Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 601. (Read 127321 times)

Ronaldo and Mane seem to be starting to understand how to play each other. Mane was able to provide an assist for Ronaldo and the balls Mane gave him were what he had always wanted. even in the previous season, Ronaldo had a little trouble because he did not get the support he wanted. especially now that there is competition from Benzema who is also enlivening the competition in the Saudi League. this gives Ronaldo its own competitiveness, and with the support of Mane, I think both of them will be even more productive.

he may be getting such numbers from this https://www.transfermarkt.com/al-hilal-riad/marktwertanalyse/verein/1114

It's based on the market value and it's not the actual value. I meant the market value can't be considered as a reliable data to determine the actual price from the players. I do agree with you if it must be more than it.

Bono was valued only around €12 millions which is far less compared with what al hilal paid for him to the sevilla which was around €21 millions.

For where did you got these valuations? Al Hilal is worth just €258 million? This might have been the case in 2020 or 2021, when they were having mostly Saudi players in their squad. The current valuation should be upwards of a billion Euros. A few months back, Paris Saint-Germain was valued at €3.2 billion. Manchester United is valued at $6 billion as of March 2023 by Forbes. Compared to these figures, I simply don't think that the numbers you have given for Al Hilal is closer to reality. Please check the source again, to see whether they are precise.

despite the victory of al - nassr in his game yesterday against al fateh, still in the table things are not well for al - nassr who has only 3 points against 9 points of his biggest rival, that means that al - nassr will need to pray that their opponent loses in 3 games and al - nassr wins in 3 games to be able to stay ahead of their biggest rival, and this season there are more teams that made big investments in new players and coach, so they only have 3 points is not a good thing, al - nassr will need to win in all the games they play ahead if they want to be champions this season

al - hilal plays tomorrow and probably without neymar, i say probably because i don't know, i haven't been to see news about this game yet, but look at the quick forecast without doing much analysis, i see it won't be an easy game, i say that because your opponent in the last 3 games they have not lost in any game, they will come into this game with a draw in their last game, so I will not be surprised if this game also has a draw, without neymar and jorge jesus will have to rely on available players, still not enough to win the league this season. something I can't understand is why al - hilal didn't make many signings and preferred to spend a lot of money with neymar

they could have managed to hire a lot of good players, they had the money for that, but strangely they didn't do that but they focused on bringing a very expensive player who is always injured, I don't honestly know what is the goal of al hilal in this and other seasons here forward, but if they think about winning the league with this squad, then I doubt very much that they will be able to do that, we will see in tomorrow's game how they will do, in my opinion it will be a very difficult game for them and a draw is the most likely to happen

I don't agree with you comparing these two teams with the money they spent, we know a team like Al Hilal may have spent more in this transfer window or even Al Ettifaq spent more than this team but still, this can't be the reason to say teams should win or lose just because they of the money they spent in this summer. There are many teams that spend more money but in the end, they don't get good results.
I think the wise move is to check the past results of both teams instead of the money they spent.

It would be really bad to to watch Al Nassr losing, probably not after they have signed these European players. Al Nassr revived the hope of their supporters when they thrashed their opponents. It was an easy game for the Knights of Najd, making every opportunities succeeding to grab a goal in the game. Winning their last game, 5 nil with a magnificent hattrick from Cristiano Ronaldo and a brace from Sadio Mané. Ronaldo got fire in him and anytime he unleashed his strength toward an attempt, he stands 80% of scoring a goal, while receiving an assits from his new teammates, Sadio Mané .

After losing their first two Saudi Pro League matches of the season, Al Nassr needed that win to regain the support of the club fans who were already thrown in to doubt on wether the club is ever gonna have a good season despite huge finances that was invested by the club management to sign European based players and they convincingly won the game in clinical fashion.
Cristiano Ronaldo once again has shown that despite his current age he still got all it takes to deliver incredible performances by scoring his 68th career hatrick last night. What a player

The European clubs were the biggest market for the Saudi clubs and since the ARAB clubs tournaments have gained traction lately a lot of money was spent on acquiring new players and the result of that is what we are seeing,  just like you mentioned,  Eaoruoean players that we're signed I to those Arabs clubs are indeed changing the face of the Saudi Arabia professional leagues in this season,  at least the competition is becoming more enjoyable and gaining traction with time.

Christina Ronaldo is one player who will always make a big positive change in any club he is playing for,  Al-Nassr went for him because they knew of his capacity to turn things around for the club while he spent his contract time with the club.

Another reason could be Al-Hilal being worth 258 million (200 without Neymar) and Al-Ettifaq being worth less than 50 million euro? That seems like 5 times (4 times without Neymar) bigger club to win the game and I believe that's quite understandable.

I still wouldn't give them 1.18 to be fair because we have seen in European competitions just recently that teams with much lower valuation could still get a draw or a win, and that's why it's difficult to say if it's 1.18 worthy or not, but I would totally give them 1.40 without a doubt, that is exactly what I thought it would be before the odds were clear, because 1.40 means clear winner and they are clear favorites without a doubt. They will win this game one way or another.

