Marseille which is clearly having dominance in last quarterfinal of this year's Coupe de France against Ligue 2 side Annecy is trailing by 1 - 2 at home and things are looking not good for them as now after losing against PSG in French League game now they are down by Ligue 2 side which can hurt them badly now just 20 minutes left in this game if they want to join Lyon, Nantes and Toulouse for completion of line-up for the last four done something special otherwise Annecy is ready to join them and having an easy competitor for the all French Ligue 1 sides which are going to win this year's Coupe de France 2023 after beating their opponents in their games.
So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.
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March 02, 2023, 08:46:10 AM
March 02, 2023, 08:36:46 AM
Marseille really don't stand a chance of making it to the top of the Ligue 1 standings. Still, we shouldn't rule out some force majeure in the form of injuries to key PSG players. With 13 rounds to go until the end of the season, I think there is still a minimum chance for Marseille. But the main thing is that they don't lose the rest of their matches, which is unlikely.
8 points is a big point to cover in 13 matches against psg. This would be possible only if Marseille are consistent and stable. Infact if you talk of consistency, Monaco can be considered to be more consistent than Marseille despite being in the 3rd place with 50 points after 25 league matches.Psg is bigger than Marseille and Monaco, despite the Champions League stress, psg will still lift the Ligue 1.
It seems, it will be very difficult for Marseille to catch points from the top of the standings. because, as we know, PSG's dominance is too strong in this competition. even without the injured Neymar, it's hard to beat PSG for their opponents in this competition, especially if the SPG players are at their best. and if PSG lose to Bayern in the second leg later, like it or not Galtier will focus his team on maintaining the Ligue 1 trophy.
Meanwhile, Monaco's performance has decreased after a tough match in the Europa League. which in the end, Monaco lost points against Nice in the previous match. on the other hand, PSG will have a pretty tough match which will travel to Bayern Munich headquarters. but before that, PSG will have their match against Nantes. most likely in this fight, Galtier will not play some of their star players. and even if PSG don't get maximum points. PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 will be difficult for its competitors to break.
March 02, 2023, 08:31:11 AM
PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.
Re-read my post and found a mistake. "Him" there belongs to Messi 
Among these alternatives, I think my choice would be Osimhen. Kane may be a weak signing for the future, Vlahovic is not as effective as Osimhen. Osimhen is like a very powerful beast with both speed and effective use of his body. We see that he pushes the defenders very hard in every match. If he comes to Paris, I think he will be a very good transfer and may even be more successful than Neymar.
He is a strong candidate if it comes to ability and performance, but I think he is the lowest chance to be signed in, due to his peak form and there are many big teams also interested on him. If Osimhen really wants to leave Napoli the next season, he might aim a better league such as LaLiga and EPL. But who knows perhaps PSG could offer a record breaking salary to him.
March 02, 2023, 07:09:08 AM
So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.
Marseille already eliminated from coupe de france caused by it was losing in the pentalty against annecy. Marseille already eliminated and it will able to take a trophy for this season. A bit surprised to see that Annecy was doing so well against marseille. Marseille is not having chance to chase PSG caused by the gap was too big. Marseille must accept the truth if the club will not get trophy at the end of this season.
There's no second leg in coupe de france.
Now, considering the matches, I think the probability of Psg to be the champion is over 90%. After this ranking, after this scoreboard, Psg will not lose the leadership to any team. This cannot be Marseille. This year, their aim should now be for second place. Lens, Marseille, Monaco are in the race for second place.
March 02, 2023, 06:45:40 AM
So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.
Marseille already eliminated from coupe de france caused by it was losing in the pentalty against annecy. Marseille already eliminated and it will able to take a trophy for this season. A bit surprised to see that Annecy was doing so well against marseille. Marseille is not having chance to chase PSG caused by the gap was too big. Marseille must accept the truth if the club will not get trophy at the end of this season.
There's no second leg in coupe de france.
Psg is bigger than Marseille and Monaco, despite the Champions League stress, psg will still lift the Ligue 1.
March 02, 2023, 06:19:40 AM
So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.
Marseille already eliminated from coupe de france caused by it was losing in the pentalty against annecy. Marseille already eliminated and it will able to take a trophy for this season. A bit surprised to see that Annecy was doing so well against marseille. Marseille is not having chance to chase PSG caused by the gap was too big. Marseille must accept the truth if the club will not get trophy at the end of this season.
There's no second leg in coupe de france.
