Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 25. (Read 118748 times)

SPL has been growing very rapidly with the presence of many European stars, the presence of players such as Ronaldo, Mane, Kante and also Neymar has helped increase the popularity of SPL to be better and interesting for us to witness today, the presence of European players in every squad of SPL club clubs will certainly present more competitive competition today compared to the previous season,  Especially now that it is reported that the SPL authorities has allowed each team to recruit almost 8 european players, so that it will make the existing team stronger and ready to compete for the championship trophy later, today there are indeed several matches that will be played including the match between AI Orobah vs AI Shabab which Al Shabab managed to win with a score of 0-3 over Al Orobah.

The investment made by Saudi to develop the Saudi Pro League to be more competitive is certainly not a joke, recruiting former top European players is one of the instant paths chosen for now. With stable financial strength, I think Saudi will be able to achieve the targets set, it must be admitted that Ronaldo is the pioneer. Messi plays in the major league soccer with Inter Miami, not in Saudi. In the long term, and gradually the Saudi Pro League will certainly become one of the choices for world football players, no longer the last choice before retirement. In my opinion, they will not want to spend a large budget for futile purposes, on many occasions the Saudi Pro League now has been widely discussed.

With time Saudi Arabia will get all the players they need to build up their league because a lot of international players we have always loved to skipped activities just to watch their matches has joined them, though at the beginning players was not that interested in going there but after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi open the way players has beginning to enjoy that league, very soon the Saudi Arabia will become very popular and will longer be seen as a league for people who wants to retire, however I use to follow up there matches and they have up to three Saudi Professional league matches today and one has started already which is AI Orobah vs AI Shabab and there is no goal yet but the remaining other two matches will be stating soon being Al Riyadh vs Al Ittihad and AI Wehda vs AI Khaleej.

Indeed, in terms of H2H and also statistically Al Ittihad is still better, but that is also not a guarantee that they will win, although I also predict the same thing that Al Ittihad will win in this match.

Al Ittihad just needs to be wary of their opponents, don't let them underestimate Al Riyadh, because that can make them feel something unwanted. They have to play as usual without underestimating their opponents. This is a good opportunity for them to win the match and get 3 points to stay close to Al Hilal at the top of the standings.

Actually I was quite surprised by the odds given by the bookies, there is indeed a difference but in my opinion it is still a difference that is not too far and maybe the odds given by the bookies to Al Ittihad could be even higher. But of course they have other considerations so that they give such odds to the two clubs that will compete. Al Riyadh is not as productive as Al Ittihad in creating goals, so Al Ittihad can take advantage of that so that they can implement a defense that is much more difficult to penetrate. While Al Ittihad has better goal productivity, so that will be something that they will take advantage of well. But Al Riyadh must have also prepared a solid defense.

Nothing is difficult to predict because Ittihad still has a greater opportunity and experience to win this match.

Now we compare from both teams.
Ittihad scored 20 scores from 7 matches with 8 conceding.
Al Riyadh was only able to score 11 scores from 7 matches and conceded 11 times.
From H2H, Ittihad is also very favored because 5X defeated Al Riyadh.

In conclusion, Ittihad will still win but Al Riyadh will provide resistance and will also score.
Betting on the victory of Ittihad or BTTS is a good choice.

Walker still has a few more seasons at the highest level, although he is no longer young but with consistency in playing of course he still has a chance to play in a competitive league, so far we can say he is no longer as fast as used to be, but his experience and ability to defend and his contribution in attack is still very valuable for Manchester City, walker also have the ability to adapt to various situations on the pitch when he plays, so that's why he is still guarded by Guardiola so far, I don't think if Manchester City will sell him in the near time, but if there are indeed attractive offers from Arab clubs, of course it could be an opportunity for walker to consider his future especially from a financial point of view.

Al Riyadh vs Al Ittihad

I think this is a match that is quite difficult to predict at first glance maybe we will see Al Ittihad favored by bookies but Al Riyadh is also not a club that can be underestimated this season maybe he will give a surprise in the match especially since he has the advantage of playing as the home team but even though playing at home he has odds @6.00 while for Al Ittihad itself has odds @1.44.
It is very difficult to determine the prediction in this match but I think I will bet on Al Ittihad only because I think every point he gets is very important to continue in the title hunt with Al Hilal and Al Nassr.

