Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Hirose UK]

This is a very important victory for Al Nassr because it allows them to continue fighting for the title, now they need to stay consistent and pray that AL Hilal loses in the next games. Al Nassr's new coach is managing to make the team have a good attack and a good defense and have more possession of the ball. If Al Nassr and Al Hilal win all the next games until October 31st, then the only way for Al Nassr to move up in the table will be by winning the game on October 31st against Al Hilal. Always remember that Al Nassr has not been able to beat Al Hilal for many games. That's why I consider the game on October 31st the big test for the Al Nassr coach

This victory is indeed deserved by Al Nassr and if in this match it loses then it is very embarrassing because Al Wehda is not strong team, with the acquisition of 3 points from the victory also gives Al Nassr to be able to slowly follow the points from Al Hilal and Al Ittihad who are in the top and second positions.
If in the future Al Nassr is able to play stably and consistently by continuing to win then it will be good crew to create opportunities for Al Nassr to surpass all the top team especially for Al Hilal if their meeting later becomes victory for Al Nassr.
It just that the chances of being able to beat Al Hilal are still quite low because Al Hilal is not team that can be defeated easily considering that from time to time Al Hilal has become stronger and much more stable, this is Al Hilal development which I think is really significant in the last few season.
On the other hand Al Hilal will face Al-Kholood, it is very possible for Al Hilal to win this match and they can return to the top position which was temporarily taken over by Al Ittihad.

[AirtelBuzz]

Ronaldo's arrival to Al Nassr triggered other big teams to transfer market the best player in Europe as well, and it is a positive response where the Arab league is getting popular because of it, this arrival is a form of confidence and the team to increase it, yes we might consider that Ronaldo's arrival made Al Nassr very in the first time, also followed by Mane.
Al Ittihad and Al Hillal are also not silent, I salute their courage in paying their players, the arena is above the average salary.

Before Ronaldo, Neymar, Sadio Mane and Karim Benzema joined the Saudi Pro League, we didn't know much about this league. Especially when Cristiano Ronaldo left Europe for Saudi Arabia, this league gained more popularity. Now almost many players are leaving various European clubs and joining Saudi clubs mainly in the hope of earning more money because the Saudis are spending a lot of money on players. Maybe the Saudis want to develop good players in their country and make their country's football known around the world.

BTW currently Al Nassr is competing against Al Wahda, and Al Nassr is temporarily leading this match with 1-0 scored by Angelo Gabriel, the first half is almost over, the victory may be able to get Al Nassr.

Al Nasser won this match 2-0 against Al Wehda.Al Nass took the lead in the first half through Angelo Gabriel. Then in the 56th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo doubled the lead with a goal from the penalty shot, as a result Cristiano Ronaldo's team was able to earn full points by winning this match easily.

[OcTradism]

This is a very important victory for Al Nassr because it allows them to continue fighting for the title, now they need to stay consistent and pray that AL Hilal loses in the next games. Al Nassr's new coach is managing to make the team have a good attack and a good defense and have more possession of the ball. If Al Nassr and Al Hilal win all the next games until October 31st, then the only way for Al Nassr to move up in the table will be by winning the game on October 31st against Al Hilal. Always remember that Al Nassr has not been able to beat Al Hilal for many games. That's why I consider the game on October 31st the big test for the Al Nassr coach

With this win, Al-Nassr are continuing their race with Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad in Saudi Professional League. See the Saudi Professional League Table 2024-25, Al-Ittihad after the last very bad season are coming back. They will be a strong competitor against both Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal in this season.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored one more goal and will he stop scoring and retiring his player career?

Three top clubs are strongest in total points and in goal differences too with 12, 12, and 11 points while goal differences are +12, +12 and +11. Al-Hilal only played four matches and they will have one more match which can help them to create 4 points and 3 points against Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad.

[Popkon6]

Are you surprised when Al Ittihad conceded 1 goal in the 5th minute because Al Ittihad's bet had been entered into the list while until the first half the score had not changed?
I was resigned when Al Ittihad did not show a sign they could score goals and I had started thinking my bet would fail but when I opened the score application, 4-1 was the final result of the match.
Now, for the time being Al Ittihad is the leader of the standings with 12 points considering that Al Hilal has not played their fifth match.