March 02, 2023, 06:16:20 AM
Lens could have done better than this in the Coupe de France. They could have eliminated Nantes actually but they failed big time. Both of Nantes' goals came by penalties. The first one was really amateurish of Lens defense by the way. But the goalkeeper was really desperate right before the second one. Besides Lens had two huge opportunities to get 2-1 ahead during the match as well. One of them was cleared just in front of the goal line and the other shot hit the goal post.
Lens were already out of the title race in the Ligue 1 and now they are out of this cup early as well. This season was actually going on good for them but now they made it more difficult for themselves.
Lens were already out of the title race in the Ligue 1 and now they are out of this cup early as well. This season was actually going on good for them but now they made it more difficult for themselves.
To be honest, Lens performed much better than Nantes and they had control over the game and they even had more opportunities compared to Nantes also they got a stronger team and I was expecting to see Lens beating Nantes easily yesterday but goals Nantes scored today both were from the penalty kicks regardless of these two penalty kicks Lens could win the game yesterday.
March 02, 2023, 05:58:50 AM
PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.
I agree with you that Neymar should have been sold earlier. Because PSG spent a lot of money to bring Neymar to the team. But we don't see good performances from Neymar. Neymar was out of the team due to injury every season. And I'd say Neymar's performance in recent seasons has been the best he's had in all of his previous seasons at PSG. But Neymar's chemistry with Mbappe is not good. And so it would be a wise decision not to keep Neymar in the team.If a striker like Vlahovic, Kane or Osimhen can be brought into the team, PSG will definitely benefit. But getting them into the team will not be easy for PSG. Harry Kane is not interested in leaving Tottenham. PSG management may try to sign Victor Osimhen. This young player has been performing well this season.
I think put him on striker, put Messi behind him, and then get world class 2 players on left wing and right win, that would be the best case for them for sure. Right now Neymar is just missing constantly, sell him or just send him away to some other club, and use that salary to get another player, you could get superstar level players for that much salary for sure, and should be better for them as well.
March 02, 2023, 04:28:57 AM
Neymar is surely a headache for the PSG for few seasons, and they are trying their best for selling him sadly they have no solid buyer so just because of this they are having him in this team but now after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo into Saudi Professional League things looking again in hot water, and we can expect Neymar could be also in Gulf in near future because they are able to spend big amounts for the better media coverage and having the biggest fan base as well even right now nothing is clear but as right now situation is in PSG specially after lost against Bayern Munich we can expect changes in coming summer transfer window as well.
Messi is also in talk but for me, he can adjust here for some more time even right now no one can give exactly what happening but PSG will try to have Messi for one or two more seasons which can help them in many ways but this all depends on Messi as well can he want to say here or no big question as well.
Messi is also in talk but for me, he can adjust here for some more time even right now no one can give exactly what happening but PSG will try to have Messi for one or two more seasons which can help them in many ways but this all depends on Messi as well can he want to say here or no big question as well.
PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.
Among these alternatives, I think my choice would be Osimhen. Kane may be a weak signing for the future, Vlahovic is not as effective as Osimhen. Osimhen is like a very powerful beast with both speed and effective use of his body. We see that he pushes the defenders very hard in every match. If he comes to Paris, I think he will be a very good transfer and may even be more successful than Neymar.
March 02, 2023, 04:21:36 AM
So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.
Just check few details about this match and with the outcome of this match is surprising as Marseille able to have one goal in injury time with this match ended in draw, and then we have exit for the second spotted team through penalties, and now we will have Annecy in the last four spot with Toulouse, Nantes and Lyon other three teams those are having their spots into last four and semifinals are going to play in April, but this second defeat in the row is surely not good for the Marseille after losing against PSG now they are opted out from the Coupe de France.With current team's situation, most chances we will have Lyon as the champions of this season because they are doing good job and have good quality which can bring cup for themselves.
yes, Lyon will probably be more of the favorites to win after other strong teams finally come out.
but Toulouse is also a good team, and this could very well be a strong contender for Lyon for the title race.
while Marseille, lost to PSG and was also knocked out of the French Cup, will they also be unlucky to meet Rennes this week? Rennes is also not a weak team that can be underestimated by Marseille.
March 02, 2023, 04:20:08 AM
I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.
So far, there's no confirmation about whether neymar will be playing against bayern or not but what i have seen is bunch of critics about him. RMC Sport Daniel Riolo has been sending a cricits to the galtier regarding him. Riolo said that if the main problem for PSG was neymar. that's why riolo was suggesting galtier not to used him in the match against bayern if neymar has recovered from its injury.
