Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[temple]

That is true that Neymar can do a whole lot of things when he is on the pitch and his fitness is good, but didn't Al-Hilal play well already without him? I am not sure when exactly he joined the team, but wasn't that when some games have been played?

It doesn't really matter because the bottom line is that Al-Hilal should have known before they signed him that it is extremely unlikely that he will play a whole season without injuries. I mean when he arrived he was still recovering from a surgery on his ankle, and it wasn't a light surgery, it was serious. That's why it was astonishing how much money they were still willing to pay for him.

Al Hilal signing a player that's vulnerable to injury and expects him to be present for league games, it turns out that the Brazilian having difficulties to be consistent available for games. He vanished when his team needs him, he did that occasionally in PSG, in Brazil also and now he's in SPL and having no change of pattern. However I think Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is pretty hurt and wouldn't be available for a lengthy period of time. On the records, Al Hilal can do better without him, they have been doing so and this is probably not the time they will relent in performance.

That's the problem. Fans can call him a magician or a football god, but all of that helps nothing when the player is never healthy for an extended period of time. Any of the superstars that have written history had at least one very extended period of time when they were able to consistently and sustainably perform on their highest level possible. I think Neymar had that once in Barcelona maybe? In 4 years there he played 123 games, which is by far not 100% of the games, but it's around 30 games on average including Copa del Rey and all the other competitions. This makes it hard to earn awards like the Ballon d'or.

[rendravolt]

Al-Ahli is again closing in on Al-Nassr in the standings and the two teams currently have the same 22 points. Al-Ahli has just won with a score of 3-1 over its opponent Al-Wehda and in this match Mahrez contributed with 1 goal and 1 assist. However, it was not only Mahrez who shone, but Saint Maximin and Roger Ibanez also contributed the winning goal for Al-Ahli. I think Al-Wehda is not a suitable opponent for Al-Ahli because the depth of the squad is already very different. Towards the end of the match, Al-Wehda actually suffered a loss by losing 1 player due to a red card and I don't think they had to do that because it was clear they would lose in this match.

On the other hand, Al-Ettifaq actually failed to steal points in the away match against Al-Riyadh and Steven Gerrard's troops had to accept a narrow defeat against the hosts. Even though Al-Ettifaq dominated in terms of ball control, they conceded due to a lack of discipline in defense. Even though Al-Ettifaq still have a long time, they failed to equalize or make a comeback in this match and this result means that Al-Ettifaq has to settle for sitting in 7th position in the standings.

The game Al Ahli won agist Al Wehda definitely helped this team to get themselves closer to the top of the table in the Saudi League but the fact about Al Ahli is they are going to have a hard match in the next week against Al Hilal and since Al Hilal doesn't want lose the position in the first place of table I think this can be very hard for Al Ahli to take the full three points from that game and Al Hilal will be the favorite in this match.

 

It looks like the joy of Al-Ahli's victory will have to end sooner and maybe in this week's match against Al-Hilal they will experience difficulties again. I also agree that if Al-Hilal were the favorites in this match, especially at home, they would be much stronger. Maybe in terms of squad depth, these two teams are not much different, but of course there will be prestige that they will bet on in order to get maximum results.

Al-Hilal is currently at the top of the standings and with the addition of 3 points it will be even more difficult for them to be chased by other teams such as Al-Taouwon or Al-Nassr. But if Al-Hilal loses, it will be easier for the team I mentioned to catch them and Al-Ahli will also have the same opportunity.

[klidex]

Al-Ahli is again closing in on Al-Nassr in the standings and the two teams currently have the same 22 points. Al-Ahli has just won with a score of 3-1 over its opponent Al-Wehda and in this match Mahrez contributed with 1 goal and 1 assist. However, it was not only Mahrez who shone, but Saint Maximin and Roger Ibanez also contributed the winning goal for Al-Ahli. I think Al-Wehda is not a suitable opponent for Al-Ahli because the depth of the squad is already very different. Towards the end of the match, Al-Wehda actually suffered a loss by losing 1 player due to a red card and I don't think they had to do that because it was clear they would lose in this match.

