Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 10. (Read 189271 times)

What happens is that big teams like PSG, who are famous for doing badly, that is great information, great news and it has to be endured, something like that happens with Madrid, with City, but that's normal, PSG is a team that I know will get out of the crisis, before I was not very fond of Luis Enrique, but now with a series of things that have happened to him in his life I Understand it, sometimes we don't understand why people act in a certain way, but is it normal, or should we get angry about it, we have to see it from the point of view that PSG is a big team and that's why it's big news when they don't play well.

Having all superstar at a club don't give a team success. Even when Real Madrid signed all the best players in the world, things didn't work out well for them until they started adding some average players to the team to balance it. PSG players came for the money and they only played for that. The blame shouldn't be on the players but on the owners of the club as when you put money upfront for players, they'll choose to play for the money and not the passion. At some point Mbappe was also playing for the money and not the passion. We can see the difference in how he played at PSG and how he's hustling for goals now in Real Madrid to proof a point to everyone.

There is no change for PSG even though they no longer rely on one player because after all, the reality is that they are only good in the domestic league but still bad in the Champions League. Because basically PSG really wanted to get good results in the Champions League, so PSG always tried to keep Mbappe at that time. But anyway, with Mbappe and also without Mbappe, the fact is that PSG still has the same results last season and this season which is only good at dominating Ligue 1. So, if you say this season PSG is better than last season, then it is very inaccurate, because PSG still does  not have any changes.

That's right, those are the two big games this week. Marseille plays at home, PSG too. The home team is expected to maintain its best performance, even if the odds are not very favorable. Each of them will be at great risk of losing their position in the standings if they fail to win, because the points gap between them is low.

For the PSG vs Lyon match, I think this will be won by the hosts because of their record and prestige. Lyon is currently in 5th position with 25 points, while the weakness that needs to be improved is in defense. Lyon have conceded 17 goals in 14 matches, meaning their defense has a problem.

15th round is going to be very interesting as we have two big games first Marseille going to host Lille which is also looking for jump into top ranks while in another game we have PSG is hosting Lyon which is having impressive season while they are also trying their best for having spot into top four which is looking not easy for few teams competition is tough and teams are trying their best for keeping their chances alive to have good end of their season.

Marseille is having good start of their season with after perfect start they lost their rhythm, but now they are again back in good touch, but Lille is also going to be team to watch as they are performing from the start of this season we will be having good changes at the end of this round.

PSG only can able to win from Girona and Salzburg and draw from PSV so this is unexpected results from them considering they are big team in Champion league and for 2 remaining matches assuming if PSG at least playing draw from Manchester City and won from Stuttgart i think their realistic position is playoff places but the match against Manchester City won't be easy because Manchester City also targetting win results to secured their position on League phase and for Ligue 1 they have 5 gap points above to Marseille i think this is comfortable position for them because i am sure the teams such as Marseille and Monaco cannot able to threaten their position

PSG has been performing poorly in the champions League this season but looking at their current condition now which will see them playing against two teams in the playoffs I think they have a chance of making it out of the play off since they are playing against Manchester City team that is experiencing very poor performance in all competition this season and VfB Stuttgart that is not doing well too. The PSG manager may not be sacked even if he fails to qualify to the next round as a result of not winning in the play off but he will be expected to win the domestic league while he plan on improving the performance of the team to participate in the champions league next season.

PSG consisted entirely of players who worked for money at that time. None of these players came to this team to be champions, all of them aimed to make money. Naturally, we did not see good harmony within the team and they could not be the best team.
Maybe if there were a few more players next to these star players, everything would have been different, but sometimes older star players are not enough

Not only Lille, Marseille also has many injured players. whether key players or not, but at least there are 4 injured players and 3 others are of doubtful status. what is interesting is Lille's fairly consistent performance, more precisely they are undefeated in 15 matches in various competitions even though some of the matches were drawn. in the Marseille camp, a few weeks earlier they played a fairly difficult match. matches against Lens, Monaco and 1 mediocre team. they advanced with victory, it made the spirit and motivation increase. the match against Lille will be an exciting match, Marseille has the advantage of acting as the home team and Lille has just played a match in the Champions League qualifiers. clearly, Marseille has the advantage. Marseille should take advantage of the momentum of Lille's tight schedule, they can play with high pressure when the match is held. but of course Lille will not give up so easily, even though they have to prepare extra energy to play the match against Marseille.

PSG mistake at that time was just too often giving big salary offers to certain players and relying too much on them. I mean when Messi, Neymar and Mbappe were still with PSG, the three players seemed to only expect big salaries without having to work as hard as possible and the reason was only about their old age and Neymar had a serious injury. On the one hand, the team coach is also an important factor for the team to be able to get stable performance. And now for me PSG is much better than relying on star players and now PSG is more focused on improving team performance with cooperation between reliable players.

Now we have nearly six weeks break in UEFA Champions League which can bring many changes in few teams and with this few teams could be better and few surely going to have decline into their performance currently we have both PSG and Manchester City in trouble with most chances one team will be out of the knockout stage because after checking table I have strong feeling just two teams are having problems to go out of this competition and match between PSG vs Manchester City is going to be very interesting for both teams if they want to go through they have to win this.

PSG needs to fix their problems for having better results in Champions League because their position in Ligue 1 is strong for staying at the top no team is going to create problems for them while they need to improve their attack which is not good as they have in the past.

