The 2023 24 season of Europe's top five leagues continues, and in the early hours of this morning, the Serie A league ushered in a key battle, and Juventus, the favorite for the Serie A title this season, sat at home to face the defending champion Napoli, which was a turning point in the title race. In addition, in the Saudi league, two teams piled up with oil and gold dollars are fighting for the championship, Riyadh Crescent travels away, and Ronaldo leads Riyadh Victory to host Riyadh Sporting.
Taye 1-2 Riyadh Crescent
Riyadh Crescent is the number one team in the Saudi league, having won the AFC Champions League twice, and last season lost to Urawa Red Diamonds in the AFC Champions League and finished as runners-up. This season, Riyadh Crescent has invested more than 300 million euros to upgrade its squad, and a number of European superstars have joined the team, making Riyadh Crescent the most expensive team in Asian football. This season, Riyadh Crescent has won 15 consecutive games in all competitions and is unbeaten in all competitions
Riyadh Crescent are unbeaten in the Saudi league, leading the standings with seven points. In this round of away to challenge the mid-table team Tai, in the game, in the first half, Al-Dosari took the lead, Mitrovic scored the goal himself after making a penalty, and Tariq pulled a goal back with a long-range hanging shot. In the second half, Mitrovic missed a good chance. The game is over. Riyadh Crescent 2-1 Taj.
Riyadh Victory 4-1 Riyadh Sport
Riyadh Victory brought in Cristiano Ronaldo and then opened the Saudi League's Golden Yuan Football, and Riyadh Victory then brought in star players such as Mane, Brozovic, and Laporte. They are currently seven points behind Riyadh Crescent in the league and still have title hopes. With 18 goals and nine assists in all competitions, Cristiano Ronaldo is the Saudi league's top scorer and assists leader. In 2023, Ronaldo has scored 48 goals, second only to Haaland's 50 goals and Kane Mbappe's 48 goals.
In the game, in the first half, Ronaldo was controversial to clear the goal line, and then Ronaldo made a pass in the 1200 milestone of his career, Otavio expanded the score, and in the second half, Talisca scored twice, Gray pulled one back, and Mane assisted twice. In the end, Riyadh Victory won 4-1 at home to Sporting, ending a three-game winless run in all competitions. In the standings, Victory is in second place with 37 points, seven points away from the top of the table.
Juventus 1:0 Napoli
Juventus have no European assignments this season and are concentrating on Serie A, recently unbeaten in nine consecutive league games and unbeaten at home, just two points behind Inter Milan in the league. Juventus have been stronger this season, drawing with Inter Milan and beating AC Milan and Lazio, with excellent performances at both ends of the pitch and Allegri aiming to regain the league title.
The defending champion Napoli fell into civil strife, and the club owner Deren Lautis had a discord with the meritorious coach Spalletti who led the team to win the championship, which led to the departure of Spalletti, which directly caused turmoil in Napoli, and the new coach Garcia was fired halfway, coupled with the main center Osimhen's thoughts, the original super champion squad was in danger of falling apart, even the return of the famous coach Mazzali to coach could not stop the decline of Napoli in a short time.
In the game, Kvaratskhelia scored a solo shot in the first half, Gatti scored in the second half, Szczesny gave a gift but Osimhen scored offside. In the end, Juventus defeated Napoli 1-0 at home, remained unbeaten in the last 10 league rounds, and temporarily surpassed Inter Milan in the first round and topped the Serie A standings.