Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 448. (Read 128286 times)

Both Al Hilal and Al Nassr must try to maintain their best playing form before undergoing a tough match in week 15 and both will face bottom teams in week 14 so it will be easy for both of them to get full points. Luis Casto is a little smarter than the previous coach because he gave Cristiano Ronaldo freedom to play so his productivity in scoring goals is clearly visible compared to last season. Ronaldo will be much more productive in scoring goals when he is in a free position because his roaming power will be wide enough to create assist and goal scoring opportunities.

Even though it is difficult to predict who will be the winner, I think Al Nassr's chances will be much greater because currently they have a fairly productive front line. The duet of Ronaldo, Mane, Talisca and Otavio is something that opposing players avoid because these four players have appeared so solid and compact this season. Roonaldo is also not too selfish when he has the opportunity to pass the ball so that in turn the three players can score goals against each other on one occasion.

Ronaldo is the main reason I'm watching SPL games and surf out details regarding the league. Because to Ronaldo, the Saudi Pro League has developed to become one of the most recognizable competitions in Asia football, and most European football fans now watch and stream Saudi Pro League games. Al Nassr are privileged to have him on their side; he's always one courageous guy capable of producing miraculous events in games, I mean comebacks. The move of Cristiano Ronaldo to Saudi Arabian football has transformed the league's quality in terms of severe competition, and there are good means of competitive race.

That match is definitely going to be interesting. Both can be said as the best teams in the league. and of course, we also have the team of Cristiano Ronaldo. The best player in the world. Right now, these two teams are fighting against each other, to stay at the top of the table in the first position. And the competition is increasing. The other teams are also pretty competitive now. Not only these two teams to be honest. It really feels good to see that only one player can actually make such a difference. The match is still probably 17 days away. a lot can happen until that time.

It is like Cristiano Ronaldo made something massive for Saudi Arabia and clubs in Saudi Professional League. His decision to leave Europe and join Saudi Professional League triggered a massive wave of star players from Europe to Saudi Arabia. It makes the league more exciting, has higher quality, gain more television rights contracts with telecommunication companies around Europe.

Now, one of their club, according to rumor, will have an invitation and chance to play in Champions League. It's hard to verify this rumor now but if it is true, it is a massive success and a milestone for Saudi Professional League. It will make their league more exciting but more important, having chance to play in Champions League will have their domestic players, Saudi Arabian players to improve their quality. It will help their national team a lot in next few years.

Yes, we will all be very happy to hear this new, but in fact for me it is still too early to see clubs from the Saudi Pro League having to take part in the Champions League competition, not because it is impossible, but as I said before, clubs in Saudi Pro League still needs a lot of times to really prepared it self to be able to compete in the Champions League even though Al Nassr has Ronaldo, but this clubs is still not ready to compete with European clubs and one of the European clubs in the Champions League has a lot of experience and The strength is quite strong so I would choose to think about just watch at least 2 or 3 season to prepare myself to strengthen the player's performance after received an offer from UEFA.

This will be a big interesting match because you will see two strong clubs in the Saudi Pro League fighting because these two clubs are at the top of the standings, but both have different goals. Al Nassr is trying to beat Al Hilal in order to reduce their point difference, while Al Hilal trying to maintain their consistency in the matches they face and maintain first position as well as increasing the point difference with Al Nassr so that it makes it difficult for Al Nassr to catch up with the increasing point difference.
This match will be difficult to predict because both clubs have the same strong performance and looking at the last 5 matches, both have managed to win the match, but it looks like Al Hilal will not give room for Al Nassr to break through their defense but we'll see Cristiano Ronaldo will definitely put on an extraordinary performance in their meeting this later.

After all the Champions League is for European clubs. So it feels a little impossible for clubs outside Europe to enter there. But that doesn't mean it's impossible, it's just a little strange to hear. But I also read this news in several news. But the news is about UEFA who will consider Al-Nassr as a club specially invited to the Champions League next season. But the truth of this news cannot be confirmed. But even so, this news has been spread in many local news media here. But if this becomes a reality then I personally will be very happy to welcome this idea. Because European football fans really miss CR7.

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Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal have fascinating, opposing strategies, which I've been observing. Ronaldo and Mane lead Al-Nassr's powerful offensive. Their attacking strength is unmistakable, making their contests thrilling. I've noticed their defense isnt as strong, which could be a weakness.

al-Hilal appears to have taken a more balanced approach. Mitrovic, a powerhouse, makes their play more balanced. I think Al-Hilal's offense-defense balance may give them a league edge. Like chess players, they think ahead, while Al-Nassr focuses on the knockout punch. Although I prefer Al-Hilal for reliability, I enjoy watching Al-Nassr's offense.

Well that's what distinguishes their meeting this time, now they are strengthened by players with European labels. The presence of players labeled European will make the competition even more interesting, because we cannot deny their presence also has a big influence on their game and also their mentality.
Al Hilal and Al Nassr are 2 giant clubs in this SPL, even they are referred to as the SPL version of El Classico. with that nickname in their meeting, surely we already have a picture of the competition between them how.

