Saudi Arabia’s top competition begins! When will Ronaldo and Benzema meet?

Saudi Arabia’s top football competition kicks off on Friday (11 August). Several star footballers have moved to clubs pumping significant money into players from Europe over the summer. When will former teammates and friends Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo play against each other?

Al-Ahli and Al-Haz will open the competition, so former Chelsea goalkeeper and Champions League winner Edouard Mendy will be in action. In attack, we will then see the trio of Allan Saint-Maximin, Roberto Firmino and Riyad Mahrez. In midfield, Franck Kessie could already make an appearance. So it’s going to be an attacking show right from the start.

On the very first of September, the first interesting match is about to take place, which the European public could also pay attention to. Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, led by Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kant, will face each other. Al-Hilal will be represented by Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Malcom.

21. september will see the first tough Al-Nassr match. The forces are going with Al A-hli. The team around Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mané will definitely want to make up for last year’s botched season and win the title. Players like Anderson Talisca, Marcelo Brozovic, Seko Fofana and Alex Telles should help the star strikers to do so.

Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli will face each other to start October (October 5), while Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr will cater for the end of November.

The most anticipated duel between Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr was due to be played on 14 December, but it has been postponed due to Al-Ittihad’s participation in the World Club Championship and the replacement date is still unknown.

Of course, prestigious duels may increase in time, the transfer window is far from over and we may well see more transfers towards Saudi Arabia.

The appetizer and the highlight may be the final of the Arab Club Championship between Al-Nasser and Al-Hilal, which will be played on Saturday, August 12, scheduled to start at 20: 00. Both teams made it through their semi-final matches on Wednesday. Al-Nassr defeated Al-Shorta 1: 0 after Ronaldo’s penalty goal, while Al-Hilal, even with ten players, beat Al-Shabab 3: 1.

Source: Saudi Pro League