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October 23, 2023, 10:39:52 AM
Again and again, Cristiano Ronaldo does not disappoint. Even at the age of 38, he is performing like he is in his prime almost. The chances that he created, throughout the match, were really incredible to see. Nine matches, 11 goals, and five assists. This guy is really incredibly important for this team. And I also like the first goal that was scored by Al Nassr. I don't think anybody expected Cristiano Ronaldo to not take the free kick.

Right now, Al Nassr is in the third place. I am pretty sure that they are going to compete for that title pretty well. Also certain that Ronaldo is going to get a lot more goals in this season.

There is nothing to comment on regarding Ronaldo he is at the highest point with all his achievements and skills even in his old age he still continued to do that, what should we say if at the end of the season Ronaldo wins the top scorer and top assist trophy this is not a joke, this could happen in the history of football Cheesy For competition in the standings we have to wait until the middle of the season usually the team's chances are seen there I mean we can see which team is the most consistent but I guess Al-Hilal will be Al-Nassr's strongest competitor moreover, so far Al-Hilal has never lost.
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October 23, 2023, 10:33:33 AM
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.

Why? Benzema has a list of achievements at the player level that most players can only envy. Plus, he will definitely not start with Real Madrid, which means under his leadership there will be players much less authoritative and strong in sports terms than he was. As for the fact that it is impossible to predict who will be a successful coach and who will not, I agree. This is a completely different field and an average player can become a great coach and vice versa.

At least, don't accuse or judge without evidence whether Benzema will be respected or not if Benzema become a coach later. After all, basically all players who are successful as players will of course still have authority and will of course be respected by the players. It is not right if you doubt Benzema quality to become a coach, because basically Benzema also has a good character and Benzema not arrogant or not bad character. Therefore, with Benzema having good character, then Benzema certainly has a good chance of becoming an outstanding coach in the future as well.

I didn't want to say this here but I feel, Benzema doesn't take anything seriously in Saudi Arabian Leageu, the time when he was playing for Real Madrid, Benzema had a good performance even during the time when he was getting old but just after Benzema joined the Saudi Leageu he as mostly injured or couldn't have good performance.

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October 23, 2023, 10:26:40 AM
Falling behind did not mean that Al-Nassr would accept the result easily and they managed to stage a comeback win with a score of 2-1. As hosts, it was natural that Al-Nassr could win, but they had quite a hard time dealing with Damac and had to fall behind by one goal before the end of the first half. Luckily, Al-Nassr often receives violations from opposing players and Al-Nassr's two goals in last night's match all came from free kicks. The two players who brought Al-Nassr to victory were Anderson Talisca and Cristiano Ronaldo. Both of them took beautiful free kicks and brought victory to Al-Nassr.



For Cristiano Ronaldo, he took a free kick that couldn't even make the opposing goalkeeper move an inch and his free kick reminded us of his free kick against Spain several years ago. Cristiano Ronaldo recreated the iconic free kick and the fans cheered as they saw his shot fly towards the goal. This result made Al-Nassr occupy 3rd place in the standings and succeeded in shifting Al-Ahli's position and was only separated by goal difference.
Yes, that's right, Ronaldo created another free kick which was impressive and resulted in a goal and Telisca also had a free kick which was very right on target and I was quite entertained by this match even though my bet lost but I saw Telisca's performance and Ronaldo was very satisfied and this is what I want to see talent kicking a ball that is difficult for the goalkeeper to guess results in a goal.
In fact, several times Ronaldo had the opportunity to score but was still not on target. In fact, the pressure continued to be applied by Ronaldo and Mane, but I admit that Damac FC's defense line is very strong and the goalkeeper is also very good at catching the ball.
Maybe if I counted Ronaldo's total chances if he managed to score at least 4 goals which would almost be a big score but this failure didn't make me disappointed because the satisfaction of Al Nasr's victory and the interesting goal made me feel satisfied.
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.

