Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 773. (Read 126311 times)

Unfortunately, this match ended in a draw with a score of 0-0. even though Al Nassr actually controlled 59% ball possession, 18 total shots, 3 of which were on target, 12 shots off target, 3 shots blocked. as a result, Al Nassr had to be content with only getting one point in this fight. meanwhile, Al feyha managed to hold the opposing team to a draw and avoided defeat. yes, it's natural that Al feyha plays more defensively. because, the team they are fighting against is one of the formidable teams in this competition.

On the other hand, Al Ittihad is playing an away match at Al Wehda's house. The first match has just ended, but the standings are temporary with a score of 0-2 for Al Ittihad. most likely, Al Ittihad will score again in the second half. and if Al Ittihad manages to hold on or even add a goal against Al Wehda. that way, Al Ittihad was one step ahead of Al Nassr by widening the difference in points between them.

Seasons like this do come in every league. No matter how long a team dominates there is always a tough season. I will say the season is not favorable with Al hilal, u can decode this from their performance right from the start of the season. Al Shahab won Al Hilal, Am not surprised to see that because Al shabab's performance his season has increased in a good fraction better than the previous years.  The big problem to deal with is Al nasri, they seen to be the. Sea nmost favoured side this season

With a total of 8 shots on target in the first half, it seems that Al-Nassr is still having a hard time breaking into Al-Feiha's goal. Cristiano Ronaldo will still be waiting for his goal in this match and I quite hope he can score again like in the previous game. The odds for Al-Nassr are looking pretty good and I think Al-Nassr will start scoring in the second half. Al-Nassr must win this match so they can shift the top position of the standings from Al-Ittihad.

Al Nassr is like an old engine slowly but sure, I remember Al Nassr to make come back in 2 matches even in 4 minutes they can score 3 goals
So let them go through the first half without a goal but let's wait in the 2nd half Ronaldo can still be relied upon at a crucial moment
I checked the betting market and odds for Al nassr @1.55 even though before the match started it was @1.26

Cristiano is having difficulty to score tonight,it is early as it just ended the first half but as they say the sun can be spotted early in the morning.I think that maybe Al Nassr will win but so far they have not been able to score despite dominating the game with statistics,attacks and corners.It is time for Cristiano to score a goal as it is exactly in the difficult games that players of his caliber playing on a non that qualitative league like this one should emerge and take care of the situation,most probably they will be attacking hard in the second half and the odd to place on Al Nassr live at 1.70 seems a good choice.

Live match between Al-feiha vs Al-nassr now it's 40 minutes without a goal but yes we still have the 2nd half
This match is clearly important to al-Nassr this means they have to win and the draw is clearly not enough because Ittihad must take advantage
Anyway, al-Nassr has no other choice they have to win in all remaining matches because Ittihad also did the same thing.

Saudi Arabia's club Al-Nassr has taken a good initiative for signing Cristiano Ronaldo in their football league and this is really a big surprise for all football fans. Although Al-Nassr spend $ 20 million but the league has added a different dimension to football lovers in contact with this star player. A year ago, the Saudi Arabian League is not known to football world. But whenever such an agreement has been made, the club's attraction as well as the league get much popularity to the world. As Ronaldo has taken a big figure from the price, he has created a big distance from other teams. He has already become the most important weapon of the club.

I think in Saudi Arabia they have money to spend and a lot of them.They spend it really wisely by bringing Cristiano to be playing in their league for 2 seasons as those 500 million EUR spent for him in total I am sure they have made publicity enough to this league and I am sure for the upcoming season if voices are true that Messi maybe leaving in this league also,then the countries asking to broadcast this league will be huge enough and the revenue will come together with making the country better known in the football world.

Even this very thread here has gone to 60 pages when before the Ronaldo move it barely had 1-5 pages in total.

All thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo for popularizing Talisca after he joined the Arab club side Al-Nassr. With the way Talisca plays and scores in that club, you have to wonder if he isn't from Brazil. Brazil has so many talented players that they cannot use them all in the national team. Talisca was not only fortunate to play for his national team; given his age now, I doubt he will be given the opportunity to do so. He has a solid track record and a big name in the Al-Nassr club.


