Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 756. (Read 126370 times)

Seriously, Ronaldo did exactly know where he is going when he left Manchester United. Imagine if it was a reason for him now to blame his team mates for not being good enough, come on Ronaldo, what do you even expect? When you leave Manchester United and join a team in the SPL, what could the expectation even be? And would he feel any different when were to win the SPL? This is not a title that ever got him excited. Understandably, but blaming others in hindsight would be a very weak action and an indication of a really bad character. I think Ronaldo has a massive problem to accept that his career is coming to an end and that in the last moment of the h2h competition with Messi, Messi won the World Cup and another world soccer player award. That hurt Ronaldo for sure.

Messi will definitely feel worried about a situation like this. even though this is actually an advantageous situation for him, because the opportunity to get paid that much, might not come twice. So I think Messi will definitely hesitate to make his choice now.

Because if you think about it in fact, it's true, he has won many titles from the world of football and it also makes sense that Messi is currently focusing on bigger finances. Because in five years, Messi will be 40 years old, and surely Messi wants to have a large enough pension fund for his old age with his family. So the possibility of Messi joining Al-Hilal seems quite big too.

And from PSG, until now there is still no definite clarity regarding his contract with Messi. As far as I know, PSG has also sent Messi a new contract. PSG even sent the contract when the Qatar World Cup ended. But messi seems reluctant to agree to the contract, the reason is because messi does not agree to a decrease in his salary.

Michael's 94th-minute goal brought hope to the Al-Hilal.
Al-Ittihad dominated the match and they were cruising to victory that would have given them five points advantage over Al-Hilal. But they lost concentration which led to that late goal. Al-Ta'ee was outplayed in the match but they managed to get a point from this match.  Al-Hilal's next game is against Al-Shabab who is seven points below Al-Hilal and will be looking forward to closing this point gap.

Ronaldo has become a penalty striker, maybe he will become the highest penalty goal scorer in the world. But he is having a good experience in the Saudi league netting 13 goals in 17 matches. It is not a bad result for him considering that it is his first season. It will be more competitive to see Messi in the league next season.

Nice to hear from you! Cristiano Ronaldo has certainly been making waves with his impressive performance. In his match against Al-Ta'ee, he managed to score his 5th penalty of the season, helping Al-Nassr stay in the title race. Interestingly, league leaders Al Ittihad dropping two points against Al Hilal, which means that Ronaldo and his team are only 3 points away from the top spot! It's going to be an interesting to see how the league unfolds lately. If Al Ittihad continues to experience losses in their remaining three matches, it could make the competition even more exciting. For Al-Nassr to take advantage of this opportunity, they'll need to maintain their consistency and win their own three remaining matches then.

The victory in this match is indeed very important for Al-Nassr to maintain the difference in points with Al-ittihad so that it doesn't widen too much. And Al-Nassr was lucky because Al-ittihad actually only got a draw from the match against Al-Hilal who was indeed a very strong opponent. the difference of 3 points will still give hope for Al-Nassr to be able to overtake Al-ittihad. But if Al-ittihad doesn't make any mistakes until the end of the season then Al-Ittihad will officially hold the title this season.

Al-Nassr got 1 draw 2 losses and 2 wins in the last 5 matches. It can be said that they had a very bad time. If they would not won yesterday's match against Al-Ta'ee, their last chance would have been lost. So there was a lot of excitement in the last match where Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo and Anderson Talisker scored goals and they led the team 2-0. Currently they occupy the 2nd place in the points table. Their nearest opponent Al-Ittihad is ahead with 3 points. As three more matches are left in this league, the result may change. This season Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has managed to score 17 goals in 19 matches. By winning the last match he come back and perform as per the team's expectations in the next match.

@Popkon6 I too missed watching this match but it’s nice to know that Ronaldo has got them back in the title race and now if he can further galvanise them then there’s a big chance that they may win the league title. However if they fail to win then I wonder will Ronaldo be keen to stay or will he start his usual antics and try and find a way out his current contract what do you’ll think?

Three matches and three points, chance is there but not too good for Cristiano and Al Nassr. At least 3 points in difference is better than 5 points and they can enjoy their winning as well as a bigger chance to compete with Al Ittihad after this match.

Ronaldo scored an important goal from a penalty that helps Al Nassr to open the match and win it but during the match, he wasted some opportunities. At his age, he can still make very power shots but accuracy is not too good. His strength to jump for headshots is not good than the past too but it's natural as no player can fight and win against ageing forever. He still has his value like in a penalty, young players can miss it because of pressure but he completed it well and very confidently.

Talisca nailed the match with his goal and continue his race for a best scorer award in Saudi Professional League.

