Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[AprilioMP]

Al Nassr had previously led the match with a score of 1 goal through a goal scored by Ronaldo, but as usual, when victory was in sight, the performance and concentration of Al Nassr defenders dropped again and made a foul that could have been avoided in the penalty box, the penalty scored by Al Raed in that match was the goal that made Al Nassr continue to maintain its negative trend after losing in the Super Cup final to Al Hillal this season, the first match didn't go as they expected and I think for now Ronaldo is still not enough to help Al Nassr to become title contenders if they don't immediately improve their defense, Al Nassr, who this season has the ambition to break Al Hillal dominance, seems to still must to move quickly for recruit new players before the transfer market closes.

The opportunity to break the dominance of Al Hilal in the acquisition of the title has not been closed like last season which is quite large in the context of the acquisition of points. If indeed Al Nassr's obstacle lies in the player, I agree if the management of Al Nassr needs to recruit new players if the Al Nassr squad is considered to have experienced obstacles there.
1 point in two matches is certainly not a good result, but the journey is still too far. It is also not good for Al Nassr that the 2024-2025 season is still too early if it continues to fail to win full points.

[Slow death]

It is already very clear that Al Nassr needs to fire coach Luis Castro because he is not able to bring good results to the team, you don't need to be a genius to see that. That's why I don't understand why the Al Nassr board didn't fire him last season and could have hired another coach who could have made some good signings for this season and Al Nassr would have had good results. It is not possible that a team that did not do well last season, continue with the same squad and coach this season and expect to have good results. That doesn't make any sense.


AL Akhdood 0 - 3 AL Hilal

this guy Aleksandar Mitrović and this guy Jorge Jesus They are making history at AL Hilal, they will be able to win the league for the second time in a row this season. I have always said that coach Jorge Jesus is a great coach and that he should coach some big team in the Premier League or La Liga. It was an incredible victory, it showed a great superiority of AL Hilal and the most interesting thing is that AL Hilal did not concede any goals in this game. Congratulations Jorge Jesus

Luis Castro's performance seems to be not very satisfying because he has many quality players in the team but he failed to bring victory to the team. Even when Al Nassr was humiliated by Al Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup, the management should have fired him at that time. Al Nassr's performance so far has not changed because in their first match they lost maximum points because Al Raed was able to hold Al Nassr to a draw in the first match of the season. On the one hand, Ronaldo has a good relationship with Luis Castro and it could be because of their close relationship that Luis Castro's position is quite safe in the Al Nassr coaching chair.

Of course, if you look at their rivals Al Hilal, they appear quite consistent because they managed to beat their opponents in the first match of the season. Mitrovic was able to maintain his good performance because he continued to contribute by scoring goals and bringing Al Hilal to 3 points.

This season Al Nassr have only made 2 signings, namely:

Bento - Goalkeeper

Salem Al-Najdi - Left-Back

They haven't signed any new good strikers. Al Nassr's problem is in the attack, which is very weak. Looking at the current strikers, we have a very scary scenario. To be more direct:

Cristiano Ronaldo = he has been trying very hard, but most of the time he hasn't received the ball in perfect conditions to score goals. He would need to have a good player who knows how to make good assists to support him.

Talisca = this guy had a time when he scored a lot of goals, but since he got injured and came back, he hasn't been the same guy, he hasn't been able to score many goals.

Sadio Mane = he doesn't even look like the guy who scored a lot of goals for Liverpool and helped the Senegal national team a lot. Since he arrived at Al Nassr he hasn't been the Sadio Mane of Liverpool. He's been very quiet, he hasn't scored many goals.

Al Nassr needs at least 2 good strikers.

Why do I think the coach should be fired? I think the coach should be fired because he is the one who hires players, he is the one who puts the players on the field, he is the one who defines the team formation and the team strategies. So he should know that Mane and Talisca are not being good attackers and that the team needs 2 better attackers.