Again and again, Cristiano Ronaldo does not disappoint. Even at the age of 38, he is performing like he is in his prime almost. The chances that he created, throughout the match, were really incredible to see. Nine matches, 11 goals, and five assists. This guy is really incredibly important for this team. And I also like the first goal that was scored by Al Nassr. I don't think anybody expected Cristiano Ronaldo to not take the free kick.

Right now, Al Nassr is in the third place. I am pretty sure that they are going to compete for that title pretty well. Also certain that Ronaldo is going to get a lot more goals in this season.
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October 23, 2023, 09:57:59 AM
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.

Why? Benzema has a list of achievements at the player level that most players can only envy. Plus, he will definitely not start with Real Madrid, which means under his leadership there will be players much less authoritative and strong in sports terms than he was. As for the fact that it is impossible to predict who will be a successful coach and who will not, I agree. This is a completely different field and an average player can become a great coach and vice versa.

At least, don't accuse or judge without evidence whether Benzema will be respected or not if Benzema become a coach later. After all, basically all players who are successful as players will of course still have authority and will of course be respected by the players. It is not right if you doubt Benzema quality to become a coach, because basically Benzema also has a good character and Benzema not arrogant or not bad character. Therefore, with Benzema having good character, then Benzema certainly has a good chance of becoming an outstanding coach in the future as well.
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October 23, 2023, 09:46:09 AM
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.

Why? Benzema has a list of achievements at the player level that most players can only envy. Plus, he will definitely not start with Real Madrid, which means under his leadership there will be players much less authoritative and strong in sports terms than he was. As for the fact that it is impossible to predict who will be a successful coach and who will not, I agree. This is a completely different field and an average player can become a great coach and vice versa.
Speculation regarding Benzema future after retirement is indeed interesting, in the context of how much success he can achieve, but I also know that this is still a long time for us to see and enjoy, because currently he is still actively playing at Al Ittihad. I think all coaches will start their careers in stages, as did benzema when he started his career as a coach. Regarding being respected by players, I think he will also get respect from his players, if he really becomes a coach later.

We have seen his history at club level and the French national team, he is an extraordinary player. It could be that when he is a coach, benzema can be just as good as when he plays, but what is clear for now is that we can just enjoy benzema game at the end of his career. It could be that his choice is not to become a coach, and is more interested in becoming a football commentator on Tv.
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October 23, 2023, 09:32:26 AM
Al-Ahli is again closing in on Al-Nassr in the standings and the two teams currently have the same 22 points. Al-Ahli has just won with a score of 3-1 over its opponent Al-Wehda and in this match Mahrez contributed with 1 goal and 1 assist. However, it was not only Mahrez who shone, but Saint Maximin and Roger Ibanez also contributed the winning goal for Al-Ahli. I think Al-Wehda is not a suitable opponent for Al-Ahli because the depth of the squad is already very different. Towards the end of the match, Al-Wehda actually suffered a loss by losing 1 player due to a red card and I don't think they had to do that because it was clear they would lose in this match.

On the other hand, Al-Ettifaq actually failed to steal points in the away match against Al-Riyadh and Steven Gerrard's troops had to accept a narrow defeat against the hosts. Even though Al-Ettifaq dominated in terms of ball control, they conceded due to a lack of discipline in defense. Even though Al-Ettifaq still have a long time, they failed to equalize or make a comeback in this match and this result means that Al-Ettifaq has to settle for sitting in 7th position in the standings.

The game Al Ahli won agist Al Wehda definitely helped this team to get themselves closer to the top of the table in the Saudi League but the fact about Al Ahli is they are going to have a hard match in the next week against Al Hilal and since Al Hilal doesn't want lose the position in the first place of table I think this can be very hard for Al Ahli to take the full three points from that game and Al Hilal will be the favorite in this match.

 
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October 23, 2023, 08:38:07 AM
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.

