Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 268. (Read 189069 times)

I also thought like that that PSG could qualify for the UCL final this season, but what Dortmund displayed was truly beyond many people's expectations and forced PSG to return to their original place and again not feel like they were champions in the UCL this season. That's the loss for a team that is studded with stars but still hasn't succeeded in getting the UCL trophy and this of course has an impact on the easy matches that PSG often faces in Ligue1 so that when PSG meets opponents who are quite equal, PSG still can't win.

PSG have so far bought players whose market value has subsequently declined. They simultaneously fielded the world's best stars to win the Champions League title, but one thing they forgot in building a team with the world's best stars was that they had glaring weaknesses in their midfield and defence. They had obvious weaknesses in midfield and defense and those weaknesses were easily picked out by opposing managers which resulted in almost every team succeeding in planning against them. If they form a team in the next season that has strong players in every position from defense to forward, they can surely win the Champions League title with their team in the following seasons.

To be honest, I genuinely thought that Paris Saint Germaine were definitely going to eliminate Borussia Dortmund from the UCL competition just after their unbelievable performance at Camp Nou last month that ensured their qualification to play in the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League competition. To concede a home and away defeat to Borussia Dortmund I think is a very poor result for a star studded team like Paris Saint Germaine.
I was very disappointed to see that Borussia Dortmund after winning their group in the group stage of the competition were also able to beat French champions in the semi final of the competition. Paris Saint Germaine manager Luis Enrique didn't do what I expected of him as a top manager in that game and it did cost the team heavily

To be honest it's not surprising to see this good performance from a team like Lyon. If you have watched the French League for a long time, you know Lyon a team they were playing at the top of the French League and they won the French League title for many times before but recently they couldn't have a good performance and they were even about to get relegated because of the bad performance they had during this season.
While after after using the new coach and making some changes after the new year, they got improved a lot and now all they need to do is to get ready for the next season to have a better start than this season.

Lyon being able to finish in Europa League zone will a remarkable story remembering they were at the bottom of the league table for some times in the first half of the season. Apart from finishing sixth position, they have chance to play in Europa League if they can win the France Cup final by beating PSG, which is not a big chance. Considering their current performances, finishing at sixth position is still possible for Lyon considering they are currently more stronger and more consistent than Lens.

Lyon have easier last two games than Lens have, they will play against Clermont Foot, which is already relegated team, and Strasbourg, while Lens will play against Rennes and Montpellier. Hypothetically, Lens will beat both teams which will end Lyon's hope to play in Europa League, and Lyon have minus goals difference which is a big disadvantage. This means Lens will only need one win and one draw to secure their ticket to Europa League.

Actually I want Lyon to be able to get a ticket to the UEL next season but this is not something easy even though mathematically there is still a big chance but we also have to look more deeply at Lens and Lille who will definitely not easily let Lyon take their current position.
Lyon's performance recently has become much stronger but that doesn't mean they can easily get a ticket to the UEL because the first difficulty is getting rid of Lens and Nice and on the other hand, Rennes, which is right below Lyon, will also continue to put pressure on Lyon.
If this season Lyon fails to get a ticket to another competition, I will not be disappointed, but if I can maintain this performance to use it in the next season, Lyon can definitely take back its glory days.

Football is a team, even though it has star players like Mbappe, there used to be Messi, Neymar and Ramos but the proof is that they also failed in the UCL League. PSG made a lot of mistakes, they have to learn from other big teams who play as a team, not just rely on one star player they have. Maybe it's time for PSG to improve and implement new strategies and patterns, especially as the issue that is developing is that Mbappe will leave PSG at the end of the season, of course this is a moment for Enrique to improve and make next season better and stronger as a team.

In my opinion, the difficulty for PSG in the UCL League is because in League 1 they play without pressure, the league is not competitive, PSG even without having to work hard they easily get the League 1 trophy. Maybe this is also one of the problems PSG faces because they are in a non-league. competitive, so when playing in the UCL league the pressure and mentality is less because you often play relaxed in league 1.

PSG have eliminated from the UEFA Champions League this season by Borrusia Dortmund and we know it's complicated results for Les Parisiens to handle and also good news for the Bundesliga side. I'm more concerned about Kylian Mbappe, he would have become one of the brilliant players to achieve major titles but due to his relenting moves and other priorities, he still haven't met the standard requirements. Paris Saint-Germain should try their best to forget Kylian Mbappe and move on with the current squad. PSG manager, Luis Enrique will look forward to making changes for the club in the absence of one his key player who's probably leaving the team at the end of the season, although it's still under 50/50 probability.

It's time for PSG to try to forget Mbappe and if he intends to leave then it's best to just let him go. PSG must try to build a more capable squad for next season and they must develop players who really perform well. Mbappe is indeed an important player in the squad, but there is too much drama going on, causing jealousy towards other players.

If PSG wants to compete in the Champions League competition, they should try to build a squad like several other clubs have done. Say like Manchester City did and if they continue to depend on Mbappe then they won't be able to achieve that because there is too much drama going on.

The victory over Lille certainly increases Lyon motivation at the moment to continue to be able to win in their remaining games, to be able to compete in the Champions League zone this season of course it is too late for Lyon because they wasted too many points at the beginning and middle of this season, but I think of course for now Lyon must be able to focus their attention to at least be able to play in the Europa League next season,  Moreover, so far Lyon has an easier remaining match for them to get full points, besides that the difference in points owned by Lyon with Lens and Nice is not too far, Lyon in the remaining two matches will only face Clermont Foot and Strasbourg which are relatively easy opponents for them, while Nice and Lens actually have the remaining difficult opponents and have the potential to lose points.

