Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 458. (Read 194151 times)

Mbappe's negotiations with Real Madrid demonstrate the complexity of modern football deals, in my opinion. The huge stakes of this agreement are evident from its long seasons in the spotlight. Real Madrid wants Mbappe to make a statement and define an era for the club, not just replace Benzema. Its all part of the game, even though wage demands and negotiations seem to be sticking points.

Mbappe's PSG position and alleged salary demands show football's off-field economics. Fans witness the beauty but not the grueling negotiations behind the scenes. Real Madrid can handle such a high-profile transfer, in my opinion. Adding Mbappe may be another huge move for them. Finding a negotiation sweet spot where both parties feel appreciated is key. I hope the next transfer window delivers good news and Mbappe can reach his potential at Real Madrid.

Nemanja Matic is 35 years old and as midfielder with Rennes he has not made many achievements or significant contributions during this season, who knows whether his arrival in the Lyon squad will bring change or not because Lyon itself is not in good condition.
Lyon is still in the relegation zone and Lyon needs enough wins to be able to secure the ranking and maintain it, I still not so sure that Matic can be hope for Lyon to escape the relegation zone.
Lyon has experienced too many defeats and of course various pressures of difficulties in the future can always come.

In today match Lyon faced Rennes and they lost with a score of 2 - 3 so the opportunity to move up in the standings was also lost in this match.
In the future, Lyon will meet Marseille and they are much stronger than Rennes and we see what results Lyon will achieve.

This is truly unbelievable. Nobody can believe that a team that has remained the best team in the league for many years is now unable to leave the relegation zone. A few weeks ago, they started playing well and winning matches again, but this situation has changed again in 2 weeks. They are back to the past and losing their matches.
It is a very sad situation for them. When it comes to the French league, one of the two teams that comes to mind is Lyon. Currently, they are trying to stay in this league

Look who joined Lyon this winter and yes it is Nemanja Matic. Of course we are familiar with this player from Serbia and before this season ended he had decided his future to join Lyon. Nemanja Matić was brought in from Rennes for a fee of 2.6 million euros and the duration of his contract is until 2026. Currently, Lyon needs to develop their midfield to make it better and the arrival of Nemanja Matić seems very appropriate to fill that.

His experience in several big European teams such as Chelsea, Manchester United and Roma will certainly really help Lyon, who are currently still struggling from the relegation zone. Well, hopefully Nemanja Matić can have a very significant impact on Lyon, especially since his quality is still quite good even though he is 35 years old.

I really don't like this condition, Lyon is playing like a promoted team from Ligue 2, even though apart from having a good composition of players, they are also playing away from home. But that is still not enough to improve their performance. The final result is Olympique Lyon 2 - 3 Rennes, and this result will make Lyon's position even more dangerous in the Ligue 1 standings.

The next match in Ligue 1 is Nice - Metz, what do you think about this match? Will this be an easy match considering that Nice is a top team that wants to continue to overshadow PSG in first place?

In the end the Lyon team also lost against Rennes. I thought Lyon would play well in the  match. But the Lyon players let me down.

But I said if Lyon's defenders  don't play well, they have no chance of winning. And  that's it. Lyon's defense  broke down in the first half. Lyon conceded three goals in the first half due to a  poor performance by Lyon's  defenders. After conceding  3 goals in the first half, it  is very difficult to make a  comeback in the second half. However, Lyon's  players performed well in the second half. They managed  to score both goals. Lyon did not earn any points from the match.

Lyon coach should  focus more on their defense. If the  defense is not strong, this team is  also likely to go to the relegation zone.

The main problem is from Mbappe, not from Real Madrid or PSG. Both clubs can provide him very high salary but surely PSG is ready to pay more than Real Madrid. However Mbappe is fluctuating with his thinking that what is more important for him, titles or higher salary. He only can choose one, not both and sometimes he wanted titles that Real Madrid can help him to achieve, and sometimes he wanted higher salary so he decided to stay in Paris.

