Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 283. (Read 112221 times)

The Saudi Arabian League is never seen a a big league of big Competitions, they don't rate goals from that league highly but I can never doubt the brilliance, excellence and greatness of Cristiano Ronaldo.
At his age and he be scoring like a the young Ronaldo who was newly signed by Real Madrid. It's such a beautiful thing to see that happening. There'll be no other player like Cristiano Ronaldo honestly. Many will try to follow his footsteps but they will not match his lace.

Props to him though, he's done enough in the world of sports. Shout out to players like Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland who have done well in their own various leagues consistently.

He's a legend, but comparing his Saudi Professional League stats to Haaland, Kane, and Mbappe in Europe's top leagues is biased. However, scoring goals at his age shows his class, which is commendable. We must remember that each league has its own competition and flair.

Mbappe, however, has space to improve. Hes gifted, but PSG may not be the greatest place for him to develop as a striker. I've heard Real Madrid is interested, which may transform his game. Im interested to watch his career evolve because various circumstances bring forth different skills.

Even though Al-Taawon opened the first goal in the match, of course they had to fail to win the match because the team they were playing against was a strong team at the moment, namely Al-Nassr and in this match, Al-Nassr certainly proved that Al-Nassr is a strong team. and I think the 1 goal that Al-taawon scored was not very meaningful because there was a foul from an al-nassr player which resulted in a penalty kick for Al-taawon and the al-nassr goalkeeper was not good at catching the ball which in the end the Al-taawon player could still exploit it. A. El Mahdioui and finally a goal for Al-taawon. but I felt sorry when I saw Cristiano Ronaldo's expression when he failed to take advantage of the opportunity, but fortunately in the last minute Cristiano Ronaldo was able to score a goal with a good header.

The difference of seven points with Al-Hilal is certainly quite a lot, but at least there is still hope for Al-Nassr to become champions this season and of course the match will still continue. But now I see that Al-Nassr's performance is good and of course we'll see whether Al-Nassr will consistently win or not.

Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is very great in scoring goals, even though he is no longer as young as he used to be, he can still compete with other young players. Cristiano Ronaldo is really cool.

The problem would be that he is still contracted there, and Ittihad will not let him go for free, if any other team wants to hire him, then he would need to be bought from Ittihad, and if he doesn't get bought out, then he can't sign with another team as well.

So, he would have to convince the team to terminate his contract, not wanting any more salary is a great start for that, and if he does that, then he would be a free agent and he could leave but why would the team do that, they could keep on not paying him because he didn't show up, but still keep him on the contract basically for free. I believe that whatever the issue was, they will try to fix  that first before starting the discussion about him leaving, this isn't that common situation.

Well, with his real age, he will soon be 39 years old, so actually we can't expect much from football players at this age. Because in fact there are many legendary players from the past but they experienced a decline in performance early and in fact they are rarely still as productive as Cristiano Ronaldo at the age of almost 39 years even though they play in the small leagues. But each legendary has its own heyday. And maybe Cristiano Ronaldo is one who has glory that can last quite a long time. In 1 month and 5 days, maybe Cristiano Ronaldo will even be a 39 year old player. And maybe next year Cristiano Ronaldo will experience a decline. But that's normal at that age. And actually we can't compare the strength of the 39 year old player with other young European players. But the fact is that Cristiano Ronaldo can still be more productive than today's young players.

And I still feel that there are no young players currently who can have talents as great as Cristiano Ronaldo when Cristiano Ronaldo was still young, of course. Because if you compare it with Cristiano Ronaldo, who is now 38 years old, of course there are still many young players who are better. But if we compare him with Cristiano Ronaldo when he was young, we know that he made many achievements. Messi is one of his rivals who is equally great. It's a shame that Messi is not interested in coming to the SPL.

Al Nassr is one big team in the SPL that when fixed for a game, they've got some quantuble high chance of being victorious. I'd say for all teams in that league, it's kind of like Al Hilal being the only team that may give Al Nassr a tough time. The others, yes, may be good in one little way or the other but Al Nassr just seems better off.

 Even though they've played and gained an extra 3points in their last game, they've still got a difference in the table standings with just a few points. There's still this confidence that they'd still be able to meet up and win the trophy this season. Although Al Hilal is not a team that should be joked with, they're a good side too as Al Nassr. Al Nassr shouldn't trade their chances and loose again as their toughest counterpart will seize such flaw as a tool to stay solid in the toppest position and it'll be difficult to correct the errors when it's late.

But how do you measure that the Saudi Professional League has improved so much? You are very enthusiastic about the development. Is it the number of followers on social media?

