Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Sithara007]

You are right that the attack has been working its way. Ronaldo continues to score (100th club goal + scoring in the shootout). Félix and Coman brought in $64.65m worth of creativity. But, Al Nassr conceded in the 45+6' and 89'... literally the "championship minutes" where elite teams lock down games. Jorge Jesus kept pressing high with 30+ year-old CBs (Martínez 34, Laporte 31) and then subbed like-for-like at 78' and 86' instead of bringing on a DM/3rd CB to close the 82' lead. Then, corner, Bento comes out and flaps, 2–2

People forget: they spent big on the attack, while the only "reinforcement" in defense was Martínez on a free. Meanwhile, Al Hilal dropped €25m on defenders and look how balanced they look. So there is nothing wrong with applauding Jesus, but unless they lower the line or shuffle the squad (and maybe push youth like Salem Al-Najdi, 22, into the rotation), they will continue to perform this movie: sterile possession, even xG/shot (0.143 vs 0.144) and lapses that cost trophies

Al Nassr brought in new players such as João Félix and Kingsley Coman, and dropped some of the other players. Given this, we can expect that it will take some time to get to a proper team bonding. But overall, leading on two different occasions, and then allowing the opponents to equalize and then lose the match altogether in the penalty shootout was heart-breaking for Al Nassr. It was a good opportunity for Ronaldo to win a trophy for his club, but in the end it never happened.

[Ale88]

Football is more than money. I don't know exactly what is going on within Al Nassr but they may have some dressing room problems, maybe the alchemy among the players is not good, maybe they don't like the manager... There are a ton of different reasons. And having someone like Ronaldo in your team may be both a bless and a curse at the same time because now he is more than a player, he takes decisions for the team.

Maybe that's the problem because some players would feel  like he's giving more preferential treatment and gets jealous thereby causing dressing room problems for the team am just saying though cause I might be wrong, money is not a problem for Al-Nassr, they just need a coach that can manage the team and put them to order.

I always got the impression that Al Nassr is too Ronaldo-centric while the other teams that have many very good players but no real super stars (like Ronaldo) simply play more as an actual team, helping each other. In Al Nassr everything has to go through Ronaldo who, let's not forget, even owns 15% of the club. It's quite a unique situation.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

On the other hand, I never expected CR7 to perform a somersault in that match, although it was unfortunate that the ball was still saved by the goalkeeper. In that match, CR7 scored his 100th goal for Al Nassr. A new record, making him the only player to have scored more than a hundred goals for every club he has ever played for.

Cristiano Ronalo knows that he is no longer young and strong enough to play well in top leagues in Europe so Saudi Professional League is a perfect choice for him. He can receive many things there from lucractive salary, many appearances for the club, chance of scoring many goals, and surely can prolong his career there in a less competitive league.

Al Nassr brought in new players such as João Félix and Kingsley Coman, and dropped some of the other players. Given this, we can expect that it will take some time to get to a proper team bonding. But overall, leading on two different occasions, and then allowing the opponents to equalize and then lose the match altogether in the penalty shootout was heart-breaking for Al Nassr. It was a good opportunity for Ronaldo to win a trophy for his club, but in the end it never happened.

Al-Nassr made those transfers as part of their club development in this season and also for long term future. I believe that they realized that players like Cristiano Roanldo and Mane are no longer young especially Ronaldo so that Al-Nassr must prepare replacements on those old players by new and younger players. Hence, they found solutions and replacements with Joao Felix and Kingsley Coman.

They are younger and have longer remaining career than Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane, and they are more useful for Al-Nassr in the future even they are not world class super star players like Ronaldo and Mane. For a long term development strategy of the club, Felix and Coman can have very considerable contributions for this club.

[bitgolden]

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo's team has a higher chance of winning, in this match, most gamblers basically bet on Ronaldo's favorite. But gambling is basically based on luck, just like winning a football game has gone against Ronaldo's luck, Cristiano Ronaldo lost this match and suffered a huge blow. Because he is a hard-working player on the field, but this match will basically be history for the whole world. Losing on penalties is basically a stroke of luck, the victory was not lucky for Cristiano Ronaldo, which is why Al-Ahli won.

Last night, United lost against a fourth division team that they had 1.15 odds to win. Football is always a bit risky when you are betting and there are games like that which teams lose sometimes, even when they are favourites.

