Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[romero121]

Its the pressure that stopped Al-Nassr from scoring more goals. None could've predicted that Al-khaleej could make a goal on the fourth minute of the match. This is pressure and somehow the team managed to fight hard and goal came at the 17^th minute from Gonzalez. Somehow match got levelled, further Al-Nassr is much on defending technique which is why they failed to make goals. Anyhow the match result have given comfort to Al-Ittihad.

What's more surprising is that Al-Nassr was not able to score an additional goal in the rest of the match, and I think they were able to score an additional goal for quite a long time.

an advantage indeed for Ittihad, especially now that they are against Abha and are already 2-0 up in 27 minutes. now they are getting comfortable at the top of the standings and leaving Al-Nassr with a point difference that might be difficult for Al-Nassr to catch.

By the end of half time three goals have come for Al-Ittihad. Abha is at the tenth position on the points table. Two goals have come from Romarinho and one goal from Hamdallah. This gonna be confirmed win for Al-Ittihad and the point difference between the two will have 6 points difference.

Out of 30 match day, 26th match day in progress. More four match days and with very few matches left nothing big gonna change in the points table.

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[og kush420]

Its the pressure that stopped Al-Nassr from scoring more goals. None could've predicted that Al-khaleej could make a goal on the fourth minute of the match. This is pressure and somehow the team managed to fight hard and goal came at the 17^th minute from Gonzalez. Somehow match got levelled, further Al-Nassr is much on defending technique which is why they failed to make goals. Anyhow the match result have given comfort to Al-Ittihad.

What's more surprising is that Al-Nassr was not able to score an additional goal in the rest of the match, and I think they were able to score an additional goal for quite a long time.

an advantage indeed for Ittihad, especially now that they are against Abha and are already 2-0 up in 27 minutes. now they are getting comfortable at the top of the standings and leaving Al-Nassr with a point difference that might be difficult for Al-Nassr to catch.

By the end of half time three goals have come for Al-Ittihad. Abha is at the tenth position on the points table. Two goals have come from Romarinho and one goal from Hamdallah. This gonna be confirmed win for Al-Ittihad and the point difference between the two will have 6 points difference.

great day for Al-ittihad they are surely going to win the match
Today is not the Abha's days - they won't be able to score three goals.

[indah rezqi]

A storm of harsh criticism against Messi on his visit to Saudi Arabia arose in Paris. Every day someone is talking about him. Will he stay at PSG in such a situation? different types of questions are arisen  almost everyone in the football world.

Messi is not the main star at PSG, but Messi gets whistled when PSG loses even though Mbappe plays. Messi is not appreciated as one of the best football stars of this century, and I think he deserves to leave Paris to have a better season elsewhere including the Arab League.

It's clear Messi won't be leaving PSG this season and won't be making a decision until the end of the season, but as the rumors about a move for him intensify then the possibility of it happening seems real. PSG might also lose Neymar and Mbappe in the end, so I think it's a consequence when that team doesn't manage to achieve something that their star players expect instead of just money.

[lixer]

We don't know if Messi will move to the Saudi team next season or stay at PSG because after Messi made that mistake and PSG have received an apology from Messi, the PSG management actually wants to negotiate again so that Messi can continue playing at PSG for next season.
This makes Barcelona have a small chance of being able to bring Messi back into their players.
This time I'm sure Messi will be confused whether he should really move to Saudi if there is a more tempting offer or stay at PSG.
However, if Messi moves to Saudi Arabia, perhaps he will have a better career at the end of retirement.

We definitely have no idea if he will do that or not but at this point I feel like that would be the smart thing to do. Think about it this way if he does leave for Saudi league, not only he will be the best player there at the moment, he would also be the highest paid player ever in history according to rumors, and that is definitely not a bad thing at all, it is definitely a great amount of money that he should accept because that is something he can't find anywhere else.

