Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 187. (Read 119308 times)

Al Hilal is used to competition in the SPL, that's why Al Hilal is still undefeated in the SPL to date, but in the LCA everything changes, here the real competition between every club here cannot be underestimated even though Al Hilal looks quite strong in the SPL, but if Regarding the LCA, the possibility is different. Al Ain is not an average club or a mediocre club. It also performs well in the UPL and is ranked 3rd, so a win over Al Hilal is a worthy result because Al Hilal is quite arrogant with its wins so far.

Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Nassr have all been eliminated from LCA, no one can conquer LCA this season, I thought Al Hilal would also get this title but it turns out Al Hilal was also eliminated just like other rival rivals, there are always surprises in football, indeed the club what we put too high on usually doesn't fully live up to expectations.

Not too bad for Al Nassr if can win King Cup of Champion for this season, after eliminating from AFC Champion League and little possibility for winning domestic league. But in the semifinal teams left still has Al Hilal as stronger opponent teams for Al Nassr and make them loss opportunity for winning Saudi Super Cup after eliminating in semifinal round. Seems not difficult for Al Nassr reach the final round in King Cup of Championship but if Al Hilal success beating Al Ittihad in semifinal round both team will face each other and Al Hilal still with winning dominance result in this season against Al Nassr.

Only one team can beat Al Hilal in this season is Al Ain in AFC Champion League, in domestic league there are not any teams can beating Al Hilal keep unbeaten until playing 28 mathces.

Al Nassr still has to collect points to be able to continue to stay in the second rank at this time, although it is impossible to catch up with Al Hilal but at least Al Nassr still has a chance to continue to get closer and put pressure on Al Hillal, currently Al Hillal only needs at least 4 more wins for them to celebrate the title, the match against Al Khaleej should be an easy match for Al Nassr because so far Al Nassr has been able to continue dominating the win over Al Khaleej every time they meet, losing Ronaldo and Talisca is certainly a loss for Al Nassr but I think Mane will still be able to be a mainstay of Al Nassr in that the match to deliver victory, the two teams currently have a striking difference in the SPL standings so that shows the quality and also the performance of the two teams are very different.

The Saudi Arabian King Cup is the only chance left for Ronaldo to give trophy to Al Nassr fans, after they were eliminated in the Asian Champions League and it is also impossible to win the league trophy at the moment, so I think for now Al Nassr should target the Saudi Arabian King Cup trophy as the only trophy they should get.  I personally am quite sure that Al Nassr could have reached the final of the Saudi Arabian King Cup even without Ronaldo, but it was the final that made me a little surprised because I might have to meet Al Hillal who are Currently Unbeaten in the league.

In this match the atmosphere was very hot and fierce. The reason is, Al Ittihad players and Al Shabab players exchanged attacks in a very organized manner from the first minute of the match. In the first half, both teams created many opportunities. However, until halftime in the first half no goals had been scored. Then at the start of the second half in the 48th minute, Al Ittihad had to concede first through a very beautiful one-two pass from the Al Shabab players and the goal scorer was Diallo. Then after that Hamdallah was able to score Al Ittihad's equalizer in the 58th minute with a powerful header. However, unfortunately in the second half the Al Ittihad players often lost the ball and the ball was mostly controlled by the Al Shabab players. And the result after that was that Al Shabab was able to score 2 additional goals which determined Al Shabab's victory. So in that match Al Ittihad had to lose to Al Shabab at home with a score of 1-3.

So with this defeat, Al Ittihad failed to shift Al Ahli from 3rd position and is still in 5th position in the SPL standings. Then in this match the Al Ittihad players actually played quite well, especially in the first half. However, in the second half the Al Ittihad players were unable to maintain consistent performance so that the Al Shabab players were able to control the game. Maybe that was the fatal mistake that prevented Al Ittihad from winning this match. And I personally was very impressed with the performance of the Al Shabab players. Because they have very good mentality and skills. Maybe if Al Shabab players continue to be developed, I'm sure they can compete better in the SPL.

Only chance for Al Nassr to win the title is in the Saudi Arabian King Cup and they will meet Al Khaleej in the semifinal match at the beginning of May.
But the two will meet first in the SPL match which will take place in the next few hours, and this match will be Al Nassr second match without Ronaldo.
But Al Nassr has Mane who can always be savior for the team ranked 2nd in the SPL to achieve victory and many people believe that Mane is player who can really be trusted to make good finishes in creating goals.
This will be an easy match for Al Nassr to win because Al Khaleej itself is not strong team.