Al Khaleez team performed very well in the first half of the half time and managed to score a goal. But its Al Ittihad side did not perform well in the first half and their attacks were weak to say the least. But after halftime, Karim Benzema controlled all the players with his own technique and intelligence, and managed to score four goals in moments. The counter-attack did not allow Al Khaleez to create any chances to score later on, which is the greatest attribute of these European stars, who set their side up to win in moments.

Because at that time he performed very well in difficult conditions, although in comparison Al Ittihad team players performed according to the strategy of experienced and European stars. Karim Benzema managed to score a goal with his leg magic Karim Benzema started with a goal.

[mammusu]

That was a narrow win and not a confident win, the both goals from Al Nassr was scored in extra time. The first goal came in the extra time for the first half and the second goal came in the extra time of the second half but it is good that the coach tried playing without Ronaldo and gave him a rest as he needs it. Ronaldo can not be playing every match or he won't be able to perform in all the matches as he's no longer a young player. Any coach that knows how to manage old players will get the best out of them and it looks like that's what is going to be happening as Ronaldo gets rested more in games that isn't the league games to regain his strength and score in league games.

Players like Ronaldo should be protected. The coach is doing the right thing when he gives a rest to such a world-famous footballer. Indeed, Cristiano is gaining strength. He should be put on the field when there is an urgent need for it. For example, at critical moments for the team. This man knows how to fix the situation on the field. That's what he is needed for.

Pioli seems to realize that Ronaldo has been working hard so far because al nassr is too forcing him to play and bear the burden of the club in every match they have before, resting Ronaldo in the match against Al Hazem in the preliminary round of the King Cup will at least restore his stamina and performance in more crucial matches, especially the current league, so far Ronaldo continues to be the focus of the al nassr game but the arrival of Pioli seems to make al Nassr can develop more and no longer must to continue to rely on Ronaldo in every of their matches, Pioli's ability to manage the team in my opinion will make a lot of difference in Al Nassr later and we no longer see Ronaldo being the player who has to work the hardest to win the match because so far Pioli has a more collective style of play, after missing the King Cup match, Pioli ended up playing Ronaldo in the League match and we can see if Ronaldo looked more excited to play when facing Al Wehda in the league yesterday.
 

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Before Ronaldo, Neymar, Sadio Mane and Karim Benzema joined the Saudi Pro League, we didn't know much about this league. Especially when Cristiano Ronaldo left Europe for Saudi Arabia, this league gained more popularity. Now almost many players are leaving various European clubs and joining Saudi clubs mainly in the hope of earning more money because the Saudis are spending a lot of money on players. Maybe the Saudis want to develop good players in their country and make their country's football known around the world.

We have to admit before that the Saudi Arabian League was not very well known but after Ronaldo decided to play for Al Nassr everything changed and this league was increasingly being discussed by many people. The presence of several other European players such as Neymar, Sadio Mane, Karim Benzema and several others made this league even better where we can see now more developed. The popularity of this league is increasing with the existence of European players and football businesses in the country is also growing.

In addition to talking about Saudi Arabia's business seriously developing the potential in football because they see football being so big now. If they can make this league more rapidly developing, the effect that is felt there will be an exchange of local players who will play more and more in Europe.

[ITExpert]

Are you surprised when Al Ittihad conceded 1 goal in the 5th minute because Al Ittihad's bet had been entered into the list while until the first half the score had not changed?
I was resigned when Al Ittihad did not show a sign they could score goals and I had started thinking my bet would fail but when I opened the score application, 4-1 was the final result of the match.
Now, for the time being Al Ittihad is the leader of the standings with 12 points considering that Al Hilal has not played their fifth match.

The match was a surprise as the United player had already scored the first goal of the half and so bettors will be surprised.  But Atihad's Kadesh scored the first goal and added to his tally in the first half. If you were on the Al-Khalij side, it's a pity because Al-Ittihad are such a strong team who started well and scored in the first 5 minutes and then the other players followed suit and scored 3 more goals. If he plays the match, he will definitely win because if you watch or listen to him, you will know his strength and even teams like Al Nasr have lost to him.  And they still have matches to go where they will go from win to win. Congratulations to Al-Ithad for this win and pray that they play with similar strength and win matches in the next matches as well.

