Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 57. (Read 111498 times)

Things like these are part of play and life for the sportsman but still mostly are feeling second tenure of Cristiano Ronaldo at the Manchester United were mistake because things were not ideal, and he was also having problems with coach Eric Ten Hag which ended his career in UEFA, and now he is enjoying his last session of play in Saudi League where now he is having too many records in front of his name and his performance is also at the top even he fails to bring trophies for the Al Nassr, but things are impressive.

Now we are having extension for him with most chances his career will be ended after the end of the 2026 as he is also having his eyes fixed on becoming first player in soccer history with 1000 goals in career which could be huge achievement for him and Al Nassr with his performance in last season we can expect another good season for him.

In just a few weeks the Arab League will start but so far a team like Al Nassr has not made many changes to their squad, Al Nassr has had several friendly matches and the majority of these matches ended badly for Al Nassr, this is also what makes me doubt that Al Nassr will be able to  compete next season in the championship trophy competition, Indeed the results of pre-season matches do not always indicate whether the team performance is bad or not in official matches, but if we look at Al Nassr performance in last season and also the current pre-season we cannot deny that next season Al Nassr  with the same squad will not be much different from last season, competition in the Arabian league next season will be very tight considering that the big teams and even the teams that were promoted this season have carried out a lot of transfer activities to strengthen their squad.

That way they will also get a lot of experience that they will get by facing teams from Europe, clearly this is something that is beneficial by utilizing the time available before the league starts. Indeed, in friendly matches they have to find a team that is stronger than them so that it can add flying hours when facing teams that are stronger than them. Victory is not everything in a match like this, because there are other things they can get than just chasing victory.
The teams must get rid of the mindset of being able to win in friendly matches, not that they are not allowed to achieve it, but they must not be very disappointed when they lose, because there are other things they can get. This is a form of preparation before they play the real match, so they must use this to try the strategies they have, and they can also try all the players in the squad.

A player's career is like night and day, sometimes his life is very bright and other times he is very dark.  

Ronaldo's first club in Europe was Manchester United. He probably wanted to finish his career with Manchester United. Joining Manchester United in the second round was the biggest mistake for Ronaldo as we saw him never get the respect he deserved and he was sidelined and other players were allowed to play. When he was regularly disappointing for Manchester United, we didn't imagine that he could come to Saudi Arabia as his next destination because we didn't know much about this league before. He introduced us to a new league by signing Al Nasser and since his departure the number of European players going to the Saudi League has increased.  

Al Nasser and Ronaldo have mutually benefited from signing each other so I think Al Nasser will definitely let him finish his career at the club with respect.

For next season I don't expect much from Al-Nassr because I didn't see them doing anything I mean they are not trying to get new players to compete with Al-hilal even though we know that with the current squad Al-Nassr is always under Al-Hilal so Al-Nassr should prepare itself if it really wants to compete. Do you think Ronaldo will get a new teammate? I hope so yeah especially in defense and goalkeeping which looks weaker than last season.

Edit: Oh yeah Al-Nassr already have a new goalkeeper from the Brazilian league Bento is one of the goalkeepers from the Brazil team who made his debut last March so that means Al-Nassr just need a few more players in the defense line. 18 Million is a cheap price for Bento? as a young player he preferred the Saudi Pro League than Europa clubs.

Al Nassr have bad pre season matches but its not problem because their current starting line up still not completed yet and Cristiano Ronaldo not return yet to the club. I think Al Nasr have huge target for next season keep in the domestic league winner indeed the rival teams such as Al Ittihad got good result on pre season matches.
Recently Al Ittihad success defeating Inter Milan on pre season matches and unbelievable result have the Saudi Pro League teams success defeating the Scudetto winner team.

The schedule of Saudi Pro League matches still take two weeks later, all team have ebough time get prepare with their squad and improving performance on pre season match, for next season seems difficult for predicting who will be the winner.

