Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 19. (Read 129284 times)

Al Ittihad has been quite successful in making improvements at least until now, yes what they did made them more solid and the results were quite satisfying by successfully being at the top of the standings and just eliminating Al Hilal in the King's Cup. It is not something easy to beat a club that is known to be very difficult to beat in recent times. The coach can do his job well and the players can apply the instructed strategy so as to create a good game. Their chances of winning the title from Al Hilal this season are very big, as long as there are no problems and they can maintain what they have shown so far.

Al-hilal's dominance seems to have faded. Last season Al-hilal dominated but this season Al-ittihad managed to replace Al-hilal and it is Al-ittihad who are now starting to dominate. Well, it seems that Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad are taking turns dominating every competition in the Saudi Arabian league. In the 2022-23 season Al-ittihad dominates, while last season Al-hilal dominated. And this season Al-ittihad dominates again. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr seems like they are similar to Arsenal in the Premier League, who also always fail to win the title. And more often than not come second place.

And by the way, Benzema seems to be really improving this season. He has become sharper again and is different from Benzema last season who completely lost his sharpness. But last season Benzema was not in the best condition in terms of physical fitness. So it's understandable.

Especially for Al Ittihad, I think that not many people expected that they could get what they have achieved so far because of Al Hilal's great dominance in the last few seasons and this season Al Hilal also performed convincingly, but Al Ittihad showed good achievements that made them perched in first place in the standings.
Two points is not a long distance. If they are careless, then Al Ittihad must resign from that position and Al Hilal will work hard to be able to lead the league again this season.

Al Ittihad managed to beat Al Hilal and of course, made Al Ittihad have a chance to get the King Cup trophy and the Saudi Pro League trophy this season. But, I noticed that it seems that when one team manages to be strong at the top of the Saudi Pro League standings, then the team will also get good results in other tournaments, as happened this season to Al Ittihad. Because anyway, in the previous season it was clear that Al Hilal had good dominance and the two teams had a good rivalry that became their rivals for the trophy from season to season. Unlike Al Nassr who still failed, although Al Nassr is also an elite team in the Saudi Pro League but for teams competing for the trophy it is only about Al Hilal and Al Ittihad.

Al Ittihad managed to beat Al Hilal in a penalty shootout, this was a very valuable victory for them, because it is not easy to beat Al Hilal, but this time Al Ittihad could do it. Benzema became a very disturbing figure for Al Hilal, because the 2 goals he managed to create made Al Hilal fail to win, especially in 2x15 minutes. Benzema did his job well, he gave something where calmness is the key to the team he is currently defending. This result makes Al Ittihad certain to be in the next round, and this makes Al Hilal have to be willing to lose the opportunity to get a trophy in this competition.

Of course, many people think that Ronaldo's arrival at Al Nassr will make Al Nassr's performance good and they will always win lots of matches and lots of trophies. But yes, in fact, now Cristiano Ronaldo still hasn't been able to present many trophies and of course, if I'm not mistaken, Cristiano Ronaldo has only ever managed to win the Arab Club Cup trophy and of course up to now Cristiano Ronaldo still hasn't been able to present another trophy to Al Nassr.

It's absolutely true, I also agree with you and it would be a good step if, for example, Ronaldo were given a long time because that way Cristiano Ronaldo would potentially be able to bring Al Nassr to win trophies and of course Al Nassr also of course don't just rely on Ronaldo and according to I think Al Nassr needs to bring in more top European players if they want to see Al Nassr make progress.

Yes, Ronaldo definitely wants to win lots of trophies and always win and it's clearly visible, like when Al Nassr lost while playing, he always looked disappointed with his team's defeat.

Yes, it is certain that Al Hilal will not allow Al Ittihad to become champions in the Saudi Arabian league this season. But the problem is that this season Al Ittihad's performance is really very good. In fact, I personally think that Al Hilal will have a very difficult time winning when facing Al Ittihad. For this reason, Al Hilal's struggle to become champions again in the Saudi Arabian league this season is not as easy as in the previous season. Because Al Hilal's toughest challenge at the moment is not Al Nasr but Al Ittihad.