Soon we will see this drama comes to its ending because either Mbappe will decide to leave or Real Madrid will give up and find another super star player to buy for their club.

therefore we will be shown again by the latest drama from PSG who are trying to force Mbappe to stay at PSG but it won't be too long because Mbappe is nearing the end of his contract so when his contract expires Mbappe can have the right to decide where he will go and the management PSG will not be able to ban him from leaving again.
there is no guarantee that what I said will come true, but I am just a little curious what will happen to Mbappe in June and if in june Mbappe stays and extends his contract with PSG, I am sure he is player who thinks about money, not career.

I can't believe the performance of Olympic Lyon this season. the former French league champion 7x in a row must be in the relegation zone. and in his last match playing at home only against Rennes also lost. and conceded 3 goals first in the first half. very bad things both the club management, coaches and players are not able to collaborate well. so that it can be in the relegation zone.

Lyon performance was dissapointing because only within 19 minutes Lyon have to conceded 3 goals and in the second half Lyon indeed performing better and they were attempts to equalized the scores Lyon even can scores 2 goals but unfortunately it was late because Rennes can able to managed their defensive lines until the match ended and Rennes was successfully to collect 3 points from this match and for Lyon this loses makes their condition is more difficult and if they cannot able to bounce back i am sure Lyon will be relegated and next week also Lyon will facing hard match because Marseille will being an their next opponent

For upcoming match on Ligue 1 today Nice vs Metz as a host Nice have good chance to win this match because although Nice has just lost from their last match on Ligue 1 from Rennes but basically their performance is still stable especially at home because during this season at Ligue 1 Nice is still unbeatable and it's not difficult for them to gets the winning result from this match moreover Metz conditions also doesn't really good because recently they were suffering 6 losing streak in all competitions so obviously Nice will be able to collect 3 points from this match and Nice has odds @1.50

There have been so many news about him and real madrid and i have seen that someone has posted about mbappe was demanding a lot of money from real madrid. i have heard that if mbappe wanted 70 millions yearly salary from madrid but the club could only give 35 millions for him.
This is very big for a football player for him and it's also a non sense offer from mbappe at the same time too. Im not saying mbappe was bad in this case but he needs to reconsider it again. it's caused by mbappe was always making everything being very complicated.

I have not heeard the confirmation regarding this news but i will update it here if there will be another further development between real madrid and mbappe. I hope mbappe will able to decrease it till 35 millions. It's very big for a player like him which never won UCL.
I hope that there will be a clue regarding the future of him an this club. I meant that if mbappe deserves better than PSG, He needs to play in a good club like real madrid.

Mbappe was a good player but he was playing in the wrong club. No doubt that his level was still under ronaldo. He needs to play in the real madrid to improve his skill.

We all know Mbappe is almost one of the players we can never predict his next destination and he usually changes his mind at the last moment. For example, we have been waiting for Mbappe for years to play for Real Madrid and he even said that he wanted to play for Real Madrid but extended his contract with PSG because of the more money they got and more pressure from PSG. I think Perez will obviously keep trying to hire Mbappe but there is still the chance for Mbappe to stay in PSG just like the last time because PSG will not let him leave easily.

Internal issues and few wrong decisions create serious mess-up and now things are going into deep trouble because after second defeat in last two matches now they are back into relegation zone and their confidence level is also down which is creating more problems for the team and players as well change of coach is now also not able to bring changes, but they need to work hard and have their best if they want to survive in this season and have to stay into Ligue 1 for more seasons.

There is no doubt now fans are frustrated with results like these because they are also feeling things can go from bad to worse if performance is not improving their club not able to perform consistently but still we have good time which can change their fortune because it's important for the positive end.

However, the defeat that Lyon experienced again at home in the match against Rennes has made Lyon put Lyon in a quite sacred position again. Because Clermont is only two points behind Lyon at the bottom of the rankings and Metz can distance themselves from Lyon if they can win today's match at home to Nice. Although it is unlikely that this could happen because Nice is the second best team after PSG in Ligue 1, so it is clear that the competition at the bottom is starting to be much fiercer than at the top, which is completely controlled by PSG.

