Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 742. (Read 118512 times)

Not only does he continues to score but he's also showing very good sportsmanship. He was the captain of the squad for the night but still didn't take the penalty that was awarded to them irrespective of him been the penalty taker of the team. He gave it to Talisca that's in the race for the golden boot. The media won't show this side of Ronaldo instead they'll always want to paint him as a selfish individual since that's the agenda that best sales for their traffic to increase. The free kick isn't even talked about enough. I see discredit been given to the keeper but many are forgetting that the keeper who's, Devis Epassy is a world class goal keeper that kept Brazil form scoring Cameroon in the world cup.

Whatever Ronaldo does gets talked down on, who scores a freekicks from that area of the pitch at this age, I'm just glad Talisca didn't missed that penalty as the media would had put the blame on Ronaldo that he chicken out when the team needed him to boost their spirit by scoring the penalty. I'm also glad Al Nassr won their game because as it seems they no longer has the goal advantage ahead of Al Ittihad. The title race is getting more interesting as both teams are winning games.

It is not a common free kick style and that goal needs support from luckiness too because Ronaldo did not know those two players will create a hole between their bodies when they jump. That space should be big enough for the ball to pass through it and he can not control it. He made a great free kick with good support from luckiness and got a goal.

Recent years, Cristiano Ronaldo barely scored goals from free kick spots and his celebration for the goal is so emotional.

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In late of the match, Ronaldo sacrificed his chance and give the penalty to his team-mate in order to help that player continues his race for best scorer award in Saudi League. With Ronaldo, he can participate in that personal competition soon. Scoring 3 or 4 more goals and he will be there.

it was a lucky free kick that passed between the wall and underneath the goalkeeper's hands, but it got in anyways, Al Nassr are still winning after being down a goal, and in the last minutes of the match, it was an important win today because Al Ittihad are winning their matches too, and they are ahead of Al Nassr with one point, anything can happen in the next rounds.

I really can't say much, fútbol in this league is handled by everyone as they think, but of course the fact that they could have given so much extra time seemed exaggerated, and I thought that 8 or 10 minutes was a lot,but with everything that has happened after seeing 12 minutes is something new for me, I didn't know that these things could happen, in fact I don't know what the limit will be to give extra time, Saudi fútbol is a fútbol that attracts my attention, obviously I didn't know much about this fútbol,it's all thanks to CR7 who has made us know details about these teams on this side of the continent,for now it seemed good to me.

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On the other hand:


Cristiano Ronaldo Scores 35-Yard Free Kick in Al Nassr's Comeback Win




Source: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/sports/cristiano-ronaldo-scores-35-yard-free-kick-in-al-nassrs-comeback-win/2997038/

Actually I wanted to watch this match, but instead I fell asleep and could only see footage of the goals scored. I was surprised to see a free kick from Cristiano Ronaldo from a distance of about 40 meters and I thought it was extraordinary, especially Cristiano Ronaldo did it at such a young age. Even when receiving a penalty, Ronaldo did not want to take it and preferred to give the ball to his partner Talisca to score the second goal because currently Talisca is also hunting for the top scorer for the SPL and this additional goal means a lot to him.

Ronaldo's perfect free kick for Al Nassr marked the night.  It was a very good match, although it was left behind for a long time, they finished the match with 3 points with 2 beautiful goals in the last minutes.  Ronaldo continues to score goals for Al Nassr.

The race continues between the two as Al Ittihad have made a dominating 5-1 win against Al Fateh. From the very beginning Al Ittihad dominated the match. Finally with the win secured the first position on the points table.

The match between Al Nassr and Abha turned interesting as Abha made early goals and ended the first half with a lead. Even in the second half it was Abha to lead the goal count as Al Nassr wasn't able to make goals. Finally at the 78^th minute Ronaldo made a free kick goal which levelled the goal count 1-1. Further the penalty goal coming from Talisca made it a winning match and Al Nassr continue to be on the second position with a point difference.

For Al Nassr this performance isn't enough to be on the second position, because winning with the last minute goals won't be successful all the time. Failing could end the match to be a loss.

