Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 306. (Read 188817 times)

Kylian Mbappe will be a player that Paris Saint German will miss greatly after he leaves the club. He has been the outstanding player in the team since he joined them and it has been like that year after year. His departure from the club will be felt by the whole team but with time, they’re going to fill the void he’s going to leave behind. No much changes will be witnessed in the club even after he leaves because they will still be the top team in the France league and will continue to dominate the league than any other clubs that are in the league. If you can see even in the matches he hasn’t played in, Paris Saint German still remains the best team and continue to win all of their matches they play in. The France league is just like the Bundesliga where only one team dominates it every year not until now that history wants to change in the Bundesliga and give the trophy to another team.

Even without the presence of Kylian Mbappe, the current squad of Paris Saint Germaine will still remain the most star studded and expensive team in the whole of France and that's because the club owners have been very active in signing high profile players to the club for more than the last one decade. However, you we can't shy away from the the fact that Kylian Mbappe have easily been the club's overall player since he arrived the club. Kylian Mbappe is a big player that's capable of winning games on his own for the team so when he finally leaves the club, they'll definitely feel his absence no matter how much they try to replace him. Paris Saint Germaine will still continue to dominate the French league after Kylian Mbappe's exit but I think they'll need time to deliver great performances that they do deliver with the presence of the France international

Mbappe's departure should not be a big problem, because they actually have a better quality team than other clubs, but their dependence on Mbappe is actually a problem for them. If Mbappe leaves then it is very likely that they will also bring in other quality players, especially since they have very good finances which means they can pay whatever players they want.

They should have prepared for this, I mean when they still have star players in their squad at the same time building a solid team. But unfortunately they didn't do that and only focused on a few players. For Mbappe alone, how much of their time did they spend trying to get Mbbape to stay with them, and in the end, Mbappe's decision to leave turned out to be something they couldn't stop anymore. If they used their time for something that could be their future, that would be very good. But once again they don't do that for their future.

If the result had been a draw, PSG might not have been there, but it's natural to be under pressure when the result went in their favour. According to UCL rules, PSG must win the next match in order to advance to the next round, as well as reducing the goal difference to advance on goal difference. If PSG is already 1 goal behind then PSG must score one more goal against Barcelona in the next match and if Barcelona does not score then PSG must score two goals. Where they conceded three goals to go against Barcelona, conceding two goals without conceding any goals in the second leg is a very difficult task. In UCL tournaments, first leg matches are usually very important where PSG have been defeated.

Everyone must have been surprised by the result of the match between Metz and Lens, it was indeed quite embarrassing even though in the early minutes Lens outperformed the match by entering the match in the 13th minute through Floriant Sotoca but Metz was able to restore the situation in the 34th minute and at the end of the first half it was 2-1, This is beyond the expectations of many analysts because Lens should be able to beat Metz if based on their current abilities and experience but it seems to have a different journey this week, it is quite unfortunate because Lens can lose to a team that is at the bottom of the standings with a score of 2-1, seen from Lens statistics in the second half to be very dominating and trying to equalize, But the results speak differently, the Metz squad shifted focus in the second half to use more defensive strategies to maintain their winning position until the end of the league, it can be seen that Lens' second half ball control was more because Metz players did not have much room to play nicely in the second half, but Metz's strategy worked until the second half was over, they maintained their victory and did not care what was thought because they also needed to win to get out of the relegation zone, if you look at them they still have a chance to fight out of the relegation zone and I think they did it for that.

This home loss hurts PSG more than usual. Huge hopes for this team, and Barcelona loss? They're struggling. The away leg will be harsh; Barca's fans support them. We know Champions League home advantage important. PSG shouldnt be dismissed yet. They must fix their defense and attack more aggressively.

Enrique must plan better next time. He must study Barcelona's style. Guardiola and Ancelotti modify things up for each opponent, finding weaknesses. Enrique must provide such information. PSG has talent, no doubt. They just need the perfect strategy to expose Barca. I support them, the team, and the fans. They deserve better.

