Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 59. (Read 142013 times)

Sometimes things like this often happen and Marseille was quite careless in conceding these two goals. From the start PSG played quite hard and it was seen that many of their players were getting cards. Moreover, losing one player should allow Marseille to explore more in terms of attack, but again PSG will not let that happen even if they are under pressure as the visiting team.

Whether you like it or not, it is the coach's decision and I think Mbappe has to accept it resignedly. Luis Enrique knows that Mbappe is an important player so this decision must be taken regardless of whether the player will be disappointed or annoyed. I think it is more realistic to save his energy for another fierce match and besides, Mbappe doesn't need to worry about PSG who will clearly be able to win the Ligue One title every season.

Their defeat against Marseille some time ago did not have a big impact on them, because they still lead by 12 points from the club which is in 2nd place in the standings. It makes sense when you say that this Ligue 1 season has ended because it is very difficult to catch Paris Saint Germain with the 12 point lead they have.

It looks like they will focus more on the Champions League, where every season they always set high targets when they are in the Champions League. This season they also have a good chance of being in the semifinals after they will face Barcelona. Indeed, Barcelona will also be a difficult opponent for them, but with the situation they are currently experiencing, it slightly opens up their chances of winning this match. Although I personally still have big doubts about them. Their biggest dream is to become champions in the Champions League, which until now they have not been able to achieve, and this season they are trying again.

PSG's location is intriguing. They're one of the major financial powers.  Losing Mbappe hurts, but they'll recover. The Yamal rumors and insane price tag show they're playing the long game. I know money doesnt buy trophies, but it opens doors, right?

I understand Mbappe leaving. Superstar kid craves attention. We cant fault his ambition. Yamal, its speculation for now. That would be impressive if PSG did that. Its a power move, not just a Mbappe replacement. Proof they're constantly competitive.

The season is already over for PSG in the Ligue 1. They are obviously the champions in this season as well. 

Now they will look ahead, especially at the Champions League. This season is really important for Luis Enrique at the same time. If he doesn't manage to achieve the Champions League title then his future would be uncertain here. Because winning the Ligue 1 title is an easy work for PSG already. PSG chairman is looking for a manager who can finally bring the Champions League trophy home. For now I'm not thinking like they will be the one to win the title there.

Yesterday in the French Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germaine continued with their very impressive performance against in the league against Marseille in a game that I personally thought they'll struggle to win. When Lucas Beraldo was shown the red card in the 40th minute of the game, I predicted that the home team is going to capitalize on that and win the game but little did I know that Marseille were too weak to utilize that opportunity. Second half goals from Vitinha and Goncalo Ramos was okay for the 10 man Paris Saint Germaine to claim all three points from the game but there's another talking point in the game that I'll want to point out to and that's Kylian Mbappe's reaction when he was substituted off in the 65th minute of the game because to him, it wasn't fair for the club manager to take him out if the game when the team were leading by just one goal with ten men.
Paris Saint Germaine manager Luis Enrique in recent games especially domestic games have developed the habit of taking the French man off in games that he was  would easily expected to play full 90 minutes and if he doesn't stop to do that, Kylian Mbappe might not just be giving his best to the club again till when he leaves after the end of the current season

0 - 2 was the final result of PSG victory over Marseille and this victory was truly surprising because in the 40th minute PSG received 1 red card and had to lose 1 defender, this was clearly problem for PSG but they were still able to win.
After only playing with 10 players, PSG were still able to create opportunities and score goals in the 53rd and 85th minutes, they were also able to maintain their lead with Marseille not having goal in return.
PSG defense is still very good and it can be seen that the midfield players are very competitive in helping the defense and attack lines, this shows that PSG still has quite good performance and quality.

Hahaha we have to get used to it because Enrique wants to prove and make PSG less dependent on Mbappe, after all he needs Mbappe to prepare for the UCL match and this is the right decision in my opinion.

Mbappe looks like he will leave PSG because according to rumors he will look for a new challenge in his next career, which means he will leave Psg at the end of this season. Maybe Mbappe will look for a new challenge in the Premier League or LaLiga in the coming season, but for now we don't know for sure which team will be Mbappe next destination. It could be that Real Madrid will be Mbappe next goal because his target is of course the UCL Trophy and he has hopes of achieving it if he joins Real Madrid.

Regarding salary, of course he has a large salary that he received at PSG and if his new team is unable to provide a larger salary, Mbappe will probably refuse their offer. Mbappe is still young and the team that manages to recruit him can definitely make him a long-term project.

PS G is actually the richest team in France and aswell one of the richest across Europe so it almost very possible for them to get any players they wish to get provided the player is willing to move and the team aswell wants to seem him off then PSG will place a price on them and buy them immediately but that still doesn't guarantee victory for them or the ability to be able to win other league title by the end of the season.

