Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 307. (Read 188817 times)

Yes, the lack of pressure they receive makes them very comfortable in Ligue 1. However, there are negative and positive sides to what they feel. The positive side is that they might be able to focus on other competitions such as the Champions League because they are already comfortable in Ligue 1. However, the negative side is that maybe they will no longer focus on improving their performance because they have absolutely no pressure here.
It is proven that in the Champions League now they also had to fall behind Barcelona in the first leg because they lost 3-2. And that will make it difficult for them in the second leg. Uncompetitive competition in the domestic league will have a bad influence when they are at a higher level. We know their strength when they are together with the 3 best players ever, but at the same time the fact is that they also can't talk much when it comes to the Champions League, because their level is the same or even not better than the teams in the Champions League.

The first match of the UCL quarter finals was played by PSG at their home ground against Barcelona and in that case PSG will play the second leg match at Barcelona's ground but they will not be able to play as comfortably as at home. Even if PSG could not win against Barcelona in the first leg, they should have at least drawn. PSG failed to draw against Barcelona, they failed to get a win, so in the second leg match, they will definitely be behind and under a lot of pressure to start the second leg. Since the second leg match will be played at Barcelona's home ground, I will definitely be betting on Barcelona in the second leg match.

It's true that it was quite surprising. I thought PSG could beat Barcelona even with a narrow score, but instead they were beaten by Barcelona with a narrow score. This is because their performance is quite balanced so they will try to perform as well as possible in home and away matches, playing away isn't it so the obstacle for Barcelona to beat the strongest club in League 1 is basically PSG is not very strong in the Champions League, especially when facing clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich. I think PSG will experience difficulties and the existing PSG will be eliminated by them because In fact, PSG is not a club that is equal to them. We can compare the performance of their respective leagues, where League 1 failed to compete with 5 other popular leagues in Europe.

PSG's performance which is exaggerated in the Champions League because they always have star players and experienced coaches but unfortunately PSG is still unable to show the best performance in the Champions League and is still being beaten by clubs that are stronger than them, who knows when PSG will be able to get this prestigious title Moreover, if Mbappe leaves PSG, it will make things even more difficult for PSG in big competitions, but for League 1 PSG still doesn't have any difficulties even without Mbappe.

Barcelona are certainly more experienced than PSG in the Champions League. PSG's squad lacks experienced players. However, with Luis Enrique's help, PSG's performances have been quite consistent in the past few matches. Even then the team failed to win against Barcelona

I expected to see PSG win in the home match. However, the PSG team was defeated by 3-2. I wouldn't say that PSG's performance was bad. The performance of the players of both the teams was quite good. We had the opportunity to enjoy a very exciting and competitive match. But in the end Barcelona won the match with Christensen's goal. There is no doubt that Barcelona were lucky in this match.

Indeed, Enrique has worked hard quite well considering that currently PSG can still maintain its position as the top of the Ligue 1 standings and also as the strongest team in French football, plus they managed to reach the quarter-finals of the UCL.
But the defeat few days ago against Barcelona made everyone disappointed and of course Enrique was quite regretful about the defeat because after all, the first leg of the home match was big opportunity for PSG to win.
For the next match, it is clear that PSG will have difficulty winning because in the second leg they will play away from home, Barcelona will definitely do their best in their home match and this will put pressure on PSG.

But it seems that PSG doesn't have the mentality of being UCL champions and they will definitely be eliminated in the quarter-finals.
They have lot to learn and PSG is only guaranteed to win Ligue 1, next season it is certain that PSG will be even more difficult because of the departure of their best player Mbappe.

Who would have thought that Lens would lose against a lowly team like Metz and they would have to go home without taking a point in this match. Of course the result is surprising and detrimental for Lens because their chances of winning are very big. However, Metz, who lost in a row in their previous three matches, wanted to give a different result, especially in front of their fans, so they couldn't afford to lose again and it all paid off by beating Lens.

I think there are times when a weak team like Metz can win and this result revives their chances of quickly getting out of the relegation zone which is only 2 points away. Of course they have to win again next week and try to increase their chances of winning again. For Lens, they were stuck in 6th position and failed to displace Nice this week.
There are certainly quite a few who have lost money on this bet and I also felt that after betting on Lens.

Honestly PSG doesn't feel any pressure at all at Ligue one, the point difference is 10, so it is not like they would care. They could lose this game too and not care about it since it is not going to matter to them. I understand that it may feel like maybe a little different to some people, but that's just the way it is right now. I feel like the best way to go would be making sure that we are going to handle getting better one way or another, and we could probably see the situation change a lot more later on.

