Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 361. (Read 194747 times)

Everyone thinks the same thing, Mbappe is not who makes PSG what it is today and him going away will not change much. PSG is doing very well right now, and considering how much money he was making, if they spend that money in 2-3 new players then they will be able to afford some of the best players without a doubt. That is why I believe that it is quite important for him to do well, it has to be something that will take some time but it will slowly get there.

I believe that the best thing to do right now would be calm down and take a look at what they are going to miss next season. They do not have to sell any player they don't want to, so they can decide what they will need after Mbappe, and build a team based on that.

No doubt. Because, even with only 10 players from the 40th minute, PSG were still more dominant, and were even able to score 2 goals after the red card. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Marselle still seemed quite overwhelmed against PSG, and was unable to score a single goal, which ended in Marselle's defeat at home.

Even though this time, Mbappe didn't contribute a single goal, his contribution was still quite good throughout the match. Although, of course, he was annoyed with his boss' decision to pull him out before the match ended.
And what Luis Enrique said, implied his feelings.
Source: said Luis Enrique

They managed to maintain control of the match even when there were 10 men left in the derby match, which was an easy victory that I did not expect from PSG. PSG were left with ten men early, if I'm not mistaken, it was around the 40th minute. Beraldo was taken out of the game and he hadn't even scored a goal yet. Despite this, PSG scored two goals and won the match.

Vitinha did a good job in PSG's counter attack, he created the attack himself and scored the goal himself after Dembele passed the ball again.

If PSG is certain to win the Ligue 1 trophy this season, then PSG should be able to maximize their current quality to get better results in the Champions League. Indeed, to win the trophy in the Champions League will not be easy, but at least PSG must be able to go further or maybe qualify for the Champions League final. If that happens, then of course PSG has really improved with Enrique in his first season as PSG head coach this season.

But, if Enrique still fails to take PSG further in the Champions League, at least that is also still a reasonable result, because of course Enrique also still needs a long process to become a strong and great PSG in the Champions League too. So yes, as long as Enrique still manages to bring PSG to the Ligue 1 trophy and manages to bring PSG through to the knockout phase of the Champions League, I think these results are still good results, and Enrique position will also still be safe.

Agree with you, PSG is quite safe in hoping that this season's Ligue 1 title can be maintained because they are already 12 points ahead of their competitors. The match against Marseille was a bit tiring, especially having to fight with 10 players, but PSG's 0-2 result in that match was quite satisfying.

In a few days PSG will play Rennes in the French Cup semi-finals, they are the favorites, but Luis Enrique has to be careful in this match because the Champions League schedule is getting closer. Luis Enrique will likely make some rotations in the semi-final match, but they will still aim to win the final instead of giving it up because of the Champions League.

This indicates that PSG's quality is much stronger than Marseille's and indeed this match was very unbalanced, even though PSG had received a red card, they were still able to dominate the match and win it.
In League 1 the PSG team does not have much stronger motivation because no matter what, they will still be comfortable at the top of the standings without any pressure from any team to fight for the title.

Enrique just needs to make this team play better on the Champions League stage and advance further.
The quarter-final match against Barcelona will be a real match or challenge for PSG.

The player does not want to stay. What is the point of giving him a better contract?

It does not matter how good of a contract they are going to offer him. He is definitely going to leave. Even if they double the money that they are giving him right now, he might actually stay but he is definitely not going to have PSG in his heart.

His mind is somewhere else right now. And he has been able to understand that to become a legend, he has to play in a legendary club and also face legendary competition. You cannot become a legend by staying in PSG where you will not have any competition the whole season. A literal Farmers League. And probably he would have thought about staying if PSG was able to win the Champions League. But they are not able to do that as well. I absolutely agree that he is going to leave PSG and of course PSG has no other options than to get used to it.

There are only 7 matches left in Ligue 1, while Paris Saint-Germain is 12 points ahead of the team below, namely Brest. Referring to the remaining opponents from the 7 matches, it seems that PSG will have no problems maintaining its consistency until the season ends.  It could be said that Paris Saint-Germain is only one step away from retaining the title of this competition. plus, focus on the Coupe de France match, the match against Rennes in the semifinals. After that, Enrique will focus his team on the Champions League. referring to what you said, I don't agree with Enrique, I'm sure the club management this time is not targeting competing for the Champions League trophy. But that doesn't mean that Enrique isn't serious about competing to show the best possible performance, especially as Enrique was able to take PSG to the Champions League semifinal match.

However, the current PSG squad is already quite good. After all, they only rely on Mbappe and a few other established players, the rest is mostly a young squad such as Goncalo Ramos, Barcola, especially the PSG midfielders, Enrique relies more on the young squad. So if Paris Saint-Germain is able to overthrow Barcelona and qualify for the next phase, it will be a big breakthrough for Enrique and his squad. IMO, next summer Erique will bring in players according to the team's wishes and needs so that PSG becomes the most competitive team possible to compete in the Champions League.