It's clear that mbappe isn't leaving PSG on the basis that their pay isn't enough or not upto his expectations but rather he wants to explore another levels in his career and that alone has been the drive for him not wanting to stay back at PSG and continue taking high salary with only a few trophies to his name as that isn't helping his career well enough as he might have wanted,at some point in ones career, the person's achievement becomes paramount for them such that they just want to attain more heights not because of the pay alone but for the sake of their career.

I don't think yamal will leave Barcelona for Madrid although it's still very possible but there's yet an opportunity or an official statement in that regards about him leaving the team yet so I somehow doubt if he will be leaving there any soon, I'm aware Madrid has got what it takes to get him out of there to join them but until an official statement of his move is made I think he still stays back at Barcelona.

Yeah that's exactly my point because Paris Saint Germain has grown so strong that the few coming season is very secured for them because like I already mentioned there is no club that can challenge them in terms of performance but however they need to work on the team the more because there targets shouldn't only be on the French league but also on other major League like champions League and for them to be successful on those leagues they will make sure they have more quality players because if mbappe is regarded as the best player on the Paris Saint Germain is obvious that there would be a negative impacts in terms of performance on Paris Saint Germainthere on there other major League, so the club management seriously need to work on the team a bit.

Yes Lille won their match and were able to move up to 3rd while they wait to see what Moanco plays. Games like this always come with a lot of press and you can imagine what Monaco players were going into with a match of that nature.

 ⁠Though Monaco will be away to a relegation team but still you can’t say much as relegation teams are always giving the big boys headache in one way or the other. Well Lile sure did their assignment well and for that reason the were able to get the 3 points and get into the UCL spot. The both teams are sought of equal and based on performance they were both on same par in that match and that made the match quite interesting and fun to watch.

 ⁠Well Monaco has won their match and have gone back to their 3rd place and this is now making the competition for the UCL and Uel fierce as the teams are all on close points and we have few matches to go. The UCL post can still be contested by Monaco, Lile and Nice.

 ⁠The top of the league and 2nd place doesn’t seem to be under much challenge as these other teams prove to be safely secured. The 3rd and 4th spot will still be contested on by the other 3 teams and we just wish the best man luck in the remaining fixtures.

Source- https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/psg-countert-met-tien-man-naar-overwinning-in-franse-klassieker-

The final score is 2-0 in favor of PSG. At one point I actually thought that PSG might actually lose the match. Because you know, in the 40th minute of the match they had to face a sending off. After that PSG became pretty defensive. And I have to say they have done really well defensively.

Another thing is the goalkeeper has also done well for PSG. I've seen the match the opponent did create a lot of chances, to prevent them a bunch of PSG players were considered yellow cards even the goalkeeper Gianluigi got a yellow card lol. But they were unable to create any real good chances in the end. They were making a lot of crosses but those balls were not won by any of their players. PSG was winning the aerial battle. I thought this was a good chance for Marseille to get three points and compete for the 5th position. But they were unable to defend properly. And that was the downfall for them.

It was a really interesting game between Marseille and PSG. Even though PSG got that red card they still scored goals after and won by 2-0. I was thinking they would lose points at that point. I don't know how Marseille were this bad despite finding many goal opportunities. Finishing skills were just horrible in this game and it cost them three points. 

I wasn't used to seeing Mbappe being replaced this early as he was out in the 65th minute. Maybe this was due to their tight schedule ahead. Because they are going to play three games in next nine days. He is needed to stay fit in the Champions League first leg game.

The comparison of quality is of course clear in the match, Marseille who are the hosts were unable to take advantage of the exit of Luciano Beraldo after getting a red card in the 40th minute, although in fact Marseille appeared aggressive in attack when the match just started but the tight and solid defense of PSG made their attack always fail, at that time even when PSG played with 10 players and Marseille was unable to score because their poor finishing, a 2-0 win over Marseille made PSG now firmly at the top of the table with 12 points from Brest ranked second.

I think there is no chance for Brest, Monaco or Lille to stop PSG from winning the Ligue 1 title this season, and even the same will happen next season if the other teams in Ligue 1 do not improve in their performance and finances next season, uniquely in that match Enrique sent off Mbappe again in the 65th minute after he failed to score in the game and at that time his expression looked very Not happy when he was replaced by Goncalo Ramos.

