Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 21. (Read 126542 times)

Al Nassr was one of the best teams in Saudi Arabia even without Ronaldo before he joined this team but they hired Ronldo and they were hoping to see much better performance from this team even though they were hoping to win the Saudi League title with Ronaldo in his team.
But the fact about Ronaldo, when they hired this player, is Al Nassr didn't just hire Ronaldo to have better performance in this team but Ronaldo is much more than just a player in this team.

Al Nassr closed 2024 with less than satisfactory results, where in their last match in the Saudi League, they had to accept defeat against Al Itihad with a score of 2-1, as well as in their last match in the LCA, where Al Nassr lost against Al Sadd, and this was Al Nadr's first defeat in the LCA.

And for now, Al Nassr is in 4th position, their position has been shifted several times due to the 2 defeats they experienced, while their position in the LCA, Al Nassr is in third position with 13 points, and Al Nassr still has 2 matches left.

Al Nassr did end the year with less than satisfactory results, but hopefully Al Nassr can start the year with quite satisfactory results, returning to the top three in the Saudi league standings, and being able to sweep the remaining matches in the LCA.

Currently, we have Saudi League on three weeks vacations after resuming they have 21 rounds left in current season and it's long time for having changes, but Al Nassr is having deficit of 9 points from second spotted Al Hilal which is doing good job and have good chance of challenging leaders Al Ittihad mean situation is not favourable for Al Nassr to have entry into title race.

Al Nassr needs time for fixing their problems if they are able then surely we can expect them to have better result in next season because now situation is not favourable for them to go for title race with Al Qadisiya also having impressive run which can give them good fight for handing into top three spots situation could be interested in second half because we have Al Ahli as well five teams are fighting hard for top spots and Al Nassr is surely feeling heat if they lost spot into top three this could be huge setback for them in presence of Ronaldo.

You can say Messi is at the same level of Cristiano Ronaldo but personally I think he is above Cristiano Ronaldo a little bit. I agree with you partially and I know maybe you disagree with me, but I am not a fan of Messi. It's my thinking after watching many hightlights of Messi and Ronaldo matches recent months. Since World Cup 2022, Messi has played very comfortably and simply enjoyed football and every match he plays. Ronaldo is different, he is obsessed with goals, records, and titles and he does not show that he is happy if he can not score goal or win a match or title.

Messi has more diversifying skills than Ronaldo and assume if Ronaldo is no longer strong enough to run and jump, his contributions on field will surely drop considerably. With Messi, his great vision, and skillful passes can help him to play comfortably at many positions.

Brother we have only 18 teams in Saudi Pro League, so your ranking is not correct please check again.
We can expect changes while we will have start of second round after these vacations because few teams are facing troubling time and their performance is not as they have in last season which can bring them in danger zone.

Yes you are right, Messi is one of the players who is on the same level as Ronaldo, at least I think so. I do not prefer to compare the two, because both of them are undeniably the best players who are still actively playing today. Their rivalry is very high, especially when they play in the same league, namely La Liga. That adds to the atmosphere in the El Clasico match and makes it even hotter. Honestly, now I see El Clasico differently from the past where these two players were still in their part. I don't know if it's just my feeling or that's what happened.

I just saw it too for Benzema departure is not as player, but if you think about it maybe this will be the same as Toni Kroos, player who is also Real Madrid legend but chose to retire early even though he still has potential and is still able to compete to give very good performance for the team he defends.
Whatever the decision is, it is indeed the best because of course everything has been considered carefully and Al Ittihad used to bring Benzema from Real Madrid also spent lot of money but now they have the opportunity to lose the player faster even before his contract runs out.

Cristiano Ronaldo presence is always going to overwhelm others as he's a star player that everyone wanted to talk about as he's the most popular sport player in the world. The only person that can be in the same club as him and will challenge him very well is his old rival and that's Lionel Messi as both players are very good at what they're doing and they do respect eachother very well because of the many years that they both spent together playing at the top of the game. Ronaldo at Al Nassr is both killing the team and adding to the popularity of the team and league allover the world. Al Nassr have to upgrade their players to more defending players to balance the team.

