Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 54. (Read 118871 times)

Yes, I agree with your analysis. Both Al Hilal and Al Ittihad have excellent track records this season in the Arab league, making it difficult to predict who will come out on top. This indeed leaves room for other teams such as Al Nassr and Al Ettifaq to capitalize and potentially climb the ranks. As with any sport, opportunities will present themselves in unexpected ways, and it's up to the teams to utilize these moments effectively. Football is always unpredictable and that's part of the excitement. Keep an eye on the upcoming matches; it's sure to be an exhilarating season.

Both teams have perfect statistics at the moment in the Arab league because they managed to win 4 consecutive wins in the league, the goal and conceded records of the two teams are also not too different so the match later will be very tight, Al Hillal and Al Ittihad are two big teams that are strong candidates to win this season and I think maybe one of those teams will get its first defeat in the match later or will also end the match with draw, so teams like Al Nassr and Al Ettifaq should be able to take advantage of this opportunity to at least be able to re-enter as title contenders, Al Nassr and Al Ettifaq will play an easier match in week 5, because they are facing teams that are below them, so they must to maximize it to get 3 points later when Al Hillal and Al Ittihad may lose points in their match later.

Of course Al Nassr welcomed their new coach Pioli with a win in this match. Al Nassr beat Al-Ettifaq Football Team 3-0 in this Saudi Pro League match. This is Al Nassr's second win of the 2024-25 Saudi Pro League season, they have not lost two matches before but have drawn two matches. Al-Ettifaq on the other hand, suffered their first defeat of the season by losing to Al Nassr. These two teams have faced each other in equal number of matches yet Al-Ettifaq tops Al Nassr in the points table as they have won more matches.

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo made his statement on Instagram after Al Nassr defeated Al-Ettifaq Football Team in their fourth match, "Great team effort! Big win tonight---it's for the fans.

Al Nasr team performed the most important, if between these two teams Al Nassr team squad is stronger. Because Al Nassr team includes Cristiano Ronaldo and other experienced players, whose performance is always very good. The European star who can attack any team in a moment has changed all the teams since he entered the Saudi league. And every player is learning from Cristiano Ronaldo, it is possible to get the most benefit because if you get advice from an experienced player then you can benefit from the best advice. So one of the main reasons to bring Cristiano Ronaldo into the team is to complete his squad with experience.

No doubt, Al Nasser is enjoying the C. Ronaldo for the money well spent on him, his presence is always shaping the club for the good but they need to do better this time and not lag behind but learn from the last season. They need to understand the importance of serious competition from the beginning, middle and end, they often relax at times and no wonder Al-Hilal moved past them last season with notable points despite the good stars in their squad.

As for yesterday's match against Al-Ettifaq, they were the better side, though Al-Ettifaq was not particularly bad only that they lacked the firepower that can finish the attack. That's what Al-Nasser has in addition to their good defence and used that against them and it was a beautiful score in the two half-time of the match.

Al Ittihad has become the most productive club so far with 10 goals they have managed to create from 3 matches, they are also one of the clubs that have not been defeated and have recorded a perfect victory with Al Hilal. In the 4th week they will visit Al Hilal's headquarters, it will be a very tough match for them because they will face a club that is difficult to beat. They must be prepared to play this tough match. This will also be a match that determines who among them can record 4 perfect wins in the first 4 matches. besides not being easy for Al Ittihad, this is also not easy for Al Hilal, because their opponents come with the target of the best results, I am sure they come with the target of victory or at least they must bring home 1 point from this match.

Saying definitely is too much but I believe that Pioli is able to help Al Nassr improving their performances. The progress of improvement will not be rosy for Al Nassr and Pioli, and they will have some challenge, hiccups along the progress but with good capability of Pioli and ambition of Al Nassr players as well as their quality, they will find solutions to improve themselves together as an united team and will be able to challenge Al Hilal better.

I don't think Luis Castro did not know about weakness of Al Nassr is in defense system but he simply lacked of ideas for improvements, or failed to do it with his players through trainings.

Whatever reasons, it's not important, if as a head coach, he can not get good results with the team, he is responsible for it and need to leave the club, if not proactively, it has to be a sack.