The results of these two matches are not much different from what I predicted before, Ittihad FC will only get one point because Al Hilal is a tough opponent for them even though currently Ittihad is better in position in the standings but Al Hilal is one of the teams in the Saudi Pro League which will always be a tough opponent for any team and actually Al Hilal is one of the strongest teams in this league and quite dominating, only this season they were unable to compete with Ittihad and Al Nassr, with this draw Ittihad can no longer let theirs guard down because their competitor Al Nassr is only 3 points behind, so the opportunity to get past them is very possible because they will be very motivated to be able to become the league champion as this will be the only championship title this season that Al Nassr can win.

Al Nassr being able to win from Al Taae was as predicted and Ronaldo contributed one goal through a penalty and this brought the number of goals scored by Ronaldo to 13 goals and was only 4 goals behind his teammate Talisca who also scored in that match so that he could give full point for his team to further reduce the point difference from the leader of the standings, and of all the remaining matches winning is the only way for Al Nassr to maintain the opportunity to compete with Ittihad because it is possible for Ittihad to face defeat, although I quite doubt it will happen, because Ittihad will also be motivated for sure as it will get them two titles this season.

Although Al Nass was unable to score in the first half, Al Tai defended very well despite a large number of attacks. And then Cristiano Ronaldo started the goal. Shortly after half-time, a fierce attack saw Cristiano Ronaldo flick the ball into the Al Tai goal post with his magic footwork. And another goal followed and the win was confirmed. Meanwhile, Al Tai made a few attacks but were unsuccessful despite Al Nassr defenders being very strong. In particular, Karna's attack was more than Al-Tai. And Al Nassr has progressed in terms of points.

With the Al-Nassr team's win against Al-Ta'ee the points have come closer between the first and second position. Ronaldo and Talisca have scored at the second half of the match. The team followed the defensive technique in the first half and both weren't able to make goals.

In the other match between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, the match was completely under the control of Al-Ittihad from the very beginning. Maybe it is the unlucky moment that turned the match and let Al-Hilal team have a goal at the additional time.

Today's win from Al-Nassr and the draw from Al-Ittihad have narrowed the difference in points between the first two positions on the points table. This makes the upcoming matches on 24th of this month more interesting as Al-Nassr to face strong contender Al-Shabab and Al-Ittihad to face the last on the points table Al-Batin.

Al Ittihad 2 - 2 Al Hilal

 

this league is very strange, this game was very important for Al Ittihad that if they won this game they could already start preparing to celebrate the league victory, but they drew and strangely and that despite them having managed to score 2 goals very early something that could even be assumed that they would win comfortably with this result, they had little possession of the ball, then conceded 1 goal and when it was thought that they would end the game at least with a victory and when they had the great misfortune of conceding a goal of a draw when the game was already ending, and a lot of bad luck for the Portuguese coach

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on the other hand, Al Nassr won but it was not a very convincing victory, they were lucky to benefit from a penalty that cristiano ronaldo scored, but the problem is that cristiano ronaldo has only been scoring goals from penalties most of the time and sometimes he goes 2 or 3 games without scoring a goal, honestly i don't understand what is really happening that he stopped being a great goal scorer, it all started when he ended up at manchester united again, he is no longer that cristiano ronaldo who scored goals when the team was in trouble and he saved the team, it's very strange that he doesn't have that style of play anymore, now he hardly scores from free-kicks, he doesn't dribble much anymore, it's very strange

Al Ta'ee vs Al Nassr.

In this match, Al Nasrr won his battle over the home team with a score of 0-2. It's a shame, we're too busy to discuss Messi's move and others to the point of forgetting today, Al Nassr just won his match over Al Ta'ee. based on statistics, as usual that Al Nassr dominated the match. they controlled 55% ball possession, 17 total shots, 5 shots on target, 8 shots off the mark and 4 shots blocked. in fact, Al Nassr should have scored more than 2 goals in this match. because, they have 4 big chances. but unfortunately, Ronaldo was only able to score at the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, while the second goal was scored by Talisca in the 80th minute.

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Al Hilal vs Al Ittihad.

Supposedly, in this fight Al Hilal was able to topple Al Ittihad. but unfortunately, this match ended in a 2-2 draw. although actually, ball possession is controlled by Al Hilal with 68%. regarding odds, not too much of a difference. but technically, Al Hilal is better than Al Ittihad. referring to several matches, I see that Al Ittihad tends to play more defensively and only rely on counterattacks, including in this match. imagine, they only controlled 32% ball possession. but every attack they build, or their counterattack is enough to trouble their opponent. In this match, Al Itihad took the lead in the 8th minute and added to the number of goals in the 30th minute and Al Hilal was only able to reply in the 43rd minute.
In the second half, the fight took place tough. even Al Hilal looked to increase the intensity of their attack, luck was on their side too, in the 90+4 minute Al Hilal was able to equalize by Michael's goal. as a result, the two teams only produced the same 1 point.

