Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Tamaperdana]

This match was really beyond my expectations, because the result was Al Hilal lost to Al Ahli with a score of 3-1. I really didn't expect Al Hilal, who was predicted to be the strongest team in the Saudi Arabian league, to lose to Al Ahli. So with that, Al Hilal failed to enter the final round and my hopes were dashed to see Al Hilal play with Al Nasr in the final round. But even so, this is the reality that happened and if Al Nasr enters the final round, then they will face Al Ahli.

It still doesn't seem credible to me that Al Hilal lost in the semi-final match of the AFC Champions League, Because they could not perform to their potential against Al Ahly in this Asian Champions League Elite. Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club has already reached the final match, now let's see which other team can reach the final of this tournament. Right now we are forced to think that Al-Ahli Saudi FC is heading towards a historic Asian title they may have reached the final of this tournament a few times before but never touched the trophy. Even i saw in a newspaper that Al Hilal's coach questioned the referee, maybe he wasn't at all satisfied with the game.

I think Al Ahli qualified for the final round fairly and without any cheating, so I think Al Hilal coach does not deserve to blame the referee for his team's defeat. Because in my opinion Al Hilal's defeat in the match was absolute because Al Hilal's performance in the match was not good, so Al Ahli could easily beat them. Maybe the more appropriate thing for Al Hilal coach to do is to revise his players better so that their performance can beat the increase again. In addition, in the final round Al Ahli will face Kawasaki, because in the semifinals Kawasaki was able to beat Al Nasr. The result of this match also really surprised me a little, because I thought that Al Nasr could win this match, but it turned out that Al Nasr actually lost. I don't know what the problem is, but it seems that the same thing that happened to Al Hilal also happened to Al Nasr. Because I saw Al Nasr's performance in the previous match against Kawasaki and it looked very good, but when facing Kawasaki Al Nasr experienced a significant decline in performance, so that Al Nasr had to be eliminated in the semifinals. So with this, Ronaldo's dream of winning the Asian Champions League trophy has now disappeared.

[Sithara007]

Yes, they are 8 points behind Al-Ittihad, who are at the top of the table, even if they win all the remaining matches, the team will not be able to be the best because Al-Ittihad will never lose all the matches. So Al-Nassr did not get anything in this season. This is definitely not a good time for Ronaldo. On the one hand, he is not performing well, at the same time luck is not in his favor. He played some great shots against Kawasaki but if those shots had not been missed, they would have definitely done well in that match but unfortunately Ronaldo couldn't do anything.

Again and again, the same argument. I repeat - Ronaldo is performing well. It is his team-mates who are underperforming. Among the forwards, Ronaldo is under a lot of pressure because Sadio Mané and Jhon Durán are playing like shit. And the less we talk about defense, that much better. Aymeric Laporte and Mohamed Simakan are pathetic, and the same can be said about the local Saudi players such as Salem Al Najdi, Sultan Al Ghannam and Nawaf Boushal.

[el kaka22]

This league is different than AFC obviously , and we are growing whatever we can do on the long run with Ronaldo being the first superstar but everyone else is getting stars of course. That is the most important part and we can definitely get a lot better situation for the best. This should be incoming more and more people and that means the league will grow. If that happens, then we could do a lot better for the league and then they could dominate AFC at the same time.

If we can grow bigger on this then it is going to be a lot better for the time being. It has to be the most important part, AFC has many leagues and Saudi league is getting bigger so eventually that may look different and we could have a lot better for the future without a doubt. They are already doing good, but soon we may see them dominating all together.

[Slow death]

It's really hard to understand how these Arabs think, it seems to me that they are not very interested in long-term results, but rather in short-term entertainment, today I read this news:

Jorge Jesus leaves Al Hilal with immediate effect, as manager and club decide to part ways.

It’s over for the Portuguese coach.

source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1918433878920052842

 

Jorge Jesus had an excellent performance at Al Hilal, he made the team become champion, even without Neymar playing, he also won the Saudi Super Cup, he won the Saudi King's Cup, but as this season the team did not win anything, he was fired even though there were still 5 games left

these 5 games are potentially 15 points if a team won them all, also the leader of the table has 5 games ahead, but in the next game they will face an opponent that can make them lose points, by that I mean that it is still not impossible for Al Hilal to reach the top, so I cannot understand this decision by Al Hilal.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Jorge Jesus had an excellent performance at Al Hilal, he made the team become champion, even without Neymar playing, he also won the Saudi Super Cup, he won the Saudi King's Cup, but as this season the team did not win anything, he was fired even though there were still 5 games left

these 5 games are potentially 15 points if a team won them all, also the leader of the table has 5 games ahead, but in the next game they will face an opponent that can make them lose points, by that I mean that it is still not impossible for Al Hilal to reach the top, so I cannot understand this decision by Al Hilal.

