Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 188. (Read 119308 times)

On paper, Al Ittihad is superior to Al Shahab. However, with the inconsistency that they often show, something is bothering me about how Al Ittihad will play, whether they will play well or not. However, even so, I put them as favorites to win this match, of course with several notes, one of which is that they have to play well and minimize their mistakes as much as possible.
Looking at the defense, they are similar because they conceded a number that is not much different. However, if we look at the front line, of course Al Ittihad has a more productive front line than Al Shahab. Al Ittihad will also play as hosts in this match, which is something that is in their favor. I hope they don't miss this good opportunity to achieve victory with all their advantages in this match. They must be able to make the best use of it to achieve victory which will later make their mentality even better.

Ronaldo's name and popularity are quite large in the world of football is certainly the reason he continues to be in the main spotlight today, even when he decided to leave for the SPL league, of course, it made many people start to be curious so that the popularity of SPL also increased the effect of Ronaldo's arrival, as a player who  old  is indeed very appropriate for Ronaldo to continue his career outside Europe,  In addition to competition that is not too competitive, of course, a large salary is one of the attractions, currently SPL began to gain a lot of popularity after Ronaldo's arrival and we can see now SPL clubs often bring in many stars, making European clubs worried about not being able to compete with offers made by teams from SPL.

For now I think there is no more proof that Ronaldo should look for to prove he is still the best, because indeed every prestige and record set by Ronaldo becomes evidence in history, after Ronaldo's arrival of course the competition began to be fierce in the SPL so I think all teams have the same chance to win, Al Nassr does have Ronaldo in their squad but so far the strategy applied by the Al Nassr coach has actually made The performance of their team as a whole often decreases, I think Ronaldo still needs the support of every player to be able to bring Al Nassr champions because no matter how great he is, of course he will not be able to do it alone.

Will Al-Ittihad be able to continue its winning trend today? especially considering that the opponent is Al-Shabab and of course this will not be easy for Al-Ittihad even if they play at home. If Al-Ittihad can beat Al-Shabab then they will shift Al-Ahli's position from 3rd in the standings and of course that will be their goal through this match.

Al-Ittihad need to press from the start of the match and they must not relax their attacks even if they want to get a decent result. A 1 goal advantage will not guarantee they can win and they have to finish with more than 2 goals against Al-Shabab later. Apart from that, Al-Shabab will certainly come with high motivation after not losing in the last 3 matches and they will try to steal points from the hosts. My prediction is that with almost equal squad depth, there is a possibility of a draw or it will be a win for Al-Ittihad. So I will take a handicap bet (-0.25) at odds @1.79 for Al-Ittihad.

Al Hilal is know to being very strong in the Saudi League but a pauper when they play in the champions league and other external competitions. With their outstanding performance this season, one would have thought that their will be able to make great progress in the Asian championship. Here is the strange part of the game of football, Al Ain eliminated Al Nassr from the same competition only through penalty whereas they eliminated Al Hilal through goal difference. Meanwhile, Al Hilal defeat Al Nassr in their league match clean and without stress. Its is just so confusing how Al Ain that is not even doing so well in their league will eliminate the two top teams in the KSA league.

Yes, he was the first star player to come to the SPL and immediately became the center of attention in various corners of the world who knew this top European player, most people know what Ronaldo's performance was like when he was in Europe and he also has the most fans so it is very natural that the SPL has become popular when Ronaldo was in the SPL but the number of fans still couldn't match European football, but at least with Ronaldo the SPL has become a real league and is no longer looked down upon by some people.

Ronaldo came here because he has the goal of reaching a higher level Asia and he will break the record for the best player of all time not only in European football but in Asian football, but unfortunately Ronaldo has not been able to bring Al Nassr to a title the SPL since his arrival because of Al Hilal being an undefeated club in the SPL and certainly making it quite difficult for Al Nassr to win the title.

Devastating loss for Al Hilal. A good team falling apart is always hard. Three penalties against them? Thats cruel. Proof that even the top teams have terrible days and can crack under duress in a large tournament. I expect Al Hilal's league competitors to be bolder after this. It reminds them they're mortal.

Im intrigued about next season's changes. Losing may make other teams more aggressive against Al Hilal. Tactics may change.  Al Hilal's edge came from playing intelligently, not just using superstars. They're coherent. Maybe this loss will inspire other teams to critically evaluate their personnel. It will be interesting to watch whether this changes the league's play and if teams find new ways to beat the giants.150

Al Ain was the team that actually beat Al Hilal decisively in the LCA competition and this defeat meant that Al Hilal had to be eliminated and allowed Al Ain to qualify for the final against Marinos, Al Hilal had wasted one championship title.
But they still have the SPL which clearly guarantees the title and holds the Saudi Super Cup title or the opportunity to win the Saudi Arabian King Cup title, this is the competition they are participating in this season.
Al Hilal clearly failed to get four titles, but there is still 1 competition, namely the Saudi Arabian King Cup, which could give Al Hilal three titles in one season, they will definitely try to get it.

