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Quote from: bering on January 10, 2024, 03:31:01 AM

Quote from: Solokan on January 09, 2024, 11:12:24 PM

I'm sure the match between Al-Hilal and Inter Miami will be eagerly awaited, but of course what we are really looking forward to is the Al-Nassr match against Inter Miami because Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in that match.

Yes, we will see Messi's greatness in the next match.

Saudi Pro League are still break and this league will be starting again next month and to ensure the fitness players always be in the good shape then some of teams will do some of friendly matches including Al Hilal and Al Nassr so their matches against Inter Miami later is not more than pre season matches for Inter Miami because MLS will starting new season soon and in my opinion nothing special from those matches especially Messi and Ronaldo have been meet plenty before when they still playing at Real Madrid and Barcelona
Talking about the schedules for Al Hilal and Al Nassr for next month both teams has successfully to qualified at round of 16 of Asian Champion League and Al Hilal will fight against FC Sepahan and Al Nassr vs Al Feiha and on the paper Al Hilal and Al Nassr most likely will be able to beat their opponents without any problem

They understand the market, when else are we going to see two of the best players in the world meeting each other than in a friendly. I'm sure there will be more talk about who is the best between the two of them. Lol
I'd love to see them play together at the same club before they decide to retire, but it seems like a very unlikely thing to happen. They are so hard to put together, I don't know which club would want to do that. Previously Paris Saint Germain were rumored to have them in the same club, but that didn't happen. I think it would be the most beautiful gift for footbal lovers to see these two players in the same club. we will see the greatness of those who will work together in the club.

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Quote from: QueenVera on January 10, 2024, 09:47:57 AM

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Im waiting for mitrovic to face messi soon. It will be very interesting friendly match caused by we do know that how big messi was in the past and he will be playing against al hilal which was the strongest team in the SPL right now. Im thinking that the gap is too far consider intermiami was still placing at the bottom last season. Even though the MLS has not yet commenced, I have reservations about Miami's chances of making any progress. The match against al hilal can be used to measure the performance from the club. That's an interesting match to be waited soon.

I would prefer intermiami to face al nassr coz it will make ronaldo to face messi although it will be friendly match. The result from this friendly match will make everything clear regaring many people who keep debate which was better between MLS or SPL.
I hope everything will be going smoothly and al hilal will be able to destroy intermiami soon. By comparing the SPL and the MLS, it will become evident that the former is far superior, ultimately suggesting that Messi made an unfortunate mistake by joining the latter.

Im sure that al hilal will be winnin the match very soon.

Al Hilal vs Inter Miami; a match to watch as Al Hilal are currently the biggest club in the SPL since they stay up the table. I think this match is key especially to help Inter Miami develop more before the commencement of the season. Though Inter Miami might not come close to how the Saudi Club perform currently but they’re lucky to have Balon D’or winner, Messi in their team. And Mitrovic playing upfront against Messi’s team will be a delight to watch on how he performs.

Comparing the SPL and MLS isn’t supposed to happen because currently the SPL proves to be better than the MLS especially with the European recruits the SPL are garnering every transfer market, Al Hil will sure win Inter Miami, Miami might have one of the greatest player in their team but football regards team work and good squad depth and when it comes to those Al-hilal are better than Inter Miami.

Inter Miami is likely to face challenges as they are not considered a strong team. Their success may have been influenced by the outstanding performances of Messi and Busquets. While the Saudi Club is currently performing well, but anyways Inter Miami has gained global attention by becoming the most searched sports team on Google in 2023. The SPL is perceived as better than the MLS, though opinions may vary. Each person has a different perspective and reasons to define their preferred league.

As the stage is set, and with limited time between games, fans hope the match will be televised for everyone to watch without disappointment.

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Quote from: X-ray on January 10, 2024, 05:03:16 AM

Im waiting for mitrovic to face messi soon. It will be very interesting friendly match caused by we do know that how big messi was in the past and he will be playing against al hilal which was the strongest team in the SPL right now. Im thinking that the gap is too far consider intermiami was still placing at the bottom last season. Even though the MLS has not yet commenced, I have reservations about Miami's chances of making any progress. The match against al hilal can be used to measure the performance from the club. That's an interesting match to be waited soon.

