Kylian Mbappe was the best performing player for PSG last season indeed. If it wasn't for his this much amazing performance, they might have even had much more serious problems. Messi and Neymar need to support him by showing a much better level of performance next season. Otherwise, I don't think that PSG can win the Champions League title like they haven't so far. Besides they will need a better level of management also. They need a winner manager I think and Zidane comes first in this list to me now as I indicated it before.
They need to have a winning mentality. And also develop good cooperation. Nevertheless, Kylian Mbappe displayed an impressive performance last season, he scored 28 goals in Ligue 1, while he scored 6 goals in the Champion League. Pochettino didn't perform his work very well, because we expected him to lead the club into winning their first Champions League trophy last season. Zidane will probably be a good replacement. And hopefully he brings home the Champions League title next season. 
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June 13, 2022, 04:40:15 PM
June 13, 2022, 04:24:29 PM
Kylian Mbappe was the best performing player for PSG last season indeed. If it wasn't for his this much amazing performance, they might have even had much more serious problems. Messi and Neymar need to support him by showing a much better level of performance next season. Otherwise, I don't think that PSG can win the Champions League title like they haven't so far. Besides they will need a better level of management also. They need a winner manager I think and Zidane comes first in this list to me now as I indicated it before.
Zidane is an extraordinary coach, he looks calm in every matches (when he was coach of Madrid). besides that he has also won the UCL, so he is the only competent coach to become a PSG coach to replace Pochettino. I'm sure PSG will be much more compact and solid under his control. 
June 13, 2022, 04:21:30 PM
Kylian Mbappe was the best performing player for PSG last season indeed. If it wasn't for his this much amazing performance, they might have even had much more serious problems. Messi and Neymar need to support him by showing a much better level of performance next season. Otherwise, I don't think that PSG can win the Champions League title like they haven't so far. Besides they will need a better level of management also. They need a winner manager I think and Zidane comes first in this list to me now as I indicated it before.
They need to have a winning mentality. And also develop good cooperation. Nevertheless, Kylian Mbappe displayed an impressive performance last season, he scored 28 goals in Ligue 1, while he scored 6 goals in the Champion League. Pochettino didn't perform his work very well, because we expected him to lead the club into winning their first Champions League trophy last season. Zidane will probably be a good replacement. And hopefully he brings home the Champions League title next season. 
June 13, 2022, 04:06:32 PM
What failed messi at PSG was not age, it's probably because PSG's style of play is not adapting to Messi's style of play at barcelona, and it's a matter of messi having to get used to the way PSG plays. just look at that it's not just messi, neymar hasn't played well at PSG either but when he plays for brazil he plays better, maybe the PSG coach didn't know how to better fit these players, we'll see their performance with another coach in the future
I admit that the strategy of the coach will probably have a big impact on the performance of the players and so far I don't think Pochettino has managed to bring out the full potential of his players. Especially about Messi, he has just started his career with another team and he needs to adapt. Not all players who move to another team after a long time in one team can adapt quickly to another team in their first season. Messi has had to adjust to his new team-mates and I think his presence at PSG might not make all PSG players accept him well.PSG just need a coach who can help star players bring out their best and make the dressing room livelier. I don't see that from Pochettino so it might prompt PSG to want a replacement. I heard Zidane was linked with PSG, but if it's true then his presence at PSG will be good for the performance of the team and the players.
I actually agree that the style that PSG has does not suit Messi at all. He is a player who is used to Tiki-taka football and PSG is a team when they have the ball in the final third they hardly want to pass the ball.
So, that is obviously not going to suit a player who has been playing differently from the start of his football career. Messi will be able to play better next season. I believe he will be ready and he will also be a lot more adaptive to the situation.
June 13, 2022, 03:32:19 PM
Neymar Messi Mbappe plays well all the time. Their performance is always at a high level. However, compared to Neymar and Messi, M Bappa is giving away good palys lately. But personally, I think Neymar is always giving away good games. Neymar's contribution to the team was all the time. Although Messi's contribution was moderate, all three are the best players. However, their performance in the Champions League is very important. The most worrying thing about Neymar is that he is always injured.Messi and Mbappe have a lot of stung.Messi was present in 26 matches and his performance was outstanding. However, Neymar could not play enough for PSG. Neymar has played almost half of the season in the last league one. However, it can be very helpful for the team to win the Champions League title.
