Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 689. (Read 189933 times)

When last season PSG failed in the Champions League and many blamed the performance and contribution of Messi and Neymar, but after Messi and Neymar left the fact that PSG actually became worse. Because anyway, if Messi and Neymar are still at PSG at this time with the coach being Enrique, then of course I am sure that PSG's performance will be better and maybe it will also have good results in the Champions League. But unfortunately, all that is gone because PSG is only helped by the presence of Mbappe in the squad, while the performance of other players in each line is very weak. Thus, PSG does not have a good balance on each line. So no wonder PSG is worse this season and even, to get the Ligue 1 title alone seems to be difficult for PSG this season.

Luis Enrique was the manager of Spanish football team manager mostly played on the forward and middle position.He is train his player in the good way and also giving the good spirit after some loss to their player.This way of management was good for the team in the long run.It may be seems joke to other people,but they made a positive approach towards the future.The team may scored low,but mark my words this manager alone take care of the entire team for next 5 years.This Luis had won heart of mine by his positive approach towards their team performance.The other manager should handle the loss like this.

That's a total chaos for PSG. Nice were more effective although they started the season with 3 draws but this time they scored more goals than they did when they won vs Strasbourg.
Even though Mbappe is leading the score board with 7 goals but PSG is shaming themselves each match. I wonder know what they could do without him.

Both Dortmund and PSG aren't doing well in their domestic league.. It is hard to expect how this random game will end. This while PSG have Mbappe of course. If he will not play, I will go with Dortmund.

Lens must win tonight for their squad to find confidence again, considering they will also be playing at home, they should be more enthusiastic about securing the three points. But as you said head to head the both teams are equally strong and balanced, and Metz is better at the moment rather than Lens, so I think Metz will try their best to get points on matchday 5 tonight. Maybe the bad result is a draw for Lens, but if Lens lose it will be very bad for them this season, because in 5 matches they still haven't been able to get full points.

Enrique is forced to say such things, this is called putting on a good face when playing poorly. In general, of course, it is difficult to understand what he could have liked because, despite having less possession of the ball, Nice made more productive actions and their victory is completely logical.
In 4 days Dortmund will play here and if PSG continues to play poorly, then Enrique does not have such a great chance of holding out until the winter 

Today Lens will face Metz at home and if in this match Lens still can't win that would be outrageous. Metz is a promoted Ligue 1 team this season and they are even better than Lens by collecting 5 points from the 4 matches they have played. If you look at the H2H of these two teams, it is surprising that they are equally strong and balanced in several meetings.

I don't think that Metz will be a strong enough opponent this time for Lens and they have to be careful if they don't want Metz to steal 3 points from this away match. Apart from that, I still can't predict who will win, but it should be that Lens will win this time because they have been down for too long and of course they have evaluated all the mistakes they made.

Khelaifi was never let those players leaving from the club but i must be honest if PSG has a toxic community which was always insulting all of them. Neymar and messi have been taking the right decision to save their mentality.

I didn't even like if those players would be staying even longer in PSG caused by how crazy PSG fans are. They were acting like stupid guys who lost their mind. They can't even put respect on messi and neymar.

I remember when the fans were coming to the neymar's home, and they were insulting him. That's the dumbest act that has ever done by stupid PSG fans.

Messi and neymar deserved better environtment rather than staying at PSG. Neymar and messi need to save their mentality from being destroyed by stupidity of PSG fans.

This was surprising, when PSG controlled so much of the ball but didn't create many chances. Mbappe scored 2 goals which I think also required a lot of effort.
in fact, Nice managed to make more efficient attacks while having little possession of the ball.
what makes PSG really difficult to create opportunities with the possession of the ball they have. This may only be the start of the season but this defeat is a blow for PSG to compete with other teams in Ligue 1 which are usually dominated by them.

I can't believe PSG lost this game. I believed the second half would be better after an even first. Only 2 shots on goal with 68% possession? How come? That's grade school material. It looked like PSG raced around the field aimlessly passing the ball. They rarely erred. Very smart, Nice took advantage of their chances. PSG should reconsider their methods. If Enrique doesn't improve, PSG's top spot is in jeopardy

A tempting offer from Inter Miami made Messi leave, even though on the one hand PSG club owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi wanted to keep him. Talking about performance, it is also quite realistic if PSG releases Messi because he is 36 years old. That's not a young age to appear regularly in PSG main squad, it's hard to see Messi becoming a reserve player at the club, so it's as simple as that I think. For Neymar, I agree with your statement, if Neymar hadn't been injured so often, PSG probably wouldn't have let him go last summer.

The results of PSG transfer market movements have not fully contributed, the defeat to Nice is proof of that. Luis Enrique has to rack his brains to find the right tactics for his squad, otherwise PSG will have difficulty in Ligue 1 and UCL this season. I think the first match in the group phase will be a benchmark, whether they are strong enough in the UCL this season or not, what is clear is that Dortmund is stronger than Nice.

following the sacking of Laurent Blanc, french ligue 1 club olympique lyon announced the signing of Fabio Grosso as its new head coach. the italian 2006 world cup winner signed until june 2024 plus an option for another season. FG most recently coached frosinone calcio, and after fc sion (2020/21), lyon is his second stop abroad. the 45-yo will bring four assistants with him.