I would prefer intermiami to face al nassr coz it will make ronaldo to face messi although it will be friendly match. The result from this friendly match will make everything clear regaring many people who keep debate which was better between MLS or SPL.
I hope everything will be going smoothly and al hilal will be able to destroy intermiami soon. By comparing the SPL and the MLS, it will become evident that the former is far superior, ultimately suggesting that Messi made an unfortunate mistake by joining the latter.

Im sure that al hilal will be winnin the match very soon.

Al Hilal vs Inter Miami; a match to watch as Al Hilal are currently the biggest club in the SPL since they stay up the table. I think this match is key especially to help Inter Miami develop more before the commencement of the season. Though Inter Miami might not come close to how the Saudi Club perform currently but they’re lucky to have Balon D’or winner, Messi in their team. And Mitrovic playing upfront against Messi’s team will be a delight to watch on how he performs.

Comparing the SPL and MLS isn’t supposed to happen because currently the SPL proves to be better than the MLS especially with the European recruits the SPL are garnering every transfer market, Al Hil will sure win Inter Miami, Miami might have one of the greatest player in their team but football regards team work and good squad depth and when it comes to those Al-hilal are better than Inter Miami.

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Quote from: Arenga pinnata on January 10, 2024, 03:59:48 AM

Quote from: Solokan on January 09, 2024, 11:12:24 PM

I'm sure the match between Al-Hilal and Inter Miami will be eagerly awaited, but of course what we are really looking forward to is the Al-Nassr match against Inter Miami because Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in that match.

Yes, we will see Messi's greatness in the next match.

In the friendly match between Al-hilal vs Inter Miami I will fully support Al-hilal. Because I want to prove that Saudi Arabian football is now much more developed than before. And one proof of the development of football in the SPL is the Al-hilal club which is undefeated to date in the SPL.

But if we talk about the match that everyone is most looking forward to, of course the answer is the Al-Nassr vs Inter Miami match. Because two European football legends will meet in this match. Cristiano Ronaldo will finally fight on the field against Messi. This will definitely evoke a little nostalgia for us football fans who used to often see these two great players meet in matches, especially when they were both still in Laliga. Football really reached its peak hype at that time. Because both of them always put on a great game which until now has not been replaced. For the Al-Nassr vs Inter Miami match, I think it will end in a draw.

Im waiting for mitrovic to face messi soon. It will be very interesting friendly match caused by we do know that how big messi was in the past and he will be playing against al hilal which was the strongest team in the SPL right now. Im thinking that the gap is too far consider intermiami was still placing at the bottom last season. Even though the MLS has not yet commenced, I have reservations about Miami's chances of making any progress. The match against al hilal can be used to measure the performance from the club. That's an interesting match to be waited soon.

I would prefer intermiami to face al nassr coz it will make ronaldo to face messi although it will be friendly match. The result from this friendly match will make everything clear regaring many people who keep debate which was better between MLS or SPL.
I hope everything will be going smoothly and al hilal will be able to destroy intermiami soon. By comparing the SPL and the MLS, it will become evident that the former is far superior, ultimately suggesting that Messi made an unfortunate mistake by joining the latter.

Im sure that al hilal will be winnin the match very soon.

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Quote from: Solokan on January 09, 2024, 11:12:24 PM

I'm sure the match between Al-Hilal and Inter Miami will be eagerly awaited, but of course what we are really looking forward to is the Al-Nassr match against Inter Miami because Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in that match.

Yes, we will see Messi's greatness in the next match.

In the friendly match between Al-hilal vs Inter Miami I will fully support Al-hilal. Because I want to prove that Saudi Arabian football is now much more developed than before. And one proof of the development of football in the SPL is the Al-hilal club which is undefeated to date in the SPL.

But if we talk about the match that everyone is most looking forward to, of course the answer is the Al-Nassr vs Inter Miami match. Because two European football legends will meet in this match. Cristiano Ronaldo will finally fight on the field against Messi. This will definitely evoke a little nostalgia for us football fans who used to often see these two great players meet in matches, especially when they were both still in Laliga. Football really reached its peak hype at that time. Because both of them always put on a great game which until now has not been replaced. For the Al-Nassr vs Inter Miami match, I think it will end in a draw.