Why? Benzema has a list of achievements at the player level that most players can only envy. Plus, he will definitely not start with Real Madrid, which means under his leadership there will be players much less authoritative and strong in sports terms than he was. As for the fact that it is impossible to predict who will be a successful coach and who will not, I agree. This is a completely different field and an average player can become a great coach and vice versa.
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October 23, 2023, 08:16:00 AM
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Talisca position was at risk when Cristiano Ronaldo joined Al Nassr in middle of past season but they played well together in the last season. This summer, Al Nassr had another good attacking player, Sadio Mane but again Talisca shows that he is an important player with Al Nassr and can play with both Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane.

Talisca and Ronaldo scored two goals (from two free kicks) to help Al Nassr has another win that helps them to move to a third position with 2 points less than Al Hilal. After this week, Saudi Professional League has 6 clubs with only 6 points in biggest difference. Al Hilal still stands at the first position and they are still performing well without Neymar.

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Before Ronaldo joined Al Nassr, Talisca was a very important player for Al Nassr. In fact, he was consistently able to score 20 goals in a row in his 2 seasons with Al Nassr. Then, Al Nassr brought Ronaldo to Saudi and automatically Talisca's role now prioritizes serving Ronaldo. This season, Talisca has only scored 6 goals in his 6 matches with Al Nassr. In fact, this player is quite productive and can be relied on. Meanwhile, Ronaldo has scored 11 goals in his 9 matches this season. As for Mane, he also contributed to scoring goals and has scored 6 goals.
Well, looking at this data and statistics, Al Nassr is one of the teams that is productive in terms of scoring goals by collecting 28 goals from 10 matches. Now, this team is in 3rd place in the standings with 22 points. 1 point adrift of Al Taawoun and 4 points from Al Hilal which has 26 points.

Well, it seems that the competition in the future will be even tighter in the race for trophies. So far, Al Nassr has not met to compete against Al Iithad and neither has Al Hilal. However, I am still confident that Al Hilal will remain at the top of the standings for some time even without Neymar, who is injured.
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October 23, 2023, 08:06:09 AM
Al-Ahli is again closing in on Al-Nassr in the standings and the two teams currently have the same 22 points. Al-Ahli has just won with a score of 3-1 over its opponent Al-Wehda and in this match Mahrez contributed with 1 goal and 1 assist. However, it was not only Mahrez who shone, but Saint Maximin and Roger Ibanez also contributed the winning goal for Al-Ahli. I think Al-Wehda is not a suitable opponent for Al-Ahli because the depth of the squad is already very different. Towards the end of the match, Al-Wehda actually suffered a loss by losing 1 player due to a red card and I don't think they had to do that because it was clear they would lose in this match.

On the other hand, Al-Ettifaq actually failed to steal points in the away match against Al-Riyadh and Steven Gerrard's troops had to accept a narrow defeat against the hosts. Even though Al-Ettifaq dominated in terms of ball control, they conceded due to a lack of discipline in defense. Even though Al-Ettifaq still have a long time, they failed to equalize or make a comeback in this match and this result means that Al-Ettifaq has to settle for sitting in 7th position in the standings.
Al-Ettifaq seems unable to maintain their ranking in the standings. And slowly Al-ettifaq was pulled to a lower ranking every week. And I think it could be a problem for this team if they can't get back to winning games soon.

But currently ranked 3 to 6 we can see a very good coincidence. For example, Al-Nassr currently has the same points as Al-Ahli and their number of wins, losses and draws are also the same. And in positions 5 and 6 we can also see that Al-ittihad has the same points as Al-Fateh, namely 20 points. And these two teams also have the same number of wins, draws and losses. Competition at the top looks like it will continue to be fierce. Because the difference in points is still very small. And it looks like this season is much more competitive than last season.

