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I'm always keeping an eye on all the details of the Ligue 1 teams , but what really catches my attention is that Marseille is gaining a lot of popularity. I haven't seen a full Marseille game until now, but what I have seen convinces me quite a bit , not to mention Lille because Lille surprised me in the UCL. Now, I don't know if the teams are also different in the UCL, but it's something that I like because I see Marseille with more desire, and I also see them well because it is no longer the same dominance of a PSG, that PSG that was scary when Mbappé and that terrible trident were there , well , now the teams are believing it and the level of this Ligue 1 is rising.
A few weeks ago I didn't even know why Marseille had such a great improvement and another member here told me that Marseille had a new player with an amazing performance and that was Greenwood. After that I was curious to see how Greenwood would perform and it turned out that his contribution was very good with the speed of play that made the competition very interesting.
Even so, it doesn't mean that PSG's dominance has been broken by other teams. But it's just that right now PSG is having a hard time because the competition in league 1 has become more competitive after Marseille and other teams have had a huge improvement.
Mason Greenwood has managed to score five goals in seven matches for Marseille so far. He is currently one of the best players of this year. He probably wants to be a player who leaves a mark in the French league. He seems to be focused on his best performance to erase the dark events in his past. He was also very good in Spain last year, I liked him a lot in the matches. I can say that he is one of the best transfers of this year for Marseille.
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Marseille, Monaco and PSG are now at the 1st to 3rd position in the points table.  

After playing the first 7 matches, Monaco is at the top of the points table with 19 points, on the other hand PSG is at the second position of the points table with 2 points less than Monaco and Marseille is at the third position of the points table with 3 points less than PSG.

In other seasons we have seen PSG single-handedly dominate their domestic league tournaments but we are not seeing that now.
After the departure of their club's most important player Mbappe last season, this season the team does not look very confident, be it in the Champions League or the local league. The points gap with Monaco is still low, now if psg can't hold the number one position in the points table by performing well, then it will be difficult for them to survive in this league. It may be that PSG is not the champion of the France league this season but some other team is the champion.
This is what I expected of French Ligue 1, not a league that is hugely get dominated by just one team, and the worst case sometimes, Is seeing them "PSG" win their league even when it's clear that they're not even in form that very season to lift the trophy, seeing Monaco and Marseille come up this season is quite making that side of league become more interesting this very season, I will be glad to see Monaco maintain this position to the end of the season, because right now PSG no longer has a threatening super star player in their team to be fearful of the club.
It is everyone desire to be able to see the Ligue 1 competition more fiercely and competitively, but we also will not know what the developments in this competition will be like even though PSG is in an unstable condition and Monaco and Marseille are in quite good performance improvement.
There is still an upcoming transfer window that can help PSG to strengthen their squad in the middle of the season until finishing the League and they are team that is rich enough to be able to bring in some great players, I myself only hope that even though PSG can later appear impressively and experience improvement, it also shows that several other team are also involved in the improvement so that it puts pressure or obstacles for PSG to be able to dominate again.
For now I still waiting for how Marseille will develop next because they have brought in some pretty great players for this season, hopefully all of them can perform better and show real development in the 2024/25 season.
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Monaco are the leader now in the league. I have missed to see this honestly.  Smiley  This reminds me of their golden age in the 16/17 season especially.

They had such great players such as Falcao, Mbappe and many more great talents. They managed to leave PSG behind and become champions. But after losing many players from that squad, everything changed.

