Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 607. (Read 193096 times)

But selling Mbappe (as PSG dreamed of) is another matter when Mbappe enters into a (secret) agreement with Real Madrid and leaves at the end of the season for free. Obviously, PSG was not happy with the second option at all. PSG wanted a completely inadequate amount for Mbappe (250 million) so now they will lose him for free. In this round, Real won a convincing victory.

I think this draw is a fair result for both clubs seeing from their game which can actually be said to be balanced. Although Marseille can record more opportunities, the opportunities they create are not really dangerous, just like those recorded by Lille.
The possession of the match also did not have a very significant difference and it gave the impression that the two played evenly and did not let each other get a goal to win this match. So overall I'd say it was a fair result for both sides.

PSG's performances at the start of the season  were quite poor and erratic. They also dropped points against weaker teams. But gradually Luis Enrique has been able to stabilize his team enough. And right now the PSG  team is quite strong. In Ligue 1 they started to dominate again. Nice's performance so far has been very good. They have managed to occupy the top spot in the table. But I don't think it will be too easy for PSG to win the title this season even if Nice doesn't win the title. The performances of Lille and Monaco are gradually getting stronger. Both these teams will try to win the title. So it will be a bit difficult for PSG to win the title this season.

Yes, it's true that PSG is not ready enough to be the best in the UCL, they always fail before reaching the final, that's why PSG is not a club that really counts in the UCL, I think PSG has always been a title specialist in Ligue 1 compared to other clubs, that's why they should be better focus on the domestic league rather than the UCL, even though they could possibly qualify for the group phase in the UCL, that doesn't mean they will be able to reach the UCL quarter-finals or semifinals.

I also hope that Mbappe shows his best performance this season, if indeed next season he will move and leave PSG because of course he is really relied on at PSG this season, so it's best to play as hard as possible to be able to win the Ligue 1 title this season without any problems and obstacles that make it difficult or get to the UCL semi-finals.

The situation of PSG has been pretty stable over time and Eneique has been so good in making his pattern known to the team and ensuring they play that they get better, consistency is key to success. In a team, dedication and team spirit comes in; both the players and coaching crew have lots of work to do on the pitch of play. They’ve to take every league game like a final game till they’re sitting pretty comfortable at the top spot. We’ve seen shockers happen towards the end of the league where the 2nd position hits so hard to get the League’s Crown; although playing both on Weekdays and weekends could result in fatigue on the side of players, that’s where team spirit comes in. The big name players should be pretty familiar with the game because to whom much is given, pretty much is expected.

The players should give their all on the pitch take a big shot at the league and also play the Champions League with strength even of they’re aren’t favorites for the UCL, But with Kylian Mbappe hoping to leave by Summer I think the team should try as much as possible to learn to play without him so as no to feel the void should in case he opts put by January 2024. And I hope the team’s medics will properly be able to handle Dembele owing to his past injury records. Build more on the attack and defense. This being done, the Ligue 1 Title will still remain at The Parc des Prince and they’ll have a shot at the UCL Title and also a good position for the Coupe de France title.

The Lorient-Lens match ended in a draw, just like the Lille-Marseille match. Not even a goal was scored in both matches. Paris SG is the profitable team of the week. They became the leader by beating Montpelier 3-0. Despite their very bad start to the French league, their recent upward trend is promising for the UCL as well.

Actually Marseille match against Lille could have ended in a win for Marseille but unfortunately some of the shots were not on target and I admit that Lille defense line and goalkeeper had a good enough performance to continue to maintain the match so that it ended in a draw and it seems that this was the strategy that Lille used when It a little difficult to beat Marseille, Lille will try to survive until the match truly a draw to get 1 point and this effort being made because Lille wants to be seen consistently maintaining its position in 4th place in the points table.
Many people think that these two clubs have almost the same performance because looking at the depth of the playing styles of the two clubs, there really is no difference which makes the match a draw, but I still support Marseille.

Nice can put some pressure on PSG if they consistently win their games, but still PSG knows that they have a very long breath while for Nice one negative pivotal point is enough and they could win several games in a row more likely than PSG. If Nice wants to have a chance to stay where they are, losing is a no-go for as long as possible, but you can see already that not losing is not enough, they have to win their games and not only tie the games. The pressure from PSG will be too high and they can only counter it by winning their games mercilessly.

Enrique has brought PSG to the real path, namely leading the Ligue 1 standings temporarily. Even though they have the potential to be pushed back by Nice, it is not impossible that Rennes will help them get comfortable at the top of the standings. Slowly Enrique has shaped PSG into something more, so that the situation is relatively stable. We know that their consistency this season has not been able to make them comfortable in the two standings, in Ligue 1 and the European Champions League Group F standings.

On the other hand, there are lots of big names with exorbitant price tags in Enrique squad, where the Spanish coach must be able to force them to unleash all their potential to contribute to the team. Apart from Mbappe, there is also Dembele who is also considered not to have performed as expected.

And I still expect same score between them two, I want to see Gennaro Gattuso have a great coaching career, I would like to see his side win but with analysis, it seems like they will settle for a draw between themselves.
Its same for Lillie. They occupy Group A with seven points and Slovakia side Slovan Bratislava chasing right behind them, I'm also suspecting both sides to end up sharing points in game.

Peace assured over a coach like Luis Enrique, finding balance is something I know he can achieve for league one giants. They may not like how they play but this is a good way to start.