If he was to be playing in any of the top European leagues today with this outstanding performance, he’ll be one of the most sorted out attackers in the league. His club career only span through Bahia in 2009, then moved to Benfica in 2014, played for Besiktas as a loan player in 2016, joined Guangzhou Evergrande in 2018, and finally Al-Nassr in 2021. He’s 29 years old now, and might likely end his career in Al-Nassr after signing a new contract till 2026.

I don't think that Tite only chooses players from the Brazilian national team who play in the European leagues, Alisca is indeed a good player but Brazil has other options for an attacker, from what I have read, Talisca was called once by Tite to play for the national team in 2018 but it seems that the results he showed did not satisfy Tite so he was not called again. btw, according to wikipedia, prior to al nassr, talisca was a benfica and guangzhou evergrande player.

Before spending big money surely this could've been discussed much. Everything done at the right time made things even popular. Once after the FIFA World Cup the announcement came and it turned to be the big talk. One of the oldest football league which isn't much into discussion had been discussed and the viewership increased from all around the world. All have happened out Ronaldo into the team. Surely what have been spent on him will be earned within short time period, because each and every act is connected to revenue.

I disagree - because if they spent so much money on Ronaldo
They are not fools they know what gem they have brought to their club and Ronaldo is blessed to be landed on the scared land and experience some amazing stuff

Well, they do have a manager that is not world class and a team that is not a world class level. Sure they spent a lot of money on Ronaldo, but if I were the owner I would have just hired a much better manager for a lot of money, and also get like 3-4 other players that are good, when you combine all that it still doesn't cost as much as Ronaldo, and the team would be much better.

Imagine getting someone like Mourinho for 20 million a year, and then hiring some great players for 10-15 even 20 million a year, that means the total would be 240 million a year, and I mean 20 million a year salary on all of the roster plus the manager, that's a little bit more than Ronaldo, if you make it 10? That's nearly half as cheap as just one Ronaldo.

Very regretful, in the end Al Hilal had to collapse at the Al Shabab cage. and as I thought before, that this match will not be easy for Al Hilal who seems to be experiencing fitness problems after playing 2 out of 3 matches in one week. which in the end, in the away match against Al Shabab, Al Hilal played very underperformed. plus, this defeat was quite embarrassing for a team as strong as Al Hilal who had to be defeated by a crushing score.

On the other hand, Al Shabab was able to take advantage of the momentum and succeeded in breaking Al Hilal's dominance so far as well as regaining the ranking temporarily occupied by Al Hilal. interestingly, in the next two weeks Al Shabab has an away game against Al Ittihad. you can be sure, this match will attract a lot of attention. because, if Al Ittihad slips when hosting Al Shabab later. will automatically provide an opportunity for Al Nassr to win the top standings while the Saudi Pro League. Well, interestingly, this competition leaves 8 matches remaining. which means, the competition for the Saudi Pro League trophy will be even tighter and more competitive.

Now eight games left in this season, and we have good difference between top four and others which is clearly indicating Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad will fight for the top two and Al-Shadab and Al-Hilal will be on for 3rd and fourth things still tricky as any game can bring changes, but these four are going to stay here until end of this season Ronaldo impact is working on Al-Nassr as this was his first season but in coming weeks things could be more wide open, and we will have better results even if we have no quality players in other teams than Al-Nassr can dominate this league.

Here I agreed with you there is no chance for the Talisca in Brazilian National team as they have enough players those are doing impressive job in national team, and he is in last six years never been in any big team or league with age is now also reaching to 30 giving all details about his future right now he is doing good job for the current club and now with the extended contract mean he will have good time for enjoying after end of this contract most chances things could be not favorable for him in any league with most chances he will return to Brazil.

Although he's showing great performances in the SPL, Talsica failed to prove himself in Europe. He played for a short period for Benfica, after which Benfica lent them to Besiktas, then to a Chinese team, so he wasn't the superior player for them. Anyway, some players prefer money over popularity, as we saw many cases for players who moved to China, KSA, or UAE when they were offered to play for good teams in Europe.
Regarding his contract, he will get $9 million a year for the next two years, which looks reasonable for a 30 year old player. However, his new contract is no way comparable with Ronaldo, whose effect is lower than Talsica when it comes to contribution to the team results, in my opinion.