Now they are trying to build a good squad again. Of course it is very difficult to catch PSG's quality. There is a huge money gap for that. But it would be awesome if Monaco stay in the title race until the end anyway.
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A few weeks ago I didn't even know why Marseille had such a great improvement and another member here told me that Marseille had a new player with an amazing performance and that was Greenwood. After that I was curious to see how Greenwood would perform and it turned out that his contribution was very good with the speed of play that made the competition very interesting.
Even so, it doesn't mean that PSG's dominance has been broken by other teams. But it's just that right now PSG is having a hard time because the competition in league 1 has become more competitive after Marseille and other teams have had a huge improvement.
Literally i was expecting even more than you are expecting of Marseille in that i see that in their team they have got quality and quiet a really good depth that will indeed get them much more than they are doing now so for me it really got me wondering if they aren't even declining, during the summer transfer window, they did some very good and quality transfer that really felt impressive and did made most persons be in very good anticipation as to what we should be expecting from them with such a squad as a team, probably a very good an equal competition with PSG in the Ligue 1 this season but that seem not to be happening exactly and away from greenwood are other quality player they got.
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I'm always keeping an eye on all the details of the Ligue 1 teams , but what really catches my attention is that Marseille is gaining a lot of popularity. I haven't seen a full Marseille game until now, but what I have seen convinces me quite a bit , not to mention Lille because Lille surprised me in the UCL. Now, I don't know if the teams are also different in the UCL, but it's something that I like because I see Marseille with more desire, and I also see them well because it is no longer the same dominance of a PSG, that PSG that was scary when Mbappé and that terrible trident were there , well , now the teams are believing it and the level of this Ligue 1 is rising.
A few weeks ago I didn't even know why Marseille had such a great improvement and another member here told me that Marseille had a new player with an amazing performance and that was Greenwood. After that I was curious to see how Greenwood would perform and it turned out that his contribution was very good with the speed of play that made the competition very interesting.
Even so, it doesn't mean that PSG's dominance has been broken by other teams. But it's just that right now PSG is having a hard time because the competition in league 1 has become more competitive after Marseille and other teams have had a huge improvement.

I see some other people who think Marseille's performance is just because of Greenwood in this tea and he was the key player for Marseille. This is right to say Greenwood in Marseille had a key role in this team and he was the reason for many wins they had so far in this season. Greenwood could play in much stronger teams if he didn't face the drama he had in Manchester United and now in Marseille, he is much better than many other players in in this team.
But don't forget that Marseille also had a close race with PSG in the last season and even without Greenwood they could be on the top side of the table.
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Honestly, every season, Marseille have always been in good form, despite some seasons where they don't make it to the top four and qualify for the Champions League. However, people always notice their good form almost every season. This season again, they have started well, because out of the seven matches played in the Ligue competition, they have managed to win four, draw two, and lose one. That shows they are in good form, and with this current performance, if they can continue, it is very possible for Marseille to end the season in the top four.

For the upcoming match of Marseille against Montpellier, I expect the match to be easy for Marseille, and for them to win the full three points because Montpellier's performance this season has been weak. Montpellier have only managed to win one match and have lost five. That is really poor form, and I can't say I'm expecting much from them against Marseille. Marseille have everything needed to win the game, and I expect that from them.


But the biggest problem in Ligue 1 is usually not that the benchmark is the average team there. The benchmark is PSG and they don't mess around then no other team should have a chance to win the league. Marseille is doing well more or less, but any point they lose early on will be regretted later down the road as PSG has the potential to improve their game any time while for other teams it is hard to make up for lost points and get a winning streak going that could cause distress for PSG.
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With full focus on domestic competition, De Zerbi seems to be able to make Marseille finish in the Champions League zone, expectations have increased since he took over as manager. If Marseille manages to recruit Pogba in the January transfer window, as is rumored, their strength to become a trophy challenger will be even more taken into account.
A high position in Ligue 1 for joining Champions League next season is important for Marseille. It's their first target in this season, and if possible winning Ligue 1 title will be a very good achievement for their club and De Zebri. Success in Marseille will help De Zebri receiving some good offers in big clubs and improving his coach career.
This season Marseille wants to try to change the flow of last season's bad and return them to the position they always occupy in the top 3 so it seems that with some changes made in terms of players and coaches it seems that it is very effective to do by Marseille at this time.

De Zerbi was able to immediately kick off in his first season, besides that, the arrival of several players like Greenwood did have a very big impact on their performance at the beginning of the season even now Greenwood is still competing in the race for the top score for Ligue 1.
Currently De Zerbi only has to maximize the defense so that it does not collapse easily because if you look at the productivity of the goals they have, Marseille is actually very good even we can see that for 7 weeks of the season, Marseille is the second club after PSG with a good scoring ratio but the difference is that they have a slightly more fragile defense so that it actually has an impact on the final score.
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A few weeks ago I didn't even know why Marseille had such a great improvement and another member here told me that Marseille had a new player with an amazing performance and that was Greenwood. After that I was curious to see how Greenwood would perform and it turned out that his contribution was very good with the speed of play that made the competition very interesting.
Even so, it doesn't mean that PSG's dominance has been broken by other teams. But it's just that right now PSG is having a hard time because the competition in league 1 has become more competitive after Marseille and other teams have had a huge improvement.