[Arenga pinnata]

Al Nassr is going to have a nightmare if they lose Ronaldo or this player gets retired and he can't play for some weeks. Currently, the whole team is based on Ronaldo in Al Nassr and he is the most important player for Al Nassr if he is in the bad form, Al Nassr is in the bad form and he is more than just a normal player for Al Nassr. Maybe Al Nassr should start using the investment they had and they should try using players like Ronaldo to get other younger players more experienced by using Ronaldo.  

I see the mentality problem of Al-nassr players as a problem that needs to be fixed. Apart from that, the accuracy of Al-Nassr's forward players is also not in good condition. Their defense line is also not that strong. And yes, Luis Castro seems to have to immediately improve everything at this club. It is quite surprising to see that Al-Nassr is the only strong team that failed to get full points in its first week in the SPL. This will make Al-nassr's steps quite difficult in the next matches. Because they can't fail again. In the next match, Al-feiha will be the opponent that Al-nassr must face. And I hope Al-Nassr can win. And I see Talisca not playing optimally this season. Maybe because this player was injured at the end of last season. So its performance has not fully returned since then. Because before Talisca was injured we knew he could always be an impressive partner on the front line with Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane. What made Al-Nassr's attack line very strong at that time.

[snipie]

Sadio Mane = he doesn't even look like the guy who scored a lot of goals for Liverpool and helped the Senegal national team a lot. Since he arrived at Al Nassr he hasn't been the Sadio Mane of Liverpool. He's been very quiet, he hasn't scored many goals.

Yeah true, Sadio Mane was way better with Liverpool. Since he moved there to Bayern Munich in Bundesliga then to Al-Nassr in Saudi Pro League, he looks weaker and less useful. He doesn't find the suitable place to play in and stressful situations don't help him.
Al-Nassr did require someone to cooperate with Cristiano Ronaldo very well, maybe like Benzema.. This season they have a new team that might be annoying, Al-Qadsiah which is owned by giant Aramco oil company which is trying to get the title or at least top positions. This without counting how good Al-Hilal is this season too.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Al Hilal has transformed into a strong team, with Neymar they wanted to form a strong team but due to injury Neymar was sidelined for the entire season but Al Hilal players proved that they are much stronger without Neymar and they can easily beat any team in the Saudi League. Al Hilal's biggest opponent in the Saudi league is Al Nassr but we all know how they beat them in the final match. They scored four goals early on and should have scored more towards the end of the match. The new season of the Saudi League may start soon and Neymar is likely to be available there. If Neymar joins the XI and performs regularly for Al Hilal then Al Hilal will be like Real Madrid in Europe unstoppable.  
Best of luck for the future matches, and best of luck to Neymar, hopefully he'll be back in the team soon.

Yesterday I saw a lot of news that Neymar will leave Saudi Arabia, he is going to do this after his contract expires in 2025, earlier they wrote that he would like to return to Brazil, and now there are rumors that he would like to return to Barcelona. And so far it is not clear how he will be able to return to the game after such a serious injury, his career in Saudi Arabia was not very successful, and there is still a whole season to prove himself, but we do not know if he is ready to fully return to the game, and how much time he will need for this.

There were earlier rumors of a return to Barcelona but those rumors did not come true. Some action-oriented media say that Neymar will return to the club where he started his football career, while some media say that he will stay in the Saudi league until the 2026 World Cup. There is no clear understanding of Neymar's transfer so we have to accept that all the rumors will be true now. But if Al Hilal wants to keep Neymar and extend his contract then I think Neymar will stay because Al Hilal will get huge annual salary from Neymar. Neymar's return to Barcelona is unlikely, but it is more likely that he will stay at Al Hilal.

