Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 464. (Read 128235 times)

Usually it is when there are problems that coaches get fired who are also coaches from Ronaldo. The first problem is that Ronaldo doesn't score and then he immediately blames the coach because Ronaldo can't handle his own weaknesses. The second is that the whole team plays bad and then Ronaldo is the first to also blame the coach. The way Ronaldo behaved in the final at the Euro 2016 was disrespectful towards the Portugal coach. Enthusiasm and passion yes, we all love that. But stealing a man the show who actually deserved it is poor behavior. Ronaldo just leveraged his public recognition to the detriment of people who theoretically have been in a higher position than him (coach > player). When he played for Real Madrid, there were barely any discussions because Ronaldo was in his prime. There isn't much to discuss when you win most of the time.

@Silence Scream resting Ronaldo is the right tactic and this was done at Real Madrid by Zidane when he revealed that from time to time Ronaldo needs to be rested even if he doesn’t want it because resting him further improves his performances. Lastly I see no harm as they won and Ronaldo also got a well deserved break and now he’ll be hungry to score more goals when he returns so definitely a wise decision from the club.

I think that if manchester untied much more respect ten hag instead of ronaldo. It's caused by ten hag was a coach of manchester united while ronaldo was a player. There is the different between the position of those.
That's the main reason MU let ronaldo to leave from the club rather than ten hag. The management thought that if ten hag is much more valuable than ronaldo. It has been proven how ten hag was able to bring manchester united into the 4th place last season and being qualified for the UCL.
MU terminated Ronaldo's contract instead of Ten Hag for this main reason, but it doesn't mean Ten Hag won't be fired if MU performs poorly.
Ronaldo is getting a place where he is able being very happy to play there. Al nassr has become his new home even he was interesting to extend his contract.

Even if you are Cristiano Ronaldo, you may need to rest. Especially after he turns 38, he may not be like that old great Ronaldo. That's why it was a good decision for Cristiano Ronaldo to rest this week. Apparently, Talisca made no difference in his absence because while he scored a hat-trick and brought the victory to his team, Coutinho's effort was not enough for the opposing team.

The widening point difference makes it increasingly difficult for Al-ittihad to compete for the title this season. Even though the season will still last quite a long time. But currently many are pessimistic about seeing Al-ittihad in the title race this season.

Al-ittihad's squad has indeed gotten better this season. But other clubs also seem to be improving their squads to be better too. So it makes it seem like Al-ittihad is getting worse. Al-Hilal, who is currently in first place in the standings, also experienced a season that was not very good last season. But this season they have made quite significant developments or improvements. For Al-Nassr, it looks like they are still the same as last season. It's just that this season the team's goal productivity level has become better. Because Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane have also adapted well. Talisca is also improving after the arrival of these two European star players. What makes Al-Nassr currently invincible. Except for defeat at the start of the season.

Even though the team does not need him, thousands of fans who want to watch Cristiano Ronaldo in the team come to the match. This includes rival team fans as well. People fill the stands to watch him, whether his own team fans or rival team fans. It would be fun to watch him in the Al Nassr squad, so I would like to see him in the team.

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.

Karim Benzema has not performed well at Ittihad and it is indeed different from his performance at Real Madrid, but we cannot compare the European league with the Saudi league because they both have different strengths, while Karim Benzema has to adapt to his new club and that is not an easy thing, maybe Ittihad has to be a bit be patient because Benzema is experiencing a decline due to his injury and that must be understood but I am sure Karim Benzema will slowly return to his best performance because Karim Benzema still has a lot of time to adapt, I think Karim Benzema just needs to understand the playing style of the Ittihad players so they can be united in working together facing the match played by Ittihad and hopefully Karim Benzema will not experience any more injury problems so that in the future Karim Benzema can perform better.

Well.. his team doesn't need him in a match against a weak side such as Al Duhail. Anyway, they have a few other good forwards such as Sadio Mané, Marcelo Brozović and Talisca. Also this will give an opportunity for the coach (Luís Castro) to measure the strength of his side in the absence of Ronaldo. That said, I am not sure whether the owners of the Saudi Professional League will be happy with this decision. The global viewership for the match would decline in case Cristiano Ronaldo is not playing.

Finally, what i was waiting for has been coming true. Al ittihad has officially sacked its coach. https://www.goal.com/en/news/karim-benzema-nuno-espirito-santo-sack-al-ittihad-insults-afc-champions-league-defeat/
It seems like that benzema was suggesting the club to sack him. The power of star player has been used in this case. Despite having spent a considerable amount of money to recruit numerous European players last season, Ittihad has been facing a highly disappointing sequence of five defeats in a row, a circumstance that cannot be tolerated.
I think that there shall be some strong candidates to be recruited by al ittihad but it's not yet revealed to the public. What about al ittihad start to approach jose mounrinho which is in asroma right now?
This sounds good since mourinho has been also stating himself being interested to be recruited as a new coach for saudi pro league.
Ittihad needs to solve the main problem as soon as possible. The club played so badly during the previous matches.

