Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[bayu7adi]

After Talisca scored in the free kick that drew Al Nassr level with Damac, I thought the game was heading for a draw but the Portuguese superstar had another thought as his stunning strike from the free kick spot handed Al Nassr all three points from the game.

For those who witnessed it, this was a world-class strike executed by a top-tier player. An extraordinary comeback by Al Nassr after trailing in the first half. Ronaldo's decisive goal has garnered significant attention, as Al Nassr supporters promptly unfurled a banner featuring Captain America, but with Ronaldo's face superimposed on it. It's incredibly cool and well-deserved for the goal scorer representing Al Nassr.

This victory has also propelled Al Nassr to the 3rd position, displacing Ittihad FC, as Ittihad FC managed only a draw when facing Al Taawon. The point difference between Al Nassr and Ittihad now stands at 2 points on matchweek - 10.

[hahay]

I think Benzema seems interested in trying his luck by becoming a coach. I once read some local news regarding Benzema desire to enter the managerial world after deciding to retire as a professional player. If I'm not mistaken, Benzema aspires to be like Zidane, who successfully managed Madrid and succeeded in winning the Champions League. However, I think it will take a long time for that to happen, because Benzema is still under contract with Al Ittihad until June 2026.

Source : https://www.goal.com/id/berita/karim-benzema-pelatih-real-madrid/1f0b4ex0sg8u31euajxyi5skn8

 I didnt know that, he is a very brain player so i can see being a good manager, an Saudi Arabia Super league can be a very good starting point for him before make the jump into european football again, this time as a manager.

After all, becoming a coach is the way for most players to go after retirement and yes, it's no surprise that Benzema has a desire to become a coach in the future. But clearly, becoming a successful coach will take time, especially with Benzema still under contract, then will go to process of becoming a coach itself will also take a long time. Also, becoming a coach will not be quick enough to be able to coach a big team like Real Madrid. But yes, I personally believe that most players will probably become coaches in the future. Although not all players, but most of them will still have a career in soccer later after retirement.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

For those who witnessed it, this was a world-class strike executed by a top-tier player. An extraordinary comeback by Al Nassr after trailing in the first half. Ronaldo's decisive goal has garnered significant attention, as Al Nassr supporters promptly unfurled a banner featuring Captain America, but with Ronaldo's face superimposed on it. It's incredibly cool and well-deserved for the goal scorer representing Al Nassr.

This victory has also propelled Al Nassr to the 3rd position, displacing Ittihad FC, as Ittihad FC managed only a draw when facing Al Taawon. The point difference between Al Nassr and Ittihad now stands at 2 points on matchweek - 10.

We know this is not the first time Al-Nassr has done this we see it often and Ronaldo is always the decider, I remember when Al-Nassr was behind and they made an epic comeback by scoring 3 goals in extra time you know it doesn't make sense but that's what happens. This season looks different I mean the competition is getting tougher as we can see at least 5 teams are hunting for the top standings and Al-Taawoun has not been replaced we didn't think that a team like Al-Taawoun would be able to compete at the top of the standings even though they are not among the teams that bring in star players from Europe, I don't know what to say if they end up winning the title lol.

[rahmad2nd]

With Neymar suffering from an injury, and it is reported that the Brazilian star has been treated and will undergo surgery for a torn ligament and ACL cartilage, a treatment program has been determined for the duration after the operation. come back strong, wrote Al Hilal. Nevertheless, I am still happy that even without Neymar, Al Hilal still progressed to victory in the Saudi Pro League. well, Al Hilal is still able to maintain a point distance from its competitors in this league. has a difference of 3 points from Al Tawoun, 4 points adrift of Al Nassr and Al-Ahli.

In the next match, Al Hilal will host Al-Ahli on the 11th matchday of this competition. this match seems quite interesting, considering that Matthias Jaissle's squad has great motivation after winning their last two matches, especially overthrowing Al Ittihad. and what is certain is that Al-Ahli will provide full resistance when they visit Al Hilal's headquarters. but unfortunately, Al Hilal is a team that is strong enough to be defeated. moreover, they were playing as the home team. even without the presence of injured Neymar, Al Hilal is still the bookies' favorite team. and that's very natural, because Al Hilal has a solid team and a productive center forward. Plus, several other players too, can be relied on in terms of scoring goals.
My guess is that Al-Ahli will not be as lucky as in the match against Al Ittihad. and it looks like Al Hilal will remain at the top of the standings for some time to come. Well, because this match still has a break, we'll see Al Hilal's match in the AFC Champions League tomorrow.