I think this has something to do with the recent bad results, previously Al Hilal lost 1-3 against Al Nassr and that was a home match then lost again 1-3 against Al Ahli in the AFC match well this may not be tolerable so he should be fired, we can understand when we are defeated by competitors who are lower in the standings. Maybe we think Al Hilal still has a chance to catch up in the next 5 matches but management thinks instead of catching up even recently they lost against competitors and that's a normal reason, imo.

Reportedly, Al Hilal will look for a new coach and one of the names is Roberto De Zerbi, currently De Zerbi is the coach of Marseille who is in 2nd place in the standings well, this great achievement caught the attention of Al Hilal. On the other hand i am not so sure De Zerbi leaving Marseille because next season they will play in the champions league.

[slapper]

This league is different than AFC obviously , and we are growing whatever we can do on the long run with Ronaldo being the first superstar but everyone else is getting stars of course. That is the most important part and we can definitely get a lot better situation for the best. This should be incoming more and more people and that means the league will grow. If that happens, then we could do a lot better for the league and then they could dominate AFC at the same time.

If we can grow bigger on this then it is going to be a lot better for the time being. It has to be the most important part, AFC has many leagues and Saudi league is getting bigger so eventually that may look different and we could have a lot better for the future without a doubt. They are already doing good, but soon we may see them dominating all together.

Other AFC leagues are having trouble with their budgets, yet Saudi clubs spent $1 billion in one summer, more than any other league except the Premier League. Now they 're flooding the AFC Champions League Elite with overwhelming squad depth and pay more than $100 million a year. It’s not even close anymore — Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr, and Al-Ahli are financial black holes swallowing entire brackets

And it’s not just Ronaldo’s marketing machine. Cristiano's 57M+ followers jump for Al-Nassr was a nuke on social metrics. Now they're not only getting stars, but also U21 players like Kaio César and Marcos Leonardo and building stadiums that can hold more than 92,000 people. They’ve got a domestic rule allowing 10 foreigners +1 Saudi-born +2 U21s. No other Asian league can play that game

[Slow death]

Jorge Jesus had an excellent performance at Al Hilal, he made the team become champion, even without Neymar playing, he also won the Saudi Super Cup, he won the Saudi King's Cup, but as this season the team did not win anything, he was fired even though there were still 5 games left

these 5 games are potentially 15 points if a team won them all, also the leader of the table has 5 games ahead, but in the next game they will face an opponent that can make them lose points, by that I mean that it is still not impossible for Al Hilal to reach the top, so I cannot understand this decision by Al Hilal.

I think this has something to do with the recent bad results, previously Al Hilal lost 1-3 against Al Nassr and that was a home match then lost again 1-3 against Al Ahli in the AFC match well this may not be tolerable so he should be fired, we can understand when we are defeated by competitors who are lower in the standings. Maybe we think Al Hilal still has a chance to catch up in the next 5 matches but management thinks instead of catching up even recently they lost against competitors and that's a normal reason, imo.

Reportedly, Al Hilal will look for a new coach and one of the names is Roberto De Zerbi, currently De Zerbi is the coach of Marseille who is in 2nd place in the standings well, this great achievement caught the attention of Al Hilal. On the other hand i am not so sure De Zerbi leaving Marseille because next season they will play in the champions league.

Since Jorge Jesus arrived at Al Hilal, I don't remember him losing many games against Al Nassr, I even had to go back and research the history of clashes involving these two teams and from what I see in recent years it has been "normal" for Al Hilal not to lose to Al Nassr



https://livescores.biz/h2h/al-hilal-vs-al-nassr

But the Al Hilal board must never forget that in football there will never be an invincible team forever, all teams lose, it makes no sense to fire a coach who has only had 5 defeats in 29 games and is in second place in the league and still has a mathematical chance of winning the league.

I hope that the Marseille coach does not accept going to the Saudi league, they will fire him as soon as they see that he is not giving in to the delusions of the club's board, he is doing well at Marseille, he will play in one of the best competitions in the world, the European Champions League.

[Akbarkoe]

Al-Nassr easily beat Yokohama F. Marinos 4-1 in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals and were the favorites before the match. The Kawasaki team was more resilient than expected, they maintained their goal lead, Al-Nassr could not break this.