Though Cristiano Ronaldo is a type of player who does not want to miss any match if he can play, he and his coach must be realistic that he is already 38-years old. To avoid injuries and more important serious injuries that can destroy his career suddenly as well as to help him have better contributions for Al Nassr in a long season, he must know when to take a rest and his coach can help him to take rest in unimportant matches.

At this age, being able to play at highest level like he is doing is already very barely seen but he needs more careful and good plan to diversify his energy through a season. Al Nassr has many attacking star players and they can give Cristiano time to rest and recharge energy.

Yes, even though he is currently 38 years old, his performance is still very good, and his game at Al Nassr is very good and he always scores goals beautifully and the passes he gives are always good and beautiful, and in terms of appearance he is increasingly charismatic, and I think indeed he really enjoyed being in the Saudi league and I think Ronaldo's decision to play at Al Nassr was a good decision and now he has made the Saudi league popular because Cristiano Ronaldo joined the Al Nassr club.

It turns out that Cristiano Ronaldo is a great person and always looks after his health and the food he consumes is of course healthy and nutritious food and I also really like the way he looks after his health and the food he consumes. like the one in this link:
https://new.yesdok.com/id/article/tips-menjalani-gaya-hidup-sehat-ala-cristiano-ronaldo

Picture taken from
https://new.yesdok.com/id/article/tips-menjalani-gaya-hidup-sehat-ala-cristiano-ronaldo

I also hope that Cristiano Ronaldo is always healthy and I also want to see him play in the next world cup.

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

Al Hilal and Al Nassr seems like the better chanced teams in the Saudi Pro league as they unending keep winning games with good goal gaps and makes the competition even more tough for themselves, both teams have the ability to keep their stance regardless of whichever player is left out or unavailable, if they can be consistent in this, then no doubt, they'd be able to compete rightly in their rumoured addition to the UEFA Champions league race.

 Most people say that Al Nassr breakthrough came from Ronaldo's impact in the team but their last game proved that even without Ronaldo, they can still confidently secure a win. That's a good impression and continuous practice and games without Ronaldo can actually turn out better for them and it'd only result into an even more improved team, but that doesn't mean that Ronaldo's impact is not noticed at the team.

People can't blame him because he often gets the problem with injury and he also still adjusts his game style with all Ittihad players. It is not easy for Benzema, it is his first season joining Al Ittihad. I know people expect to see him playing as he ever did in Real Madrid. He was amazing player in Real Madrid and often became the hero in many matches. But the situation in Al Ittihad isn't the same as in Real Madrid. If people expect the same thing, it is something almost impossible to happen. We must understand that Benzema in Real Madrid was served by many top players. He no longer gets the same service/treatment when he already joins Al Ittihad. So, personally I can understand if Benzema seems difficult to play with his best level in Al Ittihad now.

Well, we can't judge his performance from a single match. I think we need to see how he can perform in the remaining matches. Let's see until the end of the season, we are better to judge he is good or bad when the season is over already.

Al Nassr vs Al Duhail.

Al Nassr won the AFC Champions League group E phase match. In this match, Luis Casto did not play his full starting eleven. even though the match was held at the Abdullah bin Khaifa Stadium, Al Duhail's headquarters. In this match, Luis Casto's squad was able to win the battle even though they fell behind in the 8th minute. Not long after, Talisca was able to equalize and also added another goal 10 minutes later. In the second half, Talisca scored his third goal again. Until finally, Al Duhail was able to reduce the position in the 80th minute with a penalty goal.

In this match, Ronaldo and several other players were not played by Luis Castro. It seems he is confident in the existing squad, even though he only relies on Mane as a center forward. but in fact, Talisca scored a hat trick in this match. In the end, Al Hilal won 4 matches smoothly and became the group leader with 12 points.

Meanwhile, the home team, coached by Christophe Galtier, is at the bottom of the rankings and certainly has no chance of qualifying for the next phase.
Now, Al Nassr must focus on the Saudi Pro League to reduce the difference in points from Al Hilal. Even though it is a challenge, like it or not, Luis Casto has to do it so that his team remains tightly attached to Al Hilal's position at the top of the standings.

Ten Hag won that struggle of power against Ronaldo because Ronaldo played bad. That was a savior for ten Hag on the one hand and bad for his results for the team on the other hand. But still I think the situation could have become very ugly for him if Ronaldo scored and still behaved like a diva and like someone who wants to decide everything for the club. That way ten Hag could get rid of him quickly and had full command in the locker room again. That's I think where Ronaldo can be really annoying.

I think the performance of Benzema in Al Ittihad was really disappointing so far and he didn't have the performance people were expecting him to see.
Al Ittihad was hoping to have a perfect performance in the AFC Champions League and the Saudi League with the superstar they bought from Real Madrid but even against a team like Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq, they could have a good performance and Al Ittihad lost the game.

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.

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.