It is now obvious that Luis Castro didn’t do his best to strengthen the team, from the caliber of players they have I expect them to do better than they did but just couldn’t, because Luis Castro didn’t pay attention to the department that needed to be strengthened to balance the team. It is the first time in a while that they didn’t concede a goal that shows the improvement in their defensive line, it is just the first match so it is early to conclude if this is the right decision by the team but I also believe they needed a different coach with different tactics to challenge Al Hilal.

Al Nassr will definitely change after they hire Pioli for their team. Al Nassr had a good player and the main problem for this team was the defensive line but now since they hired Pioli to start working there, I think Al Nassr will now have more chance for the title of this season than before.
However, the sad thing about hiring Pioli is he started working there after the transfer window which means he can't hire the players he needs for his team to build the the team himself.

Great, in today match Al Nassr managed to win big with 3 goal without reply against Al-Ettifaq which is clear that this is an away match for Al Nassr, initially I thought Al Nassr would only be able to win narrowly because Al-Ettifaq played very well in the previous matches.
Salem Al-Najdi and also Talisca gave one goal each with good execution thanks to an assist from Mane, this is game that is always awe-inspiring for fans where Mane is able to play by creating several assist opportunities and other players can use it to become goal.
And I agree that Al Nassr good performance is also thanks to Stefano Pioli performance as coach, he is experienced and he has great influence on the development of Al Nassr in the future, the style of play and tactics given by Stefano Pioli will be easy for Al Nassr players to understand.

Cristiano Ronaldo performed quite strongly as he scored a goal in today's match. But in today's match, Al Ittifaq team tried hard to score but they failed, they lack attacking players in their attacking department. Although there were only six attacks in this match, goals could have been scored had there been better finishing men, but Al Nasser's squad has more experienced players in Anderson Talisca and Cristiano Ronaldo who are experienced enough to take direct kicks from inside the D box at any time. But due to the relative lack of such players in the Al Ittefaq team, they could not hit the goalpost directly in this match.

I just didn't expect that drastic changes we could see in the Al-Nassr squad after they had a new coach. I see that almost all the problems that Al-Nassr have, such as in the defense line, are now starting to be resolved after they have a new coach who replaced Luis Castro, namely Stefano Pioli. There is absolutely no doubt about his quality as a coach. I think Al-Nassr has taken the right step by bringing in Pioli. And maybe from now on Al-Nassr will gain much more winning momentum.

I am happy that Al-Nassr can finally play better after they always experienced a deadlock in previous matches. Stefano Pioli, who is used to managing big clubs in Serie A such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Bologna, will certainly have no difficulty at all in adapting to Al-Nassr, which is also full of quality players so far. I think it's time for Al-Nassr to improve again like last season. Luis Castro last season made Al-nassr achieve good results. but this season it seems he hasn't succeeded so he seems to have agreed to leave and be replaced by Pioli.

It is, of course, wonderful! Defeating Al-Ettifaq who is in the third position by 3-0 is not a simple task. ​​ The new coach Pioli seems to have started bringing some positive changes with him, and hopefully this streak can continue.

Considering Al-Nassr could win over a tough team like Al-Ettifaq, it's definitely a positive sign for them in the future within the league. A new coach Pioli seems to bring in a fresh strategy that can make use of optimization from his players' potentials. If this can continue, it's not impossible for Al-Nassr to lead the standings.

Besides, a convincing win by three goals to nil injects some confidence required by the team after putting up mixed results at the beginning of the campaign. The attack line looks crisper plus sharper and the defense which was a problem area begins to stabilize. With such momentum, Al-Nassr can be a major threat again in the league, perhaps even challenging for the very top.

I also thought like you. Because in previous matches Al-Nassr were not like them last season. Problems at the back line and in addition to the attack line they also wasted a lot of opportunities. But in today's match it turns out that Al-Nassr got back up and managed to beat Al-ettifaq. I hope this positive sign can continue and make Al-Nassr slowly rise to the top of the rankings.