[Doell]

For those who witnessed it, this was a world-class strike executed by a top-tier player. An extraordinary comeback by Al Nassr after trailing in the first half. Ronaldo's decisive goal has garnered significant attention, as Al Nassr supporters promptly unfurled a banner featuring Captain America, but with Ronaldo's face superimposed on it. It's incredibly cool and well-deserved for the goal scorer representing Al Nassr.

The goals scored by Talisca and Ronaldo were both from free kicks, yeah Indeed that's extraordinary comeback. Currently Talisca and Ronaldo already have very good chemistry when playing, with them Al Nassr can show a perfect because both of them are mainstay strikers. Unfortunately, In that match Ronaldo was often caught offside, if not, maybe we would seen a lot of goals there.
Yeah Cool, the fans at there are really creative. They can make their idols happy by making that's banner, because Ronaldo also looks happy. But if superman, Ronaldo will be very happy because as far as I know Ronaldo really likes this super hero.

[borovichok]

The goals scored by Talisca and Ronaldo were both from free kicks, yeah Indeed that's extraordinary comeback. Currently Talisca and Ronaldo already have very good chemistry when playing, with them Al Nassr can show a perfect because both of them are mainstay strikers. Unfortunately, In that match Ronaldo was often caught offside, if not, maybe we would seen a lot of goals there.
Yeah Cool, the fans at there are really creative. They can make their idols happy by making that's banner, because Ronaldo also looks happy. But if superman, Ronaldo will be very happy because as far as I know Ronaldo really likes this super hero.

Damac was happy in the first half after G.K Nkoudou made a long counter run into Al-Nassr territory and hits a stunning shots that rolled into the goal post of the home team. The Knights of Najd supporters starts throwing blames on the important players that was present and still losing, but they failed to understand that there's good probability of a comeback win. Talisca started everything with a brilliant freekick that level the game but Cristiano Ronaldo doing exactly what he did 5 years back against Spain in Russia 2018 world cup, shooting an exceptional curve ball into his opponents goal post without Moustapha Zeghba making no single attempt to save the ball. All I can say is Al Nassr is on fire this season.

[ginsan]

Cristiano Ronaldo who last week received an award from the football federation of country for reaching over 200 appearances with the national team came back from international duties and still delivered a great performance for his club Al Nassr yesterday.
After Talisca scored in the free kick that drew Al Nassr level with Damac, I thought the game was heading for a draw but the Portuguese superstar had another thought as his stunning strike from the free kick spot handed Al Nassr all three points from the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo became a big hero for Al Nassr because he was able to bring Al Nassr to 3 points with the goals he created. This season he seems to have found his best form because he has helped Al Nassr a lot in every match. If Ronaldo is able to maintain his best form, it is likely that Al Nassr can easily take the top position from Al Hilal.

The meeting between Al Nassr vs Al Hilal will take place in early December. I think this is a match that fans are really waiting for because it is a match that can change their progress in the standings. But yes, before that there are many matches that Ronaldo et al can take advantage of to achieve maximum results to continue to put pressure on the teams above them. Currently, Ronaldo is the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian league, ahead of Benzema and Firmino.

[Leviathan.007]

For those who witnessed it, this was a world-class strike executed by a top-tier player. An extraordinary comeback by Al Nassr after trailing in the first half. Ronaldo's decisive goal has garnered significant attention, as Al Nassr supporters promptly unfurled a banner featuring Captain America, but with Ronaldo's face superimposed on it. It's incredibly cool and well-deserved for the goal scorer representing Al Nassr.

The goals scored by Talisca and Ronaldo were both from free kicks, yeah Indeed that's extraordinary comeback. Currently Talisca and Ronaldo already have very good chemistry when playing, with them Al Nassr can show a perfect because both of them are mainstay strikers. Unfortunately, In that match Ronaldo was often caught offside, if not, maybe we would seen a lot of goals there.
Yeah Cool, the fans at there are really creative. They can make their idols happy by making that's banner, because Ronaldo also looks happy. But if superman, Ronaldo will be very happy because as far as I know Ronaldo really likes this super hero.

We can see Ronaldo's performance in this season soon after they start playing in the harder matches in the AFC Champions League in which there are stronger teams to face Ronaldo and Al Nassr.
But I think the fact about Ronaldo after 30 years old is he even had better performance than years ago when he was younger.
 


https://www.besoccer.com/new/cristiano-ronaldo-has-higher-goal-average-since-turning-30-893180

[kawetsriyanto]

Cristiano Ronaldo became a big hero for Al Nassr because he was able to bring Al Nassr to 3 points with the goals he created. This season he seems to have found his best form because he has helped Al Nassr a lot in every match. If Ronaldo is able to maintain his best form, it is likely that Al Nassr can easily take the top position from Al Hilal.

