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Al Ittihad is not strong enough team so that in the final it will be certain who will win the Saudi Super Cup title, Al Nassr which is stronger team than Al Ittihad, still failed to beat Al Hilal so the opportunity for Al Ittihad to beat Al Hilal is very small.
But in yesterday semi-final match, if Ronaldo had not been expelled from the match because of foul that resulted in red card, there would still have been chance for draw and penalty shootout or even win for Al Nassr.
But everything has happened and now the final will take place between Al Hilal vs Al Ittihad, I sure Al Hilal can definitely win easily and Al Hilal is also the favorite in this match because their superiority based on performance is very large.

This season Al Hilal is team that has more than one chance to win the title for several competitions, they will fight for it and what is guaranteed is the SPL.

I don't mean that Ronaldo's absence wasn't felt, it's just that his absence made the club feel at a loss because of the fact that Al Nassr still needed Ronaldo in the match but he had to leave the field before the match was over and that made the club lose control of playing without its mainstay player and Al Hilal's performance. which was so strong that Al Nassr was unable to keep up, even though Sadio Mane was able to create opportunities when Ronaldo came out, but Al Nassr still suffered another defeat. Even though Ronaldo was at the club at that time, I don't think he was necessarily able to break through Al Hilal's strong defense, the Al players Hilal focused on Ronaldo and that made it quite difficult for him to create goal opportunities.

But no matter what, this match has happened and Al Nassr must accept their defeat and also accept that their players must accept this punishment. Al Nassr no longer has matches anywhere except in the Saudi League and it looks like this season there is no chance of getting any title for Al Nassr. They have to fight hard for next season and maximize their performance in every competition they face to at least get one of the titles.

He is an ambitious player and he shown it through his career so he does not want to be a loser. He does not want to end this season without any trophy with Al Nassr but at that moment, his reaction does not help him anything. It can not help him to score goals for his team, can not help his club to equalize the match. He must face reality and move on and must be more polite on field.

I don't defend Cristiano Ronaldo because that reaction is poor but I read news that the defender usually used bad words when he faced with Ronaldo or Messi.

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Ronaldo reacts badly but that defender is not a victim.

In my opinion, Ronaldo didn't want to end the season with zero trophies, which is why it makes sense that he was quite angry, but he didn't really like himself at all, I get that he might be angry, but elbowing the other team? Then almost punching the ball to the ref for his decision?

I mean what did he really expected when he elbowed someone? Did he really think that ref would go "oh you elbowed him because he deserved it? Okay that makes sense, then I will red card him and not give you anything for elbowing someone", like does that even make sense, how in the hell could that happen, as someone who played in a million matches, he knew that red card was coming. In the end, he is drawing for the last straw, and can't see him keep this up anymore to be fair.

Yes, that's the reality, friends. Al Nasr was eliminated from all existing competitions (except the domestic league and Saudi King's Cup). I personally also really regret that this season the team that Ronaldo is playing for can't talk much in the existing competition (in Saudi Arabia/Asia). But even so, we still can't blame Ronaldo for this failure. Because in my opinion, Ronaldo had a very good performance at Al Nasr. The proof is that Ronaldo has scored a lot of goals this season and is the temporary top scorer in the Saudi Arabian League. So the cause of this season's failure cannot be blamed entirely on Ronaldo. Because after all Al Nasr is a team containing 11 players (on the field) and not just Ronaldo. So in essence, Al Nasr's current failure is caused by all Al Nasr players whose performance has not been uniformly optimal.

And regarding the red card that Ronaldo received, it will certainly be detrimental to Al Nasr in the next two matches. But I personally don't worry about that. The reason is, in the next two matches the team that Al Nasr will play against will not make things difficult for Al Nasr even without Ronaldo. Because, the teams that Al Nasr will face in these two matches are Al Feiha and Al Khalej. So I am sure that in these two matches it is very likely that Al Nasr will be able to win the match even if Ronaldo does not play.

Although Al Ittihad could beat Al Wehda with the same score as Al Hilal defeated Al Nassr, I think Al Hilal is still in a different level. Al Hilal played against Al Nassr, it is a stronger team than Al Wehda. The most interesting that Al Hilal played without their mainstay striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic. He got injury and there is no exact time to return to the team. However, Al Hilal is still too strong for Al Nassr. For me, it is just a proof that Al Hilal is on the other level among the teams in Saudi League.

In my opinion, Al Hilal will win the trophy of Saudi Super Cup final tomorrow. Moreover, if Aleksandar Mitrovic can play tomorrow. It should be the first trophy for them in this season. They will also win the trophy of SPL and probably win AFC champions league as well.

Karim Benzema couldn't have a good performance in most of the games we saw from this player and since he joined the Saudi League he has not in the good form but it seems he finally could show a good form of himself while playing for Al Ittihad. There was even some news about Benzema having a bad relationship with their coach and some fans even started complaining about him because their team spent too much money and he couldn't have a good performance they wanted to see from this player.
But in the game between Al Ittihad and Al Wahda, he scored the goal very fast before the first minutes of the game for his team. That's how Al Ittihad won the game with a 2-1 result.