Talking about the first match Al Hilal vs Al Ain, it was actually very surprising result, Al Ain got 3 goals penalty and this was big loss for Al Hilal.
Apart from that, the defeat against Al Ain was the only major defeat experienced by Al Hilal this season.

True, he has contributed significantly to the popularity of the Saudi Pro League. I believe the main concern must be how Ronaldo was able to attract many European players to the league and I believe the most important factor is the money invested by the Saudi Pro League to acquire him from another club the big salary offered by saudi pro league has been also making some good players are interesting to go there. Even mahrez who has been playing for city was also going there caused by he received greater salary to play for al ahli.

It should be noted that Ronaldo would not be coming to the Saudi Pro League without receiving very large offers from Al Nassr and money plays a very important role here. He has played an important role in the club's acquisition of many European players up to this point by giving the best example how to give good offer in order to attract european players to join in the saudi pro league. That is why many people in the Saudi Pro League admire him, but it saddens me that Ronaldo will be trophyless this season. I can't really accept it because Ronaldo was the only player who was constantly carrying his team. This is why missing him will be disastrous for the club.
 
I can't imagine what will happen to the Saudi Professional League if Ronaldo isn't in it. I am convinced that the club's popularity will plummet dramatically like a roller coaster once ronaldo will retire from there.

I should also probably admit that my interest in the Saudi Pro League emerged after C.Ronaldo came to Al-Nassr. And this is probably because I have always been curious about this great player. And I'm sure everyone has almost the same reasons. But this season, more great players have arrived from Europe and this has succeeded in making the Saudi Pro League better known and getting more attention.
But if one day C.Ronaldo retires, maybe I will still watch the SPL because now I am getting used to it and starting to like the matches in this competition. And I am grateful to C. Ronaldo who indirectly took us to see other competitions in the world of football that have not received much attention so far.

In the Saudi Arabian League (SPL), Al Hilal are confirmed to be champions this season. The reason is, Al Hilal's performance in the Saudi Arabian League is very good and second to none. Then in the Asian Champions League (ACL), Al Hilal also actually has a big chance of qualifying for the final. Because when competing against Al Ain, I saw that Al Hilal players always excelled in everything. All of this was visible from the first leg to the second leg. But unfortunately victory has not yet been on Al Hilal's side. In the first leg, Al Hilal lost to Al Ain, due to a penalty kick. Because in the first leg, as far as I know, Al Ain received 3 penalty kicks and all of them resulted in goals. So in the first leg Al Hilal lost with a fairly heavy score. Then in the second leg that just happened, Al Hilal managed to win against Al Ain with a score of 2-1. However, unfortunately Al Hilal still lost on aggregate to Al Ain (5-4). If only Al Hilal could score 1 more goal against Al Ain in this second leg, I'm sure the story would be different. Because of course after that there will be extra time and it is very likely that Al Hilal will win. Because in terms of ball control, Al Hilal is always superior to Al Ain. However, unfortunately Al Hilal failed to equalize the aggregate in this second leg. And must accept the fact that Al Hilal failed in the Asian Champions League. So currently Al Hilal will most likely only enjoy the local trophy (Saudi Arabia) and also the domestic league trophy of the Saudi Arabian League.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player that brought the Saudi Pro League into limelight, all these popularity the lleague is enjoying today is as a result of the undisputed GOAT. Ronaldo have always been the top player in the European world of football and coming to Asia to dominate his new territory. Ronaldo in Al Nassr, he's outstanding and not showing any signs of old age, he keep pressing for more goals and hitting main purpose. I see him as the best player ahead of Leo Messi because he always fight for the best results and having pressing concerns for major titles.

In the Saudi Pro League, i think there was a rule against recruiting high number of European players except you drop some of the European players you have then you allowed to recruit. This rule is an embago placed on the number of European players a club can have in it full squad list.

 ⁠I think this rule is healthy and favorable to the league as it helps them be able to invest more on local players at the same time help the clubs be able to save up funds from high signing of European players. Now the issue is that the big clubs in the league might not want to follow through this rule to the latter and might be willing to use their cash to overlook on the sanctions.