Kyle Walker is a captain at Manchester City. However, this season he did not get much playing time. The reason is, Manchester City currently has another young right-back, Rico Lewis. So with Rico Lewis, Kyle Walker's position is now slightly marginalized even though he is a team captain at Manchester City. Maybe because of that, it is only natural that Manchester City has now agreed to the offer submitted by Al Ahli. Because in essence Kyle Walker has now passed his glory days at Manchester City. Because as far as I know Kyle Walker has been at Manchester City for 7 seasons. In my opinion, with such a long duration, Manchester City must be very satisfied with Kyle Walker's performance. So in my opinion, next season is very suitable for Kyle Walker to be able to enjoy the rest of his career in the Saudi Arabian League with Al Ahli. Because currently Kyle Walker is also quite old, so playing 1 or 2 seasons in the Saudi Arabian League will of course be very good for him. And besides that, if Kyle Walker really gets contracted by Al Ahli, of course it will have a very good impact on Al Ahli's defense line.

It is true that Esteghlal's defense is very impressive and of course Al-Nassr players really have difficulty scoring goals and it looks like there is no gap to score against Esteghlal and it is clear that kicks like Talisca's and the others are always inaccurate when in front of the goal. There was even a kick from an Al-Nassr player that hit the goalpost which was inaccurate, because Esteghlal's defense was very good. and of course coach Esteghlal was really great at creating this strategy which overwhelmed the Al-nassr players.

yes, fortunately Laporte was able to score a goal because of course if Laporte couldn't score a goal of course Al-nassr wouldn't win. Yes, even though Cristiano Ronaldo didn't score a goal, of course it wasn't a big problem because he played well in that match and he fought tooth and nail to score a goal.

Yes, currently Pioli still hasn't disappointed the fans of Al-nassr and Al-nassr and indeed when compared to Castro I also see that Pioli is better and now in terms of defense Al-nassr is also starting to improve after Al-nassr was coached by Pioli. Of course I see the biggest challenge for Pioli in the future in the Al-Nassr SPL against Al-Hilal and if Pioli can bring Al-Nassr to victory, of course it will be a happy thing for Al-Nassr and Al-Nassr fans and what is certain is that Al -Nassr can win at that time, of course it will definitely be popular news and Pioli's name will definitely become more popular.

Yes, currently it is very difficult for Al-Nassr to become champions in several competitions. Yes, I personally also hope that with the presence of Pioli Al-Nassr can win titles in the domestic league and others.

As he has the willpower and the support of his current club, breaking the 1000 goal barrier will not be a difficult task for him. If it was the case that he has injury problems and if he continues to play with this problem then it might be impossible for him to overcome this hurdle but still because he is playing good football I believe he has this problem. You can touch the milestone. At the end of his career where other players don't get good respect from clubs or clubs don't want to buy players, this club in the Saudi League is very sympathetic to Ronaldo and Ronaldo is very good there mentally so we definitely want him to reach 1000 goals. I will wait to see the celebration.

The worst part about what we are seeing right now is how Ronaldo will eventually have to give up, I mean father time beats us all and he has to retire eventually, that will be a sad day, same for Messi as well. They can't play forever, even if we assume lets say they keep their body very healthy and play unt il 45, doesn't matter because they will retire eventually and that will be a very sad day.

They semi-retired already, both of them went to leagues with very small competition and not really caring about the results, they are just padding their stats at this point and not going to win anything important, Ronaldo failed to win the league so far, and even if he ever did, wouldn't be a huge deal, but he doesn't even get that. They are sort of retired, but at least we get to see him still playing.

With the constant improvement of Rico Lewis Manchester City might consider letting him go for as low as £20m. The player is 34 years old and has won almost everything at the club level; moving to the Saudi Arabia League will be a good option if he wants to make more money for his retirement. Already, many former premier league players are in the league, such as Riyad Mahrez, Ivan Toney, Roberto Firmino and Edouard Mendy. Ivan became an option for the Saudi club when the deal to sign the Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen didn't go through. Walker will be a key asset to the developing league because they will benefit from his experience and leadership skills.

