When Al Hilal defeated Manchester City and the margin of defeat was very high, we expected more from Al Hilal in the Club World Cup, but in their next match, Al Hilal tried but could not bring the result in their favor. What they did was the highest and more than expected, after the start of the season, when Manchester City became Al Hilal's opponent, we thought that maybe Al Hilal's journey was over here because we did not think in any way that Al Hilal could defeat Manchester City, but Al Hilal defeated Manchester City. If Al Hilal works more with their club and recruits some more players, their performance will improve and they will make more names from the Saudi league.
Al-Hilal made a remark in the world cup 2025, and a good prove to the world that the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league. It was a nice outing by AlHilal and a prove that every leagues are getting stronger. Al Hilal has to buy more players and strengthening the team for the next season.
They were not good last year and if they fail to buy players they might not win any title again, many clubs in the Saudi league are getting better and more players are getting in from Euro. A win against Manchester city was a great one for the saudi league.
AL Hilal is already a great team from the Saudi Pro League and if you dig deep in their records, you will know that they are not team to toil around with so their participation and excellent performance at the club world cup is not in doubt. The Saudi Professional league is already developing due to some European players that went to spice things up over there but before they can build up great strength like the European Leagues, it will cost and take them a lot. Al Hilal is a notable club in the Saudi League so even if they flop in a season, it won't affect them much. After all, Manchester City that Al Hilal won in the club world cup were Champions of the premier league for four consecutive seasons, but their performance dropped last season so it's basic that no matter how strong a team is, there are seasons they don't perform well also.