Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 468. (Read 128216 times)

As expected Al Nassr was able to beat Al Khaleej 2 - 0 thanks to the goals scored by Ronaldo and Laporte, so currently the point difference is only 4 points and there is greater chance for Al Nassr to be able to match or even surpass Al Hilal.
In the past many people did not really believe that Ronaldo could bring change to Al Nassr, but Ronaldo provided clear evidence that his presence was the beginning of Al Nassr success from first winning the Arab Champions League title and now Ronaldo is trying  to win the SPL.

As time goes by there will always be surprises in the battle for the top position because every team has started the season with thorough preparation and even the presence of European players also has very significant impact on the progress of the SPL.
Every team has shown their prowess and will continue to develop well until the SPL truly becomes popular league like the European League.

In the next match Al Hilal will have little pressure because they have to face Al Taawon, while Al Nassr itself will meet Al Wehda and this will be good match because there is possibility that Al Hilal will lose.

Ronaldo, the G.O.A.T and his unwavering display of goal scoring abilities, skillfulness, agility and strength which generally goes contrary to every activity his age can be able to carry out. Age is not a hindrance to him, he works hard to keep himself active and truthfully, there's every possibility that he'd take part in the next world cup cos he's just got all it'd take.

 He'd definitely look far younger than his age by then as well.
So in essence, age won't deprive him as long as he wants it to happen, he can work towards it, it's just for him to keep his body shape, he's just got all it takes so the task won't be so bulky on him. The world cup is just in 3years, that's not so much time to say that he'd loose his shape and form of professional football. He makes football seem like his hobby cos he strives to keep on going with it. Yes a day for his retirement would come but it's very highly possible that 2026 world cup would go on with Ronaldo and his Portuguese internationals with him.

Indeed. It is a necessary win, Al Nassr needs to keep the wins if they want to overtake Al Hilal. Al Hilal is leading with 4 points gap, Al Nassr expects Al Hilal to get 2 defeats to overtake their points. Al Nassr has the match against Al Hilal in the near future, they can shorten the point gap if they win the match. Anyway, 3 main attackers (Ronaldo, Talisca, Mane) of Al Nassr seem playing consistently. If they always play with their best, I'm sure Al Nassr can overtake Al Hilal position.

It is very amazing for 38 years old player.
Mostly, when a player is already above 35 years old, he will be not productive anymore.
But Ronaldo showed that he is still very productive in scoring. He always has a big motivation to create another record in his career.

You just made my exact my thoughts on the issue of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo  participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament. Ronaldo has always based his judgement about his future to how long his body can body can carry him meaning that he'll play as long as his fit enough to play.
The Portuguese superstar is currently scoring a lot of goals and breaking more records in the Saudi Pro League, in ACL champions league as well as with the national team so the best thing to do now is to enjoy him while he lasts.

Actually this two team Al Hilal and Al Nassr was the strongest team in this league,So we can’t compare this two team with the other team in the league.The reason was the player performance of this two team was all the high compared to the rest of the team.It’s essential to wait for the this team to get into the final.Al Nassr had the best player of the league Ronaldo the one man army in many game when the team suffer to make their first goal in the match.So many people opinion was the team Al Nassr was the winner of the league.So the Al Ittihad had their bad game this league and out of the box already in the league.

I think that now he is not thinking about the 2026 World Cup at all since Euro 2024 is ahead. 2026 looks like a fantasy (he will be 41 years old already?) There is no point in making such long-term plans. You can be 99% sure that he will lose a lot by this age. This is inevitable since physiology cannot be deceived. But theoretically he can be part of the team, sit on the bench and sometimes come on as a substitute at the end of the game.

In the week Messi got the Ballon d'or, you score a generic goal and not only that, you also decorate it with an assist and you do it as the top scorer of 2023. The only thing that the years have taken away from Ronaldo is his age, his performance remains where it is and he manages to surprise us every time he passes, he is an extraordinary footballer in every sense. Cristiano is not someone who age can stop like other footballers, and just because his career has declined does not mean that everything is over, he is returning to his old performance and progressing.