The title of Ligue 1 champion definitely belongs to PSG with a difference of 10 points, they, of the remaining 7 matches in Ligue 1 that they have only Nice which is most likely to be their obstacle, it could be that before the Nice - PSG match, PSG has already secured the Ligue 1 title for them.

Maybe we'll see a more competitive Ligue 1 next season because the news about Kylian Mbappe's move is getting hotter, what do you think, will PSG still compete in the top 4 next season if Kylian Mbappe leaves PSG?

Unexpected result for Lens how possibility defeated by relegation zone teams Metz, get more difficult for Lens raise top fourth standings and repeat their achievement last season by qualifying to champion league. Leading one goals on the early minutes but Lens failed for defending the winning result and put their self will raise one spot for Europe League or champion league?
Metz has good capital for facing 5 matches left and try to defend in Ligue 1 competition next season, has too close points with Lorient, Nantes and Le Havre still has chance for Mets get out from relegation zone and get chance with relegation playoff round if fail moving up from relegation standings.

I don't see any surprise in this result. Maybe the mistake comes from the people who, when analyzing this game, looked at the position in which each of these two teams were in the table and ignored the other very important detail, I'm talking about this very important detail:



In the last 4 games, Lens only won 1 game and came from a sequence of 3 games without winning. and to make matters worse, before Lens played against Metz, they played against Le Havre in a game that ended in a draw. Looking at the position Le Havre is currently in, we see the following:



We see that Le Havre are close to Metz, there is not much difference with Metz. Both teams in the last 5 games did not perform well. this was already a strong indicator that Metz's game against Lens would be a very balanced game in which both teams had a great chance of winning the game and Metz did better and it shouldn't be a reason for much surprise, because in addition to Everything I said here shows a clear balance between these two teams, Metiz in the last 2 games before the game against Lens, managed to score at least 2 goals in each of the last two games they played and they were games against strong teams.

Metz 2 - 5 Monaco (match on March 30th)

stade brestois 4 - 3 Metz (game on April 7th)

Stade Brestois is currently the team that occupies second place in the table and even so Metz managed to score 3 goals, and see that this was Metz's last game before playing against Lens. So it was already clear that Metz had a good chance of winning the game against Lens

When Lens managed to win against a top team (brest) in Ligue 1 in the previous match, I thought Lens would have a great chance to reach the Champions League competition, but in fact after the victory their performance continued to deteriorate and never won in their last 4 matches including today against Metz, in terms of player quality and also today's chances were actually lens quite superior but unfortunately their chances of scoring a lot were wasted Aside from Metz's tight defence, for now Lens are moving further away from the Champions League zone and of course it will be very difficult for them to try to compete again with the teams above them.

At the moment to stay in rank 6 seems to be impossible also for Lens because after all Reims and Marseille are still too close to them, besides that Marseille still has 2 postponed matches that have not been played and of course their chances of taking position 6 as the last limit of the European competition zone are certainly very large, I think now it is time for us to no longer expect Lens to play in European competition next season because with 5 matches remaining It is very difficult for them to stay in the 6 standing position at the end of the season.

I think they need to withdraw to themselves and look for the problem inside. They are rushing way too much and because they rush, it is not happening and taking time. PSG never wanted to build a team slowly to become better and better to get the UCL afterwards, they always wanted to spend money on players that will help them get it right away, they just wanted to buy UCL cup basically, what happened? For nearly a decade now they are still not able to get it, and usually have terrible losses there.

This is why I believe that we should not consider this to be the norm, we should focus on what we could do and how we could improve. This is why we are going to end up with a result that is not going to be acceptable for them again.

I think the match was a bit surprising, because Barcelona, in my opinion, was experiencing poor performance, but they were able to beat PSG, who were in good performance, with almost no defeats in every game, but even so, PSG still had a chance to win the leg. Secondly, I also think PSG can definitely beat Barcelona, because maybe with the results of their match against the player who lost they will evaluate their performance and improve it in the second leg.

with statistics from yesterday's match results, PSG is even more in control. but what you say is true, we never know who will get a ticket to qualify for the semifinals. I myself hope that PSG can qualify compared to Barcelona. However, Barcelona is an experienced team, so it is possible that PSG will have a little difficulty facing them.

