Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 178. (Read 111886 times)

It was very unfortunate Benzema failed to score through penalty kick. On the other hand, Al Feiha striker succeeded scoring a goal from penalty kick. People must try to compare the ability between these players. They must criticize Benzema due to the failure of scoring goal from penalty kick. Well, not sure why Benzema failed, but it should be an easy thing for him. I'm sure Benzema has a problem in his confidence.

Kane is a great midfielder, he should be in a better team. I think he is the leader of Al Ittihad midfielders, he could arrange the attacking and defense scheme. As long as Al Ittihad has Kante, their midfield line will be good enough. However, I see a bit problem with Al Ittihad defenders, they look rather weak. Al Ittihad already got 34 conceeded goals so far.

When you say about sharing 1 point and if at that time you bet on a draw, I think you get a big profit from that match.
Initially I thought that Al Ahli could win this match when the Al Ahli players seemed to control the ball very well and managed to score early.
But what surprised me was that Al-Ettifaq very quickly counterattacked and was able to try to put pressure on Al Ahli and luckily in the second half Al-Ammar managed to score 1 score and managed to end the match with a draw.
Even though you only get 1 point, you can at least get an additional point because if Ittihad is currently under Al Ahli, it is getting closer to the points that Al Ahli has.
Actually Al Ahli could have won but was a little disappointed when in the 2nd half Al Ahli lost focus and always failed to get an additional score.

I don't dare say the same thing as you said, especially since we don't really know what they are really planning. what is certain is that this is related to business, politics and matters related to it, one of the underlying reasons is Ronaldo who was named as the ambassador for the 2030 Saudi Arabian World Cup. Apart from that, PIF was involved in acquiring 4 clubs at once with a very fantastic investment. Apart from being one of Newcastle's largest shareholders, PIF is also trying to develop football in Saudi. plus, they have big plans in their projects apart from football. Moreover, it is not only football that is under the auspices of PIF, several other types of sports are also sponsored by this investment company owned by the Saudi Kingdom. Apart from that, Saudi is starting to move in other businesses if I refer to my reading. one of them, they started through football.

For the other points you said, so far I am no longer up-to-date regarding information regarding what you said on several points. My focus at the moment is nothing more than football and the development of this competition. Well, we'll see what happens next. Can what you say be proven, or is it just rumors and ordinary news? because, there is no link that you shared in this post.

Now we know that Al-Hilal are just like the Man City of the Epl as they’re the club with the highest wins of the league title as even last 2 season they had am hattrick of the league and that means they’re used to winning the league and are constant winners. For this reason I think the only feat they’re trying to achieve is seeing if they can go unbeaten to win the league this season.

 ⁠Yes this is one reason why you see them just trying to maintain their level of play and not wanting to take a match as a random match rather they go into every match with the mindset of winning it. As for next season, they might probably still remain dominant except other clubs like Al-NAssr tries to get a balance in their team. This is what makes this Al-Hilal team stand out, even though most of her key players aren’t producing on optimum stage yet they have a balanced squad and can challenge for with that squad.

 Al-Hilal going on can still keep dominating but I think this will only make the league look boring and be probably seen as a Farmer’s league because other teams will not be struggling as they’re already know Al-Hilal will be having the victory at the end of the day. ⁠Teams in the SPL should try to improve on how they play and get proper recruitments to their teams as we’ll want to see healthy competitions next season other than what we’re seeing this season. As any repetition of this season’s performance will mean other teams aren’t serious and ready to challenge.

Benzema failed to take the penalty kick properly. Even though it was an opportunity for him and his team to make a different match even though Al Ittihad was now ahead of Al-Fayha.
Five minutes after Benzema failed to execute a penalty, Al-Fayha also got it but Sabiri, who stepped up as the executor, managed to do it well.

Kante. He is the player who most attracts my attention for this match. The French player who has won various trophies ranging from club trophies in the league he once strengthened to the trophy that all football players dream of, namely the World Cup trophy, played quite well in this match.
If I had a hand in choosing, I would choose him to be the best player for this match.

In Saudi Professional League, Al Akhdoud vs Al-Raed two teams are already 1-1 on the field to play. I can see a lot of hard fighting in this match today. Both teams have very good players. I can guess which team will win this match.  No. However, if two teams perform equally, the match will be more likely to be a draw. Let's see which team can win today's match.

Al-Ahli are playing away against Al-Ettifaq, yet they are leading with 1 goal scored in the first 10 minutes of the game. They are pushing while Al-Ettifaq barely made an attempt but there is enough time for both teams to add more goals.

Al-Ittihad are playing right now against Al Feiha and there is no real attempt until now and the score is still 0 - 0. Not sure but it doesn't seem that we will see many goals in this game unless Al Feiha make many mistakes later..