Lorient could be said to be unlucky in the match against Brest, because they almost managed to hold their visitors to a draw, unfortunately in the final minutes of the match they failed to maintain it and Lorient also wasted quite a lot of opportunities so they couldn't score a single goal in this match.
If we look at the remaining seven matches that Lorient faces, their chances of improving their ranking are quite difficult because at least four matches are against stronger teams and the rest are against teams that are also struggling to get away from the relegation zone and only against Clermont is there a chance of winning. So Lorient must prepare themselves for the possibility of facing a relegation playoff match so they can continue playing in Ligue 1 next season.

Brest managed to get three points to secure their runner-up position but they have to be careful because not only Monaco but there is Lille who are aiming for the top three positions so there is a chance that Brest or Monaco will fail to win a Champions League ticket next season.

The fact that PSG won with a red card is actually really interesting because I would have taught they wouldn't been able to win because normally because I would have taught it would affect their psychology and caused them not to be able to win the game. PSG has actually improved their performance in recent times and I think it's a very good one, their superiority in the Ligue 1 is still strong and not contested yet.

Marseille was actually playing from home and they still were unable to win PSG who had a man down since the fortieth minutes of the game, it's actually surprising to me because I would have taught that Marseille would have used that as an advantage and all the goals PSG got which sealed their victory was actually in the second half of the game so they were not even getting the goals in the first half before the res card but after the red card which entails they are actually still a very strong team to contend in the Ligue 1 because Marseille is considerably an average team too.

PSG is now ahead of the team at the second position with over ten points so their chances of winning the Ligue 1 as usual is sealed and they are definitely not missing it this season, Marseille in this game actually appeared weak and I think their mentally wasn't strong too aswell and it also affected them so their performance too was aswell affected and they were unable to get a goal even with the red card PSG got early enough.

The difference in quality between the two clubs is clearly visible, how PSG was able to win even though they had to play with 10 people, it's true that Marseille seemed afraid to face PSG. Actually, Marseille had many opportunities to score goals, they fired many shots at goal, but PSG defense was quite good. Luis Enrique squad played more effectively, taking three shots at goal, two of which resulted in goals. Ligue 1 is too easy for PSG, they can casually win trophies every season.

Marseille efforts to reach the European zone have been hampered again, there are not many matches remaining, they must appear consistent if they have the ambition to make it happen. However, next week is also quite difficult for Marseille, because they have to face Lille, which in my opinion is a tough match. While PSG is increasingly comfortable leading the standings with a difference of 12 points, they are getting closer to winning the trophy. Without needing to try more, PSG can definitely win the Ligue 1 trophy again this season, and Luis Enrique can focus more on competing in the Champions League.

had thought this was one of the surprises when PSG could get a victory without the score printed with Mbappe.
when you say this time the PSG defense is very strong but for me without saying this we already know that since then PSG has always been the strongest team with the quality of players who are far greater than other teams.
PSG may initially be considered to only end in a draw against Marseille but after I saw the formation used by Enrique seemed to use Mbappe in the first round and hereby I was still sure if PSG could win finally what I thought was right.
Beraldo might have to leave the match when he gets a red card but does not prevent PSG from being able to beat Marseille and bring home 3 additional points.

Olympique Marseille did very bad today, one of their worst outing in recent times. Maybe they were just being frightened by the big name of PSG. If Marseille did what was expected from them, they would have taken advantage of the 41st minutes red card of Lucas Beraldo that left PSG with one man deficient. Unfortunately, they were very busy being afraid of PSG than playing to win. The worst result they would have gotten was a draw instead of the 0-2 humiliation they received from PSG, a team that started scoring them from 2nd half when they were already one man down.

The match was over and PSG won with a score of 2-0 and yes, I think because in thismatch Donnarumma played well, so that made Marseille unable to make a goal. Because anyway, although Marseille lost but the reality is that Marseille had a very good effort in this match but unfortunately, PSG's defense in this match played well and that factormade Marseille fail to make a goal. Because anyway, so far this season the reality is that Marseille is very good for home matches, but very bad for away matches . Therefore, Marseille should be able to score in this homematch and also be able to hold PSG to a draw. But unfortunately, the great effort thatMarseille had in thismatch was well overcome by PSG, so PSG managed to win with a clean sheet.

Facing PSG is like badluck when a team needs to gain crucial points. This situation makes Marseille have to play their best coupled big luck to win against a team that is provenly much better than them. Marseille must harness their home advantage and prepare anti-tactics to gain something. Aspirations of securing a spot in the Europa League make every opportunity to collect points is vital.

PSG will approach the match with the same professionalism and focus. A win would not only extend their lead but also bring them closer to secure the Ligue 1 title. Marseille should embrace this challenge with optimism and resolve. Strong performance could yield the desired result and keep their European dreams alive. Historically, Marseille is a big club in France, or maybe the biggest. They should have a mindset of anything can happen in football. This game is like a derby of France.