Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 39. (Read 153210 times)

Lyon did his best. There is a big difference between PSG and Lyon, and this difference is both the quality of the players and the financial power. Even the fact that Lyon has come this far is a success because the economic gap between the clubs is widening every season.

If they had not fallen behind 2-0, they might have had a chance in the match, but it is difficult to come from 2-0 behind against a team like PSG. When they brought the score to 2-1, it was minute 55 and there was actually enough time for the match to end. They could have scored another goal but they couldn't. I think they played a good game against a team like PSG. If the score was 1-1 in the first half, Lyon could surprise in the second half.

If Lyon can strengthen their squad, they can compete with teams at the level of PSG, but a lot of resources are needed to strengthen the squad.

it doesn't matter even though Lyon failed to get the Coupe de France title it makes perfect sense because fighting PSG is not an easy task and on the one hand if everyone can see how Lyon performed yesterday they put up a good fight and were able to score 1 score back and almost ended the match it was a draw but unfortunately PSG defense was not that easy for Lyon to break down.
but I also have to praise Lyon for being able to provide resistance from that 1 score and this is proof that Lyon has started to bounce back to compete with the top teams without having to experience bad times like the start of this season.
change of coach should have been made from the start when they experienced consecutive defeats. Lyon management should immediately improve and in fact, after replacing a new, smarter coach, Lyon will definitely be able to finish getting a ticket to the Champions League.

and the results of this season have been very good results without having to replace this already perfect line up of players because if they bring in new players, Lyon will definitely have a bad start to the season and have to adapt to new players.
but if Lyon only replaces reserve players who are no longer productive, it seems more reasonable than having to replace main players who are already well organized.

You make an intriguing point concerning Lyon's form. Their recovery from the relegation dogfight and 6th place finish is impressive. However, the real test was always going to be against the big players, especially PSG. So yesterday's match was telling. Lyon fought. Dembele and Ruiz's early goals showed PSG's ruthlessness. After taking the lead, they could dominate the game and tempo. Any squad, let alone one fighting for survival all season, would struggle to recover. I wouldn't overlook Lyon's future. Football is strange, and teams have come back. Monaco quickly transformed from relegation battlers to champions a few years ago! PSG may be out of reach, but who knows what Lyon may do with a few clever acquisitions and momentum?

I will only talk about the times when players like Mbappe, Neymar, Messi Ramos were at PSG, if Luis Enrique was in charge of PSG, he might have been able to lead this team to the Champions League trophy. In this case I will always talk about the incompetence of the PSG management because they have appointed the manager to their club without checking the manager and the manager has spent money at will in the transfer window. 

After Luis Enrique took charge of the team, he not only adjusted his team by strengthening the attacking lineup, but he is trying to make the team a balance team from the defense position to the forward position. If Luis Enrique can sign some more players with PSG then this team will surely surprise us with their performance next season.

Even though they had experienced a difficult season, Lyon still failed to win the only title they could get this season. This is all because PSG continues to dominate all competitions in France and Lyon does not even have the opportunity to experience the Coupe de France title.

If only Lyon won the title, I think they would have additional motivation after everything that happened this season and that would improve the mentality of all the players to be better in welcoming the upcoming season. It was unthinkable that Lyon would experience such a deadlock that they would change coaches this season and perhaps management should really pay more attention to bringing in new players in the summer market so that they can be more competitive with other teams from the start of the Ligue One season.

On Saturday, Kylian Mbappe played his last game for Paris Saint Germaine as he helped them to win French Cup as well as complete their domestic treble this season. The France international have been in the news since last summer and the main topics of discussion have been his future with the club but after several speculations about his next destination or if he'll extend his contract with the club, Kylian Mbappe early this month confirmed that he's going to leave the club.
Most of the Paris Saint Germaine fans are definitely unhappy with the decision of France national team captain but just have to accept it in good faith. Mbappe came at Paris Saint Germaine as a talented and a promising youngster but he's leaving the club as a hero after achieving so many great trophies and personal records with the club. He's created so many beautiful memories that's gonna last for a lifetime in the minds of Paris Saint Germaine fans. Kylian Mbappe have been the top scorer in the French league in the past six seasons and is the club's all time top scorer. Hate him or love him, Kylian Mbappe is a Paris Saint Germaine legend.

