Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

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Last night, Damac played against Al Itihad and the result was a draw. I personally never thought a team as big as Al Ittihad could not beat a team like Damac. Damac is not a great team in the Saudi Arabian League, because currently Damac is threatened with relegation in this league. So that's why I am surprised by Al Ittihad's performance this season, which is basically not good. Because Al Itihad's performance this season should still be good,, because in the previous season they managed to win the Saudi Arabian League, which proves that Al Ittihad's performance is very good.

But this season Al Ittihad really slumped because currently Al Ittihad is only in sixth place in the Saudi Arabian League, and I think that is very bad. Because Al Ittihad basically has many great players, such as Benzema, Moussa Diaby, and also Kante. But strangely, currently all of these players' performance has become less good. So I started to wonderr, is this really because of their old age, or because they are no longer enthusiastic about playing football, so what do you think about this?

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Al Nassr, who started the match well, lost 3-1 against Al Hilal.
Al Nassr took the lead 0-1 at halftime thanks to Ronaldo's goal in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Al Hilal equalized in the 57th minute through Al Dawsari.
Three minutes later, Al Aqidi received a red card after a VAR review for a harsh tackle.
In the 81st minute, Al Hilal made it 2-1. Two minutes after this goal, Jesus's decision to substitute Ronaldo was a strange move.
In the 90+2 minute, Neves made it 3-1, and Al Hilal won the match 3-1.
With this victory, the point difference between Al Nassr and Al Hilal increased to 7.

This season, the championship dream for Al Nassr is over.

We are watching the competition but these two teams for the years and both teams gave full effort against each other to win the match . Al Hilal Saudi Club effort was great in this match and they did 3 goals in this match and three different players of that team did goals in this match. Al-Dawsari role was crutial and stats of that team was also good in this match because their shots were 7 in this match and 3 shots were on target and possession percentage of that team was 54 percent in this match which was quite well and fouls of that team were less in this match. Kanno did second last goal of the match and he got respect after this goal because fans were expecting this goal at that moment.

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We are watching the competition but these two teams for the years and both teams gave full effort against each other to win the match . Al Hilal Saudi Club effort was great in this match and they did 3 goals in this match and three different players of that team did goals in this match. Al-Dawsari role was crutial and stats of that team was also good in this match because their shots were 7 in this match and 3 shots were on target and possession percentage of that team was 54 percent in this match which was quite well and fouls of that team were less in this match. Kanno did second last goal of the match and he got respect after this goal because fans were expecting this goal at that moment.

Yesterday's match was more competitive than I expected. For some period of time, I thought Al Nassr could win the game for how good they performed till the 80th minute. Al Hilal is generally the team that wins among the too but this time Al Nassr did gave a good competition. Even though the goal difference looks huge, the two of them were scored in the last 20 minutes and overall two goals from Al Hilal in penalty. With the win, Al Hilal solidifies its top position on the league while Al Nassr still needs to fight for its 2nd position with rest.

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But this season Al Ittihad really slumped because currently Al Ittihad is only in sixth place in the Saudi Arabian League, and I think that is very bad. Because Al Ittihad basically has many great players, such as Benzema, Moussa Diaby, and also Kante. But strangely, currently all of these players' performance has become less good. So I started to wonderr, is this really because of their old age, or because they are no longer enthusiastic about playing football, so what do you think about this?

Al Littihad and Al Hilal are switching each season, last season Al Littihad won the league with a good form and Al Hilal were not in form, the previous season, Al Hilal won the league and they were in good form and Al Littihad were not in form. I just thought of this and it's like, are these teams switching positions. Al Nassr with tgeyr initial form has dropped and Al Hilal has picked up and leading with more than 5 points which puts them in a lot of advantage over Al Nassr.

[Volgastallion]

A few weeks back we were all talking about this can be finally the season where Cristiano Ronaldo can finally lift the title with the Al Nassrr team, and now just a few weeks after we are all seeing that real posibilitie dissapear between their fingers, is crazy to see that now they are behind by a really decent gap, incredible.

[KTChampions]

Sometimes I think CR7 isn't having enough luck in the Middle East, because he's been a champion with every team he's played for, he's won everything, but this Arab football can't do it I think he needs a little help, I don't know, but if they lose another one, it's better that they stop dreaming because we already know what this turns into.

Football is played by a whole team, not just one player. I can't say that Ronaldo is unlucky in the Middle East. He's doing his job. The fact that the team's overall results aren't as good as they could be doesn't depend on him. At United (when he returned) he also did his job, but the club continued to sink.
Incidentally, Ronaldo won his third international trophy (the Nations League) while playing for Al Nasr, so even during this period of his career he was successful.

