Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 77. (Read 127046 times)

Brazil quality drops recent years and they have big problems with their academy system in their home land. In many years, Brazil did not produce any world class striker and in latest World Cup tournaments, we can see that lack of a good striker affected their squad performance a lot. Neymar is not a striker and if he comes back to play for Brazil, he won't help them solving this problem.

He can want to play for his national team Brazil more than for his current club Al Hilal, but the condition is he must be good in fitness. If he does not have good fitness, he will not be called for his national duty and to play well for Brazil, he must play regularly for his club.

With good growth of Vinicius and Rodrygo, Neymar will lose his important role in Brazil squad soon. There are two more years till World Cup 2026 that will be a last chance for Neymar to win a World Cup title with Brazil. This is his biggest target before a retirement and winning it at very late year of career like Messi is very motivational with Neymar.

He's only want to play for Brazil, but intentionally don't want to play for Al Hilal, even he play, he didn't give everything to contribute on the match. I think when he want to move Al Hilal, he already think to use this strategy because he only want the money with the lowest effort.

Even he's injured, but he still actively gambling and promote the brands he partnered with.

Yes, the matches that will be played in this league and many matches that are going on without defeat and draw.  Which is like being surprised to see.You have to accept that it will get smarter over time.  Their players also change the match with hard work and effort.  He has a long list of wins if you watch his matches.

So you accept it with good playing and hard work because Al Hilal team is hardworking and on top.Leverkusen is also a good and hard working team but cannot match Al Hilal in which we see defeat against them. Al-Nasr has degraded and weakened itself when it could have defeated Al-Hilal in the competition.  But were not able to play well and often players did not play well with injuries.

I just hope he can recover quickly, in fact Brazil is having a lot of problems winning in the South American qualifiers, it has lost and drawn with teams that would never have done something like that, so that is something to be afraid of, in the Saudi team things are different, he is in the squad, I heard and saw information on the web that they were not going to print Al Hilal shirts with his name on them, so I think they will not renew with him, and it is a shame, so for me Ney has to speed up his recovery in one way or another, somewhere I saw that he already had a ball and was practicing, but of course, it may be that he cannot play at a professional level yet.

You compared Rooney and Ronaldo and this made me think deeply about these two players. We know Ronaldo is a different player and even at this age he is still playing with perfect performance in Al Nassr while even younger players than Ronaldo already retired and they can't play anymore because of their ages.
Rooney is one example of these players, he is fat enough to say he can't run anymore.
I think the main reason is mostly about Rooney and his lifestyle while we can see Ronaldo eating healthy and he does exercise even if he is not playing which can make him look younger.

The Cr7 legend's lifestyle has brought him to achieve glory longer than other players his age. Even Rooney, who seems a little younger than Cristiano Ronaldo, has retired from football since 2021 and I'm sure he won't be as fit as Cristiano Ronaldo when he returns to playing on the field. Cr7 has a high level of discipline in implementing a healthy lifestyle. He even forbids his children from getting close to alcohol. And he said he also trained his family so they could be as disciplined as he was. So it is not surprising that this player still looks superior even compared to the young players at Al-nassr.

The consistency is definitely the key here and I agree with it. I believe we are talking about a team which has been playing well for over a year now and not a simple solution could be found to get them to be losing. Many teams tried to win against them and they all failed, which shows how good they are, if they were even just a little bit bad, then other teams would have figured out a way to stop them, but this doesn't change the fact that they haven't lost.

You can study them as much as you want, if they keep playing the same game and keep winning then there won't be any changes. I believe at least for this one season, we are going to see them be the winners again, they have nothing going wrong for them and neither Ittihad nor Nassr would be able to win against them. We need to make sure they change within before we can see anything else, if they start to be bad themselves then there is a chance some other team could end up losing in the end.

Of course it would be a shame for Neymar and Brazil if no club showed interest in Neymar after he left and he remained undrafted for an entire season. I heard some rumors this season that Neymar might return to Barcelona and the current manager of Barcelona might try his best to bring Neymar back to their team but I don't have a clear idea how true these rumors are. Currently Neymar is a player of Al Hilal so for now we are waiting to see him in the field wearing Al Hilal jersey. There are some fans who may not like Neymar and there are some fans who like Neymar. Apart from these, the good should be called good and the bad should be called bad. Neymar is still an important player for Al Hilal and I can say that if he is healthy he will definitely be in the regular XI in Al Hilal jersey.