The third one is the French Super Cup title of which PSG won the trophy on January 3rd by beating Toulouse by 2-0.  

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Monaco also had a really good season by the way. Finishing 9 points behind PSG is nice work done. Ben Yedder has been one of the goal sources for Monaco however he has decided to leave by the end of the season. His contract also ends this summer normally. He scored 16 goals in the league this season so maybe Monaco might be sad to hear about his decision.

He is 33 years old already though. Maybe Monaco would start giving young strikers more chances from now on. Balogun is actually not a bad striker but he needs to be consistent and play at least as good as the previous season.

Moreover, PSG will also lose Mbappe, of course it will be a tough job for PSG to find a replacement immediately, next season of course the competition will be very tight for me PSG always makes mistakes in recruiting players, it is important to look for young players who have the potential to become star players, there are several PSG has to have young players, PSG must have them because if you only rely on experience, those with an average age will usually lose their performance easily. That's why it's important to have several new young players in the main squad to balance the game.

PSG also wants to get the UCL next season, they have to be able to see which players are good and which are not, sometimes they choose star players but don't look at their performance, just look at them often fail even when they have Neymar and Messi it doesn't produce results even though Mbappe also there, let's say the front line is quite good but not productive in winning matches in the UCL, I think PSG have to learn from a lot of their previous experience because they have to be able to reach an important round in the UCL next season, let's say the UCL final, I think Enrique should be able to get players talented for PSG and replaces Mbappe next season.

That's right, Ligue 1 already belongs to them, I mean they really dominate this league with their financial capabilities which are far compared to other teams, so it's natural that when they see them play here it's not more interesting, because we know what their quality is like and We would rather see how they perform in the Champions League, because there they have competitors who are as great or even better than them.
It is something they look forward to every season that they really want to get the Champions League title. But until now they couldn't get it, even when they collected 3 names of star players, they still failed to get it. Paris Saint Germain must be more patient, they can build a foundation first. Maybe it's a method that will take time, but when they build the foundation they will have a solid team for the long term, not like they brought in a star player, because that will last a very short time, and in fact they already feel it now.

There is no certainty about where Mbappe will go to make himself develop, and of course Mbappe is not leaving just to find new experiences for himself, which is most likely because he is frustrated with the Champions Trophy and also the awards that will show that he is one of the great players .

Seeing Mbappe playing with PSG and how he fights for the team he plays for, I wouldn't hesitate if he joined another team, because Mbappe is an easy person to get along with so it's easy to get a place in his new team later, and also quickly understands how to play with a team. which he will play for next season.

We have been saying for years that PSG does not have a rival in the French League. Their main goal should be to become champions in the Champions League. The quality of the league is not very high, we do not watch a match like in the Premier League or Serie A. PSG has a much larger budget and the team's squad is much stronger than other teams.
Were they successful this year? I do not think so. I think they are a team that should have played much better, their job was done against Dortmund

Their level is above the average team in Ligue 1, so their success in becoming champions in the domestic competition is something that is not surprising at all, even before the season started they were predicted to become champions. Here we can see how superior they are when it comes to domestic competitions.

It's a different story when they are in the Champions League, because in the Champions League the strength of all teams is almost the same, so Paris Saint Germain often has difficulty competing in the Champions League, and it has been proven that until now they have not succeeded in becoming champions there because they always fail every season. .

Their target every season is the Champions League, so one way they can make it happen is by bringing star names into the squad. However, up to now, what they have done has not produced any results for them, it could even be said that they tend to fail, because they have experienced several internal problems.

Mbappe farewell at the end of this season with PSG, Ligue 1 titles and also the French Cup, indeed Mbappe did not contribute single goal to PSG victory over Lyon in yesterday final match but at least he is still great player for PSG.
Even though the match almost resulted in draw 2 - 2 because Lyon had chance that really almost scored goal, at least PSG was able to maintain its lead with the 2 goals they had in the first half.
This match showed that Lyon was also able to compete well and there were some quite optimal attacks even though they were really under pressure from PSG game.
Now Mbappe will only be memory for PSG and in the future perhaps they will only be enemies when there is an opportunity for PSG and Real Madrid to meet in other competitions such as the UCL.
Mbappe looks very satisfied with what he has done for PSG in his last season despite several pressures and disagreements between him and Enrique.

