2023-09-17 15:39:26
Neymar “The Magician” begins his journey to stardom in the Saudi League
Brazilian Neymar, the star of Al Hilal Club, paved the way to competing with his counterparts from the world’s elite players in the Saudi Football League, sharing the stardom of the sixth round with the Portuguese star of Al-Nasr, Cristiano Ronaldo, after the former contributed to making 4 of his team’s six goals, while “The Don” grabbed the top scorers, In a new chapter of excitement.
According to Agence France-Presse, only 4 minutes were enough for the former Paris Saint-Germain star to make an enchanting start with Al Hilal, which rained down rain on its rival, Riyadh, regaining the lead from the clutches of the Jeddah Tigers, whose French star, Karim Benzema, led them to achieve a difficult victory over Al Akhdoo.
Al-Ahly Club regained its strength after the five-year setback (Al-Ahly Club)
While Al-Ahly Jeddah regained its strong presence after the five-pointed “setback” against Al-Fateh, snatching an exciting victory from the “hard-working” Al-Taawoun, Al-Nasr achieved its fourth victory in a row, continuing to compensate for its stumble in the first two rounds, and maintaining a high scoring pace, of which Al-Raed was the last victim, after opening the net. For a hat-trick shared, in succession, by Senegalese Sadio Mane, returning Brazilian Anderson Talisca, and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who topped the scorers with 7 goals, ahead of his colleague Mane and Al Hilal captain Salem Al-Dosari, each with 6 goals.
Just a week after he rose to the top scorer for the Samba national team with 79 goals, surpassing the black jewel Pele, and in the presence of his father, family and friends, Neymar (31 years old) continued his artistic glow, confirming his full readiness for the AFC Champions League competition, which Al-Zaeem begins on Monday, against Navbakhor. Namangan of Uzbekistan, searching for a fifth title to enhance his record in the continental championship.
After he was assured of his team’s progress with a clean double, and to the sound of the cheers of the Hilal fans, Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus brought on his talented star in the 64th minute instead of his compatriot Delgado, and it was only four minutes before Neymar began to spread his magic touches, making, passing, and shooting, which resulted in a quadruple. Translated twice by Nasser Al-Dosari, Malcolm, and Salem Al-Dosari.
The French star of Paris Saint-Germain, Spanish Barcelona, and former Santos, said in a brief video broadcast on Al Hilal’s page on the “X” platform: “Very happy with the first appearance, and with the decisive pass, and also happy with the first victory. “We are together, and I will see you next time.”
According to Jesus, the fans played a remarkable role in Neymar’s brilliance, “The great support and interaction provided by our fans is positive and influential and motivates all players. Whether Neymar or someone else.
The fans chanted the name of the player Neymar in the stands of the stadium (Al-Hilal Club)
The great public embrace of Neymar also received the attention of the Brazilian newspaper “O Globo”, which said: “Chants of the player’s name were heard in the stands, and a banner was raised bearing a picture of him with the phrase: Brazil’s greatest scorers of all time.”
Between the hammer of the disappointing international break for the Saudi national team under the leadership of its new coach, the Italian Roberto Mancini, and the anvil of 4 clubs starting their journey in the Champions League, questions raised by the Italian newspaper “Tuttosport” about the disappointing start of the former “Azzurri” coach, saying that “Mancini’s beginning His new adventure was not successful, and he has great work ahead of him, especially since he needs to find the right elements in a league that has many foreign players.”
The Greens lost in a friendly match to Costa Rica and South Korea, respectively.
Jota was the ninth player removed from Al-Ittihad’s list designated for foreigners (Mohammed Al-Mana)
The ninth foreigner’s dilemma
But the large number of foreign players contributes to raising the level of local players, according to Yasser Al-Mishal, president of the federation, “In the World Cup, the Saudi national team players participated the least in their leagues, and despite that, they performed at very high levels against Argentina and Poland. The presence of this number of foreigners greatly increased the pace of the Saudi player.”
While many clubs are suffering; At the forefront of which is the Union regarding the issue of registering only 8 foreigners out of 9. Al-Mishal indicated that “the Union is studying this matter in detail, especially since there are different opinions, including those who support raising the number, and others demanding that it be reduced in the future.”
In light of the speculation regarding the excluded ninth player, Al-Ittihad won three valuable points from the groove, in a match that its Portuguese coach Nuno Espírito Santo described as “very difficult against an organized and strong defensive team,” refusing to reveal the identity of the player excluded from the team’s list, “This is an internal matter that we reserve. “It is for ourselves.”
In the most exciting and thrilling match of the round, a missile thwarted the Al-Ahly Jeddah star; The Frenchman Alain Maximin “Remontada” Al-Taawoun was close to achieving it after equalizing the score (2-2), so that “Al-Raqi” regained its creep towards the lead, sharing its rival, Al-Jeddawi, Al-Ittihad, in second place behind Al-Hilal.
The former Newcastle United star seemed happy to lead his team to victory, noting that he had begun to adapt well to the weather difference between Newcastle and Jeddah.
From Buraidah, “Al-Alamy” returned to Riyadh with several gains at the expense of Al-Raed, and continued to compete with the leading clubs, capitalizing on the brilliance of Ronaldo and Mane, and benefiting from the return of his star Talisca, who scored a world-class goal, reflecting his longing, as he said, to hug the net again after a month’s absence due to injury. .
Romain Saiss, Al-Shabab player, dedicated his goal to the people of his country, Morocco (Al-Shabab Club)
The first rain for Laith… and the coach remains
Under the eyes of the presidential candidates for its new board of directors, Abdelaziz Al-Malik and Mohamed Al-Munjem, the youth healed their wounds with a first victory at the expense of Al-Fayhaa in the city of Majmaa, with an orphan goal that its Moroccan registrar, Romain Saiss, dedicated to the people of his country, who are suffering from the consequences of the earthquake that struck the Al-Haouz province last week, leaving more than 3 thousand dead and 6 thousand wounded.
The player, loaned from Al Sadd of Qatar, attributed his team’s first victory, after two draws and three losses, to spirit and desire. “The spirit changed. We had a great desire to achieve victory.”
In turn, the club’s executive director, Talal Al Sheikh, stressed that the importance of winning over Al-Fayhaa goes beyond obtaining the three points, speaking about “the return of the club’s sheikh’s prestige in the Cup and Dignity match,” stressing the continuation of Argentine coach Juan Brown at the helm of the team, succeeding the sacked Dutch coach, Marcel Kaiser.
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