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I think given time, Benzema will be able to perform well for his team. And I think we should also remember that the Saudi league has actually become competitive right now. So if we think that he should be performing well because it is an easy competition, we would definitely be very wrong.  I understand that it is definitely a little easier when compared to the competition that he was facing in La Liga. But still, this is good competition right now, and the other clubs are always improving. so I think we would need to give him a little more time. I still believe that he will be able to redeem himself.

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How he's going to get paid? He is out due to injury. So unless he has a good insurance package against injury, he's not going to get anything from his club. And this guy has been behaving very arrogantly ever since he landed in Saudi Arabia. He should not forget the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema are paid more than him, and they are playing for their respective clubs without much drama. This is exactly one of the reasons why Brazil national team is in such a pathetic state right now. They have arrogant players like Neymar who doesn't respect anyone.  

Al-Raed vs Al-Shabab two team match is going to start tomorrow in Saudi Professional League. Waiting to enjoy the match of these two teams. Still I don't understand which team will win this match. Al-Shabab played very well in previous matches.  Al-Shabab is still in 10th position in the points table, so I hope Al-Shabab team players will play well in this match. But Al-Raed team is in 18th position in the points table. It will be very difficult for Al-Raed team players to win this match.  -Al-Shabab team is much stronger than Raed team, so I think Al-Shabab team has more chances to win this match.

Since the year of 2001 when Cristiano Ronaldo started his official appearance in hid football career, he has appeared in 1,229 official matches and have scored a total of 881 goals making him the 4th player in the ranking of most appearances in the football history and highest goal scorer in the same ranking. That's a lot of history to break and it is only a testament of his unrelenting efforts and capacity to play matches.

For the sake of history, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most performing striker in the history of football going by this ranking especially as we factor in his longevity to play so many matches in the span of 22 years approximately. I think Ronaldo is still looking at breaking the record of becoming the player with the highest appearance as he has an additional 182 matches to play to take over the ranking ahead of Peter Shilton, an England goalkeeper who kept the record since 1997.

In my calculations, right me if I'm wrong, Ronaldo needs approximately 6 more league seasons to play to lead the ranking of the most appearance in the football history. I don't think this is necessary as he's already the highest forward with such great achievement.

Like you have mentioned, it's better if Ronaldo takes good rest off some unimportant match while he allows other young upcoming star players to shine too. Else he could end up with an injury as it only normal to think of that if he continues to play every match. If Ronaldo goes into retirement because of an injury, it will be a greedy thing to deal with.

Plus, Benzema likes to be at the right place and the right time, his positioning is what makes him good, but that also requires him to get good passes, look at all his goals during his ballon d'or season and you will see that he is not a player that gets the ball and dribbles and scores, he stays at places that are so well that he just touches the ball once, to shoot, and then he scores like that easily.

When we are talking about a player like that, the team may not be good enough to pass him those passes, they are not good enough all around him to give him the ball right at the correct place. He no longer has players like vini jr. that could pass the ball to him at the right time and that's why he is having harder time to adjust as well.

It's a good thing they defeated the opposition team even after they've gathered alot of points, atleast it shows how strong the are in the competition and also they've avoided the opposition team from getting a win record against them, Al-Nassr showed their dominance with Cristiano Ronaldo it shows how good they've become playing without their star player and preforming very brilliantly is a very good thing for the team incases where he's sick or injured for a while.

 Cr7 is one player I really admire alot, he's very hardworking and makes his age not to be a very big problem for him, like most players who could barely last on the pitch for 45mins but are much more younger than him, I think he'll be among one of those players that lasted till their 40's or even beyond due the love he has for the game.

Even top players in other leagues are also like that, they will take a break for few matches especially against weak teams.

If there's someone hate Ronaldo because he was just taking a break for few matches, it's really unbelievable. The guy who should be hated is Neymar, he's intentionally skipped Al Hilal's match and play for his national team. Now he's out from a season and still get paid for it lol.

Even top players in other leagues are also like that, they will take a break for few matches especially against weak teams.

If there's someone hate Ronaldo because he was just taking a break for few matches, it's really unbelievable. The guy who should be hated is Neymar, he's intentionally skipped Al Hilal's match and play for his national team. Now he's out from a season and still get paid for it lol.

Yes, it's true that actually winning or losing isn't a big problem in this match. Because Al-Nassr has collected quite a lot of points compared to other clubs in the group. But in the end Al-Nassr still managed to win the match and made them win consecutively in 4 matches in the group stage. CR7 was absent at the start of the season in the SPL. At that time, CR7 was absent to rest. And there were one or two more matches, I forget in which league, but CR7 was also absent for the same reason. But actually CR7 was absent from the matches that Al-Nassr should have won. Even though at the start of the season in the SPL it turned out that Al-Nassr lost two matches when CR7 was absent in those two matches. But after that Al-Nassr improved again and continued to win in every match with CR7.

He is 38 years old and in February CR7 will be 39 years old. Well that would not be the age that would actually make a player productive enough on a normal basis. But in fact CR7 is still a player who is still productive in scoring goals. For his current club (Al-Nassr) and also for his national team (Portugal).

Cristiano Ronaldo did not play in the match and he only showed his support for his Al-Nassr teammates via Instagram stories. In fact, if he plays, whether as a starter or as a substitute, at least he can contribute through his goals and also increase his goal tally in the AFC competition. But it seems that coach Luis Castro doesn't want one of his star players to get tired and maybe he is giving Cristiano Ronaldo time to rest for another important match in the Saudi league. Talisca's hat trick saved Al-Nassr from a draw and considering that Al-Duhail has Coutinho, of course this was a bit troublesome. In this match, all 5 goals were scored by Brazilian players.