On the other hand, Al-Ettifaq actually failed to steal points in the away match against Al-Riyadh and Steven Gerrard's troops had to accept a narrow defeat against the hosts. Even though Al-Ettifaq dominated in terms of ball control, they conceded due to a lack of discipline in defense. Even though Al-Ettifaq still have a long time, they failed to equalize or make a comeback in this match and this result means that Al-Ettifaq has to settle for sitting in 7th position in the standings.

The game Al Ahli won agist Al Wehda definitely helped this team to get themselves closer to the top of the table in the Saudi League but the fact about Al Ahli is they are going to have a hard match in the next week against Al Hilal and since Al Hilal doesn't want lose the position in the first place of table I think this can be very hard for Al Ahli to take the full three points from that game and Al Hilal will be the favorite in this match.

 

It looks like the joy of Al-Ahli's victory will have to end sooner and maybe in this week's match against Al-Hilal they will experience difficulties again. I also agree that if Al-Hilal were the favorites in this match, especially at home, they would be much stronger. Maybe in terms of squad depth, these two teams are not much different, but of course there will be prestige that they will bet on in order to get maximum results.

Al-Hilal is currently at the top of the standings and with the addition of 3 points it will be even more difficult for them to be chased by other teams such as Al-Taouwon or Al-Nassr. But if Al-Hilal loses, it will be easier for the team I mentioned to catch them and Al-Ahli will also have the same opportunity.

Al-Hilal is a strong rival who dominates the championship title in the Saudi pro league so it is only natural that Al Hilal is favored by many bookies in the next match, but there are always surprises in football so we cannot be sure whether Al Hilal can beat Al Ahli in this match because Al-Ahli has performed well this season and is currently in 4th place in the points table with 22 points.
It should be remembered that Al Ahli has just beaten Ittihad and it is likely that Al Ahli will be more confident in facing various matches in the Saudi pro league.

If Al Ahli can't win the match, it's possible that Al Ahli will maximize their draw because judging from the H2H records of their last 5 meetings, Al Hilal got 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, so it's certain that Al Ahli still has a chance holding to a draw rather than accept defeat from Al Hilal.

[Plaguedeath]

Al-Hilal is a strong rival who dominates the championship title in the Saudi pro league so it is only natural that Al Hilal is favored by many bookies in the next match, but there are always surprises in football so we cannot be sure whether Al Hilal can beat Al Ahli in this match because Al-Ahli has performed well this season and is currently in 4th place in the points table with 22 points.
It should be remembered that Al Ahli has just beaten Ittihad and it is likely that Al Ahli will be more confident in facing various matches in the Saudi pro league.

Don't forget if Mitrovic is solo carrying Al Hilal, that's make them become favorite almost in every match. Even though Neymar is injured, but he will not change anything to Al Hilal because Mitrovic is still not injured.

Al Ahli do have many European players, but it's still not enough to beat Al Hilal. Al Ahli need to sign eleven European players in order to become a champion.

[asriloni]

That is true that Neymar can do a whole lot of things when he is on the pitch and his fitness is good, but didn't Al-Hilal play well already without him? I am not sure when exactly he joined the team, but wasn't that when some games have been played?

It doesn't really matter because the bottom line is that Al-Hilal should have known before they signed him that it is extremely unlikely that he will play a whole season without injuries. I mean when he arrived he was still recovering from a surgery on his ankle, and it wasn't a light surgery, it was serious. That's why it was astonishing how much money they were still willing to pay for him.

Al Hilal signing a player that's vulnerable to injury and expects him to be present for league games, it turns out that the Brazilian having difficulties to be consistent available for games. He vanished when his team needs him, he did that occasionally in PSG, in Brazil also and now he's in SPL and having no change of pattern. However I think Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is pretty hurt and wouldn't be available for a lengthy period of time. On the records, Al Hilal can do better without him, they have been doing so and this is probably not the time they will relent in performance.