I hope that we could probably get a better result, but seems like it is not that easy. I get that it may not look amazing so far, but I believe that we are going to probably end up with a much better result eventually.

Shocking to see PSG lose on their home ground to Barcelona this season, I know Luis Enrique is doing his best but it's not good enough. We can either choose to support PSG or not but the most important thing is simply laying low for significant winnings. Paris Saint-Germain have always turn out to be one of the most overhyped team in the UEFA Champions League due to the big names in the club and at the end of the tournament, they're either eliminated earlier even before anyone would noticed. PSG will travel to Camp Nou to face Barcelona in the second leg.

The match between PSG and Barcelona was really awesome to watch. PSG had a new coach like Enrique to help this team have a better performance in the Champions League and they didn't have their superstar players like Neymar and Messi but Barcelona was recently had a better performance after they won the game against Napoli.
As you said PSG was always unstable in the Champions League and that's not something new to say Enrique is guilty of this loss but they should try much harder to beat Barcelona if they want to remain in the tournament However this can't be easy for them all after the 3-2 lose they had.

It's quite unfortunate to watch PSG lose first leg of the UCL quarter-finals to Barcelona on Parc des Princes stadium ground and have been huge blow on their faces. Luis Enrique should make more enquiries on beating their opponents and his former team. Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti understands how football operates and they've also made progress interms of their squad and substitution made available. The UEFA Champions League is among just two main clubs. They're Real Madrid and the defending champions, Manchester City. We know how fierce and strong these teams have dominated the UCL and have been consistent and promising in their matches.

Even though PSG lost the first leg against Barcelona, ​​in reality they still have a chance to improve it in the second leg. Barcelona is 3-2 on aggregate from PSG to start the second leg, but it is not a good guarantee to expect Barcelona not to lose to PSG. As far as I know, PSG also played well in the first leg and they were just unlucky to score and prevent many goals throughout the game.

I actually don't want to see PSG qualify for the semi-finals compared to Barcelona, ​​so I hope Barcelona will maintain their best form in the second leg and qualify for the semi-finals. Barcelona is better prepared for that than PSG, but we never know who will get the ticket in the end.

The Ligue one is about to be a wrap and one match of focus is the match between Mets and Lenz and this match holds lots of weight to an extent for the winner of the match. Bot teams arw placed differently on the log but their standings are kind of similar and you can say that Lens to an extent will be the winner of this encounter.

 Metz who’re battling relegation haven’t been able to get a win in the past 5 matches and now they come into this match, to see if they can at least get a win to help them get up a little and revive their hopes. Though for Lens they were a big surprise last season as they were able to feature in the UCL, many thought they’ll bank on that achievement and build a great squad.

 ⁠Well the team declined and now you can see them struggling to maintain Europa League spot or probably push themselves to the UCL, whixh they must ensure they get full 3 points from Metz. This match is all favorably for Lens because they’re the better team and they are without any injury woes.

 I’ll sure pick Lens to win or draw because they’re playoffs away from home and I’m not fully confident on this Lens that haven’t been Able to secure win in most of her matches especially the last 3 matches. Well a double chance Will be a safe bet for Lens rather than taking them to win.

The match has already started, and currently, Lens is leading with one goal. They are still in the first half. The way I am observing the match, it is not as tough as I was expecting because Metz is the host of the game. Despite being weak, I expect them to be strong because it's their home, and they are at the relegation zone looking forward to escape. Lens is a strong team, so I am thinking the game will be tough. However, Lens is really finding the match easy because they are the team controlling the pitch currently. So, with the way Lens players are playing, the pitch is a sign that Lens will go away with the three points. But let's see what will happen; maybe if Metz will back in the second half, there will be an improvement.

Yeah but I doubt if the match will be that tough because the both teams has a big gap between each other both in performance and every other things, so Lens may not have a hard time wining the match because they got all it takes to get it done, however they really need all the wining they will get now so that they will have more opportunity to qualify for more suitable position against there next season because right now there 6 position is not much good for them.

Metz on the other hand is one of the weakest club on this league because since the beginning of this season they have been moving from one losing to another that's why they have not been able to secure a good position on this league and right now there chances of improving to the next position is being able to win majority of their matches but in terms of this their match against Lens is very obvious they will lose the match.