He became the hero for Al Nassr in many matches. Ronaldo often contributed with his goals, it leads La Nassr to win the match. Regarding his current performance, I agree that he performed better in this season. So far, Ronaldo already scored 11 goals, he is leading the top scorer table. If he can maintain his good form, he will be the top scorer in this season. He has a big chance, especially he also get a better support from his teammates after Al Nassr signed Mane. This good performance influences the position of Al Nassr on the SPL standings, they are now in the 3rd place. They still has a chance to win the SPL title.

The meeting between Al Nassr vs Al Hilal will take place in early December. I think this is a match that fans are really waiting for because it is a match that can change their progress in the standings. But yes, before that there are many matches that Ronaldo et al can take advantage of to achieve maximum results to continue to put pressure on the teams above them. Currently, Ronaldo is the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian league, ahead of Benzema and Firmino.

Of course, the match can be a crucial match to determine the chance for winning the title. AL Nassr needs to defeat Al Hilal to overtake the first place. But Al Nassr needs to keep winning every match to make sure there is no big gap between Al Nassr points and Al Hilal points. It is interesting although it won't be an easy challenge for Al Nassr.

[Google+]

In terms of squad depth, Al-Nassr should be able to score more than two goals, but even in normal attacks they are always thwarted by the opposing goalkeeper. Luckily, when the deadlock from normal attacks didn't work, Al-Nassr still had smart players to execute free kicks and Talisca and Ronaldo managed to do it all well.

I also feel satisfied with this result and at least Al-Nassr did not achieve a draw or lose because if they get this result it is certain that the positive trend they are maintaining will be broken and also the opportunity to get closer to the top of the standings will experience another setback.

This match was quite fierce if you look at it because Damac was able to score 16 shots and 6 were on target. I admit that there was a lot of luck for Al Nassr and that luck was none other than because they had players who were able to execute free kicks into goals. Ronaldo is a versatile player where in this match he showed his skills in free kicks to score goals and it was quite spectacular from what he showed in this match.

For Damac, they don't have attackers who are good enough to score goals because many of the opportunities they have can't be converted into goals. I think Al Nassr has a stronger and more experienced squad depth so they were able to end this match with a win thanks to the two goals they scored via free kicks.

[temple]

Cristiano Ronaldo contributed quite a bit to the mess that was going on at Manchester United after he joined them. I don't understand a lot of things about ten Hag, but in this case I understand that he didn't want to crown Ronaldo king from day one when he also had all these young players who were trying to find their own place and who were ready to fight for their position and take on the challenge. If someone gets a free ticket to the starting XI, it can cause problems in the team cohesion. But Ronaldo got his chances to start games and he didn't use them.

Al-Nassr supporting him is nothing spectacular. What did you think they would do after finalizing the most impressive transfer financially of all times? It's a difference to play in the Premier League or in the Saudi Professional League and Ronaldo knows that as well.

Cristiano Ronaldo may not have accepted ten Hag's contract with Manchester United in the second phase, he may have wanted a young player instead of Ronaldo, but the management signed Cristiano Ronaldo, so maybe the manager did not give much priority to Ronaldo in the team. I know there is a lot of difference between the English Premier League and the Saudi Pro League but a player plays well when he is mentally happy. Cristiano Ronaldo was never mentally happy at Manchester United which is why we have noticed a bad effect on his performance but he is very happy mentally when he came to Saudi Arabia which is why he is performing so well for Al Nasser.

I can't know how exactly the disaster at Manchester United was provoked, but when the management decided to sign Ronaldo against ten Hag's opinion about that player, it is still his duty to allow his players to compete on a level-playing field. Ronaldo is a player who wants to have influence on the team as well as on the managers choices. Ten Hag is not that kind of guy who wants his players to chime in who should play and who should not. Ronaldo expected to be treated as somebody else and not on the same grounds like his teammates. He wants to take the free kicks, the penalties, he wants to be the captain, and he wants to be able to take a day off when he feels like it. Ten Hag knew that he wouldn't be the perfect addition to a team that is supposed to be developed over a long period of time. In Saudi Arabia he is getting what he wants. The only thing that's missing during games is a crown on his head.