Ronaldo’s professionalism is on a whole different level that’s why you can clearly see the difference in his physique and mentality, a lot of players younger than him look older because they don’t carry their physicality a priority although it’s not very easy to maintain consistency while building such physique, alot of people will give up after a few years but Ronaldo is a very determined player and has instilled such mindset into his girlfriend and children already. I am sure he will still try to maintain the same mentality even after retirement.

Ronaldo seem like a person that would love drinks, smokes and parties if you just see him without knowing him but hearing he is not into all these things really surprises a lot of people, that shows how disciplined he is aand how dedicated he was towards achieving his goal of becoming the best player in the world. He said it himself that it was very difficult but he got used to it. I don’t think there will be a player as disciplined as Ronaldo in this generation. He is very punctual with training and never jokes with anything they will affect his career and this was what made me to like him.

Ronaldo actually deserves to be an extraordinary example in terms of maintaining fitness and stamina so far, not only football athletes, I think what is exemplified and applied by Ronaldo today we can follow and it is a positive habit that not only the fans must follow today, but the Ronaldo hatters should also try to live a healthy life by not smoking,  don't drink alcohol and avoid soft drinks like he has done all this time, to be honest previously, I dont think comparing Rooney with Ronaldo , but when I saw Rooney in the camera spotlight during the Manchester United vs Tottenham match, I think the physical comparison and appearance of the two players have been very different today although they are not much different in age

IMO, Al Hilal's strength is their very solid teamwork. They have a strong bond and chemistry, so this team looks very strong and dominant. It is clear that Al Hilal has a strong mentality, they are one of the elite teams that always dominate the Saudi Pro League before this club was acquired by the PIF company. Actually, Al Hilal's advantage is that they play compactly, the collectivity in their game has been formed. Each player knows very well to place their position, as well as when to pass, attack and defend. Behind all that, Jorge Jesus is an architect who really fits the team he coaches, the relationship between the players and the coach has been built strongly which has reached a certain point. Mitrovic is not a player who has a big name like the players on his rival team, as well as Malcom, Neves and Sergej Savic, but their work deserves to be appreciated. One of the local players who shines is Salem Al Dawsari, this winger is very important in Jorge Jesus' squad. So it is not surprising that Al Hilal can turn the situation around when competing against Al-Ahli.

A team is not only seen from the composition of the players they have and we will see them playing well, there are many things we have to see, cooperation between players, chemistry, mentality and so on. Those are factors that cannot be separated from football. There are many examples of teams with very good composition of players but they still fail in the game because they do not play football as they should (team play). A simple example we can see from Al Hilal and Al Nassr, in terms of the quality of the players they have, they are actually not much different, I can even say they are at the same level. But why do they have differences in the game? yes that is an answer that will have many points of view, it could be because of the coach factor, an unsuitable strategy, player chemistry that has not been fully created and so on.

You can't even say that to Al Hilal because if you look at their last 10 match you won't find a single defeat or a draw. Due to which their hard work and success is getting superior, that is why they are winning matches and their record is getting so good.  Many people are like them more and more.They have experience that surprise everyone and there are more things that they use. Now to see if Al Hilal keeps the win if any team beats them.

It pays to live a healthy life and Cristiano Ronaldo is a big prove to that theory, not only Rooney though atleast Rooney is a year older than Ronaldo but how about players like Neymar that's much more younger but cannot be compared to Ronaldo in terms of fitness and form, someone that's barely featured for Al Hilal for up to 10 to 15 matches cause he's refused to be fit but then Cristiano Ronaldo despite his age is still keeping records and scoring goals. if I were a footballer, I think Ronaldo would've been my big motivation cause I'll definitely emulate his lifestyle in keeping fit and leave a healthy life. Apart from being a footballer, there are certain things everyone needs to avoid to live healthy life and doping is one of the, according to health expert, it's not very good for the body system and the effects would begin to take place on the long run, that's why Cristiano Ronaldo could continue playing till age 40+ but a football athlet who does drugs could barely last till that age.

Rooney is younger than Ronaldo and in early of Rooney career, he was considered as a more potential with greater talent than Ronaldo. Rooney was like several years ahead of Ronaldo and things changed after World Cup 2010. Through that summer, Ronaldo ignored drama about him and Rooney in a match between England and Portugal, and only focused on gym. He returned to Manchester United with a very different body, stronger physically and since that summer, he became a brightest star player in Manchester United.