Al Nassr was the favourites in this game, not as much as 1.15 obviously, but at 1.70 levels and that is why it's normal for people to lose. That is why we do not just get rich by betting on favourites all game, that would be easy and we would all be wealthy right now. Sometimes, it's normal for this to happen, but in some cases, Al Nassr needs to really think what the yare doing wrong, because it's getting more common, they keep losing or getting a draw in games that they should be winning and that's not normal.

[Cossyblack]

You are right that the attack has been working its way. Ronaldo continues to score (100th club goal + scoring in the shootout). Félix and Coman brought in $64.65m worth of creativity. But, Al Nassr conceded in the 45+6' and 89'... literally the "championship minutes" where elite teams lock down games. Jorge Jesus kept pressing high with 30+ year-old CBs (Martínez 34, Laporte 31) and then subbed like-for-like at 78' and 86' instead of bringing on a DM/3rd CB to close the 82' lead. Then, corner, Bento comes out and flaps, 2–2

People forget: they spent big on the attack, while the only "reinforcement" in defense was Martínez on a free. Meanwhile, Al Hilal dropped €25m on defenders and look how balanced they look. So there is nothing wrong with applauding Jesus, but unless they lower the line or shuffle the squad (and maybe push youth like Salem Al-Najdi, 22, into the rotation), they will continue to perform this movie: sterile possession, even xG/shot (0.143 vs 0.144) and lapses that cost trophies

Al Nassr brought in new players such as João Félix and Kingsley Coman, and dropped some of the other players. Given this, we can expect that it will take some time to get to a proper team bonding. But overall, leading on two different occasions, and then allowing the opponents to equalize and then lose the match altogether in the penalty shootout was heart-breaking for Al Nassr. It was a good opportunity for Ronaldo to win a trophy for his club, but in the end it never happened.

It was truly a heart-breaking moment for Al Nassr fans and  particularly Cristiano Ronaldo who inspite of all his efforts to win his first ever trophy for Al Nassr was ended up becoming unproductive . At first Al Nassr was leading in terms of goal,ball possessions and passes but still they couldn't defend their positions against Al-Ahli that succeeded in  penetrating Al Nassr defense to equalize the game. That mistake of allowing Al-Ahli to equalize the game was what robbed Cristiano Ronaldo of his victory and celebration of winning his first trophy for Al Nassr. Well It is not yet over for Cristiano Ronaldo who hasn't given up on his quest to win his first trophy in the Saudi league.

[SatoPrincess]

It was a disappointing final for Al-Nassr. Al-Ahli won the final, while Cristiano Ronaldo was heartbroken. I think the title race will be intense in the Saudi Arabian pro league this year. Al-Ahli is also showing a good performance in the preseason. Along with Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, there are four teams that could be in Al-Ittihad.

Indeed it was so disappointing and I was rooting for Al Nassr to lift the trophy at the end of that game, however they played very well and at a point I felt it was over already but somehow Al Hilal kept coming back by equalizing twice in the game and sealed the victory in penalty shootout. I will urge the team to keep their heads up and keep working harder this season could be a better one and they could win trophies.

[Webetcoins]

Five different teams, with 100 goals. Man United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Al Nassr now and the Portugal national team.

Apparently he wasn't good enough and didn't stay long enough to do that at Lisbon, realistically, if he left right now, and went to Lisbon and started every game as striker there, he could literally finish where he started, have his first goal for them and his 1000th goal for them, while reaching 100 goals for them too. That would be actually pretty sweet, a great story to talk about in the future.

But obviously he is not going to, he already penned a deal with Al Nassr for all season.

So far his official goal number is 939, which means he has 61 goals left, and we all know he can't score that much this season, that's a lot, and he is too old.

But, there is a very possible chance he can do that next season. Considering he has 1 year contract with Al Nassr, he could move to some other club next year to do that.

[Ale88]

Apparently he wasn't good enough and didn't stay long enough to do that at Lisbon, realistically, if he left right now, and went to Lisbon and started every game as striker there, he could literally finish where he started, have his first goal for them and his 1000th goal for them, while reaching 100 goals for them too. That would be actually pretty sweet, a great story to talk about in the future.

Ronaldo while at Sporting, besides the very young age, didn't score a lot because he was playing as wing, not as a striker. The same mainly happened with Manchester United, he was supposed to replace Beckham who joined Real Madrid that same year (2003). Later on he began to play closer and closer to the strikers.

So far his official goal number is 939, which means he has 61 goals left, and we all know he can't score that much this season, that's a lot, and he is too old.

But, there is a very possible chance he can do that next season. Considering he has 1 year contract with Al Nassr, he could move to some other club next year to do that.