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Quote from: Solokan on January 09, 2024, 11:12:24 PM

I'm sure the match between Al-Hilal and Inter Miami will be eagerly awaited, but of course what we are really looking forward to is the Al-Nassr match against Inter Miami because Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in that match.

Yes, we will see Messi's greatness in the next match.

Saudi Pro League are still break and this league will be starting again next month and to ensure the fitness players always be in the good shape then some of teams will do some of friendly matches including Al Hilal and Al Nassr so their matches against Inter Miami later is not more than pre season matches for Inter Miami because MLS will starting new season soon and in my opinion nothing special from those matches especially Messi and Ronaldo have been meet plenty before when they still playing at Real Madrid and Barcelona
Talking about the schedules for Al Hilal and Al Nassr for next month both teams has successfully to qualified at round of 16 of Asian Champion League and Al Hilal will fight against FC Sepahan and Al Nassr vs Al Feiha and on the paper Al Hilal and Al Nassr most likely will be able to beat their opponents without any problem

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Quote from: shogun47 on January 09, 2024, 06:18:17 PM

I believe they overestimated the long term effect those investments would inspire. There was a lot of enthusiasm and also excitement and curiosity around the world. People wanted to see how Ronaldo is doing in the Saudi Professional League and then several players decided to go there. Players with a lot of following from the fans on social media and other channels. They thought that younger talents would decide to go there and they could start a small revolution in the world of soccer, but you can now easily see that the excitement is vanishing every single day. I am not even checking the results anymore if I don't have to and I am sure that other people don't care as much anymore as they did when the big news was out that Ronaldo would go there.

If a player's career is still in its nascent stages, it's a given that they will continue to choose playing in Europe. For instance, Chelsea's English player Ruben Loftus-Cheek, chelsea has agreed on a deal with a club in Arab Saudi for transfer. However, the player has opted to continue europa join and playing for AC Milan instead. Despite his age, the player is no longer a youngster. Yet, he still prefers playing in Europe. It's evident that established stars with a proven track record would rather play in Europe than in leagues such as the American league or second-tier leagues in Asia.

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Quote from: Strongkored on January 09, 2024, 10:19:27 PM

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However, this is still unsustainable project if after like 5 or 10 years, they fail to build up a next stronger domestic player generation. A domestic league must be built from its foundation, with domestic players rather than built on top of it, with foreign players.

You have a good point, and all the fantastic spending on buying old players from Europe should only be a short-term step because if it is done for the long term no matter how much money they make then in the future they could go bankrupt because they will not get commensurate income and should progress the league is also seen by the birth of good talent from the league country itself which will influence the achievements of the national team in international tournaments.
However, it seems like how they are building their current league is not only to become more popular but also to form a new image of their country which is more open and likes sports because Saudi Arabia is also quite active in being able to organize tournaments in other types of sports.

a few months ago I said that it would be better if all the teams in the SPL tried to build talent from native players from saudi arabia, such as building young players from academic teams, like european teams which usually build academic teams for young players who have quality talent. and once his talent becomes very high the SPL team can use it to strengthen the team and build the SPL name even bigger.
so buying european players actually makes sense, but you dont need too many, just bring in star players like Ronaldo, Benzema and Neymar to make the name of the SPL known throughout the world and the rest still use native players.

but I really understand what the aim of the SPL is currently recruiting european players in large numbers, it is likely to have an impact on the experience for native players as if european players will provide playing style experience and can be emulated by native saudi arabian players but if this is done in the long term it doesn't seem to be very good.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on January 09, 2024, 07:34:07 PM

Spending too much money on the Arabian teams and especially in the Saudi Arabia during this summer made many people think about this country and now Valentín Botella Nicolás the CEO of FutbolJobs, started talking about the players they have so far.
He thinks Saudi Arabia is trying to make the structure of their football with the players they buy from top European teams to get progress.

https://www.marca.com/mx/futbol/2024/01/09/659d4716e2704e31758b45bd.html

It seems that this is nothing new and considering Saudi Arabia's behavior of continuing to invest money to get European players, the aim is definitely to attract fans and tourists who want to visit their country to watch more competitive football matches. The presence of these European players will certainly have a big impact on economic development in Saudi Arabia and they are not wrong in doing so and their targets are right on target.