Among the top 5 teams at the moment Al-Hilal takes the top position on the points table the team who are on top with 26 points with 8 wins from 10 matches in this tournament while their nearest rivals Al-Taawoun is get 23 points with 7 wins from 10 matches. The interesting thing here is that Al-Nassr has 22 points after winning 7 matches and Al-Ahli Saudi who are in fourth place with the same points. Last in fifth place is Al-Ittihad whom we thought would be the favorites of this session but their performance does not indicate anything like that. Although the team was champion last season, this time their position is not good. But what you said I would also say that this session will be more competitive than last session. I have weakness for Al-Nassr in particular. I deserve the team will get the position in this session.
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October 23, 2023, 08:04:57 AM
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Damac was happy in the first half after G.K Nkoudou made a long counter run into Al-Nassr territory and hits a stunning shots that rolled into the goal post of the home team. The Knights of Najd supporters starts throwing blames on the important players that was present and still losing, but they failed to understand that there's good probability of a comeback win. Talisca started everything with a brilliant freekick that level the game but Cristiano Ronaldo doing exactly what he did 5 years back against Spain in Russia 2018 world cup, shooting an exceptional curve ball into his opponents goal post without Moustapha Zeghba making no single attempt to save the ball. All I can say is Al Nassr is on fire this season.
Of course, Damac F.C was happy to score the first goal in that match. Because they are playing against Al Nassr, which in fact is one of the big teams in this league, so they were very happy when took the lead. But in defense Damac F.C is also not too bad, they are quite good there, it's just that Talisca and Ronaldo sharpness in scoring cannot be easy to stop. I often seen Ronaldo doing it, he is a player which can targets that position, it is natural if goalkeeper Damac did not make any effort because the ball was difficult for him to reach.
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We can see Ronaldo's performance in this season soon after they start playing in the harder matches in the AFC Champions League in which there are stronger teams to face Ronaldo and Al Nassr.
But I think the fact about Ronaldo after 30 years old is he even had better performance than years ago when he was younger.
At LCA Al Nassr leads Group E with 6 points, although in 3 matches Ronaldo has only collected 1 score and 1 assist, but Ronaldo performance will probably be even better later. I believe that.
Maybe it's because of his experience and the team that supports him, so him statistically looks better, but in my opinion Ronaldo performance was better when he was younger. At that time he often did miracles, especially when he played at Real Madrid I really admired him.
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October 23, 2023, 07:22:15 AM

This match was quite fierce if you look at it because Damac was able to score 16 shots and 6 were on target. I admit that there was a lot of luck for Al Nassr and that luck was none other than because they had players who were able to execute free kicks into goals. Ronaldo is a versatile player where in this match he showed his skills in free kicks to score goals and it was quite spectacular from what he showed in this match.

For Damac, they don't have attackers who are good enough to score goals because many of the opportunities they have can't be converted into goals. I think Al Nassr has a stronger and more experienced squad depth so they were able to end this match with a win thanks to the two goals they scored via free kicks.
Fair enough the availability of star players like Cristiano Ronaldo in AI Nassr was a big make for them in the season and this has shown that indeed the Saudi Arabian clubs did not waste their money when they spent so much to attract European clubs sides in the last transfer market,  the result of that investment is the high exposure and performances that are put up in the league this season.


Seeing clubs like AI Nassr who have a hard history of poor performance in the league previously are now beginning to come up with good football performances and also building a good foundation that will lead them to a more successful future in the league side.
and this effort is because there is involvement in increasing the popularity of SPL football by bringing in star players from europe or talented players from europe and now the SPL has become a big part of football in the world with the presence of several star players and all this is because of Ronaldo who continues to looking amazing at Al Nassr. on the one hand, currently Al Nassr performance has greatly improved after the presence of Sadio Mane and Ronaldo who have added strength to continue trying to get first place in the SPL standings.

and it seems that in the long term teams from the SPL, not only Al Nassr, will continue to bring in talented players or coaches from europe to improve the quality of football in saudi arabia.
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October 23, 2023, 05:56:10 AM
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.

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.
I also can't say whether he'll be a great coach or not, as many factors will determine this. Now there are many players who are great and when they become coaches they are also great, there are players who are great but when they become coaches they fail, and so on. 
I don't know what Benzema will be able to do as a coach, because at the moment I honestly don't see his leadership potential. But that could all change with his process and his first experience as a coach.
I wouldn't expect too much from him at the start, because he's bound to be a bit nervous.



