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Nice vs Paris Saint Germain

Nice StartXI: 4-3-3
Marcin Bułka; Jordan Lotomba; Jean-Clair Todibo; Dante; Melvin Bard; Morgan Sanson; Pablo Rosario; Khéphren Thuram; Mohamed-Ali Cho; Terem Moffi; Jérémie Boga

Paris Saint Germain StartXI: 4-3-3
Arnau Tenas; Yoram Zague; Marquinhos; Milan Škriniar; Lucas Beraldo; Warren Zaïre-Emery; Vitinha; Fabián Ruiz; Kang-in Lee; Gonçalo Ramos; Bradley Barcola


Reims vs Marseille

Reims StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Yehvann Diouf; Abdoul Koné; Emmanuel Agbadou; Yunis Abdelhamid; Sergio Akieme; Benjamin Stambouli; Marshall Munetsi; Junya Ito; Teddy Teuma; Keito Nakamura; Oumar Diakité

Marseille StartXI: 5-3-2
Pau López; Jonathan Clauss; Chancel Mbemba; Leonardo Balerdi; Bamo Meïté; Quentin Merlin; Geoffrey Kondogbia; Pape Gueye; Jordan Veretout; Ismaïla Sarr; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

It is not difficult to be a favorite for League 1. It's been years since PSG achieved this. They were League 1 favorites for years. Mbappe will leave the team and I do not know who will replace him, but it will not be easy to fill that void. If they can fill Mbappe's void, they can regain the status of an important team in Europe. League 1 is irrelevant anyway. They are favorites there every year.

Not only the players, even the fans are tired of the season already, we all want to have some rest and prepare fully for next season and the teams are also willing to sign more players and release some players so as to strengthen their team more for another season.
I am expecting more competition in the League 1 next season if Mbappe finally leaves at the end of the season.

The players actually needs some rest especially those players that will be representing their countries in the Euro 2024 tournament; without some rest, they might not perform to expectations and they might end up picking injuries in the tournament.

For some teams, perhaps the result of the match will not have much influence on them, but for other teams they must still play until the end because they still have to secure their position. For example, LOSC and Brest are in 3rd and 4th positions, they still have to play until the end because their position is still not completely safe and also their position can still be in a better position. LOSC must be able to win in the last week, because if they lose or draw and Brest can win then their position will be taken.
they also still have one team that poses a threat because it is still possible for Nice to be a troublemaker at the end of the season. Maybe NIce will get a very tough opponent in this match, but they have a chance to win against Paris Saint Germain, if they can do that then they will be in competition in the last week of Ligue 1 this season because they will still be fighting for Champions League positions.

An important game for the Nice which is currently at the fifth spot with having chance to jump at the third or fourth as well because if they are able to win against PSG in tonight game then we will have last round game between Lille vs Nice and winner is going to be stayed into top four and loser will be jumped at the fifth spot which will allow them to have spot into Europa League.

Nice is having good season but sadly their attack is not effective which bring some bad weeks, and now they are at the fifth spot with there were chances in early rounds about them to stay at the third or fourth spot, but things were not favourable, and now they are having good chance with PSG is almost champions, and they are having no motivation just because of this in last few games we are having loses for them hopefully this could be an interesting game for the Nice fans.

Ligue One is that competitive? Yes it is, because it's very crucial in performance and it takes an elite team to stand strong with amazing squad. Players need some good time to rest but it doesn't mean they will relent in their performance. I've watch and experienced how an elite team transformed from been one and falls straight to becoming an average team. PSG is a classic team and they've always become favorite to win the Ligue One title based on their incredible form and stats in matches.

PSG have managed to lock and also celebrate the Ligue 1 trophy this season, so maybe what you said can happen in that game, but in my opinion, we also cannot deny maybe against Nice will be a proof for PSG if they still want to get back to winning ways after their remaining 4 games without a win at all,   if PSG had fielded their youth and reserve squad in that match, of course Nice chances of winning over PSG were wide open because so far we could see if PSG youth players and their reserve squad did not have the ability to beat a team and it even seemed if they almost lost when facing a very weak team,  But if PSG fielded its main squad against Nice later, of course it is difficult for Nice to get 3 points in that the match.

