Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 18. (Read 150472 times)

No matter how hard it is for PSG to let go of Mbappe, PSG still doesn't have the right to keep this valuable player because Mbappe has fulfilled the contract agreement and has completed it, so it's not Mbappe's fault that he is leaving PSG and PSG fans and management have to accept that even though it is very heavy in their hearts. releasing Mbappe who has been an important factor in PSG's success in the domestic league, he is still young and he has also been at PSG for a long time so it is better to leave now than regret it in the end.

Mbappe's next goal is definitely Real Madrid. It would be very surprising if another club got him because there are many rumors circulating that Mbappe will choose Madrid to be his destination to achieve success in the UCL, Madrid is the right club for Mbappe to achieve his desires and after Mbappe joined Madrid I think that club will be the strongest club in the UCL next season.

They thought money could buy them success, however it seems they have learned their lessons. The club failed to have a system that would scout for young players and grow them to become superstars like other top clubs. I think the reason for that was that Qatari Sports Investment chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi was new in the business and was willing to spend anything on players because the money was available. I agree that these players were more focused on making more money from the club and there was no common drive to win trophies.

Another challenge the club has was their inability to unite Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. These players always had personality clashes due to ego and quest for personal glory. Nevertheless, PSG achieved some level of success in the Ligue One and also got to the UCL finals once. It seems the club is not willing to spend on expensive players and is now channelling more effort to get cheap and young players.

PSG actually don't have a good club management, they seemed to sign top players recklessly without a proper plan on how to build a strong squad as a unit. The don't care about wage structure, they just give big names a big wages while talents in the club have small wage, this creates a psychological gap which makes players feel playing for PSG is just a job, no spirit of belonging to the club.

There was a time when Pochettino was the coach, he talked about PSG recruitment team worked without coordination that causes unnecessary players brought into the club. The had many star players, but they couldn't play every game due to a crowded top players. Maybe this time Enrique can change the situation and build a squad on a right plan for short term and long term.

PSG path to achieving success in the Champions League is quite difficult to explain, in simple terms, the Ligue 1 representatives can be said to be still unlucky, unlike other elite European clubs. It's true, PSG once had the best line-up, but still failed to win the Champions League. Now PSG will lose another important player, namely Mbappe, this will clearly make their bargaining value decrease when they compete again next season.

PSG management will certainly try to build Enrique ideal squad, financially PSG will certainly not be constrained. I think if Enrique stays as PSG manager for the next few seasons, PSG will be able to win the Champions League trophy. At the start of their campaign last season, Enrique didn't have much time to build the squad he wanted, maybe in this transfer window all his wishes will be fulfilled.

Meanwhile, Enrique certainly won't find a player like Mbappe in the transfer window, even one close to his quality, because Mbappe is one of the best at the moment. Previously, there were many rumors circulating that PSG were interested in recruiting Osimhen or Rahsford, even young Barcelona star Lamine Yamal was reportedly also on PSG target list. Of the three names, I think Osimhen is more suitable to replace the role left by Mbappe.

PSG is always a step late in building a squad, club officials only focus on quality players without considering the important role of the coach. The PSG squad once contained quality players as you mentioned, but they were not led by a great coach. The coach is very influential on the club's success, Leverkusen's success story is not because it has many top players, but Xabi Alonso role is the most decisive.

Luis Enrique can still be relied on to achieve PSG goals, he needs time and players who fit his ideology to improve PSG performance when playing in European competitions.Mbappe departure is a big loss for Enrique, he must look for another top striker who can be relied on on the front lines.

Mbappe is a great guy. A real winner. With all the talk about his future and other things, he could have mailed it in. He didnt, though. Like always, he played like a winner. You want someone like that on your team. You root for guys like that. Yes, Im sorry to see him go. He's been great for PSG. Without a question, he's a legend. But thats how soccer works. People play, and then they leave. For PSG, this is the start of a new era. Im sure they'll do well. They have the skills and the tools they need. All they need to do is get that winning attitude back.

PSG is indeed a star-studded team and often the coach has to be extra hard to keep PSG in a stable and conducive condition, I think we can see how back then Mbappe had enormous power at PSG after he extended his contract, even then reportedly mbappe had control over the PSG coach and he could decide for who the players will be the main or reserve players in the PSG squad when Galtier served as PSG coach when that, so indeed what you said is very true, a coach who coaches a large team and full of star players certainly has a difficult job than coaching a mediocre mediocrity team, besides he must be able to create chemistry between star players, of course, the high expectations imposed by the club on him actually make the coach even more depressed during this time.

Next season we will see a transformation take place in the PSG squad, PSG slowly starting to be abandoned by its star players after Messi, Neymar and next season Mbappe of course actually makes Enrique job easier, because indeed for now Enrique can optimize his squad as he wants after players with big egos like Mbappe left, after Mbappe departure,  Reportedly currently PSG spends considerable funds to recruit 5 or 6 new players who are in accordance with the needs of the team next season.  

