Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 301. (Read 188788 times)

We have one of the best game from the Lyon in this season while they are now coming to the top which is impressive run from them after having worst ever start of the season in second half of the season until now they are best team in Ligue 1 with their performance and this match was clearly showing how challenging are now they are to beat with few more results like these can give them ticket for the European Competitions because we have the worst performance from the Lens and Nice in last few games which are giving them benefit.

In game against Brest, we have 7 goals and 10 cards with 2 red cards which are surely amazing stuff for the all fans after 90 minutes while match was at the score of 3–3 I was expecting points for both sides but 105th minute goal give Lyon full three points and good win in this match against top team like Brest.

I think when Chelsea won the Champions League twice of course at that time they were no longer considered a mediocre team, because as I recall, when under Abramovich's ownership, Chelsea have turned into a strong team in the league and even then they had a pretty fantastic squad, so it would be wrong to say Chelsea at that time was a mediocre team that surprised a lot of people.  For now, in terms of squad, of course PSG and Manchester City are almost equal, but in terms of a winning mentality, of course we cannot compare the two teams.

PSG have now secured a place in the Champions League semi-finals and I think they were lucky enough to turn things around in the second leg yesterday, we all consider PSG a strong team and deserve to compete in the Champions League but to win the Champions League of course we still have to doubt them because so far the mentality possessed by PSG is not as big as Manchester City and Madrid,  The beating and comeback from Barcelona is of course incredible, but are you sure if PSG would have beaten Barcelona if Araujo not get shown a red card?

I agreed here partially because I also feel Barcelona is weaker side and red card having big impact on their performance in rest of the match which allow PSG to win with good difference and qualify for the semifinal of the event with now they are going to face Borussia Dortmund which is also good side but for me here now PSG having better chance of qualifying for the final because they are having good performance against them, and they can win this round as well.

In early 30 minutes of the game, we have good control for the Barcelona, but suddenly they lost their momentum and also lead of the two goals which allow PSG and Luis Enrique to dismantle and win this game by big margin I was having impact about PSG is one of the weakest sides in this round, but they achieve good result and now things are well-balanced for them to go for the final.

Manchester United? You probably meant Manchester City, mate. Manchester United failed to advance past the first round. They came last in their group. In an environment where the best teams in the Champions League are discussed, PSG is currently one of the top 4 teams. I think there is no need to say anything else about this. They represented themselves in the best way and managed to win away and went to the next round. I think those who think it is unlikely that they will even leave the group will be ashamed now.

We have fighting matches in the UEFA Champions League this season. Barcelona are out while PSG advance to the semi final, it's been really a trailing moment for Les Parisiens this season. Paris Saint-Germain knows how to beat their opponents with a man down. Luis Enrique took it upon himself to make things right since his team dissapointes everyone in the first leg of the quarter final but this time, they know the club's leaving and the ones qualifying for next phase.

Barcelona played above expectations this season and I think they deserve congratulations. Araujo's early red card broke the whole order. He has problems with this. I remember he received a red card again in another important match. Maybe he shouldn't play so hard in big games. As a result, these mistakes helped PSG advance to the next round.

In this league which is having one of the worst season due to many factors things are not easy to predict as we have in last few rounds with Nice lost their spot from second to fifth and Lyon are now touching new highs as they were at the bottom and now having chance of UEFA events in next season as they are currently one of the best team with their performance and going to face PSG in next round which is also having not good time in Ligue 1 with having five draws in last ten games which is huge decline into their performance but mostly are saying it is happening due to coach strategy as he is trying few things which will helps them after exit of the Kylian Mbappé in next season.

No doubt PSG win against Barcelona is huge and things are now favouring them for the final but still they need to be had some better things for their improvement and winning big titles because with their current level of performance it's not easy for them to have to win trophies.

Playing against Barcelona in the quarter-finals is actually an advantage for PSG because Barcelona's performance is different from Real Madrid, Manchester City and also Bayern Munich. If PSG faced one of these favorite clubs, of course PSG would be eliminated early, but luckily PSG got an opponent that was quite equal so it wasn't a problem which was too big for PSG, even though they suffered defeat at home in the first leg, this did not make the players mentally give up. Teamwork was highly prioritized in taking advantage of the situation when Barcelona only played with 10 players, which made Barcelona lose control and become an opportunity for PSG to achieve victory in the second leg.