Al-Nassr squad quality and tournament goals were high, Al-Nassr were eliminated early. There is nothing bad to say about Ronaldo's individual performance, the rest of the team was bad and the defense could not stop Yokohama attacks at all.

Al Nassr's high hopes of winning the Asian Champions League trophy this season were dashed, but unfortunately they had to run aground in the semifinals when facing Kawasaki. Playing as the host was not enough for Al Nassr to win the match, weak defense and poor finishing were the reasons Al Nassr lost the match. Meanwhile, Kawasaki, they only relied on solid defense and counterattacks. Speed ​​and accuracy were what Kawasaki showed in the match, so they deserved to be able to advance to the final round.

Back to Al Nassr, for the next match they will face a fairly tough match, where for the match in the 30th week they will face Ittihad. The match will take place at the Al Awwal Park stadium which is Ittihad's home ground. This will be a tough match for CR7 and his friends, but to maintain their position in 3rd place in the standings and try to shift Al Hilal's position from 2nd place, Al Nassr must be able to bring home 3 points from the Al Awwal Park stadium.

[BlackBoss_]

Al Nassr's high hopes of winning the Asian Champions League trophy this season were dashed, but unfortunately they had to run aground in the semifinals when facing Kawasaki. Playing as the host was not enough for Al Nassr to win the match, weak defense and poor finishing were the reasons Al Nassr lost the match. Meanwhile, Kawasaki, they only relied on solid defense and counterattacks. Speed ​​and accuracy were what Kawasaki showed in the match, so they deserved to be able to advance to the final round.

They spent a lot of money for player purchases and salary so it's reasonable why they have expected to win titles. They must take care of their club development including titles before they can take care of a bigger mission - the growth of Saudi Professional League and Saudi Arabia national team. Bigger misson needs contributions of many clubs and for national team growth, it requires more and better youth player academies across Saudi Arabia.

This defeat is very unlucky for Al Nassr because they actually created enough opportunities for at least having a 3 - 3 draw, but it's football and it's not their match. They have to complete remaining matches in this season and use coming weeks for sit back, do assessment on their issues and make plans for a next summer transfer season and next season.

Back to Al Nassr, for the next match they will face a fairly tough match, where for the match in the 30th week they will face Ittihad. The match will take place at the Al Awwal Park stadium which is Ittihad's home ground. This will be a tough match for CR7 and his friends, but to maintain their position in 3rd place in the standings and try to shift Al Hilal's position from 2nd place, Al Nassr must be able to bring home 3 points from the Al Awwal Park stadium.

Al Ittihad are so strong in this season and outperform both Al Hilal and Al Nassr, and they have super high chance to win Saudi Professional League title. Al Nassr can take over a second position from Al Hilal but even they achieve it, it won't be enough to heal their failures and pains in this season.

[Adiljutt156]

After a hard fight in yesterday's Al Nassr Vs kawasaki frontale game in the AFC Champions league, the visitors came victorious in a 3 - 2 win. With Al Nassr bee. Kicked out of the AFC champions League it simply means that they will also be ending this season trophyless as they did last season. I somehow know that they rested some players like Ronaldo, Mane and few others in their Saudi Arabia league games just to keep them fresh for this champions league games weeks ago although they won against Yokohama Iin the Quarter finals but failed to win yesterday's yesterday game of which was an important game for them because that would have qualified them for the finals but now they are back home after the loss.

We saw unexpected result of this match because we were expecting win by Al-Nassr  football team but that team could not win this match and could do only 2 goals in this match. Kawasaki Frontale football team did 3 goals in this match and won the match in the second half and that was excellent semi final because both teams played very well in this match and T. Itō was the person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 10 minutes of the match, it means it was at the start of match but we saw second goal at 28 minutes and that was by Mané . Ozeki did third goal of the match and he did this goal at 41 minutes of the match and we saw back to back goals by Players and at the end they won the match.

[AirtelBuzz]

The dream final match of the AFC Champions League is going to be held today, in this match we will see the Saudi giants and the Japanese giants face off. There is actually a lot of fascinating conversation about this final match Because in my opinion, two well-known clubs in the Saudi Pro League Al Hilal and Al-Nassr, fought hard to get a chance in this match.

However in the end Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli and Japanese club Kawasaki will compete in this match. As far as I know, Kawasaki Frontale Club has not had a significant performance in the J1 League this season as they are ranked 11th there but it is true they were fortunate enough to win in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.

