Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 490. (Read 128071 times)

You are right that Al-Hilal is just returning the glory they are used to in the Saudi pro League. Because Al-Hilal is one of the teams that has won the most titles in the Saudi Pro League. Last season they failed. So it is not surprising that this season they are fighting harder to win the title.

But yes, Al-ittihad and Al-Nassr will definitely try to stop Al-Hilal. And Al-Ahli also has the potential to stop Al-Hilal. But what I really regret at the moment is Al-Ettifaq, who seems to be experiencing difficulties for several weeks. Even though initially I thought that Al-Nassr, Al-ittihad, Al-hilal, Al-Ahli and Al-ettifaq would continue to dominate in ranks 1-5. But now Al-Taawoun is actually making a surprise by competing in the top 4 rankings. Even Al-Taawoun is still able to stay in 2nd place at the moment. This season doesn't look like it will be boring. Because the competition is getting fiercer than the previous season.

That is true that Neymar can do a whole lot of things when he is on the pitch and his fitness is good, but didn't Al-Hilal play well already without him? I am not sure when exactly he joined the team, but wasn't that when some games have been played?

It doesn't really matter because the bottom line is that Al-Hilal should have known before they signed him that it is extremely unlikely that he will play a whole season without injuries. I mean when he arrived he was still recovering from a surgery on his ankle, and it wasn't a light surgery, it was serious. That's why it was astonishing how much money they were still willing to pay for him.

He was threatened but was not removed as the main player because Talisca was also an important player for Al Nassr.
Luis Castro is an experienced coach so it is impossible for him to use Talisca as a reserve and with Luis Castro experience in managing positions and strategies he can develop the line-up as it is now.
Mane is quite important for Al Nassr but the ones who really stand out are Ronaldo and Talisca.
These two players may be one of the SPL top scorers this season.

Many football observers say that Al Nassr is able to catch up and become the top by overthrowing Al Hilal.
And regarding Al Hilal in fact without Neymar from the start they have been strong enough team if only to dominate the SPL and now they will experience quite significant loss with Neymar injury.

Being unbeatable is a good achievement but they are a most successful club in Saudi Arabia so their performance in this season is not a surprise with me. They just reclaim what they used to do in many seasons.

Neymar was bought with expensive fee and received high salary from Al Hilal but his contribution for them is very limited. With his serious injury in an international match for Brazil, this season nearly ended for Neymar. Without Neymar, Al Hilal will have less creative passes for their attacking but they have enough good players to cover the absence of Neymar in coming months.

Saudi Professional League so far is very interesting and there are six clubs are competing for the title. When the season goes longer, there will be more differences on the table but Al Hilal will be challenged by some big clubs that actually want to win the league too. Al Nassr and Al Ittihad will not let Al Hilal take the title too easily.

Al-Hilal really surprised everyone this season. Because this is the only team that hasn't lost this season. Even before Neymar's arrival we could see that Al-Hilal was very strong. And now Neymar is injured. So I think Al-Hilal will still be as strong as before Neymar's arrival at the Club.

But next week Al-Hilal will really be tested with a quite difficult match because they will face Al-Ahli. I think this match will really be very fierce. Because Al-Ahli can still show their consistency this season. It is even possible that in this match Al-hilal will experience their first defeat. But if you look at the squad, both of them look balanced. So I can't predict who will be the favorite. But if Al-Hilal wins. So I think Al-hilal will really be difficult to stop this season.

Im gonna mark one thing of this, and is Jorge Jesus, Al Hilal is the only team who ahve a really very good manager , the other teams has mediocre or non so good managers, so i can see this as a real good handicap in favour of Al Hilal in the long run.

At the moment, the only unbeaten team in the league is Al Hilal, managed by Jorge Jesus, who have been playing well since the start of the season. Ronaldo's side, on the other hand, have recovered from defeats in the first two weeks to win seven and draw one in their next seven matches and are now in the title race. Al Nassr have struggled defensively in their last six games, conceding goals in their last six matches and needing to score extra goals to win. With star players joining the league, I think the competition will continue until the last weeks.

