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Competitive performance, all of this is achieved by the SPL team because they have many supporting factors behind them and one of them is financial, Saudi football is used as an investment and also joy for the billionaires there.
Spending large amounts of money and making good deals with great European players is form of satisfaction for the owners and investors of each Saudi team, they believe that their abilities can build great power.
In reality, everything went well and the SPL became one of the most popular leagues and now has lot of fans, they not only show competitive competition but also increasingly advanced developments.
Previously only few leagues were able to do something like this and no one thought that Saudi football would develop like it has now, but now they are one of the competitions at the top.

This season Al Hilal changed everything, they became the strongest of line of team that cannot be underestimated, Al Hilal became the king of Saudi football this season.

it's really saddened me to see al hilal failed in AFC. Al Hilal must leave the AFC Champions League after losing to Al Ain with narrow score in the second leg even though it was able winning against it but al hilal was one goal less from the target. I was not expecting Al ain to perform even better than I had anticipated but the referee was helping the club a lot in the first leg which is creating huge gap to the al hilal. I thought Al Hilal would be able to make a comeback in the second leg, but I was wrong caused by al ain played fully defensive against al hilal, it makes al hilal was so struggling to score.
There have been numerous improvements to the Al Ain but yeah penalty was the main problem in the first leg. Al Hilal is also leaving the AFC after losing narrowly against Al Ain. Many of Al Hilal's rivals are not mocking it because it lost to Al Ain and this is also the first lose received by al hilal this season, the problem if it's happening at the semi final of AFC champion league. It disappointed me to see Al Hilal lose despite winning at home.
A lot of penalties received by Al Ain in the first leg has completely destroyed Al Hilal's chances of reaching the AFC Champions League final which is also burdening all of players in the club and it's also disrupting their concentration. Things are going even worse when al hilal was not able performing quite better in the first leg. It's a very disappointing result to watch. I was expecting more, but al Hilal's performance met my expectations.
There are two chances for Al Hilal to win the trophy this season, the firstly comes from SPL then king cup. I'm hoping al hilal to takes all of opportunities rather than attempting to pass it up again.

When the transfer window opens, the race to get the best players will begin. I am sure Al-Nassr will again be the most enthusiastic in the hunt for top European players again. But likewise, all clubs under PIF ownership will definitely do the same thing. And I'm curious whether other clubs will follow the same thing, namely hunting for top European players or not. But clubs like Al-ETtifaq will definitely be hunting for top European players again like last season. Because last season al ettifaq also did it.

Other clubs will try to get other top European players so that next season other clubs can match Al-Hilal's strength. Because by now all the teams in the SPL must have realized that Al-Hilal's level is very different. And with the financial strength that the SPL clubs have, I am sure they will succeed in getting some of Europe's top players and coaches back in the next transfer market.

In fact, several clubs have started approaching top European players earlier. They do this to increase their chances of getting the player they were after from the start. And so that it is not preceded by other clubs. And it will indeed become more competitive.

There's this competitive race, we have been avoiding the top levels and also watching the incredible performance of most of these SPL elite teams. Consistent performance follows and we totally understand what it means for the top clubs like Al Hilal who are currently Champs. They won with just a defeat and they've driven for excellent results in upcoming matches. These Saudi Arabia clubs possess the gigantic funds to elevates the Saudi Pro League this season. They're entirely working on a strategy to upgrade their status in every possible ranks.

Yes, clubs in Saudi Arabia do have very abundant finances. So it is very natural that Saudi Arabian clubs use this abundant money to advance football in their country. The reason is that clubs in Europe too, can progress because they have sufficient finances so they can recruit very talented players. For this reason, it is very likely that Saudi Arabian League clubs will follow the steps of European clubs in order to improve the quality of their football. And one of the steps is definitely to take advantage of his very abundant finances.

However, one of the problems that Saudi Arabian League clubs should be wary of is that some clubs do not seem to have sufficient funds to recruit top European players. The reason is that in the transfer market last season, only Al Nasr, Al Hilal, Al Ahli, Al Ittihad and Al Etiffaq dominated the transfer market by bringing in top players from Europe. However, other Saudi Arabian League clubs have not recruited too many top European players. So this season's Saudi Arabian League looks less competitive (which is currently ongoing). Maybe the reason is because the quality of clubs, especially in terms of players, is not evenly distributed well.

And a big example, Al Hilal this season has never been defeated by any club in Saudi Arabia. Even a team like Al Nasr was unable to beat Al Hilal this season. So the right solution to overcome this problem is that in the next transfer market, clubs in Saudi Arabia must be able to bring in top players from Europe and of course also qualified coaches. So that competition in the Saudi Arabian League can become more competitive and of course the name of the Saudi Arabian League will become increasingly famous in the world of football.

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Al hilal has been officially out from the AFC chamlpion league after it was losing against al ain. The second has been going quite well for al in at this time considering al hilal was not able scoring more than three goals in order to qualify for the further stage. This is the first lost received by al hilal since it was always able keeping the momentum to wni any competition.

