Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 359. (Read 194747 times)

Mbappe currently has a very big influence at PSG and will certainly reduce PSG's performance when they don't play mbappe, we can all see how mbappe has been a mainstay of PSG and he continues to be able to create goals for PSG's victories so far, as one of PSG's best players of course it will cause a lot of controversy when mbappe is no longer trusted by Enrique just because of his speculation to Madrid next season,  I think Enrique should continue to play Mbappe so that at least they can continue to play optimally in the remaining games of the season.

In the last few games we saw if Enrique no longer played mbappe and actually made PSG performance decline, so it worries me quite when they later play in the champions league, currently the champions league is the main target for PSG and did not play mbappe in skuad will only make PSG weak in the champions league later, although it is possible that PSG will still play mbappe in the champions league, but when he no longer gets playing time in the Ligue 1, but still it will make Mbappe feel he is no longer needed by PSG this season and in the end I think Mbappe will not play optimally when they face Barcelona later.

Because of his importance, PSG tried to keep him but this story comes to the end. PSG tends to give up and they will let Mbappe moves as a free player to Real Madrid.

It is big failure of PSG in their development strategy as they can smell that Mbappe does not only want money, but also want titles and by failing to win Champions League, PSG surely fail to convince Mbappe to prolong or sign a new contract with their club.

It's bad for PSG and Ligue 1 if they lose Mbappe, who is like an iconic player of their club and the league but other players will grow up and become a new star in Ligue 1. It takes time, maybe a long time, but we will see new star players in both PSG and Ligue 1.

The first half was the worst half for Metz because they conceded three goals and all three goals were scored by Monaco within sixteen minutes of the match and that definitely put more pressure on the Metz players because they were playing at home.
The second half saw Metz trying to get back up but it was Monaco who managed to add to their goal so they led 4-0, and if we look at the final score it can be seen that this is a match where Metz are still trying to get back up but they are behind by many goals which certainly makes it difficult for them to get points in this home game.

Metz certainly knows that they will have difficulty beating Monaco, and with this defeat keeping them in the bottom two of the standings and increasingly left behind by Lorient and several teams who are also still struggling to stay away from the relegation zone, perhaps there is no longer any chance for Metz to get out of relegation zone, because the next two matches are against strong teams Brest and Lens, and also when facing weak teams their chances of getting points are still small because these teams will also struggle to win and survive the relegation zone.

Kylian Mbappé is one of the most important players of Paris Saint-Germain. In fact, in my opinion, he is the most important player. Luis Enrique will not want to lose him, but now Mbappé will leave the team. Mbappé is intimidating other players before leaving the team. He says, "Even if you are Mbappé, I won't play you if I don't want to." This is actually a preparation for next year. He wants to create a more disciplined team next year.

I feel like he is just not playing anymore, that is why him being subbed out was actually a good lesson to all. I mean think about it, this dude knows that he is leaving this summer, so he doesn't even care, and he doesn't play well because he doesn't really care if they lose neither because he knows they will win.

So Enrique actually did something right, what did he do? He basically showed all the other players that no matter if they are the champions or not, if you do not want to give your 100% then you can be subbed out, even Mbappe got subbed out, so everyone else will get subbed out without a doubt. I feel like that's going to be the most important thing in the end, it will definitely help them win better next time.

little hope that Metz will survive in League 1 if you look at the remaining matches this season, Metz has very difficult opponents such as PSG, Lens, Lille and several other strong teams.
unless you have luck you can win against this big team, but isn't that impossible when Metz has to play against a strong team in League 1?
and Monaco does have a chance to get the runner up position at the end of the season, but it seems that it depends on how Brest maintains its consistency, which is currently trying to continuously maintain its consistency.
but in my opinion this can be determined when in the next match Monaco will play away against Brest and if in that match Monaco is able to beat Brest, I think Monaco deserves to be in the runner up position.