The only good thing al hilal got compensation but that's not enough to cover all of losses faced by al hilal. al hilal deserves more compensation from FIFA due to the injury happened to the neymar. Neymar itself was also injury prone.
Any match is able making him to get injury. The main proble if neymar is now facing serious injury which can also make him to absent from playing in al hilal for almost a year. Al hilal is lose a lot of things due to the regular injury faced by neymar.
The club lose the demand to watch neymar to play in the club.

Al hilal never wants that to happen but due to the FIFA calender and this forces neymar to play when his condition was not as good as what he used to be. Al hilal has become the loser in this case.
Neymar is out for so many months and the club got only a small compensation from FIFA which is unfair. Al hilal shall get more and FIFA shall have paid neymar's salary when he was injured.

That's the win win solution for fifa and al hilal.

[Webetcoins]

At the moment, the only unbeaten team in the league is Al Hilal, managed by Jorge Jesus, who have been playing well since the start of the season. Ronaldo's side, on the other hand, have recovered from defeats in the first two weeks to win seven and draw one in their next seven matches and are now in the title race. Al Nassr have struggled defensively in their last six games, conceding goals in their last six matches and needing to score extra goals to win. With star players joining the league, I think the competition will continue until the last weeks.

We can say after first ten matches Al Hilal is dominating side in Saudi Professional League with their performance and consistency, but Al Nassr is also doing impressive even after losing first two matches now they are having good consistency which is helping them for staying at third spot and things can take change because we still have 24 matches remaining in this season which mean many ups and downs are possible but Al Hilal is surely having complete package for the title race, and they are not allowing their opponents to have anything positive from them.

Al Nassr shocking draw and Al Ittihad poor performance giving them good advantage, but it's too early for having correct prediction even most chances things could be in better control of the Al Hilal with Al Nassr and Al Ahli could be give their best as well for having good competition until end of this season.

[bitgolden]

It looks like the joy of Al-Ahli's victory will have to end sooner and maybe in this week's match against Al-Hilal they will experience difficulties again. I also agree that if Al-Hilal were the favorites in this match, especially at home, they would be much stronger. Maybe in terms of squad depth, these two teams are not much different, but of course there will be prestige that they will bet on in order to get maximum results.

Al-Hilal is currently at the top of the standings and with the addition of 3 points it will be even more difficult for them to be chased by other teams such as Al-Taouwon or Al-Nassr. But if Al-Hilal loses, it will be easier for the team I mentioned to catch them and Al-Ahli will also have the same opportunity.

The league situation can't be known just now, there are still so many games to be played and I believe that we are going to end up with a result that could be a little different from what we have right now. Al-Nassr has been great lately as well, and surely Al Ahli too, and Hilal too, like there are so many good teams at this moment and we just need to wait and see who will lose points first.

We could have these teams not lose to anyone but each other all season long and it wouldn't be that weird. I keep telling people, there are like 5 good Saudi teams and the rest are not that great, and if you look at the very bottom, those teams are doing terrible without a doubt. Ronaldo is a great difference maker but he is not the only reason neither, Nassr got some other decent players as well and they are building a club that could deserve to get to European UCL one day, and the talks have started but I do not think that could happen anytime soon just yet.

[Juggy777]

It looks like the joy of Al-Ahli's victory will have to end sooner and maybe in this week's match against Al-Hilal they will experience difficulties again. I also agree that if Al-Hilal were the favorites in this match, especially at home, they would be much stronger. Maybe in terms of squad depth, these two teams are not much different, but of course there will be prestige that they will bet on in order to get maximum results.

Al-Hilal is currently at the top of the standings and with the addition of 3 points it will be even more difficult for them to be chased by other teams such as Al-Taouwon or Al-Nassr. But if Al-Hilal loses, it will be easier for the team I mentioned to catch them and Al-Ahli will also have the same opportunity.

The league situation can't be known just now, there are still so many games to be played and I believe that we are going to end up with a result that could be a little different from what we have right now. Al-Nassr has been great lately as well, and surely Al Ahli too, and Hilal too, like there are so many good teams at this moment and we just need to wait and see who will lose points first.