Al hilal has been performing so badly this time. Time for al hilal to let him AFC champion trophy to miss from its hand

Saudi teams have a lot of money, it is not difficult to hire any players if they players are interested to play in Saudi league. Unfortunately, not each player is interested to join Saudi league. There are some players prefer to stay in European leagues or moving to MLS teams. Even some players decide to retire soon and not interested to move to SPL. But we can see a great development of Saudi league, many European star players and SPL matches are broadcasting in many countries.

It is sad to see Al Hilal eliminated in this round. Everyone actually expected Al Hilal to play in the final round. I think the main reason is the injury of Al Hilal main striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic. If we checked the lineup of Al Hilal players in Leg 1 and Leg 2, there is no Aleksandar Mitrovic. I'm surprised that he got an injury for a long time. Because of eliminated in AFC champions league, Al Hilal can focus on SPL and Saudi King Cup now.



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Ronaldo was born in Feb 5, 1985. He joined Al Nassr in Jan 1, 2023. It means he was still 37 years old when he joined Al Nassr. However it is surely not a young age for a player to join a new club. Ronaldo begins his journey in Saudi league when he is an old player, even most players already retired at that age. But Ronaldo always has a big motivation and ambition to be the best player in any competition he is joining. In Saudi league, Ronaldo can be one of the most productive players, he is leading the top scorer in this season. Well, it is a brilliant achievement, it will be difficult to break by another player.

His contribution is very big although he doesn't give any trophy to Al Nassr. Even Ronaldo has a great contribution to build Saudi league. Ronaldo factor is one of the reasons why many star players joining Saudi league now. If Ronaldo never joined Al Nassr, I think there will be no star players to join Saudi league. It is a brave decision to make by Ronaldo. But it is the right decision for his career.

We agree, also I predict Al Hilal will win this match. Unfortunately, the aggregate difference meant that Al Hilal had to stop going to the next round. The score of 2-1 was unable to bring Al Hilal to advance to the next phase, in the end Al Ain succeeded in stopping Al Hilal from reaching the AFC Champions League final. Referring to the course of the match, we already thought that Hernan Crespo would prioritize defensive tactics and he would use a 5-4-1 pattern.

Al Hilal was able to take the lead in the 4th minute through the penalty spot, but the opposing team was able to equalize 8 minutes later. after that Salem Al-Dawsari scored a goal, but unfortunately it didn't help Al Hilal qualify for the next round. As a result, Al Hilal had to let go in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League. well, one of the championship titles that they should have been able to confirm but they failed. So, Jorge Jesus better focus again on the Saudi Pro League competition and the King's Cup semifinals. btw, this match matched my predictions if I chose the Over option because the match resulted in 3 goals being scored.

Al Hilal beat Al Ain 2-1, but we can say that it was an early elimination because they lost 4-5 in the overall score because I was thinking of them in the final. While I thought they were the best team in Asia, this elimination surprised me. They lost 4-2 in the first match and 3 of Al Ain's 4 goals were scored from penalties. Now Al Ain will wait for its opponent in the final. They accomplished the difficult task and eliminated Al Hilal.

Missing Cristiano Ronaldo, this outstanding player have aged and there are some games he ought to skip. Al Nassr proved to be superior over their opponents. They missed a crucial penalty that would have given them the levelling in the late minutes of first half but there's simply nothing to worry about, they came prepared and deliver good job in the second half. Al Nassr have this particular style of massive epic comeback and they don't relent, always focused on the important winnings and they're achieving them with ease efforts.

Yes, you are right, even though Al Nassr is now able to win in the SPL, it is still useless, he is still unable to compete with Al Hilal, who has been at the top of the standings for quite a long time, so it feels useless for Al Nassr to win every match, he is only able to stay in second place. and will end up in second place until the end of this season. Al Ahli also doesn't seem to be able to take over second place because the distance is quite far for Al Ahli to cover. Even though Ronaldo wants to experience the SPL title, he still can't feel it this season. He will try again next season and forget about his ambitions this season.

Al Nassr must win this King's Cup if they want to get a trophy because that is Al Nassr's only chance to get one of the trophies, but they also have to compete with strong rivals, either Al Ittihad or Al Hilal, but my strong prediction is for Al Hilal, Al Nassr must be able to read Al Hilal's strategy if he wants to avenge his defeat, it will be very painful if he loses again for the fourth time this season.

Honestly the league has been over for a while now, and that is why nobody really cares about the games anymore, it's been a while, and everyone just stopped caring about it. Maybe Ittihad could take over the third position, so if one is an Ittihad fan, that person could watch their games, but aside from that nobody really cares. Even Ronaldo doesn't show up anymore, why would he care?

At the end of the day, we are coming to end days of the league seasons, Inter won already, I would say there are a few other teams that probably guaranteed, or will guarantee in a few weeks but everyone knows the winners. Like PSG is the champions, or Leverkusen is the champions, those are all there. So, it is really not that fun anymore.

So many will think that at CR7’s age, he should probably have a reduced efficiency while on the pitch of play but he’s been able to prove his haters wrong by being the league’s top scorer and he’s maintained that record for his 2 seasons whilst at the club. Though this record hasn’t helped him be able to win a trophy in the club but you can’t take the fact that he’s having the most contribution for his team in the league.