Well, despite constant injuries and limited playing time, he has more championship titles than Ronaldo when they both went to Saudi Arabia. Despite his long-term absence, Neymar is still on the list of Al Hilal Club to win the Saudi Pro League, King Cup, and Saudi Arabian Super Cup in the 2023-2024 season . If Neymar returns, it will certainly significantly strengthen Al Hilal, while the club's long-time rival, Al Nassr with famous player Ronaldo, has yet to show signs of improvement before the new season.

But the former PSG star's contributions to the team are negligible. In the context of the club wanting to restructure the squad and cut costs. The huge salary that Neymar is receiving is also said to be a significant financial burden for Al Hilal. Parting ways with Neymar may be a reasonable solution. However, terminating the contract with Neymar is not an easy decision. Al Hilal will have to find a partner willing to take on Neymar and share some of the financial responsibility. Furthermore, losing a star of Neymar's caliber could also affect the club's image and appeal.

I think that the player Neymar has to be given the opportunity to play, it would not be fair to do without his services, besides it would bring a lot more color to the Saudi league, a rivalry between Neymar and CR7 would be great, it's true what you say, as long as Al Nassr is only CR7 it is very difficult, the 10 players have to give their all, they can't play like they have done, they lack is to sweat the shirt as it is, to go out with desire, to go out with hunger, otherwise they will always be second fiddles, they have to change that mentality, or I don't know what they will have to change, but they have to do it.

Former Barcelona star Neymar Jr. has set his sights firmly on a return to the club this summer.

That’s according to journalist Joan Fontes of Bar Canaletes, who has provided an insight into the latest word stemming from the camp of the Brazilian international.

It is of course common knowledge that Barcelona are on the lookout for reinforcements on the left flank before the summer window is out.

Having come up short in their efforts to bring in priority target Nico Williams, however, the Camp Nou brass have been forced to turn their attentions elsewhere.

Recent days have seen a whole host of high-profile options from across the continent tipped as potential additions to Hansi Flick’s squad in Catalunya’s capital.

Source:https://getfootballnewsspain.com/at-any-cost-neymar-angling-for-barcelona-return/

[SirLancelot]

Al Nassr's performance in the match was very disappointing, I thought Al Nassr would start with a win at home but instead they only got a draw and were only able to score 1 goal in the first half, Ronaldo always scores goals for his club Al Nassr, it seems like all the players depend on him, usually Talischa and Sadio Mane can help Ronaldo score goals, but what's wrong with their performance lately? is it possible that Al Nassr's front line is no longer sharp even though this club relies heavily on these three players. I feel sorry for Ronaldo because he looks the most serious in playing the match but is not supported by solid teammates.

Al Nassr is having same troubling time as they were having in last season things are having no change just because of this we are having no development into their performance after having lost in Super Cup against Al Hilal now their performance against Al Raad is also not good as they fail to take advantage playing at home ended on draw by 1–1 but still Cristiano Ronaldo is having good time he started with goal and keep his record for scoring going.

Attack of Al Nassr is having good depth, but things are not going good as they needed so they are suffering Bento is also having not good start as he fails to have any clean sheet from his early games in this club.

The opportunity to break the dominance of Al Hilal in the acquisition of the title has not been closed like last season which is quite large in the context of the acquisition of points. If indeed Al Nassr's obstacle lies in the player, I agree if the management of Al Nassr needs to recruit new players if the Al Nassr squad is considered to have experienced obstacles there.

With this performance and quality I am not expecting from Al Nassr to have anything positive because their attack is having no coordination to score goals and their defense is also having problems so they are conceding goals consecutively if we have no improvement in coming matches we will have same result for them while we have in last season no trophy and living under the control of Al Hilal because they are doing impressive job and having good start of their defend with good results against top ranked teams.

[Palakka]

Sadio Mane = he doesn't even look like the guy who scored a lot of goals for Liverpool and helped the Senegal national team a lot. Since he arrived at Al Nassr he hasn't been the Sadio Mane of Liverpool. He's been very quiet, he hasn't scored many goals.