When we are talking about money, everything else is secondary, sure if it was like 30 million vs 35 million you would consider, but if it is 30 million vs 300 million then there is no discussion to have, that is just way too much difference and that is what he is looking at right now, that should not be a discussion at all.

[n0ne]

We don't know if Messi will move to the Saudi team next season or stay at PSG because after Messi made that mistake and PSG have received an apology from Messi, the PSG management actually wants to negotiate again so that Messi can continue playing at PSG for next season.
This makes Barcelona have a small chance of being able to bring Messi back into their players.
This time I'm sure Messi will be confused whether he should really move to Saudi if there is a more tempting offer or stay at PSG.
However, if Messi moves to Saudi Arabia, perhaps he will have a better career at the end of retirement.

We definitely have no idea if he will do that or not but at this point I feel like that would be the smart thing to do. Think about it this way if he does leave for Saudi league, not only he will be the best player there at the moment, he would also be the highest paid player ever in history according to rumors, and that is definitely not a bad thing at all, it is definitely a great amount of money that he should accept because that is something he can't find anywhere else.

When we are talking about money, everything else is secondary, sure if it was like 30 million vs 35 million you would consider, but if it is 30 million vs 300 million then there is no discussion to have, that is just way too much difference and that is what he is looking at right now, that should not be a discussion at all.

The country that relies much on oil have come up with plans to give importance to tourism and promote games through which the economy can be lifted. Already Saudi Arabia Pro League have paid the highest amount to Ronaldo with the Al-Nassr team contract. More popular players into the league makes the league more popular.

We don't know how far this gonna happen. Money matters, but I'm not sure of these players mindset. Big difference in the amount surely be considered, and we can expect the perfect information at the earliest. Because the contract with PSG ending soon. Al-Hilal already a dominant one, having Messi would make it more stronger against the presence of Ronaldo in Al-Nassr

[shogun47]

If it was actually for a contract I quest it was worth going for,  but not informing the club is the wrong side of it. Messi is loved by many and I'm not happy about his attitude towards the PSG team. He is making his desire to exit the club too obvious and that is seemingly unprofessional. 
The contract is a good one, everyone will love to bid but it wouldn't have called for noise if he had proper arrangements. as the new has it, I will say Messi went for the Ambassador contract, as for him joining Arab league I can't tell till it happens.

Well, if we are honest here, it doesn't really matter what Messi does in the months before the transfer window opens. Let's assume he goes on a vacation to China for a week, I tell you that the media will report he is going to leave PSG for a Chinese club. From that point of view it doesn't matter. True that this was obviously bringing lots of media attention to it in Saudi Arabia, but as he said he scheduled this trip before and was forced to cancel it. I don't know the circumstances of the first time, but it is not like he went there for a couple of days. I can imagine that there are political tensions involved as well between the PSG boss and Saudi Arabia in general. Perhaps nobody would have said a word if Messi spent a day in Prague. In how far it is true that he didn't inform them is hard to tell. I suppose we know almost nothing about what really happened. It would become interesting once again when he really transfers to Saudi Arabia.

[flyingcarpet]

If it was actually for a contract I quest it was worth going for,  but not informing the club is the wrong side of it. Messi is loved by many and I'm not happy about his attitude towards the PSG team. He is making his desire to exit the club too obvious and that is seemingly unprofessional. 
The contract is a good one, everyone will love to bid but it wouldn't have called for noise if he had proper arrangements. as the new has it, I will say Messi went for the Ambassador contract, as for him joining Arab league I can't tell till it happens.

Well, if we are honest here, it doesn't really matter what Messi does in the months before the transfer window opens. Let's assume he goes on a vacation to China for a week, I tell you that the media will report he is going to leave PSG for a Chinese club. From that point of view it doesn't matter. True that this was obviously bringing lots of media attention to it in Saudi Arabia, but as he said he scheduled this trip before and was forced to cancel it. I don't know the circumstances of the first time, but it is not like he went there for a couple of days. I can imagine that there are political tensions involved as well between the PSG boss and Saudi Arabia in general. Perhaps nobody would have said a word if Messi spent a day in Prague. In how far it is true that he didn't inform them is hard to tell. I suppose we know almost nothing about what really happened. It would become interesting once again when he really transfers to Saudi Arabia.