In the Saudi Arabian Super Cup, Al Ittihad takes on Al Hilal, the team with a winning record in the league. Al Ittihad beat Al Wehda 2-1 in the previous round. Al Hilal defeated Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr by the same score. Al Hilal are in much better form than their opponents and have a good momentum. They continue their winning ways no matter who comes against them. In the final in the United Arab Emirates, we are expecting an entertaining match and Al Hilal will win this match to continue the series and win the trophy.

I didn't pay attention to that. And yes, it turns out that Abha has indeed managed to get out of the relegation zone, even though they are only 1 point ahead of Al-Okhdood. And actually managing to win against Al-Fateh was a very good result. because Al-fateh is one of the clubs that is quite strong this season. Abha won the match perhaps because their position as hosts in the match made them play better than usual. But for the next match against Al-Shabab I think it will be quite difficult. Because the match is against Al-Shabab, we will see Al-Shabab as the host. So Abha will probably have much more difficulty in this match.

Well, I sincerely doubt this your claim of Ronaldo’s absence not being felt by the club. A red card in any football game makes the red card team already short of a player and especially for a team that’s behind it’s a big setback. The red card was given to their main man in the attack, their most reliable goal scorer and even though they were able to score after the red card, that gives a high chance of them being able to double the score and take the match to ET very high.

 It’s very normal for Ronaldo to be that angry as you don’t expect him to be happy he’ll be going trophyless for another season since his big move to the Saudi Club. In his 2 seasons he’s incredibly remained the highest goal scorer in the league and going trophyless is one very annoying feat for Ronaldo.

 ⁠I understand that he was in te field for over 85 minutes yet he wasn’t able to score that doesn’t mean he can’t do something in the remaining 5 mins plus extra time so that’s not an excuse to say his absence wasn’t felt. Football is a game of 90 minutes and when one team is short with a player, it makes them handicapped and they manage to play like that.

 The club needs Ronaldo and I know they could pay to atone for the red card because of how important Ronaldo is in the club. Well they’re already out of all competitions and their chances of still winning the league is very little especially as Al Hilal keeps being unstoppable.

This season has not gone well for Al Nassr because in addition to having lost the SPL champion, Al Nassr has also lost the opportunity to win the Asian Champions League trophy and now the Saudi Arabian Super Cup has also become a dream for Al Nassr, Ronaldo brilliant performance in Al Nassr as the league's top scorer Is certainly not enough to help Al Nassr win a single trophy this season, but  I think Ronaldo will still be able to give his best performance at Al Nassr until the end of the season even though they no longer have a chance to win the trophy, Al Nassr's poor performance and current strategy make them continue to miss the opportunity for break the negative trend of failing to win the SPL championship for the last 7 seasons.

In that match actually Ronaldo played quite well and even he was able to threaten Al Hillal's goal in the match, ronaldo's emotions peaked when the referee disallowed one of Al nassr' goals and made Ronaldo angry with the referee so he got the first yellow card, after which Ronaldo committed a foul with elbows so that the referee gave him a red card in the match,  if you look at the game, you can see how happy the Al Hillal players are to see Ronaldo out of the game and i think it's make Al Nassr Is no longer strong without Ronaldo even though they stilll have mane, and the proof is that after Ronaldo came out, Al Hillal seemed to easily beat Al Nassr and make their passage to the final.

For the time being, Abha can breathe a little easier after beating Al-Fateh in the previous match, which moved them up one place above the relegation zone. A difference of one point from Al-Akhdoud or two points from Al-Taee also still cannot make them completely safe. However, what is clear is that this victory can slightly cure the worries that have kept them stuck in the relegation zone for a long time.

Previously, Abha only won 2 wins in the last 9 matches and this latest victory confirms that they have 3 wins from 10 matches. I think that's not a bad result for a team at the bottom of the standings and as long as they have the motivation to stay in the Saudi league then they should continue this win. But unfortunately I'm not really sure they can win again because their next opponent will be Al-Shabab.

How is that possible, Al Nassr is the most competitive club compared to all the teams competing in the Saudi Pro League. Of the teams acquired by PIF, Al Nassr has the most depth of players in almost every line. So, when compared with Al Hilal, the players they bring in are not as elite as Al Naasr. in fact, Al Hilal only brought in one big star. Even then, the player was not played because of his injury.

For me, a team requires teamwork, mutual trust and mutual contribution and all kinds of things regarding the mechanics of football. Apart from that, the coach factor is the most crucial factor for these two teams. Even though Al Hilal is not supported by big name players, their playing and chemistry are going well. The team's performance, coaching patterns and systems, made this team become a strong and strong team. and for me, this is what differentiates Al Nassr.

Second point, I agree with you, if Al Nassr wants to beat Al Hilal or more precisely win La Liga and other competitions, it is clear that they have to change next season to become more solid, stronger and become the team that their opponents fear the most. Well, we'll see next summer, but after this competition ends first.

