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Ittihad Jeddah probably wouldn't have been beaten so badly if Karim Benzema was in the squad. But since Ittihad is a big club and they have some talented players, I thought the team would be able to win this match. But my assumption was completely wrong. Damac boys performed well in this match. In the home match, they managed to dominate against the mighty Ittihad. The team players were confident and attacked a lot. Georges N'Koudou in particular gave an excellent performance. And in the first half, he scored two goals to give Damac the lead.

The Golden Boot race is a compelling watch for the 2023/24 season. I hope the Golden Boot owner is Cristiano Ronaldo. He is currently the leader of the top scorer charts with 15 goals for Al Nassr. Just two ahead of Al Hilal's Aleksandar Mitrovic is 13.

Saudi Pro League Top Scorers Table 2023/24

Rank         Player                             Club                Goals (PKs)   Assists   Matches

1.   Cristiano Ronaldo               Al Nassr         15 (3)               5               12

2.   Aleksandar Mitrovic               Al Hilal                 13 (3)               2               13

3.   Georges-Kevin Nkoudou       Damac                 11 (4)               4               14

4.   Karim Benzema                       Al Ittihad         9 (2)               4               13

5.   Malcom                               Al Hilal                 9 (0)               4               14

6.   Anderson Talisca               Al Nassr         8 (0)               2               10

7.   Firas Al-Buraikan               Al Fateh/Al Ahli    8 (1)               4               13

8.   Bernard Mensah                       Al Tai                 8 (3)               1               12

9.   Odion Ighalo                       Al Wehda         8 (2)               0               12

In the end, Damac won the match with a score of 3:1. Damac's record in the last few matches is proof that they are on fire now and cannot be underestimated. Ittihad did not succeed in stealing 3 points from the home team. Now Ittihad is increasingly far behind from the top of the standings and has not can improve their position to be able to shift Al Ahli's position in 3rd place, tomorrow there will be a match between Al Ahli vs Al Raed the weakest club in the SPL this season. Which is certain that Al Ahli will definitely win the match and widen the 5 point gap with Ittihad, where Ittihad will it will be difficult to catch up with the increasingly large difference in points and it will be difficult to be in the top 3 positions in the SPL this season.

Congratulations to  Domac FC for the beautiful victory they embraced from their opponen,t because many people thought they will fail in this match to reduce their points and position base on the way they where finding it difficult to have access to their goalpost in the first half. As it look now, it show that Domac FC will be on a solid ground if they will be able to win their next match because their next match opponent are strong team in this tournament which they need to prepare well to be able to fight well and embrace victory at the end. Domac FC attack was very good, and it gave them good opportunity to defeated their opponent without allow them to draw the match in the second half.

I also think that Al Nasser is actually on the performance of Cristiano Ronaldo, a little too much. And that is probably something which is holding them back. And the expectation of Cristiano Ronaldo performing in every match is actually making them take things easy on the domestic players. Of course that might not be true, but that is my analogy, if that is true, I don't think any club should be expecting a really big performance from a player who is already 38 years old and is going to be 39 after two months. Al Hilal definitely seems a lot more interested in winning the trophy compared to Al Nasser in my opinion.

It seems like Ronaldo goal is not about the title even though he wants title, but if it can not be achieved it does not mean he has failed, its just that the main goal is to raise the name of Al Nassr and the big name of the SPL so that he can get a ticket to a prestigious big competition and that is the main goal according to him I am fairer.

If I compare Al Hilal with Al Nassr, I would answer, yes, they are both the same, but in the attack line, Al Nassr defense is less perfect than Al Hilal, which has very perfect line up of players and has been proven to be unbeaten in several matches.

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Messi still has a contract with Inter Miami that would run till the end of 2025. We have not heard any news from him or the club about his transfer to the Saudi Arabia Professional League. We can assume that this news is based on hearsay or unverified speculations. This was the same rumour that surrounded his transfer after he left PSG. Until there is a formal announcement, every piece of news is just rumors.

Messi is already a sports ambassador to Saudi Arabia but landing him in the SPL will be a massive achievement for the local league. It will bring more publicity and benefit more than what Ronald attracted. Messi also has the capacity of attracting more big players to the league. Making these two arch-rivals players against each other will attract one of the highest viewership in the history of football.