[ndutndut]

The dream final match of the AFC Champions League is going to be held today, in this match we will see the Saudi giants and the Japanese giants face off. There is actually a lot of fascinating conversation about this final match Because in my opinion, two well-known clubs in the Saudi Pro League Al Hilal and Al-Nassr, fought hard to get a chance in this match.

However in the end Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli and Japanese club Kawasaki will compete in this match. As far as I know, Kawasaki Frontale Club has not had a significant performance in the J1 League this season as they are ranked 11th there but it is true they were fortunate enough to win in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.

A very ideal final because both teams represent their respective leagues and both teams are also meeting for the first time. This is interesting because there will definitely be many surprises, Kawasaki Frontale should not be underestimated because they surprisingly lost to the favorite team, Al Nassr. Although Al Ahli advanced to the final after defeating Al Hilal who is also a favorite team, but against Kawasaki Frontale certainly requires full concentration because this is the first time they meet, a small mistake will be fatal as happened to Al Nassr.

What is interesting in this final as I said because both teams will meet for the first time. However, Al Ahli has been the runner-up of the LCA twice, while Kawasaki Frontale is entering the LCA final for the first time. So this match will be fierce. However, for me personally in this match the favorite to become the champion is Al Ahli. Because after all Al Ahli has a mentality than Kawasaki Frontale and they have a reliable striker like Fermino.

[snipie]

Congratulations to Al-Ahli its victory in AFC Champions League after defeating Kawasaki by two goals to 0.
Al-Ahli made their journey very well in this competition winning against good opponents including Al-Ahli in the semifinal game and Kawasaki which defeated Al-Nassr.
It is interesting at the same time, why Al-Ahli isn't in the top of Saudi Pro League after their wonderful parcours in AFC Champions League.

[ITExpert]

The dream final match of the AFC Champions League is going to be held today, in this match we will see the Saudi giants and the Japanese giants face off. There is actually a lot of fascinating conversation about this final match Because in my opinion, two well-known clubs in the Saudi Pro League Al Hilal and Al-Nassr, fought hard to get a chance in this match.

However in the end Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli and Japanese club Kawasaki will compete in this match. As far as I know, Kawasaki Frontale Club has not had a significant performance in the J1 League this season as they are ranked 11th there but it is true they were fortunate enough to win in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.

Today's match was played on AFC champion league  between Al-Ahli Saudi and Kawasaki. Al-Ahli Saudi won the match because their best strategy and planning. Two players Galeno and F-kessie gave their best and most brilliant performances. Both players made up for the short comings of their entire team. The reason for this victory goes to these two players because their goals in that time will be the reason for Al-Ahli Saudi's victory. These two players played brilliantly and classily. They played very well during the the whole leauge. while on the other hand kawasaki team should reconsider thier strategy of playing.Also victory of any team based on the coach's planning and determination towards the victory of team.Because coach's decision about the players and game has heavy imapct on the victory and defeat of the team.

[imamusma]

Congratulations to Al-Ahli its victory in AFC Champions League after defeating Kawasaki by two goals to 0.
Al-Ahli made their journey very well in this competition winning against good opponents including Al-Ahli in the semifinal game and Kawasaki which defeated Al-Nassr.
It is interesting at the same time, why Al-Ahli isn't in the top of Saudi Pro League after their wonderful parcours in AFC Champions League.

Looking at Al Ahli performance in the Saudi Pro League, perhaps only a few people believe and are sure that Fermino and his colleagues will be able to win the Asian Champions League trophy this season. When Al Ahli defeated Al Hilal in the semifinals, I thought they did have a very good bargaining chip to win the trophy, and finally they succeeded, congratulations to Al Ahli. Al Nassr still have to work hard for next season, Pioli must build a better squad around Ronaldo.

[snipie]

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Looking at Al Ahli performance in the Saudi Pro League, perhaps only a few people believe and are sure that Fermino and his colleagues will be able to win the Asian Champions League trophy this season. When Al Ahli defeated Al Hilal in the semifinals, I thought they did have a very good bargaining chip to win the trophy, and finally they succeeded, congratulations to Al Ahli.

Indeed. Al-Ahli have still a chance to advance in Saudi Pro League. This victory might boost their confidence and make them win against the remaining teams since they already defeated directly or indirectly two of the top teams in AFC Champions League.
Al-Ahli are still lacking one more game in SPL comparing to Al Qadsiah and if Al-Nassr lose against Al-Ittihad, they might advance to the 3rd place.

Al Nassr still have to work hard for next season, Pioli must build a better squad around Ronaldo.

Al-Nassr should review their strategy and make the team more coherent and efficient. They have known names but goals scored aren't following goals scored. This problem do exist by the way in most Saudi teams even the other top ones..