Exactly, Lyon has done their best. However, the opponent is PSG, a big club in the French League which has more great players than Lyon. From the match alone, PSG was far more dominant. But what's quite interesting is that Lyon didn't just stay silent. They attacked several times from the few opportunities they had. This time, they were smart enough to actually take advantage of the opportunity.


Source: French Cup Final

We can see, from only 31% ball possession, Lyon was still able to attack PSG and score 1 goal. But yes, they had to admit PSG's victory because initially, they were already 2 goals behind in the first half. Meanwhile, in the second half, Lyon's performance actually improved a lot, they were even able to put pressure on PSG and also block PSG's attacks from breaking through the defense line again.

But, whatever the outcome, congratulations to PSG, not only winning the French Cup but also the French League as the main league.

Even though Lyon lost to PSG, their achievements this season are still impressive considering that at the start they didn't look like a team that could reach 6th place at the end of the season, and because PSG is the strongest team, the team that wants to compete with them must be a team with very good performance, but their appearance Lyon did not disappoint as you can see after falling behind 0-2 Lyon tried better to guard their goal but unfortunately until the end of the match they were only able to score one goal so it was PSG who won the French Cup.
Lyon will compete in Europe, obviously that is a very exciting thing for Lyon, but whether they can compete there is of course still a question, because it is not an easy competition for any club.

PSG was able to win a domestic treble thia season, it wasn't even recognize so much except for the Ligue 1 title that has always looked like their rite as they always gets to win it very often than they do get to win other trophies, even as they were unable to get to the finals or win the champions league, it still wasn't really a bad season for them, they have been able to win some trophies are are still going to play in the champions league next season.

PSG's champions league dream is one which may actually take them a whole lot of time to eventually achieve as it's not looking like something they are ever going to easily achieve this season or even next, it's been their biggest dream as a team and even with the individual players to lift the champions league trophy some day as the PSG team but just like every other team they will have to work very hard to be able to win the trophy as they definitely not going to get it easily because the competition in the champions league is usually very high and not such that can be won easily.

Thw absence of mbappe is greatly going to affect their champions league dream because they are definitely not going to find it easy and the only Star player who gets to salvage some situations for them is leaving by the end of the season. I know PSG has got the financial capacity to purchase good player in the caliber of mbappe buy getting one who's willing to come to PSG will be the issues buy rhen PSG still have a very good depth still.

Managing a team full of stars will be much more difficult because there will be a lot of ego on display and a firm coach is needed to handle a team like that. In the past, when these three players were at PSG, it seemed very difficult to achieve the Champions League title and maybe it was because the coach did not have the skills. The arrival of Luis Enrique gives much greater hope because even though he doesn't have many star players, he can take PSG to the semi-finals.

Next season we can see Luis Enrique's abilities when he manages to get some of the players he needs. It depends on how management intends to recruit the players he needs and I also can't wait to see his ability to bring PSG to achieve the title they have not yet achieved.

For United, they've had good records from the beginning of their existence till 2seasons ago when they started experiencing gradual decline. Their coach switches has an effect on the team, they found it hard to secure a good coach that complements and will impact the team positively. And this has been on and on till this season when the situation got critical and United is literally nowhere to be found in the top 4 spot and they keep going behind in their struggle each passing week.

 Ten Hag is obviously not good for them currently as the team keeps slacking back and they do not stop looking confused on the pitch. All his implemented tactics and strategies aren't okay off well for him and it's safe to say that as the head of the team, he's got the greater part of the blame to bear. United needs a switch and not just any switch but a more reasonable switch that'll understand their condition and think innovatively without sentiments with the goal of team building and growth and implement new methods to combat their opponents. I don't know what the board is waiting for to realize the big error Ten Hag is to the team. The entire team has been infected with his virus and they need to be quarantined and looked after to return back to their usual self again. Sadly it may take a while but we hope it's soon.

 So far, United haven't proven to be relevant this season. There's been important games that they themselves have thrown away because of how incompetent they're turned out to be at playing at the peak of their performances. Well, it's only sad that they experience this height of team leakage and breakage too. They just have to find a permanent solution to their issue. I must say that the issue is a general team predicament and they need to be set back to default mode. Inasmuch as they've gained the FA trophy and also won themselves a ticket to the UEL next season, it doesn't justify their lowly performance all through the season that needs improvement.

It is very difficult for Lyon to win in the French Cup final match, because the opponents they face are also the best clubs in France, so their defeat in this final match is something that has been predicted and it is very natural because on paper they are not any better. from Paris Saint Germain.

They have nothing to regret, because their opponents are very strong, unless their opponents are relatively easy clubs, so they can regret that. Disappointment is something that is very natural, because anyone who loses in the final match will definitely feel disappointed because they failed to win the title. But they don't have to think about it for too long, what they have to think about is how they can be better in the next season, because next season does not rule out the possibility that they will be able to pay for their failures this season. they have to focus on that, and get back to preparing their squad and strategy for next season.