Marseille will have a hard time if they don't add ammunition to some new arrivals, for example a striker who is really capable of scoring goals. Greenwood is not played as a center forward, even though he has an instinct for scoring goals. De Zerbi prefers to play him in other positions, he is placed as a winger. In the two matches Marseille's performance has decreased, it seems that De Zerbi needs to experiment with rotating his players. for example, playing Greenwood as a center forward. Currently Monaco is leading the standings, they are unbeaten in the 7 matches they have played. Adolf Hutter is quite skilled, last season he was able to bring Monaco to become runner-up. As for PSG, out of the 7 matches they have played, 2 matches ended in a draw, which finally left them two points behind the team at the top of the standings. However, it is only a matter of time for PSG to return to the top of the standings.
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This is what I expected of French Ligue 1, not a league that is hugely get dominated by just one team, and the worst case sometimes, Is seeing them "PSG" win their league even when it's clear that they're not even in form that very season to lift the trophy, seeing Monaco and Marseille come up this season is quite making that side of league become more interesting this very season, I will be glad to see Monaco maintain this position to the end of the season, because right now PSG no longer has a threatening super star player in their team to be fearful of the club.
If we look at the 7 weeks that have been running, so far in League 1 the competition is quite tight, there have been changes in the standings, for the time being Monaco is at the top, as well as Marseille who so far have strong determination under the guidance of coach de Zerbi and Reims as representatives of mid-table clubs have shown their resistance but the question is whether they are able to maintain it until the end of the season amidst the dominance of PSG who have always come out as champions. That is what they must do and finish until the end because it is possible that in the middle of the journey a decline in performance will occur and we will see PSG again at the end of the season because that is how League 1 is every season.
The question of whether they will be able to survive I think it will be very difficult to answer because there will be a lot of obstacles in the future in each team and bad gal can happen, which initially as the leader of the standings or playing in the top 5 standings will end up in relegation, it is possible, so to avoid that they must be able to continue to develop and get better, because the longer the competition will be very tight, if they develop slowly enough it will result in being left behind and their strategy will be easily learned by other competitors and will make them fall apart.
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This is what I expected of French Ligue 1, not a league that is hugely get dominated by just one team, and the worst case sometimes, Is seeing them "PSG" win their league even when it's clear that they're not even in form that very season to lift the trophy, seeing Monaco and Marseille come up this season is quite making that side of league become more interesting this very season, I will be glad to see Monaco maintain this position to the end of the season, because right now PSG no longer has a threatening super star player in their team to be fearful of the club.
If we look at the 7 weeks that have been running, so far in League 1 the competition is quite tight, there have been changes in the standings, for the time being Monaco is at the top, as well as Marseille who so far have strong determination under the guidance of coach de Zerbi and Reims as representatives of mid-table clubs have shown their resistance but the question is whether they are able to maintain it until the end of the season amidst the dominance of PSG who have always come out as champions. That is what they must do and finish until the end because it is possible that in the middle of the journey a decline in performance will occur and we will see PSG again at the end of the season because that is how League 1 is every season.
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Marseille are much better this season, they started the season impressively, they definitely have the potential to compete for the top of the standings. We certainly don't ignore PSG dominance, but I think Marseille are at least able to put pressure on and make the competition for the Ligue 1 trophy more exciting. Marseille are currently 5 points behind AS Monaco who are currently at the top of the standings, there is still a chance to reduce the points gap in the next matches.
Marseille are stronger and more competitive while PSG are weaker after losing Mbappe and changing their development strategy since in two latest summer transfer seasons. Decreasing quality of PSG at least in this season, will help some clubs in Ligue 1 like Marseille to have better opportunities of competing the league title.
On what basis do you say that Marseille is stronger than PSG even with the exit of Mbappe? Who is at the top of the French Lig 1 at the moment between both teams? The right answer is Monaco but PSG is still ahead of Marseille with three points. By their recent matches, Marseille have lost one match a drew one showing that they have reduced form so much. PSG on the other hand have maintained their winning streak apart from otwo draw they got. So, in my opinion, PSG is still stronger than Marseille as they are going unbeaten.
The loss of Mbappe does have a bad impact on the sharpness of their front line, but I don't see any factors that make PSG weaker and worse than Marseille at the moment, both teams have good performance and squad depth this season but it is undeniable that PSG is still better than Marseille, especially in fact currently PSG still has not lost at all in the league,  To be honest, losing Mbappe is not a big problem for PSG competing in Ligue 1 but not when they must to compete in the UCL at the moment.
Marseille and Monaco are teams that we expect to break PSG dominance in Ligue 1, but we also can't expect if they are able to do so farz, because we haven't seen how good their consistency is in competing with PSG, because indeed to stop PSG, Monaco and Marseille have to really have a very dynamic team performance to do it and that's not easy in my opinion.
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Marseille are much better this season, they started the season impressively, they definitely have the potential to compete for the top of the standings. We certainly don't ignore PSG dominance, but I think Marseille are at least able to put pressure on and make the competition for the Ligue 1 trophy more exciting. Marseille are currently 5 points behind AS Monaco who are currently at the top of the standings, there is still a chance to reduce the points gap in the next matches.
Marseille are stronger and more competitive while PSG are weaker after losing Mbappe and changing their development strategy since in two latest summer transfer seasons. Decreasing quality of PSG at least in this season, will help some clubs in Ligue 1 like Marseille to have better opportunities of competing the league title.
On what basis do you say that Marseille is stronger than PSG even with the exit of Mbappe? Who is at the top of the French Lig 1 at the moment between both teams? The right answer is Monaco but PSG is still ahead of Marseille with three points. By their recent matches, Marseille have lost one match a drew one showing that they have reduced form so much. PSG on the other hand have maintained their winning streak apart from otwo draw they got. So, in my opinion, PSG is still stronger than Marseille as they are going unbeaten.
Marseille, Monaco and PSG are now at the 1st to 3rd position in the points table.  

