Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 413. (Read 112533 times)

With Neymar suffering from an injury, and it is reported that the Brazilian star has been treated and will undergo surgery for a torn ligament and ACL cartilage, a treatment program has been determined for the duration after the operation. come back strong, wrote Al Hilal. Nevertheless, I am still happy that even without Neymar, Al Hilal still progressed to victory in the Saudi Pro League. well, Al Hilal is still able to maintain a point distance from its competitors in this league. has a difference of 3 points from Al Tawoun, 4 points adrift of Al Nassr and Al-Ahli.

In the next match, Al Hilal will host Al-Ahli on the 11th matchday of this competition. this match seems quite interesting, considering that Matthias Jaissle's squad has great motivation after winning their last two matches, especially overthrowing Al Ittihad. and what is certain is that Al-Ahli will provide full resistance when they visit Al Hilal's headquarters. but unfortunately, Al Hilal is a team that is strong enough to be defeated. moreover, they were playing as the home team. even without the presence of injured Neymar, Al Hilal is still the bookies' favorite team. and that's very natural, because Al Hilal has a solid team and a productive center forward. Plus, several other players too, can be relied on in terms of scoring goals.
My guess is that Al-Ahli will not be as lucky as in the match against Al Ittihad. and it looks like Al Hilal will remain at the top of the standings for some time to come. Well, because this match still has a break, we'll see Al Hilal's match in the AFC Champions League tomorrow.

We know this is not the first time Al-Nassr has done this we see it often and Ronaldo is always the decider, I remember when Al-Nassr was behind and they made an epic comeback by scoring 3 goals in extra time you know it doesn't make sense but that's what happens. This season looks different I mean the competition is getting tougher as we can see at least 5 teams are hunting for the top standings and Al-Taawoun has not been replaced we didn't think that a team like Al-Taawoun would be able to compete at the top of the standings even though they are not among the teams that bring in star players from Europe, I don't know what to say if they end up winning the title lol.

After all, becoming a coach is the way for most players to go after retirement and yes, it's no surprise that Benzema has a desire to become a coach in the future. But clearly, becoming a successful coach will take time, especially with Benzema still under contract, then will go to process of becoming a coach itself will also take a long time. Also, becoming a coach will not be quick enough to be able to coach a big team like Real Madrid. But yes, I personally believe that most players will probably become coaches in the future. Although not all players, but most of them will still have a career in soccer later after retirement.

For those who witnessed it, this was a world-class strike executed by a top-tier player. An extraordinary comeback by Al Nassr after trailing in the first half. Ronaldo's decisive goal has garnered significant attention, as Al Nassr supporters promptly unfurled a banner featuring Captain America, but with Ronaldo's face superimposed on it. It's incredibly cool and well-deserved for the goal scorer representing Al Nassr.

This victory has also propelled Al Nassr to the 3rd position, displacing Ittihad FC, as Ittihad FC managed only a draw when facing Al Taawon. The point difference between Al Nassr and Ittihad now stands at 2 points on matchweek - 10.

Well, it's really a shame that this player has a somewhat fragile body, things for him change a lot when they are matches that are life or death, because Uruguay won over Brazil in the standings in the qualifying rounds, now, Ney It is a player who will receive a lot of treatment, it is not so serious, although 6 months for AL-Hilal is something serious for them, I do not doubt the great ability that this player has, but now he has to wait to come with more strength, in the World Cup Something like this also happened to him, then in PSG too, which he was able to recover quickly in the ankle, in the game with Uruguay I couldn't see that time, because I was watching Colombia's game with Ecuador, which was very close, so These qualifying matches have been quite exciting and are at a high level. The fact that Brazil is doing poorly, because they lost points, is something that looks very serious. I have not seen Brazil like that in that way. I think they are afraid to This team has to make some changes now, because the way they play is no longer working for them, there are some guys who have been surprised, but basically what Ney does is something painful.