Of course, what Messi did is debatable. But despite all this, I don't think Messi will be transferred to Saudi Arabia. He will not say goodbye to football without playing in Barcelona for 1 year. Maybe he will go to Saudi Arabia after Barcelona. I think this would be a better decision. He can still play high-level football.

Messi apologized after his mistake, but I think the ties with PSG have already been broken. PSG will not come to Messi with a new offer. Messi wants success in the champions league and he can do it with Barcelona. PSG is unlucky in the champions league.

[Strongkored]

Al Nassr did not respond well to the opportunities that existed when Ittihad lost the previous match because it opened up opportunities for them to get closer to Al Ittihad in terms of points difference, because the match against Al Khaleej they were only able to draw so that the point difference had narrowed again to 5 after Al Ittihad was able to win with a fairly crushing score from Abha which indeed this victory was predicted considering the circumstances of the two teams were quite different.

The remaining four matches that Al Nassr can take advantage of if they still want to get the title this season, but unfortunately it will depend a lot on the results obtained by Ittihad. If Al Nassr can win against Al Khaleej they will have the opportunity to have the same points as the standings leader because next week Ittihad will face a pretty tough match against Al Hilal, if Al Hilal can win then Al Nassr will only have a goal difference, but unfortunately, they have wasted the opportunity and it looks like this season Al Nassr will be without any titles and that is not a good thing for a club that spends a lot of money on players.

[Sithara007]

I think PSG is also looking for the ground to cancel the contract and on the other hand this is an insult for Messi too.
Messi has not gone to Saudia without purpose - and that too without informing the club. Why would a club ban a vaction trip of the player they are not a solider to follow the order.

UEFA clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain think that they are above god and the players should bow down to them like slaves used to do in 19th century. They are forgetting the fact that they get all their revenues and publicity thanks to these players. They don't have any right to dominate or insult legendary players such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The owners and management has become too arrogant, because they believe that they have all the money in the world and therefore the players will dance to their whims and fancies.

[onecall123]

Al Nassr did not respond well to the opportunities that existed when Ittihad lost the previous match because it opened up opportunities for them to get closer to Al Ittihad in terms of points difference, because the match against Al Khaleej they were only able to draw so that the point difference had narrowed again to 5 after Al Ittihad was able to win with a fairly crushing score from Abha which indeed this victory was predicted considering the circumstances of the two teams were quite different.

The remaining four matches that Al Nassr can take advantage of if they still want to get the title this season, but unfortunately it will depend a lot on the results obtained by Ittihad. If Al Nassr can win against Al Khaleej they will have the opportunity to have the same points as the standings leader because next week Ittihad will face a pretty tough match against Al Hilal, if Al Hilal can win then Al Nassr will only have a goal difference, but unfortunately, they have wasted the opportunity and it looks like this season Al Nassr will be without any titles and that is not a good thing for a club that spends a lot of money on players.

Al Khaleej winning odds were much higher than Al Nassr's odds to win, and the outcome isn't always a straightforward reflection of the odds. Following Al-lttihad dropping points, with Al Nassr also facing point drop.

Latest update there's already 5 point gap after Al-lttihad winning over Abha 4-0. It will be difficult for Al Nassr to catch up, and unlikely Al Nassr will be able to turn things around this season and secure any titles. This is really concerning because the amount of money the club invests in its players. This same Al Nassr used to dominate the league once.

[Popkon6]

I think PSG is also looking for the ground to cancel the contract and on the other hand this is an insult for Messi too.
Messi has not gone to Saudia without purpose - and that too without informing the club. Why would a club ban a vaction trip of the player they are not a solider to follow the order.