Kyle Walker just have to play according. He  is no longer in his prime, he's still very active playing his role but there are quite settling factors that hanged in the balance for the Englishman. Walker just have to make things run better for himself. Saudi Arabia clubs coming for all players with potentials, it's consider a good signing for Al Ahli but the big question pops up, will Manchester City allowed so much talent exits their club? Ofcourse not, Pep Guardiola is here to endure any deal pull.

It is not a big problem as far as they could win the match. But they must play better for the next match, especially for the match against Al Hilal. If they have no improvement in their attacking, they may score 0 goal. There is no way to win the match if they fail scoring goal. Al Nassr must remember that the opponent defense will be stronger when they play against a favorite team like Al Hilal.

It is not really a perfect squad. Although there is no many injured players, Al Nassr has limited quality players in their second tier lineup. So Pioli should be careful to keep the fitness of the main players. If there are unavailable players in the main lineup, Pioli may get difficulty to find out the replacement. Yes, there are still a lot of big matches. Every key player must understand well that they must always maintain their physical health.

Kyle Walker has won everything there's to win in Europe and it might just be time to let go and retire in Saudi Arabia. For this deal to be possible, Al Ahli has to offer large and tempting salary to Kyle Walker. Some other players from Manchester city has been rumoured to be heading to Saudi Arabia therefore all of them can go by the end of the season but I don't think they'll be leaving in January. I love how the Saudi Arabia teams are trying to build a very strong team to improve the quality in their league. The league has already been improving since the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo and with the addition of more talented players, the league will soon be taken more serious.

While I am sure Al Nassr will have an easy game and will win without much trouble, we need to also remember how we are going to end up with a terrible result when it comes to terrible situations as well, it can't always be that easy, and we are going to end up with a lot of trouble on the long run as well. Think about it this way, if they didn't play that AFC game then they wouldn't be tired and this would be easy game.

This is why I believe they may have fatigue, specially Ronaldo, while he is a great player, he is nearly 40, which means he might be tired to play games back to back like this, and he may not contribute too much. This is why I believe this game will be very different and could result in difficult situations as well. I believe we need to consider how to get better results and we can't really consider how this will be an "easy" game because it will not be as easy as the odds are showing, we are going to have game a bit harder than that.

Another player linked to Saudi teams to play there and this time it's Kyle Walker the player from Manchester United who also played in Tottenham for years and he is even playing for England's national team.
This right-back player will definitely not be an easy option and Manchester City will not lose him for cheap money. He plays as right back and now Al Ahli wants to hire Kyle Walker for the next year however they also sent him an offer during last summer.
Manchester City seems to agree and they will let Kyle Walker leave for 35 million euros which is not a huge money for Al Ahli.

At his current age which is almost 40 years old, Ronaldo can still continue to show performance, consistency, physique and also very good stamina as a footballer, many of his colleagues who are his age have now retired and may not again have good ability and stamina in playing, Ronaldo ability to continue for perform at the highest level at the age of 39 is proof of hard work,  dedication and also his love for football so far, I think Messi and Ronaldo are two players who do have ambitions and are also thirsty for titles all this time, so it is not surprising that they continue to be able to create and break records that have existed so far in the world of football, Ronaldo has a very high goalscoring instinct so far, now he has scored 907 goals throughout his career and he only needs 93 more goals to reach the record of a player with 1000 goals, I think his chances to score another 93 goals are of course wide open, especially if he will play until the age of 40 or 41 like ibrahimovich later.

With his current age, of course Ronaldo is one of the best players who can also survive this far. It is not easy for players who are no longer young to achieve these extraordinary things. In fact, he looks more ambitious than players who are younger than him. But this is not something strange, because Ronaldo is a player who is indeed full of ambition since he was young. However, the ambition he has makes him better, because many players who have great ambitions actually cannot last long. He is one of the players who can be an example for young players, how his motivation, hard work and others bring him to great success.