Now it's just a matter of how the money they have earned so far can be re-invested in European players because the more even teams get European players, the more the Saudi league will become more famous and not just dominated by a few great teams. This is a challenge as a league that has made European football critics start to worry about the existence of the Saudi league.

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Ali Al Bulayhi performed very well against Al-feiha as did Aleksandar Mitrovic who successfully scored a goal with a good penalty kick. Yes, of course Al-hilal's victory in their last match against Al-feiha resulted in Al-hilal getting points which of course will make it very difficult for Al-nassr to top the points.

yes of course in the Friendly match Al-hilal will compete against Messi's team, namely Inter miami and we will see how strong they will be against Inter miami but I personally predict Al-hilal will win against Inter miami because I think Al-hilal's current performance is good Of course Al-Hilal players have a strong defense like K. Koulibaly and in the attacking department there is Mitrovic who is of course very great and always scores goals and the others also have good strength. but of course at inter miami there is messi who of course messi is a great player.

I'm sure the match between Al-Hilal and Inter Miami will be eagerly awaited, but of course what we are really looking forward to is the Al-Nassr match against Inter Miami because Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in that match.

Yes, we will see Messi's greatness in the next match.

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Quote from: hd49728 on January 09, 2024, 09:03:27 PM

PIF and Saudi Professional League have been doing bigger things than Chinese Super League years ago. I see they have more ambitious goals for their project and they have spent more money than clubs from China years ago. They have better strategies by aiming at super star players to change their league reputation and I see they have a longer plan than Chinese Super League.

However, this is still unsustainable project if after like 5 or 10 years, they fail to build up a next stronger domestic player generation. A domestic league must be built from its foundation, with domestic players rather than built on top of it, with foreign players.

The Saudi Professional League has better popularity than the Chinese Super League, they invest in European players so that their league is known to audiences all over the world. Indeed the Saudi League is not half-hearted in spending their money on buying players and carrying out projects for them to run smoothly, they just prove that the Saudi League also has great strength in terms of finances and is making effort to make their league even bigger, I think the Saudi League is already thinking long term about the strategy they are implementing for its future.

Yes, that's true, they currently still needs foreign players to improve their league, but they are also limiting the purchase of foreign players from entering their territory. And I think after this projects is successfull they will further increase players from their own domestic countries because foreign players only help jumpstart the Saudi league increasingly known.

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Quote from: hd49728 on January 09, 2024, 09:03:27 PM

However, this is still unsustainable project if after like 5 or 10 years, they fail to build up a next stronger domestic player generation. A domestic league must be built from its foundation, with domestic players rather than built on top of it, with foreign players.

You have a good point, and all the fantastic spending on buying old players from Europe should only be a short-term step because if it is done for the long term no matter how much money they make then in the future they could go bankrupt because they will not get commensurate income and should progress the league is also seen by the birth of good talent from the league country itself which will influence the achievements of the national team in international tournaments.
However, it seems like how they are building their current league is not only to become more popular but also to form a new image of their country which is more open and likes sports because Saudi Arabia is also quite active in being able to organize tournaments in other types of sports.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on January 09, 2024, 07:34:07 PM

Spending too much money on the Arabian teams and especially in the Saudi Arabia during this summer made many people think about this country and now Valentín Botella Nicolás the CEO of FutbolJobs, started talking about the players they have so far.
He thinks Saudi Arabia is trying to make the structure of their football with the players they buy from top European teams to get progress.

https://www.marca.com/mx/futbol/2024/01/09/659d4716e2704e31758b45bd.html

PIF and Saudi Professional League have been doing bigger things than Chinese Super League years ago. I see they have more ambitious goals for their project and they have spent more money than clubs from China years ago. They have better strategies by aiming at super star players to change their league reputation and I see they have a longer plan than Chinese Super League.

However, this is still unsustainable project if after like 5 or 10 years, they fail to build up a next stronger domestic player generation. A domestic league must be built from its foundation, with domestic players rather than built on top of it, with foreign players.