We could have these teams not lose to anyone but each other all season long and it wouldn't be that weird. I keep telling people, there are like 5 good Saudi teams and the rest are not that great, and if you look at the very bottom, those teams are doing terrible without a doubt. Ronaldo is a great difference maker but he is not the only reason neither, Nassr got some other decent players as well and they are building a club that could deserve to get to European UCL one day, and the talks have started but I do not think that could happen anytime soon just yet.

@bitgolden I agree that it’s too early to say who’ll win the league because it’ll take some more game’s to determine who’ll inch closer but Al Nassr will definitely regret dropping those early points. However as a Ronaldo fan I’ll be very delighted if he can win a league title in a different league because I doubt that he’ll now be able to go and play in a different league once his Saudi league stint ends.

[poodle63]

Al-Hilal is a strong rival who dominates the championship title in the Saudi pro league so it is only natural that Al Hilal is favored by many bookies in the next match, but there are always surprises in football so we cannot be sure whether Al Hilal can beat Al Ahli in this match because Al-Ahli has performed well this season and is currently in 4th place in the points table with 22 points.
It should be remembered that Al Ahli has just beaten Ittihad and it is likely that Al Ahli will be more confident in facing various matches in the Saudi pro league.

Don't forget if Mitrovic is solo carrying Al Hilal, that's make them become favorite almost in every match. Even though Neymar is injured, but he will not change anything to Al Hilal because Mitrovic is still not injured.

Al Ahli do have many European players, but it's still not enough to beat Al Hilal. Al Ahli need to sign eleven European players in order to become a champion.

That's so true. I don't really care anymore whether hilal will play with or without neymar. The club has been playing so well even when neymar has not yet come to the al hilal. There's no reason to call him as a good player since al hilal was able going at the top without him. Neymar's impact was pretty small to the club. To be honest if al hilal was only wasting so much money for nothing. Paying player that have proven to be injury prone with a non sense salary like this is unbelivable thing right now.

Mitrovic deserves more salary as he was solo carrying the club in any game. Im feeling so amazing about how mitrovic was always able in scoring as many goals as possible in helping hilal to win the game.
It makes sense not to care toward neymar anymore. He was only burden to the club and nothing more.
The decision to recruit him was totally a very bad decision.

[Doell]

In the LCA, Al Hilal succeeded in securing full points and even by a big score 6-0. It seems like they are still fine, and I think in the match against Al Ahli it is still difficult to predict which team will win in that match, although there are many bettors who favor Al Ahli. But at the moment I doubt it, maybe there is still a possibility that Al Hilal can continue they winning streak, in terms of quality the both teams are equal.
Although Al Ahli will play at home, but it is still not a guarantee they can secure full points, considering that the performance of the Al Hilal team is also not bad.

[rahmad2nd]

It looks like the joy of Al-Ahli's victory will have to end sooner and maybe in this week's match against Al-Hilal they will experience difficulties again. I also agree that if Al-Hilal were the favorites in this match, especially at home, they would be much stronger. Maybe in terms of squad depth, these two teams are not much different, but of course there will be prestige that they will bet on in order to get maximum results.

Al-Hilal is currently at the top of the standings and with the addition of 3 points it will be even more difficult for them to be chased by other teams such as Al-Taouwon or Al-Nassr. But if Al-Hilal loses, it will be easier for the team I mentioned to catch them and Al-Ahli will also have the same opportunity.

In the last 4 matches that Al-Ahli played in two different competitions, they did not experience defeat. especially when they won their match when they visited Al Ittihad headquarters. Of course, it will provide great motivation when Al-Ahli visits Al Hilal's headquarters. With the capital they have, Matthias Jaissie certainly hopes that his team will be able to provide resistance when they meet Al Hilal in this week's match.
Unfortunately, Al Hilal is a team that is difficult for them to beat. Remember, Jorge Jesus' squad is one of the strongest teams in this competition. Plus, Al Hilal's performance is on a positive track. It is not an easy job for Al-Ahli to win full points at this week's meeting.

