Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 1146. (Read 195161 times)

In several matches, Galtier always tweaked his strategy and formations. he did a number of experiments, but not everything went smoothly, especially when PSG found opponents who tended to defend. after the world cup break, PSG experienced a decline in performance plus several of their core players were injured, plus, the absence of Messi and Neymar. very reasonable, if a strong team will not always win every game.

Related to the 3-4-2-1 formation, Galtier's scenario should have gone well by relying on his players to control the game in the midfield. but PSG midfielders, especially Zaire-Emery, Nordi Mukiele, played very badly against Rennes. there is an imbalance when Renato Shances, Marco Verratti, Carlos Soler, are not included in the main starting line-up. no exception, when Hakimi was absent in defense. in the second half of the season, there was a clear drop in performance in every game. I think Galtier has a few things to improve on, whether it's in midfield. also, defense line.

For the Champions League match, this match still has a time lag for Galtier to prepare his troops to face Bayern Munich.

Indeed, when viewed from the PSG midfield they lack a creative midfielder, even though Messi already has it, it seems that he is still lacking. At least PSG should look for a senior creative midfielder who has good experience at big clubs and that could be a good partnership with Lionel Messi who sometimes plays as AMF or Winger. But so far I haven't seen any rumors or the latest information regarding PSG wanting to bring in the creative midfielder.

after all being first in the group doesn't mean it's a great club, even though PSG is in second place we don't know it could be that when playing against other clubs in the group there are PSG core players who are injured so they can't adjust the results obtained, so it's not means PSG is a club that is not dangerous, just try later how PSG play with their full squad in the last 16 match against Munich 

It seems the impact of world cup was still there. PSG got the worst result from last 5 matches that already happened. Having skilled players didn't always mean your team will have good chemistry. Meanwhile, football was a game that is being played by eleven players in the field. That makes chemistry is really important for sure. I have been evaluating the match against rennes and i wanna say if rennes has a better chemistry compared with PSG. It seems world cup was making distance between any players in PSG.
3 points left for lens before lens will be surpassing PSG. I hope that french league will have a new winner in the future. A bit boring to see that PSG was always domating this competition

I would say Galtier should try to keep his defense tighter. PSG's defense is weak. And if he makes a match strategy in 3-4-2-1 formation, it will be easier for opponents to break PSG's defense. But PSG was unlucky to lose against Rennes. But if PSG forms such a formation against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match, they will not be able to win. Bayern Munich play very attacking style and they can easily break PSG's weak defense. Galtier will definitely have to try to tighten up his defense.

I remember how often rennes was attacking PSG. PSG's goal keeper shall become man of the match in that game. I meant he has been making so many great movements. Mbappe has got a golden chance to make the result become draw but that's sad to say he was doing a very bad execution. that means if mbappe needs to think about how to solve his bad execution in the future. Mbappe needs to make sure that if it will able to execute the ball perfectly again. I think that it's quite clear that if PSG was under a very high pressure at this moment.
Lens is very strong right now and I think that lens potentially win this season. I hope that lens will be winning the match.

For the match Paris Saint-Germain vs Rennes yesterday
Rennes has a fairly free movement in pressing, the lack of aggressiveness in the Parist Saint Germain midfield provide space for the enemy to build attacks. Christophe Galtier's 3-4-2-1 formation was unable to stem the attacks from the Rennes players, coach Christophe Galtier's efforts to dominate the match by playing Kylian Mbappe were unable to catch up until the match end.

Well, I really like that Lens have this promotion, this was the twist I wanted them to take in Ligue 1, because to be honest, PSG's hegemony is affected quite a bit and that's something I like, because it makes other teams feel Realize that things can happen, and that PSG is not a team that is invincible, but that now any team, if they set their minds to it, can give PSG a good surprise, it doesn't matter if it is a PSG with Messi, Mbappé and Neymar The stars here may be in trouble, because we all know that Mbaoppé doesn't get along with Ney and Messi, now, if we put in context that this league is getting good, yes, it is.


Well, at the beginning of the season I had a lot of faith in Marseille, Lens and Lille, but now at this moment that PSG is happening and that apart from all they have their great players there to do whatever it takes for the team, it's strange that they are losing, what I dare to think is that they are fighting among themselves, things are not going well within the team and that is why they cannot understand each other and that is the results they have, this is something that cannot be denied, yes a team like PSG that has everything is in trouble of being caught by another team within their league when they were practically sure it was something that would make this Ligue 1 spicier.

Cristian Romero explains why he screamed in Kylian Mbappe's face and taunted Lionel Messi




Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/kylian-mbappe-world-cup-messi-28983873

It seems people determined how dangerous PSG is based on the trio owned by PSG but the fact that those trio could do nothing last season. I think that people were seeing those trio are overrated players that can win anything instantly and become a big threat to any other team. What you have been saying above was the truth about PSG. The club fille with so many superstars but it was rarely achieving the prestigious trophy like UCL. PSG needs more time to prove its existence as a big club.