The departure of Messi was not solely orchestrated by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the player wanted to leave. And this fact showed in his behavior on and off the pitch. He traveled to Saudi Arabia without permission. I guess the interest was getting from clubs which include Inter Miami, Barcelona, and Al Hilal was attractive. The fact that his children were not registered for resumption was a sign that he didn't want to remain in PSG. I also think that the failure of the team to win the Champions League with Messi also spurred the club to let him go. In the case of Neymar, his injury problems are becoming a challenge and was looking as if the club was wasting funds on the Brazilian without him performing. And the fans are becoming impatient and want him to leave by all means.

The club is really missing Messi because he is creative and also a goalscorer. Dembele wasted a lot of opportunities that Messi would have easily converted.  But the game against Nice shouldn't be used to generalize PSG's chances of winning the league because Nice is also a good side. The outcome is the game is showing that other teams are coming up to compete and stop PSG from cheaply winning the league. The Ligue One title is not their birthright, so I am happy that some teams are giving the defending champions a good fight.

Though in this match I expected a draw but it looks like PSG failed in 1 point at the Parc des Princes this week.
This is quite heartbreaking where they should be better especially for their attack problems. I agree with what you said where PSG played the same as usual with quite good possession, many chances and great dominance but their on target was really bad in the match that was run.
12 shots and 3 on target compared to Nice who only had 30 percent possession but had 14 shots and 8 on target.
The comparison is far enough that Nice deserved 3 points in this match even though they played defensively but their counterattacks proved to be effective for PSG who have a much more luxurious squad than them.

Speaking of Mbappe, we seem to be realizing the reason behind Mbappe not wanting to extend his contract at PSG last season

In the end it's like I said before where when Nice can play and defend well then PSG will find it difficult to beat them and that was proven in this match.
PSG's performance as usual is very good in possession but the problem is also still the same as the previous few matches where their on target is poor and inversely proportional to the opportunities and possession they have in this match.

On the other hand, Nice knew enough with their momentum and patiently waited for a quick counterattack that PSG could not anticipate the result 2-3 for Nice's away match this week was really very worthy.
It's a good thing PSG still have Mbappe because even though they lost but this is not too embarrassing because Mbappe can still score Brace in this match.

PSG has always relied on Mbappe in the front line and that is why PSG's attack power is not very good without Mbappe, especially since their back line still looks weak and can be easily penetrated by opponents. This defeat really shows that PSG without Mbappe is just a weak club, because everything focused on Mbappe, being beaten at home certainly disappoints all fans but this is the result that Enrique still has to work hard to improve again.

It won't be long before PSG will play Dortmund in the UCL, which will certainly be homework for Enrique to show that he is worthy of being PSG's coach, although he still needs time to adapt, but the results seen recently in the domestic league still do not satisfy all fans.

PSG president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi messed up big time, allowing Leo Messi, Neymar Jr with other important big-name to exits Parc des Princes this summer and he can't even boost of his team's performance, despite bringing in new players to the squad. PSG performance decline since appointing Luis Enrique as headcoach, they struggling in league games, more concerning how they are going to adapt with UEFA Champions League when it will finally kickoff. The parisians have alot to worried about this season, their current form, the players and the board. The supporters are not impressed with the club's condition, and they seek for all round improvement when there's still time to bounce back to their best game.

Paris St. Germains offense is super strong, dembele and mbappe dont need many chances to score a goal. I let Concalo Ramos dont play from the beginning, Kolo Muani could started from the start, but he only came into the game from minute 64... too i think. Paris could lose 3 more places in the league, if all other teams get points. Currently they are on 3rd place with 8 points and Monaco in 1st place with one game less and 10 points.

It was quite surprising to see the result, PSG even fell behind with a score of 3-1, of course they didn't expect this, PSG's only productive striker was Mbappe. Enrique replaced Dembele and Ramos with other strikers but it didn't work, only Mbappe managed to reduce the deficit but it wasn't enough to get them 3 points at home.
This defeat certainly increased criticism of Luiz Enrique who had not shown his team to be a consistent team. When other teams that are not far off in points from PSG play and win, PSG's position will drop further.

In the middle of the week, they will compete against Dortmund in the Champions League, I'm quite curious about what strategy Enrique will implement so that his team can win because they are in the most difficult group in the Champions League, one defeat will make it quite difficult for them to survive in the competition.

By the way Luis Enrique even made a statement after the match like he was really satisfied with the team performance there. This must really be a joke.    Because how can you be satisfied with that defensive performance for example? Nice could have even beaten you by a gap of a few goals. You shouldn't be talking like that in this situation.

I can't imagine how bad PSG would be without Mbappe even in the Ligue 1. I don't want to mention the Champions League because I guess it would be much worse for them.