It wasn't an expected result indeed. Lens are making an effort to qualify for a European tournament by finishing in top six. However their recent results got really bad. As of this 2-1 Metz loss they can't get a win for four weeks in the league. They are getting away from a top four chance at the same time as the gap with Lille has become six points as well. 

The previous season was like a dream for Lens. They finished it at the second position and joined the Champions League. But last summer they lost some really important players in the squad and it looks like this has affected them quite negatively.

That was unexpected from Lens to lose against the worst team in Ligue 1 after Clermont Foot..
Lens started the season horribly and now this defeat? The worst part is that they were leading by one goal for most part of the first half, in addition to not being able to score from some attacks.
They might not lose their position in the table this round but this will allow the other teams to get closer from them..

It looked like a trade between the two teams at least I think that this happens as I don't think it was a deserved victory on field.It is a known phenomena and this means that during the last stages of the seasons,different agreements between teams and this also are tracked in the management of the teams as "favors" that has been done and for example when Lens will need points or an advance in the league Cup,Metz next season if they happen to save themselves for this season they will return the "favor" to Lens when they will have the chance,that is why I never bet on such type of games,especially on the last weeks of the season.

Yes, even though Lens took the lead in the 13th minute, but who would have thought that Metz played so well that it made it difficult for Lens in that match and was able to equalize in the 33rd minute and at the end of the first half and the score was 2:1 ahead in the first half, making Metz winning until the end and bringing them the full 3 points, indeed this defeat was very detrimental for Lens because they were struggling in the European zone but Metz was very happy with this result, at least little by little they were able to shift their position from the red zone.

we may need to think logically and I fully support your opinion because in the first leg PSG competed at home and actually felt less confident mentally, it was clear that they felt a little pressured because they didn't have much experience and in the second leg it was confirmed that Barcelona would be more comfortable to win a higher aggregate score takes advantage of opportunities when PSG play away from home and will experience difficulties in controlling the ball and that can be confirmed.
deciding to bet on Barcelona winning is a wise decision but consider the surprise that PSG could get if they are lucky enough to hold on to a draw and it ends in a penalty shootout.

but in terms of surprises, I'm not sure PSG will be able to hold Barcelona to a draw and for me Barcelona is guaranteed to qualify for the semi finals.

That's why being the best in League 1 is still not enough for a team to compete in the Champions League and I still think it will be even more difficult for PSG to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou in the second leg of this season's Champions League. Because in the Champions League, every team must be able to use all its strength in order to win even though the team cannot win in its own domestic league like Barcelona. So I'm not really sure that PSG can qualify for the next round unless Barcelona is not lucky enough and plays badly in the second leg.

This is the fact that PSG always be dominate Ligue 1 without gets decent opponents and it just happend for almost every season and seems to gets Ligue 1 title is very easy for them this because there was no teams who can playing consistent compared to them and this season the teams such as Brest, Monaco or probably Lille only compete for Champion League spots but these teams were unable to compete with PSG for race title because they were lack of consistency compared to PSG

With 10 difference points above to Brest i am sure PSG in the comfortable position and mathematically PSG only required 3 wins remaining to lock first place and i think PSG has been focus to other competition just like Champion League now although it's hard because they had just lost from Barcelona in the first leg but there is any chances for PSG to beat Barcelona but indeed it will not be easy and Luis Enrique will hard struggling to realized it

PSG defeat should be solely put on Enrique because clearly, his starting squad shows that he was not ready to win the game. How did he expect to win against Barcelona when he left out Danilo, Emery, Barcola and even Ramos? Well, the line up choice was the first mistake and it is understandable but why would he keep players for so long when there were players on the bench to substitute? The likes of Mbappe, Ruiz Ascencio proved not to be good enough to play for the time they played.

Donnaruma was also part of the problem, in fact he made Barcelona to win the match. PSG wasn't perfect actually but goal keeper is also part of the team and he should play his own part to make the game great for the team but here, the goal keeper inaccuracy contributed to all the three goals. It's funny how there's excellent goal keeper on the bench but they keep starting him always. The return match at Camp Nou will be difficult if they choose to start him again.