Yeah true, Sadio Mane was way better with Liverpool. Since he moved there to Bayern Munich in Bundesliga then to Al-Nassr in Saudi Pro League, he looks weaker and less useful. He doesn't find the suitable place to play in and stressful situations don't help him.
Al-Nassr did require someone to cooperate with Cristiano Ronaldo very well, maybe like Benzema.. This season they have a new team that might be annoying, Al-Qadsiah which is owned by giant Aramco oil company which is trying to get the title or at least top positions. This without counting how good Al-Hilal is this season too.

Mane performance has really decreased if we compare it to when he played at Liverpool previously, but in my opinion this is very natural considering that not all star players are able to maintain their performance well after experiencing injury or moving to another team during this time, but even so I see that Mane still has a big contribution to Al Nassr and we shouldn't be able to compare his role at Liverpool and Al Nassr at this time, even Ronaldo, who is a star and is considered a complex player, still needs support from other players to remain the best, this is actually also applies to Mane who actually appeared very impressive when he was well supported by his teammates at Liverpool, but at Al Nassr I actually saw that he often had to try alone like Ronaldo at the moment, I think if Al nassr were capable give good support to  mane then we will again see the mane as sharp as before.

[bitgolden]

Two things I would like to talk about. First of all, Al Nassr can't get any cups ever if they end up losing or drawing against teams like this, Ronaldo once again scored, and he is doing his best and I think he is not to be blamed for the teams poor form since he arrived, they could have won a title if they built a better team around him.

I am in no means a Ronaldo fan, but I am not blind neither, I do consider Messi to be the greatest football player ever in history, but I also believe that Ronaldo is the second best player to ever play this game and even at 40 years old he is much better than almost every player in this league, they should definitely consider building a better team around him.

Second topic is Neymar to Barcelona, while I do agree that Barcelona would like to get Neymar on a very cheap contract because that would be good for business, like even if you do not play him, if he accepts a very very low offer, then jersey sales alone could pay for it, but football related business wouldn't work that well, he is not the footballer he used to be, he wouldn't even crack bench at his current situation, dude played like 50-60 games in the last 3-4 seasons, players do that in a single season these days.

[redsun114]

Nacho Fernandes made his first debut with Al Qadisiyah against Al Fateh, in this match Al Qadisiyah managed to win the match with a landslide score of 3-0. With these results, Al Qadisiyah is now at the top of the Saudi Arabian League standings. So this victory will certainly make Nacho Fernandes very happy, because at the start of his debut with Al Qadisiyah, which is also a team that has just been promoted to the Saudi Arabian Premier League, this victory will certainly be something to be very proud of. from. from. Maybe this season Al Qadisiyah will be a great competitor to become a candidate to win the Saudi Arabian League. Therefore I am very curious and definitely looking forward to the match between Al Hilal, last season's Saudi Arabian League champions, and Al Qadisiyah, a very promising newcomer. I am sure the match between Al Qadisiyah and Al Hilal will be exciting.

Apart from that, today Al Hilal is scheduled to compete against Al Okhdood. This match should be very easy for Al Hilal. But we'll see later, whether Al Hilal still has good performance like last season or not. Because as we know, last season Al Hilal never lost to any team in the Saudi Arabian league. So I am very curious, whether this season Al Hilal will again create an unbeaten record like last season or not.

Another new club with having strong back of Aramco entered into Saudi Pro League with bang this is amazing result for the club after having first entry in last from promotion they have few good players which can give their best for having good result in this result Al Qadisiyah was trying to bring few big names, but sadly they fail as things were no compatible but now after having start like this we can expect them to have good challenges for the top clubs.

Nacho Fernandes entry in this league is impressive 27 years old Mexican Julian Quinones who joined Al Qadisiyah from Club America Mexican having impressive start of his campaign in this season with this entry we can expect good competition for having the good number of goals in this season Saudi League is having good development and things are looking more interesting for this season as new teams are also giving their best.