[kawetsriyanto]

Indeed. Al-Ahli have still a chance to advance in Saudi Pro League. This victory might boost their confidence and make them win against the remaining teams since they already defeated directly or indirectly two of the top teams in AFC Champions League. Al-Ahli are still lacking one more game in SPL comparing to Al Qadsiah and if Al-Nassr lose against Al-Ittihad, they might advance to the 3rd place.

Yep. Al Ahli can finish in the 3rd place if Al Nassr and Al Qadisiyah can't win consistently the next remaining matches. Al Ahli is lucky that they only played against mostly weaker teams in the next few matches. Playing against Al Shabab may be the most difficult match but it seems Al Ahli can win the match and get 3 points as well. Meanwhile Al Nassr and Al Qadisiyah also have 1 big match, the chance is actually quite similar to compete for 3rd place.

Al-Nassr should review their strategy and make the team more coherent and efficient. They have known names but goals scored aren't following goals scored. This problem do exist by the way in most Saudi teams even the other top ones..

The problem is in the defense line. Al Nassr only need to evaluate the players to put on the defense line for the next match. They will play against Al Ittihad, they must have stronger defense line. If they can't handle Al Ittihad attackers, they can't win the match. However, considering the current condition of Al Ittihad, I assume Al Nassr can win the match although it will be with a narrow score.

[Sithara007]

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Jorge Jesus had an excellent performance at Al Hilal, he made the team become champion, even without Neymar playing, he also won the Saudi Super Cup, he won the Saudi King's Cup, but as this season the team did not win anything, he was fired even though there were still 5 games left

these 5 games are potentially 15 points if a team won them all, also the leader of the table has 5 games ahead, but in the next game they will face an opponent that can make them lose points, by that I mean that it is still not impossible for Al Hilal to reach the top, so I cannot understand this decision by Al Hilal.

From what I have heard, Jorge Jesus left Al Hilal on his own terms. He received around €1.8 million as severance pay from the Saudi club. Jorge will probably move to Brazil, where he is expected to take up coaching role for the national team (recently Carlo Ancelotti turned down the offer from Brazilian football federation). Now the question is who will replace Jorge at Al Hilal. For now, Mohammed Al-Shalhoub will be the temporary coach for the club, and it may take a few months for them to find a proper substitute for Jorge. 

[Solokan]

Congratulations to Al-Ahli its victory in AFC Champions League after defeating Kawasaki by two goals to 0.
Al-Ahli made their journey very well in this competition winning against good opponents including Al-Ahli in the semifinal game and Kawasaki which defeated Al-Nassr.
It is interesting at the same time, why Al-Ahli isn't in the top of Saudi Pro League after their wonderful parcours in AFC Champions League.

Source: https://www.viva.co.id/amp/bola/bola-sejagat/1820243-5-fakta-menarik-al-ahli-juara-liga-champions-asia-elite-2024-25
yes I personally also want to congratulate Al Ahli who have now become the champions of the Asian Champions League and yes their performance is indeed very good because they can beat Al Hilal and finally Kawasaki. but of course Al Ahli can score 2 goals against Kawasaki is certainly not easy because of course Kawasaki is a strong team. and of course now the Saudi Arabian people must be very happy because the SPL team is the champion of the LCA.

yes sometimes I also always think the same as you, namely why Al Ahli did not achieve a good ranking in the SPL at this time even though his current performance is very good. but of course about this of course it is no longer a secret because sometimes the team's performance is always different in different leagues.

surely at this time Al Ahli is very happy and of course this will be a sweet memory for its players and also Al Ahli fans. of course in the next match Al Taawon will be Al Ahli's opponent and of course the match will be exciting and it seems I will bet on Al Ahli's victory, how about you?

[reefsea]

Congratulations to Al-Ahli its victory in AFC Champions League after defeating Kawasaki by two goals to 0.
Al-Ahli made their journey very well in this competition winning against good opponents including Al-Ahli in the semifinal game and Kawasaki which defeated Al-Nassr.
It is interesting at the same time, why Al-Ahli isn't in the top of Saudi Pro League after their wonderful parcours in AFC Champions League.

I would also like to congratulate them for winning the Asian Champions League, it was a great achievement for them this season even though they couldn't do much in the domestic league because there were better teams than them.

They were able to make the most of the opportunity they got in the final. We can see how they didn't give their opponents any chance so Kawasaki couldn't create a shot that was on target.

Well, once again, congratulations to them for this title.