On the other hand, Al Hilal has just played their match in the AFC Champions League by achieving a big 6-0 win. Jorge Jesus' squad seems to be in quite impressive form. This week, Al Hilal will host Al-Ahli as challengers in the race for the full three points. What is certain is that as the home team and also the top team in this competition, Al Hilal will not let Al-Ahli treat them like when Matthias Jaissie's squad overthrew Al Ittihad. Moreover, referring to betting odds, Al Hilal is more favored than the home team. So, so that their position is safe on the standings, Al Hilal will not let Al-Ahli get any points in this week's meeting.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Al-Nassr played today in the Asian Champions League, there is no doubt that they will definitely be the favorites to win because they play at home and have a better squad, Al-Nassr has recorded 2 wins and today they will complete it with their 3rd win or become group winner. This season the teams from the Saudi Pro League dominate in almost all groups Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr became the leaders of the group I can't imagine if 2 of these clubs managed to go to the final By the way Al-Nassr managed to score the first goal in the 23 minute through Talisca and this is the 4th goal in the Asian Champions League, I have bet on Al-Nassr -3/4 in the first half but I need one more goal for full win.

[Nheer]

Al-Hilal is a strong rival who dominates the championship title in the Saudi pro league so it is only natural that Al Hilal is favored by many bookies in the next match, but there are always surprises in football so we cannot be sure whether Al Hilal can beat Al Ahli in this match because Al-Ahli has performed well this season and is currently in 4th place in the points table with 22 points.
It should be remembered that Al Ahli has just beaten Ittihad and it is likely that Al Ahli will be more confident in facing various matches in the Saudi pro league.

Don't forget if Mitrovic is solo carrying Al Hilal, that's make them become favorite almost in every match. Even though Neymar is injured, but he will not change anything to Al Hilal because Mitrovic is still not injured.

Al Ahli do have many European players, but it's still not enough to beat Al Hilal. Al Ahli need to sign eleven European players in order to become a champion.

Well, i see a very strong match there because they are both performing well and they both have some experienced players so it will be a very competitive match just as that of Al Nassr vs Al Ahli. The Saudi league is now so competitive and we can tell from the number of points that separate Al Hilal who is topping the league vs Al Ahli who are 4th place. It would’ve been more interesting if Neymar was available but i don’t think it matters because they were playing well even before Neymar’s arrival so it wouldn’t be difficult to maintain their dominance without Neymar, they have Mitrovic who have been the team’s highest goal scorer and other players contributing well to the team. It’s difficult to predict a winner in this match but Al Hilal are more clinical in front of goal so they have better chance of winning the match.

[hahay]

Al-Hilal is a strong rival who dominates the championship title in the Saudi pro league so it is only natural that Al Hilal is favored by many bookies in the next match, but there are always surprises in football so we cannot be sure whether Al Hilal can beat Al Ahli in this match because Al-Ahli has performed well this season and is currently in 4th place in the points table with 22 points.
It should be remembered that Al Ahli has just beaten Ittihad and it is likely that Al Ahli will be more confident in facing various matches in the Saudi pro league.

Don't forget if Mitrovic is solo carrying Al Hilal, that's make them become favorite almost in every match. Even though Neymar is injured, but he will not change anything to Al Hilal because Mitrovic is still not injured.

Al Ahli do have many European players, but it's still not enough to beat Al Hilal. Al Ahli need to sign eleven European players in order to become a champion.

It looks like it will be more interesting if for example Al Ahli manages to win in this match, because currently Al Hilal is also at the top of the standings but does not have a far point gap. Therefore, if for example Al Ahli manages to beat Al Hilal, then the competition for the title rase will become tighter of course, because their points gap becomes closer. But indeed, it seems reasonable if Al Hilal is favored this match because after all, Al Hilal also has a good head to head record too when Al Hilal playing against Al Ahli. Moreover, in this match Al Hilal will play at home and also this moment Al Hilal is at the top of the Saudi Pro League standings.