And now what do you mean by Ronaldo competing against some of the best leagues globally? Do you mean when he is playing for Portugal? It's all good and he is still scoring, but please we should keep in mind on what level he is scoring. In the Saudi Pro League and then against Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Iceland, Slovakia and Bosnia. It is not like he is scoring in the Champions League against Barcelona and Manchester City.

Absolutely! Everything has changed quickly, and the standards of the Saudi league have significantly improved. At 38 years old, he continues to compete against some of the best leagues globally. Ending the year as the top scorer in 2023 with 54 goals, he's proving himself in Saudi Arabia and enjoying it. His confidence, courage, and execution make football look easy here. While fans hope to see him celebrate trophies and individual awards, these goals are certainly noteworthy.

Previously I thought Al Nassr would lose against Al-Taawon because previously they were defeated at Al Nassr home ground but after looking at the player formation data I was sure that it would end in a draw but surprisingly Al Nassr was able to score a big score in yesterday match and I wondered whether this was the effort Al Nassr wanted. chasing Al hilal while the club which is in first place has a difference of 7 points which is very difficult to catch up with or only Al Nassr wants to be runner up and has a slightly different point difference from Al-Ahli because these two clubs only have difference of 6 points which making Al Nassr not yet in a safe position.
But I am sure that if the performance of all Al Nassr players is able to work together solidly and can perform as we expect, they will definitely be able to catch up with the difference in points from Al Hilal, even if this happens until towards the end of the season it will be more interesting, but all of this must have a big contribution from Ronaldo  and Talisca as Al Nassr scoring machine.

Haaland is young and has many years ahead and he can score more than 50 goals a year but this year is not for him to beat Cristiano Ronaldo.

Moving to Saudi Professional League is a smart decision of Cristiano and he can have more chances to score goals than in Europe. It will help him to prolong his career as well because he will have less competitive fighting with defenders.

Mbappe can play as a striker too but this position will give him less opportunities to use his speed. This will reduce his danger in attacking and he some times said publicly that he dislikes that position when playing for France or PSG.

Mbappe has potential to score many goals, a goal productive player like Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Haaland or Lewandowski. In coming years, with retirements of Cristiano, Messi and Lewandowski, he will only have to compete with Haaland. Harry Kane can participate in this race in next several years but not too long.

Haaland has not yet reached his prime and he can do even better with the goes of time but ronaldo needs to get a lot appreciation caused by he is still able showing crazy performing despite his old age. Ronaldo has been also successfully putting SPL to compete with the european competition too.
It's truly remarkable to witness that his name continues to be mentioned, even though he hasn't been actively playing in the European continent. Mbappe was not in the right club at this moment and he shall leave from PSG to get a new one that can fully support to be the best striker in the future.
Mbappe's position was a winger but he can also play as a striker as well. PSG was unable helping mbappe to produce the goal anytime. It is widely believed that Mbappe has identified Madrid as the optimal destination for his future endeavors. Real madrid will be so happyn in welcoming him to join in the club with sense fees. I hope he will go there asap. I think that the world is also aware about how bellingham becomes one of best midfielder after he has been coached by carlo ancellotti. The same thing can happen with mbappe as well.

Who have an idea concerning Saudi Pro League football? Nobody because the league itself have not developed and doesn't have any resounding big names but since the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, everything working rapidly positive for the club. Cristiano Ronaldo is the top goal scorer for the year 2023 with 54 goals, he's still at it despite aged 38 years old. He makes football looks easy with his high quality skills. Any player making him their idol will also imitates to play like him. There's nothing stopping Cristiano Ronaldo from scoring numerous goals to put himself ranking first in the calender year, such brilliance from the Portugal international.

I liked how the Al-Nassr squad won the match. They enable players to score goals evenly. Which indicates there is no selfishness in the Al-Nassr squad. In this match, Talisca did not score a goal but he had an important role by making 1 assist. And C.Ronaldo really ended the year very brilliantly. Well that was C.Ronaldo's last goal at the end of the year. This player, who is no longer young, always amazes me with the stamina he has. Even though he is no longer young, he often plays full time. And it is quite impressive to see that C. Ronaldo can be more productive than the young players.

But the difference in points with Al-hilal is still the same and yes, it is very difficult to wait for Al-hilal to lose points this season. Because everyone definitely admits how strong Al-hilal's performance is currently. And Al-Nassr, which continues to trail in second place, is also quite good because Al-Nassr has also been able to maintain positive results to date. But if Al-Nassr fails then it will ensure that Al-hilal will indeed win the title this season.