The most important thing if enrique is trying to make PSG will not rely upon mbappe again. Playing without mbappe may become the future of PSG. Enrique is trying to make sure if its club will not be playing as bad as before.
This is why winning any game is really important for PSG at this moment. It's caused by PSG will have no mbappe anymore who can carry the club. So, there's no choice for enrique to make sure its club will able to play consistently without mbappe.
The motivation of PSG's players can be enhanced and their performance can be improved if the team manages to win any of the upcoming games. The upcoming match will be against acmilan which is one of strongest club in serie a.

I think the so said decline of PSG is not set in stone yet. They are playing erratically so far, but I believe if they can stabilize their game over the coming weeks, we might be talking differently about them very soon. They do have potential and in my opinion that is out of of the question, but can they play their best game over several weeks and months? That great win against AC Milan, that win away which wasn't easy against Stade Brest and then the crystal clear performance against Montpellier, I think this is the PSG team that should be paid some respect to. I want to see how they can do in the next few games and maybe we should still not underestimate them in the Champions League either yet.

The goaless draw that the match later eneded is not a surprising result to me because both teams, like you already noted, are in good forms. While Lille is facing the Slovakia side Slovan Bratislava in their UEFA Conference League match on Thursday, Marseille will be facing the Greek side Athens same day. So it is safe to say that both teams played safe and in.a friendly manner to end in a stalemate.

The result was draw as well as other match between lens vs lorient. The performance from lens and marseille were so garbage in these matches. Lens has a higher likelihood of finishing in the top position compared to Marseille, however, my preference would be to place a bet on Lens due to their expected better performance in comparison to Marseille. The appointment of Gattuso had no impact whatsoever on the situation. The club is still performing so garbage. The only key to sell marseille to the saudi club then recruit zidane as a new appointment.
That will give huge change to the club. It was also surprising to me how management was recruiting someone who has a horrible history in the football as a coach.

Gattuso was also never able to bring his club to the trophy. He was alway destroying the performance from his club. This makes me feel so bad with marseille right now. I can still accept lens's performance since it was pretty good after lens got its first win.
Marseille is terrible to watch this time. Give lens some times and this club will be surpassing marseille. Lens has a bad start, but it's able having same points as marseille now.

all that Enrique needs now is to stabilize PSG in several matches to secure a win to give them a slight point difference from the teams below because even though they have performed well, PSG position is not safe enough because Nice will compete against Rennes and looking at the performance of these two teams, Nice is stronger to be able to win securing victory so that PSG position is not yet safe and Enrique must really manage PSG so that it is more stable and consistently very strong because the two challenger teams Nice and Monaco will continue to make it difficult for PSG to win the league 1 title.

and especially for Mbappe before he leaves PSG in the next season, I really hope he makes the best contribution to saying goodbye to PSG by winning the 1st league title even though not the UCL title, at least proving how important Mbappe is at PSG.

watching a match where you can't score a goal is a bit boring and that's what happened in the Lorent vs Lens match, I think Lens can win the match to be able to steal full points from Lorent if you look at the chances.
Lens chances of winning are much greater than Lorent but in reality the match had to be a goalless draw, however they had to be satisfied with the result because they could at least share 1 point between the clubs.

PSG have performed well, performed poorly, and performed in the middle of the season from the opening match to the last match, which means we have seen all kinds of performances from PSG in the few matches that have been played so far. In the early few matches PSG performed very badly, in the middle few matches PSG performed like an ordinary team and in the last few matches PSG performed in every match excellent. PSG have steadily improved their performance in the new season. All the players that Luis Enrique had planned for are now injury free which means that Luis Enrique does not have to struggle to organize his team. PSG must try to maintain this performance as they have been in the last few matches. If PSG can maintain this performance then they will win the title this season.

Kylian Mbappe will play for PSG and the only thing incident to see that not happening will be Injury, I can't even imagine them dropping their finest and most formed player. Winning the Champions League will be tough, Luis Enrique has experience they would have won the Champions League if he was the coach around when they had the best trio around in the club. ( Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi )

I would love to know what pressure from the french president you're talking about?I know he has a close relationship with Kylian Mbappe.
And in a way one of the influence to Kylian Mbappe staying a year further with Paris Saint Germans when he should have joined Real Madrid.

PSG are trying to buy and use more French players as well as give more opportunities to their home-grown players. I guess, is this their new strategy to give Mbappe more comfort and is one of their tools to convince the player staying in Paris more years?

PSG and Enrique surely will have to use Mbappe in rest of season as he is their best attacking player, a biggest and brighest star player in this season. If they did not want to use him, they would have done it since September. In addition, PSG will have to face with pressure from the French President, French fans as Mbappe is a most important player of French national team.

By combining many reasons, I believe Mbappe will have chance to play in PSG if he won't get any injury. This season is very last chance for Mbappe to win Champions League with PSG and for the club, it is very last opportunity to break the intention of Mbappe to join Real Madrid.

I don't think if Mbappé was going to be really out of the team. In fact, Enrique needs this player and he doesn't want to lose him even if he made a mistake still Mbappé is a good player with perfect performance in PSG and he is definitely effective there, that's enough to say PSG was not actually planning to start the season without Mbappé.
Hierin Dembele was also not related to Mbappé and we can see both players are playing at the same time for PSG.