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Quote from: shogun47 on January 09, 2024, 06:18:17 PM

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About Benzema i think he was failed to adapt with the atmosphere of Saudi Pro League so that's why the fans were starting to complaining to his performance although this season he has scores 9 goals but it didn't make the fans satisfied with his performance because they expect Benzema can scores more goals with Al Ittihad besides that Benzema also rumoured he has a conflict with Al Ittihad previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo and this also causes Espirito Santo have to sacked
Some of European players has starting not too comfortable to playing at Saudi Pro League including Benzema this because they failed to adapt with this league and some people predict those players had possibilities to leave Saudi Pro League this January and for Benzema too the recent rumour is this player maybe will leave Al Ittihad and he was linked to Manchester United

I have big doubts about his problem being the atmosphere. I think he is lacking the willpower to work for his money. Benzema had his luckiest moment ever when he became the best player in the world and out of a sudden the teams from the Saudi Professional League wanted him, but he is different than Ronaldo actually. Ronaldo really wants to score the most goals, that is the least he can do and he will do it whenever he can. Benzema doesn't care about becoming the goal scorer and he knows that nobody can take away the salary from him. That is why he doesn't behave like a professional. He plays like an amateur and can't get himself going again. It's like a scam to me, but the Saudi clubs are the ones who are wasting their money, so I don't care.

Well in the grand scheme of things I don't think that the Saudi clubs are actually wasting money. Because they wanted to improve the popularity of their club and the whole of Saudi football. They are successfully doing that by bringing in these very players. Now of course it is going to matter for the individual clubs if the player is going to perform well or not. But they are actually achieving what they wanted in some way.

But the way Benzema is performing right now, it is definitely hurting the club. And I don't think anyone can actually deny that benzema was very lucky in that year which he was the best player of the world. A lot of goals that he scored were very lucky. But he did deserve that in that year. But now it's like a different person.

I believe they overestimated the long term effect those investments would inspire. There was a lot of enthusiasm and also excitement and curiosity around the world. People wanted to see how Ronaldo is doing in the Saudi Professional League and then several players decided to go there. Players with a lot of following from the fans on social media and other channels. They thought that younger talents would decide to go there and they could start a small revolution in the world of soccer, but you can now easily see that the excitement is vanishing every single day. I am not even checking the results anymore if I don't have to and I am sure that other people don't care as much anymore as they did when the big news was out that Ronaldo would go there.

Spending too much money on the Arabian teams and especially in the Saudi Arabia during this summer made many people think about this country and now Valentín Botella Nicolás the CEO of FutbolJobs, started talking about the players they have so far.
He thinks Saudi Arabia is trying to make the structure of their football with the players they buy from top European teams to get progress.

https://www.marca.com/mx/futbol/2024/01/09/659d4716e2704e31758b45bd.html

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Quote from: shogun47 on January 09, 2024, 06:18:17 PM

I believe they overestimated the long term effect those investments would inspire. There was a lot of enthusiasm and also excitement and curiosity around the world. People wanted to see how Ronaldo is doing in the Saudi Professional League and then several players decided to go there. Players with a lot of following from the fans on social media and other channels. They thought that younger talents would decide to go there and they could start a small revolution in the world of soccer, but you can now easily see that the excitement is vanishing every single day. I am not even checking the results anymore if I don't have to and I am sure that other people don't care as much anymore as they did when the big news was out that Ronaldo would go there.

Who among us here will switch to check the table of SPL but currently, people have seen the need to go over there because of their favorite player. Cristiano Ronaldo have remained the only reason why most of European players picks interest and moved to SPL competition, some of them are fighting hard to terminate their contract and make a u-turn back to Europe, where the home of football lies. Saudi Arabia football will not match up with the European football style because first to think of, they're not on the same page with European football when it comes to the famous players.

