Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 35. (Read 118802 times)

I was arguing with a friend about Neymar and I made it clear to him that he is indeed a great player but beyond his time with the Brazilian team and the Brazilian national team, he has always been hyped far more than the results. He did exceptionally well at Santos, maybe that was where he raised the hopes and expectations of many people so when he came to Europe, people expected so much from him and he was struggling to keep up with this expectations, sometimes becoming frustrated and unhappy when he fails to get the results. Being a keen follower of his, I can say that he enjoyed his best football career at Santos where he displayed exceptional skills, he was free minded and not under any pressures and had fun playing the game. He made some good achievements with Barcelona but his move to PSG was not a great one if you ask me. From his time at PSG till date, he has been having a hard time in his career.

Yes, I personally am also very impressed with Cristiano Ronaldo because his performance is still good even though he is no longer young. Yes, since joining the SPL, Cristiano Ronaldo has always scored goals in every match and of course we won't know how long he will stop scoring goals, but what is clear is that in my opinion he is a rare star player.

Yes, maybe that's Cristiano Ronaldo's secret because he is always disciplined in everything, so his performance to date is still good. Yes, Ronaldo is still much needed by his country (Portugal) and others because when we see him competing for his country, Cristiano Ronaldo always looks better and is certainly not inferior to his country's young players either. Yes, I also believe that Ronaldo deserves the title of the most disciplined and best footballer at the moment.

Indeed, Cristiano Ronaldo has not been able to bring many trophies to Al-Nassr to date in the domestic league or in Asian football. But yes, I hope that by changing the Al-Nassr coach, Al-Nassr can play better and hopefully the dreams of Al-Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo under Pioli's tutelage can be achieved.

No team ever needs a player like Neymar. He is totally not in the good firm and he can't play like his old days. To be honest, the time when he had a good performance was just years ago when he was playing for Barcelona and in the new days when he played for PSG but other than these days he couldn't have a good performance at all and now if you check the pictures of this player you can see Neymar is getting fat.
Neymar was the best player in his country and one the best players in the world but now Al Hilal even removed his name from the list of the Saudi League.

The news is just an issue, Neymar will not go to Barcelona and Barcelona no longer needs Neymar's services. Not because he is not good, but Barca currently chooses its young players. In addition, several Barcelona players can also be rotated like in Neymar's position. If someone likes Neymar to return to Al Hilal, that's natural, vice versa. Because both have their reasons. So, this is something common in football. IMO, Al Hilal has poured a lot of money into Neymar and so is his salary, he has only played a few matches. It would be a shame if Al Hilal just let him go, so the potential to keep him has a high probability in my opinion. Moreover, if Neymar's return makes Al Hilal even more fierce and sharp. But otherwise, it is a risk that the club will inevitably take. Let's just wait, I'm sure Neymar will return to play with his team under the guidance of Jorge Jesus.

Neymar has had a difficult time with injuries that continue to occur repeatedly, so it has forced him to continue to miss every game so far, the last time he suffered an ACL injury in a world cup qualifying match and forced him to miss a season of matches played by Brazil and Al Hillal at the moment, but now it is reported that Neymar has started to return to training and show if he is starting to recover.  so it is likely that in the near future he will return to play with Al Hillal later, although Neymar may return to the field later but to see him return to his best form is obviously something difficult to happen, because after all a player who has a long injury history will find it difficult to return to development because the possibility of him having an injury will happen again at any time.

At Al Hilal, Mitrovic's performance was very impressive, because in the past two seasons Mitrovic has often been a very sharp goal machine for Al Hilal. Maybe if Al Hilal didn't bring in Mitrovic, I'm sure Al Hilal's front line would not be as good as it is now. Apart from that, we talked about why Mitrovic didn't play in Europe, even though his performance was quite good. Before joining Al Hilal, Mitrovic previously played in the English league and joined Fulham. But at Fulham Mitrovic's performance could be said to be normal and not like it is now. Maybe the tight competition in the English league makes it a little difficult for Mitrovic to compete. That's why Mitrovic was released by Fulham to Al Hilal. And it was at Al Hilal that Mitrovic's performance really changed drastically. Because in almost every match with Al Hilal, Mitrovic was always able to score goals. So it could be said that this is quite an extraordinary thing.

And Al Hilal this season seems to have the potential to become champions again in the SPL. Because it has been proven that until now Al Hilal is indeed strong in maintaining its top position in the SPL. Al Nasr and Al Ittihad are indeed strong teams, and these two teams also have the potential to become champions in the SPL. But if we compare the performance of these two teams with Al Hilal, the results are still good for Al Hilal. Because Al Hilal looks like it no longer has any gaps, while Al Nasr and Al Ittihad still have many gaps that need to be repaired. So that's why Al Hilal has the potential to become champions again in the SPL.