In last night's match, Al Hilal lost to Al Ittihad in the quarter-finals of the Saudi Arabian King's Cup on penalties. In this match, Al Ittihad really made it difficult for Al Hilal, because Al Ittihad really had a really good strategy in this match. That's why this match ended with a score of 2-2 before finally going to a penalty shootout. So with this, Al Hilal has now failed to enter the semifinals of the Saudi Arabian King's Cup. So if you look at this, it means it is clear that Al Ittihad is currently a very strong team in the Saudi Arabian league. Therefore, I believe Al Ittihad has a greater chance of becoming champion of the Saudi Arabian League than Al Hilal.

Yesterday we have two quarterfinals for the King Cup as in first match we have Al Qadisiya completely outclass Al Taawon with the score of 0–3 difference of quality was clear from start as we have first goal from Aubameyang in 34th minute just after few minutes we have seconded one while after starting of second half we have 3rd goal from Mexican star Quinones J. who was man of the match as well just because of his impressive performance.

In second match, we have two top teams from Saudi soccer Al Hilal host Al Ittihad this was one of the best matches as we have early lead for Al Ittihad through Karim Benzema which were equalized by Al Hilal match ended on draw in extra time Al Hilal took lead through Marcos Leonardo who was on field due to Metrovic injury, but this was also levelled by Karim Benzema after this we have won for Al Ittihad on penalties.

If we remember the beginning of his arrival at Al Nassr, of course at that time all parties had high expectations for Ronaldo, not only because of his individual achievements so far, but none other than because of the expectation that the presence of the best player in the world like him would improve the overall performance of the team, but today we actually see Al Nassr having difficulty in competing in the league they participate in even though the contribution made by Ronaldo so far is very large,  Football is a team sport, although they have Ronaldo but without better abilities from other players then it is impossible for Ronaldo to bring Al Nassr to the championship alone, currently his contract with Al Nassr is about to end, so let's see what will happen to Ronaldo and Al Nassr later.

Lol The two names somehow sound similar, bear with him for the mix up. 

The match between Alhilal and Alitihad was a very intense one yesterday. I see it as testament to the incredible talent in the Saudi Pro League. In fact, people who don't really watch are not suppose to have opinion on the Saudi Pro League because it's as competitive as it gets. The match ended in a tie and concluded in a penalty kick out. Al-itihad won in the penalty kick out with 1-3. Benzema is truly a legend, hats off.

I agree with your opinion, yes it is true that it seems like losing 9 points for Al Hilal will certainly be difficult to achieve because Al Hilal is a team that has reliable players so it is difficult for any SPL team to beat them and it is definitely not an easy thing for Al Nassr to be able to do. shifting Al Hilal. and it is true that Al Nassr will definitely not be able to shift Al Hilal's position if, for example, Al Hilal continues to consistently win.

Yes, it is true that Al Nassr's only hope is indeed Al Hilal and Ittihad must experience many defeats so that Al Nassr can shift their position. But of course we also shouldn't rule out Al Qadisiyah because of course Al Qadisiyah will definitely try to prevent Al Nassr from moving up the rankings and of course this will definitely make it even more difficult for Al Nassr to reach 1st place in the SPL.

At this time, of course Al Nassr must try to be even better and continue to win consistently and of course Al Nassr must try to improve its performance, especially in the back line, which in my opinion still has gaps. and what is certain is that there is a possibility that Ittihad, Al Hilal and Al Qadisiyah's performance will decline in the upcoming match because of course Ittihad and Al Hilal will also definitely have weaknesses. Yes, honestly I hope Al Nassr can consistently win in the next match and honestly I want to see Cristiano Ronaldo lift the trophy this season.

Staying in the Saudi Arabia League is the best option for Christiano Ronaldo because I don't think there will be any big team in Europe that will want to sign him, he is still performing well but his age will not allow many teams to sign him, Christiano Ronaldo staying in Saudi Arabia League to win a trophy will be a good thing in his career, if he wants to leave the League without trophy many people will mock him because he has not won any trophy in the league and that will make Messi fan to have more confidence to talk bad about him.

Benzema has not won any trophy in the League also but I believe this season is going to be a good season for Benzema after AL Ethihad's performance this season, AL Ethihad can win two trophies this season with their current performance which will give Benzema confidence in stay more years, the reason why Ronaldo is feeling like leaving the team is that AL Nassr players are not serious, they will qualify to a final stage and still lose the game.