After having the worst start of this season their recent three wins give some good hopes but now suddenly again the lost two matches and in both matches they conceded 3 goals each which are surely going to be troubling time for them because now we are in 19th round and their performance level is still not compatible for having anything positive if they fail to bring better results then surely we can expect them into relegation zone until end of this season which could be disastrous for them and their fans as well now in coming round they are going to host Marseille which is also having very good form, and they can bring them down as well.

Against Rennes, they concede three goals in first half and then try to fight back into second half, but sadly they were not able to fight back as Rennes were better team and having good defense as well after scoring three goals in first half so they have done good job and having good end of this match with three points.

If Mbappe and Real Madrid's argument is complete, Mbappe himself will be successful in this deal as well as Real Madrid. I don't understand why this deal has been hanging around for the last few seasons where both parties would benefit from this deal. If Mbappe was as serious as Real Madrid about this deal, the deal would have been completed long ago. Every time in the transfer window, Real Madrid offered Mbappe a contract and every season Mbappe returned his contract to Real Madrid, and Real Madrid again waited for Mbappe for the next season. Something like that happened in the last transfer window and Real Madrid are once again looking forward to the next transfer window. If the transfer market opens again, Real Madrid will likely send Mbappe a contract offer again, but this season, the French star is expected to agree to the deal and complete his contract with Real Madrid.

Lyon must be able to rise from its downturn, being in the relegation zone for too long is a painful thing and their fans definitely really want this club to return to winning ways like before, because currently the condition of the fans must be very anxious to see Lyon's performance during this season because Lyon continues to experience defeats, Lyon will definitely make various efforts to achieve victory and secure their position to get out of the relegation zone, certainly no club wants to feel the relegation zone. Especially Lyon, which is an elite club in League 1, but currently its decline means it has to stay in relegation zone.

Playing at home should give Lyon more strength to win the match, they have to train and practice to improve their attacks and keep their defense balanced so Lyon can definitely get back to winning ways and be able to compete with other League 1 clubs.

In the match against Rennes, Lyon struggled to equalize but unfortunately conceding 3 goals in the first half made it difficult for them to get at least one point, but they tried at least that was what was seen when they managed to score two goals in the second half to equalize, and three Rennes' first-half goal further proved how weak Lyon's defense is and no improvement will only keep them in the bottom three.
Lyon will probably try to stay in their current position because there is a chance they can continue playing in Ligue 1 next season if they can win the relegation playoff, but unfortunately, Clermont and Lorient have points that are not much different from them so there might be changes in the bottom three because all the teams struggling to get out of the zone.

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Marseille vs Monaco, not really sure whether the home factor will be very beneficial for Marseille by getting three points because even though they haven't lost in the last five matches and Monaco doesn't look too good in the last five matches, both teams can be said to have the same strength. so this will be a very balanced match but looking at Marseille's statistics at home where they have not been beaten in 9 matches then Monaco's biggest chance is to get 1 point in this tough away match.

Lyon is attempting to overcome its struggles and stay away from the relegation zone. It is a fact that the opposition at the bottom is fiercer than any of the clubs ousting PSG. Lyon is seen as a club Benzema will play if all talks from major clubs end up without any deals agreed. Therefore, it is critical for Lyon to remain afloat and overcome their difficulties, which have placed them in the relegation zone. But I am certain for Lyon to remain in Ligue 1. Lorient, Nantes and Metz are in more terrible condition than Lyon.

Lyon position in the standings has not improved enough even though they won the previous 3 matches, but in today match they lost again and their position is still in the relegation zone. They have to be consistent in every match to get points because that is the way for them to get out of the relegation zone. In today match, Lyon was defeated by Rennes at home, which of course was quite a heavy defeat for them because their winning streak was stopped again by Rennes.

Clermont can overtake Lyon if Clermont manages to get 3 points against Strasbourg in tomorrow match. Both teams are equally strong but Strasbourg has managed to perform better than Clermont this season. Clermont will have a match tomorrow at home and this is a good opportunity for them to improve their ranking. Competition is getting fiercer at the bottom of the standings because every team wants to fight with their best to get out of the relegation zone.