I did not watch the friendly match between Al Ittihad and Real Betis, nor do I have any statistical data for this match. However, considering that Betis is a mid-table La Liga team, it is natural that Al Ittihad lost. In addition, this match is just a friendly match. Whether Pellegrini or Laurent Blanc prioritizes the readiness of their players, while trying to tinker with the rotation of players and the system they implement. What is certain is that Laurent Blanc will use this friendly match to measure and evaluate his team. I suspect that Laurent Blanc will be targeting some reliable defenders. At least, Al Ittihad has the option to bring in some European players. In another friendly match, Laurent Blanc experimented again and changed his system. The results were quite good, Al Ittihad won over Inter. Once again, this match is just a friendly match, usually coaches will use it to experiment or prepare the fitness of their players ahead of the official campaign. Referring to the pre-season match played by Al Ittihad, I am quite sure that the club or Laurent Blanc will evaluate their team and perhaps target the players they are targeting as needed in the team.  well, at least in the friendly match played by Al Ittihad finally won one match and defeated a strong team from Serie A. However, winning or losing does not affect their points, it is a friendly match. However, the results they get in the pre-season can be evaluated so that Al Ittihad is much more prepared and stronger when the Saudi Pro League starts.

What we need right now is some friendly cup, not something serious, and totally exhibitions and Saudi Arabia is rich enough to make this work. That would mean, they would offer like 4 teams in UCL semi finals, to come and play with top four of Saudi league as well.

That way, they would have 8 team quarter finals type of situation, teams will draw at random, and some European team will win of course, in fact Saudi teams will probably lose all games at first, but they could just randomize it and Saudi vs Saudi could happen at early stages, and Europe vs Europe could happen, and that way we may see Saudi vs Europe finals by luck. In any case, however they do, they should bring in the best clubs they could get from Europe, and make them face Saudi clubs, as a friendly, during summer period.

The pre-season matches are not going according to their expectations at the moment even though they are one of the big teams in the SPL, of course we cannot see their performance next season just based on pre-season results, but at least we can estimate how effective their game will be next season, we cannot be denied that pre-season and official matches will be greatly influenced by the game strategy implemented by the coach (regardless of the squad used in the match) so if the strategy implemented is effective then at least it can help the team play better even though they rely on a young squad. , and vice versa, if the coach is not able to implement strategy well, of course even by playing star players, they will not be able to get maximum results, so that's why I think if Al Nassr main problem is the current coach, because I see that tactics and His game strategy in pre-season match very messy like in last seasons.

Currently all teams will prepare their squads again to face the league, but so far Al Nassr is a team that has prepared very slowly, especially in recruiting players to improve every weakness that existed last season,  and  that to be honest, it makes me doubt if Al Nassr will be able to compete with other big teams next season.

The results of pre-season matches cannot be used as any reference. Because some of the big and strong teams in Europe continue to lose in pre-season matches. Even though in fact they are actually the strongest in their season. Because in pre-season not all teams really target victory. Most of them are just testing new formations or new strategies with the players available between the first tier and the second tier. And the coach is more preoccupied with making assessments on each player to see who will be worthy of joining the main squad and who will not. Evaluation of each player's performance is much more important than victory or defeat. Because losing and winning in friendly matches is not the real goal of pre-season matches.

Some people overreact to preseason matches and they only look at the results. If it were in a real competition, it would be very natural because there they have to start collecting points. Maybe they are worried that the same thing will happen in the competition, even though all of that can be very different. I personally am more relaxed in responding to the results of preseason matches from all clubs, because I think they are in the process and they are just experimenting as a form of preparation.

Let's just see what happens in the real competition, because I have seen many clubs that failed in preseason actually play very well in the competition, and vice versa, those who played well in preseason actually played badly in the competition. We cannot immediately conclude what happened in preseason and base it on their performance in the competition they will face.

This is just the case here, their performance in the preseason games isn't totally suggesting what is Al-Nassr strength as a team, and yes no doubt they did have a very bad performance time at their Pre-season games agaist playing with some of the European clubs, however I believe they have used these games to weigh out what their strength could actually be in a real time game clash with these teams and will used the stats from these matches to work things out and further having a more formidable team this season.

