With Riyadh's victory 1-1 with Dammam and Jeddah united 2-0 Faha, this season's Saudi League title competition came to an end, Jeddah United won the Saudi Pro League for the first time in 14 years under the leadership of Portuguese coach Nuno. Riyadh's victory secured second place in the Saudi Premier League, guaranteeing a chance for next season's Saudi Super Cup and AFC Champions League play-offs, with the Saudi Super Cup against Riyadh Crescent and the 23-24 AFC Champions League play-off opponents the winner of Sharjah in the Gulf League and Amman Unity in Jordan.
Closer to home, how does Riyadh Victory position itself in the Saudi Pro League? With the arrival of Ronaldo, many people have also made a back adjustment to the Riyadh victory, but those who have done a little investigation know that the overlord of the Saudi Pro League is Riyadh Crescent, and Jeddah United can be regarded as the national derby of the Saudi League, but in recent years, Jeddah United has been relatively lonely, and Riyadh victory is about equal to such a role of La Liga in Atletico Madrid. Therefore, on the basis of knowing this, Ronaldo's joining is not to experience winning the Saudi League championship, but more like a mid-range difficulty challenge, or a kind of technical "poverty alleviation". But I believe Ronaldo himself and his team certainly haven't done much research on the Saudi league, and it just so happens that Riyadh Victory proposed a super high annual salary, and Ronaldo accepted nothing more.
For example, in the last three years, it is also the third year that Riyadh Victory Chairman Muammar has taken office, what did Muammar do when he assumed the position of Riyadh Victory Chairman in April 2021?
Appointed Brazilian veteran coach Menezes in April 2021, and dismissed in September of the same year
Portugal coach Emmanuel was appointed in October 2021, but was dismissed a month later
Argentine veteran Russo was appointed in December 2021 and dismissed in June 2022
French coach Garcia was appointed in June 2022, dismissed in April 2023, and youth coach Tinko was appointed to take over the coach to complete the season
The team called in this piece from outside
Summer 2021 Window Introduction of Talisca , Abubakar, Murray, Anselmo (on loan)
Introduction of Honatan Rodriguez in the winter window of 2022
The summer window of 2022 introduces Ospina, Conan, Gustavo, González
Cristiano Ronaldo will be introduced in the winter window of 2023
It is not difficult to see that since he came to power, there has been ambition, but there is really no such thing as enough to support his results, and Riyadh has not won a victory since he took office
In his first season, he took over the league halfway and finished sixth, losing to Pesari in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey
The 21-22 season was Muammar's first full season in charge, finishing third in the league and being eliminated by Crescent in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
So in a sense, in the 22-23 season, the league result improved by one place, and the defeat to Wahda in the Copa del Rey semi-final can only be regarded as a smooth play.
That being said, what is wrong with the Riyadh Victory leadership?
There are three mistakes, first, according to the indiscriminate change of coaches throughout the league, Riyadh Victory is no exception, which is not conducive to creating a complete technical and tactical system, one hammer in the east and one mallet in the west, which is not conducive to the healthy development of the team.
Second, the transfer flexibility is not enough, with the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, the team's recruitment suddenly stagnated, and even sold the team's center fulcrum Abubacar, Martinez such a frequent injury player is not cleaned, Asian foreign aid is used improperly, premature extension of Talisca and so on, of course, the winter window has never been a transfer drama, we can wait until the summer window.
Third, the management has a low level of decision-making, blindly following the vice of European coaches after confirming the next coach, ruining the entire season plan, and the management is not tight enough on the pre-match training clockwork, and the hired medical team is too low to cause frequent injuries.
Many people actually have a misunderstanding, that is, they mistakenly think that Riyadh Victory is Salman Jr.'s exclusive team, like Newcastle, in fact, all Saudi teams are pawns under the entire Saudi Vision 2030, most of which are supported by Saudi public investment highlights, under the continuous undertaking of large-scale events, Saudi Arabia needs a team that can drive the atmosphere, stir-up effect, like Jeddah United who failed to get the AFC Champions League license last year will have financial support for good results this year, and Riyadh youth who got the AFC Champions League license last year, This year, too, financial support will be lost due to poor management. Riyadh Victory still needs to have results if it wants to always have enough financial support and royal support, but Riyadh Victory signed Cristiano Ronaldo has written the most colorful stroke in the history of Saudi football.