For the semifinals of the Saudi Arabian King Cup, it is certain that Ronaldo will be able to appear for Al Nassr because he is only suspended for 2 matches and we will see Ronaldo and Mane playing as collaboration on the front line for Al Nassr.

My mistake, I didn't know if the result would be like this, even though Al-Ittihad was playing at home but they couldn't prove they were stronger than the visiting team. I think it would be very feasible if Al-Shabab managed to beat Al-Ittihad considering that the hosts' game has not improved at all and they are still having difficulty scoring goals.

Actually, I don't expect much from Karim Benzema and this player is really finished. However, I was quite entertained by Hamdallah's goal which was an important spearhead in this match. Once again, Al-Ittihad proved that they are not a team that can be relied on and I am quite annoyed with the result of this defeat. Even though it should be a draw if you can't win, that's football, even Al-Shabab performed better in this match.

Ronaldo has been able to build a name for himself with his track record of success both on and off the pitch and as such he keeps getting on the spotlight wherever he finds himself. When he was set to move to the SPL, many though that’s the beginning of Ronaldo’s end but he’s changed the whole narrative and keep bringing the spotlight on himself and the league generally. His move to the SPL made the league’s popularity grow more widely and it’s not looking like it will end anytime soon as his move to SPL brings fame both to the club and the league generally.

 SPL pays the players well and as such Ronaldo’s influence is another big factor attracting the players to come to the league to play. Ronaldo keeps creating milestones for himself and showing us why he’s considered as the best. I think he don’t need to really try to prove himself again as he keeps meeting and beating the standards season in and out.
 
 His arrival has greatly improved the face of the spl and as such now making players want to compete in the league and play alongside Ronaldo.  In the Al-Nassr team, I think Ronaldo is doing pretty well but the team still needs to grow more stable so as to be able to win trophies and i think the team’s board need to start trying to make this team quite balanced for Ronaldo.

Maybe if we only judge from the ranking then Ittihad FC should win this match, but this season Ittihad FC is just a team that often gets random results because their performance is often not convincing, and this season they lost in the first meeting against Al-Shabab as well as in today's match.
Ittihad FC did not field their forward, Abderrazak Hamdallah, from the first minute of the match, he played in the 56th minute and two minutes later managed to score a goal but unfortunately that was the only goal scored by Ittihad, while Karim Benzema did not play in this match, proves that Ittihad really needs Abderrazak Hamdallah and should be able to bring in a new, sharper striker to make their attack better, while Karim Benzema's career at Ittihad FC seems to be over, there is nothing good he can give to his team.
With Al-Shabab being able to score three goals against Ittihad FC, it also proves that Ittihad's defense was one of the reasons this team failed to win, they were the team that conceded the most goals among the teams in the top five, and were also the team with the most defeats among these teams, Ittihad really need changes so they can compete again with Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr next season.

the problem of other teams and that they focused on signing many expensive players rather than hiring a good coach, this big mistake is being made by the majority of teams in that league. This is because the intention of the managers or these rich Arabs and marketing than the quality of the league. They are bringing popular players to attract people's attention, at the same time they believed that having good players in the league would then have high quality games, they are partly right. but they are making the serious mistake of placing coaches without any great achievements and as a consequence we are seeing teams that have great players losing to Al hilal

because Al Hilal has a great coach. See that Neymar is an Al Hilal player but he isn't even missing from the team. but the arabs didn't fire him because neymar attracts attention just like ronaldo and that generates money for the arabs, it generates attention for the arabs. In my opinion, next season, these other teams should not be making large investments in players. but they should make big investments in good coaches, only with good coaches and that these other teams will be able to compete with Al hilal

Al Hilal push to remained undefeatable in the SPL this season, they understand the risks involved but they're willingly to match these stats up back to back. This is one of the few reasons to wonder why football comes with shocking results. We should understand the necessities involved and doing our best to equipped the appropriate standings. Al Hilal have always been the best team intermd of streak winnings in Saudi Pro league but it happens to be shocking watching them been elimated from the league cup by some random average team.