UEFA clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain think that they are above god and the players should bow down to them like slaves used to do in 19th century. They are forgetting the fact that they get all their revenues and publicity thanks to these players. They don't have any right to dominate or insult legendary players such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The owners and management has become too arrogant, because they believe that they have all the money in the world and therefore the players will dance to their whims and fancies.

Lionel Messi is the best performing and most successful player of the present time. And meanwhile, the club owners are talking very loudly about Cristiano Ronaldo, because they do not want to place him in the club at the moment. I think Lionel Messi should leave PSG and join another club. Because they are not given any respect as the world's best stars, the club owners keep saying different things. In particular, Ronaldo is currently expected to leave Al Nassr. Because at present they are well known as very active players ready to be taken by other clubs.

[shogun47]

If it was actually for a contract I quest it was worth going for,  but not informing the club is the wrong side of it. Messi is loved by many and I'm not happy about his attitude towards the PSG team. He is making his desire to exit the club too obvious and that is seemingly unprofessional. 
The contract is a good one, everyone will love to bid but it wouldn't have called for noise if he had proper arrangements. as the new has it, I will say Messi went for the Ambassador contract, as for him joining Arab league I can't tell till it happens.

Well, if we are honest here, it doesn't really matter what Messi does in the months before the transfer window opens. Let's assume he goes on a vacation to China for a week, I tell you that the media will report he is going to leave PSG for a Chinese club. From that point of view it doesn't matter. True that this was obviously bringing lots of media attention to it in Saudi Arabia, but as he said he scheduled this trip before and was forced to cancel it. I don't know the circumstances of the first time, but it is not like he went there for a couple of days. I can imagine that there are political tensions involved as well between the PSG boss and Saudi Arabia in general. Perhaps nobody would have said a word if Messi spent a day in Prague. In how far it is true that he didn't inform them is hard to tell. I suppose we know almost nothing about what really happened. It would become interesting once again when he really transfers to Saudi Arabia.

Of course, what Messi did is debatable. But despite all this, I don't think Messi will be transferred to Saudi Arabia. He will not say goodbye to football without playing in Barcelona for 1 year. Maybe he will go to Saudi Arabia after Barcelona. I think this would be a better decision. He can still play high-level football.

Messi apologized after his mistake, but I think the ties with PSG have already been broken. PSG will not come to Messi with a new offer. Messi wants success in the champions league and he can do it with Barcelona. PSG is unlucky in the champions league.

He can still play very high level football, that is beyond doubt. His style changed, but he is still more effective than most players in the world. I believe that the Saudis could also be hurt in their pride. If they want Messi, I believe they will get Messi and probably they wouldn't even care if they spend 400 million salary per year or 600 million salary per year. At some point Messi would say yes. The combination with him as an ambassador for Saudi Arabia will incentivize the Saudis even more to crush the limits above and beyond.

[Bitcoin_people]

Al Ittihad and Al-Nassr are the two strongest teams at the top of the points table in the Saudi Premier League. At the top of the points table is Al Ittihad from first position and Al Nasser in second. Al Nassr is trying hard to get to the top of the points table but it is not possible. In yesterday's match Al Nassr Vs Al khaleej this game tried enough for Al Nassr to win but it was not possible the match was a draw. Had Al Nassr won the match they would have moved closer to Al Ittihad at the top of the points table but their points would not have increased that much. In the points table, Al Nassr's points are 57 and Al Ittehad's points are 62. If Al Nassr wins the match against Al Khaleej then they will have a chance to take the top spot in the points table.

[Doell]

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Seeing Al-Nassr's match against Al-Khaleej only annoyed the audience because they couldn't score the second goal after a 1-1 draw, Al-Nassr had several chances and could be said to be on target but weak. And this made the audience feel annoyed and Al-Nassr could not take advantage of opponents who were at the bottom of the standings who should have been able to get full points.
and Al-Ittihad's match is going on against Abha, and if Al-Ittihad can beat Abha the difference in points with Al-Nassr will be even further and the difference is 5 points and it is not easy.