Domac FC played a very competitive game as they were always on the attack. Meanwhile, Al Ittihad's defense was too weak to resist the attack. Domac FC managed to score the first goal within 12 minutes of the game, Georges Kevin scored twice. The Domac FC team has won most of the matches between Al Ittihad and Domac FC. Domac FC shot 15, Al Ittihad 10 on goal. Domac FC team has been successful in three of these. For most of the match, Domac FC were the better team in control and in attack.

Come one messi, you can come here. Messi is now being linked to the saudi pro league team again.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-together-saudi-pro-league-inter-miami/

That article has said that if saudi pro league is still welcoming him to go there. There's no doubt that if people are willing to watch the nostalgic situation when ronaldo was facing messi in the same field. It seems like that saudi pro league has not yet given up to bring him join in the SPL.
This is a problem that has been facing by saudi pro league caused by how hard an efforts are needed to attract messi to join in the club. That was so amazing to see him to face ronaldo again in the future.

Even though ronaldo and messi become even older but seeing them play in the same field will still very entertanining for the viewers. Saudi will also getting more attention as the league will able have two GOATs in the same league.
I can imagine if SPL will have messi and ronaldo in the same league. It will bring fucking hype to the SPL.

It will be amazing as the golden time in the la liga will happen again in SPL.

Budgets are produced for all ranking SPL clubs and the top teams spends the most. Making a number or surviving is just the main stay for these average clubs that are not capable of handling expensive signings, they forget the fact that these players contributions to the club will mean alot for the players and the club's supporters. Top clubs are here to intimidate the average clubs, they're probably heading to winning paths and these mediocre clubs will only settle for lesser scores. You can't spend enormous amounts without witnessing the results of that budget well spent.

I don't usually watch Asia football but since the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo over, they've gain more football lovers views. Reaching out to become a winner among other competitive contender for the title proves Al Nassr will become the best club after naming Al Hilal first on the lists. Cristiano Ronaldo is a well respected player because he has earn his place in the European football and coming to Asia to make a name seems pretty simple for him. He plays for Al Nassr and winning have become one of the major reasons he's keen on lifting the major trophies for the purpose to boosts his own very reputation.

Damac seems to be improving in recent times. And I honestly did not expect that they were going to be able to win against Al Ittihad. But they have shown really good performance in that match. I thought after getting two wins, they are eventually going to those in this match. But it seems like they are really serious about going up through the table.

I also thought that the match between Al Hilal and Al Nassr was going to be a lot closer. But that did not happen. I thought as Al Nassr is trying to really compete for the title, they will give Al Hilal a big competition. But that didn't happen. Al Hilal was able to win the match pretty comfortably in the end.

Ronaldo may expect to win the Champions of Asia but I think his main aim is to win SPL title. If he can't win the title of Saudi league, people will assume Ronaldo fails in Saudi. Although winning the Champions of Asia will be a great achievement but it seems not to bring a significant thing in Ronaldo career in Asia. Anyway, it is true that it won't be easy to win Champions of Asia.  

Both Al Hilal and Al Nassr have good squad, they have quality players. But Al Hilal can play better, they play with a great teamwork. Meanwhile Al Nassr, they fail to play as a solid team in the match against Al Hilal in matchday 15.

Damac was quite lucky in the match against Al Hilal, in fact in that match Jorge Jesus tried to rotate his other players. I don't intend to exaggerate Al Hilal, but in the match against Damac vs Al Hilal, the coach was trying to rotate Neymar into an attacking midfielder. In this match, it was the second match for Neymar to start with his team. As a result, Neymar played badly and so did Mitrovic, who was usually overshadowed by Malcom.

Talking about the Damac vs Al Ittihad match, Marcelo Gallordo's squad was unable to bring his team to win this match. Plus, it seems that Benzema is injured again after playing against Al Khaleej. The coach should be more sensitive to his players if there is a problem, which ultimately results in Benzema being absent again. as I said before, we are having difficulty finding the latest information regarding the teams that will compete in this competition.