Considering when Ronaldo joined and the league didn't had any of these great European players everyone assumed Ronaldo would make Al Nassr great enough to not only win the league but also win AFC as well, and looking back on how he achieved none of those, I have to say he should stay a few more years at least to try and maybe win the league here.

Leaving his entire last few seasons of his career without a single league title would be very disappointing for him, I mean not to his fans, his fans do realize that his team isn't that great and that's why he hasn't won one, but at the same time Ronaldo himself would be disappointed because he does expect to win, he is a competitive person and he likes to win, anyone would like to win but he lives for it, so it is a big deal for him.

Well.. I might have to agree with you. In attack, they have some of the world's best, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mané and Talisca. Even midfield looks strong for me, with players such as Marcelo Brozović and Otávio. They need to improve the defense capabilities. At the moment, they have two overseas players for that role - Aymeric Laporte and Mohamed Simakan. It will be a good idea to exchange one of them to get a better defender. Local players such as Ali Lajami and Salem Al-Najdi are also not doing their job well.

Al Nassr performances in this season are very terribly surprising but there are reasons for it. It's mainly from their terrible defense capability from midfield to defensive areas and that means they don't have a balanced team as you said. I really disagree with you by saying "Al Nassr have a very balanced team", because they are actually not.

Their attacking players still played well, scored a lot of goals for them, but players in other areas failed to secure goal advantages and the team could not get points in many matches. They won't be able to win Saudi Professional League title in this season with excellent forms of two biggest competitors, Al Hilal and Al Ittihad, but it is not a worst thing. If they won't enhance their squad especially in midfield and defensive systems, they will fail in a league title competition next season.

Al Hilal football team has always performed best in the Saudi league before But at present time Al Ittihad is having a tough competition with them. These two teams are very close in the points table, So maybe these two teams are very strong teams in the Saudi League. As you mentioned Neymar is fully fit again at the moment if it is true maybe it will be good news for his club. Because Neymar is one of the best players even he is used to perform well in every match. So when he gets on the field, Then maybe Al Hilal will be much stronger and their attack will become much more powerful. The teams that these two teams will face in their next match are very weak so I think both of these teams have a chance to win the next match.

I am quite surprised to see Al Nassr performing so poorly. At Ittihad has 36 points from 13 matches (12 wins, 1 loss), while Al Nassr has 25 points to their name. They have won just 7 out of the 13 matches completed so far. I am not sure what went wrong for them in this season till now, as they have a very balanced team. BTW, Ronaldo looks a bit overloaded at the moment, as he is not getting a lot of support from his team-mates. Sadio Mané and Marcelo Brozović are yet to reach their peak form in this season.

The difference between the two teams is only two points. And this season it is true that there is no chance of leaving anyone behind, Al Hilal holds the 2nd place in the points table they will not have to gain much momentum to occupy the top position. In the last match, Al Hilal won 3-2 goals against Al Raed, while in the last match, Al Ittihad won 2-1 goals against Al Nassr. There has been a big change between Al Ittihad's situation last season and the situation of the team this season. It is very much difficult to say who will be the best in the whole season yet. Only 13 out of 34 matches have been completed, most of which are still to be played, which is why I can pick a team from the bottom. Al Nassr is in the 4th position of the points table, I also expect Al Nassr to rise to the top two.

Last year Al Hilal won the King Cup after spectacular final match against Al Nassr which ended in draw and each team received red card until the final was decided in penalty shootout, this year Al Hilal lost the chance to win the title again because they lost in penalty shootout against Al Ittihad in the quarter-finals.
Who will be the champion?
What is your prediction for this competition, I see big chance for Al Ittihad because they are also playing very strong now.

Maybe you mean Al Hilal not Al Ahli because Al Ahli has been eliminated from this competition for a long time, yes Al Hilal did fail to do a penalty and they finally had to swallow defeat and had to be eliminated in the quarter finals and the clubs that qualified for the semi finals were Al Raed, Al Shabab, Al Qadsyah and Al Ittihad. I think what you said is true if you look at the teams that qualified there is no club stronger than Al Ittihad but sometimes clubs like them can give surprises in my opinion Al Qadsiah is also quite strong this season and may provide fierce competition in winning the trophy.