After playing the first 7 matches, Monaco is at the top of the points table with 19 points, on the other hand PSG is at the second position of the points table with 2 points less than Monaco and Marseille is at the third position of the points table with 3 points less than PSG.

In other seasons we have seen PSG single-handedly dominate their domestic league tournaments but we are not seeing that now.
After the departure of their club's most important player Mbappe last season, this season the team does not look very confident, be it in the Champions League or the local league. The points gap with Monaco is still low, now if psg can't hold the number one position in the points table by performing well, then it will be difficult for them to survive in this league. It may be that PSG is not the champion of the France league this season but some other team is the champion.
This is what I expected of French Ligue 1, not a league that is hugely get dominated by just one team, and the worst case sometimes, Is seeing them "PSG" win their league even when it's clear that they're not even in form that very season to lift the trophy, seeing Monaco and Marseille come up this season is quite making that side of league become more interesting this very season, I will be glad to see Monaco maintain this position to the end of the season, because right now PSG no longer has a threatening super star player in their team to be fearful of the club.
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Marseille are much better this season, they started the season impressively, they definitely have the potential to compete for the top of the standings. We certainly don't ignore PSG dominance, but I think Marseille are at least able to put pressure on and make the competition for the Ligue 1 trophy more exciting. Marseille are currently 5 points behind AS Monaco who are currently at the top of the standings, there is still a chance to reduce the points gap in the next matches.
Marseille are stronger and more competitive while PSG are weaker after losing Mbappe and changing their development strategy since in two latest summer transfer seasons. Decreasing quality of PSG at least in this season, will help some clubs in Ligue 1 like Marseille to have better opportunities of competing the league title.
On what basis do you say that Marseille is stronger than PSG even with the exit of Mbappe? Who is at the top of the French Lig 1 at the moment between both teams? The right answer is Monaco but PSG is still ahead of Marseille with three points. By their recent matches, Marseille have lost one match a drew one showing that they have reduced form so much. PSG on the other hand have maintained their winning streak apart from otwo draw they got. So, in my opinion, PSG is still stronger than Marseille as they are going unbeaten.
Marseille, Monaco and PSG are now at the 1st to 3rd position in the points table. 

After playing the first 7 matches, Monaco is at the top of the points table with 19 points, on the other hand PSG is at the second position of the points table with 2 points less than Monaco and Marseille is at the third position of the points table with 3 points less than PSG.