Well, about the Damac vs Al Ittihad match, the home team won the match with a score of 3-1. based on statistics, Damac is technically better. Likewise, in terms of opportunities. Well, as I said in many posts, the truth is that Al Ittihad needs several new players to support their center forward. in particular, Benzema. We can see that this team always has difficulty playing its matches, especially when Benzema is absent. In the next January window, like it or not, Al Ittihad will have to bring in new ammunition, especially 2 wingers, an attacking midfielder and several defenders. That way, Al Ittihad can at least maintain finishing in the top four of this competition.
Talking about Damac, this team is actually at least not bad. in their last 5 matches, they have recorded no defeats and the last 3 matches have won, including overthrowing Al Ittihad. However, from a defensive perspective, they were not good enough, after all, in their 16 matches they conceded 24 goals.
The point is, if Al Ittihad wants change. So, they have to spend funds to add new troops next January.

Kevin N'Koudou continues his legendary game. He became a serious candidate for top scorer. He scored 2 more goals today and brought victory to his team. He reached 13 goals and 4 assists in 15 matches in total. He is an excellent productive player. If he could devote himself, he could do very well in Beşiktaş. He is shaking the Arab league now. Ronaldo should be afraid of him. I wonder who will be the top scorer. Moreover, N'Koudou scores so many goals as a winger, not a centre-forward. He's having a truly fascinating season.
Damac FC, which had a bad start to the league, recovered in a short time and continues to climb to the top. They get good results with their modest squad.

The match has been over, there is no change in the score. Damac won with 3 goals, Al Ittihad only could score 1 goal during the match. Al Ittihad failed to get points in Damac home without Benzema. I think the absence of Benzema makes a big impact to Al Ittihad. Their attacking looks decreasing, Damac more dominated the shot attempts.

There is a change in this team, it is no longer the same as in the last season. Moreover, this team can't play with the best lineup because Benzema and Jota were absent (unavailable). So, we can understand if there is a big decrease in their performance without those 2 main players. Also, it is always not easy to defend the champion status. Moreover, most SPL teams already improved their quality, SPL becomes more competitive. In this matter, the result of the match will be always hard to predict.

Saudi League having 18 teams and from them, we have just four by one group which is having back of big companies so surely they are doing their best for staying at the top and things are happening for them on right way all four teams are impressive and giving good competition to each other with few teams which are not having luxury like them still doing their best for competing with them like Al Taawon and Damac today we have good match from Damac whcih bring down Al ittihad and now having 24 points from their 16 games, and they have only one defeat in their last 10 games which is also impressive as we will have this league in media we will have improvement and more investment for better results from the management.

Getting the goalkeeper from here seems like it would be the big signing that would go other side. Am I missing someone? If not , we have seen Saudi league sign a lot of players from Europe, and I am sure Europe did sign a few smaller name players as well, some small club at Europe got someone here, but I do not think that any of the top 20 type of clubs ended up getting a player from the Saudi league as far as I know, it's mostly one way transfer tunnel, not both ways.

If Barcelona ends up with something that would be considered differently, then we should consider the situation a little weirder, it could be something that would benefit everyone all at the same time, it is very important for leagues benefit.

Where do you think will that change come from? When the clubs from the Saudi Professional League buy players like Ronaldo, do you think that will allow other strikers from Saudi Arabia to play more or less?

Unless they change the infrastructure and education system in soccer, the players from Saudi Arabia won't improve. It is not like Ronaldo or Neymar are running next to you during the training sessions and out of a sudden a player improves by 100%. This is years and years of training, education and talent. I am not so sure that Saudi Arabian players will soon become more prevalent in the professional scene.

Currently, they are doing this all for the improvement of quality and performance of their domestic players because as they will play with these quality international players their confidence level and performance will increase, and they will also learn good things from them which will help them in the future.

Al Hilal is having better squad which is doing impressive job and leading the table as well Al Nassr was good in early rounds but still not able to do things which are needed for staying at the top of the league table in top 15 goalscorers list we have only two local players which is not good but in coming years we will have changed as their performance and quality will increase after having good experience with these big names in soccer.