The competition between Brest and Monaco for runner up position is getting interesting because they only have 1 difference point and the recent matches results from them also looks same because Brest and Monaco can able to collect 3 wins from 5 matches and i am sure they have same ambition that they want to playing at Champion League especially for Brest that as far i know they were never playing at European competitions before and if Brest really can able to managed their consistency and finish at top 3 then they will make a history

And for Monaco actually almost for every season their target is still same that finish at Champion league zone but last time they playing at this competition on season 2018/2019 but since that Monaco was never done it again even last season Monaco only able to finish at 6th place and this season their chances to finish at top 3 is very wide open because they can collect 49 points from 27 matches Monaco even has 3 points above to Lille and Monaco manager Adi Hütter also very optimistic Monaco can accomplished the target

Both teams next weekend will facing weak opponents because Brest will fight against Metz and Monaco will playing against Rennes i think they can easily to beat their opponents especially for Brest that i am confident they can able to overcomes Metz because we all know Metz performance is so weak this season and last week Metz has just lost with big scores from Monaco

Monaco continues its fight for the Champions League. Their five-goal win away to Metz gave them great morale. They are also continuing in the race for second place. Lille, coming from fourth place, continues to threaten them, so they should continue to stay in their place in the remaining matches of the league. They must complete the rest of the league undefeated. One of the best teams in the French league is currently Monaco. It will be a pleasure to watch them in the Champions League next year.

For PSG, the French league is already an easy target. They were a team that had set the UCL as their target for years. Things are going well this year. Marseille is a difficult away game and despite missing 50 minutes, they managed to win with 2 goals and this is a great success. When they fended off Marseille's attacks and scored 2 goals with a counter-attack, PSG showed us that they knew how to play correctly despite playing incompletely.

Of course Lilie can take advantage of The moment of the match between Brest and Monaco. Especially if Monaco loses and Lilie wins. It can be used by Lilie to try to target Monaco. This is with a stable Lilie record of not making mistakes in the rest of the match. Because sometimes plans don't go our way. But for these three clubs it is still quite risky for automatic UCL qualifying places because they have not much difference in points. Remember they only have 3 teams automatically qualify for UCL.

The competition to get tickets to the Champions League next season is still very competitive. Lille and Nice still have a chance to overtake Monaco in third place. Lens and Marseille still have a chance to get tickets to the European League. Brest and Monaco are at the same level as Lille and Nice, although they are slightly stronger. With 7 games remaining I think the competition for 2nd and 3rd place is still very competitive. Brest and Monaco will compete in mid-April. This will give Lille the opportunity to shift them from the Champions League zone.

That was an amazing victory for PSG, they dominated the game with ten players. I did not expect Marseille to lose the way they did because they are not a weak team in Ligue 1. After Beraldo was sent off in the first half, PSG scored two goals against 11 players, i thought Marseille will equalize after being down with one goal, not realizing they would conceded another one. PSG won easily against 11 players.


Mbappe got annoyed by Luis Enrique's substitution while the match was still in progress. He did not longer allows Mbappe to play full time in their league games after deciding to leave the club at the end of the season. Luis Enrique has always stated that they want to get used to playing without Mbappe, they don't want to rely on him because he will soon leave the club, but in Champions League games, Mbappe will play the full time. I was asking why he couldn't pull him out of the Champions League as well? I believe he understands that without Mbappe, they would struggle to compete in the Champions League this season.

Marseille is a big name in the past but last two decades, Ligue 1 has been dominated by PSG after they got massive investment from their new owner. With PSG domination in Ligue 1 recent years, it is normal to see they destroyed Marseille in a direct match. This season, PSG are no longer strong and stable as same as they were in previous seasons but are still able to create domination in French domestic league.

Chance can come to Marseille and other clubs in Ligue 1 when Mbappe leaves PSG and they will have to need some time like months or one to two seasons to adapt to that big loss.

Marseille is actually the only Ligue 1 team that had ever won Champions League, while PSG was just found in 1970, so historically, Marseille is a bigger club that PSG. Big investment at PSG is what makes them have all those qualities. Playing at home is still not able to give advantage for Marseille to win the game as prestige of Le Classique, that implies how bad Marseille is lately.

Sitting in 7th position should give them the reason to fight for european zone. But this still can't instill them extra motivation and determination to gain something at home while they have cance to capitalize the numerical advantage after the red card for PSG player. The game didnt seem to have a sense of rivalry between two successful clubs in France. PSG really have made Ligue 1 lost its sense of competitiveness with gap of quality between them and the rest.

 PSG who are known to be consistent champions of the Ligue 1 are about to lose their star player one who has single-handedly carried this club to various rounds of success since he’s been at the club for over 4 years now. Now you begin to winder how the club will be able to cope with his absence because sincerely it’s not always easy when you lose your rival at a point and it seems you weren’t ready for it.