It seems like that so many france's sport analyzer didn't even like him to play in PSG. It seems like that the right time for neymar to leave from the club. Galtier is a guy who knows the real condition in the club.
It will be so difficult for PSG if the club didn't use its best player against bayern. Bayern can be considered as one of strongest team in UCL.
March 02, 2023, 04:11:44 AM
I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.
So far, there's no confirmation about whether neymar will be playing against bayern or not but what i have seen is bunch of critics about him. RMC Sport Daniel Riolo has been sending a cricits to the galtier regarding him. Riolo said that if the main problem for PSG was neymar. that's why riolo was suggesting galtier not to used him in the match against bayern if neymar has recovered from its injury.
It seems like that so many france's sport analyzer didn't even like him to play in PSG. It seems like that the right time for neymar to leave from the club. Galtier is a guy who knows the real condition in the club.
It will be so difficult for PSG if the club didn't use its best player against bayern. Bayern can be considered as one of strongest team in UCL.
March 02, 2023, 03:44:03 AM
So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.
Just check few details about this match and with the outcome of this match is surprising as Marseille able to have one goal in injury time with this match ended in draw, and then we have exit for the second spotted team through penalties, and now we will have Annecy in the last four spot with Toulouse, Nantes and Lyon other three teams those are having their spots into last four and semifinals are going to play in April, but this second defeat in the row is surely not good for the Marseille after losing against PSG now they are opted out from the Coupe de France.With current team's situation, most chances we will have Lyon as the champions of this season because they are doing good job and have good quality which can bring cup for themselves.
March 02, 2023, 03:16:02 AM
Lens could have done better than this in the Coupe de France. They could have eliminated Nantes actually but they failed big time. Both of Nantes' goals came by penalties. The first one was really amateurish of Lens defense by the way. But the goalkeeper was really desperate right before the second one. Besides Lens had two huge opportunities to get 2-1 ahead during the match as well. One of them was cleared just in front of the goal line and the other shot hit the goal post.
Lens were already out of the title race in the Ligue 1 and now they are out of this cup early as well. This season was actually going on good for them but now they made it more difficult for themselves.
Lens were already out of the title race in the Ligue 1 and now they are out of this cup early as well. This season was actually going on good for them but now they made it more difficult for themselves.
To be honest, Lens performed much better than Nantes and they had control over the game and they even had more opportunities compared to Nantes also they got a stronger team and I was expecting to see Lens beating Nantes easily yesterday but goals Nantes scored today both were from the penalty kicks regardless of these two penalty kicks Lens could win the game yesterday.
March 02, 2023, 03:13:05 AM
I am always sad when I discover that Neymar is not going to play a particular match that he was supposed to play. Because of Injuries, there are some certain players that are not supposed to be injured. Neymar falls in this category, but it is unfortunate that he is often injured because of his pattern of football. As a samba boy. He always wants to play the ball towards the crowd and beat them all and this is why he is always injured. His absence would be a big loss to PSG.
The team of Christophe Galtier features excellent players who excel on the field. Neymar's withdrawal from the match against Bayern seems to be a major setback for PSG. Since his time in Paris, Neymar has had numerous injuries, poses a serious threat to defenders anytime he performs a skill move in their direction, and refers to football as entertainment. Neymar Jr. instigated that, and Ligue One is not a secure place for such an amazing dribbler. In the second leg, PSG would play Bayern Munich, and this time, I'm hoping the Parisians record a strong result at the Allianz arena. March 02, 2023, 01:53:12 AM
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I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.
So far no good news that Neymar will recover soon enough for the match with Bayern Munich in Germany.This is a loss even though the condition is still good but the absence of Neymar is still a loss now.
PSG's condition can still catch up, it's just that at this time it is still uncertain and I still believe that I am actually at Bayern.
March 02, 2023, 01:43:30 AM
Marseille is just 2 points ahead of Monaco and Lens. If Marseille loses any of their next matches, they will lose second place in the table. Marseille, Monaco, and Lens all dropped points in the last match. And so we don't see any change in the positions of the teams in the points table. Teams need to be a bit more stable if they want to qualify for the Champions League. However, this season's Ligue 1 is very competitive. Several teams are performing well. And so the teams at the top of the table are consistently failing to pick up points. However, this has made Ligue 1 more competitive.