Al-Nassr have a lot opportunities and Ronaldo should have finished very well, but seemed it was a bad day for him, Ronaldo missed a lot golden opportunities. Although like that, Ronaldo has played quite well in this match. But yes, draw result is still very disappointing because their fans hope Al Nassr win. About Ittihad match vs Abha, Ittihad can win comfortably in that match, and get three point easy. Ittihad took the lead with a score of 3-0 at half time and ended with score 4-0 full time, quite impressive because Abderrazak Hamdallah was able to score again in that match, with that win Ittihad has a 5 point difference and yeah it's not easy for Al Nassr.

[Slow death]

well, i already commented here several times about the big mistake ronaldo ended up in saudi arabia and most of my predictions have already started to materialize, it's not just a player that makes a very great team, it's the coach that chooses good ones players who make a great team, ronaldo did not analyze the whole scenario before going to Al-Nassr and unfortunately it seems that he has not had good advisers around him, if he had good advisers they would have given him the advice not to give an interview speaking bad for manchester united, they would have given him advice for him not to be complaining about the coaches during the games when he was substituted, at Al-Nassr he could be earning a lot of money, no doubt that he will be richer, but the question he should have if done: would he be happy?

see that messi is not earning much money compared to ronaldo, mabappe, salah, haaland, benzema, they are not earning much money compared to ronaldo, but there is something that ronaldo does not have and something much more precious: prestige because they are playing in europe, honestly if ronaldo hadn't been moved by greed and had accepted a big salary reduction without a doubt that he could have played in teams like roma or newcastle or even spoting portugal, at least he would be being the center of attention in a good way and if he played well he would have returned to the top, but he preferred the big money and he is playing in that league where he is constantly stressed

[Lordhermes]

well, i already commented here several times about the big mistake ronaldo ended up in saudi arabia and most of my predictions have already started to materialize, it's not just a player that makes a very great team, it's the coach that chooses good ones players who make a great team, ronaldo did not analyze the whole scenario before going to Al-Nassr and unfortunately it seems that he has not had good advisers around him, if he had good advisers they would have given him the advice not to give an interview speaking bad for manchester united, they would have given him advice for him not to be complaining about the coaches during the games when he was substituted, at Al-Nassr he could be earning a lot of money, no doubt that he will be richer, but the question he should have if done: would he be happy?

see that messi is not earning much money compared to ronaldo, mabappe, salah, haaland, benzema, they are not earning much money compared to ronaldo, but there is something that ronaldo does not have and something much more precious: prestige because they are playing in europe, honestly if ronaldo hadn't been moved by greed and had accepted a big salary reduction without a doubt that he could have played in teams like Roma or Newcastle or even sporting portugal, at least he would be being the center of attention in a good way and if he played well he would have returned to the top, but he preferred the big money and he is playing in that league where he is constantly stressed

Hello, which attention are you talking about? Ronaldo has no business in Europe again, he dominated three European leagues for years, wins everything, which Messi and the players you listed can't do, all his records are still intact in Euro, Ronald made the right choice b accepting that offer from Saudi Arabia, Manchester united coach was not respecting him, Ronaldo is player that like winning and playing games. he respected Manchester united by accepting to returned to the club after turning down Manchester city offer. if  Ten Tag had respected Ronaldo he wont had leave the club. Ronaldo doesn't need attention he has already influenced the Saudi Arabia league to global notice. As of today Al Nassar is more popular than Newcastle and Roma combined on all social medial. Ronaldo at 35 years was a big boy in Euro, as of today show me ant 35 years player doing what Ronaldo din at that year. Ronaldo has no mate in football, Messi at 35 years can't dominate French league. please lets allow Ronaldo to enjoy his football, i believe he will return to Euro before retirement.

[rahmad2nd]

By the end of half time three goals have come for Al-Ittihad. Abha is at the tenth position on the points table. Two goals have come from Romarinho and one goal from Hamdallah. This gonna be confirmed win for Al-Ittihad and the point difference between the two will have 6 points difference.