There are no changes in the top 3 standings, because all the teams that played this week both won. Paris Saint Germain won when they visited Marseille's headquarters, Brest also won when they visited Lorient's headquarters, and Monaco also won when they faced Metz.
The competition for 2nd place is still quite interesting, because Monaco is only 1 point behind Brest. LOSC is also trying to catch up in 4th place with a difference of 4 points from 2nd place and they will definitely try their best so that they can achieve something they want, at least they can be in the top 3 to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.
However, LOSC, even though they are in 4th position, they can still be in the Champions League but they have to go through the qualifying round first and that is something that is a little disappointing for them even though they have a chance to be in the Champions League. With the remaining matches remaining, is it possible that there will be changes in the standings for 2nd and 3rd place?

Although in fact Marseille performed quite well in the game but they looked very rushed when finishing and made many scoring opportunities wasted, the defeat from 10 PSG players is of course very painful for Marseille but indeed the quality of players they currently have is still very far from PSG and it looks natural if PSG still looks strong when PSG only Playing with 10 players in that game, at the moment I think Marseille's chances are still very likely to be able to end the season in the European zone competition next season because indeed the difference in points they have now is not too big from Lens and Nice, so I think it is very important for Marseille to get back to their best to beat Lille in the next match.

For PSG, of course, the victory further made them firmly at the top of the Ligue 1 standings while still being able to maintain their dominance so far, at this time the match in Ligue 1 no longer affects their position in the standings but somehow Enrique continues to play their main squad in Ligue 1, I think it is time for Enrique to reserve some main players so that they can perform optimally in the Champions League later,  About Mbappe, I think PSG have not been able to completely escape their dependence on Mbappe at this time even though Mbappe was sent off early in the second half, the proof is that when Mbappe did not play in several Ligue 1 matches before we can see how PSG is very difficult to win.

How easily PSG beat Marseille, Enrique fleet even did it with 10 players, and it was done at Marseille home ground. So it would not be wrong if we say that Ligue 1 has made PSG weak when competing in the Champions League, because there is no significant pressure that other contestants can put on PSG. These additional 3 points further emphasize their position at the top of the standings, where in the next few matches PSG will lock up this season trophy.

Enrique will save Mbappe for more important matches in the Champions League, to avoid unwanted injuries. With the point difference that has now been established, PSG will not worry when they shift their focus to facing Barcelona in the quarter finals in the next ten days. Apart from that, Enrique will soon win the Ligue 1 trophy in his first season.

PSG is very lucky because they have a big chance of beating Barcelona, considering that Enrique really knows his former club. Currently PSG will focus completely on the Champions League, and maximize everything to be able to advance to the semi finals. Enrique will certainly make the most of Mbappe presence, because next season Mbappe will reportedly choose to leave.

PSG seemed too strong for Marseille. Playing against 10-men, Marseille wasn't able to capitalize their numerical advantage. They struggled to assert themselves effectively, and credit has to be given to PSG for capitalizing on their opportunities and executing their chances efficiently, when Mbappe wasn't even directly involved in the counter-attacks. Enrique is able to adapt and find alternative strategies to succeed, even without relying on Mbappe. This adaptability is important to have in high-stakes matches where tactical flexibility is needed the most.

Perhaps with an eye on success in the Champions League, Enrique has the vision and plans of the team management by resting Mbappe in some matches in Ligue 1. This implies he has a clear focus on achieving success on Champions League target, while still maintaining consistency in the domestic league. PSG seem to always have the ability to win under challenging circumstances in Ligue 1 and their tactical flexibility in adapting to different game situations aligns with their ambition in Champions League.

It was a rough night for Marseille! PSG managed to secure a victory over Marseille despite being down to 10 men. Marseille seemed completely ineffective. Even with PSG playing with a man less, they managed to win 0-2 at Marseille's home ground. While PSG executed their counter-attacks efficiently, it's hard to consider this win as an impressive in this league.
The game was more solid when Mbappe wasn’t involved in the counter-attack, which was quite brilliant. Mbappe hasn't been completing all the games lately. They are starting to learn how to play without him, and it's proving to be effective for them. Perhaps it's strategic to save big players for important matches. Enrique is doing a fantastic job there, prioritizing winning the Champions League over the domestic league.

Rumors of Mbappe departure from PSG have been growing for a long time and in almost every transfer window his name is always linked with several big European clubs, one of which is Real Madrid. It is believed that Real Madrid is likely to be the next club to sign the French international, and it is even reported that Mbappe is very interested in joining the La Liga giants next season. With Mbappe free transfer status, several clubs that have strong finances also have the opportunity to recruit him, but in this case Real Madrid is at the forefront of the list to get him.

Mbappe left PSG because the club had difficulty winning the Champions League trophy, while Real Madrid could give Mbappe a bigger opportunity to win it. That is the main reason behind Mbappe decision to leave, even though PSG itself is quite capable of providing Mbappe with a large salary and bonuses every season. But currently everything still looks unclear, but many people believe that Mbappe will leave and will not stay at PSG next season.

