Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 130. (Read 184971 times)

Most important thing is that this match is not serious or not but from the performance of the friendly match we can find out the expertise displayed on each player. And with such an appearance makes the fans sure that at least PSG is still fine to pursue the League 1 title or at least not make doubt.
But if we talk about PSG readiness to face the challenges at UCL, it seems I am not too sure and the possibility of the quarter finals later PSG will fail because it still requires a little time to build the expertise of players who replace the role of Mbappe.
The time draw was a lesson for the coach to at least not use the strategy and replace with other tactics that could provide guarantees.

The new format will add excitement to the Champions League. I think Paris Saint-Germain can be successful in this format. Now they should focus on the player they will transfer instead of Mbappé. They still haven't decided who will replace him. There are a few names floating around for this, but no definite transfer has happened yet. While a few people were saying Osimhen, some were saying Kvaratskhelia. Even the name Yamal was mentioned, but I don't think Barcelona will let him go. The only thing I'm curious about now is who they will get instead of Mbappé. Accordingly, their positions in the Champions League next year will be predictable.

 I think right now the management of PSG will not be expecting the coach to turn things around overnight with the current squad but they have higher chances of winning the Ligue1 and coming closer to the champions league competition but winning it next season means they will gather all the experience they have got and the team will need to prove themselves wrong to get things right if they must break betrayals of not winning the Champions League for the club. The current manager Enrique is a good coach who knows how to make use of his tactics very well he will definitely want to prove himself next season in the champions league people should not underestimate the PSG team yet.

PSG is making a significant play right here. Enrique sees developing machine rather than depending on one celebrity. Winners are created in this way. Yes, Mbappe is a great talent, but look at Man City under Guardiola. They rule without one Messi or Ronaldo on the lineup. It has to do with the system, the plan, the cooperation.

Some people would argue now that losing Mbappe compromises PSG's chances for Champions League. Remember, though, last season they made it to the semifinal without their full star strength. It is evidence of the great distance a coherent, well-coached squad may travel. PSG is growing rather than merely rebuilding under Enrique's direction. Count not one of them out. They remain a big rival, hence I wouldnt be surprised to see them raising that trophy earlier than you would believe.

So PSG was unable to win the match even though they went ahead by 2-0 in the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, PSG actually ended up conceding one goal. and in the 43rd minute, they went to concede another. There were no goals scored in the second half. I understand that this was a friendly match and the result of this match does not matter at all. But still, PSG probably should have been able to win the match somehow, especially since they went ahead two goals by the 12th minute of the match. That is also against such a team that many people don’t even probably know the name of, and yesterday they drew against RB Leipzig. But I think I am being a little too hard on PSG. I think we should trust the coach to bring in better results in competitive matches and not talk too much trash about the results of friendly matches.

Hopefully these 3 clubs can do a lot in the Champions League this season, the first is Paris Saint Germain, of course this club is the club that is most expected to be able to achieve an achievement in the Champions League, because of the 3 clubs they are the strongest and have the potential for it. The second is Monaco, they have played well in the Champions League several times, hopefully this time they can repeat that and even be better. the third is Brest, I don't remember if they have ever been in the Champions League or not, but hopefully they can talk a lot.


Apart from the 3 clubs above, there is also one more club that is still in the qualifying round, namely LOSC. They are now in the 3rd round of the Champions League qualifiers. They face Fenerbahce and are ahead in the first leg with a score of 2-1. In the second leg they only need a draw to be in the play-off round and one step away from going to the Champions League.

I think this negotiation is over because there is no mutually beneficial meeting point for both parties but here it is clear that Marseille are really looking forward to Nketiah joining. I think they have made a great effort to woo Arsenal and the existing offer is still not enough to make Arsenal give the green light.

I think with Nketiah's current quality Arsenal is setting his price too high and Marseille must be smart when doing business by not saying yes to the offer requested by Arsenal. Arsenal may look greedy but they want to recover their finances after making transfers in the summer and therefore they are still insisting on the existing offer. I think this will not be over until one of the parties gives in.

With their performance in UCL, it shows that PSG is not improving in performance because the farthest they can go is semifinals. PSG is only having a big name because they are the best in France and they have no rival.

If PSG wants to show that they are improving they need to qualify to the finals and from there we can have hope in them that they might win the finals but when you have not reached the finals how do you want to win UCL.