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Once again, Ronaldo was seen smiling on the bench after his team is losing, all because he got a goal that he cares so much about. This dude is basically making it hard for even his team to care for him, I am pretty sure they are unhappy with him. He got paid 600 million euros so far and has zero league titles to show for it. Al Hilal has been running circles around him, they keep changing the team and getting new people around him and each time it doesn't work out well for him.

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Last night, Damac played against Al Itihad and the result was a draw. I personally never thought a team as big as Al Ittihad could not beat a team like Damac. Damac is not a great team in the Saudi Arabian League, because currently Damac is threatened with relegation in this league. So that's why I am surprised by Al Ittihad's performance this season, which is basically not good. Because Al Itihad's performance this season should still be good,, because in the previous season they managed to win the Saudi Arabian League, which proves that Al Ittihad's performance is very good.

But this season Al Ittihad really slumped because currently Al Ittihad is only in sixth place in the Saudi Arabian League, and I think that is very bad. Because Al Ittihad basically has many great players, such as Benzema, Moussa Diaby, and also Kante. But strangely, currently all of these players' performance has become less good. So I started to wonderr, is this really because of their old age, or because they are no longer enthusiastic about playing football, so what do you think about this?

I am trying not to express disappointment so bad but in actual sense I am. Damac is clearly not a team that should get Al Ittihad struggling so hard for a win to the point they got a red card. Sadly Damac got the first goal of the game, I was rooting so hard for Al Ittihad yester night but I got disappointed actually because asides the results, their performance too was not as brilliant as expected. This was an opportunity for Al Ittihad to secure some more points that would have helped  their position on the table and so I presume they will use it as much but then football happened.

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Last night, Damac played against Al Itihad and the result was a draw. I personally never thought a team as big as Al Ittihad could not beat a team like Damac.

Al-Ittihad this season has nothing to do with the Al-Ittihad we know in the previous season. Same for Al-Nassr in 2025 and Al-Nassr in the beginning of this year. As we are talking about different selections.
So yeah, don't be surprised a lot if they are being defeated by a team in the relegation zone.
I am eying right now Al-Ahli and Al-Taawoun game since the victory of Al-Ahli will make Al-Ittihad 3 points behind the teams above it at least, while the victory of Al-Taawoun will kick Al-Nassr from the second spot.

[GiftedMAN]

Once again, Ronaldo was seen smiling on the bench after his team is losing, all because he got a goal that he cares so much about. This dude is basically making it hard for even his team to care for him, I am pretty sure they are unhappy with him. He got paid 600 million euros so far and has zero league titles to show for it. Al Hilal has been running circles around him, they keep changing the team and getting new people around him and each time it doesn't work out well for him.

The management needs to caution Ronaldo at this point because his team can not be losing while he's happy even though he is not on the pitch, no one knows what is running through his mind whenever he is smiling but it is nut the best thing for him to do and the team members should come together to work harder to endure they don't end this season trophyless because the amount they have spent on players is too much for them not to have trophies to back it up. If it is about letting one player leave the team so they can get other players with the huge salary he's been paid then the management should have a consideration about that.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Unfortunately, his individual contributions are not enough as his teammates made many mistakes in defense and as a team, they win and lose matches, win or lose titles together. This season is very likely another season without Saudi Professional League title for Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo even they actually began this season perfectly.

It's a fact , the whole team is needed , I see that the Defense is still very weak , they have improved , but not Enough yet , It's incredible how they've lost so many games in a Row that's why these teams have a star like him and don't Know how to take advantage of him the team has to play so that he scores the goals by Scoring goals , they also win It's Simple.

[Sithara007]

Last night, Damac played against Al Itihad and the result was a draw. I personally never thought a team as big as Al Ittihad could not beat a team like Damac. Damac is not a great team in the Saudi Arabian League, because currently Damac is threatened with relegation in this league. So that's why I am surprised by Al Ittihad's performance this season, which is basically not good. Because Al Itihad's performance this season should still be good,, because in the previous season they managed to win the Saudi Arabian League, which proves that Al Ittihad's performance is very good.

But this season Al Ittihad really slumped because currently Al Ittihad is only in sixth place in the Saudi Arabian League, and I think that is very bad. Because Al Ittihad basically has many great players, such as Benzema, Moussa Diaby, and also Kante. But strangely, currently all of these players' performance has become less good. So I started to wonderr, is this really because of their old age, or because they are no longer enthusiastic about playing football, so what do you think about this?

LOL.. I guess this will bring some relief to the Al Nassr fans. At least it is good to know that Al Nassr wasn't the only team that was playing like shit during the last few weeks. But Al Hilal now seems to be in exceptional form. They have pulled far ahead of all the other teams in the points table for Saudi Professional League. The gap between these two teams stand at 7, while it was -4 a few weeks before. Al Ittihad is not even in the picture. They are also having a horrible season so far and only have 27 points from 14 matches.  And they have lost the same number of matches as Al Nassr (three).