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Quote from: Minecache on January 08, 2024, 03:23:12 PM

Quote from: shogun47 on January 08, 2024, 01:41:24 PM

Quote from: bering on January 08, 2024, 12:08:54 PM

About Benzema i think he was failed to adapt with the atmosphere of Saudi Pro League so that's why the fans were starting to complaining to his performance although this season he has scores 9 goals but it didn't make the fans satisfied with his performance because they expect Benzema can scores more goals with Al Ittihad besides that Benzema also rumoured he has a conflict with Al Ittihad previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo and this also causes Espirito Santo have to sacked
Some of European players has starting not too comfortable to playing at Saudi Pro League including Benzema this because they failed to adapt with this league and some people predict those players had possibilities to leave Saudi Pro League this January and for Benzema too the recent rumour is this player maybe will leave Al Ittihad and he was linked to Manchester United

I have big doubts about his problem being the atmosphere. I think he is lacking the willpower to work for his money. Benzema had his luckiest moment ever when he became the best player in the world and out of a sudden the teams from the Saudi Professional League wanted him, but he is different than Ronaldo actually. Ronaldo really wants to score the most goals, that is the least he can do and he will do it whenever he can. Benzema doesn't care about becoming the goal scorer and he knows that nobody can take away the salary from him. That is why he doesn't behave like a professional. He plays like an amateur and can't get himself going again. It's like a scam to me, but the Saudi clubs are the ones who are wasting their money, so I don't care.

Well in the grand scheme of things I don't think that the Saudi clubs are actually wasting money. Because they wanted to improve the popularity of their club and the whole of Saudi football. They are successfully doing that by bringing in these very players. Now of course it is going to matter for the individual clubs if the player is going to perform well or not. But they are actually achieving what they wanted in some way.

But the way Benzema is performing right now, it is definitely hurting the club. And I don't think anyone can actually deny that benzema was very lucky in that year which he was the best player of the world. A lot of goals that he scored were very lucky. But he did deserve that in that year. But now it's like a different person.

I believe they overestimated the long term effect those investments would inspire. There was a lot of enthusiasm and also excitement and curiosity around the world. People wanted to see how Ronaldo is doing in the Saudi Professional League and then several players decided to go there. Players with a lot of following from the fans on social media and other channels. They thought that younger talents would decide to go there and they could start a small revolution in the world of soccer, but you can now easily see that the excitement is vanishing every single day. I am not even checking the results anymore if I don't have to and I am sure that other people don't care as much anymore as they did when the big news was out that Ronaldo would go there.

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Quote from: beerlover on January 08, 2024, 04:16:21 PM

I would say that was a shocking one to me to be fair. I did not expect him to have such issues, I mean I could definitely see him have trouble on the field, that part is not a shocker and he doesn't need to be doing all that crazy, but that doesn't mean that I expected him to have trouble off the field neither, I think it should be something that would not be all that easy to adapt when it comes to regular life.

If he had trouble with just football, then he could keep playing and eventually he will get adapt to it, but if he is having trouble adjusting to life there? That may not be all that easy to handle, it would definitely be a trouble and needs to be something that could get a lot better and he needs to figure out a way to get adapt there.

When a player plays in a different league of course he needs adjustments in the way he plays on the pitch and also the big influence may be that Benzema has not found a duel who can read his movements in passing so that is a big obstacle for him. However, as the best player, of course he won't take long to adapt to Al Ittihad game and I predict that in the second season he will be able to show his big contribution to Al Ittihad.

Indeed, some of Europe top players have started to complain about their difficulties adapting to the Saudi Arabian lifestyle and also that they have failed to be as well organized in their new teams as Henderson. I think this is all normal because they have been playing for European teams for years and this season they are playing in the Asian league. starting from the supporters and also the stadium, of course it is different from the European league and of course some of them want to return to the European league. I don't think Benzema should do the same thing as Henderson did because I'm sure Benzema will be able to give the best of his performance for Al Ittihad.

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Quote from: Hirose UK on January 09, 2024, 03:21:23 AM

Of course, this was quite good performance because he still made contribution and managed to provide an assist for goal, but looking at Henderson playing statistics while with the England and Liverpool national teams, he is not reliable goal creator.
It just shame that Henderson, who should be able to play very well and enthusiastically in defending Al-Ettifaq, instead gave statement that he regretted moving to Saudi, this was his decision and he had to play as patiently as possible.
I know that Henderson will not have better career in the future while staying with Al-Ettifaq but he also has very small chance of returning to play for Liverpool.
Henderson must regain his enthusiasm and he must prove that he is one of the best players England has.