For me, besides money, the main reason he chose Saudi Arabia is because he can still play every single match, no matter the age. He is like a king there, he can do whatever he wants, and he has plenty of time to keep scoring until he reaches 1,000 goals. He would have never played these many matches in Europe, let alone score much.

[HajiBagi]

The match between Al Hilal and Al Riyadh is going to start tomorrow, Al Hilal is a much stronger and better team than Al Riyadh, so the success of Al Hilal's victory in this match between them is definitely the highest, there is about 90% chance that Al Hilal will win this match, and I think they will win the match with a huge goal difference. If we think about last season, Al Riyadh was the 11th team in the point table and Al Hilal was in the second place, now let's see how they perform in the match, I will definitely be in favor of Al Hilal.

Al Hilal is the favourite to win this match; they are better than Al Riyadh, and any time they meet, Al Hilal always defeats them; Al Hilal's current squad is better than any team in the Saudi Pro League; they have good players who have played well in Europe, and with Nzagi as Al Hilal's coach this season, Al Hilal is capable of winning the trophy; Al Hilal sign new players from different teams this season, and they spend a lot of millions to get the players, and they believe their spending will improve the team performance this season.

Darwin Nunez is Al Hilal's new striker, one of the top strikers in the Premier League. Al Nassr, Al Etihad, and other teams should be prepared this season because Al Hilal will go to anything to defeat them. I know that the remaining teams make signings and can play well, but they don’t have quality players that Al Hilal has. Al Hilal's performance has improved, and we can see by their performance in the Club World Cup.

[GIF-JOBS]

The match between Al Hilal and Al Riyadh is going to start tomorrow, Al Hilal is a much stronger and better team than Al Riyadh, so the success of Al Hilal's victory in this match between them is definitely the highest, there is about 90% chance that Al Hilal will win this match, and I think they will win the match with a huge goal difference. If we think about last season, Al Riyadh was the 11th team in the point table and Al Hilal was in the second place, now let's see how they perform in the match, I will definitely be in favor of Al Hilal.

Al Hilal is the favourite to win this match; they are better than Al Riyadh, and any time they meet, Al Hilal always defeats them; Al Hilal's current squad is better than any team in the Saudi Pro League; they have good players who have played well in Europe, and with Nzagi as Al Hilal's coach this season, Al Hilal is capable of winning the trophy; Al Hilal sign new players from different teams this season, and they spend a lot of millions to get the players, and they believe their spending will improve the team performance this season.

Darwin Nunez is Al Hilal's new striker, one of the top strikers in the Premier League. Al Nassr, Al Etihad, and other teams should be prepared this season because Al Hilal will go to anything to defeat them. I know that the remaining teams make signings and can play well, but they don’t have quality players that Al Hilal has. Al Hilal's performance has improved, and we can see by their performance in the Club World Cup.

The first half of today's Al Hilal vs Al Riyadh match is over, and in the 22nd minute of the first half, Al Hilal scored a goal, and after that, in the very last stage of the first half, i.e. in the 45'+3' minute, Al Hilal scored another goal, and their score in the first half is 2-0. Al Hilal's performance in the match is definitely very good, they are playing with a very great performance, Al Riyadh could not make any shots on target in the first half, their performance is not very good, they basically cannot survive in front of Al Hilal. Al Hilal can definitely win this match, and we are going to see Al Hilal's great form in the second half as well, and they can score more goals and win the match.

[AirtelBuzz]

The match between Al Hilal and Al Riyadh is going to start tomorrow, Al Hilal is a much stronger and better team than Al Riyadh, so the success of Al Hilal's victory in this match between them is definitely the highest, there is about 90% chance that Al Hilal will win this match, and I think they will win the match with a huge goal difference. If we think about last season, Al Riyadh was the 11th team in the point table and Al Hilal was in the second place, now let's see how they perform in the match, I will definitely be in favor of Al Hilal.

Al Hilal will definitely win today's match of the new season of the Saudi Pro League because they are already ahead,it may be true that Riyadh have never played well against this team but they performed at that level today and they are trailing 2-0. In this match between Al Hilal and Al Riyadh Football Club, all my eyes are on the Liverpool striker, the Uruguayan player has left the English Premier League and is now linked with a Saudi League team and he has already participated in his first match through this match. Last season Al Hilal managed to finish second in their league but It seems to me that this new season's campaign will start on a positive note. Darwin Nunez has joined the club from Liverpool so we want him to score at least one goal in today's SPL match.

[Republikcoin.com]

Five different teams, with 100 goals. Man United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Al Nassr now and the Portugal national team.

