Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 205. (Read 112030 times)

The problem is not only that because support for Ronaldo is reduced in this match. It appears that only Otavio and Mane are in the formation to help attack and Brozovic and Talisca are not visible on the squad list. I think that alone is enough proof that without a complete main squad it makes it much more difficult for Al-Nassr and it is proven that the flow of the ball is often not very smooth going forward.

On the other hand, I briefly watched this match and Al-Ain was always trying to stop the attacks built by A;-Nassr and often they also committed hard offenses so that Al-Nassr couldn't easily break into their goal. Ronaldo also had several opportunities with his hard kicks, but the Al-Ain goalkeeper's performance was very good in this match and managed to make several important saves. Al-Nassr has a responsibility to complete this mission in the second leg and at home they should be able to beat Al-Ain decisively and surpass this thin aggregate.

I can never believe that I lost a bet for Al Nassr team. The team lost despite having Cristiano Ronaldo as their best performer this season. I don't know if my research was wrong or right, thousands of gamblers like me bet on this game. Although Al Ain scored the goal before half time, Cristiano Ronaldo's side had enough chances to score.  Cristiano Ronaldo's team could not score goals due to goalkeepers and defenders despite attacking extensively.  Known as the best team this season, Al Nassr lost in the last minute of the knockout stage.

This is a difficult match for Al-Nassr and they lost it but they still have a second leg match at home to flip the result and move next. This is not a good match from Al-Nassr but with this minimal defeat, their chance is still good and with their power, they can have a win at home, even a big win.

Messi and Suarez are more professional with their bodies and career than Neymar. I am not a fan of Neymar or anti-Neymar but I believe this statement is true about Neymar and his professionality. We saw many times he returned to his club after summer vacaction with overweight body and needs like 1 month or more to reduce his weight for being readily for a season.

Now in Saudi Arabia, his body looks worse and does not like a body of a professional footballer.

Neymar and Messi are close friends in a way, they played together at Barcelona and they were probably one of the most dominant era of Barcelona as well, and Suarez is there too which would mean the greatest trio that played together would be back together.

Messi is still playing great, Suarez does play well but he is hurting which means that it would be hard for him, plus it would also mean that Neymar would need to stay safe and not get injured. I am not entirely sure if it would work with all three. Neymar just needs to retire if you ask me, I know that sounds harsh but that dude had so many injuries that it will really hurt him when he is older, if he doesn't stop now, he will have a terrible old life, this would be for his benefit.

Yeah Al-Nassr seems difficult to score or equate the score they were left behind one goal and the match left 10 minutes in regular time but usually Al-Nassr can give a surprise in the 90+ minute so let's just wait. By the way, it doesn't matter if Al-Nassr loses today because there is still a second leg and the second leg will be played at Al-Nassr home on March 12. I personally believe that Al-Nassr can go through this quarter final  and hope they can reach the final against teams from Saudi Pro League, maybe Al-Hilal.

This season the Asian Champions League is dominated by a team from Saudi Pro League at least 3 teams are in the Quarter Final  but unfortunately one of them had to be kicked out because Al-Ittihad fought each other against Al-Hilal and of course we can predict who the winners in this fight. Al-Hilal is a favorite team in this tournament, I don't see any other teams commensurate except Al-Nassr.

In my opinion this season has been over for a while and I think the defensive performance of Al-Hilal made the difference. They have got the better balance and this materializes in a game like that against Al-Hazm. When a team scores 4 goals and yet does not win the game, it doesn't shed the best light on the balance in the team and especially the defensive performance.

Al-Hilal didn't have games like that. Their defense is very solid and if they score 2 goals themselves, it is usually a win. Al-Nassr concedes too many goals and not only that, but Al-Hilal won both games against Al-Nassr with a total of 5:0 goals. One of those games was a friendly and they still have the second game against Al-Hilal, but still the statistics are very obvious here.

Ronaldo has shown some very weird gestures in the league I got to say! He is really so polarizing all the time and this time he received a penalty. I assume the fine he has to pay won't make him poor though But lots of people are talking about respect and so on and I think that Ronaldo should be dealing in a more solid way with provocations. He is a super professional with so many years of experience that he shouldn't react like that. Not quite worthy of a superstar like him.