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.
This match was quite fierce if you look at it because Damac was able to score 16 shots and 6 were on target. I admit that there was a lot of luck for Al Nassr and that luck was none other than because they had players who were able to execute free kicks into goals. Ronaldo is a versatile player where in this match he showed his skills in free kicks to score goals and it was quite spectacular from what he showed in this match.

For Damac, they don't have attackers who are good enough to score goals because many of the opportunities they have can't be converted into goals. I think Al Nassr has a stronger and more experienced squad depth so they were able to end this match with a win thanks to the two goals they scored via free kicks.
Damac really gave a very tight resistance to Al Nassr, but Al Nassr was lucky enough in this match because they could secure 3 points. Al Nassr could barely create a chance on the gamplay ball, they could only create a goal that all the process from set pieces. If I may say, Damac actually deserved points in this match, it's just that they were not that lucky to at least draw Al Nassr who played at their own headquarters.
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October 23, 2023, 05:06:51 AM

This match was quite fierce if you look at it because Damac was able to score 16 shots and 6 were on target. I admit that there was a lot of luck for Al Nassr and that luck was none other than because they had players who were able to execute free kicks into goals. Ronaldo is a versatile player where in this match he showed his skills in free kicks to score goals and it was quite spectacular from what he showed in this match.

For Damac, they don't have attackers who are good enough to score goals because many of the opportunities they have can't be converted into goals. I think Al Nassr has a stronger and more experienced squad depth so they were able to end this match with a win thanks to the two goals they scored via free kicks.
Fair enough the availability of star players like Cristiano Ronaldo in AI Nassr was a big make for them in the season and this has shown that indeed the Saudi Arabian clubs did not waste their money when they spent so much to attract European clubs sides in the last transfer market,  the result of that investment is the high exposure and performances that are put up in the league this season.


Seeing clubs like AI Nassr who have a hard history of poor performance in the league previously are now beginning to come up with good football performances and also building a good foundation that will lead them to a more successful future in the league side.
Yes, the investment they have made has finally had quite a good impact on their performance in the league this season because Al Nassr was able to enter the top 3 and has the opportunity to continue to disturb the teams above them. Ronaldo, Sadio mane and Talisca were able to work together on the front lines by contributing to continuing to score goals and securing victory in the matches they played.

Al nassr brought in some good players in strengthening their strength in this season and now they are seeing better results from every game they play. Ronaldo is a player who is quite influential in the results they get because he is able to make the atmosphere of the game more impressive with his enthusiasm in encouraging other players to work harder.
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October 23, 2023, 04:51:33 AM

This match was quite fierce if you look at it because Damac was able to score 16 shots and 6 were on target. I admit that there was a lot of luck for Al Nassr and that luck was none other than because they had players who were able to execute free kicks into goals. Ronaldo is a versatile player where in this match he showed his skills in free kicks to score goals and it was quite spectacular from what he showed in this match.

For Damac, they don't have attackers who are good enough to score goals because many of the opportunities they have can't be converted into goals. I think Al Nassr has a stronger and more experienced squad depth so they were able to end this match with a win thanks to the two goals they scored via free kicks.
Fair enough the availability of star players like Cristiano Ronaldo in AI Nassr was a big make for them in the season and this has shown that indeed the Saudi Arabian clubs did not waste their money when they spent so much to attract European clubs sides in the last transfer market,  the result of that investment is the high exposure and performances that are put up in the league this season.