Apparently he wasn't good enough and didn't stay long enough to do that at Lisbon, realistically, if he left right now, and went to Lisbon and started every game as striker there, he could literally finish where he started, have his first goal for them and his 1000th goal for them, while reaching 100 goals for them too. That would be actually pretty sweet, a great story to talk about in the future.

But obviously he is not going to, he already penned a deal with Al Nassr for all season.

So far his official goal number is 939, which means he has 61 goals left, and we all know he can't score that much this season, that's a lot, and he is too old.

But, there is a very possible chance he can do that next season. Considering he has 1 year contract with Al Nassr, he could move to some other club next year to do that.

61 goals to reach 1,000 goals may seem like a lot, but if Ronaldo can score two goals in every game this season, I think he'll achieve it before the end of his career at Al Nassr. Ronaldo's 100 goals for Al Nassr is already a remarkable achievement, considering his age. I hope he still has the ability to reach 1,000 goals this season. Although if you think about it, it won't be easy for him because this season's challenges could be different from last season.

[Pandorak]

Maybe that's the problem because some players would feel  like he's giving more preferential treatment and gets jealous thereby causing dressing room problems for the team am just saying though cause I might be wrong, money is not a problem for Al-Nassr, they just need a coach that can manage the team and put them to order.

I always got the impression that Al Nassr is too Ronaldo-centric while the other teams that have many very good players but no real super stars (like Ronaldo) simply play more as an actual team, helping each other. In Al Nassr everything has to go through Ronaldo who, let's not forget, even owns 15% of the club. It's quite a unique situation.

There is no denying that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the biggest stars in soccer who is still active today. Ronaldo not only possesses extraordinary quality despite his age, but also has experience and global appeal. His move to Al Nassr is a source of pride for the club, and his presence also helps raise the profile of the Saudi Pro League on the global stage. However, it is important to understand that Ronaldo is not a superhero who can do everything alone. The team cannot rely solely on him, there must be good teamwork to create winning moments in every match.

[Smack That Ace]

Maybe that's the problem because some players would feel  like he's giving more preferential treatment and gets jealous thereby causing dressing room problems for the team am just saying though cause I might be wrong, money is not a problem for Al-Nassr, they just need a coach that can manage the team and put them to order.

I always got the impression that Al Nassr is too Ronaldo-centric while the other teams that have many very good players but no real super stars (like Ronaldo) simply play more as an actual team, helping each other. In Al Nassr everything has to go through Ronaldo who, let's not forget, even owns 15% of the club. It's quite a unique situation.

There is no denying that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the biggest stars in soccer who is still active today. Ronaldo not only possesses extraordinary quality despite his age, but also has experience and global appeal. His move to Al Nassr is a source of pride for the club, and his presence also helps raise the profile of the Saudi Pro League on the global stage. However, it is important to understand that Ronaldo is not a superhero who can do everything alone. The team cannot rely solely on him, there must be good teamwork to create winning moments in every match.

yeah totally agreed he is not Superman with exclusive ball hunting superpowers, lol..

Al Nassrs difficulties demonstrate that it is not just about CR7, even in the face of stunning statistics & record breaking performances.  Even though he scored his 100th goal for the team they lost the Saudi Super Cup final, lol...  Ronaldo also emphasised that he is now fully focused on the success of the team & does not care about individual records

you know thus teamwork remains paramount, also unity feeds the fire, while star power ignites it

Duke

[Mame89]

Football is more than money. I don't know exactly what is going on within Al Nassr but they may have some dressing room problems, maybe the alchemy among the players is not good, maybe they don't like the manager... There are a ton of different reasons. And having someone like Ronaldo in your team may be both a bless and a curse at the same time because now he is more than a player, he takes decisions for the team.

Maybe that's the problem because some players would feel  like he's giving more preferential treatment and gets jealous thereby causing dressing room problems for the team am just saying though cause I might be wrong, money is not a problem for Al-Nassr, they just need a coach that can manage the team and put them to order.

I always got the impression that Al Nassr is too Ronaldo-centric while the other teams that have many very good players but no real super stars (like Ronaldo) simply play more as an actual team, helping each other. In Al Nassr everything has to go through Ronaldo who, let's not forget, even owns 15% of the club. It's quite a unique situation.

We have different views on this matter. Indeed Ronaldo has always been the center of attention not only at Al Nassr but also when he played for Real Madrid and Juventus. I even remember Zidane's words when he was coaching Real Madrid "If you want to win, pass the ball to Ronaldo." So, it's not wrong to have a player like Ronaldo on the team. However Al Nassr always fails to win trophies because their defense and goalkeeping are weak. This is my opinion.