Considering the points difference between Al Hilal and second placed Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League and the fact that the league leaders are yet to lose a league game since the start of the season, I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop Al Hilal from winning the league title at the end of the season. Al Nassr without doubt have been absolutely impressive this season but because they dropped too much points in their first five games of the league this season and coupled with the fact that league leaders Al Hilal have been exceptionally impressive this season, I don't think they stand a chance of overtaking the league leaders.

In the two occasions that Al Nassr played against Al Hilal this season, they were convincingly beaten like a team that isn't yet in the class of Al Hilal but that hasn't stopped them from having a great performance in the Saudi Pro League and also in the AFC Champions League competition. Despite their current reality of finding themselves in a very difficult position to win the Saudi Pro League this season, I think Al Nassr can still end the season with a bigger trophy than the league title and that's if they can win the AFC Champions League trophy.

Al Nassr have been delivering great performances in the league since the start of the season in the AFC Champions League and if they can continue with their current performance, I think they stand a chance of winning the AFC Champions League

Basically, the Saudi Pro League still has 12 matches left until the end of the season, while Al Hilal and Al Nassr are only separated by 9 points. which means, Al Nassr still has a chance to steal Al Hilal's points. however, with the condition, Al Hilal must experience slipping in several of their matches, while Al Nassr must be able to overthrow Al Hilal when they host the match at Al Nassr's home ground. thus, there may be hope for Al Nassr.

However, as we all know, so far Al Hilal can be said to be performing at its best. Jorge Jesus' team is appearing on fire, without even losing throughout its matches in the Saudi Pro League and several other competitions. If Al Hilal continues to perform with its positive trend, that means their chances are getting closer to winning this competition trophy again. As for Al Nassr, it looks like the team under Luis Castro will not be moved in their position by the teams under them. so if Al Hilal is able to be consistent until the end of this season, like last season Al Nassr ended up runner up. but at least there are still 12 matches left until this season ends, we'll just follow how it develops until the end of the 2023-24 season.

Do you think that the title winner isn't clear yet? I think Al-Nassr and the others stand no chance in front of Al-Hilal. There is 12 matches left where Al-Hilal are required to win only 9 of it to be declared champions. That's available if Al-Nasr mainly didn't drop more points of course. After 22 rounds, they didn't lose once and got only two draws. I think the result is clear. Besides, they hardly receive a goal every two games and score three on average in each match.

AFC Champions League games started with Al-Nassr playing right now vs Al Ain and Al-Hilal having a game tomorrow against Al-Ittihad.

Although Al Nassr has a great player like Ronaldo but yes, as far as I consider when Al Nassr plays in the AFC Champions League although the opponent is not too difficult, but the fact is that Al Nassr is alwaysdifficult to get a victory. Therefore, although in this match that Al Nassr is still quite favored but yes, I personally do not believe Al Nassr will win in this leg 1 match, and Al Nassr alsoplays away in thismatch. Indeed, Ronaldo is stillthe first choice in Al Nassr starting lineups but ya, somehow Ronaldo is not always easy to score in this AFC Champions League match. So yes, with such doubts then I personally am not sure about Al Nassr in this match and at the same time, I also believe that there may not be many goals scored in this match.

It is indeed very unfortunate to see the condition of Al-Nasr with a line-up of players that is said to be quite good, but it is not balanced with a coach who is able to maximize the players, this needs to be a big evaluation for them, there needs to be a change in the coach rather than bringing in lots of famous players even though that will improve the appeal of the league itself.

What's more, if you want to win the league it looks very difficult considering that Al-Hilal has shown good quality cooperation, it is even as if they have forgotten the feeling of defeat and have 62 points now, if Al-Nasr doesn't immediately find a solution to their weaknesses, their dream of winning the league will disappear.

The team's strength isn't dependent on one exceptional player. This displays respectable squad depth and tactical versatility. Letting Neymar go could be sensible. It's about bringing in new talent that fits the team's needs and dynamics as well as saving money on his high contract. Al Hilal appears to be following Leverkusen's lead in emphasizing teamwork over celebrity.