Mathematically Lyon chances of playing in the Europa League next season are wide open if they can get 6 points from the remaining two games, I think it is more realistic for Lyon this season to try to get a ticket to the Europa League than to their team with targets that may be difficult to achieve, but of course Lyon may also be able to benefit from defeats to Lille and Nice later in the race for Champions League tickets next season.

Also, an issue that PSG does not care much about is that the players demand high amounts of money from them because they failed. Footballers who demand twice as much contract from PSG as they would from any other team also increase PSG's contract burden. If Mbappe leaves the team, the only benefit for PSG will be in terms of salary budget.

For this season it seems like it is a bit too late for Lyon to recover even though Lyon still has a chance to take one of the places in the European Cup next season. And Lyon's victory at home to Lille has prevented Lille from getting an immediate UCL spot even though Lille still has a chance to take the top three positions in Ligue1 this season. Because Lille is not far enough behind Brest. But it will always not be easy for a team like Lille and also for Lyon, because Lyon was a bit late in making a comeback this season.

PSG failure to advance to the final this season after being thwarted by Dortmund proves that a team filled with star squads may not necessarily be able to win from a team that has been underestimated, the mentality possessed by Dortmund in that match is really quite great and even they are not afraid at all when playing at home to PSG, but even though PSG lost the match, of course we deserve to appreciate the struggle of the PSG squad in the match even though it was PSG's mentality is very bad compared to Dortmund, I think next season in addition to having to improve their squad of course Enrique must be able to lift the mentality of the PSG players next season to be stronger.

When Messi, Mbappe and Neymar are still in PSG uniform, PSG still failed to win the Champions League, even this season Mbappe had to work hard to get the Champions League trophy but still failed, so I can't imagine how PSG next season without Mbappe, most likely Mbappe will leave PSG next season and hopefully PSG can find other players who are better than Mbappe later.

Lyon performed extraordinary in this match, even though they couldn't score a goal in the first half and even had to be 2 goals behind, they were able to turn things around when there wasn't much time left in the match. LOSC, which was initially superior, must accept the fact that their superiority must be pursued and even reversed by their guests this time.
To be honest, I favor LOSC in this match, especially after they took the lead in the first half. Their superiority makes me think they will really win this match. However, Lyon is not that easy to give up in this match and we have seen how they were able to turn things around to make it 3-4 at the end of the match.
This result cannot bring LOSC closer to Brest, who also got a draw this week. In fact, if they can win this match then they will make their points the same as Brest's points.

Lyon's comeback is incredible. They turned into an incredible team in the second half of the season. Lyon, which most teams easily beat in the first half of the season, seemed to be exceptionally prepared for the second half. With these victories, they suddenly started to compete for the European cup rankings. If they had been a little brighter in the first half of the season, they could even be in the UCL next year.

Paris Saint Germain failed to advance to the Champions League final because they had to admit defeat to Borussia Dortmund in two matches at once. In the first leg they lost 1-0 and in the second leg they also lost with the same score at their own headquarters, 0-1. This is certainly a disappointing result because at the start they were favorites to reach the Champions League final this season.

This was Kylian Mbappe's last season with Paris Saint Germain, and in his final season he again failed to bring Paris Siant Germain to great success in the Champions League.

Actually, in the second leg they had many opportunities, but unfortunately the opportunities they had always failed and only touched the crossbar. This is the misfortune they must feel in this match. Indeed, things like this cannot be avoided in football, especially since it is luck that we don't know when it will come.

I don't think so, even if it's possible that anyone can win the championship, it's still unlikely because it's like I said before where money is in control in this case so it affects the performance on the field which makes it difficult for other clubs to face PSG's dominance in domestic competitions.

Since Arab investors came to PSG in 2012, we can see they have never been absent to become champions and there are only 3 seasons that have been missed and cannot be won by PSG where the 2012 season was won by Montpellier, the 2017 Monaco season and the 2020 season by Lille.
By looking at this condition I do not feel that anyone can catch up and compete with PSG where when their money power as a reference resource is very different.

For competition in the Champions League and Europa League zones some other clubs may be able to but for the competition everything is still held by PSG unless there are some conditions where the luck of other clubs in terms of performance is better than PSG then indeed it can still compete but it can not be done every season as long as PSG has a greater advantage in their strength in terms of resources.

Who would have thought that Lille would lose narrowly when they hosted Lyon at home and that was not a small number of goals, with a total of 7 goals scored. Of course, this match was very hot and Lille could not block Lyon's onslaught of attacks which resulted in many goals. On the other hand, Lille should be appreciated considering that they reduced their goal margin so that they did not appear to have lost badly.

Well, Lille failed to continue to widen the gap, but at least one place in the top four is still very safe with a difference of 4 points from Nice so that in the next match Lille must win again if they don't want Nice to get close to them. The competition at the end of the season is worth looking forward to and with Lyon's victory it is enough to open their way to the conference league or European league.

all of this depends on Lyon management who will manage the players in the coming season.
I mean, if Lyon doesn't make changes to the current players or only makes changes to unproductive players, I think next season will be better but if Lyon makes mistakes like last season selling mainstay players or very productive players can make the best contribution of course, Lyon will again fail to get a ticket to the European league to compete with other popular teams.
currently, Lyon is very perfect after several new players from last winter's transfer market provided more consistent improvements.

They really need all those wins because they are fighting for a spot at the European competitions next season and by the looks of it either they will get in or they will miss with very few points. The start that they had was something horrible and the way they are getting better right now, if they had just a few wins at the first 10 weeks then they would have been in a much better situation but they had absolutely nothing going for them at that moment.

I think it's quite clear that we are going to see Lyon be better next season so they want to make sure that they can go to Europe in order to make a bit more money, even if they can it would probably be just conference league but if they keep getting better like this then there is a chance that they could win it all as well.