Because many goals are meaningless when Al Nassr has a weak defense and lacks strong motivation. I actually see Ronaldo as very ambitious to win trophies with Al Nassr, as evidenced by his constant scoring. But again, when the defense is weak, it's useless. Al Nassr should recognize this weakness. When the transfer window opens, they should be enthusiastic about bringing in defenders, not forwards. Al Nassr must forget their past failures, they must focus this season so they can win the SPL trophy.

[Volgastallion]

The problem is only one, or is better to say, the main question is always the same, and taht question is.

Is Cristaino Ronaldo goals compensating his not so much contribution on team work? Or better to say, if any other younger star play in the Cristiano Ronaldo spot, can the Al Nasrr have better results?

For me this is not an easy question, but Al Nasrr needs to think about it aside of his renewal contract.

[Cryptoprincess101]

61 goals to reach 1,000 goals may seem like a lot, but if Ronaldo can score two goals in every game this season, I think he'll achieve it before the end of his career at Al Nassr. Ronaldo's 100 goals for Al Nassr is already a remarkable achievement, considering his age. I hope he still has the ability to reach 1,000 goals this season. Although if you think about it, it won't be easy for him because this season's challenges could be different from last season.

I learnt that Cristiano Ronaldo scored 50 goals for Al Nassr in all competition last season, that's a wonderful performance. I think that if he maintains same scoring records as he did last season then he might achieve close to 60 goals this season. He scored about 5 goals in the preseason games and also scored in the Super cup final against Al Ahli Jeddah so he will maintain same scoring consistency as he did last season which will draw him closer to his 1000th career goals. I understand that players do face scoring challenges in some seasons so i hope Cristiano Ronaldo will not experience difficulty is scoring goals this season. But i wonder how a player like Pelé was able to break Guinness records by scoring 1279 careers goals, it's really crazy though.

[Ahli38]

The problem is only one, or is better to say, the main question is always the same, and taht question is.

Is Cristaino Ronaldo goals compensating his not so much contribution on team work? Or better to say, if any other younger star play in the Cristiano Ronaldo spot, can the Al Nasrr have better results?

For me this is not an easy question, but Al Nasrr needs to think about it aside of his renewal contract.

My answer is maybe no or maybe even yes. He has actually proven it based on what Cristiano Ronaldo has given and he has even broken a record. Ronaldo's personal experience is also a main factor or even a key in his achievements. I personally see that the Al Nassr team is not overly reliant on Cristiano Ronaldo alone. And Ronaldo also does not try to do everything by himself as we have seen several times in the past matches. So I think Al Nassr still needs Ronaldo's performance to strengthen the team. But I personally prefer to see Al Nassr revamp their defense, where they seems disorganized and even makes mistakes in crucial matches. And I think the front line is already quite good. However I think Al Nassr needs some good players for the defense as many people expect. So they can establish good cooperation with each other on every line to be able to create a neat performance in the next matches.

[Adbitco]

Al Taawon 0 Vs Al Nassr 1
It's 50 plus minutes and Al Nassr is leading 1 - 0 away from home. From the statistics shown, Al Nassr is supposed to have scored more than this number of goals that they have now, with 10 shots and 5 shots on target, they are supposed to be leading at least 2 goals. Felix scored early in the match to give his side the lead but after then, Al Nassr has been finding it hard to double their lead.

[ShowOff]

The problem is only one, or is better to say, the main question is always the same, and taht question is.

Is Cristaino Ronaldo goals compensating his not so much contribution on team work? Or better to say, if any other younger star play in the Cristiano Ronaldo spot, can the Al Nasrr have better results?

For me this is not an easy question, but Al Nasrr needs to think about it aside of his renewal contract.

This is a difficult question to answer, if it weren't for the age factor, perhaps no one would question Ronaldo minimal contribution to teamwork. All players in the main Al Nassr squad are encouraged to support Ronaldo, with the aim of boosting the club prestige and the image of the Saudi Pro League. It must be acknowledged that Ronaldo contribution to defense is very minimal, and I think that's very reasonable due to his age.

It's very possible that if Al Nassr recruited other, younger and talented players, they would succeed in winning trophies. However, that might not be in line with Al Nassr initial goal, which is to achieve success because of Ronaldo. Overall, Al Nassr management certainly understands the situation better, but what is clear is that their goal in continuing to retain Ronaldo is to enhance the image of the Saudi Pro League.