[Zlantann]

Al-Nassr played today in the Asian Champions League, there is no doubt that they will definitely be the favorites to win because they play at home and have a better squad, Al-Nassr has recorded 2 wins and today they will complete it with their 3rd win or become group winner. This season the teams from the Saudi Pro League dominate in almost all groups Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr became the leaders of the group I can't imagine if 2 of these clubs managed to go to the final By the way Al-Nassr managed to score the first goal in the 23 minute through Talisca and this is the 4th goal in the Asian Champions League, I have bet on Al-Nassr -3/4 in the first half but I need one more goal for full win.

The game is almost ending and Al-Nassr is leading Al-Duhail SC by 4-3. Ronaldo scored a brace in the 61st and 81st minutes, while Mane also got a goal. Al-Nassr will have themselves to blame if they lose this game because they almost lost a three-goal advantage. The Qatari side came from three goals down to put the match to 3-2 but Ronaldo scored another goal to make it 4-2 and Al-Duhail SC responded again to make the game 4-3. But from the look of things, Ronaldo and his teammates will get the maximum three points from this game. With this win, Al-Nassr will still maintain the leadership of Group E after getting nine points from three games.

[QueenVera]

The game is almost ending and Al-Nassr is leading Al-Duhail SC by 4-3. Ronaldo scored a brace in the 61st and 81st minutes, while Mane also got a goal. Al-Nassr will have themselves to blame if they lose this game because they almost lost a three-goal advantage. The Qatari side came from three goals down to put the match to 3-2 but Ronaldo scored another goal to make it 4-2 and Al-Duhail SC responded again to make the game 4-3. But from the look of things, Ronaldo and his teammates will get the maximum three points from this game. With this win, Al-Nassr will still maintain the leadership of Group E after getting nine points from three games.

After helping his team to win the Arab club championship cup against Al-Hilal, Ronaldo also help Al-Nassr qualify for the AFC Champions league by beating Shabab Al-Ahli in the playoff to qualify for the tournament, though he didn't score in the match but his performance was good and he created a big impact in the game. However Al-Nassr are currently performing very well in the tournament and have won their 1st three games to top their group E table with 9points.

 Ronaldo's performance is the tournament is good and he's scored about 3 goals to help them reach this point on the table and I believe he could top the goal chart cause he's just 2 goals away from his teammate Talisca who's also created a big impact  for the team just like Ronaldo,well Al-Nassr performance would make them go far in tournament and I won't be suprised if they win it as well.

[BRINIRHA]

Al-Nassr played today in the Asian Champions League, there is no doubt that they will definitely be the favorites to win because they play at home and have a better squad, Al-Nassr has recorded 2 wins and today they will complete it with their 3rd win or become group winner. This season the teams from the Saudi Pro League dominate in almost all groups Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr became the leaders of the group I can't imagine if 2 of these clubs managed to go to the final By the way Al-Nassr managed to score the first goal in the 23 minute through Talisca and this is the 4th goal in the Asian Champions League, I have bet on Al-Nassr -3/4 in the first half but I need one more goal for full win.

And in the end Al-Nassr was able to win the match again in the AFC Champions League. But in the second half everything became more tense. Because 6 goals from both teams came in the second half. The final score was 4-3 with victory of course for Al-Nassr. In this match CR7 scored 2 goals. And I'm happy that Mane also scored a goal in this match. Talisca seems like this player is always not behind in scoring goals. It's rare for an Al-Nassr match to pass without a goal from Talisca.

Arab clubs really performed extraordinary in the AFC Champions League. But this is quite natural because the squad depth of the Arab teams is the best at the moment.

[kawetsriyanto]

And in the end Al-Nassr was able to win the match again in the AFC Champions League. But in the second half everything became more tense. Because 6 goals from both teams came in the second half. The final score was 4-3 with victory of course for Al-Nassr. In this match CR7 scored 2 goals. And I'm happy that Mane also scored a goal in this match. Talisca seems like this player is always not behind in scoring goals. It's rare for an Al-Nassr match to pass without a goal from Talisca.