Since they didn't play too many minutes together, people do not remember the season clearly and just think "have I seen them do amazing jobs together?" and the answer is no, the reality is that the answer is no because they didn't play all three together all that much.This year, if they are all healthy at the same time for majority of the season, I am sure that we will see these players become amazing together, insanely well. I get that they are much much much older right now, but I remember neymar-suarez-messi trio and how unbelievable they were, like surreal levels of greatness, and I believe Mbappe is way better than suarez, so the potential is there.
June 13, 2022, 03:25:51 PM
If Mbappe really instructs the coach and wants to dominate the team, then next season we will see the poor performance of PSG. A player in Mbappe, he never has the ability to interfere in any work of the coach, otherwise the performance of the team will not be stable. Stable performance from the team can never be expected if the coach cannot work independently.
Mbappe will potentially create internal conflicts. So far in his career, we don't see it in PSG. He was like a mediator when Neymar and Cavani had conflict. But it seems now he feels he is matured and becomes a big star, then he will use his power, exploit his importance in the club to get more power.It's true that if it happens, PSG will have a very difficult season, internally.
I only see that management of PSG has put on a kid too much power, and this will crash their team in long term. Let's see what will happen but I don't see nothing of good in this choice. It is awful that a kid can decide about
management or about the tactical part.
management or about the tactical part.
@OcTradism, If that actually happens I think he has only himself to blame because he had a really good chance of leaving the club and playing for Real Madrid but he did not take that chance and instead he chose money. And I think it will prove to be a big mistake made by the player.
@Gianluca95, The Way that PSE used to keep him in the team is not the best or at least that's what I think. If a player wants to move I think it is best for the team to let him go and find other players that are suitable for them. But instead, they have chosen to keep the player by giving him a huge amount of money. And obviously, they have given the player a lot more power than they should have.
June 13, 2022, 02:57:18 PM
Kylian Mbappe was the best performing player for PSG last season indeed. If it wasn't for his this much amazing performance, they might have even had much more serious problems. Messi and Neymar need to support him by showing a much better level of performance next season. Otherwise, I don't think that PSG can win the Champions League title like they haven't so far. Besides they will need a better level of management also. They need a winner manager I think and Zidane comes first in this list to me now as I indicated it before.
June 13, 2022, 02:48:13 PM
Only Mbappe who performed very optimally last season, Messi did not look good, there were many criticisms that accompanied him, Neymar actually gave a good performance but it was not enough to satisfy PSG fans. There are rumors Zidane will replace Mauricio Pochettino as coach, if that happens maybe PSG will target title the Champions League champions next season.
Messi's performance is actually quite good for the first season in adapting and his current age is actually still quite good but the expectations from the fans are too big so this is still considered lacking.
June 13, 2022, 12:31:11 PM
Normally Messi-Mbappe-Neymar trio must perform really great but they haven't met the demands of the supporters surely. Mbappe himself is awesome but the other two weren't that much last season. I didn't even see Neymar playing properly last season. He must play more than this to contribute more to the team. Messi's contribution level was also not too high but I hope he will perform better next time. This is very crucial for the Champions League especially.
Neymar Messi Mbappe plays well all the time. Their performance is always at a high level. However, compared to Neymar and Messi, M Bappa is giving away good palys lately. But personally, I think Neymar is always giving away good games. Neymar's contribution to the team was all the time. Although Messi's contribution was moderate, all three are the best players. However, their performance in the Champions League is very important. The most worrying thing about Neymar is that he is always injured.Messi and Mbappe have a lot of stung.Messi was present in 26 matches and his performance was outstanding. However, Neymar could not play enough for PSG. Neymar has played almost half of the season in the last vb league one. However, it can be very helpful for the team to win the Champions League title. June 13, 2022, 12:02:24 PM
Normally Messi-Mbappe-Neymar trio must perform really great but they haven't met the demands of the supporters surely. Mbappe himself is awesome but the other two weren't that much last season. I didn't even see Neymar playing properly last season. He must play more than this to contribute more to the team. Messi's contribution level was also not too high but I hope he will perform better next time. This is very crucial for the Champions League especially.