But recently there have been reports and rumors that Firmino has the opportunity to reunite or return to Klopp squad in the Premier League.
In contrast to Henderson, there is no news about his move, but rumors about Firmino state that this opportunity is not for this season but for next season.
I don't know what will actually happen next, but I sure that if there is an opportunity and budget, Klopp will definitely bring Firmino back.

Well Henderson isn’t used to contributing to goals because of the position he plays majorly. He’s more of defensive than attacking and thereby his low stats on goal creation. Well, his move to Saudi is what he’s regretting right now probably because the club is at it’s lowest and yes, he’s mot used to a failed system. Well I think the club is suffering and not at all do I blame him for his regrets.

He needs his full confidence on the pitch and that might not happen especially because he’s playing for Al-Ettifaq. Rumors on Firmino could be true especially as Salah’s departure is lurking around but I don’t think it’s quite possible especially with the whole issue of how the club needs to build their young players but mo doubt, Klopp could make it possible if the finance is available.

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Quote from: Slow death on January 08, 2024, 10:33:38 AM

If Messi really plays, then I believe that many people will watch this game because they are Ronaldo fans and want to see Messi's team lose, one thing for me is very clear, that Ronaldo's team is at a level far below many teams in the Saudi league For some time, I looked at the US league as being better than the Saudi league, but I changed my view. The reality is that the Saudi league is at a much higher level than the US league and in this game that will be between Messi's team against Ronaldo's team, if it is available for betting, I will bet that Ronaldo's team will win this game. comfortable way. Those guys on Messi's team don't play at all. They will suffer many goals, it will be a humiliating defeat for Messi's team. It would have been better if Messi had stayed at PSG and retired at PSG

Ok but if we assume that Ronaldo wins a friendly match with Al-Nassr against Inter Miami, do you really think that this means anything to any fan who has an IQ worthy of mentioning? Who cares these days about Al-Nassr vs. Inter Miami? I will be honest, I don't get it. I am a Messi fan, but I couldn't care less when they play this friendly match and one of them wins / loses. The topic is done.

Maybe there are some hardcore fans who would be as passionate about a reunion game in 40 years from now when both are almost 70 years of age. Maybe they would still be thrilled and excited, but I am not that kind of guy.

The World Cup would be amazing though if both are still fit. Portugal vs. Argentina in the final rounds of the World Cup, ok, that would get me excited a little again. Wink

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Quote from: hahay on January 09, 2024, 03:32:36 PM

Quote from: temple on January 09, 2024, 09:31:41 AM

Yes but I think especially the fans are beating a dead horse in this game, if Ronaldo and Messi play at all. They hope to get the same drama and intensity that the Spanish fans got when they went into the stadium or switched on the TV to see the best Ronaldo compete with the best Messi. The coaches competed with each other, there was always insane drama and goals and envy. There were fouls against the superstars like in no other game (Pepe and Ramos against Messi) and so many other things that made these games special. Those times are over. The fans may have wrong expectations for that game no matter where it takes place.

Even though Ronaldo and Messi at this moment are still actively playing but yes, even though there are sponsors who make friendly matches and bring Ronaldo v Messi together. But for me, the atmosphere is different and it looks like there will no longer be as much tension as when they played in the El Calsico match in the Real Madrid v Barcelona match. After all, if at this moment they meet, at least it's just for entertainment and that way, of course there won't be high tension in the match. Because ya, after all, what makes or makes them more interesting is the competition for their team's position in the standings. But if they only bring them together in a friendly match, then I think it's just purely for entertainment.

I know a lot of people do not want to admit this. Sometimes it is even hard for me to actually admit but the truth is, it is actually over. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are not the best players in the world anymore. And the days of El clásico where both of them play against each other with probably the two best clubs in the world, those days are over. Now all that remains are the highlights of those matches and the memory of a certain generation of football fans. Now even if they play against each other it is not going to be as competitive as it was back then. Even if they go against each other in the World Cup, it is still not going to be only Messi versus Ronaldo. It is going to be Argentina versus Portugal.

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