Al Ittihad have showed their intention since the beginning of the match with a goal scored in the 7th minute, their persistence this season is amazing. Although Al Fateh managed to equalize the score before the end of the first half, they didn't give up and scored another goal in the first attack of the second half. With this mentality, I think Al Ittihad should be the most deserved team to win the title, knowing that they lost the previous season's title to Al Hilal with only 2 points gap, so this season I think they will fight till the end.


Ronaldo has proved his quality in this match. I was watching the score. Abha scored a goal at the beginning of the match, which was deleted by the VAR later, then they managed to score another one in the first half. On the other hand, Al Nassr dominated the match, and luckily they scored the equalizer goal in the last 15 minutes from a free kick. A minute after that, Al Fateh had a player sent off, then suffered a penalty. They looked like they collapsed under the pressure of Ronaldo and Talisca and the others. In conclusion, the exciting competition continues between Al Nassr and Al Ittihad, as losing this match could have put Al Ittihad in much better situation, but Ronaldo rescued Al Nassr this time.

Unfortunately I didn't follow this match, but later I'll see some highlights.

Despite the victory over Abha, Al Nassr will need to win the next games and maybe have consistency in the matches to return to the first place in the ranking, because unfortunately Al Nassr is in second place in the championship

The league title race is going to be a tough one considering the league is shorter than most leagues. It is just 30 games which we are not really that used to in Europe of course, because most leagues have more games, even Bundesliga which has the least teams I can remember has 18, so that is 34 games, and 4 games equals to 12 points chance.

In the end, Ittihad is not leading by that much, so it shouldn't really be tough for Nasr to pass them with just one game, but they need to be careful not to lose any games along the way before they pass. As much as Nasr has a chance to pass, Ittihad has a chance to make the point difference bigger as well.

The final result was won by Al Ittihad with a landslide score of 1-5. although the home team dominated the game, with 68% possession. unfortunately, Al Fatteh didn't have many chances. the open play pattern played by the home team made it easy for Al Ittihad to break into the home team's goal. which in the end, Al Ittihad still occupy the top of the standings.

On the other hand, Al Nassr remained tight on points from the top of the standings by winning the match over Abha. With this win, the difference in points between the two teams is not too far apart. however, there are still 9 games remaining until the end of this season. Al Nassr still has the opportunity to shift the top standings. Meanwhile, Al Ittihad's position is not safe because Al Nassr is only one point away.

Meaning, Al Ittihad must consistently win the remaining matches until the end of this season. however, actually the biggest problem for them is against Al Shabab. most likely, Al Shabab can become a stumbling block for Al Ittihad to stay on the winning path.plus, one of the most crucial match. Al Ittihad still has one of the toughest matches left, namely against Al Hilal. as well as Al Nassr, the two teams will meet at home to Al Hilal. I suspect both teams will slip in the remaining few matches. in particular, against Al Hilal. So, the most consistent team has the right to win the Saudi Pro League trophy this season.

Abha scored first in the 27th minute even they dominate in attack 4 shots on target whereas Al Nasr is only 1 on target, obviously this will be a burden for Al Nasr
But I don't need to worry because Al Nasr plays 2 mainstay players Ronaldo and Talisca it should not be difficult to score goals especially they have ever done it before scored 3 goals in 5 minutes. I agree with you Al Nasr must win today to catch up with points obviously it is embarrassing if they can't win while playing at home so let's just wait.

and the game starts:

Al Nassr 0 - 0 Abha

well, this is a very important game for Al Nassr, they lost in their last game and their opponent in the race for the title is 3 points above them, so Al Nassr needs to win in this game to be able to keep the same points that Al - lttihad, the coach of Al Nassr is playing with two forwards: cristiano ronaldo and Talisca, and if they lose and cristiano ronaldo doesn't score he will be the subject of jokes everywhere, if they win and cristiano ronaldo doesn't score a goal he will be the subject of jokes, if they lose and cristiano ronaldo scores the team and he will be the subject of jokes. so the only situation where ronaldo won't be a joke at the end of this game will be if they win and ronaldo scores a goal

Note: at the time of my post 15 minutes are being played, we'll see how the game ends  

Al Ittihad's players attacked widely and almost saw success in the attack. Al Ittihad scored a goal within seven minutes of the match and Al Fateh scored a goal shortly after when the ball went into the net of Al Ittihad's goal post and leveled the game. From then until half time, Al Fateh could not attack again. After half time, Al Ittihad went on a rampant attack and led the team to the top of the table with a total of 5 goals. Meanwhile, Al Fateh Firas Al-Buraikan are some of the goals that have caused the Alfate team to come to this losing position today.