[Docnaster]

Are you surprised when Al Ittihad conceded 1 goal in the 5th minute because Al Ittihad's bet had been entered into the list while until the first half the score had not changed?
I was resigned when Al Ittihad did not show a sign they could score goals and I had started thinking my bet would fail but when I opened the score application, 4-1 was the final result of the match.
Now, for the time being Al Ittihad is the leader of the standings with 12 points considering that Al Hilal has not played their fifth match.

Though Al-Khaleej scored in the first five minutes to take an early lead in their game at Al Ittihad yesterday, I was never in doubt that home team will come back into to the game and grab a win at the end of the game. Al Ittihad have been one of the most spending clubs in the Saudi Pro League in recent years but haven't been successful like the other teams however, it seems they are now back to competing for the league title this season. Former Balon D'or winner Karim Benzema was one of the names on the scoreline and that I think will improve his confidence in front of the goal. For me, I think Al Ittihad will be a strong contender for the league title this season

[doomloop]

The match was a surprise as the United player had already scored the first goal of the half and so bettors will be surprised.  But Atihad's Kadesh scored the first goal and added to his tally in the first half. If you were on the Al-Khalij side, it's a pity because Al-Ittihad are such a strong team who started well and scored in the first 5 minutes and then the other players followed suit and scored 3 more goals. If he plays the match, he will definitely win because if you watch or listen to him, you will know his strength and even teams like Al Nasr have lost to him.  And they still have matches to go where they will go from win to win. Congratulations to Al-Ithad for this win and pray that they play with similar strength and win matches in the next matches as well.

Most of the betters have feeling this is free money because Al Ittihad playing at home against Al Khaleej which is having no win last three games but as we have first goal from them in this game, and they were able to keep things on good level because Al Ittihad players were lazy in response so things gone into trouble for them but after 49 minutes we are having good comeback as they scored 4 goals and having good win which bring them to the top of league table.

All players done good job, and they bring their team back into fight for the title race after having defeat against defending champions Al Hilal which is going to visit Al Kholood for their next game after few hours in other games we have good third win for the Stefano Pioli and newly promoted side Al Qadisiya give surprising defeat to Al Ahli which bring Tony Ivan from Brentford for having good attack and good end of this season.

[GigaBit]

This is a very important victory for Al Nassr because it allows them to continue fighting for the title, now they need to stay consistent and pray that AL Hilal loses in the next games. Al Nassr's new coach is managing to make the team have a good attack and a good defense and have more possession of the ball. If Al Nassr and Al Hilal win all the next games until October 31st, then the only way for Al Nassr to move up in the table will be by winning the game on October 31st against Al Hilal. Always remember that Al Nassr has not been able to beat Al Hilal for many games. That's why I consider the game on October 31st the big test for the Al Nassr coach

With this win, Al-Nassr are continuing their race with Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad in Saudi Professional League. See the Saudi Professional League Table 2024-25, Al-Ittihad after the last very bad season are coming back. They will be a strong competitor against both Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal in this season.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored one more goal and will he stop scoring and retiring his player career?

Three top clubs are strongest in total points and in goal differences too with 12, 12, and 11 points while goal differences are +12, +12 and +11. Al-Hilal only played four matches and they will have one more match which can help them to create 4 points and 3 points against Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad.

Although Al Nassr has been in the 2nd position for the past few seasons, they have repeatedly tried and failed to take the 1st position. Even though they are currently in the 3rd position this season, when a match is won by them, it creates a different feeling among the fans. When Al Nassr wins, his supporters win just like Ronaldo wins. Al Nassr won 2-0 against Al Wehda in the last match, which they desperately needed at this moment to fulfill their dream. The gap between 1st,2nd and 3rd placed teams is 1 point each. Everyone hopes that Al Nassr will perform well in the next match. Ronaldo is getting back into form and hopefully he will score in the next match as well. The team tries hard to surpass Al Hilal, the best team of the moment.

[bitgolden]

We have to admit before that the Saudi Arabian League was not very well known but after Ronaldo decided to play for Al Nassr everything changed and this league was increasingly being discussed by many people. The presence of several other European players such as Neymar, Sadio Mane, Karim Benzema and several others made this league even better where we can see now more developed. The popularity of this league is increasing with the existence of European players and football businesses in the country is also growing.