I am not sure if this new one benefits them that much though, like it's just group stages that are different, rest will be same. Like for example if they are in quarter finals, they will face a strong opponent twice, just like the old times and they usually lose around there, either last sixteen, or quarters or semi finals. And those things are still same as it used to be and that means I do not think that PSG has anything better nowadays, it's still the same thing and I do not see how they could do better this time around.

We need to be considering this as something that will take a while, and we are looking at something that is not going to be that easy to handle neither, so it will not be too simple to handle, we could make it work some other way if we are not careful. PSG bets on UCL is not a smart thing.

There is actually a player who can replace Mbappe and we all know who he is, Victor Oshimen, this player has shown his interest in playing for PSG many times but the club must fulfill the agreement that has been set by Napoli club but until now PSG has not recruited the player and I think PSG has given up on bringing in Victor Oshimen meaning that PSG is ready with the existing players and Enrique also does not seem too ambitious to bring in a new winger. Let's see what will happen to PSG this season whether they are still the strongest in League 1 if there are no more potential players in their squad because I think other clubs like Nice, Lille and Marseille will have make it difficult for PSG to compete in League 1 starting this season.

I don't agree with this, Enrique is trying to do something fundamentally different at PSG, he is moving away from the system where the team was made up of many star players and is trying to make PSG a team that does not depend on one player.

I see something similar with Guardiola and in my opinion this is a very correct path. Look at what PSG were able to achieve with Messi, Mbappe and Neymar, and look at last season PSG was in the semi-finals without Messi and Neymar, and what will you say if, for example, this season PSG is in the final without Mbappe, or at least in the same semi-final? I think that this is quite possible, because Enrique is building a strong enough team, but I think that a good forward would not hurt them.

Talking about the big target for PSG next season with the hope of getting the UCL trophy, of course this must be accompanied by changes to the squad in several important lines at PSG so that Enrique's own ability can be more visible when training the players at PSG. But if until now PSG still has no changes in several important lines, of course there are still many people who doubt PSG's ability to get the UCL trophy next season. Moreover, coupled with the new format that generally every team must be ready to welcome it next season so that the strength level of the team squad must really exist and be tested.

We cannot doubt Enrique ability in terms of building a squad, but for now we cannot expect too much from PSG ability to compete in the Champions League, the squad that PSG has is very good, especially with the arrival of several new players at the moment, this will not exclude them as candidates for champions in Ligue 1, but if we talk about PSG then for now we will no longer talk about their abilities in Ligue 1, because after all PSG main target has been bigger (UCL trophy) than just to get the domestic league trophy, losing Mbappe clearly makes a lot of changes to their current squad, so it directly reduces the percentage of their chances of winning the Champions League trophy next season because at the moment we haven't seen many changes in their front line.

One of PSG's problems is the incompatibility between the squad and the manager. Mbappe's departure to Real Madrid is an important loss for PSG, but the technical director's inability to match the squad is a bigger problem in my opinion. A team like PSG should have had a coach like De Zerbi, a high tempo coach who pushes the players to their limits, but they wasted time with coaches like Pochettino and Tuchel who stuck to their own tactics. Even Luis Enrique couldn't cure this team. Those who come to PSG are trying to rediscover football.

The obsession with winning the Champions League has put a lot of pressure on the team and I think everyone in the team has lost their identity. Also, the efforts to build a team on Mbappe have failed PSG. They couldn't find a top class striker and the team's confidence dropped. Maybe it would be better for PSG if Mbappe leaves PSG.

I think all coaches must feel that because being a coach also requires a lot of brain power and must be used to make his team win, well of course for PSG they must give full trust to Enrique both on and off the field and in buying new players he will try his best for PSG but if PSG does not give Enrique the right to buy players of course it will be difficult for him to develop this team, this team since losing Mbappe they seem to have lost their spearhead in the front line and that can be seen from the two pre-seasons they have gone through which are very sad and I don't think PSG will say much more now unless he leaves everything to Enrique. Because why is that because Enrique knows that the players he wants are young players and he can play with players who are not spectacular not star players and he can make young players into star players in my opinion with the difficulties experienced by PSG while they still have an experienced coach so they don't need to worry too much in the French League 1 but on the contrary with the Champions I think they will be a weak team and can't do anything because if we examine the teams competing with PSG in the Champions they have good quality at the moment and it is true as you said.