 ⁠When he was signed, a lot thought he won’t be able to spend more than a season there because of his age but he’s already gearing up for the 2026 World Cup and I think with the way he’s going especially maintaining himself, he’ll sure be able to perform there. At his current age of 39, you rarely see a player able to perform the way he’s performing like Ronaldo.

 ⁠Ronaldo was signed for so many reasons, for the media presence he brings to the league and club and his efficiency whilst on the pitch of play but he’s never failed to be consistent in his performance. I think the fact that he’s not been able to win a trophy for the club isn’t his fault but I think with thr team being balanced the club will at least be able to win a trophy.
 
 ⁠A balanced team having a productive striker like Ronaldo will be able to win trophies and I think the club needs to take this into serious consideration. Though he’s reduced in speed but you can’t fail to recognize his workrate for the club as he keeps getting records and creat milestone for the world of football. A player like Ronaldo is one we might not see again in a long while and I feel we should appreciate his efforts.

Thiswon't be easy at all for Al Hilal to beat Al Ain after the 4-2 result they got in the first leg.
Al Ain knows about Al Hlal and they know Al Hilal is a team team with good teamwork, they could even beat Al Nassr when they had a superstar like Ronaldo in this team. I think Al Ain will play completely defensively in this match because they know with a defensive strategy they can easily beat Al Hilal and stay in the AFC Champions League. Even if Al Hilal scores one goal and ends the game with a 1-0 result, still the defensive playing style can have good results and this can make Al Ain to win with a 3-4 result.
Since Al Hilal has good forwards I think they will play with full power and attacking style in this match and that's not supering to see Al Ain try to waste some time in this match against Al Hilal.

Al Hilal must winning above three goals on second leg of AFC Champion League for securing final place after losing over 4-2 in first leg match against UEA Pro League team Al Ain. Personally scoring above three goals to get winning aggregate 5-4 its not easily for Al Hilal because Al Ain have experienced against Saudi Pro League teams after in quarter final round of AFC Champion League success eliminated Al Nassr as Cristiano Ronaldo teams trough penalty kick.

Its shame for Al Hilal if eliminate from AFC Champion League, fail get treble winning in this season after success winning Saudi Super Cup and near future with domestic league. If winning AFC Champion League for this season will bring new history as the first Saudi Pro League teams success get treble winner.

Al-hilal has indeed experienced defeat for the first time this season and unexpectedly, Al-hilal's first defeat was by Al Ain in the first leg of the LCA semi-final. And today the second leg will be held at Al-hilal's home ground and I am sure Al-hilal will win. But yeah, I'm not sure whether Al-hilal can score 3 goals without conceding or not. But because this is Al-hilal's home ground, perhaps the enthusiasm of the Al-hilal players can make this happen. The 2-4 aggregate is quite difficult for Al-hilal, but I still believe that the best team in the SPL at the moment, namely Al-hilal, will be able to turn things around. and advanced to the Finals at LCA.

The referee was the biggest issue in the first leg and it's a red flag for al hilal if there will be same referee who will lead the game. The second goal was clearly a clean tackle by Al Hilal's player but the referee was deciding to give penalty for al ain. Im not even doubting it since the referee was not even neutral here. I am confident that Al Hilal will make a comeback on the second leg. Al Hilal can easily catch up with two goals. I am confident that it will be able to enter the final stages of LCA soon by beating al ain in the second leg with huge margin.

I believe that BTTS is likely to occur in the upcoming game considering al ain is quite good enough in doing counter attack. Al hilal was doing well, scoring at least two goals before the end of the game which is helping the club a lot in making the gap to be fewer. Al ain was never capable of accomplishing it through open play. It is only up to the referee to award the penalty to the club. I am confident that Al Hilal will achieve their goal by the end of the season.

Al Hilal vs Al Ain.

In the first round, Al Hilal surprisingly fell for the first time with a score of 4-2. In the second leg match, Al Hilal will play at Kingdom Arena, Al Hilal's home ground. The difference in goal margin in the first leg means Al Hilal must win this match with a minimum score of 3-0. Thus, Al Hilal has the right to advance to the final phase of this competition. looking at the statistics of the first meeting at home to Al Ain, Al Hilal dominated the match. Unfortunately, Al Hilal's defense players made mistakes. So far, Al Ain has benefited with 3 goals from the penalty spot. In the first leg match, Al Ain relied more on counter attacks. Herna Crespo's squad targeted more counter attacks and played with a defensive pattern.

In this match, it seems that Al Hilal will play all out in front of their own supporters. considering that the available odds gap is quite significant, Al Hilal with odds @1.21, while Al Ain @11.00. I'm sure Al Hilal will win this match, but trying to score 3 goals is not an easy job. nothing else, Jorge Jesus had to instruct his team to appear aggressive from the start of the stingy first half. my estimation for this matchup, the Over option is the ideal choice. minimum, Al Hilal will score more than 2 goals.