Little disappointed result for Cristiano Ronaldo fans in this season after their idol failed to win any tittle yet, dropping many points in domestic league and difficult to catch Al Hilal points and last match have eliminated from the only one opportunity left for winning Saudi Super Cup after eliminating by Al Hilal on semifinal round.
Another bad news Cristiano Ronaldo has potential will absent two matches later after red card receiving on last match against Al Hilal in semifinal round of Saudi Super Cup. Become second season for Cristiano Ronaldo with Al Nassr failed for winning domestic league tittle, AFC Champion League and had eliminated from Saudi Super Cup.

Al Nassr's strength this season is still not enough to beat Al Hilal and for the umpteenth time they have lost to their rivals. No matter how hard they try, they always experience failure which ultimately makes them feel great disappointment again.

The Saudi Super Cup was their last chance to win a trophy this season and they were again thwarted by the same team, namely Al Hilal. If they want to beat Al Hilal, then they must be able to improve it for next season. Because what they currently have is not enough to make them achieve something that can make them smile.

Ronaldo also suffered a red card after arguing with Al Bulayhi. Indeed, in several matches I saw Al Bulayhi seem to be provoking his opponent to act in ways that would be detrimental to his opponent. And this time he was successful in provoking Ronaldo's emotions so that he received a red card in a match that was referred to as Saudi's El Clasicco.

A small trick is needed to ensure the best player in your opponent's team will be upset, and this has been proven by all Hilal's players about how they were successfully attracting Ronaldo's emotion, and it was also making Ronaldo get triggered with it. It was common knowledge that Ronaldo was an emotional player, and I have seen that many times he was unable to control his emotion when he was not in a good position like that. The previous match was also showing that Ronaldo couldn't be pressured when he is in a bad situation, or he will lose control over his emotion.

NO mitrovic and al nassr could not still win against al hilal. I can imagine that if Mitrovic were playing in this game, al Nassr would be completely destroyed by Al Hilal because it was performing so garbage like a mediocre club. Having Ronaldo meant nothing because Ronaldo got a red card at 86 minutes.
It has proven that if ronaldo was nothing. Having Ronaldo was not changing the situation since the game had passed 80 minutes since Ronaldo was playing. Al nassr is not al hilal's level.
The treble winners are ahead of al hilal. Many fans are feeling so damn good with the result. Al hilal is gonna face ittihad many times.

Al hilal has complete and balanced squads. It's good in attack, defense and mid. No doubt that if al hilal has fully destroyed al nassr again even without its best strikers. Koulibally has pocketed ronaldo.

It is true that Ronaldo was unable to break through Al Hilal's goal for 86 minutes before he was sent off the field, this was because the Al Hilal players were more focused on Ronaldo so Ronaldo had difficulty putting up resistance so he got annoyed and made a hard elbow at Al Bulayhi on the sideline field until he was sent off by the referee. Previously Ronaldo had received 2 yellow cards in the first half and in the second half. When Al Nassr was 2 goals behind, making Ronaldo's emotional peak increasingly uncontrollable, causing unexpected things, this of course made the audience Al Nassr felt annoyed, they felt that their club's defeat was caused by Ronaldo, which was detrimental to his club because he was also unable to do much in that match.

In my opinion, Ronaldo's red card is detrimental to the club because Al Nassr still needs his services in the next match in the Saudi League, even though currently Al Nassr has been eliminated in all competitions and will return to focus on the Saudi League. However, if Ronaldo gets a red card, Ronaldo will automatically be absent from several matches unless Al Nassr is willing to appeal or pay a fine to atone for Ronaldo's mistake, then that will be fine and Ronaldo will continue to play in the next match. His absence will certainly be detrimental to the club.

Ronaldo shouldn't have reacted the way he did but let's not judge him because the Al Hilal defender played mind games on Ronaldo and made him to become upset. I saw a video online of the same player playing the same mind games with other top soccer players in any competitions that he's playing in but only Ronaldo was the victim because he couldn't stand losing. Al hilal deserved the victory that they got and to play in the final because they're playing better as a team than Al nassr. The Al Nassr players are waiting for a Ronaldo or Sadio Mane masterclass to help them always by scoring for them to win. Other players aren't contributing more and since Sadio Mane and Ronaldo are already old we can't be expecting them to help the team always to win games. Al hilal dominated the whole game and outplayed Al nassr before Ronaldo got the red card but Al nassr need to forget about this defeat and move on by winning their next games.

Again, Al Nassr failed to win against Al Hilal. Even if there was no Mitrovic in the lineup of Al Hilal, Al Nassr couldn't win the match. I honestly didn't understand why Al Nassr becomes too unlucky when they are playing against Al Hilal. I think Al Nassr is too obsessed to beat Al Hilal, so they lost their focus during the match. They were trying hard to score goals as quick as possible, they forget to play with proper tactics and with good teamwork. On the other hand Al Hilal always played with great teamwork and they have cool mentality.

Yes, it is clear that Al Hilal very dominated the match. They also made more shot opportunities. From this match, I can see that Al Hilal really has nice midfielders and strong defenders.