Aleksandar Mitrovic is having a good performance in the Saudi Arabia league than the great player's like Benzema, Ronaldo and Neymar, it is not bad for him to have a good performance and it is very good because he is showing that he is a good striker, but I want to ask a question, why is Mitrovic not playing in Europe despite having this kind of performance every season in Saudi pro league, he is always AL Hilal best player and he always help the team when the team needs him, his salary is not much as Benzema, Ronaldo and Neymar but he is having a good performance every season.

AL Hilal is having a good performance this season again and they are currently leading the table with 18, AL Ethihad is in second place with 15 points and AL Nassr is in the third position with 14 points, I don't think AL Nassr is capable of defeating AL Hilal because AL Hilal is still that strong team we know, AL Hilal is not giving any chance of losing any game this season and we can see that from their performance, AL Hilal might be losing in the first half of the match but in the second half they will win the game with many goals and defeat the opponents, AL Nassr and AL Ethihad need to put more effort to play against AL Hilal.

Here I have different opinion because currently as things are going most chances we will have Neymar Jr into any Brazilian club instead of any reputable league because after few months he could be at the 33 with his mostly career is having too many injuries and his off the field issues are also having some impact on this playing career.

As we are having some reports he will be back in January but most chances it's never looking easy as he is having troubling time due to his injury but if he needs to bring himself into soccer ground then he needs to have some changes which can bring something positive for him, and he will be able to give his best even it is looking not easy but still looking possible for him as he is having good body which can give him good playing time but injuries and other things are having serious impact which are surely looking not good for him.

Brazil quality drops recent years and they have big problems with their academy system in their home land. In many years, Brazil did not produce any world class striker and in latest World Cup tournaments, we can see that lack of a good striker affected their squad performance a lot. Neymar is not a striker and if he comes back to play for Brazil, he won't help them solving this problem.

He can want to play for his national team Brazil more than for his current club Al Hilal, but the condition is he must be good in fitness. If he does not have good fitness, he will not be called for his national duty and to play well for Brazil, he must play regularly for his club.

With good growth of Vinicius and Rodrygo, Neymar will lose his important role in Brazil squad soon. There are two more years till World Cup 2026 that will be a last chance for Neymar to win a World Cup title with Brazil. This is his biggest target before a retirement and winning it at very late year of career like Messi is very motivational with Neymar.

He's only want to play for Brazil, but intentionally don't want to play for Al Hilal, even he play, he didn't give everything to contribute on the match. I think when he want to move Al Hilal, he already think to use this strategy because he only want the money with the lowest effort.

Even he's injured, but he still actively gambling and promote the brands he partnered with.

Yes, the matches that will be played in this league and many matches that are going on without defeat and draw.  Which is like being surprised to see.You have to accept that it will get smarter over time.  Their players also change the match with hard work and effort.  He has a long list of wins if you watch his matches.

So you accept it with good playing and hard work because Al Hilal team is hardworking and on top.Leverkusen is also a good and hard working team but cannot match Al Hilal in which we see defeat against them. Al-Nasr has degraded and weakened itself when it could have defeated Al-Hilal in the competition.  But were not able to play well and often players did not play well with injuries.

I just hope he can recover quickly, in fact Brazil is having a lot of problems winning in the South American qualifiers, it has lost and drawn with teams that would never have done something like that, so that is something to be afraid of, in the Saudi team things are different, he is in the squad, I heard and saw information on the web that they were not going to print Al Hilal shirts with his name on them, so I think they will not renew with him, and it is a shame, so for me Ney has to speed up his recovery in one way or another, somewhere I saw that he already had a ball and was practicing, but of course, it may be that he cannot play at a professional level yet.

You compared Rooney and Ronaldo and this made me think deeply about these two players. We know Ronaldo is a different player and even at this age he is still playing with perfect performance in Al Nassr while even younger players than Ronaldo already retired and they can't play anymore because of their ages.
Rooney is one example of these players, he is fat enough to say he can't run anymore.
I think the main reason is mostly about Rooney and his lifestyle while we can see Ronaldo eating healthy and he does exercise even if he is not playing which can make him look younger.

