With five goals and two assists so far, Cristiano Ronaldo has been chosen as the best player in the Saudi league for August 2023 and we know that one of these GOATs will never run out of quality. Last week's last win was also an important point because Al-Nassr could climb to 6th place in the standings after previously being at the bottom of the standings.
Congratulations on this achievement but it was never in doubt that he was going to win this award for the month of August because he was in an incredible run starting from the Arab cup champions competition that he just won with Al Nassr. Ronaldo is aging like fine wine and he keeps getting better against all the odd as he always looked unfavorable as he has complained numerous times. Ronaldo has been the key reason behind all Al Nassr victory but special shout-out has to go to players like Sadio mane that has improve Ronaldo games since his arrival at the club. The position of Al Nassr at the table was just because the season just started. They would have eventually climb up to the position they belong as they finish last season second on the table.
Players like Neymar and Benzema were signed by Saudi clubs exactly for matches like this one. But injury woes threaten to derail their plans. Neymar is yet to make his debut for Al Hilal, and Benzema is currently out of action as a result of hamstring injury. Benzema's injury was uncovered during the match against Al Wehda, where he was substituted just before the half time. He is 35 years old and no longer young. This may result in more recovery time before he is back in action. The match BTW, will start in around 12 hours from now.
Neymar is an injury players which is why I still don't understand why he passed the medical without a rejection but I guess his influence was more important than his injuries because Neymar is a superstar that'll fit the Saudis program that started with signing Ronaldo and plans on signing every top aged superstar currently still playing in Europe but as for Benzema, he's going to do similar wonders Ronaldo is doing at Al Nassr when he gets over his injuries. He's a quality player and has a Ballon D'or to back that with several champions league trophy. Al-Ittihad vs Al Hilal that'll be played today mightn't feature them but it's still going to be a good match to watch. They both haven't lost a game since the start of this season so we might likely see a draw between them but I still favour Al Hilal to win.