In addition to talking about Saudi Arabia's business seriously developing the potential in football because they see football being so big now. If they can make this league more rapidly developing, the effect that is felt there will be an exchange of local players who will play more and more in Europe.

Not only it wasn't just "not well known" but it wasn't known at all, hell even right now there aren't that many fans on the stands and I think it's clear that we are going to make sure that we are dealing with something that is taking a bit of time for them to have this kind of result. So, the best way to move forward is the fact that Ronaldo and similar level of famous players should be bought.

There aren't any player as famous as Ronaldo of course, but you can get a few of them together to make one I guess. They are spending insane amount of money, over a billion, for the salaries of the league and that is why

I think that we are going to end up with Saudi league getting more and more famous in the end. One sad note that Ronaldo came in here and then couldn't win the title, that is looking like the worst part, he deserved to win one, he scored so many goals and did what he had to do but unfortunately they couldn't win a title and because of that he might actually retire without a title here. I mean he won that Asian cup whatever it was, but he didn't win any league titles and that must have felt quite bad for him as well. I think he could do much better on the long run if Al Hilal wasn't this good.

[tiCeR]

Although Al Nassr has been in the 2nd position for the past few seasons, they have repeatedly tried and failed to take the 1st position. Even though they are currently in the 3rd position this season, when a match is won by them, it creates a different feeling among the fans. When Al Nassr wins, his supporters win just like Ronaldo wins. Al Nassr won 2-0 against Al Wehda in the last match, which they desperately needed at this moment to fulfill their dream. The gap between 1st,2nd and 3rd placed teams is 1 point each. Everyone hopes that Al Nassr will perform well in the next match. Ronaldo is getting back into form and hopefully he will score in the next match as well. The team tries hard to surpass Al Hilal, the best team of the moment.

And it will remain like that for a while as Al Hilal is making no mistakes whatsoever. They keep winning and winning and Al Nassr is dropping points here and there and that is enough to not win the title. Everyone thought that Al Nassr is going to be a superpower because of Mane and Ronaldo, but the reality is that they are not. For some reason it is still Al Hilal who is the superpower in the Saudi Professional League.

Now what does everyone think about Ronaldo, will he extend his contract one more time for a lot of money or does he realize that Saudi Arabia is not the place for great victories?

[Webetcoins]

the coach must be able to divide the time when they have to rest the players and when they can play the players, even though they may be able to play the players, the coach must see whether they can be played for 90 minutes or must quickly make a change. In terms of ambition, Ronaldo may be a player who has very big ambitions, but physically he can no longer keep up. We can see from the change in his playing style, the young Ronaldo is a player who will rely on the speed and individual action that he has, while now he only looks for the right position and timing. He will not continue to run like he did when he was young. This is an unavoidable change, because it is closely related to age.

40 years old Cristiano Ronaldo is trying to have few historic achievements so Pioli is giving him right things as he not brings him for the Kings Cup game now against Al Wehda he was on pitch for the 90 minutes which is good workout by this legendary player even not able to score field goal but still having name in scorers list through penalty goal and increase his tally of goals for having first player in soccer history with 1000 goals.

We have third win for the Al Nassr and Pioli in this game with their performance and defense both are having good improvement now they need consistency which keep them for the title race and having good chance of winning trophies in this season after having terrible last season.

Before Ronaldo, Neymar, Sadio Mane and Karim Benzema joined the Saudi Pro League, we didn't know much about this league. Especially when Cristiano Ronaldo left Europe for Saudi Arabia, this league gained more popularity. Now almost many players are leaving various European clubs and joining Saudi clubs mainly in the hope of earning more money because the Saudis are spending a lot of money on players. Maybe the Saudis want to develop good players in their country and make their country's football known around the world.

You are having some mistake because the names which you posted these all joined Saudi Pro League after the Cristiano Ronaldo with he was game changer for this league and just because of his influence we have huge development in this league specially their fan base increase amazingly, and now they are having good number and good quality as well which is helping them for bringing more quality players and other staff for this league.

They are having good vision for future of this league and soccer in Saudi Arab because their biggest achievement is having rights for the hosting of soccer world cup in 2034 which is also going to have good impact in soccer in this region.