The Al-Hilal club is a team that has a lot to give, but basically with its best star who is not defending them because it is something difficult for them, it is the team that has the most rivalry with the AL Nassr team where CR7 is playing, where Many expected to see many matches between these two great stars, because the relationship has been maintained since Ney was in Barcelona and CR7 in Madrid, this is something that many wanted to see again, to see how things were going between the two stars. Now we have to wait those 6 months, which, due to fate, happened to Ney, I think that Ney must work on making his team much stronger, because he suffers many losses and misses many games that are crucial for Brazil where they need him a lot.

If there is a way that they could sue and get that money back then I would say it would be a good idea. I mean Neymar literally ended up with nearly no games at Al Hilal, he played about 5 games, and not all of it on those games as well, he played 4 games or so I think by minutes if you look at it that way. In any case, 5 games is very little and this dude is out for the whole season, there is no guarantee that he would comeback strong and play amazingly next year neither, and Al Hilal is paying a ton of money for him as well.

I understand that it would be quite difficult for Fifa to pay all of it, I mean we are talking about someone who is getting nearly 200 million a year, I doubt that Fifa has that kind of money to pay for injuries happened at the fifa tournaments but definitely not enough for him. Al Hilal took a responsibility with that type of huge payment, it was a bad decision before they made it, everyone knew it and yet they still did it.

This is when I am sometimes stuck between a rock and a hard place. I look at the player and his achievements but first and foremost the character and then it is hard to imagine that the player could become a great coach. Zidane has always been an authority and someone who understands the game and is charsimatic. I had no doubt he could become successful as a coach. But a different example would be Diego Simeone. When he came to Atletico Madrid, I remembered how he behaved like a player and what character he was, and I couldn't get a picture into my head that would paint him as a good coach. But well, he delivered as a coach. In case of Benzema I don't know, maybe with experience at other clubs and then in 10 years from now he may be doing great as a coach. But I don't think he would be well respect by all players early on in his career.

Well if that happens then I will really wait for his work when he becomes a coach, whether when he becomes a coach will gain the same success as when he was a player or not. Indeed, many players aspire to become coaches when they retire, and I think that's good because they can learn early from experienced coaches about applying strategies in matches, or the smallest things that I'm sure each coach has a different coaching style.
Now if he wants to be a coach, then he should start learning from now on, so that when he really jumps in as a coach he can quickly and carefully apply his strategy.

 I didnt know that, he is a very brain player so i can see being a good manager, an Saudi Arabia Super league can be a very good starting point for him before make the jump into european football again, this time as a manager.

I think Benzema seems interested in trying his luck by becoming a coach. I once read some local news regarding Benzema desire to enter the managerial world after deciding to retire as a professional player. If I'm not mistaken, Benzema aspires to be like Zidane, who successfully managed Madrid and succeeded in winning the Champions League. However, I think it will take a long time for that to happen, because Benzema is still under contract with Al Ittihad until June 2026.

Source : https://www.goal.com/id/berita/karim-benzema-pelatih-real-madrid/1f0b4ex0sg8u31euajxyi5skn8

It's inevitable for any player, not just Benzema, and only time will tell. Apart from all that I also still appreciate him, even though he is relatively old but he is still able to compete. Because not infrequently I see players whose age is still young they cannot improve their performance or even decline faster than they should.
Sooner or later we will definitely not see him play anymore and decide to retire, something that must happen to every player.
My only question is, is he interested in becoming a coach after retiring? It's worth waiting for.

Coaches have been wrong a lot of times.  And I will say that Ten Hag not giving Cristiano Ronaldo,  the importance that he needed was a big problem. Not only for Cristiano Ronaldo but also for the club as well.  If he had given Cristiano Ronaldo, the attention and importance that he needed, we probably still would have seen him perform well at Manchester United and Manchester United probably wouldn't have been in the situation that they are in right now.  I don't care what anyone says, I will say that the coach made a big mistake in this situation.