[slapper]

~snip~

Al Nassr is going to have a nightmare if they lose Ronaldo or this player gets retired and he can't play for some weeks. Currently, the whole team is based on Ronaldo in Al Nassr and he is the most important player for Al Nassr if he is in the bad form, Al Nassr is in the bad form and he is more than just a normal player for Al Nassr. Maybe Al Nassr should start using the investment they had and they should try using players like Ronaldo to get other younger players more experienced by using Ronaldo.  

For Al Nassr, depending only on Ronaldo poses a danger. Indeed, he is a legend, a goal-scoring machine. Football is a team game, though, therefore the rest of the team has to adjust. Talisca, man, he's gotta start delivering after shedding that injury rust. And the others among the lads?  Step up. One cannot expect Ronaldo to represent the team every single game

Luis Castro still has to arrange his strategies. Strengthen that defense and give these players some mental toughness. They cannot fold the moment Ronaldo has an off day or has an injury. Al Nassr must vary their approach to play. The Ronaldo basket cannot hold all of their eggs. The remainder of the team has to show their value and help the club to flourish

[imamusma]

~snip~

Al Nassr is going to have a nightmare if they lose Ronaldo or this player gets retired and he can't play for some weeks. Currently, the whole team is based on Ronaldo in Al Nassr and he is the most important player for Al Nassr if he is in the bad form, Al Nassr is in the bad form and he is more than just a normal player for Al Nassr. Maybe Al Nassr should start using the investment they had and they should try using players like Ronaldo to get other younger players more experienced by using Ronaldo.  

For Al Nassr, depending only on Ronaldo poses a danger. Indeed, he is a legend, a goal-scoring machine. Football is a team game, though, therefore the rest of the team has to adjust. Talisca, man, he's gotta start delivering after shedding that injury rust. And the others among the lads?  Step up. One cannot expect Ronaldo to represent the team every single game

Luis Castro still has to arrange his strategies. Strengthen that defense and give these players some mental toughness. They cannot fold the moment Ronaldo has an off day or has an injury. Al Nassr must vary their approach to play. The Ronaldo basket cannot hold all of their eggs. The remainder of the team has to show their value and help the club to flourish

This is Ronaldo last season, his contract will end in June 2025, of course Al Nassr is trying to extend the contract of its megastar. Meanwhile, Al Nassr management must prepare themselves for all possibilities, one day they will definitely lose Ronaldo, so it's time to think about building a club with long-term priorities starting from this season. It has been a major highlight that Al Nassr defense line is porous, they will have difficulty competing with Al Hilal if they don't fix it immediately. To anticipate other bad possibilities, Luis Castro should also have adequate rotation options.

If Al Nassr manages to win the Saudi Pro League trophy, then their reputation will be even better, because what really depends on Ronaldo is the Saudi Pro League itself. Al Nassr management should be aware of this well, so that they can encourage them to build better squad depth around Ronaldo. So far Al Nassr has only managed to recruit two new players, maybe in the future before the transfer window closes they will sign new players, it would be better if they recruit players from Europe.

[TelolettOm]

For Al Nassr, depending only on Ronaldo poses a danger. Indeed, he is a legend, a goal-scoring machine. Football is a team game, though, therefore the rest of the team has to adjust.

Of course, it will be danger if Al Nassr only relies on Ronaldo. No doubt that Ronaldo is a goal-machine but Ronaldo actually is no longer in his best prime, he is 39 years already. It is also impossible to win the match if Al Nassr only hopes for the goals made by Ronaldo. Sure, football is a team game, it is not an individual game which can rely on just one player. I'm wondering about the contribution of Talisca, Mane, and Otavio. Where is the contribution of this player? There is no issue about injury or bad things of these players. It is surprising that they couldn't play well against Al Raed. Al Raed is a small team that shouldn't be a big problem for Al Nassr.

Luis Castro still has to arrange his strategies. Strengthen that defense and give these players some mental toughness. They cannot fold the moment Ronaldo has an off day or has an injury. Al Nassr must vary their approach to play.