[Docnaster]

Although Al Nassr has been in the 2nd position for the past few seasons, they have repeatedly tried and failed to take the 1st position. Even though they are currently in the 3rd position this season, when a match is won by them, it creates a different feeling among the fans. When Al Nassr wins, his supporters win just like Ronaldo wins. Al Nassr won 2-0 against Al Wehda in the last match, which they desperately needed at this moment to fulfill their dream. The gap between 1st,2nd and 3rd placed teams is 1 point each. Everyone hopes that Al Nassr will perform well in the next match. Ronaldo is getting back into form and hopefully he will score in the next match as well. The team tries hard to surpass Al Hilal, the best team of the moment.

Cristiano Ronaldo was also in a very good form last season as he scored the most number of goals in the Saudi Pro League but it didn't stop his team from losing the league title to Al Hilal.  The problem of Al Nassr isn't Cristiano Ronaldo and the earlier they start winning games especially against big teams like Al Hilal that they failed to beat last season the better for them in their quest to win a major title this season

[tusandii]

Are you surprised when Al Ittihad conceded 1 goal in the 5th minute because Al Ittihad's bet had been entered into the list while until the first half the score had not changed?
I was resigned when Al Ittihad did not show a sign they could score goals and I had started thinking my bet would fail but when I opened the score application, 4-1 was the final result of the match.
Now, for the time being Al Ittihad is the leader of the standings with 12 points considering that Al Hilal has not played their fifth match.

The importance of watching the match until the end so that your feelings become even more intense Ittihad is a Saudi League club, it is not easy for other clubs to beat them so we just need to believe that Al Ittihad can do their job well and don't be prejudiced when the team has only played in the middle of the game because they still have plenty of time to recover and make a comeback. Although Al Ittihad was 1 goal behind in the first half, it did not shake their spirits at all and Karim Benzema managed to equalize after the second half started in the 4th minute to reply to Al Khaleej's goal and finally the first goal became the spirit of other players to create additional goals in order to achieve victory.

[jostorres]

Today on 29th September, we are having Super Sunday for the soccer fans with too many games around many top leagues but here in Saudi Pro League we are having three games for the 5th round first game is going to player between bottom side Al Fayha vs Al Riyadh as home team is looking for their first win while Al Riyadh is looking for staying into middle of the league table.

After this we will have two more games Al Taawon is hosting inform Al Ettifaq which have good start of their season but have lost in last game against Al Nassr now they are looking for themselves into better spot for having win in this game last game is going to play between Al Shabad vs Al Raed as home clubs is looking for 4th consecutive win and keeping themselves into top spots it's going to be good Sunday for the fans here in Saudi Arab.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I think that we are going to end up with Saudi league getting more and more famous in the end. One sad note that Ronaldo came in here and then couldn't win the title, that is looking like the worst part, he deserved to win one, he scored so many goals and did what he had to do but unfortunately they couldn't win a title and because of that he might actually retire without a title here. I mean he won that Asian cup whatever it was, but he didn't win any league titles and that must have felt quite bad for him as well. I think he could do much better on the long run if Al Hilal wasn't this good.

That's what some clubs have done there so the Saudi league is becoming more known to many people, whereas before it was not in the limelight at all. The impact of Ronaldo's arrival is undeniable so the league is becoming more famous because even though there are a lot of European players coming there, he gave something more. Ronaldo managed to bring the Arab Champions League to Al Nassr and this is a title they have never won before and this is a proud history when Ronaldo was present in the Saudi Arabian League.

[kawetsriyanto]

40 years old Cristiano Ronaldo is trying to have few historic achievements so Pioli is giving him right things as he not brings him for the Kings Cup game now against Al Wehda he was on pitch for the 90 minutes which is good workout by this legendary player even not able to score field goal but still having name in scorers list through penalty goal and increase his tally of goals for having first player in soccer history with 1000 goals.

Ronaldo is still 39 years old, he isn't 40 yet.  
In the match against Al Wehda, Ronaldo scored a single goal from penalty kick. It is good for Ronaldo, he expects to score 1000 goals. If he continues to play above 40 years old, I think it is not impossible to reach a record of 1000 goals.

We have third win for the Al Nassr and Pioli in this game with their performance and defense both are having good improvement now they need consistency which keep them for the title race and having good chance of winning trophies in this season after having terrible last season.