These things are very big challenges for many players but if they can not be disciplined and avoid these things, their career will be shorter and we can have some examples like Rooney, Sneijder, Nasri, who had very overweight bodies after their retirements. Ronaldo is still playing and scoring many goals at this age, it's very impressive even I am not his fan.

Rooney is indeed a perfect comparison, because Rooney is almost the same age as Ronaldo, in fact Rooney is one year younger than Ronaldo. However, we can see that in terms of posture and skill, Rooney is clearly very far from Ronaldo at his current age. So here we are taught that Ronaldo has really proven to us that by living a healthy lifestyle the results can indeed have a significant impact on the body. Because from the news I read about Ronaldo, he

Never smoked
Never drink alcohol
Doesn't have tattoos
Absolutely avoid drinking fizzy drinks

These four things are big examples that other footballers should emulate from Ronaldo. However, doing these things will certainly be difficult, so it requires hard work, totality and high consistency to be able to make these things into a habit. Apart from that, consuming doping like Pogba did, I think this is a really bad example. Because I am sure that long-term use of doping will definitely have an adverse impact on the body. Apart from that, in the world of football doping is completely prohibited, so using or consuming doping is of course a violation, which is why Pogba's fate is currently not good, because he was given a ban from playing for several years. Therefore, imitating Ronaldo in terms of discipline in his life as a football athlete is the best way to achieve maximum results. And Ronaldo also applies this habit to his children too. Maybe if Ronaldo's son can really implement his father's habits, I'm sure his son will become a great soccer player too.

Al Hilal has indeed been very superior in the Arab League since long ago, so it is not surprising that they have a strong mentality, even though their team is behind but before the match ends they continue to try their best to be able to turn things around which makes them undefeated so far from the 6 matches that have been played.

Al Hilal's toughness was also seen last season, they even managed to win the Arab League trophy without ever losing, just like Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. If Leverkusen can't repeat it again this season because they have experienced defeat, Al Hilal has the potential to repeat it this season like last season by winning the title without ever losing.

Al Nassr is indeed getting better, but in my opinion Al Hilal can dominate the Arab League this season. The reason is that Al Nasr still has weaknesses in the defense line while Al Hilal seems to have a complete and solid squad so it is very difficult for the opposing team to beat them.

Although currently most of the players owned by Al Hillal are players from the Middle East and a few European players, but we can see how the ability of Jorge Jesus to build the Al Hillal squad is be very strong and even still able to maintain an unbeaten record in the league until now, in my opinion although Al Hilal is dominated by local players but they have very qualified quality and tactics at the moment so they do lose Neymar is not a weakness for them.

Regarding Neymar, we all know the qualities that Neymar has and we can't deny that if he is fit, of course he can have a positive impact on Brazil and Al hillal, But I think it's time for Al hillal to be realistic because still maintain Neymar in the squad is also useless, maybe in the next few months he will recover from his long injury,  But there is no guarantee if he can perform with well again and also his injury history so far allows him to injury relapse if he returns playing later I think the injury history that Neymar currently has is a barrier for him to show his best performance again, so I think it's time for Neymar to retire from football because the injuries that continue to occur repeatedly.

The quality of a coach seems to be the difference between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr in recent seasons. Because the problem Al-Nassr has had since Cristiano Ronaldo came to Al-Nassr is their back line. And even though several coaches have been brought in, it turns out no one can handle it until last season or even the start of this season, namely in the Luis Castro era. But now that Piolo was brought in to replace Castro, it seems like everything is starting to change. Namely, Al-Nassr's defense line looks much stronger this time. And I think Pioli is ultimately the most suitable coach for this team.

But Al-Hilal, which has had good balance since last season, will certainly still be difficult to beat this season. And I will be looking forward to Al-Nassr's meeting against Al-hilal this season in the SPL. And that will happen in week 9 of this season.

I think there are quality players in all teams but not all team players are used to consistent performances like Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal players. Al-Nassr have the exact same quality of forwards as Al-Hilal have, i.e. they are one of the best strikers of all time. They include Cristiano Ronaldo, the top goalscorer in football history and Sadio Mane, one of the best strikers who played for Liverpool and Bayern Munich. Even before Neymar joined Al-Hilal team, they were very strong ie they were equally strong in attack defense.

As a result, no team could defeat them easily because they were able to perform well everywhere and lead the team forward. Al-Nassr on the other hand have the best attack but their defense is weak due to which they played well in many matches but lost at the last moment, Although they have the best forwards in the team.