Neymar Messi Mbappe plays well all the time. Their performance is always at a high level. However, compared to Neymar and Messi, M Bappa is giving away good palys lately. But personally, I think Neymar is always giving away good games. Neymar's contribution to the team was all the time. Although Messi's contribution was moderate, all three are the best players. However, their performance in the Champions League is very important. The most worrying thing about Neymar is that he is always injured.Messi and Mbappe have a lot of stung.Messi was present in 26 matches and his performance was outstanding. However, Neymar could not play enough for PSG. Neymar has played almost half of the season in the last league one. However, it can be very helpful for the team to win the Champions League title. 
June 13, 2022, 09:33:52 AM
What failed messi at PSG was not age, it's probably because PSG's style of play is not adapting to Messi's style of play at barcelona, and it's a matter of messi having to get used to the way PSG plays. just look at that it's not just messi, neymar hasn't played well at PSG either but when he plays for brazil he plays better, maybe the PSG coach didn't know how to better fit these players, we'll see their performance with another coach in the future
I admit that the strategy of the coach will probably have a big impact on the performance of the players and so far I don't think Pochettino has managed to bring out the full potential of his players. Especially about Messi, he has just started his career with another team and he needs to adapt. Not all players who move to another team after a long time in one team can adapt quickly to another team in their first season. Messi has had to adjust to his new team-mates and I think his presence at PSG might not make all PSG players accept him well.PSG just need a coach who can help star players bring out their best and make the dressing room livelier. I don't see that from Pochettino so it might prompt PSG to want a replacement. I heard Zidane was linked with PSG, but if it's true then his presence at PSG will be good for the performance of the team and the players.
June 13, 2022, 09:22:06 AM
Yes, in 2014 Argentina were as close as ever to taking the title, but they played extremely poorly in the final and by the way I remember how Messi went one on one with Neuer but did not score a goal (it was not quite one on one as it was acute angle on the left flank).
In that final, both team had opportunities to score decisive goal and if you remembered it well, Gonzalo Higuain missed a great one before the goal from Mario Gotze.Messi did have a very good World Cup 2014 in general but what he did is the best he can. I don't say Higuain should be responsible for that failure but he is part of it as well as other players.
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To be honest, if Argentina gets that chance again at this World Cup it will be a matter of luck as they don't look like the strongest team right now.
If football is as simple as math, Arghentina don't have chance to win World Cup 2022 but in fact it is not like math.We see how Italy won Euro 2020 and Arghentina can do the same. At least they are good enough to achieve big things. They must focus on every match, play with their best, and wait for luck to win the whole tournament.
About this World Cup my totally support goes to Brasil, I'm really enphatize so much for that team
Argentina is also a strong team but I don't see them to win, because Messi is not so much in good state as the previous years.
June 13, 2022, 08:19:56 AM
Yes, in 2014 Argentina were as close as ever to taking the title, but they played extremely poorly in the final and by the way I remember how Messi went one on one with Neuer but did not score a goal (it was not quite one on one as it was acute angle on the left flank).
In that final, both team had opportunities to score decisive goal and if you remembered it well, Gonzalo Higuain missed a great one before the goal from Mario Gotze.Messi did have a very good World Cup 2014 in general but what he did is the best he can. I don't say Higuain should be responsible for that failure but he is part of it as well as other players.
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To be honest, if Argentina gets that chance again at this World Cup it will be a matter of luck as they don't look like the strongest team right now.
If football is as simple as math, Arghentina don't have chance to win World Cup 2022 but in fact it is not like math.We see how Italy won Euro 2020 and Arghentina can do the same. At least they are good enough to achieve big things. They must focus on every match, play with their best, and wait for luck to win the whole tournament.
June 13, 2022, 07:51:06 AM
Selfish? 
I don't know what you mean, but I would say that in Barcelona the game scheme assumed that one player would profit from the actions of the whole team. If someone does not believe, then he can look at the same scheme in the Spanish national team where Villa was such a player.
As far as fan expectations are concerned, they didn't just arised, right? When someone is called a football genius and given a billion golden balls, you can expect him to play at least a little better than the average player.