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The management needs to caution Ronaldo at this point because his team can not be losing while he's happy even though he is not on the pitch, no one knows what is running through his mind whenever he is smiling but it is nut the best thing for him to do and the team members should come together to work harder to endure they don't end this season trophyless because the amount they have spent on players is too much for them not to have trophies to back it up. If it is about letting one player leave the team so they can get other players with the huge salary he's been paid then the management should have a consideration about that.

Cristiano Ronaldo is very old now and in many match situations, we can see his very slow responses from his run, movements, dribbles to shots. These issues will become bigger, appear more regularly with time as no player can beat ageing effects. His performances are still good at his age but as a club, Al-Nassr must perform better with their squad combination from many players and if they have any dependence on a very old striker like Cristiano, failures are only matter of time.

It's a fact , the whole team is needed , I see that the Defense is still very weak , they have improved , but not Enough yet , It's incredible how they've lost so many games in a Row that's why these teams have a star like him and don't Know how to take advantage of him the team has to play so that he scores the goals by Scoring goals , they also win It's Simple.

Losing many matches recently actually harms opportunity of Al-Nassr in Saudi Professional League title competition with Al-Hilal. The competitor is very strong in Saudi Arabia and Al-Nassr now are 7 points behind this strong competitor. If Al-Hilal continue to play well and maintain their domination like previous season and so far in this season, they will run speedily to the season ending and take a title very easily.

Anyway it's not time to continue with disappointment and feel hopelessly, Al-Nassr must forget about latest bad results, move on to win future matches as it is the only way for rescuing their opportunity in the title competition. Even it is small now, they have to try their best as a mandatory condition to take any coming chances.

[FanEagle]

I honestly try to understand what it means to play well and to play badly in some people's minds, and I confess that sometimes I get dizzy. Can we define a player as playing badly simply because we don't like him? Or do we have to define a player as not playing well when he's not helping the team based on real data available from official sources?

Let's take the case of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo = 14 games; 15 goals; 1 assist

Al Nassr = 14 games; 39 goals

That is, Cristiano Ronaldo scored almost half the goals of the entire team, and his contributions don't end there.

Currently the top scorer in the Saudi league:



If it were true that Cristiano Ronaldo is already old and is only in this league because he's old, then how is he the top scorer in this league? Was it luck? How many young players are in this league who aren't at the top of the league?

We can, when someone gets 10 clear chances and scores only 2 of those, that's a bad striker. If someone scores 4 goals to some low level relegation team but fail to score against bigger teams, that is a bad striker. When we have someone who scores, and yet the team keeps losing, that is a bad teammate. When someone is happy that they scored, even when they are losing, that is a selfish player.

When someone is only having one goal in mind and that is not to win games, but create his own personal achievement stat padding, that is a selfish player. Do I need to move on more or is that enough? As long as the team is not winning, paying someone 200 million is not a good idea, aside from the obvious marketing perspective obviously.

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A few weeks back we were all talking about this can be finally the season where Cristiano Ronaldo can finally lift the title with the Al Nassrr team, and now just a few weeks after we are all seeing that real posibilitie dissapear between their fingers, is crazy to see that now they are behind by a really decent gap, incredible.

Yes, it all feels like it changed so quickly, because I feel like just yesterday Al Nasr was ahead of Al Hilal, but now Al Nasr has dropped in position and is left behind by Al Hilal with a fairly impressive points difference. So that's why all of this is really hard to understand, because Al Nasr, who was previously predicted to be the champion this season, now all of those assumptions have been absolutely refuted by Al Nasr's performance which has really become bad at this time. So right now i also don't know what will happen to Al Nasr, whether Al Nasr will continue to fight to reclaim the top position or they will just maintain their current position.

But we really don't need to be surprised by incidents like this, because in the world of football, incidents like this are really not surprising. Because basically no team can really maintain its performance well for an entire season, so sometimes there are gaps that make everything collapse in an instant and that is what really happened to Al Nasr. But even so, I hope Al Nasr doesn't give up, because the season isn't over yet, so anything can still happen.

[SirLancelot]

Once again, Ronaldo was seen smiling on the bench after his team is losing, all because he got a goal that he cares so much about. This dude is basically making it hard for even his team to care for him, I am pretty sure they are unhappy with him. He got paid 600 million euros so far and has zero league titles to show for it. Al Hilal has been running circles around him, they keep changing the team and getting new people around him and each time it doesn't work out well for him.