The World Cup was of course the perfect stage for him, but in my opinion he was on everyone's radar when he played for Monaco already when they won Ligue 1 against all expectations. It is hard to believe that he hasn't yet won the Ballon d'or, but I think his time will now come when he finally leaves PSG and goes to Real Madrid. That's probably when he will get another chance to win the award. So far he was nominated six times and now that Messi and Ronaldo are gone, his chances increased by a lot. But I doubt that winning Ligue 1 would ever be enough to win the award. He will need more success than that and in a best case scenario he can win the Champions League title. Curious to see who is going to make it this year.

Away from PSG mbappe have played in the world cup for his country and he didn't do any bad there, he was able to actually perform so we'll that he was given an award at the world cup at that was the genesis of his recognition on the global football stade, I believe away from PSG he's still going to perform greatly especially if he's got a very good team mates around him and not those who will be dependent on him.

If he's going to Real Madrid I wouldn't have much doubts about how well he will be able to perform in Madrid because I know the very enabling environment is there for him to be able to really get to manage enough and have a chance at his very best performance. The champions league appears to be his dream trophy that he's yet to lift a d he's hopeful about lifting it so e day and I'm optimistic if he gets to Madrid it won't be long the long awaited dream will come through and he's going to lift the champions league trophy soonest .

Mbappe has made his movement on the basis of his career advancement because it appears mostly like he's not getting enough from PSG to be able to get to achieving that which he dreams off and this aswell includes winning other awards personally as a  player in the champions league a d probably across Europe too, because he's been of a very important and vital role for his team since he's has been at PSG but isn't getting the desired kind of recognition.

Mbappe got his last achievement in PSG and they won the against against Lyon with their superstar player. He played for his team and helped PSG while I was even expecting to see PSG not using this player as a punishment to use the other young players instead of him but they didn't and in the end, Mbappe was holding the trophy in his hands.
He started talking about the time he played for PSG and he said he enjoyed the time when he played in Paris and for his team.
 

True. PSG is way superior when we compare it to the other teams in terms of quality of players and budget, so it is expected to see them winning Ligue 1 title and French Cup. The result of the final game was somehow close even though Lyon has a hard season this year..
Next year, Luis Enrique will certainly make some changes in the team with Kylian Mbappe walking out and no one could substitute him for real..

Luize Enrique did his best for PSG this season, and he has achieved what other coaches used to achieve and also failed to win the Champions League the team and the management want which I think is not his fault because managers that are better than him came and try their luck with a better team than this and failed to win the Champions League; therefore, I think it is a matter of time and PSG will win the Champions League but not anytime soon because they need to restrengthen their squad more.

The attacking line will have to struggle for a while because the team fully relied on Mbappe and his departure will definitely affect the team, but I know if the management can spend money, they will have a good replacement  for Mbappe and will make the team more stronger because they will stop depending on one player.

Paris Saint Germain was undoubtedly the favorite for this cup. But Lyon was not an easy opponent even for them. This season they had the worst start in their history. But with the good transfers they made in the second half of the season, they turned into a good team under the leadership of Piere Sage. They showed one of the most obvious examples of coaching influence. On the other hand, I have nothing to say about Paris Saint Germain's Champions League dream. Even with Messi and Neymar in the team, they couldn't make it. This season they came very close to the final. But they failed again. Every season they get a little bit closer to the final. But Messi, Neymar and Mbappe will no longer be in this team and they will play for other teams.

But until now everyone has only seen how he is doing so well at PSG, not at other teams. So it will be quite curious for some people who like him to see how Mbappe will develop in a team like Real Madrid if that really happens to him in the future. But in terms of his choice, I have absolutely no doubts about next season because apart from him still thinking about his own career, he is also thinking about getting a prestigious trophy like the Champions League which he has never won at PSG so far.