Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 386. (Read 112485 times)

Don't look at it that way, but I know that a lot of people go to the Arab League for the money but at least the desire to win with their team is still there, it's just that now Benzema is suffering from an injury that hasn't fully recovered or perhaps hasn't fully adapted.

I may differ with you that the Arab League is likely to grow for longer than you think, now that Saudi Arabia is set to host the World Cup in 2034, it will certainly be more attractive to other players. About the academy they are developing it is certain that they have done it just that we do not know the full extent of this news.

Ronaldo's son has also entered the Arab club academy.

Don't expect so much from players like Kareem Benzema players like this has lost the hunger to win that's why they have chosen money over passion at this late stage of their footballing career, I actually love to see an unknown league grow but the way Saudi Arabia league is going about it they aren't looking at the long run, they need to work also on their academy to see that they don't have an improved league for few seasons but for a longer time.

Al Hilal is surely very strong this season, they are unbeatable so far. They have a good squad, their attackers played very well. However, it doesn't mean Al Hilal has no chance to be defeated. In the upcoming match, they will play against Al Taawoun, it is one of the strong teams in SPL this season. Al Taawoun only got 1 lose so far, so it won't be easy to steal points from them. If Al Taawoun can play with their best, I think the match is possible to end up wit a draw result.

Al Hilal already dominated the SPL this season. But it can't guarantee that they will win the trophy in the end of the season. The season is still far from the end, it is too early to say Al Hilal to win every match and win the SPL competition.

I guess there is not really a threat to their qualification, but still expectations were higher than that. They also have problems in the Saudi Pro League, so this might be more than just a temporary issue. 11 points behind Al-Hilal and not having won a game for so long in the league is a big contrast to what we have seen from them last season. It's crazy because they have several superstars on the pitch and yet they are not able to play successfully. I think they made a mistake to sign Benzema as you can't compare him to Ronaldo. Ronaldo will support the team with his performances for several years whereas Benzema had this one last peak in his career and now it is over.

Things look bad for Al Ittihad because they have issues with both best strikers they have, Benzema and Hamdallah. Benzema has issues with injuries, he got injuries more often and can not play too many matches for the club. Hamdallah has worse performances than the past season when he won the league scorer award.

It is different compares to Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo is playing well but their main striker in previous season, Talisca is still playing well too and he can help Al Nassr win when Cristiano Ronaldo can not.

The season is long and Al Ittihad still has many matches to reduce gaps to Al Hilal and Al Nassr but they no longer have too many points to waste if don't want to lose the crown in this season. Benzema and Hamdallah must return to their best forms as soon as possible to help their club.

However, even though Al Ittihad lost in the AFC Champions League match against Al Quwa Al Jawiya, but in reality that Al Ittihad is still in first place in group C. So yes ofcourse, Al Ittihad still has a chance to qualify for the next phase in the AFCChampions League . But indeed, regarding the performance of Benzama or perhaps Al Ittihad as a whole, of course it is clear that Al Ittihad is experiencing a decline in performance at the moment. Therefore, it seems that Al Ittihad will also find it difficult to compete consistently in the title race this season.

With increasingly competitive competition and a large point difference, it is quite difficult for Al Ittihad to defend the SPL trophy this season. If we look at the points table, Al Ittihad has been knocked out of the top four of the standings, I don't understand what is actually happening at this club, which is causing their performance to decline slowly. On the other hand Benzema adaptation process is going smoothly, so far he has scored 6 goals and 3 assists in all competitions for his club, but the former Madrid striker cannot do much to ensure Al Ittihad consistency.

Most recently they suffered a defeat against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the Asian Champions League, but this defeat did not shift their position at the top of Group C, although unfortunately they should have been able to secure full points and record a perfect victory in the group phase. I didn't watch the match, but if we look at the statistics, Al Ittihad lacked in building attacks and lacked creativity, so they only created 1 shot on target.

The league season in the Saudi Pro League hasn't gone half but anyone who's been closely following proceedings from the league can attest to the fact that Al Hilal and Al Nassr have been the two most outstanding clubs in the league and there's no doubt that either of them is gonna win the league title at the end of the season.
They're currently seperated by four as Al Hilal are topping the table while Al Nassr are second but considering the latter's current form and performances, I think the battle for who will win the league title between the two clubs is likely to be taken down to the wires.

I think the final battle is actually going to end up being between Al Hilal and Al Nassr.  Right now both of them are at the top of the table. And these are the two teams that are really consistent in this season.  And I think I can expect a little better performance from the team of Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Nassr. Because Cristiano Ronaldo is performing really well and giving more than his 100%, to be honest even at this age. Sometimes it definitely feels like he is being let down by his teammates.

Maybe yes, maybe no. Because so far many coaches who have had conflicts with Cristiano Ronaldo have ended up being fired. Maybe only Ten Heg didn't end up getting fired there. But while at Real Madrid everything is under control. Well, there are positive and negative sides to Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo sometimes has strong ambitions. And sometimes he has a different understanding from the coach. For example, Rudi Garcia also left Al-Nassr after there was tension in the dressing room with all the Al-Nassr players and including Cristiano Ronaldo who was also there. What I understand from most of the characteristics of coaches who end up being fired when they have a relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo is that they are coaches who have slightly harsh characteristics. Or a coach who has the principle of controlling players according to his coaching style. Well, things like that are actually quite normal for a coach, but it seems like Cristiano Ronaldo always doesn't want to be controlled. Yes, this sometimes makes a coach's position difficult. But the current Al-Nassr coach seems to know how to deal with Cristiano Ronaldo.