Seeing clubs like AI Nassr who have a hard history of poor performance in the league previously are now beginning to come up with good football performances and also building a good foundation that will lead them to a more successful future in the league side.
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October 23, 2023, 04:19:30 AM
Al-Ahli is again closing in on Al-Nassr in the standings and the two teams currently have the same 22 points. Al-Ahli has just won with a score of 3-1 over its opponent Al-Wehda and in this match Mahrez contributed with 1 goal and 1 assist. However, it was not only Mahrez who shone, but Saint Maximin and Roger Ibanez also contributed the winning goal for Al-Ahli. I think Al-Wehda is not a suitable opponent for Al-Ahli because the depth of the squad is already very different. Towards the end of the match, Al-Wehda actually suffered a loss by losing 1 player due to a red card and I don't think they had to do that because it was clear they would lose in this match.
This is what i have called that interesting!. As a newly promoted club and spending so much money really gave very big impact to the performance from the club. I do aware about how al ahli was trying to rebuild the club to make sure it will not be relegated again after it has been promoted to the SPL.
Nassr and ittihad's position is not safe caused by it has a new competitor even though ahly was also in the same umbrella with nassr and ittihad. Al hilal is leading the way and thanks for mitrovic to become the best player in SPL.

On the other hand, Al-Ettifaq actually failed to steal points in the away match against Al-Riyadh and Steven Gerrard's troops had to accept a narrow defeat against the hosts. Even though Al-Ettifaq dominated in terms of ball control, they conceded due to a lack of discipline in defense. Even though Al-Ettifaq still have a long time, they failed to equalize or make a comeback in this match and this result means that Al-Ettifaq has to settle for sitting in 7th position in the standings.
It's not even surprise. This club was always playing so garbage. That's the reason why i didn't even take this club. I would rather than bet in another match instead of al ettifaq. This club is a complete fail under gerrard. Gerrard is not having passion to be a good coach.
Any clubs being handled by him will always failed. I have seen some rumors ettifaq will try to buy lindergard to strengthen its attacking line which is useless. lindegard was not as good as what he used to be

Ettifaq shall have sacked gerrad otherwise it will be on the disastrous season.
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October 23, 2023, 04:16:48 AM
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.
Maybe that's too far to think about right now because He still so active in playing football. But I think the level of his desire to become a Coach after retirement could be that He will strengthen the motivation for himself to learn from the Coach who is currently training him at the club. Yes, He is very smart and He has been very successful at european level And now we are really hoping for his performance to be able to bring Al Ittihad to become champion this season. In the previous match He was a hero for Al Ittihad with the goal he scored but in that match He also scored an own goal which made Al Ittihad fail to get full point.

Al ittihad is 6 points behind Al Hilal as the top of the standing. This week, Al Ittihad position has been knocked out of the Top 4 after Al Ahli was able to get 3 points in the previous match. So that way Al Ittihad cannot afford to lose any more point to maintain their chances of competing at the top of the standing.
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October 23, 2023, 03:25:42 AM
Al-Ettifaq seems unable to maintain their ranking in the standings. And slowly Al-ettifaq was pulled to a lower ranking every week. And I think it could be a problem for this team if they can't get back to winning games soon.
I think this will be Steven Gerrard's second failure as a club coach, after previously being successful in the Scottish league by coaching Glasgow Rangers bringing this club to the league championship in his third season with this club, and after he accepted Aston Villa's offer and he failed so he was fired and Al Ettifaq was quite hopeful that he could bring this club better and at the start of the season it looked like everything was going according to expectations until finally the bad results started to be obtained, at least in three matches they could only get 1 point, I don't think Al Ettifaq will be able to be in the top four, let alone be able to to be a championship contender, unfortunately the top four positions in the Saudi Pro league do not give the team the opportunity to play in the Asian Champions League, and yesterday they lost to Al Riyadh very badly because Ettifaq had more chances and controlled the ball but failed in many final finishes.
While many criticized Steven Gerrard's stance on leaving Glasgow Rangers because he didn't have enough experience for the bigger leagues it seems true and his coaching career looks bleak at the moment with what is being seen at Al Ettifaq.
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October 23, 2023, 02:13:04 AM
Al-Ahli is again closing in on Al-Nassr in the standings and the two teams currently have the same 22 points. Al-Ahli has just won with a score of 3-1 over its opponent Al-Wehda and in this match Mahrez contributed with 1 goal and 1 assist. However, it was not only Mahrez who shone, but Saint Maximin and Roger Ibanez also contributed the winning goal for Al-Ahli. I think Al-Wehda is not a suitable opponent for Al-Ahli because the depth of the squad is already very different. Towards the end of the match, Al-Wehda actually suffered a loss by losing 1 player due to a red card and I don't think they had to do that because it was clear they would lose in this match.