The Cr7 legend's lifestyle has brought him to achieve glory longer than other players his age. Even Rooney, who seems a little younger than Cristiano Ronaldo, has retired from football since 2021 and I'm sure he won't be as fit as Cristiano Ronaldo when he returns to playing on the field. Cr7 has a high level of discipline in implementing a healthy lifestyle. He even forbids his children from getting close to alcohol. And he said he also trained his family so they could be as disciplined as he was. So it is not surprising that this player still looks superior even compared to the young players at Al-nassr.

The consistency is definitely the key here and I agree with it. I believe we are talking about a team which has been playing well for over a year now and not a simple solution could be found to get them to be losing. Many teams tried to win against them and they all failed, which shows how good they are, if they were even just a little bit bad, then other teams would have figured out a way to stop them, but this doesn't change the fact that they haven't lost.

You can study them as much as you want, if they keep playing the same game and keep winning then there won't be any changes. I believe at least for this one season, we are going to see them be the winners again, they have nothing going wrong for them and neither Ittihad nor Nassr would be able to win against them. We need to make sure they change within before we can see anything else, if they start to be bad themselves then there is a chance some other team could end up losing in the end.

Of course it would be a shame for Neymar and Brazil if no club showed interest in Neymar after he left and he remained undrafted for an entire season. I heard some rumors this season that Neymar might return to Barcelona and the current manager of Barcelona might try his best to bring Neymar back to their team but I don't have a clear idea how true these rumors are. Currently Neymar is a player of Al Hilal so for now we are waiting to see him in the field wearing Al Hilal jersey. There are some fans who may not like Neymar and there are some fans who like Neymar. Apart from these, the good should be called good and the bad should be called bad. Neymar is still an important player for Al Hilal and I can say that if he is healthy he will definitely be in the regular XI in Al Hilal jersey.

Ronaldo’s professionalism is on a whole different level that’s why you can clearly see the difference in his physique and mentality, a lot of players younger than him look older because they don’t carry their physicality a priority although it’s not very easy to maintain consistency while building such physique, alot of people will give up after a few years but Ronaldo is a very determined player and has instilled such mindset into his girlfriend and children already. I am sure he will still try to maintain the same mentality even after retirement.

Ronaldo seem like a person that would love drinks, smokes and parties if you just see him without knowing him but hearing he is not into all these things really surprises a lot of people, that shows how disciplined he is aand how dedicated he was towards achieving his goal of becoming the best player in the world. He said it himself that it was very difficult but he got used to it. I don’t think there will be a player as disciplined as Ronaldo in this generation. He is very punctual with training and never jokes with anything they will affect his career and this was what made me to like him.

Ronaldo actually deserves to be an extraordinary example in terms of maintaining fitness and stamina so far, not only football athletes, I think what is exemplified and applied by Ronaldo today we can follow and it is a positive habit that not only the fans must follow today, but the Ronaldo hatters should also try to live a healthy life by not smoking,  don't drink alcohol and avoid soft drinks like he has done all this time, to be honest previously, I dont think comparing Rooney with Ronaldo , but when I saw Rooney in the camera spotlight during the Manchester United vs Tottenham match, I think the physical comparison and appearance of the two players have been very different today although they are not much different in age

IMO, Al Hilal's strength is their very solid teamwork. They have a strong bond and chemistry, so this team looks very strong and dominant. It is clear that Al Hilal has a strong mentality, they are one of the elite teams that always dominate the Saudi Pro League before this club was acquired by the PIF company. Actually, Al Hilal's advantage is that they play compactly, the collectivity in their game has been formed. Each player knows very well to place their position, as well as when to pass, attack and defend. Behind all that, Jorge Jesus is an architect who really fits the team he coaches, the relationship between the players and the coach has been built strongly which has reached a certain point. Mitrovic is not a player who has a big name like the players on his rival team, as well as Malcom, Neves and Sergej Savic, but their work deserves to be appreciated. One of the local players who shines is Salem Al Dawsari, this winger is very important in Jorge Jesus' squad. So it is not surprising that Al Hilal can turn the situation around when competing against Al-Ahli.

A team is not only seen from the composition of the players they have and we will see them playing well, there are many things we have to see, cooperation between players, chemistry, mentality and so on. Those are factors that cannot be separated from football. There are many examples of teams with very good composition of players but they still fail in the game because they do not play football as they should (team play). A simple example we can see from Al Hilal and Al Nassr, in terms of the quality of the players they have, they are actually not much different, I can even say they are at the same level. But why do they have differences in the game? yes that is an answer that will have many points of view, it could be because of the coach factor, an unsuitable strategy, player chemistry that has not been fully created and so on.