Al Nassr's Ronaldo dependence is intriguing. Different strategies can work in the same league. I think Al Hilal's concentration on team excellence over individual brilliance may be more sustainable. Neymar returning to Brazil to regain shape is intriguing. A change of surroundings can rekindle a player's passion and performance.

al nassr's situation is very serious, I had already commented on this in my last post, which by the way was a post I made before this game started and I at least hoped that al nassr would win because they are playing against a very weak team , Al Hazm is a team that is at the bottom of the table but even so, Al Nassr was unable to win and conceded 4 goals playing against the weakest opponent in the table, so in my opinion Al Nassr does not have a good structure capable of to fight for the title and when I talk about good structure I'm referring to the coach and certain defensive players, a team that spends a lot of money on hiring good players but doesn't worry about choosing a good coach, so that team isn't doing anything

For me, it's clear that Al Nassr won't win the title this season, nor will they win the title next season, and the reason is that they don't have a good coach, while Al - Hilal will continue with the same coach and squad. So next season they will win the league again, my guess is that when Ronaldo's contract ends, they will renew it but with a lower salary and Ronaldo will accept because he wants to win the league, but unfortunately he will lose again because I don't see much interest of these Saudi clubs in hiring good coaches, they focused a lot on spending money on players and forgot about coaches

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AL Ain - AL Nassr

In terms of squad, Al Nassr has a better squad compared to this team in my opinion, but the problem is that even though they have a good squad, Al Nassr is an unstable team with many weaknesses and who play in a disorganized way, I didn't see how this team has been playing so I can't comment on that, but looking at the performance of this team in their league I see that they are one that doesn't have a very solid defense but has a strong attack, this could cause a lot of problems for al nassr who in their last game in the Saudi league they had a defeat against a weaker team and conceded 4 goals. The bookmakers are placing very high odds if al nassr wins because they know there is a high risk of al nassr losing. I personally won't bet on this game

Neymar did not make big contribution to Al Hilal, in fact he often suffered injuries and had to be absent from Al Hilal matches, but he is player who can win the title this season without doing much to contribute to Al Hilal success.
It is possible that this will be Neymar final season with Al Hilal but it does not rule out the possibility that Al Hilal will keep him because they have previously spent large amounts of money to bring in Neymar.
I think it better to wait for this season to finish and see how Neymar develops next.

With PSG, Neymar sat on the bench lot and was also recovering from an injury he suffered, he was sold because with PSG he couldn't make big contribution that could benefit PSG in every match.
I sure that until an undetermined time, Neymar will be the same as who is always in an unstable condition and many on the bench.

I don't know, but I doubt that Neymar can join Inter Miami because there is former teammate from Messi previous PSG days who can't perform well.
Especially Neymar in this condition and maybe Inter Miami will only suffer losses if they decide to bring him in Neymar.

Neymar injured condition will certainly make other clubs think again about signing Neymar and even if there are clubs that want to sign Neymar it will be better for them to wait if Neymar really recovers, but the question now is: do Al Hilal have to spend a lot of money if indeed they terminate Neymar contract halfway?
Because as far as I know if a player is terminated by the club halfway then the club is obliged to pay compensation to the player that and I think it will also happen to Neymar, at the moment Neymar is still recovering from injury and even he has missed almost half of the matches that Al Hillal lived, Neymar who was recruited from PSG for a fee of almost 90 million euros so far in addition to getting a large salary also got quite luxurious facilities and even quite fantastic bonuses that he had never gotten at PSG.

But unfortunately Al Hillal decision to bring Neymar actually made a big loss to the club finances and forced the club to immediately throw him away so that at least the club finances would remain stable, reportedly now Neymar is interested in reuniting with two friends who play in the MLS league namely Messi and Suarez, although it is still just an issue but certainly will be something interesting for us to see the story of Neymar next career journey.