They (Marseille, Monaco and Lens) are participating in their own exciting race for a second position in Ligue 1. The first position for a champion belongs to PSG, I am not doubtful at any day about that. With Messi, Neymar, Mbappe and good midfielders like Veratti, Vitinha, it's a big shock if PSG won't win Ligue 1 in this season. Messi has better adaptation in his second season in Paris and his contribution is bigger. This helps Neymar and Mbappe have more chances to score goals and will prevent other clubs to take the championship title from PSG.Among three clubs Marseille, Monaco and Lens, they are similar and it's really hard to predict what team will end with a second position. They don't have big differences in player quality and total points and anything can be changed on the final day.
There is no doubt that PSG is at the top of the points table. PSG played well against Marseille and Lille in the last two matches. They scored 7 goals in two matches. From this, it can be assumed that PSG's attack is more active now. And they are unwilling to give up the top spot in the points table. Also, Messi and Mbappe are in very good form now. If these two players can play well, PSG will be able to beat any team.
We will see a tough fight for second place in the points table this season. Marseille, Monaco, and Lens will now look to grab second place in the table. And all three teams are in pretty good form. It is not possible to predict which team will finish second in the table.
March 02, 2023, 01:04:11 AM
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I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.
So far no good news that Neymar will recover soon enough for the match with Bayern Munich in Germany.This is a loss even though the condition is still good but the absence of Neymar is still a loss now.
PSG's condition can still catch up, it's just that at this time it is still uncertain and I still believe that I am actually at Bayern.
March 01, 2023, 11:50:40 PM
I think with PSG, Osimhen is very promising for their attacking system. That striker will combine well with Mbappe and he is ready to contribute for defense too. If PSG successfully to keep Messi one more season, Neymar leaves and Osimhen comes to Paris, they will have a more balancing trio attacking players. Osimhen can bring more energy, speed and strength for attacking but he will bring more support for midfield and defensive systems when opponents make counter attacks.
I'd like to see Osimhen in Paris than Kane and Vlahovic. Kane is mostly old and is not good for PSG in long term. Vlahovic won't be able to contribute much for defense.
I'd like to see Osimhen in Paris than Kane and Vlahovic. Kane is mostly old and is not good for PSG in long term. Vlahovic won't be able to contribute much for defense.
Victor Osimhen will be an ideal strikers for PSG because the French league is not as rugged as the Italian league yet he has scored 20 goals. His strength and pace will be his main instruments that will make him outstanding in the French league. But my main problem is Mbappe. Mbappe wants all the attention and wants to score all the goals. He is still young and inexperienced and exhibit some selfish behavior. Neymar and Messi are older and experienced that is why the could cope with Mbappe's excesses. The question now is can Osimhen be able to tolerate the character defects of Mbappe since he is still young and also seek for the same glory and fame like Mbappe.
I am foreseeing a personality clash between Victor and Kylian. But if both of them can cooperate and work as a team, they will become the most dangerous attacking partnership in Europe. Mbappe have always wanted Rashford to join him in PSG, the English striker could be another ideal transfer target for PSG.
March 01, 2023, 11:26:56 PM
Neymar is surely a headache for the PSG for few seasons, and they are trying their best for selling him sadly they have no solid buyer so just because of this they are having him in this team but now after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo into Saudi Professional League things looking again in hot water, and we can expect Neymar could be also in Gulf in near future because they are able to spend big amounts for the better media coverage and having the biggest fan base as well even right now nothing is clear but as right now situation is in PSG specially after lost against Bayern Munich we can expect changes in coming summer transfer window as well.
Messi is also in talk but for me, he can adjust here for some more time even right now no one can give exactly what happening but PSG will try to have Messi for one or two more seasons which can help them in many ways but this all depends on Messi as well can he want to say here or no big question as well.
PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.Messi is also in talk but for me, he can adjust here for some more time even right now no one can give exactly what happening but PSG will try to have Messi for one or two more seasons which can help them in many ways but this all depends on Messi as well can he want to say here or no big question as well.
I agree with you that Neymar should have been sold earlier. Because PSG spent a lot of money to bring Neymar to the team. But we don't see good performances from Neymar. Neymar was out of the team due to injury every season. And I'd say Neymar's performance in recent seasons has been the best he's had in all of his previous seasons at PSG. But Neymar's chemistry with Mbappe is not good. And so it would be a wise decision not to keep Neymar in the team.
If a striker like Vlahovic, Kane or Osimhen can be brought into the team, PSG will definitely benefit. But getting them into the team will not be easy for PSG. Harry Kane is not interested in leaving Tottenham. PSG management may try to sign Victor Osimhen. This young player has been performing well this season.
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