I don't know how is this possible but regarding Rolando is Saudi Arabia I think people were expecting to see him having a bad performance when he started playing in the Saudi League. I think Ronaldo's performance after the age of 30 was even better than his performance when he was a young player and playing on the European teams.

Al-Ittihad faced their first loss of the season in the AFC Champions League vs Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Karim Benzema hasn't won any of his last 5 games with Al-Ittihad. He's having a tough time in Saudi Arabia, and as a result, his club is also struggling.
Looks like their only chance now is the Saudi Cup, where they've reached the quarter-finals. Otherwise, they might end up without any silverware this season. It appears that winning the Saudi Pro League is becoming increasingly difficult for them.

It's true, Al Taawon's performance in the last few weeks has been a little less than good. I don't know what factors caused Al Taawon's performance to drop like that. However, what is clear is that if Al Taawon does not immediately improve its performance it will definitely have a very bad impact on Al Taawon's ranking in the standings. Because now there is Al Ahli who is ready to shift Al Taawon from 3rd position. The reason is that in the next match Al Ahli will face Damac FC and there is a big possibility that Al Ahli can win the match. So, if for example Al Ahli can win the match against Damac FC, then Al Taawon must be prepared to face the worst possibility, namely that Al Taawon's ranking will be shifted again.

In my personal opinion, when the Saudi Arabian League season started, it could be said that the Al Nasr players still didn't have good enough chemistry. Because as we know, Al Nasr had many new players at that time. Therefore, at the start of the season the Al Nasr players still needed adjustments between the players and also needed to adapt to the overall football atmosphere in Saudi Arabia. So I think that's why at the start of the season Al Nasr suffered 2 defeats.

Meanwhile, now Al Nasr's new players have been able to adapt well to the football atmosphere in Saudi Arabia and the chemistry between the players has also developed very well. Therefore, Al Nasr's current performance continues to improve very well, because it has been proven that Al Nasr always wins in almost every match. And currently Al Nasr has succeeded in occupying second place in the standings and is certainly ready to continue to reach the top position currently occupied by Al Hilal.

Al Taawon will definitely have big difficulties when they face Al Hilal in the upcoming match. The reason is, if you look at the last meeting between the two teams, Al Taawon lost 4-0 to Al Hilal. Therefore, if Al Taawon only gets a draw, I think that will be enough. Because in my opinion it will definitely be difficult to win.

It is quite simple, when Ronaldo scores goals, Ronaldo is right, and when he doesn't score goals, Luis Castro is wrong. This is how Ronaldo thinks. Ronaldo can be both a blessing and a curse and as long as he scores goals nobody will complain, but once he has some bad games the trainer has to fear to get sacked. This is why I wonder that someone would think the task had become lighter for him. If it is true, it also became riskier because when bad times come up, it could lead to the end much quicker for a trainer than without Ronaldo.

To the guy who was asking if this is the sign of Altawaoun start of dropping positions in the league, i think yes, but until now they managed to not lose, so still a chance to not go so deeper down.

About Cristiano Ronaldo, is impressive the 400 goals after 30 years, the 90% of forwards dont make 300 or 400 goals in hi entire career and some of them are considered good.

This is not correct, how can you say Cristiano Ronaldo barely link up well with his mates? Then how did he score all those goals for Real Madrid?
You think he did that all alone? Go check his relationship with Kross, Pepe, Di Maria, Mesut Ozil and last Brazilian left full back Marcelo.
He all had good relationship with this players and they helped him achieve most of those goals. Fvck! I failed to mention Karim Benzema.

Damnit! Ronaldo is top of the list with twelve goals and seven assist is a great thing. He will even score more goals with the kind of supportive team mates he have.

Players like Firmino stopped scoring after his first hat trick, Mitrovic former Fulham striker is the only player chasing and thralling Cristiano Ronaldo behind with nine goals. Impressive from the Serbian!

CR7 is playing great this season. Look at the statistics, 12 goals and 7 assists in 11 matches. These assist numbers are also high due to Talisca and Mane. Al Nassr has quality feet to turn his passes into goals. For Ronaldo, this performance at the age of 38 is just like the players who are called top-level performance at the age of 28. This year's team and national team are doing great.

You are right. The right word is that he really has a great leadership spirit. He is influential on the field and also in the dressing room. He was able to make the players' mentality also improve. I think that's why the current Al-Nassr coach is very happy with Cristiano Ronaldo. Luis Castro even felt that his task had become lighter. Because Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who already has a lot of experience and without having to be told this or that by the coach he will do it himself. Luis Castro really likes this.

And I think many coaches should also follow Luis Castro's example in coaching clubs where there are football super stars like Cristiano Ronaldo or others. Because a football superstar sometimes they already know what to do without even having to wait for instructions from the coach.

That's pretty much what I said I guess? But rather make assurance double sure!

I think for him it is mostly about extending the streak and set a record for most goals scored at one World Cup at the age of 41. Whatever the record is that he can hunt down at that tournament, I think he will try to do it. I don't think he will retire too soon. He is obsessed and I am not saying this in a negative way. If he can still be competitive enough to help his team, I think it is just fair to acknowledge that and not make any suggestions to him. And frankly, if he plays that World Cup I would be curious to watch how he will be doing. It would have its own bit of excitement to see how a player at that age can do.

Yes, overall he has a good atitude, but it's his passionate ambition that has always been the talking point for people who don't like this player. I remember him encouraging his teammates when he was about to take a penalty, with the Portuguese national team. He encouraged his teammate to be more confident, and if the penalty ended in a goal it was a very good thing, and if it didn't he wouldn't blame his teammate.
He has a very high sense of leadership, and as a plyer that is something that is of great value. Because with his presence the team as a whole will have a good mentality.