PSG is always ahead of all the other teams in Ligue 1, so the management may not have to worry much about Ligue 1. The management's concern is the Champions League. PSG may be the only team who have spent huge amounts of money and tried their hardest to win just one Champions League trophy. So far they are spending money and they are trying. The team has participated in almost every season in the history of the Champions League but only one season did they qualify for the Champions League final, although there they lost against Bayern Munich. Last season we saw them secure the semi-finals and if they had a few more players from last season they could have made it to the finals again. With Mbappe gone, the equation is more difficult for them and if they fail to recruit the right players, the team could be eliminated from the Super Sixteen of the Champions League.

It's difficult because everyone expects PSG to be much more efficient now, it was already shown that when PSG was left alone with Mbappé they failed to win the UCL, now without him, the bear gets more difficult, but here you have to argue that football is a game of 11 and not of just 1 player, now he has to do a lot of things to be able to integrate the team in an absolute way, it's comparable to when Napoli won, they had harmony in their team, of course with Osimhen, but of course the team played very well meshed and that makes them play very well, I think that is what PSG has to aim for, precisely under the direction of a good coach like Luis Enrique.

PSG Not Completely Sold On Signing Jadon Sancho




Source: https://insidefutbol.com/2024/08/09/psg-not-completely-sold-on-signing-jadon-sancho/655733/

Marseille have been in contact with Arsenal several times as they try to sign Eddie Nketiah, some reports I read that Nketiah's agent has traveled to France and held talks with Marseille. However, it seems that no agreement has been reached between the two clubs. Speaking of Nketiah, this striker is actually quite sharp, it's just that the Arsenal striker has lost out to his teammates as a main starter in the squad. If Nketiah joins Marseille in this summer's transfer window, it seems like an ideal option for Nketiah and also Marseille. Given that De Zerbi's team does not have a center forward, Nketiah is expected to be a productive player with Marseille. Unfortunately, Marseille seems reluctant to pay the transfer fee for Nketiah as Arsenal wants. Last week there was a rumor that Borussia Dortmund's young striker, Youssoufa Moukoko, was willing to join Marseille in this summer's transfer window. Unfortunately, Dortmund was reluctant to loan their young striker. In the end, Marseille returned to the option of bringing Nketiah from Arsenal.  talking about Marseille in the upcoming season, it is clear that Marseille is in a project to return to being a more competitive team than last season. under De Zerbi's guidance, Marseille's performance is expected to improve much better. plus, the joining of Nketiah can sharpen Marseille's front line. at least, Marseille can be a team that enters the top four of Lique 1.

In this pre-season, the reality is that PSG didn't play many friendly matches, because PSG only played two friendly matches and I think the results weren't bad either. Also, if we consider that there are no possible new recruits to replace Mbappe, I think it will probably be difficult to get the right player, and it cannot be done in a hurry. After all, Mbappe himself has a very big role, so of course it will not be easy to find a replacement and instead of looking for a replacement for Mbappe, it seems like it would be more appropriate to implement a new strategy or tactic.

After all, Luis Enrique also certainly has the best way to change PSG's habit of depending on Mbappe. Thus, perhaps maximizing the current players, it seems like PSG will still be fine. Maybe indeed, to compete better in the Champions League will certainly not be easy. But at least, Luis Enrique will first ensure that PSG continues to have good dominance in the domestic  league and as time goes by, of course Luis Enrique must also make his best efforts to make PSG get good results in the Champions League in the future.

The approach that occurred between Marseille and arsenal for nketiah continued after the first approach failed, previously, Marseille had made the first offer but Arsenal refused to let it go because it was considered that the offer they had made was still far from the price set by Arsenal at this time although it was reported that Niketiah and Marseille had established an personal agreement, Arsenal who are currently reportedly targeting to buy the other striker are of course starting to try to reduce Nketiah selling price and of course that could be a good opportunity for Marseille to continue their plans to buy Nketiah.
After Aubameyang departure, it is clear that Marseille is currently It doesn't have a striker who can be relied on to face the competition next season, so Marseille has to move quickly to recruit players in the transfer market, but to be honest, to compete with PSG of course it will still be very difficult for Marseille because however the quality of the squad that PSG has is still better than Marseille.