In other seasons we have seen PSG single-handedly dominate their domestic league tournaments but we are not seeing that now.
After the departure of their club's most important player Mbappe last season, this season the team does not look very confident, be it in the Champions League or the local league. The points gap with Monaco is still low, now if psg can't hold the number one position in the points table by performing well, then it will be difficult for them to survive in this league. It may be that PSG is not the champion of the France league this season but some other team is the champion.
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Marseille isn't really a great team to begin with, look at where they finished last season and I believe we are going to end up with a ton more trouble than reality and we should consider what we can do for the long term. I believe the best thing we can do with this right now would be making sure we bet carefully with them, because we can bet on them to win against a simpler team and they could still disappoint, seems like this is the case so far this season. They won 4 games, but failed to win three games, and this means even if you bet on all their games, those four wins wouldn't cover for the other three fails.

PSG on the other hand looks even worse, if you bet on all their games, we would be in even bigger trouble, in fact you would probably be in profit if you bet against PSG so far, this is a trouble and I believe PSG needs to do a lot better if they want to win, or at least they need to do better so I can win my bets and get some money thanks to them Cheesy.

Ups and downs in form are normal in all sports, we can't expect them to win every game, just look at Arsenal in their golden era, even though they never lost, they had several draws and bettors who bet on them lost their bets. Likewise with PSG and Marseille, as far as I can see they have performed quite well this season, I can accept your opinion if it refers to Lyon and Nice.
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I'm always keeping an eye on all the details of the Ligue 1 teams , but what really catches my attention is that Marseille is gaining a lot of popularity. I haven't seen a full Marseille game until now, but what I have seen convinces me quite a bit , not to mention Lille because Lille surprised me in the UCL. Now, I don't know if the teams are also different in the UCL, but it's something that I like because I see Marseille with more desire, and I also see them well because it is no longer the same dominance of a PSG, that PSG that was scary when Mbappé and that terrible trident were there , well , now the teams are believing it and the level of this Ligue 1 is rising.
A few weeks ago I didn't even know why Marseille had such a great improvement and another member here told me that Marseille had a new player with an amazing performance and that was Greenwood. After that I was curious to see how Greenwood would perform and it turned out that his contribution was very good with the speed of play that made the competition very interesting.
Even so, it doesn't mean that PSG's dominance has been broken by other teams. But it's just that right now PSG is having a hard time because the competition in league 1 has become more competitive after Marseille and other teams have had a huge improvement.
Well, this is actually what we need where the Ligue 1 clubs improve more so that it makes the competition more competitive. Marseille has shown good improvement this season, that is certainly good news. But the problem is whether they will be able to consistently maintain it or not. Because every Ligue 1 club that can perform well at the beginning of the season always has problems that make them decline in the middle of the season or when the season is about to end.
I hope Marseille can maintain their level of consistency well, their new players also make quite good contributions so that it makes their hopes increase. Actually, I personally do not expect a new champion, but at least Paris Saint-Germain is not that easy to win the title. If they can become champions, that's better of course.
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Marseille are much better this season, they started the season impressively, they definitely have the potential to compete for the top of the standings. We certainly don't ignore PSG dominance, but I think Marseille are at least able to put pressure on and make the competition for the Ligue 1 trophy more exciting. Marseille are currently 5 points behind AS Monaco who are currently at the top of the standings, there is still a chance to reduce the points gap in the next matches.
Marseille are stronger and more competitive while PSG are weaker after losing Mbappe and changing their development strategy since in two latest summer transfer seasons. Decreasing quality of PSG at least in this season, will help some clubs in Ligue 1 like Marseille to have better opportunities of competing the league title.
On what basis do you say that Marseille is stronger than PSG even with the exit of Mbappe? Who is at the top of the French Lig 1 at the moment between both teams? The right answer is Monaco but PSG is still ahead of Marseille with three points. By their recent matches, Marseille have lost one match a drew one showing that they have reduced form so much. PSG on the other hand have maintained their winning streak apart from otwo draw they got. So, in my opinion, PSG is still stronger than Marseille as they are going unbeaten.
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I'm always keeping an eye on all the details of the Ligue 1 teams , but what really catches my attention is that Marseille is gaining a lot of popularity. I haven't seen a full Marseille game until now, but what I have seen convinces me quite a bit , not to mention Lille because Lille surprised me in the UCL. Now, I don't know if the teams are also different in the UCL, but it's something that I like because I see Marseille with more desire, and I also see them well because it is no longer the same dominance of a PSG, that PSG that was scary when Mbappé and that terrible trident were there , well , now the teams are believing it and the level of this Ligue 1 is rising.
A few weeks ago I didn't even know why Marseille had such a great improvement and another member here told me that Marseille had a new player with an amazing performance and that was Greenwood. After that I was curious to see how Greenwood would perform and it turned out that his contribution was very good with the speed of play that made the competition very interesting.
Even so, it doesn't mean that PSG's dominance has been broken by other teams. But it's just that right now PSG is having a hard time because the competition in league 1 has become more competitive after Marseille and other teams have had a huge improvement.
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Well, if we look at the whole thing, there is actually nothing special about Paris Saint Germain's game, but even so, they are still the best in Ligue 1. This is because of the inability of other teams to play well consistently, so they easily decline after they have been able to occupy the top of the standings for some time. There are many moments that we can see where Paris Saint Germain was not at the top of the standings at first, but they had inconsistent competitors so it didn't take long for them to return to their usual place. Even though at the beginning of the season there were actually several teams that could play well, when we expect them to continue to perform like that, at the same time they will decline.