It's been a very long off-season for the Saudi Professional League, so it will probably make every team when they return to play later in January really get the maximum refreshment for fitness and maybe, it will also have a good impact on their performance later. But unfortunately, the closing match for Al Nassr was not entirely good because it failed to get points, because Al Nassr lost against Al Ittihad with a score of 2-1. Unfortunately, Al Ittihad's second  goal came in the 90+1 minute and of course, Al Nassr were very close to getting 1 point but they still failed. After all, the reality in the match was also that Al Nassr had very good ball possession and also, in the second half Al Nassr managed to dominate the match, but again and again Al Nassr still lost in such a big match.

Even Al Nassr is below the newly promoted team, namely Al Qadsiah, although only three points behind, but it is clear that Al Nassr's performance in 13 matches is not as good as the teams above them. Meanwhile, Al Nassr is 11 points behind Al Ittihad who is at the top of the standings. It seems that it is not easy for Al Nassr to catch up on their points from their rivals, although in reality the League still has many matches until the end of the season. However, considering that Al Iitihad and Al Hilal continue to advance by winning their matches, it seems difficult for Al Nassr this season. Unless, if Al Ittihad and Al Hilal experience a decline in performance by losing several matches. Unfortunately, the current tight competition is only between Al Hilal and Al Ittihad. Actually Al Nassr has several foreign defenders, but not all non-Arab players can be played in a team. If I'm not mistaken, only 7 foreign players are allowed, the rest are local players. maybe Al Nassr need really good local players to make them more competitive in all sectors, or Pioli needs time to make Al Nassr a much stronger team. what is certain is, even though they are many points behind the team at the top of the standings, they will not stop fighting until the end of this season.

Mane is one of the good figures owned by Al Nassr, but he is not much talked about because it is overshadowed by the talk about Ronaldo, indeed the appeal of this one player cannot be underestimated, he will always be the main topic wherever he is. In Al Nassr his role is indeed quite felt, but I do not feel such a big role as when he was still wearing a Liverpool uniform. Maybe there is a game that does not really suit him, or there is a problem in the team so that he cannot play optimally as before. Whatever it is, he is one of the players with a big name brought in by Al Nassr and that is enough to boost the popularity of the Saudi Pro League as a whole.

The current Saudi Arabian League standings are still topped by Al Ittihad with a score of 36 points. Meanwhile, in second place is Al Hilal, who currently has 34 points. So if you look at this, the ones currently competing fiercely for the top position in the Saudi Arabian league are Al Ittihad and also Al Hilal. Because the teams in 3rd (Al Qadisiyah) and 4th (Al Nasr) positions have a large enough point difference to be able to compete closely with Al Ittihad or Al Hilal.

Then in the bottom 5 teams in the Saudi Arabian league, currently there are
Al Fateh(20)
Al Feiha(19)
Al Wahda(18)
Al Khoolod(17)
Al Okhdood(16)

Apart from that, it is certain that there will be many changes that will occur when the season starts again. But here is a list of the current standings in the Saudi Arabian league. From this standings list, is there a team that surprised you? For me there is, that team is of course Al Qadisiyah. Because this team was able to penetrate the top 3 positions in its first season in the Saudi Arabian league.

It is true that a single player can win the trophy. It is needed a support from the whole players to win the trophy. People who assume Ronaldo will automatically win the SPL trophy, they are too confident with Ronaldo. I think there is nothing wrong with Ronaldo, he already made a big effort to Al Nassr. However, he just can't win the trophy alone, all the players of Al Nassr must perform well during the season.

Mane isn't a striker, he is a winger.
There are 3 strong attackers from Al Nassr (Ronaldo, Mane, Talisca).
Al Nassr has quite good attackers. I think they must focus to improve their midfield and defense line.