The match will certainly be a very crucial match for Nice and of course a win will change the position in the current Ligue 1 standings, but I think of all the teams in Ligue 1 this season, of course Brest is quite miserable for me in my opinion, after a long time they were able to dominate 2nd and 3rd place in the standings,  But now even their fate is on the edge which is still uncertain to play in the Champions League next season, with 1 game left, of course, Brest chances are still 50/50 to survive at Champions League play-off zone this season.

Honestly we are at the end of the season, looking at this and judging the players on what you see at the end, isn't really fair. They do not care about getting any wins at all, they just want to finish all these games and go to vacation, they want to rest, they played a whole season.

Plus, they are going to be playing for their nation as well, most of them at the PSG level at least, and expecting them to still care is hard, they want to rest a bit before the euro cup starts, so that they would be able to have some vacation time, looking at the current situation we can say that most of the players will not have much time to relax, and it will be very hard on their body to go to euro cup and then go to friendlies with the club and then league, no time to rest in between.

I am sure that this season there will be no excessive drama regarding Mbappe's move and I am quite confident that he will join Real Madrid next season.
On the one hand, Mbappe's departure will be quite a loss for the PSG team, but if we look at it from another side, Mbappe's move will most likely have a positive impact on the development of Mbappe's career in the future.

Mbappe's departure on a free transfer is quite detrimental for the team because Mbappe is a great player who is interested in many top European teams, but I think it is all the fault of PSG management and also their selfishness that something like this is happening now.

Nice's opportunity in this match is quite open, they will play as hosts and face a team that no longer has any motivation in Ligue 1 because they are certain to be champions this season. This is a good opportunity for Nice to win because they still have a chance to appear in the Champions League next season.
If they win this match, their points will be closer to the teams above them, namely Brest and LOSC because they are only 1 point away. And the final match in Ligue 1 will determine which of them makes it through to next season's Champions League, and who will be in a position to go directly to the Europa League group stages without having to play off.
I'm not sure Paris Saint Germain will chase victory in this match, so once again they have to be able to take advantage of it very well.

Reims vs Marseille

Marseille performance at Europa League is dissapointing because they were failed to advances to the final match after beated Atalanta with huge scores in the second leg of the semi final and now Marseille have to forget that loses and focus for Ligue 1 matches and currently Marseille at 8th place with 47 points and if they can beat Reims today Marseille can collect 3 points and they will have same points with Lyon and Lens and actually at Ligue 1 Marseille performance is quite good because they still unbeated in the last 4 matches

Reims is not in the good conditions because they only can gets 2 wins from 10 latest matches but their position is quite safe and will not be relegated and actually Reims have no target anymore because they have already to avoiding relegation zone but for Marseille this match is still important for them because they still targetting 6th place which mean Europa Conference League zone and my prediction for this match is considering this match is not so important anymore for Reims i think they wouldn't pushing to win again so probably Marseille have good chances to be the winner of this match and the odds for Marseille is @1.96

You are right that Mbappe did not extend his contract with PSG until 2025 because PSG had offered him the contract but Mbappe rejected it and chose PSG until his contract expired and at the end of this season Mbappe's contract with the PSG team has expired and he will soon leave on a free transfer which means he There is no need to spend a penny because he has fulfilled his contract and any club is free to recruit this player with the approval of the player and the club he is going to.

It is true that PSG suffered a loss regarding this because they did not get any money from the transfer fee for Mbappe, who he had bought from Monaco at a fairly high cost, which means that PSG had invested in this player, but this was also PSG's own fault for pricing Mbappe at a very high price. expensive so that top clubs have to think twice about bringing in Mbappe with this quite expensive transfer fee and now Mbappe will become a free agent.

Well PSG are consistent winners of the French Ligue and with the financial state of the club, you’ll already think they have gotten to the age of being European champions. Yes when you check their spending trajectory in past years, you can say that this team by now should have been champions of Europe at least once.

 Well the reverse has been the case as they have struggled so much and the club’s owners are really craving for European success hence they’re ready to still spend more. Well I think the club should get a better strategy rather than spending on big names, why not go for those hungry to win the UCL trophy as they could be more productive than the big names. ⁠Mbappe leaving PSG for free could be seen to be a big loss to PSG and you can tell with the way their owner has been furious of late even in the burst he had with Kylian in the tunnel.

 The club has given him all he wanted in the past 4-5 years and yes you can’t say he hasn’t helped the club. He has been able to win trophies for them and most times single-handedly carried the club. ⁠It’s a pity they won’t be making a penny from his move to Real Madrid but I don’t think that will affect the club’s finances status as they can still be able to aquire replacements for him. I think the club should do a rebuilding rather than getting just a big name replacement for him.