Maybe if Barcelona didn't lose their defender, the possibility that would happen would be to achieve a draw and Barcelona would still qualify for the semifinals, but fate said otherwise, Barcelona had to suffer the misfortune of having their player get a red card in the 29th minute, making the PSG players even more enthusiastic about fighting Barcelona. Xavi himself felt that he didn't accept the referee's decision and he was very angry, but what else can the decision be done? Barcelona must accept the fact that they have lost in this round, and PSG is the one who has qualified for the semifinals and we'll see if PSG is able to reach it final and beat Dortmund.

I don't think as like you. It is true that the PSG team is a bit behind compared to Manchester City or Madrid. However, it cannot be said for sure that PSG will lose against these teams. We saw a few years back when the Chelsea team won the Champions League title. Chelsea were a mediocre team. Even then, this team won the Champions League title by surprising everyone.

PSG team is not as strong as City or Madrid. But right now I can't say that PSG have no chance of winning the title. PSG played very well in yesterday's match against Barcelona. PSG's match strategy was very good. With the help of Luis Enrique, this team is now very stable. So PSG also has a chance to win the title.

PSG played well and managed to win against Barcelona but let's be honest, if PSG faced Real Madrid or Manchester United or even Arsenal in both legs, the result will be very different. Barcelona red card impacted the game a lot but it wouldn't be the only cause of the defeat. Barcelona is weaker than what used to be and the advantage they have in term of goal difference weren't used as it should be.
We will see the next team that PSG will face to get a better view whether they can play the final game or not.

A good performance from PSG and it seems this time they won the Champions League match without of having superstar players like Neymar or Messi to spend too much money for them which wi much better than the situation of PSG in the last season.
In fact, they got better teamwork with a better coach instead of spending money on expensive players and I think the reason for PSG beating Barcelona
However, they were lucky because Araújo's red card changed everything otherwise Barcelona could beat PSG.

Both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid did not make it to semifinals of the Champions League. They were both eliminated tonight after an all time interesting match. The teams that won their first leg matches couldn’t make it to the next stage of the competition. This is how the game of football is, very unpredictable and surprising most times. Let’s see what happens in the semifinals after seeing the teams that will join them in the semifinals after tomorrow’s game.


I just believe their time will come and when it comes, the players that will win the champions league for them will not be players that anyone will think would worth it or close to those trios they’ve had in the past and couldn’t win in it. About this year’s participation in the Champions League, they’ve just secured their place in the semifinals, I’m sure you never expected that too. That is how football is and we can’t underrate or judge any team based on past performance.

In my opinion, small odds in betting do not make sense at all. There were also surprise points losses for Paris SG in the French league. However, if you are going to bet on the team against Paris SG, you will be lucky, but it is also very difficult to predict. That's why I think it's unreasonable to add low odds matches to bets. By the way, they are playing very well away from Barcelona right now and they will advance to the next round. It's a dream come true evening for Paris SG.

Yes that's right. I was one of those who watched Lyon from the start of the season, they slumped at the bottom of the League 1 standings at the start of the season after failing to win in the first 11 weeks. And slowly Lyon's performance began to improve after achieving five wins, including against AS Monaco and Marseille where they seemed to be finding their confidence again. And of course Lyon's revival and struggle to return to 7th place occurred after the change of coach.

The victory over Brest was not luck but the result of the hard work of Lyon players who wanted to continue to recover from their downturn at the start of the season. Of course their current target is to finish in the Europa League zone and it is true, as you said, at least they can finish in the Conference League zone.

When Lyon was behind with a score of 1-3, then I thought it was over for Lyon to win this home match against Brest. But after all, Lyon still has great abilities because Lyon managed to score two goals back to equalize the score at 3-3. But indeed, in the 90+ minute Lyon were awarded a penalty kick and what was even better, Ainsley Maitland-Niles actually succeeded in executing the penalty kick into a goal. With this victory, Lyon is getting closer to finishing in the top six and of course, it would be extraordinary if Lyon finally managed to finish in the top six. Because yes, I think it's clear that Lyon really started this season very badly but yes, with the great efforts that continue to be made by changing coaches too, in the end Lyon really got out of the relegation zone.