This is an easy one and you should know better or otherwise you are not very literate when it comes to football.

Al Nassr was hoping to buy success when they just threw hundreds of millions at everyone who has made himself have a name in the world of football in the past. They have failed as a sports club, but gained the recognition they wanted because of Ronaldo. But can Ronaldo win them titles? Obviously no.

Now why is Al Ittihand doing so well? Because they follow a strategy, they have a concept in place that makes sense. When they buy players, to some degree they may pursue the same strategy as Al Nassr, but if you look at every single player, they value how the players fit into the team. That is what sets them apart from Al Nassr.

Since I don't have enough information about the Saudi Professional League I still don't know why Al Ittihad is having a better situation than a team like Al Nassr because the question about Al Ittihad is how they can race with a team like Al Hilal while Al Ittihad couldn't have enough stability and they couldn't have good superstar players and coaches like Al Nassr?
Even their coach is Laurent Blanc. This coach recently had a bad performance in Lyon and got fired from this team because Lyon was about to get relegated. Now, in Al Ittihad, he is about to win the title.

Personally, I consider Al Nassr to be out of the running for trophies this season. Not without reason, Al Ittihad and Al Hilal have not shown any signs of decline so far, and Al Nassr is already quite far behind them in terms of points. Indeed, the season is still very long, it is still too early to conclude everything. With Al Nassr current performance, I am not sure they will be able to perform consistently in the future without being defeated. Al Nassr management has not built an even squad depth, it is useless to have a sharp attack line, but not accompanied by a strong defense. I think, Pioli, even though he is very experienced, will have difficulty in leading Al Nassr to achieve this season target.

I agree with you, having star players is not a guarantee for a club to be able to show a very good game, it depends on how the team works not on individual players.
So far Al Nassr has not been able to show a satisfactory game even though they have some good names, even since Ronaldo first came I have not seen their impressive game that can be done consistently.
As a team, they still have a lot to improve, be it defense, midfield to attack. Because even though they play very well in attack, if it is not supported by good midfield and back line play, then that is also a problem.

What is concerned is that Al Nassr's performance decreases overall when compared to previous seasons for example there is a gap in the defense also the goal activity is lower when compared to the top 2 competitors. Besides that, inconsistent games prevent them from gathering more points imagine from 13 matches Al Nassr only won 7 matches and they are 11 points behind, with this bad result, I agree that Al Nassr comes out of the title race.

There are many factors that have an impact on their performance and the most crucial is an inappropriate strategy or the player not support each other, if this situation continues then next season there must be a change of coach or bring in new players.

Having star players does not mean that the club can immediately appear strong and consistent, cooperation between other players is needed to be able to perform optimally, what happened to Al Nassr was the lack of solidarity between players and that caused their performance to be unstable. Ronaldo has tried his best to make his club perform well but he cannot fight alone while others only rely on star players, I also think Al Nassr is not participating in the title hunt this season.

Yes, the news is like that, whether it's true or not, but it's a shame. The reason is that currently Benzema's performance with Al Ittihad is very good. But even so, Al Ittihad can't do anything if Benzema wants to leave. Apart from that, according to reports circulating, the reason Benzema chose this decision was because he was going to decide to hang up his boots or retire from the world of football. Because what I know is that Benzema returned to Real Madrid not to become a player, but to become an ambassador for Real Madrid. Perhaps it is for this reason that Benzema chose to retire from the world of football and become an ambassador for Real Madrid. And according to news circulating, Benzema will retire from the world of football in 2025.

I don't know if that's true or not, but I personally was quite surprised by this. But if Benzema decides to leave, it is only natural, because he has been involved in the world of football for a long time. Apart from that, currently Benzema is no longer a player on the Francis national team. So it could be said that he no longer has a definite goal in the world of football. Because Benzema has won various trophies, starting from the UCL trophy, Laliga trophy, and also the inter-club world cup. So retirement might not be a bad thing, especially since Benzema will become a Real Madrid ambassador.