Al Nassr triumphed over Al Duhail. I was excited to see Cristiano Ronaldo play, but he was not in the starting lineup and was also not on the bench. At first, I wondered what happened to Ronaldo, but I was later clarified about the player's current condition, he needed rest after all he has delivered his team in crucial moments and he's aged, these categories of players need all the possible hinges they can gather because it's not relatively simple to come across such player still in excellent appearance. Contrary to the stats, Talisca's incredible comeback hat-trick ruled out Philippe Coutinho's brace and sealed another round for the Knights of Najd.

Last night I was also curious why CR7 didn't play in the match against Al-Duhail. And I immediately looked for news related to this. But it turns out that around 8 hours before the match started, there was a lot of news circulating that CR7 would indeed be absent from the match. Because he was tired and needed rest. And this is quite normal. Because CR7 plays more full time and is rarely replaced. So it's natural that he's tired. Considering his age, he is also 38 years old. So actually it was quite extraordinary to see him still actively playing from the first minute to the end of the match. Because usually players at this age play more with limited time due to stamina problems. But CR7 always has good stamina. So occasionally being absent is a good thing for him. But I really hope to see his game in this match. But fortunately Talisca was able to bring victory well for the club even without CR7.

Indeed and as you said, Al-Ittihad is way better in terms of players while its results aren't that good comparing to the previous season because simply, many of its opponents have improved their squad by recruiting many players with good quality, making the Saudi Pro League different than the previous seasons.

The situation of the club right now isn't reassuring with many points being lost in the last 5 matches mainly. All teams above them are doing good and the points difference is getting bigger. Right now we are talking about 11 points difference from Al-Hilal which seems to be the best candidate for the first place.

I like how Cristiano Ronaldo is playing at this age; he can still give it his all to help his club win every game. I don't know, but it will be difficult to witness Ronaldo getting injured. The coach did a great job allowing him to take breaks because he needs them from time to time due to his age. This season, I have not seen him miss any of their games. When Al-Duhail's Coutinho scored the game's first goal in just eight minutes, I began to doubt Al Nassr's ability to win because Cristiano wasn't there. I had anticipated that the game would be tough to win, but Al Nassr is still doing well. Talisca scored a hat-trick to put on the team's victory, and they are still top of the group with twelve points. Even though Al Nassr didn't win they will still be leading the group, because even if they lose, they will still qualify. I think Cristiano Ronaldo was absent because he need to rest, of they lose it wouldn't be a problem. I can't wait to see him back on the field.

Last night I was also curious why CR7 didn't play in the match against Al-Duhail. And I immediately looked for news related to this. But it turns out that around 8 hours before the match started, there was a lot of news circulating that CR7 would indeed be absent from the match. Because he was tired and needed rest. And this is quite normal. Because CR7 plays more full time and is rarely replaced. So it's natural that he's tired. Considering his age, he is also 38 years old. So actually it was quite extraordinary to see him still actively playing from the first minute to the end of the match. Because usually players at this age play more with limited time due to stamina problems. But CR7 always has good stamina. So occasionally being absent is a good thing for him. But I really hope to see his game in this match. But fortunately Talisca was able to bring victory well for the club even without CR7.

It is very normal for a football player, even though he is a star player, if he is over 35, his physical condition is not as strong as when he was young and I understand if Ronaldo was not present at the match because he believes Talisca can carry Al Nassr to victory and in fact Al Nassr won with all 3 scores produced by Talisca. and on the one hand, it seems like Ronaldo is more focused on SPL matches than other competitions, so during yesterday match he decided to take a break and not compete.

It is very normal for a football player, even though he is a star player, if he is over 35, his physical condition is not as strong as when he was young and I understand if Ronaldo was not present at the match because he believes Talisca can carry Al Nassr to victory and in fact Al Nassr won with all 3 scores produced by Talisca. and on the one hand, it seems like Ronaldo is more focused on SPL matches than other competitions, so during yesterday match he decided to take a break and not compete.

Last night I was also curious why CR7 didn't play in the match against Al-Duhail. And I immediately looked for news related to this. But it turns out that around 8 hours before the match started, there was a lot of news circulating that CR7 would indeed be absent from the match. Because he was tired and needed rest. And this is quite normal. Because CR7 plays more full time and is rarely replaced. So it's natural that he's tired. Considering his age, he is also 38 years old. So actually it was quite extraordinary to see him still actively playing from the first minute to the end of the match. Because usually players at this age play more with limited time due to stamina problems. But CR7 always has good stamina. So occasionally being absent is a good thing for him. But I really hope to see his game in this match. But fortunately Talisca was able to bring victory well for the club even without CR7.

Today in the game between Al Duhail and Al Nassr in AFC Chmapnios Laague, we saw Ronaldo is absent in Al Nassr and it was a question for me why they didn't use this player in this game.
I was thinking Ronaldo was injured and that's why he couldn't play for a while but it seems he is totally fine and all the news and rumors about Ronaldo being injured are not right. Because Luis Castro the coach of Al Nassr said they just didn't use Ronaldo because they wanted to him some rest.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/news-al-nassr-coach-luis-castro-explains-cristiano-ronaldo-will-play-afc-champions-league-clash-al-duhail