PSG goes with al nassr tomorrow and it's amuses me to see the so-called Legendary Ronaldo, running away from laliga to England and back to Saudi just to play against Leo Messi again? What a career blunder!!.
It'll be interesting to start with the early kickoff tomorrow just to affirm either the strength of the Arabian team or the french legendary, league 1 team -- PSG.
A post came with pictures how PSG players arrived Saudi today and ofcourse, they're getting much prepared for the game tomorrow. In my opinion -- since it's a friendly match -- I think PSG would go home with more goals....why?? I don't think the Arabian league is as competitive as the french leagus.

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If we look at their distance to their rivals in each league, both are the same distance as their opponents even though the Bundesliga has not started yet and will start soon with several matches including the Bayern Munich match also at home to RB Leipzig. The point is PSG and Bayern Munich are both leading the standings with a gap of four points at the moment which will certainly give them a little flexibility in facing matches in their respective leagues.

I wonder how you determined that PSG is a more dangerous club? They couldn't even win their group losing first place to Benfica 
I would call PSG the team with the most stellar names, but as a team they have never confirmed their status. I hope that doesn't happen this season either 

I do not think that it is because other teams are doing well, I think it is because PSG hasn't done as well as they possibly could. I know that it sounds like I am bashing PSG here by saying they have played badly, but the reality is that they are actually playing quite well when they want to. You can see the difference, when they want to play as well as they should, they could beat anyone, hell there are very few teams in the entire world that could beat them.

But when they just don't care, give me a second division team that is motivated and they could have a chance to beat PSG. Which mans their problem is more about lack of motivation to play well, instead of actually being capable of playing well.

PSG still leads the standings with 3 point advantage over Lens. Anything might make this standing change, but PSG is not easy to let go. Even if they lost 2 of their last 3 matches, that doesn't mean PSG will lose their place. I know PSG are the favorites to win the Ligue 1 title and maybe you will admit it too.

For the next match, Reims might not be able to hold PSG from winning even though Reims has never lost more than its last 6 matches. Reims held PSG to a draw last October, but for the next match they will most likely lose at the Parc des Princes.

Monaco have started to climb the positions in the league. We see them having reached the fourth spot already. They will still need to come a long way to compete harder with Lens and Marseille for the Champions League spots though. But this is still an important progress for them. Because we have really got accustomed to seeing Monaco like this in the recent years. They make a really bad start and try to make up for it for a long time. I wonder when this will change. But I assume it won't unless they strengthen their squad more.

Yeah I think it is related to the quality of their squad as well as the management. They can make better additions to play bigger. When it comes to the management I would have liked to see another Leonardo Jardim period here. Monaco have had really good memories with him.

PSG have lost two of their four matches in Ligue 1 after FIFA World Cup 2022 despite still exist on the top standing position in Ligue 1 remaining three points left from Lens. I don't sure still inconsistency performance will loss chance keep lead standing position actually Lens have consistent performance than PSG.

I don't know what urgent this friendly match for PSG, seems commercial important only for PSG have friendly match against Riyadh XI and there are have Cristiano Ronaldo, due inconsistent performance from PSG better keep focus how back recovery and prepare team for French Cup round 32 and up coming next match in Ligue 1 against Reims on Monday 30 January.

Maybe there is still a big difference among PSG and the rest of the teams in terms of strength. But the current look of the standings is still not very well for PSG. Because their closest followers have caught up with them a lot. PSG need to care about their league games more than this if they want to secure their league title. Otherwise we might see another team making it just as Lille did.

The board would also expect Galtier to win the league title for sure. If they win the Champions League title as well they will have reached their main goal of course.

It's only a friendly match and I don't think it will be too ambitious because obviously in this case it's likely that Galtier will just give a little more time to their bench players while waiting to see if someone deserves to be in the main squad later or not.
On the other hand, matches like this are also good if used to test several attack patterns, especially considering that in the previous matches in Ligue 1, they always couldn't play well.

Because PSG is the most superior team in Ligue 1, then of course there is great hope for them to win the title every season. I believe that, but the competition this season is a bit tougher compared to last season. For next match PSG's against Reims, it looks easy and it is very possible to see PSG win it.

It was only a friendly match, so I don't think it will have much impact on the official competition even if PSG lose to Riyadh XI.

A good assessment but unfortunately, PSG as a strong team in Ligue 1 still disappoints their fans. Indeed, a team with above average quality in the local league doesn't have to win all the time but the disappointment is, PSG is still difficult to win against strong teams who are also in the title race.
Therefore, some fans will certainly be disappointed because when PSG faces a rival team in the title race, then PSG should be able to win the match. Because then PSG will have a wider gap which will put them in better situations and conditions to play in the Champions League later.