Now compare it to the current pattern of PSG's game when some people prefer to play the ball alone and sometimes there are fights on the field with teammates, isn't this ego exaggeration? I don't know what you mean, but I would say that in Barcelona the game scheme assumed that one player would profit from the actions of the whole team. If someone does not believe, then he can look at the same scheme in the Spanish national team where Villa was such a player.As far as fan expectations are concerned, they didn't just arised, right? When someone is called a football genius and given a billion golden balls, you can expect him to play at least a little better than the average player.
Messi won't be able to adapt quickly because indeed the difference here is too big both in terms of play and attack patterns and it will be more difficult if things like this continue but this will certainly continue especially with the gap created now that Mbappe is given more power.
I haven't seen many PSG games this season but I haven't heard of anything like what you're talking about. PSG have a more even distribution of goals than Barcelona, that's a fact. Mbappe scored a lot, but the lead is not as big as Messi's in Barcelona. Maybe something will change in the team (Mbappe's trading exploits will likely bring some friction to the PSG team) but I don't think Messi will change next season.
June 13, 2022, 04:42:23 AM
As I said before, maybe the problem is with the coach who doesn't know how to frame messi and neymar, about zidane I read that he denied being a PSG coach and I think he won't go back on that decision, PSG better give it up. zidane is a good coach and any good coach will not accept to coach PSG because Mbape will give orders to coaches and that is humbling
If Mbappe really instructs the coach and wants to dominate the team, then next season we will see the poor performance of PSG. A player in Mbappe, he never has the ability to interfere in any work of the coach, otherwise the performance of the team will not be stable. Stable performance from the team can never be expected if the coach cannot work independently.
I only see that management of PSG has put on a kid too much power, and this will crash their team in long term. Let's see what will happen but I don't see nothing of good in this choice. It is awful that a kid can decide about
management or about the tactical part.
June 13, 2022, 04:24:54 AM
In my opinion, the only thing Messi is worried about right now is how to perform well at the World Cup. A good performance will once again remind the world of him and allow him to advance to the US Championship on better terms. I don't think he can show anything special at PSG - there are enough selfish players who think about their achievements and they will not help him with his achievements.
It is the last World Cup for Messi and in his career, he got all titles with Barcelona (some Champions League and lot of Ballon d'Or). He already won Coppa America and Conference cup with Arghentina. With his national team, he only does not have World Cup.World Cup 2014 is the best chance he came to with Arghentina but the goal from Gotze brings the title to Germany, not Arghentina. In the coming World Cup, Messi will have a last World Cup tournament in which he can still be a core of his team. In later World Cup, 2026 or 2030, I don't say Messi won't be there, he might be. However, in future World Cup, Messi will be only a part of team, not the core of team plan. His importance in Arghentina will decrease with time.
Yes, in 2014 Argentina were as close as ever to taking the title, but they played extremely poorly in the final and by the way I remember how Messi went one on one with Neuer but did not score a goal (it was not quite one on one as it was acute angle on the left flank). To be honest, if Argentina gets that chance again at this World Cup it will be a matter of luck as they don't look like the strongest team right now.
June 13, 2022, 02:27:40 AM
As I said before, maybe the problem is with the coach who doesn't know how to frame messi and neymar, about zidane I read that he denied being a PSG coach and I think he won't go back on that decision, PSG better give it up. zidane is a good coach and any good coach will not accept to coach PSG because Mbape will give orders to coaches and that is humbling
If Mbappe really instructs the coach and wants to dominate the team, then next season we will see the poor performance of PSG. A player in Mbappe, he never has the ability to interfere in any work of the coach, otherwise the performance of the team will not be stable. Stable performance from the team can never be expected if the coach cannot work independently.
I only see that management of PSG has put on a kid too much power, and this will crash their team in long term. Let's see what will happen but I don't see nothing of good in this choice. It is awful that a kid can decide about
management or about the tactical part.
June 13, 2022, 02:10:01 AM
If Mbappe really instructs the coach and wants to dominate the team, then next season we will see the poor performance of PSG. A player in Mbappe, he never has the ability to interfere in any work of the coach, otherwise the performance of the team will not be stable. Stable performance from the team can never be expected if the coach cannot work independently.