Al-Ittihad Club football team could not win the match against Real Betis Balompié football team and we saw one sided match and audience didn't like that kind of matches in which one team is dominant and other team is recessive. We want equal competition in which both team players play with full strength. If both team players will give their full effort we will see the the good match. From last four matches,Al-Ittihad Club team won only 1 match and they lose three matches. Real Betis Balompié team did four goals and we saw unity in the team due to which team won the match by 4-1 score . That is not low performance. Well done Real Betis Balompié team .

Preseason's preseason. Its about experimenting and bringing the new individuals into line. Al-Nassr might have had some problems with the European big boys, but lets not jump ahead of ourselves. They beat Maritimo, thats a start.

The real season hasnt even kicked off yet. Thats when you witness the actual output of a team. They have skill; Ronaldo is the best. It is now about combining everything.

These early games? Educational opportunities. They will work out what works and what doesnt. Come the regular season; they will be an other beast.

Are you still using Livescore? better leave them alone, they're artifacts of the past, Sofascore is better than them which can give you advanced information. BTW, Livescore missed Al-Nassr's match against Louletano DC which was Al-Nassr's first pre-season match. About Al-Nassr & SPL, that's it, they're not strong enough to face teams from Europe, but that's part of their process ATM.

Source: https://www.livescore.in/team/al-nassr/h4I89ZuE/results/

But according to livescore information, Al-Nassr only played 7 pre-season games, so which games did they miss?

Indeed, they only won against one of the Portuguese teams and if we talk about the next match they will play against Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Super Cup competition. I agree that Al-Nassr is only good in the domestic league and in fact European teams are still too strong for them. Maybe Al-Nassr thought that with the depth of their European squad they could show off to challenge those European teams but in fact they missed so many wins.

In particular, whether the result counts or not is not a big deal, but Al Ittihad beating Inter is the most difficult thing. Al-Ittwihad team has come a long way despite the massive game change this season. But even though it is a friendly game, a win in these matches is a positive point for Al Ittihad as they can beat any of the Italian clubs and it will also make a huge difference in the betting. Many gamblers faced losses in this match as Inter lost by a wide margin despite betting on Inter, and all gamblers faced losses.



Although the result of this match is not worth it, I think it is a positive for the Saudi Premier League. Because they have a chance to compete again later if they lose, the chance is a little less. It's a simple win but I think Al Ittihad opened up the fortunes for the team, which will give them a chance to compete better later on. Because they will be able to withstand more pressure later on and thus they will not hesitate to compete with European clubs and perform aggressively enough to win.

If you know that this preseason match is not that important why do you say Al Nassr should show their performance like Al Ittihad?
Preseason matches are not something that should be prioritized and I am sure the fans already know that even though Al Nassr lost in the preseason match it does not mean that it will lower the fans' confidence but the match was not taken seriously.
The most important thing is not about showing the strongest performance but the performance in the real match later when the SPL starts and at that time Al Nassr must show that they are capable of winning the SPL title this season with star players who can be relied on.

But at least Al Nassr must show that they are also an elite club and do their best like Al Ittihad, Al Hilal and Al Ahli did in holding pre-season matches against European clubs so that they are not underestimated, I know this is just a pre-season match and does not count as a real match but if they perform well at least the fans have high hopes for Al Nassr in the SPL competition next season especially in competing with Al Hilal, surely they do not want to experience the same thing as last season where they failed to bring home at least 1 trophy.

As a Saudi club, winning a game against a club in the one if the top five leagues in Europe is without doubt a great feat but what's even greater is the fact that Al Ittihad actually defeated the champions of Italy. Though it's a preseason friendly game which is why the result actually do not count but the Saudi club will take so many will gain more confidence with the win. Al Ittihad last season underperformed if you ask me but I think they're in a good shape to have a better campaign than what we saw last season. Laurent Blanc is a great manager and I believe his experience will bring great improvement to the Al Ittihad team.