[makishart]

I think Benzema seems interested in trying his luck by becoming a coach. I once read some local news regarding Benzema desire to enter the managerial world after deciding to retire as a professional player. If I'm not mistaken, Benzema aspires to be like Zidane, who successfully managed Madrid and succeeded in winning the Champions League. However, I think it will take a long time for that to happen, because Benzema is still under contract with Al Ittihad until June 2026.

Source : https://www.goal.com/id/berita/karim-benzema-pelatih-real-madrid/1f0b4ex0sg8u31euajxyi5skn8

 I didnt know that, he is a very brain player so i can see being a good manager, an Saudi Arabia Super league can be a very good starting point for him before make the jump into european football again, this time as a manager.

Benzema had many experiences under various world class coach and he knew that the way to coaching the club better than another player. I see no problem if benzema will retire as a professional football and continue his journey in the football as a coach.
That means if he will able to go back again into the european professional scene like xabi alonso. I do support it cuased by benzema can't always play football forever. He needs to consider it as his next job.
His experience will be helping him so much. I do really support this if he was not willing to play as a football player anymore. Benzema thinks to enjoy his age by being a coach for the club.

It sounds good for me to hear that. Benzema probabbly become as good as xabi.

[bayu7adi]

We can see Ronaldo's performance in this season soon after they start playing in the harder matches in the AFC Champions League in which there are stronger teams to face Ronaldo and Al Nassr.
But I think the fact about Ronaldo after 30 years old is he even had better performance than years ago when he was younger.
 
https://i.postimg.cc/yxmXyFG3/cristiano-ronaldo-before-and-after-30-using-profootballdb-data-besoccer.jpg

https://www.besoccer.com/new/cristiano-ronaldo-has-higher-goal-average-since-turning-30-893180

The older he gets, the more ferocious he becomes. Perhaps that's a fitting moniker for CR7 at his current age of 38. We've observed that, on average, football players tend to opt for retirement around the age of 35. Yet, Ronaldo, in his footballing twilight, continues to be a formidable presence on the pitch, displaying dominance.

However, he now plies his trade in Saudi Arabia, where the competition is not as intense as in the English Premier League. I can't make a blanket statement that Ronaldo will conquer the Arab League, but he will certainly master the game at Al Nassr with the assistance of his ten teammates. The chance of clinching the league title remains open for Al Nassr, while we eagerly await Neymar's return to the field to spice up the Saudi league.

I still wish to see him play beyond the year 2025. While it may seem a tad ambitious, Ronaldo has undeniably become the lifeblood of today's footballing world.

[Pandu Geddon]

It sounds good for me to hear that. Benzema probabbly become as good as xabi.

However, Benzema is almost towards the end of his professional career as a player. he is experienced and will probably be successful if he intends to build a new career in coaching.
we don't know whether it will be successful or not. Several big name players in the past also tried to become coaches at the club, but not all of them achieved success with their teams. Not all good players can train, this is about building the player's mentality and also directing the player in game tactics according to instructions. However, it is not an easy task when it involves many people with different characters.

[Hirose UK]

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It seems that what was expected was that Al Nassr would be able to beat Damac even though they were trailing 1 - 0 in the first half in the final minute of added time.
And when the second half started everything turned around where Al Nassr launched an attack and began to dominate the game until he was able to have two shots which actually managed to penetrate the defense of Damac goalkeeper Zeghba.

This is the umpteenth time Ronaldo and Talisca have managed to become players with major contribution to Al Nassr victory.
Even though there are other players that Al Nassr can also rely on such as Mane the ones who show the most enthusiasm for achieving goals are Ronaldo and Talisca.

Now Al Nassr is in third place and in the next match they will face Al Feiha.
If in the next few matches Al Nassr can always win there is big possibility that they will be able to catch up with Al Hilal points which is only 4 points away.

The match was interesting even though Al-Nassr was 1 goal behind in the first half, but in the second half Al-Nassr managed to score 2 goals and were able to win.

Yes, Talisca and Ronaldo were able to form a solid partnership so that they were able to perform amazingly when facing various kinds of matches faced by Al Nassr, so their efforts should be appreciated with this victory.

The Al Nassr vs Al Feiha match will be quite an exciting match because currently Al Feiha is not performing too badly. If Al Nassr ca not win, it could be that Al Feiha will hold a draw because currently Al Feiha has achieved the most draws in these 10 matches so Al Nassr must take advantage of opportunities to get full points from Al Feiha.

And as I suspected Al Nassr could indeed achieve victory by giving us all a big surprise.
Oh yes, look at Al Nassr match history this is not the first time they have fallen behind and looked like they were losing but when they reached the second half all the players got up and caught up until they won.
So epic was the performance of Ronaldo and his colleagues in achieving victory.