Mbappe will potentially create internal conflicts. So far in his career, we don't see it in PSG. He was like a mediator when Neymar and Cavani had conflict. But it seems now he feels he is matured and becomes a big star, then he will use his power, exploit his importance in the club to get more power.It's true that if it happens, PSG will have a very difficult season, internally.
Neymar is honestly one of the players I admire, especially when he was at Barcelona, Neymar found his best form. But when he decided to move to PSG, Neymar's performance continued to decline and as we know Neymar often gets injured. Maybe because Neymar gets a big salary, so his lifestyle has changed and he has more fun without keeping his body in shape. In fact, several times I read the news that Neymar came to the training ground still drunk, this is what finally made him prone to injury.
Neymar was famous when he was very young, under 20s. He is one of biggest talented players in last decade. His talent is considered to help him touching to the level of Messi and Ronaldo. However, there are issues with him, not with his talent, but with his professional, lifestyle and then consequently regular injuries. All of bad things prevent Neymar to touch to level of Messi, Ronaldo and maintain it.With the new contract for Mbappe, with new bigger power for Mbappe in PSG, Neymar is no longer a biggest star there and because he is over 30s already, his time in PSG is counting down.
June 13, 2022, 12:48:16 AM
As I said before, maybe the problem is with the coach who doesn't know how to frame messi and neymar, about zidane I read that he denied being a PSG coach and I think he won't go back on that decision, PSG better give it up. zidane is a good coach and any good coach will not accept to coach PSG because Mbape will give orders to coaches and that is humbling
If Mbappe really instructs the coach and wants to dominate the team, then next season we will see the poor performance of PSG. A player in Mbappe, he never has the ability to interfere in any work of the coach, otherwise the performance of the team will not be stable. Stable performance from the team can never be expected if the coach cannot work independently.
June 12, 2022, 09:56:21 PM
Normally Messi-Mbappe-Neymar trio must perform really great but they haven't met the demands of the supporters surely. Mbappe himself is awesome but the other two weren't that much last season. I didn't even see Neymar playing properly last season. He must play more than this to contribute more to the team. Messi's contribution level was also not too high but I hope he will perform better next time. This is very crucial for the Champions League especially.
Neymar performance this season was not as expected by fans and maybe that's quite reasonable because Neymar often gets injured, but for Messi I think his performance is quite good even though he only appeared 26 matches in the league but Messi has created 6 goals and 14 assists in his first season , in my opinion it was an extraordinary performance because it seems that messi role has now been shifted by the coach to become a supporter of mbappe as a striker, the trio of messi, mbappe and neymar are not quite perfect but if later the issue about zidane coaching PSG becomes a reality of course the trio can be a deadly combination for their opponents, PSG currently only needs a coach who can handle big personalities in the dressing room and encourage players to be able to do their best in every match, with the extraordinary management of zidane will certainly be able to make messi, mbappe and neymar more develop later.You have made a good point there. Neymar's biggest problem was his being injury prone most of the time. Sometimes I didn't even want to believe that he was really injured.
I assume he streamed on Twitch more than he played for PSG last season. 
Joking aside, PSG need Neymar too if they want to get the title in the Champions League. They have a dream squad but they are still struggling there. Real Madrid eliminated them right after the group stage which was a huge disappointment for them.Neymar is honestly one of the players I admire, especially when he was at Barcelona, Neymar found his best form. But when he decided to move
to PSG, Neymar's performance continued to decline and as we know Neymar often gets injured. Maybe because Neymar gets a big salary, so his
lifestyle has changed and he has more fun without keeping his body in shape. In fact, several times I read the news that Neymar came to
the training ground still drunk, this is what finally made him prone to injury.
Even though Ronaldo is the one who is older and always plays in every game, but rarely gets injured, if he gets injured maybe only minor
injuries. Because Ronaldo maintains his body fitness well, by consuming healthy food every day. Neymar should be able to learn from Ronaldo,
because if Neymar gets injured too often, the disadvantaged is PSG who have given a big salary. I hope Neymar can make a better contribution
next season, even though PSG do have a lot of star players, however, the presence of Neymar is still needed by PSG.
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