Truly, Mbappe to Real Madrid? This winning combo is a match made in heaven and will be huge. Mbappe is the finest. Fast, skilled, and a goal-scorer. Like the Real Madrid greats before him, he's a Galactico. With Bellingham? Ignore it. His midfield mastery, game control, and opportunity creation make him the whole package. They'll be unstoppable together. They'll rule Europe, win awards, and put on the greatest show ever. We know PSG wont let Mbappe go easily. Negotiation and huge money are required, but its worth it. This investment is certain. The crowd will love it, the team will be untouchable, and Real Madrid will win big.

No doubt Lyon done historic comeback after having disastrous start of the season and staying into relegation zone for the first half of the season now things are right path for them with they are having chance for jumping into sixth spot even this is not easy because currently Lens is also having same points with goal difference is into their favour, but tonight we are having another game which is going to play between Reims vs Marseille with in case of win for the Marseille they can jump at the sixth spot and their last game is against Le Havre which is weak side so they can also win and having fair chance of ending at the sixth spot which could be good for them as they are having terrible season and drop too many points into important games and their journey into Europa League was also ended not good as they lost against Atlanta into semifinal.

I thought the previous match against Toulouse would be PSG's last match of the season but it turns out they still have to play an away match at Nice. Actually, I'm not that interested in end-of-season matches like this and really avoid betting. We can see that PSG is just playing as it is when they have won the Ligue One title and will not be aiming for victory again later.

So, it seems that instead of favoring PSG to win, it's better to hope that Nice wins this time. In my opinion, Nice still has a reason to compete until the last match against Lille to maintain their chances of continuing to play in one of the European competitions, namely the Champions League or European League.

Now everyone is having his own view about this with things are already clear Kylian Mbappé is going to leave the PSG as free agent and there is nothing about any compensation to PSG about anything which he or club having just because of this free agent situation Real Madrid is giving good salary and bonuses to Kylian Mbappé because just because of his free agent position they are having huge benefit and also trying to bring few other big players which are now they needed after Modric is leaving, and few more changes are going to happen in this club after this season.

We have few official reports that Real Madrid is going to announce about Kylian Mbappé after the Champions League final, which is going to play at the Wembley Stadium.

Mbappe wanted to join Real Madrid as a free agent in the last transfer window but PSG forced him and pressured him to extend his contract. Finally, I heard the news that Mbappe postponed the contract with Real Madrid and extended the contract with PSG until 2025. If psg had released Mbappe as a free agent then Mbappe would have moved to Real Madrid long ago but the club never accepted the financial loss which is why they extended Mbappe's contract. It is certain that Mbappe will leave the club this season and he has confirmed it, but the amount of money he will receive from Real Madrid will be a fraction of the money the club will receive because that is how it is supposed to be according to UEFA rules.

Nice vs PSG
Paris St Germain have stepped up the pace even more this season. They have an embargo on the league title, just like Munih did in the past. Next season they will again be the most ambitious team in Ligue 1. However, I think PSG's main goal now is to win the Champions League trophy and that's why PSG fans are not happy with the league title. PSG may not perform in the next 2 games and may play with substitutes. Nice, on the other hand, are taking advantage of the points they collected at the start of the season and have been out of form in recent weeks. But Nice still have a chance to qualify for the Champions League knockout round. If they take this game seriously, they can win against PSG. Because PSG are mentally relaxed and I don't think they will take this match seriously.

Since becoming one of the big and richest teams in Europe, of course PSG are very obsessed with being able to get the Champions League trophy so far, but unfortunately after they spent a lot of money to collect many star players in their squad still they failed all this time, I remember when PSG brought in star players such as Messi, Neymar and also Donnarumma who was the best goalkeeper in the world actually failed and not just once,  Until now it seems that PSG are still quite curious about their failure to win the Champions League trophy this season, so I think PSG management will again spend a lot of money in the transfer market later to recruit many new players.

Mbappe departure to Madrid can be said to be a big loss for PSG because previously Mbappe had a selling value above 150 million euros, but PSG actually released Mbappe on a free transfer so it can be ascertained if PSG did not get any money from Mbappe departure to Madrid next season, starting his career in Monaco but instead had a brilliant career at PSG,  Mbappe has spent most of his career in France, so to become the world best striker he needs to prove his capacity in today competitive leagues.