To soon to say which team is going to win the title at the end of this season.  Al Hilal was always the best team to win the league but they have strong competitors now and these competitors can definitely be stronger when the players they bought show better performance in the team.
Al Nassr has many superstar players but they need some time to get better and Al Ittihad is performing well but their player Benzema was seriously injured and he has not been in good form so far.

These two teams have been rivals for at least the last decade. either Al Hilal or Al Nassr, have always competed before PIF acquired these two clubs.However, what is unique is that the club management is still managed by 25% of the shareholders. Yep, at least that's what I know. The difference is, Al Hilal has always been a superior team to Al Nassr. Previously, last season Al Ittihad broke the dominance of Al Hilal who had defended the League title for three seasons.
This season, it seems that Al Hilal are serious again in their title race to win the Saudi Pro League trophy again. In its 12 matches, Al Hilal has remained consistently undefeated even though 2 of the matches resulted in a draw. Now, Al Hilal is at the top of the standings with a difference of 4 points from Al Nassr.

On the contrary, Al Nassr slowly overtook the teams above them one by one. I mean, at the start of the season Al Nassr lost their match. but now, they are ranked 2nd below Al Hilal. Well, these two teams will meet precisely in December. If Al Hilal remains consistent in winning every match, that means Al Nassr must do the same. until, the meeting between these two teams was held.

As for Al Ittihad, IMO, that doesn't mean they can't take part in the competition between these two teams, as well as Al-Ahli and I think there are several factors that are obstacles. In general, both Al Ittihad and Al-Ahli still need 2/3 new ammunition according to their team's needs. Plus, the most crucial thing for me is the coach. if they do, this 4 team competition will be very exciting and interesting. in fact, other teams may be triggered to improve their squads. and there are no other words, we will just follow every development offered by the Saudi Pro League.

I dont know why anyone is gonna be surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo stats, man he was good on europe so this is a easy league for him, and more if we see how good is the team who surround him.

I can be very surprised if he have 2 goals per game but one per game seems quite easy for a striker like him. And yes i know he have 38 years old and that yes is a magnificent level and stat.

SPL is not as easy as we all think because the high rate of competition down there is very competitive and aggressive. We have only two competitive rivals for the SPL title this season, which is Al Hilal and Al Nassr. Both team's are showing great strength weigh beyond average levels of these mediocre teams. Both team's manager's, Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus and Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro are very competent for primary tasks levelled towards them. Al Hilal and Al Nassr are both competitive and will definitely reach their top targets this season.

So far yeah Al Hilal and Al Nassr who has the most potential to win the title this season even though Al-Nassr is 4 points behind, I don't know why I am sure that Al-Nassr can win the title the reason is because these two teams have 2 matches to play well, from these 2 matches will determine the total points of the two teams I mean there are 6 points that can be collected, this scenario can change if Al-Nassr is 6 points behind so that 2 important matches do not have any impact.

Regarding Al Ittihad yeah they cannot be expected they have missed too many points imagine from the last 5 matches Al Ittihad only managed to collect 3 points 3 draws and 2 defeats so there is no way for them to catch up. I don't understand why Al Ittihad performance is very bad lately even though they are among the clubs that actively hunt for European top players.

The difference is still 4 points, Al-Nassr managed to get the win. I still do not completely understand how both teams are doing this great but I honestly believe that that two team is the best one out there without a doubt, I do not think that anyone could even remotely get close to them. I think it's clear that other teams tried as well, and they tried to get some good players, like Ittihad for example and all, but these two are just league of their own and the yare going for that title, no other team could get closer.

One of the downsides of this league having only 30 games is that you end up ending it quickly, a league with something like 38 games would mean 8 more games and 24 more points, which would have been different story. In that case we would see teams have a bit more chance to get closer to each other, but right now with 30 games it looks like even just a small amount of difference makes it harder to catch up, so only two teams could win if you ask me.