For now it seems that no club in Europe can match the capacity of clubs from the Arab League to buy and even pay old players at fantastic prices, and that is why in recent weeks the SPL authorities have issued statements that many clubs are currently experiencing heavy losses after the imbalance between income (selling players) and spending (buying players), But I don't think it will affect the top clubs of the SPL too much because of their strong finances

Arab league and other leagues have no difference at all because there will be rich clubs that continue to dominate and mediocre clubs who continue to try to stay in the league with their weak finances like SPL clubs who are at the bottom of the table at the moment, I think it is difficult for the bottom clubs of the Arab League to create miracles because indeed the rules of the Arab League tend to benefit teams that have strong finances at the moment, the latest regulations from the SPL authorities certainly make it very difficult for mediocre clubs to compete, currently the SPL authorities plan to make new rules if each team can register up to 10 foreign or European players to the first team and this number is up by two compared to 8 players allowed this season, it is clear that the regulation will trigger rich club clubs to hunt many top European players next season and directly create competition in the SPL will be tighter and more difficult, especially for the bottom team.

Al Ahli is going to win the game because they're better than Al-Ettifaq, Al Ahli has won more games this season and has more points than Al-Ettifaq, they're in the 3rd spot on the table and knowing Al-Nassr is the team that they're chasing after and how good Al nassr have also being playing they shouldn't let the 9 points they have between them and Al nassr to be extended to 12 points or they won't be able to catch up to Al nassr or finally overtake them. Al-Ettifaq and Al Ahli have equal battles as both team's have being playing with similar strengths when they meet but for this game I think Al Ahli will win. Al-Ettifaq doesn't have a good coach because their current coach doesn't have a good record as he's an average coach with a good player record when he was still a player but as a manager, he needs to learn more about managing a club.

Even though Al Ettifaq acts as host, it looks like victory will be on Al Ahli side. Because on paper Al Ahli are slightly better and more consistent than Al Ettifaq, they have better squad depth. But there is a possibility that both of them will play a draw, head to head meetings between the two teams in the last 5 meetings show that they both recorded 2 wins and two losses and one draw.

Of course, there are people who refuse quite big offers in their lives, for example, you have worked in an office for a long time and the salary is not very high, then there is a boss who wants to work with you because you have it. talent for intelligence and you are offered double the salary. or 3x the monthly payment you get. Of course, you won't refuse the offer, right and you will cooperate with the party offering it.

Yes, if it is associated with European players, as I said in the example above, it will not feel strange and this is a normal thing that happens or is experienced by someone or a football player. If someone gives them or offers them to work together for a higher salary than what they pay in their country, they will definitely think about accepting the offer because this is also said to be a new business opportunity in their life.
So from this it can be explained that European leaders who are contracted with high salaries by Saudi Arabia will of course try to work as well as possible and for Saudi Arabia by contracting the best and most well-known European players here, Saudi Arabia will also feel the benefits. because by contributing with well-known European players, football in Saudi Arabia will also be known throughout the world of football.

Al-Ettifaq will meet Al-Ahli today and to be honest this is a match that is quite difficult to predict. We know that Al-Ahli is in a better position but it cannot be ruled out that Al-Ettifaq will prevent them from winning. As the host, of course Al-Ettifaq doesn't want to lose and Steven Gerrard has to set a good strategy to embarrass Al-Ahli.

But it won't be easy either because Al-Ahli's attack will be led by the dangerous trio of Saint Maximin, Firmino, and Mahrez who will always threaten Al-Ettifaq's defense during the match. Al-Ahli really needs an additional 3 points to widen the gap from Al-Ittihad, while Al-Ettifaq also has to win in order to return to the top 4 of the standings in the remaining matches.

What are your predictions for this match? is it possible that the two teams only share one point?

Money is very attractive for human and with football players who have very short career, they will have to pay more attention on money they can earn in their player career.

It is undeniable factor with many players with offers from Saudi Arabia when they can earn x5, x10 salary than if they stay in Europe. Taking risk and playing in Saudi Arabia in one to three seasons will help European players to be richer. If I was them, I will accept the offer too because if I don't take risk and accept good financial offer, when I end my player career, my finance will not be too good.

Especially the European players who came to the Saudi professional league were mainly attracted to the Saudi clubs because of the greed of extra money. If Karim Benzema wants to return to the Europa League, he will have to work hard. Because you have to enter the European clubs only by increasing the performance. But if Karim Benzema goes back to the Europa League now, I don't think he will be able to retain the honor of the past.

In fact, it is possible that Benzema will return to the European league, but the problem is that Benzema is still under contract with the Al Ittihad team until 2026 and his salary is very large at Al Ittihad, the European team might consider this if they want to accept him, especially at his current age, he is already prone to injury and its perhaps potential decreases. In my opinion, the European teams that recruited French players were too brave and did not consider the risks they would face in the future.