Out of 30 match day, 26th match day in progress. More four match days and with very few matches left nothing big gonna change in the points table.

Nuno Santo ensured that his squad won full points over his opponent in last night's game. yes, the Ahba team was unable to do much when they played their match against Al Ittihad. in fact, they were defeated by a landslide score of 4-0. thus, this victory confirmed Al Ittihad widened the gap in points from its rival, namely Al Nassr. 5 points adrift, it's hard enough for Al Nassr to catch up on points with 4 matches left. although in theory, Al Nassr still has the potential to shift Al Ittihad at the top of the standings. but on condition, Al Ittihad slipped in its remaining two matches.
in fact, those hopes made it even less likely for Ronaldo and his team-mates to lift the Saudi Pro League trophy in his first season. but that does not mean, Al Ittihad will smoothly carry out the match with victory. next week, Al Ittihad will visit Al Hilal. in this match, Al Ittihad has the potential to slip if we refer to the H2H history of these two teams.

Speaking of Al Nassr, it seems quite difficult for Al Nassr to catch the difference in points from the top of the standings with a decrease in performance. Al Nassr's only management mistake was firing the coach Rudi Garcia. who in the end, wanted his team's performance to increase, instead what happened was the opposite.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Sometimes the adrenaline makes us get carried away by emotions, in a fútbol game there will always be people who are lost in the game and sometimes make more mistakes than normal, and a good player sees it, that's why he does the claims, it is normal, I think that at some point we have all played fútbol.

we all  know Ronaldo hate to lose a game, he is a winner. he wants to win every games if possible. this mentality has helped him to be where his is today as world number one footballer. but i will want him to easy with his team mates , most of them are on same level with him. they wan to learn from him. so he should be calm to address them.
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It's like that, and as I said, when a man like CR7 loses a game it's obvious that he doesn't like it, he's a high-level player and since he's so talented, he realizes that some players may not give it their all in the court and that bothers him, because he does it, every time he goes out on the court I'm sure his mentality is a winner and even though sometimes the results don't give him the same adrenaline it makes him react like that, of course after If he realizes that he spoke very hard or yelled at a teammate, he can apologize, but the heat of the game makes things like that, I'm sure that CR7 will improve more and more.

[Sithara007]

OK guys.. now it is official. Confirmation from ESPN:

https://www.espn.in/football/blog-transfer-talk/story/4943303/transfer-talk-psg-hatch-plan-to-reunite-silva-and-mbappe

Messi will move to Al Hilal, which currently participates in the Saudi Professional League once his deal with Paris Saint-Germain expires at the end of this season. This was a very sensible move from Messi. PSG was treating him without any respect and there is no point in staying somewhere by compromising on self-respect. And there is more. Rumors are that Sergio Busquets may also join Al Hilal. Jordi Alba is yet another player who is rumored to be in talks with Al Hilal at this point. Anyway, next season of the Saudi Professional League is going to be super exciting.

[Juggy777]

OK guys.. now it is official. Confirmation from ESPN:

https://www.espn.in/football/blog-transfer-talk/story/4943303/transfer-talk-psg-hatch-plan-to-reunite-silva-and-mbappe

Messi will move to Al Hilal, which currently participates in the Saudi Professional League once his deal with Paris Saint-Germain expires at the end of this season. This was a very sensible move from Messi. PSG was treating him without any respect and there is no point in staying somewhere by compromising on self-respect. And there is more. Rumors are that Sergio Busquets may also join Al Hilal. Jordi Alba is yet another player who is rumored to be in talks with Al Hilal at this point. Anyway, next season of the Saudi Professional League is going to be super exciting.

@Sithara007 it’s not an official announcement because Messi's team has said that this news is not true and any decision will be taken at the end of the season. Also PSG never disrespected him and if you’re talking about that current suspension then its a right call because in the future any player would go on a leave without permission and cite Messi’s case hence it’s an right call by them to suspend Messi for breaking the club rule.