Metz vs Lens

Metz StartXI: 4-5-1
Alexandre Oukidja; Maxime Colin; Ismaël Traoré; Sadibou Sane; Matthieu Udol; Kevin Van Den Kerkhof; Kévin N'Doram; Danley Jean Jacques; Arthur Atta; Pape Diallo; Georges Mikautadze

Lens StartXI: 3-4-1-2
Brice Samba; Jonathan Gradit; Kevin Danso; Facundo Medina; Przemysław Frankowski; Andy Diouf; Neil El Aynaoui; Deiver Machado; David Pereira da Costa; Florian Sotoca; Wesley Saïd

I don't see any stress for Lens to win Metz despite Metz are the one hosting but lens having the chances of winning.

In Terms of budget, of course Enrique is quite benefited by the wealth owned by PSG at this time so we can say if Enrique only needs to appoint the players he wants to be bought by PSG, but building a qualified squad is not an easy thing to do at this time because indeed coaches must be able to see the potential of the players they buy,  So I think Enrique also has to get support from scouts who are experts in seeing the potential of players to be able to meet the long-term needs of the team, maybe PSG don't have problems with their finances to buy players every season, but actually getting players who can be the mainstay of the team in the long run is certainly better to be ready for the championship competition like champions league in my opinion.

We can see how a team often experiences a decline in performance when there are changes In squad players every season and I think that Is also happening To PSG at the moment, at this time I think with relying on attack alone is not enough for PSG to compete in the Champions League, PSG also need to optimize each line of their squad so that it can be really balanced later,  against Barcelona yesterday, PSG were also quite dangerous even though Mbappe didn't have much contribution in the game but unfortunately their midfield and defense were not optimal making them have to get a defeat in the first leg.

PSG will always only be known as a league 1 star who always has difficulty in winning titles in the UCL and for me it is natural that most of the audience will always doubt PSG success in the UCL because they are not ready to compete with teams that are much more popular with more experience and mentally, he doesn't have a convincing readiness even though there are many star players on the team.
logically it should have been easy for PSG to win the UCL title last season when there were several star players but in fact it was all in vain.

we'll see in the second leg match against Barcelona. I'm sure that PSG will not be able to get a higher aggregate score and must accept that being eliminated from the UCL is the most appropriate situation.
I'm not talking about PSG bad things here, but the team has just continued to have great experience and it won't be easy to win the UCL title just by relying on star players and on the one hand, the only valuable lesson is that a painful defeat allows the team to recover in the coming season.
all good or bad achievements will depend on how the coach manages the players to gain valuable experience and improve them in the coming season with new, more appropriate strategies.

I think the main task of the coach at PSG is how to build a solid squad so they can compete in the Champions League. No one doubts PSG's performance in Ligue 1. Even though they have not had good results in the last 5 matches with 3 draws and 2 wins, the points they have are still far superior to Brest in second place with a gap of 10 points. Yes, in the Champions League they are still not favorites to win. This means that PSG has not been able to build a solid squad. They are very dangerous up front with Mbappe but overall their squad is still not able to compete with other clubs in the UCL.

PSG have been qualifying for the Champions League for a long time but so far they have not been able to produce any remarkable performances in the Champions League. PSG competes in the Champions League for half of the season and are eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals each season. PSG have been eliminated in the quarter-finals of most of the Champions League tournaments they have qualified for so far. Even though PSG is the best team in the France League, they are still an ordinary team for the Champions League and it is very difficult to dream of winning the Champions League as an ordinary team and to realize that dream.

PSG has always looked disappointing since Messi and Neymar were there, even though it is full of star players, PSG still hasn't been able to qualify for the important round, but lost narrowly to Barcelon, there is still hope of winning on aggregate because PSG can convince themselves that they can qualify for the important round. after beating Barcelona, that is to enter the semi-finals of the UCL, but at least they have to win by a difference of two goals in order to qualify, even though it sounds difficult because PSG will play at Barcelona's home ground in the second leg.

It's impossible for PSG to beat Barcelona at home in front of all their supporters, especially if they can't play optimally in the second leg. It's certain that PSG will fail again for the umpteenth time. Next season, maybe PSG could lose Mbappe and they need to get players. who is truly talented to fill the main squad is not just popular but is really needed to be able to bring PSG to an important round in the UCL, PSG still has a chance to win and I'm sure Enrique has thought about this, how to beat Xavi and his team at home Barcelona will at least win 0-2 on aggregate, of course PSG will be able to qualify for the semi-finals.