Successfully beating Al-Ettifaq with a score of 0-3 was truly unexpected. Because Al-ETtifaq in the last 3 matches is also undefeated and very strong. But in today's match they finally suffered defeat by Al-Nassr.

And I think now we know why. Because these positive results appeared at the same time as Pioli's debut as Al-Nassr coach replacing Castro.

Interesting, quite an interesting discussion. but previously it seems I did not convey my opinion in detail. what I mean is a player who has a big name, not based on market price. because, if they want them they are able to bring them. try to see from the statistics of last season, I mean besides Mitrovic. Malcon was able to score 15 goals last season. Sergej Savic scored 11 goals, Salem Al-Dawsari scored 14 goals. Michael 5 goals, and several other players. well, I think they are quite productive, apart from the 28 goals scored by Mitrovic. clearly, our benchmark is the previous season because this season has only been running for three weeks.

Another point, it seems we have a misunderstanding of interpretation. an ideal system does not guarantee trophies, even strong teams do not always win all their matches. may this be my comparison, if it is not relevant you can correct it. btw, what I mean is Luis Castro has maximized his abilities with an ideal system according to his version. the word ideal, has a broad definition depending on how we digest it. btw, in my previous post I suggested that Al Nassr club or management should have replaced Luis casto with another coach. but because the discussion continued and the conversation widened, which eventually became multi-interpretable. anyway, glad you responded to my post, warm regards.

Al Nassr currently has a 0-3 lead. Positive results were obtained by Ronaldo and the team. This result will help increase their confidence to catch up on points from Al Ittihad and Al Hilal.

While tomorrow, Al Hilal will face Al Ittihad. The chances are more in favor of Al Hilal, besides they are playing at home, in several previous meetings Al Hilal is more favored than Al Ittihad. Al Hilal managed to win 1-2 from Al Ittihad in the King's Cup and won 1-4 in the Super Cup. Al Hilal may also win tomorrow's match.

I am pretty sure that Al Hilal looks like they are almost guaranteed to win. 1.37 odds are not small odds and it looks like they are given that famous dominant team odds and I believe that they are going to win. Al Nassr was given a bit higher, but 1.82 isn't that bad neither and I think they are going to end up winning as well.

There is this hopelessness in Al Nassr right now that many of them are having because they realize that they are doing fine but also Al Hilal doesn't lose and keeps on getting wins and they are not going to be the champions so Al Nassr has this "chaos" right now where they are not happy with what they have and because of that we are seeing them not be happy and have low morale. But that shouldn't impact this game and they should be able to get an easy win. Combine these two tames together and you have yourself a decent parlay that should hit, of course it could also be a loss, we never know the games before they happen, we just take a chance.

Despite having change of coach things are not looking favourable for the Al Nassr because they are having wired situation just defense is not concern for them their attack in big games are also not able to perform according to requirement which is another problem for them in last few games they fail to keep momentum and also ended with 1–1 draw in AFC Champions League game which they played against Iraq club Al Shorta.

Now we can expect better performance with change of strategy but this need time, and tonight they are having the toughest opponent which is having all wins from their first three games surely it's big challenge for the experienced Stefano Pioli now we have to check how the response and how things will be gone.

Head to Head might favour Al-Nassr, but based on current performance, Al-Ettifaq is a better side. The host has beat Al-Shabab, Al Akhdoud and Al Fateh SC this season, clinching nine points like the other two top clubs. Al-Nassr FC now have an experienced coach who can help turn their fortune after losing just five points. Stefano Pioli led AC Milan to the Italian Seria A title and the UCL Semifinals. He also has coaching experience with Lazio, Internazionale and Fiorentina. So, it is believed that with its tactical prowess, the Saudi side will improve its performance. We cannot judge him by today's match since he has just spent some hours with the club, but it is expected he would use his wealth of experience to make Al-Nassr compete with other well-financed clubs.

In the match of Al-Wehda vs Al Kholood team, Al Kholood won today's match by scoring 1 goal. Al-Wehda team did not score any goals in today's match after many efforts. Al Kholood team player Á.  Collado scored in the 60th minute. On the other hand, Al-Wehda's player A. Bandar Darwish received a red card in the 57th minute.