This season Al Nassr has no hope of breaking the strength of Al Hilal who are in good condition so far this season and have not been defeated so Al Nassr will not be able to catch up because Al Hilal is already at the top of the standings with a margin that is impossible for Al Nassr to achieve because of Al Nassr's performance not as consistent as Al Hilal, especially since the league only has a few games left so it's quite clear that Al Hilal will win the Saudi Pro League title this season. At least Al Nassr can still compete again next season with Al Hilal if they are able to improve their performance to be stronger and more consistent. Al Nassr already has several good players so don't let it go to waste and not get any results, especially the Saudi Pro League title.

It's true that I have also said that before that the difference is quite clearly visible, Al Hilal's midfield and back line are strong enough so they don't concede goals easily, as well as this, coupled with a good attack line, this makes Al Hilal the strongest club in the league at the moment and no club has beaten him yet. Al Nassr must learn a lot about Al Hilal's performance and improve the performance of their back line so that they can compete strongly with Al Hilal next season, who knows, Al Nassr will win the title if all their players can perform optimally.

That's right, this season Al Hilal seems to continue to remain firmly at the top of the Saudi Arabian League (SPL) standings. The reason is that currently the Al Hilal players have carried out their duties well by providing maximum results in the 24 matches they have played in the Saudi Arabian League (SPL) without defeat. So Al Nasr will not be able to shift Al Hilal's current position. Because what I see currently is that Al Nasr is experiencing a decline in performance. The reason is, when Al Nasr played against teams like Al Hazm and Al Raed, Al Nasr was unable to produce maximum results. The result was only a draw against Al Hazm and a loss against Al Raed.

Therefore, this season Al Hilal does not need to worry about its position being shifted by Al Nasr or other teams. Because it seems that currently there is not a single Saudi Arabian League team whose performance can match Al Hilal. Even though Al Nasr has many top European players, Al Nasr still cannot match Al Hilal's performance. Because in my opinion Al Nasr has an incomplete player composition.

Honestly, if you look at the transfer market in the SPL last summer, the most striking among the other Saudi Arabian teams was Al Nasr. The reason is, Al Nasr has brought in many well-known players from Europe. But unfortunately, Al Nasr is too focused on bringing in players who play as wingers and attackers. However, Al Nasr forgot about the players in their defense line who were still weak. In my opinion, that's why Al Nasr often concedes goals when competing in the SPL or ACL.

But on the other hand, Al Hilal has a very complete player composition. The back, center and front players are very good and strong. So that the defense flow and attack flow carried out by the Al Hilal players are perfect. Therefore, Al Hilal has a very sharp attack and a very strong defensive wall. And that's why Al Hilal is currently undefeated.

I just call the Pro League a stupid team if it spends money on unnecessary politics like that. Lewandowski is a rejection from his performance, and I am concerned about the statement of the SPL, saying that the club does not want to force a lot of money for the Europeans.
I think no more people should be added to join the pro league.Saudi Arabia's statement is very clear: if the club does not repeat the stupid mistake of wasting money on recruiting old players, it would be better for them to focus on their domestic market.
It is not wrong to link old players to Saudi Pro League, but I am sure that Saudi club will not agree to buy new players anytime soon. Saudi Arabia has said it will stop everything related to buying new players at unreasonable prices.Enough for the Saudi Pro League to become a dumping ground for European clubs' old players.

Ronaldo is doing an excellent job of managing his fitness to be stable till this time. I meant that if we don't see Ronaldo out for months due to injury. It was quite common to see him out due to a minor injury but he will comeback asap, and I do not see this as a problem given that Ronaldo is still performing well. Benzema and Neymar are unable to maintain their fitness levels like Ronaldo which are also greatly affecting their performance in the club.

That is why Ronaldo is still regarded as a good footballer even when he was not young anymore, not only because of his playing abilities, but also because of how he maintains his health, which will help him able to play consistently, and I was also seeing someone who did the same, like Ibrahimovic or Buffon. I am considering whether the Saudi Professional League will no longer recruit old players. It will result in a negative outcome, such as players missing months of play due to injury. Many old players shall take a look at how ronaldo was keeping his performance and condition to be far away from getting major injury that will hurt their careers for months.

Indeed, they are the most successful team who have succeeded in creating many records in this competition, when Al Hilal becomes champion again, it means they are returning to the path they have always had before, namely winning the championship title.
But look at Saudi football has changed significantly with various star players with extraordinary skills taking part in dominating each team, this should provide fiercer competition.
However, in reality, Al Hilal still holds full power in controlling the SPL competition, if there is equal power based on the performance of each team, then clearly this is one of the conditions where the competition can be very competitive.
Anyone would definitely prefer competition with fierce competition because it can create much better match, victory really becomes heated struggle and the champion title can be chased by each other by surpassing each other.

Hahaha I just hope that in the future the SPL will be like that, more team with full performance strength and can compete with each other well.
That way the SPL can truly become the competition of choice for everyone.