I assume Luis Castro has no improvement in game strategy and lack of capability to build players' mentality. There is no much change in Al Nassr game until now. They always play with the same formation and with the similar tactics/strategy. If Al Nassr still keeps Luis Castro, there will be no hope for varied approach in playing. I think the solution is clear, firing Luis Castro!!!

[AirtelBuzz]

For Al Nassr, depending only on Ronaldo poses a danger. Indeed, he is a legend, a goal-scoring machine. Football is a team game, though, therefore the rest of the team has to adjust.

Of course, it will be danger if Al Nassr only relies on Ronaldo. No doubt that Ronaldo is a goal-machine but Ronaldo actually is no longer in his best prime, he is 39 years already. It is also impossible to win the match if Al Nassr only hopes for the goals made by Ronaldo. Sure, football is a team game, it is not an individual game which can rely on just one player. I'm wondering about the contribution of Talisca, Mane, and Otavio. Where is the contribution of this player? There is no issue about injury or bad things of these players. It is surprising that they couldn't play well against Al Raed. Al Raed is a small team that shouldn't be a big problem for Al Nassr.

A team can never win a game depending on one player. Ronaldo is one of the greatest players of all time. He is currently competing against opposition teams for Saudi club Al Nassr. His age is increasing with time which we can clearly see in his game nowadays. It is wrong if his club depends entirely on him because a forward may not do anything for the team if he plays well alone. In order for the team to win, their team needs good players in everything from midfield to defense so that the team becomes a strong team and can fight against the opposition.

Apart from Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, a great player from Senegal, is also associated with Al Nassr club. He is not very old yet his performance is not making any significant impact in his club.

[klidex]

This season Al Nassr have only made 2 signings, namely:

Bento - Goalkeeper

Salem Al-Najdi - Left-Back

They haven't signed any new good strikers. Al Nassr's problem is in the attack, which is very weak. Looking at the current strikers, we have a very scary scenario. To be more direct:

Cristiano Ronaldo = he has been trying very hard, but most of the time he hasn't received the ball in perfect conditions to score goals. He would need to have a good player who knows how to make good assists to support him.

Talisca = this guy had a time when he scored a lot of goals, but since he got injured and came back, he hasn't been the same guy, he hasn't been able to score many goals.

Sadio Mane = he doesn't even look like the guy who scored a lot of goals for Liverpool and helped the Senegal national team a lot. Since he arrived at Al Nassr he hasn't been the Sadio Mane of Liverpool. He's been very quiet, he hasn't scored many goals.

Al Nassr needs at least 2 good strikers.

Why do I think the coach should be fired? I think the coach should be fired because he is the one who hires players, he is the one who puts the players on the field, he is the one who defines the team formation and the team strategies. So he should know that Mane and Talisca are not being good attackers and that the team needs 2 better attackers.

Previously many people said that Al Nassr's problem lies in their defense, therefore the management recruited a new goalkeeper and 1 defender but it turned out that it could not solve Al Nassr's current problems, previously everyone also thought that Al Nassr already had a good attack line Ronaldo, Talischa and Sadio Mane but for some reason these players seemed to have declined this season even though they performed productively last season.

I think what you said is true Al Nassr should change their coach because I think their problem is because the coach cannot provide a good strategy so that the players cannot play optimally.

[hyudien]

Look at how Al Hilal plays, they are so promising with their game like that, it is a very big hope for them to be able to defend the title in the Saudi Pro League again. Al Hilal was able to finish their first match in the Saudi Pro League very well, they made sure they won with a convincing score of 3 goals without reply from the host, Al Akhdoud. This result opened the tap of their first victory this season. Last season they were able to record without defeat, that was an achievement they managed to record. It will not be easy to maintain an unbeaten record for a full season like that and I think it is something that looks impossible for them to maintain. However, I open the opportunity for them to achieve it again.