In the first half, Al Nassr was leading with 1 goal. There was no change until the first half was over. But in the second half, Al Duhail played more aggressively, they tried to equalize the scores. Although Al Nassr was leading with 3 goals, Al Duhail never give up, they scored 2 goals in minute 63' and 67'. They almost make Al Nassr to fail winning the match. But with Ronaldo's second goal in minute 81', no doubt Al Nassr secure 3 points in that match.

Ronaldo, Talisca, and Mane are 3 best attackers of Al Nassr. They always contributed for the goals. I see that they play more solidly, specifically after Mane joined Al Nassr.

Arab clubs really performed extraordinary in the AFC Champions League. But this is quite natural because the squad depth of the Arab teams is the best at the moment.

Indeed. It is not surprising that Arab teams dominated AFC Champions League. They have many top players, so we can understand if they can play better than the teams from the other countries.

[shogun47]

Well if that happens then I will really wait for his work when he becomes a coach, whether when he becomes a coach will gain the same success as when he was a player or not. Indeed, many players aspire to become coaches when they retire, and I think that's good because they can learn early from experienced coaches about applying strategies in matches, or the smallest things that I'm sure each coach has a different coaching style.
Now if he wants to be a coach, then he should start learning from now on, so that when he really jumps in as a coach he can quickly and carefully apply his strategy.

This is when I am sometimes stuck between a rock and a hard place. I look at the player and his achievements but first and foremost the character and then it is hard to imagine that the player could become a great coach. Zidane has always been an authority and someone who understands the game and is charsimatic. I had no doubt he could become successful as a coach. But a different example would be Diego Simeone. When he came to Atletico Madrid, I remembered how he behaved like a player and what character he was, and I couldn't get a picture into my head that would paint him as a good coach. But well, he delivered as a coach. In case of Benzema I don't know, maybe with experience at other clubs and then in 10 years from now he may be doing great as a coach. But I don't think he would be well respect by all players early on in his career.

I also can't say whether he'll be a great coach or not, as many factors will determine this. Now there are many players who are great and when they become coaches they are also great, there are players who are great but when they become coaches they fail, and so on.  
I don't know what Benzema will be able to do as a coach, because at the moment I honestly don't see his leadership potential. But that could all change with his process and his first experience as a coach.
I wouldn't expect too much from him at the start, because he's bound to be a bit nervous.

You brought up the exact issue here. I also can't see his leadership potential at all and from what I understood, he is so distractible with problems offside the pitch like his religious issues or the sex tape blackmail case which became huge. He isn't a calm guy like Zidane who understands how to be neutral about things and how to lead a team while considering all interests equally. Benzema has now several times raised attention with very questionable actions and while I believe that human beings can change, this guy is not 18 or 20 anymore and can change until he is 35. He is about to turn 36 and has all these private issues of public interest. Imagine this guy is your coach and you are from Israel.

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Al-Nassr played today in the Asian Champions League, there is no doubt that they will definitely be the favorites to win because they play at home and have a better squad, Al-Nassr has recorded 2 wins and today they will complete it with their 3rd win or become group winner. This season the teams from the Saudi Pro League dominate in almost all groups Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr became the leaders of the group I can't imagine if 2 of these clubs managed to go to the final By the way Al-Nassr managed to score the first goal in the 23 minute through Talisca and this is the 4th goal in the Asian Champions League, I have bet on Al-Nassr -3/4 in the first half but I need one more goal for full win.

Al nassr was able to win this match with a score of 4-3 and in my opinion this was not an easy match for them because their opponents were able to play quite well in balancing their resistance. I think Al nassr must improve their defense in the winter transfer window because in several previous matches I noticed when Al nassr was taking the lead but the opponent was able to respond and equalize like Al nassr match against Abha.

However, today's match was full of emotional because we saw that Al nassr really pressed their opponents hard in the first half. Ronaldo has always been a hero for Al nassr, even in this match he contributed 2 goals. This season, ronaldo is performing quite well, he seems to be able to beat many of the other young players playing in the Saudi Arabian league this season.