As far as I know the match was won by PSG when facing PSG, which match do you mean? and in the last five matches PSG 3 draws and two wins, I don't know which match you mean. Even so, PSG has a very large difference in the French league 1, 12 points ahead already declares that they will win the domestic league again this season.

Meanwhile they only need to focus on the UCL quarter-finals against Barcelona, and that is not an easy thing for PSG, considering that Barcelona is very strong and is the favorite team to win in the Champion league, yes Barcelona's situation is not so bad and I think there is also a chance to beat Barcelona, as long as PSG dares to be disciplined and focus on winning, considering Xavi will also definitely skin PSG with his strategy.
Last season with players who have many stars PSG is still quite difficult to get into the final, even though we know that PSG last season mobilized all its resources, but still could not match expectations, this time I do not know what Enrique will do and who will be the hope of the match, maybe it will be focused on Mbappe.

I think that PSG is very good as is even without Mbappe they can still dominate the Ligue 1 in France.The problem is they need Mbappe services if they fancy a chance to win the Champions League title as that is their main objective after dominating for so many years now the Ligue 1,I think they are fully focusing on Champions League and they need players like Mbappe.

Mbappe on the other hand should move to a team permitting him to win that trophy as I doubt he will be happy to just lift the Ligue 1 trophy every season and never be able to win a Champions League trophy,based on this I think he should move out of Paris to a team with better chances to win the Champions League.

Mbappe has yet to announce his future at PSG, as well as his decision on whether he will leave them to join Real Madrid at the end of the season, but with all indications and some important moves the Real Madrid management has made with Mbappe, through good relationships and good communications. I believe the player has already decided to join Spanish champions Real Madrid because he wants to win the Ballon D'or, and if he continues at PSG, he may be ignored.  Furthermore, PSG is not more competitive and will not be able to win the Champions League, however if he moves to Madrid, he may win the Champions League successfully.

PSG knows what they have to do to get a replacement for Mbappe next season, because in general PSG has the money and also has the ability to recruit other players who can balance the strengths in the PSG team next season. And apart from that, PSG will not immediately be left behind or become weak if Mbappe is left behind, because other teams in the French League also do not have players who are greater than Mbappe. So PSG can still be a team that can continue to dominate League 1 every season.

Normally PSG has not had issues with been able to really get a good position in the Ligue 1, they have only had to struggle with the champions league a d that has forever been their biggest night mare to tackle and they usually go all in every season to make sure they are able to secure an opportunity at the Ligue 1 table top so they are most definitely not going to really stress about the Ligue 1 but bother more about the champions league

Luis Enrique like you did mentioned may have his job on the line if he fails to get PSG to the champions league finals at least because they are really anticipating that from PSG this season after they have actually spent some good funds on the team to see thst they get a tangible outcome at the champions league this season but then it's not an easy task because even other teams in the champions league too aren't playing and they are aswell trying to give off their very best and no less to winning the champions league too so like the usual it's a very competitive game actually.

If PSG ends up not been able to win the champions league I wouldn't want to blame it on the Coach as many would want to do because it's not solely his fault as PSG once had a time where they had all the big names and a very tough team yet they were still unable to win the trophy and that wasn't blamed on the coach, now they have a bit lesser quality than then only a very normal expectations should be on them.

Marseille 0 - 2 PSG

This was a game that before the game started I thought it would be a very balanced game on the field, that's why I chose to bet on the draw or psg because that way I would be safer in my bet, I didn't imagine that the game would be completely dominated for psg, even playing with just 10 players psg still completely dominated the game, psg had greater goal opportunities and psg scored 2 goals. This shows that PSG doesn't have an opponent in Ligue 1 and that's because the other teams in Ligue 1 haven't invested much in their squad, they haven't made an effort to make their teams earn more money to buy good players, it seems to me that in a way Many teams have accommodated themselves to the current scenario in which they are



The PSG player didn't need to exaggerate, if it had been in a European Champions League game, PSG could have lost. In the European Champions League, mistakes like these are fatal. I hope the PSG coach draws attention to his players so that they avoid this type of thing in the European Champions League games, now one thing that has made me think these days is the fact that PSG is doing very well in the table, we just need to look at the table:



PSG only had 1 defeat and it seems to me that they are much better than last season, this makes me think of the words of the PSG coach:


source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5JcQI5IPF1/?img_index=1

So far, Mbappe has not publicly announced whether he will go to Real Madrid or stay at PSG, I suppose he is still analyzing how far this new PSG can go, because with a new coach it is very clear that PSG is very stable and can achieve win the European Champions League this or next season. so mbappe is probably thinking about his high salary, the fact that he is playing in his country and in the best club and if the team is strong in the European champions league, then he would have no reason to leave the team, he is thinking like that and the coach has purposely replaced mbappe so that he can see from the outside how well the team can play even without him on the field