These two players are like spears and sharpeners which when working together can become sharper.
And when they are at the front of the attack that where the opposing team feels anxious because it is very difficult to stop the movements of these two players.

Of course this will be quite an exciting match because Al Feiha is team that can compete with Al Nassr.
But it remains that Al Nassr will be the favorite in this match.
Their victory against Al Feiha will be very important victory to achieve so they must be able to continue playing well like the previous match.

[dzungmobile]

And as I suspected Al Nassr could indeed achieve victory by giving us all a big surprise.
Oh yes, look at Al Nassr match history this is not the first time they have fallen behind and looked like they were losing but when they reached the second half all the players got up and caught up until they won.
So epic was the performance of Ronaldo and his colleagues in achieving victory.

Talisca position was at risk when Cristiano Ronaldo joined Al Nassr in middle of past season but they played well together in the last season. This summer, Al Nassr had another good attacking player, Sadio Mane but again Talisca shows that he is an important player with Al Nassr and can play with both Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane.

Talisca and Ronaldo scored two goals (from two free kicks) to help Al Nassr has another win that helps them to move to a third position with 2 points less than Al Hilal. After this week, Saudi Professional League has 6 clubs with only 6 points in biggest difference. Al Hilal still stands at the first position and they are still performing well without Neymar.

Ranking

1  Hilal          26
2  Taawon     23
3  Nassr        22
4  Ahli          22
5  Ittihad      20
6  Fateh        20

[Arenga pinnata]

It sounds good for me to hear that. Benzema probabbly become as good as xabi.

However, Benzema is almost towards the end of his professional career as a player. he is experienced and will probably be successful if he intends to build a new career in coaching.
we don't know whether it will be successful or not. Several big name players in the past also tried to become coaches at the club, but not all of them achieved success with their teams. Not all good players can train, this is about building the player's mentality and also directing the player in game tactics according to instructions. However, it is not an easy task when it involves many people with different characters.

But I see that successful coaches don't come from attacking players, although there are some, but not many. But those who are successful as coaches are those whose origins are only defenders and midfielders. They are originally good players but they don't shine that much compared to other legendary players. An example is Arteta (originally a midfielder). He started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Man City. He learned from Guardiola and is now a successful Arsenal coach.

But there is also a soccer super star who is successful as a coach, namely Zidane. But somehow most of the best coaches always come from midfielders or defenders. rarely does it come from an attacker.
(Sourch: https://www.bola.com/dunia/read/2422517/daftar-15-legenda-sepak-bola-yang-jadi-pelatih-top-eropa)

[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.

[QueenVera]

But I see that successful coaches don't come from attacking players, although there are some, but not many. But those who are successful as coaches are those whose origins are only defenders and midfielders. They are originally good players but they don't shine that much compared to other legendary players. An example is Arteta (originally a midfielder). He started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Man City. He learned from Guardiola and is now a successful Arsenal coach.

But there is also a soccer super star who is successful as a coach, namely Zidane. But somehow most of the best coaches always come from midfielders or defenders. rarely does it come from an attacker.

You're right I've noticed that most good coaches that are outstanding, both past and present are from the defense or attack position and I makes me wonder if why it's so, for instance coaches like Pep Guardiola, Xavi, Xabi Alonso even Arteta are midfielders and defense  positions, it makes me wonder if one got to be a midfielder before you could succeed as a coach.

 However I think the best coach so far is Pep Guardiola he's won trophies is every top club he coached and even won the treble in both the Laliga and the EPL recently, it's no suprised why those coaches that's been under him have become successful coaches for instance the likes of Arteta and Eric Ten Hag, they've all impressed and won trophies with their current clubs especially Ten Hag that's won lots of trophies st the Eredivisie league before coming to Manchester United last season to win the Caraboa Cup.

[Arenga pinnata]

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.

Al-Ettifaq seems unable to maintain their ranking in the standings. And slowly Al-ettifaq was pulled to a lower ranking every week. And I think it could be a problem for this team if they can't get back to winning games soon.

But currently ranked 3 to 6 we can see a very good coincidence. For example, Al-Nassr currently has the same points as Al-Ahli and their number of wins, losses and draws are also the same. And in positions 5 and 6 we can also see that Al-ittihad has the same points as Al-Fateh, namely 20 points. And these two teams also have the same number of wins, draws and losses. Competition at the top looks like it will continue to be fierce. Because the difference in points is still very small. And it looks like this season is much more competitive than last season.