Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 270. (Read 112182 times)

When players are upset and not doing anything they want to do, they may end up not being that great at the end neither, it just doesn't feel like it would be all that much of a complicated situation. We are talking about a scenario where it is going to be a situation in the world where it is not that easy to handle.

I hope that we could end up with something that should not be that simple to see it out, and that would definitely be a tough deal to handle, it would not be all that confusing. I hope that it could take a while to just focus on their life a bit too. If they are happy off the field, they will contribute well on the field, if they are unhappy off the field, they will be terrible on the field as well, it is as simple as that.

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.

When he left Liverpool he was already seen as a finished player and at his age I wouldn’t be surprised if he keeps declining because not everyone is capable of playing for a long time like Cristiano Ronaldo and still be at their best. Jordan Henderson is already old so it is normal for him to be underperforming at 30+ years and it is not his fault so he shouldn’t be blamed for the team’s performance as everyone deserves the blame. Everyone who joins the Saudi league at late age joins just to earn for a while before retirement but since CR7 joins the league the Saudi league standard has elevated and demands more from players than before. The league is more competitive than ever and it is not more a league for potential retiree anymore.

We all miss the Messi/Ronaldo rivalry and it will interesting to witness this rivalry one more time before they both retire. This match will be interesting as no team would want their Goat to lose to the other. I think Al Nassr are the favorites to win as they are having a better season than Inter Miami and they have more foreign players than them which will be an added advantage to Al Nassr.

What difficulty he faced in saudi pro league? The only problem if there are so many internal problems in the club. Did you hear that when benzema told the owner to sack the coach? it was representing how bad he was in saudi pro league. Benzema looks like have less respect to the saudi pro league coach and player. Im not even doubting the performance from ittihad becomes this bad. It's caused by the bad habit by the its players. Benzema was also one that makes it become even worst than before. I see no respect owned by him to the former of coach.

The main problem in SPL is still the same like still called that european player has higher level compared to the local player. This makes club will have so many problems to appear. I can even mention some problems related to it.
The owner shall be try to sort all of it out from the club. Benzema's power need to be reduced in the club and it feels like that he has control over the club toward the owner. Ittihad needs to restructuring its management again.
There will be superior player in the club and of them are the same.

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.

Indeed things are like that, for now things with football can be very hard, Saudi football has many peculiarities, they have some things that seem Strange to me, for example the extra time seems to me to be a lot, We are used to seeing a Countdown time of Approximately 2-3 minutes , sometimes 1 minute, but in these games they are 15 minutes, I have seen 18 minutes, it seems to me that it is a lot, but at the same time I think it is quite exciting , I don't know if The Arabs do this to amplify those emotions and give a lot of opportunity and that is something that I would like to see implemented in European Football , and why not ? In the Conmebol qualifiers , Sometimes one is left with that feeling that if they had given them more 5 minutes , they would have done something better. Personally, I have always said that things can be very favorable in terms of football, maybe even CR7 these rules are very good because in this way he demonstrates his great Quality , his form , and the results of his strong training.

The quality of players like him is impressive , now I have a doubt, I don't know what would happen to Benzema, after he lost to Al Nassr they recorded that he had left Arabia, that he cut off all social networks, the truth is I don't know if it is True or a lie, but it is quite intriguing that a player like him, with his enormous quality, does something like that, because I believe that primarily he brought a very high level in the League, where he was the best of all , but Still , Football Saudi had not Adapted enormously and things can be very good in the case that it can turn out for the better, I could say that when it comes to stars like this , it Attracts attention and can Produce a lot of Emotions, it also depends on the degree of acceptance that they have given him in their team, fans and everything, I think it has not been so easy for the Frenchman , but I hope everything Resolved , he has a lot of quality and I want to be there.

In this case, perhaps I would choose not to rush in assessing Benzema's future in the SPL or at the AL-ittihad club. I will look first at the second half of the season until the end. Is Benzema improving at his club or not? Because Cristiano Ronaldo was not immediately able to adapt to Al-Nassr last season when he arrived in the middle of the season. But Cristiano is getting better in his new season, namely this season.

So I think Benzema will be the same in this case. But let's see in the second half of the season. But if Benzema still fails to adapt then I think he is not suitable for the SPL.

The only ones who did not live up to expectations were Benzema and Neymar.
Benzema has competed with Al Ittihad but has not shown his talent in Europe and I don't know why, but he seems less aggressive or maybe because of age, but the coach should be able to provide good education to improve Benzema's performance.
Neymar, perhaps always injured and barely able to give his best performance since joining Al Hilal, is like giving salaries to players who only sleep at home, but even so, Al Hilal doesn't mind this because it only needs Neymar's popular name and the fact is that Al Hilal can perform very consistently without Neymar and only rely on Mitrovic.
For Ronaldo, I admit that he is a star player with extraordinary talent and every club that recruits him will definitely never be disappointed because he can always score big numbers even though Al Nassr has not been able to achieve the title he wants, but having Ronaldo has many benefits.