Al Hilal will not only lock up the trophy sooner, they could potentially end the season undefeated. Al Hilal journey at domestic level has been quite smooth, but in the Asian Champions League they were not so lucky after being eliminated by Al Ain in the semifinals. Now Al Hilal can shift their focus completely to domestic competitions, and sweep the remaining 6 matches with a win. Apart from that, the competition for this season trophy has been considered finished, it is no longer possible for Al Nassr to catch up with a difference of 12 points. Meanwhile, the match between Al Ittihad versus Al Shabab ended with a score of 3-1, Al Ittihad suffered another defeat and it was their 9th defeat this season. It is very surprising to see the decline in performance experienced by Al Ittihad, even though they have spent a large budget to build squad depth, but failed to defend the title.

Well, in football there are many unique things if we look at them and pay attention to them. as you said, even you are confused by the performance and consistency of the two elite teams from the Saudi Pro League. yeah, Al Hilal and Al Nassr. In fact, we shouldn't turn a blind eye to how the Al Ain coach did when they overthrew Al Hilal in the Champions League. There are several factors why Al Hilal were eliminated in the AFC Champions League and one of them is the absence of one of their mainstay strikers, Mitrovic. Apart from that, Hernan Crespo chose to use defensive tactics and took advantage of Al Hilal's negligence when he focused on attacking. In the second leg, Al Hilal was unable to score more than 3 goals, which meant they failed to advance to the final match. Once again the Argentinian coach chose to use a defensive system with a 5-4-1 pattern, and Al Hilal had quite a difficult time breaking through Al Ain's goal every time they launched an attack. It's natural because Motrivic is again absent, while Jorge Jesus doesn't try to rotate his players. He gave more confidence to local strikers to fill Mitrovic's position. and yeah, they failed to get to the final round of the AFC Champions League.

Al Ain may use the same tactics, systems and patterns against Al Nassr. Meanwhile, when Al Nassr played Al Hilal, both teams played with an offensive pattern. no one uses a defensive system, because both teams are equally strong and competing for prestige. Well, that's more or less from my point of view. Let's just say that if Al Ain uses the same pattern, don't be surprised if Al Nassr and Al Hilal can overthrow it easily. in the Saudi Pro League, Al Hilal finished the match with a score of 3-1, beating Al Fateh. well, Al Hilal is getting closer to winning a trophy in this competition. Uniquely, after failing in the AFC Champions League, Jorge Jesus started rotating his players because their main striker was still not recovering from injury.

Agree. Al Hilal has secured the title of Saudi league, it is impossible to overtake by Al Nassr. There are only 6 remaining matches, the season is almost over. Although there are still 2 tough matches (against Al Nassr and Al Ahli), it won't change the opportunity of Al Hilal to win the title of SPL. The point gap is 12 points, it is enough to secure the title of SPL. In addition, I assume Al Hilal will try to keep winning the remaining matches. They must have the intention to keep their record of unbeaten in Saudi league.

I assume Ronaldo is safe to be the top scorer of SPL this season. Ronaldo still has a chance to score more goals and keep the goal difference until the end of the season. Meanwhile Aleksandar Mitrović, he got hamstring injury and we don't know when he can play again with Al Hilal team. So, it is very unlikely to happen that Aleksandar Mitrović will make hattricks in the next few matches. He even has no chance to score more goals.

Al Hilal is definitely the team that will become champions this season because the season only has 6 more matches left and it is possible that Al Hilal will lock the title in the 30th match. There is no more chance for Al Nassr to disturb Al Hilal because this season Al Hilal has  shows how consistent they are in every match they play.

In the ongoing match between Al Ittihad vs Al Shabab the score was still 0-0 where the match almost ended in the first half. Al Ittihad can overtake Al Ahli if they are able to get 3 points in this match but with the way they played in the first half of course there is a bigger chance in the second half to score a goal. I think this season there will be no more exciting surprises in the hunt for the title because not a single team has managed to beat Al Hilal this season.

Cristiano Ronaldo has a hige effect anywhere he finds himself both on and off the pitch and he’s the most influential in the world. As such I think his arrival in SPL not only helped the team where he was signed but also the league in general as it now puts the league on the spotlight of the media.

 ⁠I think this was the main reason why they considered bringing in Ronaldo despite his age and they offered him a mouth watering contract. Well the league is benefiting majorly from his move to Saudi and for that you can see many European players really want to make a move to any Saudi club at least to participate with Ronaldo too.