[Solokan]

For Al Nassr, depending only on Ronaldo poses a danger. Indeed, he is a legend, a goal-scoring machine. Football is a team game, though, therefore the rest of the team has to adjust.

Of course, it will be danger if Al Nassr only relies on Ronaldo. No doubt that Ronaldo is a goal-machine but Ronaldo actually is no longer in his best prime, he is 39 years already. It is also impossible to win the match if Al Nassr only hopes for the goals made by Ronaldo. Sure, football is a team game, it is not an individual game which can rely on just one player. I'm wondering about the contribution of Talisca, Mane, and Otavio. Where is the contribution of this player? There is no issue about injury or bad things of these players. It is surprising that they couldn't play well against Al Raed. Al Raed is a small team that shouldn't be a big problem for Al Nassr.

I agree with you that if you only rely on Ronaldo, of course Al-Nassr will find it difficult to achieve their dream of becoming SPL champions this season, however, in almost every match it looks like they are relying on Cristiano Ronaldo, but what is clear in my opinion is that the performance of Al-Nassr players is currently not good and of course Cristiano Ronaldo is indeed the best player at Al-nassr.then it looks like he is relying on Cristiano Ronaldo but what is clear is that the draw against Al-raed was very disappointing for Al-nassr and Al-nassr fans.

Mane and Talisca don't look like usual because usually Talisca, Otavio and Mane always play well which ultimately makes it difficult for opposing players to stem Al-Nassr's attacks, but now I also didn't expect their performance to decline so that Al-Nassr really had difficulty scoring goals and Of course Ronaldo is always the hero because other players are less than optimal in making good use of opportunities.

Indeed, Al-Nassr should be able to win the match against Al-Raed because Al-Raed last season was not a strong team because they only managed to finish in 12th place, which is of course very different from Al-Nassr who ended the season finishing in 2nd place. But yes, of course this time Al-Raed can be a little proud because they were able to draw against Al-nassr. but of course in terms of strength Al-nassr is better than Al-Raed but what is clear from now on is that Al-nassr must really continue to win in every match because of course so that at the end of the season they can get lots of points in order to become champions.

[Fuso.hp]

Al Nassr had previously led the match with a score of 1 goal through a goal scored by Ronaldo, but as usual, when victory was in sight, the performance and concentration of Al Nassr defenders dropped again and made a foul that could have been avoided in the penalty box, the penalty scored by Al Raed in that match was the goal that made Al Nassr continue to maintain its negative trend after losing in the Super Cup final to Al Hillal this season, the first match didn't go as they expected and I think for now Ronaldo is still not enough to help Al Nassr to become title contenders if they don't immediately improve their defense, Al Nassr, who this season has the ambition to break Al Hillal dominance, seems to still must to move quickly for recruit new players before the transfer market closes.

The opportunity to break the dominance of Al Hilal in the acquisition of the title has not been closed like last season which is quite large in the context of the acquisition of points. If indeed Al Nassr's obstacle lies in the player, I agree if the management of Al Nassr needs to recruit new players if the Al Nassr squad is considered to have experienced obstacles there.
1 point in two matches is certainly not a good result, but the journey is still too far. It is also not good for Al Nassr that the 2024-2025 season is still too early if it continues to fail to win full points.

Al Nasser and Al Hilal have always been two of the toughest opponents in the Saudi league. Outside of these two teams we don't see much competition during the season. Not only the league tournament, they have another big tournament, the Arab Cup, but Al Nasser or Al Hilal can be seen to single-handedly dominate. However, it can be said that recent seasons have not been going well for Al Nasser as they have been consistently losing the local league by a wide margin to Al Hilal. But last season we saw Al Hilal lose to Al Nasser in the Arab Cup final and that sparked quite a discussion in the football media. Many people say that because of Ronaldo, Al Nasser was at the top for a while, but now Al Nasser's position has started to go down again due to Ronaldo's performance.