It's very strange indeed, even though for them the Saudi league is not as difficult as imagined and with its current level it has been proven that the quality of these star players has dropped drastically. Even though Benzema still performed well in the previous season with Real Madrid, everyone knows that Neymar will only be a patient for the doctors who already know him very well. But what happened to Ronaldo was an unimaginable beauty and he wanted to prove to the world that he was not finished.

Even though Ronaldo is also the oldest player in this competition, his mentality is still the same as that of a young person who never gives up. Ronaldo also paid in full the salary that Al-Nassr gave him with the amount he always recorded in the calendar. It's just that now maybe the Saudi league title is what he wants most before retiring or leaving Al-Nassr. As for Firmnio, I don't think it needs to be explained further considering that he was no longer Jurgen Kloop's main choice last season so his decline is not surprising at all.

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.

Yes, this is surprising to many people because Karim Benzema, who we know at Real Madrid, is a figure who is aggressive in attacking and can easily score goals. Perhaps because at Real Madrid Karim Benzema found a match and his club mates were able to help Karim Benzema. Whereas in the Saudi league It seems like Karim Benzema has a little difficulty adapting to the environment and his teammates so Karim Benzema doesn't work optimally, I think Ittihad really has to be a little patient waiting for Benzema to return to his best performance because adapting to a different league and environment is of course a new experience for an experienced player playing in Europe.

Karim Benzema doesn't have a problem with football. If he had a problem, of course he would prefer to retire rather than continue his career in the Saudi league. I think Benzema does have problems in life there, where the Saudi league definitely has a different life from the European league, but in my opinion, Benzema still keep trying so that he can be like Cristiano Ronaldo who is already very good at playing for Al Nassr.

I think he underestimated the Saudi league. Benzema faced a more difficult league than he expected. I think he should make an effort to repay the salary paid to him. Neymar was injured almost before he could play a match and he could not stand out either. Benzema also fell below expectations. Again, one of the best in the league is Cristiano Ronaldo. Firmino did not make the expected impact either. The stars are fading away one by one.

Old means nothing as long as the player can keep up with its fitness and healthy life. I see no problem for him to rejoin in EPL again. It's his right but the club seems being so careless with the problem faced by him. There was not even further talk with henderson to stay at the ettifaq instead of leave from there. I do feel what henderson feel caused by he was not playing in the right club. The story will be completely different when Hendo starts playing for a club like Al Hilal in the SPL, as it could potentially extend his stay in the league for a significant period of time.

It proves that money can't build good environment for the players. The players are faced with the task of deciding whether they will stay or depart from the club, based on their willingness. It's caused by the winter transfer season was not so long and the player needs to decide it as soon as possible.
In fact, henderson needs to be careful caused by his age. I think that moving to the EPL will not be a bad decision from him consider the fact that if he will still able to play better on ettifaq even though the club was very bad for him.

SPL is an entire different league were most of these teams doesn't have the chance to fight for good titles. Matches played by elite teams, they ought to win without any struggles, sticking to the plan by thrashing their opponents. I see no future for Karim Benzema in Saudi Arabia League because he's not consistent with his performance in matches. This is Saudi Arabia and not France or Real Madrid where his weakness are evaluated and cover-up from the public. How's life treating him lately in football? I guess he's passing one of the crucial moments and they wouldn't keen on settling.

Since Benzema joined Al Ittihad, his true performance has not been seen until now. Maybe the reason why Benzema's performance is less than optimal and Al Ittihad could drop in ranking, in my opinion there are several factors that influence it. One of them

• Benzema really needs to adapt to all the players and coaches.
• Apart from that, Benzema doesn't seem to have found a suitable teammate for him
• This season's Saudi Arabian League competition is drastically different from last season (because many top European players have joined SPL clubs)

Perhaps it is because of this factor that Benzema has not shown his best abilities and Al Ittihad has been pushed to 7th place. However, Benzema is currently in fifth place on the top scorer list. So it could be said that with teammates who lack chemistry with him and with a coach who is also not good, Benzema can still score goals.
So you can imagine that at Al Ittihad he had playmates with whom he had good chemistry, a coach who was close to him and managed to adapt completely. I'm sure the performance will be much better.

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.

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.

Al Nassr and Al Hilal are both different teams, one is bigger than the other this season interms of performance and stats. I'm more concerned about my favorite player, he's the reason I'm interested in Saudi Arabia football competition, he is the undisputed GOAT, Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portugal international would be down if his team doesn't succeed in the long SPL race this season because they've put everything within their space to grab important titles but it seems, the harder they strive, the more they become closer to dissapointing results. Al Hilal sits comfortably on the SPL table since the early starts of the season, they've grown to become a top consistent team.

Al Hilal hasn't even suffered a defeat yet. The teams that could beat Al Hilal could not beat them either, and they have dominated the league with only 2 draws and 17 wins so far. The eyes of the world are now on SAPL. Al Nassr has a lot of followers because of Ronaldo, but if Al Hilal makes no mistakes, the championship will be theirs. I don't expect them to make mistakes against Al Raed either.

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.