 ⁠Neymar too was another big move for the league and luckily he joined Al-Hilal which are the most favorites to win the league Their major contender being Al-Nassr though Al-Nassr and Ronaldo stands no chance as Al-Hilal are looking better placed on the league.

 I think the Saudis know how to do business and I’m sure expecting another big European player joining the league this summer as this kind of moves helps to keep the league media presence active and as such generate more money for the clubs and the government at large. I think while doing this, they should also not forget on growing the local players as that will help generate more funds too and help the nation in National Competitions.

Not only closer, but they have definitely secured the title this season and Al-Nassr couldn't do anything when Al-Hilal still held an unbeaten record, which makes me wonder why Al-Hilal keeps winning matches? even though they lose one match it doesn't have an impact on their position. And one thing we are waiting for in this league is that we want to know who the top scorer, currently Ronaldo leads with 29 goals while Aleksandar Mitrović is 7 goals behind but Ronaldo is not safe yet because Mitrović could catch him in the next 2-3 matches, as we know these two players often make hattricks. By the way, the competition in the relegation zone is also interesting, there are at least 4 teams fighting there and one team is certain to be relegated.

Al Hilal keep near future for winning domestic league after victory against Al Fater 3-1 and currently lead the first place with 12 gap points behind Al Nassr, seems Al Hilal want to wake up after eliminating from AFC Champion League semifinal round and want to make over with domestic league winning race. Saudi Pro League left six matches later and Al Hilal with 12 points remaining just requirement three winning matches later to be the winner, seems not difficult with three matches schedule against Al Taawoun, Al Ahly and Al Hazm for securing the domestic league tittle after winning Saudi Super Cup before and get double winner in this season.

I think Al Hilal points very difficult stopping by Al Nassr and opportunity to make invisible record in domestic league unbeaten yet until 34 matches all. 

Their journey had to stop in the Asian Champions League after they lost on aggregate to their opponents Al Ain, 4-5. They couldn't recover from their defeat in the first leg and only won 2-1 in the second leg, while they lost 4-2 in the first leg, which meant they had to be eliminated in the semifinals of the Asian Champions League this season.

Their defeat in the first leg was a bit painful, because in terms of their game they were very good, but they had to receive 2 penalties which in the end they had to suffer defeat at the opponent's headquarters. In the second leg they could only score 2 goals and even then they conceded, and that wasn't enough to allow them to survive in the Asian Champions League.

Now they are playing against Al Fateh in the Saudi Pro League, and they are leading now, with only a little time left. They will win again in this match, while also extending their winning record in the Saudi Pro League this season.

It is true that the impact of the entry of the world's top player, namely Cristiano Ronaldo, has really helped and brought about the development of football in Saudi Arabia, especially so that the event in Saudi Arabia can develop more advanced and wide, with many spectators following and watching the Saudi Pro League matches live this season.
I'm sure that before the arrival of this world famous player, the football event in Saudi Arabia was not much liked and watched by all football fans, but after the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, the football event in Saudi Arabia, in my opinion, is currently being followed by many fans, so the country also benefited from the transfer of this famous European player.

Moreover, after the entry of the best European player, Cristiano Ronaldo also brought his fellow players from Europe who are no less famous and the best, one of whom is Neymar, yes they both support clubs in Saudi Arabia but both are different in supporting their respective clubs which have been successful. contract him.
Namely, Cristiano Ronaldo supports the Al Nassr club while Neymar supports the Al Hilal club and they are competing in the Saudi league with each other's strengths and abilities so that the club they support can later become champions in Saudi Arabia this season.
We know that currently the Al Hilal club and the Al Nassr club are in between first and second and second and second positions. The difference in points between the two clubs is quite large so I don't think Al Nassr can beat Al Hilal for sure.
And this is a threat for Cristiano Ronaldo and happiness for the player Neymar.

The AFC Championship League match against Al Ain was a nightmare for Al Hilal. They were hoping to beat Al Ain and be in the final match we were usually because Al Hilal is the most successful team in the AFC Champions League. But the result they got in the first leg made Al Hilal far from this goal.
Now the only thing is they can get the Saudi League title.
While The other bad news for Al Hilal is about their player, Salem Aldawsari.
Salem Aldawsari is one of the most effective players in Al Hilal but in the game against Al Ain, Salem Aldawsari got injured hardly.
It seems Salem Aldawsari lost the whole season and he needs five weeks to get back into good form.