[Docnaster]

Look at how Al Hilal plays, they are so promising with their game like that, it is a very big hope for them to be able to defend the title in the Saudi Pro League again. Al Hilal was able to finish their first match in the Saudi Pro League very well, they made sure they won with a convincing score of 3 goals without reply from the host, Al Akhdoud. This result opened the tap of their first victory this season. Last season they were able to record without defeat, that was an achievement they managed to record. It will not be easy to maintain an unbeaten record for a full season like that and I think it is something that looks impossible for them to maintain. However, I open the opportunity for them to achieve it again.

Considering how Al Hilal performed last season and how improved they tend to appear this season despite winning the league title less than five months ago, I think it'll be almost impossible to stop them from winning the league title this season. On Saturday in their league match against Al Akhdoud, I failed to watch it live because of my engagements at the time of the game but was able to see the highlights of the game and if you ask me, Al Hilal were simply having an easy game. Like you rightly said, the won the league last season without conceding a defeat and I think they can also repeat that this season even when I know it'll be more difficult than it was last season

[Arenga pinnata]

Considering how Al Hilal performed last season and how improved they tend to appear this season despite winning the league title less than five months ago, I think it'll be almost impossible to stop them from winning the league title this season. On Saturday in their league match against Al Akhdoud, I failed to watch it live because of my engagements at the time of the game but was able to see the highlights of the game and if you ask me, Al Hilal were simply having an easy game. Like you rightly said, the won the league last season without conceding a defeat and I think they can also repeat that this season even when I know it'll be more difficult than it was last season

Al-hilal players always seem to really enjoy the games they play on the field. So they always play quite comfortably and without pressure. And all of this shows that their quality is still far above other teams. So it seems quite difficult to stop them even this season. Even though this is only the first week, they have indeed succeeded in showing the quality of their game. In fact, it's not just their attacks that always have a good level of accuracy, we also see that their defensive strength is truly extraordinary.

The second week will start again tomorrow and the match will open with the Al-fateh vs Al-ahli match and then continue with the Al-feiha vs Al-nassr and Al-raed vs Al-Qadisiyah matches. I feel Al-Qadisiyah can be a strong challenger this season.

[Frankolala]

For Al Nassr, depending only on Ronaldo poses a danger. Indeed, he is a legend, a goal-scoring machine. Football is a team game, though, therefore the rest of the team has to adjust.

Of course, it will be danger if Al Nassr only relies on Ronaldo. No doubt that Ronaldo is a goal-machine but Ronaldo actually is no longer in his best prime, he is 39 years already. It is also impossible to win the match if Al Nassr only hopes for the goals made by Ronaldo. Sure, football is a team game, it is not an individual game which can rely on just one player. I'm wondering about the contribution of Talisca, Mane, and Otavio. Where is the contribution of this player? There is no issue about injury or bad things of these players. It is surprising that they couldn't play well against Al Raed. Al Raed is a small team that shouldn't be a big problem for Al Nassr.

A team can never win a game depending on one player. Ronaldo is one of the greatest players of all time. He is currently competing against opposition teams for Saudi club Al Nassr. His age is increasing with time which we can clearly see in his game nowadays. It is wrong if his club depends entirely on him because a forward may not do anything for the team if he plays well alone. In order for the team to win, their team needs good players in everything from midfield to defense so that the team becomes a strong team and can fight against the opposition.

Apart from Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, a great player from Senegal, is also associated with Al Nassr club. He is not very old yet his performance is not making any significant impact in his club.

Old age is dropping Ronaldo's form even when he is trying his best to see how he can be very active on the pitch to hp his club out. The fact is that a player like Ronaldo at his age cannot do much for any club who is relying solely on him.

If AL Nassr wants to be able to challenge their rivals and win the league, they need to recruit sharp young players who will contribute an improve the club's performance, apart from that they will always be second on the table at the end of the season.