AI HiIaI has defeated many teams in this season to maintain a good position that made people to believed that they have what it takes to win this title, and their coach is a potential coach that always listen to his players some of the things that need to put in place to keep the team victorious in their remaining matches. AI Nassr is another strong team that has potential players  that will make AI HiIaI to find it difficult to score a single goal in the first half but there is no way they can stop AI HiIaI strikers not to have access to AI Nassr goalpost to achieve a goal, because they know how to use die minutes to achieve a goal that will give them victory, which they will definitely apply such strategy in this match. I don't think, this 15 weeks will make AI HiIaI to loose any points in this match, because their coach is fully ready to use the right players to challenge their opponent to achieve the victory at the end of the match.

It's probably fake news, I don't think such a thing will be possible, and if it will happen, they won't invite only 1 team.

My personal opinion is that Arab teams should not be in the Champions League. If something like this happens, Chinese teams, American teams should also come.

Its a big match that should not be missed and I think upcoming match will really be a match that determines which team will prove to be strong in that match, but I really hope that this match will end in a draw because we all certainly hope that way so that the competition will be at the top the standings. its still going on competitively and if Al Hilal wins of course we all know the competition will end and Al Hilal will be confirmed as SPL leaders until the end of this season and I have not decided yet where I should bet because these two big teams are likely to score and I have not seen it yet what are odds maybe D-1 I will try to place bet.

Since the previous defeat in the Arab Champions Club final, Al-Hilal has become even more motivated to take revenge. I feel that both teams will put on a world class match and like strong teams in European competitions this match will be very heated. Moreover, most of the squads for both teams are filled with European star players and of course the strengths of each team will be very balanced. Al-Nassr must catch up on this point difference and if they succeed in winning this match then their chances of overthrowing Al-Hilal will be greater, but it seems that Al-Hilal will not let that happen. It is quite difficult to determine who will win and betting on the BTTS result (Yes) is the safest option by far.

If it was aimed only at Al Nassr, I think it would be unfair to other clubs who are working hard in Europe. If there was 1 special ticket for the Saudi League, I think it would be more appropriate for it to be for the champion of the Saudi Professional League who represents it. not aimed at a particular club.
somehow it will happen but I rather believe it won't.

Maybe, but is MLS has gain a lot traffic? to be honest it's very rare I get a news about Inter Miami except when Messi officially joined their team.

The medias can't give any reaction to Messi because Inter Miami is currently in 14th position from 15 teams. Messi can't change anything in Inter Miami, surprisingly the medias blame Inter Miami's performance instead of Messi aka the best player in 2023, if he's the best player Inter Miami must be at least in top 3.

Speculation arose because Ronaldo was in the Saudi Pro League, not because they saw any improvement in quality in this league, so it is clear that they are only trying to increase the number of spectators at UCL matches because of Ronaldo's presence.
If that happens, maybe there will be leagues in Europe whose participation numbers will be sacrificed, but the problem is how much SPL will get a share? and also if the target is only Ronaldo, that means Al Nassr must be in the UCL spot in their league standings, what if the club also fails?
But what concerns me more is how they can compete with teams from Europe, I doubt there will be anything surprising that clubs from the SPL can do in the UCL. I think something embarrassing will happen where they won't be able to win even once in the group phase, and they also have to think about changing the name, no longer the UEFA Champions League because the Saudi Pro League is not included in UEFA.
The most likely thing to happen is that FIFA will create another competition to make this happen, where European teams and the SPL compete in one competition, but another doubt arises whether the number of spectators will be like the number of spectators at UCL? because we know now that football is not just about sport but business..

I think the rumours might actually be true. Because of course, the team of Cristiano Ronaldo is really popular. And that has happened just because of Cristiano Ronaldo for sure. I am not going to be surprised if they are somehow included in the Champions League. But I wonder how it is going to happen. I really want to see Cristiano Ronaldo perform in the Champions League competition though. Maybe finally some good things happening in his life. I don't think anyone is going to agree that he deserved to phase these problems in his career, especially at this stage.

Out of the 4 teams which are being funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), I would say that Al Nassr and Al Hilal are the ones who are performing at top. The other two (Al Ittihad and Al Ahli) are being bogged down by different issues. Al Ahli is heavily dependent on players such as Allan Saint-Maximin and Franck Kessié. But they are in a decent state now, and are 3rd in the points table. Al Ittihad is in worse position. They are 5th in the table and recently they lost matches against weak teams like Al Shabab.

Watching Al Hilal games, we also watch the performance of outstanding players specifically from Europe, Cristiano Ronaldo and with the likes of Sadio Mane. The exact same thing in Al Hilal were we watch the world-class performance of Mitrovic. Al Hilal and Al Nassr are the evident strong teams in Saudi Pro League that are popularly recognizable by European teams and supporters. These teams have exceptional players and I'm aware how competitive they can be when it comes to elite competitions and league games, the coaches and the players doesn't compromised any opportunities they have to anticipates in big contests.

If we look at the squad that has found balance in formation and resilience in all their lines, then Al-hilal is clearly more reliable. It's just that Al-Nassr's attacks are currently being taken into account. Which makes everyone confused about which club to favorite. Only the results of the match will be able to answer the truth of all the speculation and predictions made. But one thing that I am absolutely sure will happen in this match is that there will definitely be a lot of goals scored. Like Al-Nassr would concede and then hit back. or vice versa.