 Well PSG are Ligue 1 champions and with the way there’s no much of a competition in the ligue 1 you might begin to come up with the notion of PSG still remaining champions without Kylian next season. Well it might be very possible especially as the other teams in that league aren’t real serious on contesting PSG for the league title.

 ⁠Though it’ll sincerely not be easy for them to compete without Kylian as you can see in the few matches he’s started from the Bench how they perform poorly till Kylian gets in the field. That should be an eye opener for the owners to be ready to spill out cash on who could be a very good replacement for Kylian else they might have some challenges winning the league again.

 The club is rich and as such I don’t think they’ll be having issues spilling the cash, I think their major challenge will be on getting the right player to sign for the team. I believe Enrique and the Sporting Directors will be able to make the right choice for the team and we get to see PSG still remains on top.

It is fitting for Monaco to beat Metz with a fairly landslide score, because after all these two teams have quite a clear gap based on team depth, standings ranking, plus H2H in the last 4 meetings including last week's meeting. Besides, Manaco should have been able to appear more consistent and not just in the match against Metz who are in the relegation zone. Well, the next challenge in Week 30 is visiting Brest. This match is important, because this match is for the runner up position. After that, the following week Monaco will host a match against Lille. Monaco must get full points if they want to occupy 2nd place in Ligeu 1, which is currently occupied by Brest. So, match after match that will be played by Adolf Hutter's squad will be a challenge for him and his team.

As for Metz, even though Ligue 1 still has several games remaining until the end of the season, it will not be easy and quite difficult for them to escape the relegation zone. unless Metz is able to win all the remaining matches they will play, but it doesn't seem like an easy matter for them. We'll see, can Metz move up to a safer position and stay alive next season in Ligue 1. Or, Metz has to return to Ligue 2.
As for Monaco, IMO, their probability is quite large to finish in 2nd place until this competition end.

Although the match between Marseille v PSG is a Le Classique derby match but still, basically PSG and Marseille have different qualities. Therefore, although Marseille played at home and was able to have good statistics also in this match but still, Marseille really struggled to be able to score against PSG. After all, in their first meeting this season also that Marseille suffered a big defeat when Marseille played away against PSG, because Marseille lost big with a score of 4-0. Therefore, Marseille really has to make big changes if they want to fight PSG's quality which remains good every season, because PSG is also supported by good finances as well and therefore, Marseille is difficult if they want to beat PSG.

You are not completely right about why Luis Enrique rotates Kylian Mbappe in some games. Kylian Mbappe is one of the most important players in the PSG squad, but he is not always irreplaceable as long as his play does not match his coach's expectations. Luis Enrique understands much more about what he is doing with Mbappe than we do. Moreover, Enrique also hopes to maximize Mbappe in more prestigious matches instead of Ligue 1.

Without Kylian Mbappe in several Ligue 1 matches, it can certainly reduce PSG's attack power during the match, but they are too safe to win Ligue 1 even without their best players. Enrique will play Mbappe full-time in the Champions League, while he will still rotate Mbappe in Ligue 1 matches for strategic reasons instead of just preparing his team without Mbappe next season.

If you look at the match schedule for Brest and Monaco until the end of the season, it is likely that Brest will finish in runner-up position in the standings behind PSG. Because in the next 7 remaining matches, Monaco will have to face a number of tough matches, including Rennest, Brest, Lille, Lyon, where Brest itself is their direct challenger at the moment.

But despite this fact, the most important thing for Monaco is to finish in the Champions League zone and they will appear there next season. Last season Monaco did not appear in European competitions, they were only able to collect 65 points in one season so they had to be willing to finish in 6th place in the standings. Compared with last season, Monaco performance this season is much better.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, the competition in the degradation zone is no less interesting, I think the Le Havre versus Metz match will be one of the most exciting next week. Le Vavre, who are trying to stay away from the degradation zone, will be challenged by Metz who want to change their fate and get out of the red zone. Even though Ligue 1 looks boring because of PSG dominance, sometimes the competition between mediocre teams can keep us entertained.

The battle for 2nd place between Monaco and Brest is still quite fierce because the difference is only 1 point and also these two teams also have very comparable strengths and the decision will take place on April 21 when Monaco visits Brest's headquarters.
This will be a tense and difficult match for both teams, both teams have the same motivation making it possible for a match with high tension.

Metz is only 4 points behind Le Harve who are in the safe zone, but Metz's performance has been so bad in the last few matches that they are struggling to get out of the relegation zone.