I am sure it's not going to be complaint about his smile while his team is losing because it's all part of sports sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose, third defeat for the Al Nassr in last five games after break with losing 11 points brings them down while Al Ahli and Al Qadisiah is having good chance of chasing second and third spots in league table.

Saudi Pro league is having good changes for few teams which are giving surprisingly good performance while things are turning interesting for the title race which is almost down for all Al Hilal who are having 7 points lead which is big due to their consistency and performance in last few games, now Al Nassr needs to stay in hunt for second or third spot because it's also not easy for them in presence of few top contenders.

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Once again, Ronaldo was seen smiling on the bench after his team is losing, all because he got a goal that he cares so much about. This dude is basically making it hard for even his team to care for him, I am pretty sure they are unhappy with him. He got paid 600 million euros so far and has zero league titles to show for it. Al Hilal has been running circles around him, they keep changing the team and getting new people around him and each time it doesn't work out well for him.

I am sure it's not going to be complaint about his smile while his team is losing because it's all part of sports sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose, third defeat for the Al Nassr in last five games after break with losing 11 points brings them down while Al Ahli and Al Qadisiah is having good chance of chasing second and third spots in league table.

Saudi Pro league is having good changes for few teams which are giving surprisingly good performance while things are turning interesting for the title race which is almost down for all Al Hilal who are having 7 points lead which is big due to their consistency and performance in last few games, now Al Nassr needs to stay in hunt for second or third spot because it's also not easy for them in presence of few top contenders.

I understand why some of them are so critical toward Ronaldo and smiling after scoring a goal when the team is losing is not the point. The greater problem with Al Nassr is lack of consistency and balance in the team. The 7 points gap is a clear indication that Al Hilal is performing and stable, and thus fit to be the favourites. As a matter of fact, the title is not within reach of Al Nassr and it should only aim at a top three position. Even that will not be easy, as Al Ahli and Al Qadisiah are getting better, and therefore, the league becomes more competitive and entertaining as a whole.

[Arenga pinnata]

Yesterday's match was more competitive than I expected. For some period of time, I thought Al Nassr could win the game for how good they performed till the 80th minute. Al Hilal is generally the team that wins among the too but this time Al Nassr did gave a good competition. Even though the goal difference looks huge, the two of them were scored in the last 20 minutes and overall two goals from Al Hilal in penalty. With the win, Al Hilal solidifies its top position on the league while Al Nassr still needs to fight for its 2nd position with rest.

The match was indeed very competitive and intense.  But honestly , I was disappointed with the result. Although Al-Nassr actually played well, they failed to score more goals and they failed to establish a solid defense. that's an old problem that has resurfaced in this team. I don't know what happened. but Al-Nassr seems to be weakening again. Joao felix also didn't play as well as usual. could Mane's absence really be the reason behind Al-Nassr's decline in productivity? I think it's quite possible. because usually Mane is a player who is also difficult for opponents to deal with. So the opposing defenders' focus is divided.

[landheer]

A few weeks back we were all talking about this can be finally the season where Cristiano Ronaldo can finally lift the title with the Al Nassrr team, and now just a few weeks after we are all seeing that real posibilitie dissapear between their fingers, is crazy to see that now they are behind by a really decent gap, incredible.

I never imagined Al Nassr would end up like this because it seems like their chances of winning the championship are very slim, as it will definitely be difficult to see Al Hilal lose points during the match. A 7-point gap is a significant margin, though Al Nassr still has a chance. Perhaps Al Nassr should focus on playing calmly rather than on winning the championship, as sometimes being too focused on winning can lead to mental pressure that ultimately affects a player's performance. But sometimes I also feel sorry for Jorge Jesus because he must be embarrassed to lose against the team he used to coach. However, I am also impressed with Al Hilal because they always recruit good players and coaches, but sometimes I don't understand why Al Nassr always buys players who are inconsistent in their performance when they play. It seems that for now, we should just enjoy the matches that are available.

[$weetne$$]

I understand why some of them are so critical toward Ronaldo and smiling after scoring a goal when the team is losing is not the point. The greater problem with Al Nassr is lack of consistency and balance in the team. The 7 points gap is a clear indication that Al Hilal is performing and stable, and thus fit to be the favourites. As a matter of fact, the title is not within reach of Al Nassr and it should only aim at a top three position. Even that will not be easy, as Al Ahli and Al Qadisiah are getting better, and therefore, the league becomes more competitive and entertaining as a whole.

At first it was Al Nassr that was considered stable due to their long stretched victory within the early times of the season, they did not further proceed to manage this foem well enough and then came Al Hilal who has been able to combine consistency with the stability they have built and now they have kept Nassr far away from the title, this is not even about Ronaldo, he alone will not deliver the team, they needed that collective effort if they must get ahead of Al Hilal to win the title this season.