Al Hilal's performance is unfortunately falling back as they used to be the leader of the standings table during the past years. I think the reason for their loss is that they lost hope of competing for the title this season as Al Ittihad and Al Nassr look hard to be defeated. On the other hand, Al Shabab won against Al Hilal for the first time in 8 years. This fact may represent what Al Hilal used to be in the SPL.

Yes but the discussion often surrounds Ronaldo's contribution to the team and whether or not he has made Al-Nassr a much better team than it used to be before his arrival. If we leave aside the marketing aspect (which was the predominant reason to sign him), they signed him to win the big games, the decisive ones. So far they lost them all. That is the true record so far. Did he score goals? Yes he scored 11 goals in 9 appearances and since his arrival takes 90% of the penalties, without which he would be at 7 goals in 9 games. That is an above average statistic for a player like Ronaldo in the Saudi Professional League.

I only hope that facts are seen in a sober light. No emotions and no exaggerated fanboy considerations like "it's a new experience, he needs to get used to it" or "the weather is different". Ronaldo publicly, repeatedly and emphatically says that he is the best in the world. I think we should then expect nothing less than one would expect from the best in the world. Now we have some results.

I totally see where you're coming from, folks. Those two critical losses must have been a colossal letdown for Al-Nassr supporters, and the anticipation for Ronaldo was, like, sky-high. But we've gotta keep in mind that football's an intricate game, and a whole bunch of factors come into play when it's about a team's triumph or defeat.

One aspect Al-Nassr could really hone in on is their tactics, their strategy, you know? They've gotta scrutinize their rivals like hawks, whip up a game plan that amplifies their strengths and zeroes in on their foes' frailties. They also need to amp up that team chatter and synergy, making sure everyone's singing the same tune, striving for the same dreams.

And, of course, there's always space for growth when it comes to individual player prowess. Ronaldo may not be the titan he once was, but he's still a precious gem on the team. By leveraging their strengths, collaborating as a unit, and perpetually honing their abilities, Al-Nassr can still seize greatness this season!

If Talisca could play in the European league but the chance to become a Brazilian national team player is not easy because Brazil is full of talented players, several players who are still playing at top European clubs have failed to become Brazilian national players like Firmino who is no longer called up as the Brazil squad, because it seems like the Brazilian coach will only call up players under 30 years old unless he is a player with a big influence on Brazilian football like Neymar who is quite respected by fellow Brazilian players.

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Al Hilal failed to defend their position because they lost quite badly to Al Shabab, which is their competitor in the standings so far, even though Al Shabab is often only able to draw against Al Hilal so this is a good win for Al Shabab.
In the 23rd week of matches it is unlikely that it will affect the standings for 1st and 2nd positions because Ittihad FC and Al Nassr will both face teams that are difficult to beat them, so both of them will get 3 points together and changes may occur in the match the following weeks

Sadly Anderson Talisca doesn't stand a chance to play for the Brazil national team. When I watch him play and saw how good he was I research to know about his age to see if he still have time left but I was surprised to see that he was almost 30. As a 30 years old unpopular forward, I doubt if he'll get a chance to showcase his talent in Europe top league to get the attention of his national side. The Brazilian nation is so filled with talent that some big names get missed that would have been usual starters for other nations but because it's Brazil and they have so much talents they don't play. Anderson Talisca  has lots of competition and it got me wondering why he doesn't change his nationality and maybe get a chance to play for other country that he's eligible to play for.

Anderson Talisca made the right decision to extend his contract, he's now getting lots of media attention and it's best to keep playing with Ronaldo to get more famous. He's getting lots of love from Ronaldo's haters that even last game that both him and Ronaldo scored a brace, he's getting all the praises as the media always shows Ronaldo as the villain. The media stories were saying; Ronaldo Al-Nassr: Cristiano Ronaldo SECOND BEST despite Scoring goals, OVERSHADOWED by teammate Anderson Talisca – Check Out and all this was just to take the glory away from Ronaldo as he keeps scoring even after they wrote him off. Congratulations to Anderson Talisca though, he deserve all the praises he's getting.