You're right. Pioli has won 3 matches in 3 matches. He did something impressive since he worked with Al Nassr team. I believe he has the capability to improve the performance of Al Nassr because he has a lot of experience managing some big teams such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio, Bologna, and Fiorentina. But to win SPL trophy, it is not something easy because Al Nassr has a very strong competitor (Al Hilal).

Cristiano Ronaldo was also in a very good form last season as he scored the most number of goals in the Saudi Pro League but it didn't stop his team from losing the league title to Al Hilal.

He was the top scorer last season. It was the most productive season for Ronaldo. But this season looks like very difficult to be the top scorer since Mitrović and Benzema become very productive. Meanwhile Ronaldo is decreasing its productivity in scoring goals.

[dezoel]

And it will remain like that for a while as Al Hilal is making no mistakes whatsoever. They keep winning and winning and Al Nassr is dropping points here and there and that is enough to not win the title. Everyone thought that Al Nassr is going to be a superpower because of Mane and Ronaldo, but the reality is that they are not. For some reason it is still Al Hilal who is the superpower in the Saudi Professional League.

Now what does everyone think about Ronaldo, will he extend his contract one more time for a lot of money or does he realize that Saudi Arabia is not the place for great victories?

With the current performance of Al Hilal it looks like things are getting exciting about their journey into this season because they are having the best attack which is giving them results consistently, and they are having wins without any challenges Metrovic is having 8 goals from just 5 games which is giving all how he is exceptional in this season for his team.

Al Ittihad is chasing them, but we will have good competition between these three top clubs in coming weeks because now they are having well balance and all are looking for win Pioli is having good impact on Al Nassr with Ronaldo is also doing good even now age factor is having good impression on his performance but still he is having 4 goals which is not bad for any player with the age of 40 most chances we will be having extension in his contract which could be beneficial for the both Saudi Pro League and Cristiano Ronaldo.

[mv1986]

Not only it wasn't just "not well known" but it wasn't known at all, hell even right now there aren't that many fans on the stands and I think it's clear that we are going to make sure that we are dealing with something that is taking a bit of time for them to have this kind of result. So, the best way to move forward is the fact that Ronaldo and similar level of famous players should be bought.

There aren't any player as famous as Ronaldo of course, but you can get a few of them together to make one I guess. They are spending insane amount of money, over a billion, for the salaries of the league and that is why

I think that we are going to end up with Saudi league getting more and more famous in the end. One sad note that Ronaldo came in here and then couldn't win the title, that is looking like the worst part, he deserved to win one, he scored so many goals and did what he had to do but unfortunately they couldn't win a title and because of that he might actually retire without a title here. I mean he won that Asian cup whatever it was, but he didn't win any league titles and that must have felt quite bad for him as well. I think he could do much better on the long run if Al Hilal wasn't this good.

The Saudi Professional League is severely limited due to the simple fact that they are not part of the UEFA. You claim that they become more and more famous in the end. This is not the decisive metric. The decisive metric is where the people want to spend their money for broadcasting and other things. The UEFA has the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and many other leagues are still better than the Saudi Pro League. Let's say popularity is a cake that can actually grow. If the Saudi Pro League gets major attention from 5% of the people in the world, do you think that they will draw attention away from UEFA competitions ever? Why? Who are going to be the opponents for teams from the Saudi Pro League? Where is all the hype gone that Ronaldo created for a moment?

Many players decided against going to Saudi Arabia despite amazing offers. Everyone wants to see Real Madrid vs. Barcelona or Manchester City vs. Bayern Munich. Who wants to see Central Coast vs. Buriram United? The people from there yes, but the people from there also want to see Real Madrid vs. Barcelona while the Barca and Real fans do not want to see the games from the AFC Champions League.

The UEFA is so far ahead that no matter what they do in the Asian area, they won't close the gap at all for the next five decades. Only if a dozen states decide to take tons of money and pimp their national leagues. But they would still have to convince South American and European players to go there. It's not enough to get some almost retired players like Ronaldo and some money grabbers. They would need the next Messi, Mbappe, Modric, Zidane, Robben, Ribery, Maldini, Buffon etc. That's when people from all over the world would start watching those games on a regular basis. Now it was only short term hype because of Ronaldo.