The beginning of the season is when all teams want to show what they can do, without any burden, so they can play optimally. So it is not surprising to see even the less favored teams can have good performances at the beginning of the season. But now everything is gone, slowly we can see which teams are consistent & which teams are not.

Even though Paris Saint-Germain is not playing very well, they have good financial strength, so they will easily improve their squad if something happens that the manager does not want, that is why we see Paris Saint-Germain being at the bottom and suddenly being at the top of the standings.
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But, it seems that so far Reims can maximize good results when Reims plays against teams that are basically not part of the top teams in Ligue 1, so Reims managed to get full points in the match. Meanwhile, when Reims played against top teams like PSG and Marseille in fact Reims only got a draw,  although at the beginning of this season Reims lost against Lille but these results did not make Reims desperate. Because with the defeat at the beginning of the season it seems to make Reims get better but even though  so far Reims has good results, I personally don't believe Reims will finish in the top four,because in reality Reims is a team that more often finishes in the middle of the standings.
By my judgment, Reims, is gradually becoming some sort of reliable with their performance as they are now doing much better than i have seen and known them to be last season and if they can maintain this form, though they may not be able to win the league title they will be able to finish well such that they will be amongst top teams and be bale to make it to playing in other to leagues next season, this I'm saying because they were able to hold PSG and Marseille who happens to be to teams tin their league now to a draw and didn't loose the game.
Reims have shown quite good improvement so far and if they continue to perform like that it is not impossible that Reims will finish in the top 5 this season even though they have always finished in the middle of the table, every club definitely wants progress not forever Reims will stay in the middle of the table without any target, the most important thing for them right now is that they can maintain their consistency when facing clubs below them, they have passed 3 quite tough tests when they had to face strong candidates for League 1 such as PSG, Marseille and Lille after that at the end of the year they faced another strong candidate against Monaco if Reims get another draw again that is a good result for a team like Reims.
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Marseille are much better this season, they started the season impressively, they definitely have the potential to compete for the top of the standings. We certainly don't ignore PSG dominance, but I think Marseille are at least able to put pressure on and make the competition for the Ligue 1 trophy more exciting. Marseille are currently 5 points behind AS Monaco who are currently at the top of the standings, there is still a chance to reduce the points gap in the next matches.
Marseille are stronger and more competitive while PSG are weaker after losing Mbappe and changing their development strategy since in two latest summer transfer seasons. Decreasing quality of PSG at least in this season, will help some clubs in Ligue 1 like Marseille to have better opportunities of competing the league title.

Lille won Ligue 1 title some years ago as a big surprise but if Marseille or any club win Ligue 1 title in this season, it will not be a big shock. Because with strategic changes in PSG, it's expected that their club will have a transitional phase that makes them weaker and can lose Ligue 1 title to other clubs.

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With full focus on domestic competition, De Zerbi seems to be able to make Marseille finish in the Champions League zone, expectations have increased since he took over as manager. If Marseille manages to recruit Pogba in the January transfer window, as is rumored, their strength to become a trophy challenger will be even more taken into account.
A high position in Ligue 1 for joining Champions League next season is important for Marseille. It's their first target in this season, and if possible winning Ligue 1 title will be a very good achievement for their club and De Zebri. Success in Marseille will help De Zebri receiving some good offers in big clubs and improving his coach career.
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