Cristiano Ronaldo who last week received an award from the football federation of country for reaching over 200 appearances with the national team came back from international duties and still delivered a great performance for his club Al Nassr yesterday.
After Talisca scored in the free kick that drew Al Nassr level with Damac, I thought the game was heading for a draw but the Portuguese superstar had another thought as his stunning strike from the free kick spot handed Al Nassr all three points from the game.

In terms of squad depth, Al-Nassr should be able to score more than two goals, but even in normal attacks they are always thwarted by the opposing goalkeeper. Luckily, when the deadlock from normal attacks didn't work, Al-Nassr still had smart players to execute free kicks and Talisca and Ronaldo managed to do it all well.

I also feel satisfied with this result and at least Al-Nassr did not achieve a draw or lose because if they get this result it is certain that the positive trend they are maintaining will be broken and also the opportunity to get closer to the top of the standings will experience another setback.

It is true that Ronaldo deserves to be called the greatest footballer, very intelligent, very strong and also very successful at the moment. Because as we know, Ronaldo's career in the world of football has always been successful and has never faded. Starting from Ronaldo joining the Sporting Lisbon club, then moving to MU, then moving to Real Madrid, after that joining Juventus, then joining MU again, and now joining Al Nasr Ronaldo has always been in the world spotlight. He got this not from his good looks, but he got it because Ronaldo is a footballer who has skills far above the average of other football players (mental, physical, intelligence and experience). So even though he is quite old, his performance is still good and his body still looks fit. Then he got good performance and a body that remained fit, which he got from the results of his hard, consistent and always focused training. So in essence for Ronaldo it doesn't matter whether he wants to play in Europe or in the Saudi Arabian (Asian) League. The reason is that Ronaldo will definitely continue to provide good performance.

This won't change anything for Al Hilal if Neymar is injured because the fact about this Brazilian palter is Al Hilal is he couldn't help the team as were expecting to see from him.
In fact, in many games when Al Hilal won the game, they didn't have Neymar because he lost many games at the start of the season because of getting injured.

Even though Nkoudou's goal gave Damac the lead in the first half, in the second half, Al-Nassr made a complete comeback against Damac with goals from Talisca and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo scored at the 56th minute through a free kick. Al-Nassr defeated Damac 2-1, and this victory moves Al-Nassr to third place in the table. Damac missed a couple of opportunities to score, however Al-Nassr did manage to bag three points. However, they need more organization and defensive stability if they want to close the gap at the top of the Saudi Pro League standings.

I believe Al-Hilal are not going to be very bothered about whole Neymar situation, like you said I believe they already knew the risk behind signing a player like Neymar into their team before they got him, Neymar is an influencer off the pitch so asides from his performance on the pitch they'll still benefit from his influence to the Club, players like Neymar attract the eyes of the media to the team therefore making them more popular, well aleast they'll be compensated by Fifa for the lose of their player due to an injury.

 Neymar didn't really create much impact on the pitch for Al-Hilal before he got injured he's not a player they could really depend on to win a match, they still got other good national team players that could replace Neymar till they sign a new replacement and also there striker Mitrovic is still very fit and active currently, however they're be on a great lose paying him a hefty wage bill while he's away from the squad.

As far as I know, compensation from FIFA is more of a formality than a really significant amount.
As for Al-Hilal, on the one hand, they have reason to consider themselves deceived, but on the other hand, this is the well-known (in a bad sense) Neymar, the risks were known and understood in advance. It seems to me that many wrote here that this is a strange transfer, and given Neymar’s salary, it is unprofitable. But Al-Hilal decided to take risks and they were unfortunate in that these risks were realized.

Yes, maybe for some people very ambitious behavior is an unwelcome behavior, but I think his ambition is balanced with what he can do.
He has been a figure who has lasted more than a decade with a very good record, even breaking several records during his career. Manchester United were lucky to have him at a young age, then he went to Madrid to set fantastic records there and then went to Turin. But unfortunately, when he returned to Old Trafford the atmosphere was much different, and he had to go to Arabia. Now he's quite happy here and he'll probably extend his contract soon.