On the other hand, Al-Ettifaq actually failed to steal points in the away match against Al-Riyadh and Steven Gerrard's troops had to accept a narrow defeat against the hosts. Even though Al-Ettifaq dominated in terms of ball control, they conceded due to a lack of discipline in defense. Even though Al-Ettifaq still have a long time, they failed to equalize or make a comeback in this match and this result means that Al-Ettifaq has to settle for sitting in 7th position in the standings.
Al-Ettifaq seems unable to maintain their ranking in the standings. And slowly Al-ettifaq was pulled to a lower ranking every week. And I think it could be a problem for this team if they can't get back to winning games soon.

But currently ranked 3 to 6 we can see a very good coincidence. For example, Al-Nassr currently has the same points as Al-Ahli and their number of wins, losses and draws are also the same. And in positions 5 and 6 we can also see that Al-ittihad has the same points as Al-Fateh, namely 20 points. And these two teams also have the same number of wins, draws and losses. Competition at the top looks like it will continue to be fierce. Because the difference in points is still very small. And it looks like this season is much more competitive than last season.
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October 23, 2023, 02:07:49 AM
But I see that successful coaches don't come from attacking players, although there are some, but not many. But those who are successful as coaches are those whose origins are only defenders and midfielders. They are originally good players but they don't shine that much compared to other legendary players. An example is Arteta (originally a midfielder). He started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Man City. He learned from Guardiola and is now a successful Arsenal coach.

But there is also a soccer super star who is successful as a coach, namely Zidane. But somehow most of the best coaches always come from midfielders or defenders. rarely does it come from an attacker.
You're right I've noticed that most good coaches that are outstanding, both past and present are from the defense or attack position and I makes me wonder if why it's so, for instance coaches like Pep Guardiola, Xavi, Xabi Alonso even Arteta are midfielders and defense  positions, it makes me wonder if one got to be a midfielder before you could succeed as a coach.

 However I think the best coach so far is Pep Guardiola he's won trophies is every top club he coached and even won the treble in both the Laliga and the EPL recently, it's no suprised why those coaches that's been under him have become successful coaches for instance the likes of Arteta and Eric Ten Hag, they've all impressed and won trophies with their current clubs especially Ten Hag that's won lots of trophies st the Eredivisie league before coming to Manchester United last season to win the Caraboa Cup.
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October 23, 2023, 01:56:30 AM
Al-Ahli is again closing in on Al-Nassr in the standings and the two teams currently have the same 22 points. Al-Ahli has just won with a score of 3-1 over its opponent Al-Wehda and in this match Mahrez contributed with 1 goal and 1 assist. However, it was not only Mahrez who shone, but Saint Maximin and Roger Ibanez also contributed the winning goal for Al-Ahli. I think Al-Wehda is not a suitable opponent for Al-Ahli because the depth of the squad is already very different. Towards the end of the match, Al-Wehda actually suffered a loss by losing 1 player due to a red card and I don't think they had to do that because it was clear they would lose in this match.

On the other hand, Al-Ettifaq actually failed to steal points in the away match against Al-Riyadh and Steven Gerrard's troops had to accept a narrow defeat against the hosts. Even though Al-Ettifaq dominated in terms of ball control, they conceded due to a lack of discipline in defense. Even though Al-Ettifaq still have a long time, they failed to equalize or make a comeback in this match and this result means that Al-Ettifaq has to settle for sitting in 7th position in the standings.
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