The match between Al-Fateh vs Al-Ittihad is coming to an end and the temporary score is 1-3 in favor of Al-Ittihad. Here it is very clear that Al-Ittihad will win this match and with the addition of 3 points this will increase their distance from Al-Nassr to 4 points in the standings. But after this there will be another match in the SPL between Al-Nassr vs Abha, I think Al-Nassr always wins against Abha and in their previous match in the King's Cup competition Al-Nassr beat Abha with a score of 3-1. It's just that Ronaldo hasn't scored again in recent weeks and I think in this game later he will score goals or at least contribute assists to other Al-Nassr players.

Wow, Al Wehda and Al Taawoun, what a spectacle, am I right? Nobody could've guessed the result! Football, the gift that keeps on giving! Al Taawoun was in control, yet they only secured a lonely point. Is it fair to evaluate a team based solely on their standings? Nope! Football is chock-full of shockers, and as they say, some battles you win, others you lose!

Now, let's peek into what's coming next, alright? The heat's cranking up with these upcoming matches! Al Ittihad and Al Nassr, racing neck and neck for that coveted top position! But how will they handle Al Fateh and Abha? Time's gonna reveal all!

Well, I know that the time for that game seemed too much to everyone, personally it also seemed to me that it was a long time and it is something that only the referees know why they assigned it, however if they gave that time it was so that they would not have allowed themselves to be tied, but Al Nassr was attacking a lot and that resulted in victory, I know that many thought they were in favor of Al Nassr, that impression was given, but I am sure that in Saudi fútbol they do not have need to do something like that, which is considered cheating, honestly their reasons will have, I do not question any of that, because until now I know Saudi fútbol.

Surely Al Nassr will be able to win , CR7 is a guy who can be very impulsive at times,but from all this he can stand up for the team, they are not losing a place by much difference, they can recover it and that's it , in everything The team passes,even if they lead, the important thing here is that they can recover.

Now the Al Nassr star is making himself felt:

'I don't look at age!' - Cristiano Ronaldo's international career CONTINUES as Portugal legend named in Roberto Martinez's first squad




Source: https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/cristiano-ronaldo-international-career-continues-portugal-legend-roberto-martinez-squad/bltc1cb1132eed5d8ef

Just a correction, Al Ittihad have taken the first rank after defeating Al Nassr in the previous round. Their match looks more difficult than Al Nassr as their competitor, Al Fateh, have been achieving nice results, whereas they won against Al Hilal, and took a point from Al Nassr. In addition, the Spanish striker Cristian Tello is ready to play this match after recovering from an injury. With this in mind, Al Ittihad could find some difficulties in this match. However, there is no way for them to lose points, as Al Nassr strives to restore the lead again.

it will be another episode to laugh at if ronaldo doesn't score a goal, it seems to me that ronaldo is not focused on winning the team, he is focused on scoring goals to promote himself, he doesn't settle for seeing that his teammates are inferior scoring goals and he's not scoring, knowing he's playing in a lower league but still he's not managing to score this is going through his head, it doesn't take a genius to deduce that and he's becoming an international joke

until now I keep asking myself whose idea it was to make him play in this league instead of advising him to retire with honor and a good reputation, advanced age is something that even a lot of money cannot reverse the consequences, his speed is not It's the same, but unfortunately he doesn't see it, I predict a less than pleasant end to his reputation.

As the teams keep on playing against different opponents the performance improvement can be seen good with them. However it is quite hard to decide the ability of the team based on the standings. Upcoming matches gonna be very interesting as the top on the standings with one point difference is playing against opponents Al Fateh and Abha. Winning is much concerned for both the team Al Ittihad and Al Nassr as to reach the top on the table.