Well, only 3 games left. while Al Nassr is only 3 points adrift. if Al Ittihad slips in the remaining matches, it means providing an opportunity for Al Nassr to win the top of the standings. yes, at least this league is still interesting in the race for trophies.

Well, it's a pity that CR7 is voting for things for the Worse, Honestly I don't know how he can stay well in a team, it's not bad that he returns to Portugal,to his League,it may be that there he recovers as he was when he started in his Career, I think that many things have affected him and it is unfortunate, but as long as he is emotionally bad, it is something that prevents many from getting off to a good start in their lives, and that affects everything,and I also think that with his wife he has a made-up life,no I think that CR7 is behaving badly,it is something that does not make sense,for some the most Important thing is to have their Family well, at least for me it means a lot.

Why? Because the two leagues are on different continents so they are shaded by different football organizations so there are rules that clubs in Europe must comply with but that does not bind clubs outside the European continent, such as financial fiar play that is implemented by UEFA so only clubs in Europe who are obliged to comply, but I don't really understand whether there is a ban on European clubs from submitting contracts to players whose contracts have not yet ended like Messi, because I suspect that City are not really interested in Messi, who, although he is still performing well at the age of 36, City is not a club. who is used to playing with a squad of old players.

I don't think that Messi's presence at Barcelona can damage the development of the young players there, you can see how he is quite respected by the young players of the Argentina national team and provides enough space for these young players to develop and play together with him. If he goes to Barcelona or any club he won't play long because maybe in 2-3 years he will retire.

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Today there will be two matches that will be important for the two clubs who are competing in the title race.
Al Hilal vs Ittihad FC and Al Ta'ee vs Al Nassr.

Al Hilal is not an easy opponent for Ittihad FC, even though they have gained a 5-point advantage over Al Nassr but the 4 matches that still have to be played will really change things if they lose this match, in the history of the two team meetings the Ittihad team has not won so often because the victory is dominated by Al Hilal but this time it might be different because Ittihad's condition is better than Al Hilal so there is a chance for them to win or at least 1 point so that the point difference with Al Nassr is maintained.

In other matches, Al Nassr faced a situation that was not so good because several times they threw away the opportunities that existed to be able to compete closely with Ittihad at the top of the standings, so Al Nassr had to be vigilant because maybe they would only get a draw again, making their chances even more difficult.

The question that popped up in my mind. If Lionel Messi is allowed to negotiate with any club because his contract will expire in June, why hasn't the Manchester City club negotiated and submitted a proposal like Al Hilal?

To be honest, I don't expect Lionel Messi to return to Barcelona, it will damage young players who are improving in performance because they will be unable to compete, let Barcelona be without Messi so they don't depend on Messi, unless Messi comes to Barcelona as a coach one day.

and migration always bring good fortune. I think one should always experience new culture and new things.
and that is what is on the mind of Messi - he is a super star and he has a huge fan following across the world and also Ronaldo is an a example how he as been honored

Finally somebody else except for me says it and I couldn't agree more. It is still stated here by some people that Messi has enough money and that is why he wouldn't care. This is nonsense because everyone has a financial limit where you can't decline the offer anymore. I am assuming normal life circumstances here, not that someone now wants to argue like "what if someone from his family is sick, then he would decline even 800 million". No, assuming that everything is normal in his life and he could sign a contract that brings him close to half a billion dollars per year, he is probably going to do it. What if he doesn't? Al-Hilal will add another 100 million and then he will do it. For Al-Hilal it obviously doesn't matter whether they are going to pay 200, 300, 400 or 500. They have made very clear what their goal is.

I think it's all about money, the difference in the amount could be so staggering that there could be no choice for Messi. Obviously this depends on how the vacation went, as we all know he famously went there, if he liked it then the money difference would be enough, if he didn't like it then it would be no amount of money could buy him.

Sometimes just a few days can shape your understanding of a whole nation, if you go there for 3 days and have a great time then you will like the nation, for SAME nation then you could go 3 days and have bad days and hate that nation, it's that simple, it is the exact same nation and nothing changed, but you had different experiences. This is true for any nation in the world. I think it all depends how it went for him.

For the purpose of argument we can say that we'll prefer money as the ultimate, but the reality is different. If we were really Messi we will be thinking of different factors, money stands at the very last place. I state based on his earnings till date. What he had earned is more than enough for his generation. He'll perform really well, but the inner mind will surely have opposite thoughts if I wasn't able to perform good once after the contract. So, we can't think same as what he does. Lets wait for him to announce something officially.