Al Hilal and Al Nassr are 2 teams that have taken this Saudi Pro League with all seriousness; though Al Nassr slipped twice buh Al Hilal still remains unbeaten in this season’s league competition but there’s still more to play for as we still have over 22 matches to be played, With 4 points separating both teams, we can’t just write off Al Nassr owing to the quality of players such as World Best, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Talisca the team can maintain the winning streak and probably take home the league title.

Defending champions Al Ittihad seem to be out of the title race but they could still pose a serious threat or disturbance to both Al Hilal’s and Al Nassr’s title chase, Al Taawon are a team to watch out for as they are really closing in on the gap with Al Nassr, Well the mext 20-22 match weeks will be the deciding fate of this league.

If Cristiano Ronaldo can continue with his current form till the next three years, it's very likely that he would feature in the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament because the Portuguese superstar isn't even playing football like a man that's over 38 years of age.
That being said, I think it'll be very difficult for Ronaldo to be fit enough to participate in the 2026 world cup because he'll be 41 years of age when the next edition of the world cup kicks off and at that age, I don't think he'll be fit enough to be playing in a big tournament like the world cup. Ronaldo is currently playing and not just playing but scoring plenty of goals and I think it'll be best for us to enjoy the moment and stop talking about the possibility of seeing him at the 2026 world cup

I think there is only one thing that keeps his plan alive to play at the World Cup 2026 for Portugal and that is scoring goals for his national team. I am confident he will keep doing that, but if he scores a decent number of goals in the Saudi Professional League but gets into a prolonged crisis with his national team, I think it could be close for him. I still think that if he wants to go to the World Cup in 2026 he will be nominated because of his fanbase and all those people who want to see him there for a last time, but I would not be surprised if he loses is position in the first eleven if the goal numbers aren't convincing anymore. But I agree that until now he still is in great physical shape and a sudden decline seems rather unlikely.

So far the match is still goalless and the normal time for the match will end in 10 minutes, Al Taawon will of course try to get 3 points because currently their position has been shifted by Al Nassr even though if they can win Al Taawon will still be ranked 3rd, only their points the same as Al Nassr and only behind in terms of ball difference. There weren't many chances in this match and it was quite difficult for Al Taawon to penetrate his opponent's defense for Damac to be able to get 1 point which is certainly a good thing considering his opponent is quite strong.
Al Taawon will find it difficult to maintain the standing position because Al Nassr has returned to their best performance.

Cristiano Ronaldo's performance at the end has surprised thousands of football fans. Because stars can't perform like Cristiano Ronaldo at a very young age, and Cristiano Ronaldo hasn't succumbed to age yet. He scored a great goal for Al Nassr today and his footballing pace is still intact. Currently, Cristiano Ronaldo is on pace and is very likely to feature for his country in the upcoming World Cup. And day by day cristiano ronaldo goal scoring record is breaking the record of other big stars.

Cristiano Ronaldo passed to a league that fits his actual performance, that's why he is doing very well. Nevertheless with Portugal he is doing fine too but less than Saudi Pro League. He made the right choice coming here to increase his goals record and his fortune.
Al-Nassr are now the second in the list after Al-Hilal of course which maintain a solid record without any defeat. Al-Nassr profited from the successive failure of Al-Ittihad and the other top teams wasting points in this round and the previous one to increase the gap between them a little.

It was often seen that Al-Nassr lost the ball during attacks and there was one moment where Sadio Mane had the opportunity to dribble the ball but instead he slipped.



However, this result is what Al-Nassr wanted and fortunately its star players remained stable in terms of contributing through goals. Talking about Cristiano Ronaldo, in 48 matches he scored 44 goals in a calendar year, isn't this an extraordinary thing for a 38 year old player? In the future, he will definitely continue to increase his number of goals before this year ends.