Yes that's right. The problem is that being able to get to the Coupe de France final is actually already good even if you lose, that's natural because PSG this season is very dominant in League 1, in contrast to Lyon this season which has been full of emotions since the start of the season because they were at the bottom of the rankings and slowly started to recover and managed to finish in sixth place in League 1 standings.

So in my opinion, despite failing in the final, Lyon needs to be appreciated for their comeback and the second half of the season. It was indeed very painful to lose, but they didn't need to be disappointed even though it was unpleasant to lose the trophy. However, they should be proud and satisfied with the end of this season because they have entered the European League zone. Good luck for next season in League 1, especially the Europa League. Lyon must continue to strengthen themselves so as not to start the season again with a bad performance.

Lyon did his best. There is a big difference between PSG and Lyon, and this difference is both the quality of the players and the financial power. Even the fact that Lyon has come this far is a success because the economic gap between the clubs is widening every season.

If they had not fallen behind 2-0, they might have had a chance in the match, but it is difficult to come from 2-0 behind against a team like PSG. When they brought the score to 2-1, it was minute 55 and there was actually enough time for the match to end. They could have scored another goal but they couldn't. I think they played a good game against a team like PSG. If the score was 1-1 in the first half, Lyon could surprise in the second half.

If Lyon can strengthen their squad, they can compete with teams at the level of PSG, but a lot of resources are needed to strengthen the squad.

it doesn't matter even though Lyon failed to get the Coupe de France title it makes perfect sense because fighting PSG is not an easy task and on the one hand if everyone can see how Lyon performed yesterday they put up a good fight and were able to score 1 score back and almost ended the match it was a draw but unfortunately PSG defense was not that easy for Lyon to break down.
but I also have to praise Lyon for being able to provide resistance from that 1 score and this is proof that Lyon has started to bounce back to compete with the top teams without having to experience bad times like the start of this season.
change of coach should have been made from the start when they experienced consecutive defeats. Lyon management should immediately improve and in fact, after replacing a new, smarter coach, Lyon will definitely be able to finish getting a ticket to the Champions League.

and the results of this season have been very good results without having to replace this already perfect line up of players because if they bring in new players, Lyon will definitely have a bad start to the season and have to adapt to new players.
but if Lyon only replaces reserve players who are no longer productive, it seems more reasonable than having to replace main players who are already well organized.

You make an intriguing point concerning Lyon's form. Their recovery from the relegation dogfight and 6th place finish is impressive. However, the real test was always going to be against the big players, especially PSG. So yesterday's match was telling. Lyon fought. Dembele and Ruiz's early goals showed PSG's ruthlessness. After taking the lead, they could dominate the game and tempo. Any squad, let alone one fighting for survival all season, would struggle to recover. I wouldn't overlook Lyon's future. Football is strange, and teams have come back. Monaco quickly transformed from relegation battlers to champions a few years ago! PSG may be out of reach, but who knows what Lyon may do with a few clever acquisitions and momentum?

I will only talk about the times when players like Mbappe, Neymar, Messi Ramos were at PSG, if Luis Enrique was in charge of PSG, he might have been able to lead this team to the Champions League trophy. In this case I will always talk about the incompetence of the PSG management because they have appointed the manager to their club without checking the manager and the manager has spent money at will in the transfer window. 

After Luis Enrique took charge of the team, he not only adjusted his team by strengthening the attacking lineup, but he is trying to make the team a balance team from the defense position to the forward position. If Luis Enrique can sign some more players with PSG then this team will surely surprise us with their performance next season.

Even though they had experienced a difficult season, Lyon still failed to win the only title they could get this season. This is all because PSG continues to dominate all competitions in France and Lyon does not even have the opportunity to experience the Coupe de France title.

If only Lyon won the title, I think they would have additional motivation after everything that happened this season and that would improve the mentality of all the players to be better in welcoming the upcoming season. It was unthinkable that Lyon would experience such a deadlock that they would change coaches this season and perhaps management should really pay more attention to bringing in new players in the summer market so that they can be more competitive with other teams from the start of the Ligue One season.

On Saturday, Kylian Mbappe played his last game for Paris Saint Germaine as he helped them to win French Cup as well as complete their domestic treble this season. The France international have been in the news since last summer and the main topics of discussion have been his future with the club but after several speculations about his next destination or if he'll extend his contract with the club, Kylian Mbappe early this month confirmed that he's going to leave the club.
Most of the Paris Saint Germaine fans are definitely unhappy with the decision of France national team captain but just have to accept it in good faith. Mbappe came at Paris Saint Germaine as a talented and a promising youngster but he's leaving the club as a hero after achieving so many great trophies and personal records with the club. He's created so many beautiful memories that's gonna last for a lifetime in the minds of Paris Saint Germaine fans. Kylian Mbappe have been the top scorer in the French league in the past six seasons and is the club's all time top scorer. Hate him or love him, Kylian Mbappe is a Paris Saint Germaine legend.