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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.
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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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And as I suspected Al Nassr could indeed achieve victory by giving us all a big surprise.
Oh yes, look at Al Nassr match history this is not the first time they have fallen behind and looked like they were losing but when they reached the second half all the players got up and caught up until they won.
So epic was the performance of Ronaldo and his colleagues in achieving victory.

These two players are like spears and sharpeners which when working together can become sharper.
And when they are at the front of the attack that where the opposing team feels anxious because it is very difficult to stop the movements of these two players.

Of course this will be quite an exciting match because Al Feiha is team that can compete with Al Nassr.
But it remains that Al Nassr will be the favorite in this match.
Their victory against Al Feiha will be very important victory to achieve so they must be able to continue playing well like the previous match.

However, Benzema is almost towards the end of his professional career as a player. he is experienced and will probably be successful if he intends to build a new career in coaching.
we don't know whether it will be successful or not. Several big name players in the past also tried to become coaches at the club, but not all of them achieved success with their teams. Not all good players can train, this is about building the player's mentality and also directing the player in game tactics according to instructions. However, it is not an easy task when it involves many people with different characters.

The older he gets, the more ferocious he becomes. Perhaps that's a fitting moniker for CR7 at his current age of 38. We've observed that, on average, football players tend to opt for retirement around the age of 35. Yet, Ronaldo, in his footballing twilight, continues to be a formidable presence on the pitch, displaying dominance.

However, he now plies his trade in Saudi Arabia, where the competition is not as intense as in the English Premier League. I can't make a blanket statement that Ronaldo will conquer the Arab League, but he will certainly master the game at Al Nassr with the assistance of his ten teammates. The chance of clinching the league title remains open for Al Nassr, while we eagerly await Neymar's return to the field to spice up the Saudi league.

I still wish to see him play beyond the year 2025. While it may seem a tad ambitious, Ronaldo has undeniably become the lifeblood of today's footballing world.

Benzema had many experiences under various world class coach and he knew that the way to coaching the club better than another player. I see no problem if benzema will retire as a professional football and continue his journey in the football as a coach.
That means if he will able to go back again into the european professional scene like xabi alonso. I do support it cuased by benzema can't always play football forever. He needs to consider it as his next job.
His experience will be helping him so much. I do really support this if he was not willing to play as a football player anymore. Benzema thinks to enjoy his age by being a coach for the club.

It sounds good for me to hear that. Benzema probabbly become as good as xabi.

I can't know how exactly the disaster at Manchester United was provoked, but when the management decided to sign Ronaldo against ten Hag's opinion about that player, it is still his duty to allow his players to compete on a level-playing field. Ronaldo is a player who wants to have influence on the team as well as on the managers choices. Ten Hag is not that kind of guy who wants his players to chime in who should play and who should not. Ronaldo expected to be treated as somebody else and not on the same grounds like his teammates. He wants to take the free kicks, the penalties, he wants to be the captain, and he wants to be able to take a day off when he feels like it. Ten Hag knew that he wouldn't be the perfect addition to a team that is supposed to be developed over a long period of time. In Saudi Arabia he is getting what he wants. The only thing that's missing during games is a crown on his head.

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.

He became the hero for Al Nassr in many matches. Ronaldo often contributed with his goals, it leads La Nassr to win the match. Regarding his current performance, I agree that he performed better in this season. So far, Ronaldo already scored 11 goals, he is leading the top scorer table. If he can maintain his good form, he will be the top scorer in this season. He has a big chance, especially he also get a better support from his teammates after Al Nassr signed Mane. This good performance influences the position of Al Nassr on the SPL standings, they are now in the 3rd place. They still has a chance to win the SPL title.

Of course, the match can be a crucial match to determine the chance for winning the title. AL Nassr needs to defeat Al Hilal to overtake the first place. But Al Nassr needs to keep winning every match to make sure there is no big gap between Al Nassr points and Al Hilal points. It is interesting although it won't be an easy challenge for Al Nassr.

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.
 


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Cristiano Ronaldo became a big hero for Al Nassr because he was able to bring Al Nassr to 3 points with the goals he created. This season he seems to have found his best form because he has helped Al Nassr a lot in every match. If Ronaldo is able to maintain his best form, it is likely that Al Nassr can easily take the top position from Al Hilal.

The meeting between Al Nassr vs Al Hilal will take place in early December. I think this is a match that fans are really waiting for because it is a match that can change their progress in the standings. But yes, before that there are many matches that Ronaldo et al can take advantage of to achieve maximum results to continue to put pressure on the teams above them. Currently, Ronaldo is the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian league, ahead of Benzema and Firmino.

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.

The goals scored by Talisca and Ronaldo were both from free kicks, yeah Indeed that's extraordinary comeback. Currently Talisca and Ronaldo already have very good chemistry when playing, with them Al Nassr can show a perfect because both of them are mainstay strikers. Unfortunately, In that match Ronaldo was often caught offside, if not, maybe we would seen a lot of goals there.
Yeah Cool, the fans at there are really creative. They can make their idols happy by making that's banner, because Ronaldo also looks happy. But if superman, Ronaldo will be very happy because as far as I know Ronaldo really likes this super hero.

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.