting them to be closer to the top two teams and have a battle there. Al Hilal definitely looked amazing but Al Nassr is still working hard to build a squad that could win this all, and they may actually achieve it as well, it is not unlikely. Which is why I think this is going to be a fine season to watch.

It's still not great football, we have seen some silly moves by silly players, the league still needs to grow a lot more but they also need to improve their own players as well, having foreign stars could take them all the way to a point, but the rest has to be just making overall the player pool much better.

I do agree with your stated points, everything isn't about the physical shape of Ronaldo as you've said, his status at Al Nassar is now more like a player coach who is guiding the younger players and equally doing his job as a player.

This game, Saudi Super Cup, Al-Nasser vs Al-Hilal ,I still think Al-Hilal will most likely win Al-Nassr because of their performances last season despite this being a fresh season and some things might have changed yes, but I doubt if they have dropped that much of form to fail on lifting the cup today.

Lineup for Al Nasir vs Al hilal super cup finale. It's The regular faces we expect to see on the lineup that have started this match in the go. It's a clash we're familiar with with a past result that has only been to the benefit of one team. Will it be possible to see something different at this edition of the finals?

🇸🇦 Al-Nassr XI: Bento, Telles, Laporte, Lajami, Sultan, Alkhaibari, Otavio, Ayman, Talisca, Sadio Mane, Cristiano Ronaldo

🇸🇦 Al-Hilal XI: Bono, Saud, Koulibaly, Altambakti, Lodi, Neves, Milinkovic-Savic, Salem, Michael, Malcom, Mitrovic

I agree with you, in this aspect I see that things with AL Nassr have to improve or get better, finally do things to beat Al Hilal , for that Reason CR7 has to get everything he has, not hold anything back, it's time to give this team the victories it deserves and obviously its fans, it's time to see the power that CR7 has, that's why everyone expects a lot from him, the Portuguese are quite good when they are in other teams and I think CR7 Continues to be a role model , that's why he does all those things, the goals, passes, assists.

Ronaldo at virtually forty? The man is an anomaly. He is guiding the young guns at Al-Nassr, not only keeping up with them. That is professionalism; that is dedication.  It's about changing with the game, not only about physical shape. And Ronaldo? He is a master class in adaptation

Saudi Super Cup? Al-Nasser vs Al-Hilal? Get your popcorn ready. Though Al-Hilal might have had the edge last season, this is a fresh year. Al-Nassr currently has Ronaldo. That shifts everything

Al-Hilal seemed strong, but they faced Al-Ahli. They're not invincible. Al-Nassr may benefit from that. And in a game this high stakes? Ronaldo's X-factor is something else entirely. His life is lived for these moments

I will not comment further before watching this final match live later and what is clear is that there will always be revenge that must be avenged. We know how upset Al-Nassr was when they had to meet Al-Hilal, even though they had never avenged a single grudge at all. They have tried many ways but the results always failed and returned with defeat.

Maybe this is just my feeling and it could be a comeback for Al-Nassr to start over without the shadow of Al-Hilal. But if Al-Nassr still loses in this match, it is not impossible that in the Saudi pro league later they will not be able to stop Al-Hilal's dominance. Something like this is like a definite law because the mentality of the players will feel something that is difficult to cure. So Al-Nassr must win if they don't want to be underestimated again. I might bet on waiting for when the opportunity is there for one of the teams and because of that I won't do it for now.

they will face each other in the Super Cup final to compete for the championship title. Now it will be more difficult to predict because they already have different strengths. Last season when they faced each other, I tended to make Al Hilal the favorite, because they played better than Al Nassr, and it was also proven when they faced each other last season, Al Hilal was always able to beat AL Nassr.
But now it's different because maybe Al Hilal has declined or they could be the same as last season, even if that doesn't happen to Al Hilal, then maybe Al Nassr will be better or the same as last season or even worse than last season. This will be their first match and it's quite tense when they face each other in a final like this. Now I give them a 50/50 chance.