 Al-Hilal who had Neymar in their squad but unluckily was hit with a long term injury, removed his name from the squad list so as to be able to sign an Europe player. Well I think this removal was a temporary one because you can see Neymar still celebrating twice with the clubs the time they’ve won trophies this season.

 Well, let’s see what the club has in stock for us as we approach the Summer Market, if they’ll reluctantly follow their minds and go ahead and sign European players and face sanctions or maybe they will do with Neymar. Luckily for them Neymar is now said to be recovering so I think a better option is to still stick with Neymar in the squad.

As I was expecting to see Al Hilal tried hard in this match but it was not enough at all. They knew they had to score more goals than Al Ain because they had the first leg with a bad result.
For a team like Al Hilal, this could be amazing for them to see this team win the AFC Champions League in this season because they had an amazing performance in the Saudi League and they had a huge gap even with a team like Al Nassr with all the superstars they have.
The good performance of Al Hilal in the second leg was not enough and now they lost the AFC Champions League with a 5-4 result against Al Ain.

Al-Taee has fought quite well. But they struggled to get close to the AL-feiha defense. And this made Al-ta'ee fail to beat Al-feiha. Even though Al-ta'ee controlled more of the ball, it was not enough to break through Al-feiha's defense. And in terms of standings, the difference in strength between these two teams is clearly visible. Because Al-Feiha is ranked 9th. Meanwhile, Al-Ta'ee is ranked 15th and is still struggling to get away from the relegation zone. Abha even has the opportunity to get out of the relegation zone and drag Al-ta'ee into the relegation zone. because Abha has only played 28 matches. while Al-ta'ee has played 29 matches.

I am sure that their opponents at the league must be happy that they are gone, it must feel like it has been a whole season of them dominating and not losing a single game, so when they finally end up losing one game, that must have made their opponents quite happy to see that. Next season, things will change I am sure, it wasn't similar last season neither, and this season it will be different as well.

I think the situation will be different and other teams will realize what they could do with money. Normally most teams ended up getting players with a name, and they tried to get more popular, but not AL Hilal, they tried to get players who are still good, and not have the same name, and they did a lot better than everyone thanks to that.

The final score was 1-0 and Al Taee lost this away match, although Al Taee had good ball possession, but Al Taee did not have a good effort in attack. With this defeat, then of course Al Taee's position is still very prone to falling back into the relegation zone and of course this factor will really put heavy pressure on Al Taee for the rest of the season. But indeed, based on existing head to head records, Al Feiha has always been a difficult opponent for Al Taee. So yes, basically a victory for Al Feiha in this home match is a natural victory result. But at least, because considering Al Taee who still really needs a victory to stay away from the relegation zone, then maybe Al Taee can at least hold Al Feiha's draw, but in fact Al Taee still failed and Al Taee lost this match.

It's obvious. Since, al hilal has been targeting treble winners by winning AFC champion league but they are all failed caused by so many penalties given by the referee at the first leg. It's really saddened all of the players since they were unable defending their records which is bad.
Al hilal needs a new motivation in order to get back their spirit in winning the remaining trophies. There are still two trophies that can be acquired by al hilal this season. These trophies are king cup and saudi pro league.

It's very difficult to have a perfect season by winning all or many titles. It requires many conditions converge together, strength of a club players and coach, good performances and certainly needed, support of luck.

Al Hilal are very strong and dominating Saudi Professional League but they can not win all matches and a match with Al Ain is one like this. Al Hilal must lose some day and it's not common to have a whole long season unbeaten. Two titles in this season are good enough for Al Hilal and they must not sleep on it, must prepare for bigger challenge from Al Nassr and other competitors next season.

Al Hilal have loss the great opportunity with treble winner this season after eliminating in AFC Champion League by Al Ain with aggregate  4-5, but won Saudi Super Cup last several weeks and near future with domestic league are not bad achieving for Al Hilal indeed the most expected dreaming by winning AFC Champion League.
Must forget the down trend performance after eliminating from AFC Champion League and Al Hilal get focus take three points on next match against Al Fateh, with 9 points remaining awhile after Al Nassr winning this week match and several winning matches later will make Al Hilal winning domestic league tittle.

In Saudi Professional League Al Feiha vs Al-Tai two teams have entered the field. The players of both teams have started to perform equally for which neither team has scored a goal yet. I am enjoying the match to see how Al Feiha team will perform in today's match.  Goalkeeper A. Al-Deqeel in Al Feiha team has started a very good performance. Let's see which team will win the match today until the end. And if neither team can score in today's match, there is a high possibility of a draw.