Yes, I agree with you that Mbappe, Haaland and Kane are at a different level of competition to Ronaldo and that is a fact. But sometimes at an older age Ronaldo can still be productive and try to compete to chase other records. Ronaldo never once thought about retiring when he was at his current age.

However, what counts is the number of goals and despite being in a different generation, Ronaldo proves that competition still exists. All players have levels depending on their current age and Ronaldo will only be able to place his current performance in the Saudi league and will not be able to be at the top in European competitions like when he was young.

Old Wolf Ronaldo scored again yesterday, albeit in extra time. He played twenty-five matches with Al Nassr this season, all in the starting eleven, and has a total of 24 goals and 11 assists. At this age, this performance requires applause. Ronaldo sets a very good example of what professionalism is like to the world and especially to many football players.
Coming to the match, Al Taawon took the lead in the 13th minute of the match. El Mahdioui missed the penalty but completed the ball that returned from the goalkeeper and put his team ahead 1-0. 13 minutes after this goal, the star of the match, Brozovic, came on stage and scored the equalizing goal, making the match 1-1. Al Nassr took the lead 1-2 with Laporte's goal in the 35th minute. In the second half, Otavio made the score 1-3 at the 50th minute and the captain took the stage at the 90+2 minute and scored the goal that did not pass the game in vain. Al Nassr defeated Al Taawon with 1-4 and did not lose any points on the way to the championship.
Star of the night was Brozovic with 1 goal and 1 assist.

As much as I respect Ronaldo as a football player and I really think he is one of the deadliest strikers the world has ever seen, comparing those numbers across the globe and comparing Ronaldo's goal count from the Saudi Professional League and the national team with that of three players from the Bundesliga, the Premier League and Ligue 1 doesn't look right to me. Everyone can have their opinion about this, but Haaland and Kane are far better than Ronaldo at the moment in my opinion. Mbappe should have scored more, but still the Saudi Professional League is like a children playground for Ronaldo.

He is old enough to return to the leagues in Europe and it will be difficult for his agent to find a club that wants to use his services as a footballer because it is impossible for Benzema to be willing to be paid cheaply and clubs in Europe will consider it not worth spending large amounts of money on a player who is already old enough, especially seeing his performance in the Saudi pro league which shows a decline which will increasingly make clubs in Europe reluctant to buy him, staying in this league will be his choice unless he decides to retire, or look for another club in the Saudi pro league if he feels that Ittihad FC cannot develop well.

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Al Nassr's victory over Al Taawon was in accordance with predictions and seeing how Al Nassr in 4 matches scored 16 goals was quite extraordinary and in fact if they had not experienced two consecutive defeats at the start of the season the competition with Al Hilal would have been very interesting, but for now with a difference of 7 point is quite difficult to catch up with Al Hilal who also appear very consistent.

Even in the past, Saudis were known for not giving the enough chances to the coaches and they usually got the coach fired from the teams once he got bad results and that's how they put the coaches under pressure.
Right now in this league, Gerrard is obviously under pressure and this coach is about to get fired from Al Ettifaq because of the bad results he got there.
Al Ettifaq spent too much money during the summer and they wanted to even hire Salah but so far Al Ettifaq is far from Al Hilal in first place on the table even after all the money invested for this team.

This is a big victory for Al Nassr because fighting Al Taawon is not an easy thing because in the first meeting this season Al Nassr was defeated by Al Taawon when playing at home. Now Al Nassr is able to avenge this defeat in the second meeting this season as the visiting team. Even I was able to doubtful that Al Nassr would not be able to achieve full points in this match turned out to be able to silence me that Al Nassr's current performance is really strong and they really want to compete with Al Hilal in the race for the Saudi Pro League title.

In my opinion, the difference of 7 points is quite a big difference because Al Nassr is fighting not to lose so as not to widen the gap with Al Hilal, Al Hilal is still undefeated to date so I really hope Al Hilal experiences defeat so that the gap between Al Nassr becomes small and I want to see increasingly fierce competition between Al Hilal and Al Nassr in the race for the title.

Al Nassr are very strong in Saudi Professional League and they can continue to do their best performances and collect many points. Good wining streak is good for them because they are holding the runner up position and need to maximize their points while have to hope Al Hilal, a temporary first club will lose points.

The match with Al Taawoun did not start well for Al Nassr but with star players from Europe, Brozovic, Mane, Laporte, Otavio and Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Nassr made a great come back and beat Al Taawoun with very big and convincing result.

Again the difference becomes 7 points but it is hard for Al Nassr to reduce it because if Al Nassr dominate other clubs, Al Hilal are able to do the same domination or even better. It is like Al Nassr are playing with small hope that Al Hilal will suddenly have one or two bad matches.