As Jorge Jesus said, if Al Hilal can only make his Neymar debut in mid-September. however, it is possible that it could be faster than that. referring to what you said, it is very natural that Al Hilal has a high probability. because after all, these two teams are different levels. Al Hilal is the top team in this competition, while Al Ettifaq is a mediocre team. well, let's refer to the H2H meeting of these two teams. from the meetings of these two teams, Al Hilal always dominated the victory than Al Ettifaq. it would be very reasonable, if Al Hilal is far more favored.
other than that, let's refer to the Al Hilal line-up. referring to Jorge Jesus, it seems he prefers the 4-2-3-1 system pattern. for the pivot, Al Hilal has Ruben Neves and his partner is Sergej Savic even though he was suspended for a red card against Al Raed. on the front lines, there are Al Dawsari, Malcon and Michael. This player, has quality when compared to the opposing team. for forward attackers, Al Hilal has Mitrovic. at least this team is quite competitive especially if Neymar has already made his debut.

Instead, we review from Al Ettifaq's side. since this team was under the tutelage of Steven Gerrard, Al Ettifaq had a pretty good match. in 3 matches, they won 2 of them and a draw. however, materially the players in Steven Gerrad's squad are below his opposing team Al Hilal. the only player who has a big name is Hederson, the rest are dominated by local players. as for players from outside, they are not very famous except for Moussa Dembelle. even then, he is not a big star. this match will be played at the Al Hilal headquarters, it is fitting that the home team is more favourite. So now the question is, can Steven Gerrard be able to keep up with Al Hilal's squad in the match, it's interesting for us to follow.

This is an individual achievement for Ronaldo, he can score a hattrick at the age of 38 years. Another fact is that Al Nassr is still behind in 10th place on the standings board for now, 6 points difference with Al Ittihad and Al Ahli. The match against Al Fateh was Al Nassr's first win in the SPL this season, next they will meet Al Shahab on August 30.

I think Al Nassr really needs a reliable playmaker to be able to keep up the rhythm of the game, and of course be able to supply the ball well for Ronaldo and Mane.

Well, here is my take on Al Nassr's situation: Is it not true that football is not all about famous names? Having stars like Ronaldo and Mané does not guarantee immediate success. They've been adding participants left and right, and it feels as if the shuffle will never end! Every other day in training, Im sure even the athletes are asking, "Who is that?" However, their most recent game? Boom! Did Ronaldo and Mané score these goals? Quite impressive, if you ask me. I didnt watch the game, but five goals? This is not a simple task. I do think they need to gel together. Give it a few more matches, and allow the participants to determine their preferred pizza toppings and video games, and things may just come together

I don't underrate SPL, it's competitive as the European football competition. He nets an hattrick in their prevuous game, hattricks are nothing new for the Portugal international; he's the best in the SPL and has no competition over there. Cristiano Ronaldo, 38, continues to smash banging records in the Saudi Pro League. There's a lot to learn from football's GOAT. He got everything he deserved today by determination, and there's no turning back; he's ascending up the ranks, and there's no stopping him from breaking more records.

Intend to exaggerate his goals, but with his age which is currently 38 years it is a good achievement for him. After all, who said that the SPL is a class B league? there are a lot of star players there at the moment, and FYI, Al-Nassr won with 5 goals (2 of his goals were scored by Sadio Mane who is a former Bayern Munich and Liverpool player).

The most paradoxical/unpleasant/funny thing is that he got injured before he played for his new club even for one minute. I think he keeps his salary even when he's injured, but he'll definitely have more time on instagram where he'll get half a million for a single post promoting local football. I hope the Saudis initially understood that they were making an image purchase and were not very upset.

Another Hattrick from Cristiano Ronaldo, yes, but he still make poorer goals than ever, he is only touching to net more and more, not more great goals, i know he is 38 but i dont get how fans overhype this goals on a B class league.

The three clubs will dominate the game in the Saudi League and the competition between the three can also be very fierce to fight for the title, seeing the development and progress of Al Nassr and Al Hilal will make it difficult for Al Al-Ittihad to become the defending champion again.
I'm sure this season the Saudi League will have a new champion between Al Hilal or Al Nassr.
Even though they have great and top players in Europe, one player alone can never make a club the strongest because the strength of a club depends on all the players in it whether they can play with good collaboration and good teamwork.

Now also that two players (Ronaldo and handsome man Sadio Mane) have the same score on the top scorer board, they have 3 goal scores for a while and there is still a possibility that they both can still get another score in the upcoming matches. But at the moment I'm happy about Handsome man Sadio Mane, he is already able to adaptation very well with team Al Nassr. The Goalkeeper Al Fateh (Jacob Rinne) very depressed in that match, he was really panicked because their defense was continuously pressure by Al Nassr players.

The ability to still deliver great performances and scoring hatrick when a player is above 38 is very rare in modern day football but to Cristiano Ronaldo, it's a normal thing The Portuguese superstar is just an alien who's not gonna be tired from football until he clocks 40 and beyond.
Sadio Mane on the other hand had a very good and scored a brilliant brace for himself to further boost his confidence level and that I think is very good for his personal improvement after leaving Bayern Munich this summer. It is Al Nassr's first league win of the season and a good result for the club.