After drawing with Al Ahli, Al ettifaq have experienced two defeats which have dropped their position in the current standings. The first lost to Al Fateh 2-1, the second lost again to Al Riyad 1-0. So it is clear that Al ettifaq's ranking in the standings list has decreased quite significantly. The reason is that Al Etifaq has lost 6 points which is very significant for its position in the standings. So like it or not, Al Éttifaq must be able to win the upcoming matches to at least be able to keep up and remain competitive with other clubs ranked in the top 10. However, if you look at Al ettifaq's schedule for the coming week, Al ettifaq will face Al raed. Maybe if you look at the ranking in the standings, I predict Al ettifaq will definitely win. The reason is that Al Raed's current standings could be said to be not good. Apart from that, in the last five matches against Al ettifaq, Al Raed was only able to achieve one win. So with this fact, Al ettifaq must be able to maximize this opportunity well, by winning the match so that he can get more points and improve his ranking in the standings list.

Yes, competition between clubs ranked 1 to 7 will definitely be very fierce. Because once you win or lose, the ranking will immediately shift. Therefore, all clubs ranked 1-7 must continue to maintain good performance in every match. The reason is, the difference in points between clubs ranked 1-7 is not that far apart. So basically there is no definite team that is favored to become champion. Because, the performance in particular of these seven clubs can be said to be almost equal. So it will be very difficult to determine which club is predicted to become champion.

The close marking between Al Nasr and Al-Ahli is so remarkable, funny how they have both lost two games, draw the same number matches and also won the same number of matches. The only thing that factor that is differentiating them in the table is only goal difference because both teams have played equal match. Only time will tell who will improve and who is going to loss in the next coming round of matches.
However, Al Nasr seems to he on hot performance, the last epic free kick he did used to scored shows they are on fire, if out 5 they win 4 in the last 5 matches, they definitely have a greater chance of winning the coming ones as compare to Al-Ahli.

Al-Ettifaq are struggling, no doubt about that. Since they played their round 6 matches against Abha, the matches they have played and win were through escape velocity, Round 6 with Al-Tai is by luck because the goals where coming from both sides and ended with 4-3, played the next with Al-Ahli and drew. The rest of the two were lost to Al-Fateh and Al-Riyadh, if they don't step up with new strategy, dembele will wear off because he is the one converting most of the chance for the team.

Ronaldo scoring once again, that dude don't know how to stop. I get it, this is Saudi league, and even with all the transfers most teams did, the players he played against just a few million euro level players and not like United times when he played against much tougher opponents, even in most European lower league levels we see players that are better than this teams defense, so I get the people who keep finding this not a huge achievement.

However, I have to say it is still amazing because this dude is 38 years old and he manages to keep scoring almost every game, that is not a simple feat. There are tons of players who retire by the age of 38, look at all the players that got fat by that time already, it is really not a different situation than that, we could have seen Ronaldo stop training, stop playing, and he would have been doing badly by now, even have hard time at exhibition games, but he kept himself in shape and still scoring at 38, that's an amazing achievement.

The funny fact about Cristiano Ronaldo and Saudi Leageu is this player is still motivated even in the League like Saudi Leageu where there are usually older players who come there for rest. But still, Cristiano Ronaldo had a good performance recently and to be honest Al Nasst couldn't have this performance without Cristiano Ronaldo and they could even lose their place in the top side of the table if they had Ronaldo in their team, I think they could even expect his contract regardless of his age.

Honestly, I've read too much and seen too much of his greatness and I don't need to be told how much of a good player he is. The only news I'll love for him is to play alongside with Lionel Messi. They are two great players in the last fifteen years around Europe and they dominated the world.

I don't think that's gonna be possible but I would love to see Ronaldo teaming up with Lionel Messi. Maybe one day he would want to leave to Mls league. The free kick scored was exactly the same way he did against Spain during the last 2018 world cup.

It's not all great footballers that ends up as successful football managers and that's why we've seen a lot of former great footballers who decided to switch to coaching after the end of their professional football career but didn't end up successful with their attempts.
Karim Benzema we've seen has  some great leadership qualities especially in his days as Real Madrid captain but that still doesn't mean he'll be a successful manager. If it's his desire to switch to coaching after his football career is ended, I think he'll start with smaller clubs before he can be considered for big managerial positions like managing the Real Madrid first team.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

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.