And what is clear is that Al-hilal will continue to increase the point difference with Al-Nassr as time goes by. Because I think after all the big clubs in the SPL were defeated by Al-hilal, we can't imagine any other team being able to beat Al-hilal. Unless a surprise happens. Al-Nassr seems to have to repeat what they achieved last season, namely only being able to finish in 2nd place. Even though the majority of us probably hope that Cristiano Ronaldo can lift the trophy with Al-Nassr, it feels like this is no longer easy to achieve. Because no one can stop Al-hilal's current unbeaten record.

Injuries are a major problem for Neymar, affecting his performances and hurting the club that signed him. We know that injury is something that comes suddenly, but with Neymar's injury history it seems like a seasonal injury that he always faces. How not, almost every season he is always injured and it's not just once, it can happen many times. Of course for a club it is something detrimental, especially when the player requires a high transfer fee and a high salary too.

But there is nothing to regret by his current club, because before they decide to bring Neymar they should have first seen how a player's condition is, including his injury history. Unless they bring Neymar only seeing his big name without considering other aspects that are actually needed for a player. Of course with the high cost other clubs will think twice to redeem Neymar, especially with the injuries he suffered. European clubs might be able to bring back this Brazilian player back there, but until now I have not heard of any club interested in bringing Neymar. Is it really not there or am I not paying attention to the news about this one player, I don't know.

If we judge from the ranking of the two teams in the standings, it can be said that both of them have the same strength so that this is a balanced match with all the possibilities that can happen, including a goalless draw which is the final result in this match, the bookie actually gives favorite odds to Al-Shabab and In H2H away teams are superior because they win more often in most of their meetings.
The away team actually had more control over the course of the match and also made more attempts, but it was all in vain because none of them scored a goal, neither did the home team and both teams no longer had a target in my opinion because they were safe from the relegation zone and it was impossible to compete for the championship title or get a position to play in the Asian Champions League next season, they just need to finish this season and try to get as many wins as possible to get a better ranking, that's all.

From the 22nd week match, the most surprising thing was how Al Nassr managed to be held to a draw by the weakest team this season, and with the creation of eight goals, this showed that this was a very balanced match, and a goal in stoppage time saved Al-Hazm from defeat, but the result a draw is still unable to improve their position in the standings to survive the relegation zone.

Bad luck cannot be avoided whether it happens to big clubs, mid-table clubs or weak clubs because after all they can provide surprises that we cannot predict, like today's Al Ahli match, even though Al Ahli has everything to win this match, but everything could still change and no one expected that Al Ahli would have to lose 1 player at the start of the first half, precisely in the 14th minute and that of course made it difficult for them because they had to force themselves by only playing with 10 players and of course Al Fateh didn't want to lose this opportunity. to be able to put pressure on Al Ahli and Al Ahli also tried hard to maintain their defense line so that Al Fateh would not easily break through the home club's defense but fate said otherwise Al Fateh managed to create its first lead at the end of the first half.

In the second half, Al Ahli didn't want to make mistakes, so they started to play a little more aggressively, even though with only 10 players, Al Fateh was lucky they couldn't score an additional goal, so Al Ahli were able to equalize in the 75th minute. To be honest, this match was quite fierce, where Al Ahli didn't want to make any mistakes. Al Fateh also lost 1 player in the 89th minute so in the end they were also unable to add to their total goals to create a victory as well as Al Ahli where they were only able to achieve a draw at home. However that was not a bad result because at least Al Ahli did not experience defeat because Al Fateh also failed to take advantage of opportunities when Al Ahli lost 1 player and both clubs had to be satisfied with the results of sharing these points.

Teams want to buy Neymar will bargain a lot with his transfer price and deal of salary for him. Neymar is not yet a useless player and he can contribute for his team but if he still wants to receive very high salary, it's true that no big club will try to deal with him.

He has great skills that are useful for his team when he can show it successfully. Many players don't have excellent skills like Neymar but his contributions are limited and reduced a lot with time because of less appearances by more injuries.

Buying Neymar and paying him high salary look impossible for any club in Europe but if he accepts to reduce his salary as he wants to prolong his career, enjoy football in last years of his career, he will find new destinations.