Since most of the teams in Ligue 1 are weak, PSG is able to perform well in Ligue 1 matches. Despite sharing points in a few matches, PSG is still in the top spot of the Ligue 1 table. And winning the Ligue 1 title is not difficult for PSG. In Ligue 1 matches, the chances of winning are high by betting on PSG's victory. Even then, I lost money in several matches by betting on PSG's victory. Especially in the last two matches, PSG could not win. Probably many gamblers like me lost money in these two matches.

PSG cannot be considered a very strong team on the Champions League platform. PSG's performance in the Champions League is usually weak. We have seen very few matches that perform better than PSG. However, PSG performed well and won in the last match against Salzburg. PSG will play Manchester City and Stuttgart in the next two matches. It will be very difficult for PSG to win both these matches. And betting on PSG's victory in these two matches is high risk.

It's a big dream for people that think it's possible for PSG to win UCL, because they don't have the quality. When Messi, Neymar and Mbappe was in PSG was the best time for them to win it, but they couldn't. PSG is struggling to survive from the group stage in UCL this season, and scoring goals is like a big problem to them. If they qualify from the group stage, they might not make it out from the round of 16.

The easy competition in the league tends to make them unable to compete even with weak teams that have fierce competition in leagues such as EPL, Bundesliga and Serie A so far, to be honest, I personally would never think of betting by favouring them in UCL because of the very small chances of winning will we get, But on the contrary, there is no other best choice but to bet on PSG in Ligue 1 so far , for now at first glance we see that PSG chances of qualifying are very small after the 3 defeats they have so far, but even so the remaining two matches might be a crucial match for them later, so PSG needs to focus on a solid strategy and the individual abilities of its players for win in remaining match.

The long gap of time for matchday 7 against Manchester City must be utilized as well as possible for PSG to be able to get 3 crucial points, recently PSG have not much problem in domestic league by leading the first place behind 5 points left and keep their players without injury around one week before facing Manchester City. Current standings of PSG in Champion League still outside from playoff round spot and its difficult have to face Manchester City and Stuttgart both teams have difficult standings position awhile.

More than one month left for upcoming match, PSG must take advantage with current window transfer opening around two or three weeks later if won't loss opportunity get qualify to Champion League knock out round, only playoff round spot opportunity left for PSG after 7 points collecting awhile and 6 points of 2 matches left seems not enough reach to the top eight place for PSG.

PSG is too far from good form to be able to talk about winning the Champions League. Not without a chance, they have a chance, but we have to be realistic looking at their performance.
The remaining two matches are quite tough for PSG, but they might have a little chance with hard work and also luck.
Because besides they have to get points from the two remaining matches, they also have to hope for bad results from their opponents. That's because the points gap between each team is currently very small. And all possibilities can still happen. Hopefully, PSG will qualify, even if not with a trophy.

Without Mbappe, PSG could still easily dominate Ligue 1, even if Luis Enrique relied on second tier players, there's no doubt about that. The loss of Mbappe was only felt when PSG participated in the Champions League, a competition that has been their main priority. I think Luis Enrique is trying a different approach this season, they are trying their luck by utilizing the available players without recruiting new stars to replace Mbappe.

For some people, Mbappe departure is expected to reduce the gap in strength between fellow contestants in Ligue 1, so that the competition for the trophy becomes more competitive. But the fact remains the same, PSG only difficulty in the Champions League, otherwise, it's still the same. It seems that Luis Enrique will face great pressure if PSG fails to reach the last 16 of the Champions League, because they are currently out of the playoff path.

PSG is still a strong candidate club for Ligue 1 even though it is no longer strengthened by Mbappe or in the sense that dominating this competition will not be difficult for them because their strength has not decreased, besides the competition shown by their opponents is also not too tight, previously there was hope that Marseille under de Zerbi would provide something interesting related to the competition this season but slowly their performance began to become unstable. So at the end of the season we will still see PSG lifting the championship trophy.

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How a few were having such taughts and the others were watching to see if actually it will turn out that way was actually a reason to say now that PSG isn't a one player dependent team because even after the exit of mbappe which was supposed to be the Genesis of their doom days, they still performing as much as they have done when he was still with them. winning the French league title will turn out another major prove that they are still a very good team regardless except for the champions League where they have continued to struggle with.

PSG must work hard to qualify for the play-offs this season, but if they succeed, it will be a good capital for their journey in the UCL league this season. The reason is, the path they take to qualify for the play-offs is not easy, they have to get 6 points in the remaining two matches, namely defeating Man City and VfB. Moreover, as previously mentioned, PSG has no problems in league 1, they are not threatened because they are very dominant in league 1. So PSG should be able to divert their concentration to the remaining two matches in the UCL league, especially Man City who are currently slumping, of course that makes it difficult for them to concentrate between the EPL and UCL league competitions because in both competitions both are not safe for Man City.

If asked about the problems and solutions to be able to bring PSG to win the champions league trophy, of course they have to believe in the process, have to be able to fight until the end, not give up easily, have high self-confidence and the last one maybe their mentality must be built. The moment to build their mentality, of course they have to be able to qualify for the play-offs. On the other hand, in the next two weeks they will face tough matches in League 1, they will face Lyon and Monaco. This is also a moment for them to continue to strengthen themselves at the top of the standings so they can focus on the Champions League.