Kylian has been the main man for this psg side since his move to the club over 4 years ago as in a large period of those 4 years, he’s ended up the team’s highest goal scorer and that’s enough to help the team be able to consistently win the league. They’re very good when it comes to them winning the league rather than how they perform in the UCL.
 
 ⁠In the UCL, this fierce team are just a shadow of themselves and even when they have the likes of Messi and Neymar, yet they aren’t able to do anything tangible in the team and it’s worrisome. They’re always failing to reach the Semis of this competition and yes the fans aren’t enjoying it anymore as thy though this is their year but they fell at the Park des Princes last week to Barcelona.  

 ⁠Now the chances of them going through is very slim because they’re now going to Camp Nou which is one difficult ground to overturn victories. I think it’s because of reasons like this Kylian is wanting to leave the club to be able to win European trophies and get himself on the limelight.

 He’s decided to go to Real Madrid and I feel that’s really one cool decision especially as he’s one player the team needs to still keep dominating Europe. And Real Madrid is a balanced squad and Kylian will fit in easily in the club so the move isn’t a bad one rather it’s one that’s timely and needed by both parties.

If we look back, of course we can find teams that have broken PSG dominance in Ligue 1 such as Montpellier and Lille, but to break that dominance other teams in Ligue 1 took almost 10 seasons to do it and of course it is no different from Leverkusen who have now broken Bayern Munich's dominance after many years,  I think for now it looks like we will wait a long time to see again a other team that is able to thwart PSG champions in Ligue 1 later, for now of course the financial strength possessed by PSG is a strength for them to continue to dominate the league so that when there are no other teams in Ligue 1 that are financially strong then it is impossible for us to see Ligue 1 will be competitive.

Brest have always been at the bottom, so indeed their ability to be second at the moment certainly surprises us all, I think their stable performance at the beginning of the season made them able to be second at the moment and unfortunately they were not able to continue to put pressure on PSG after slowly their performance declined towards the end of the season.

I am not saying that it is true word for word and every price, but to be fair, Transfermarkt shows that Mbappe is worth as 180 million and total value of PSG as 1.02 billion euros. By comparison, the closest team is Monaco with 347 million euro. Meaning, if Mbappe were to leave today, and you drop whatever remains to half, it still doesn't go under Monaco, they would still be the leader.

This is of course the value, just because you have a higher value, doesn't mean you will win, the year when Lille won, did PSG have lower value? Of course not, but I think putting all of the achievement to Mbappe is wrong. We will see what will happen next season, Mbappe will be gone, and I bet that PSG will have an even easier win for sure.

PSG is a perfect example that money alone cannot buy success in sports. They failed to win the UEFA Champions League when they had the best players and quality coaching crew. Although they consistently dominated the French League but couldn't lift a European trophy. After some time these these players became a problem because they began to have conflict among themselves. Which made the club to let Messi and Neymar leave the club. We didn't see much from Mbappé in the first leg but the influence and quality of the Frenchman cannot be pushed aside. He might make a difference in today's game and help PSG get to the semi-finals.


I am also surprised that a relatively unknown club like Brest would make it to the second position where we have teams like renowned teams like Monaco, Lyon, Marseille, etc. This is what we want to see in League One because it has not been competitive for some time now. It will be great to see a team that will dethrone PSG like we saw Bayer Leverkusen push Bayern Munich aside this season.

Honestly, I personally am not too surprised by the defeat obtained by Reims in the match, indeed in terms of position, Reims has a better position in the standings by being in rank 8 in contrast to Strasbourg which is in rank 12 right now, indeed both have a much different position previously but if you look at their performance in recent weeks of course Strasbourg is still better than Reims currently with 2 wins,  2 draws and 1 loss, in contrast to Reims who were only able to win 1 win and 1 loss and 3 draws, indeed the team that forced Reims to draw was a big team but I think the these three are actually not in their best form at the moment.

The beginning of the season Reims was able to surprise us quite because they played quite impressive but when entering the middle of the season they slowly began to bad and often played unstable, to be honest when the season started, I quite salute their defense but for now Reim's defense is not better than Strasbourg, you can see in the standings if at the moment the number of Reims conceded more goals than the goals they created so it feels like it will It is difficult for them to end the season in the Europa League zone this season.