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Lyon is a club that used to have a history in the French League but as has been said, their performance is currently and last season is quite bad and makes them below the current standings, they can only get 4 points from 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and the rest lost, quite worrying with this club at this time but that's every team must experience ups and downs and Lyon is experiencing it.
Lyon is currently ranked 14th in the Ligue1 standings and it is really very worrying because the position is very close to the relegation position in Ligue1 so Lyon must be able to rise in several matches in order to continue to survive in Ligue1 because Lyon is indeed a team that has a good history in Ligue1 even though it is not a winner of many trophies in Ligue1. And what happened to Lyon when they faced Marseille at home was certainly inseparable from Lyon's strength which was no longer balanced with the strength possessed by Marseille this season.
I don't know why big clubs in the league 1 are getting some setback in their performances; it is actually warrying to see clubs that used to compete in the Champions League in the past are now suffering to even make it to the Europa League against small teams that just got promoted some years back. Well, I don't know who to blame especially for Olympique Lyonnais; they have some good quality players that should have help the team to achieve its goal against all these small teams in the League, but it seems like these big players like Lacazate, Wilfred Zaha, Namanja Matic, and other big names are not helping the team, or is the problem from the coach? because with all these big players they are not supposed be out of top four, but these teams with young players like Lille, Nantes, Lense, and others are given us a tough competition in the League from last two season. Nevertheless, Monaco is back again to challange PSG, I hope they will be consistent because I have seen their performance in the Champions League against Barcelona.
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Indeed, previously we would consider PSG to win easily because at least, it was also based on the good results that PSG had in Ligue 1. But in fact,  PSG could not win easily against Girona yesterday, because Girona also managed to play well and disciplined so that PSG found it difficult to score goals. At least, I also expected a big win for PSG considering that other top teams were able to win at least with a score of 3-0, but PSG still had difficulty winning in the Champions League even though they only played against Girona.

Thus, I think PSG still needs time to really have good results in the Champions League too, ofcourse so that the results that PSG got in the Champions League are the same as those in Ligue 1. But yes,because PSG also did not make any player purchases in the last transfer market, then maybe that also had a less than good impact on rotating PSG players. Thus,  it seems that if the transfer window opens again in January later, it might  be better for PSG to buy some players, at least to make the player rotation work well.

You're right, I think PSG still need something like being at full throttle with new players, for now Luis Enrique is defending himself like a drowning cat with his team, it's difficult and the pressure on the player must be from another world, we know that the sheikh is demanding , I can only imagine the pressure he must be under, which must be impressive, Girona, for their part, are a team that when they put their minds to it can be overwhelming , they take advantage of mistakes, they take advantage of everything they have, but sometimes Girona makes mistakes and they lose, confusing everyone, PSG's job now will be to win and win, it doesn't matter how they achieve it, they just have to win, both in Ligue 1 and in the UCL.

What I want to say about this match was that Paris Saint-Germain played football with one goal in mind, like a training match. Girona could not attack at all throughout the match. They tried to repel Paris Saint-Germain’s attacks. I look at the statistics and see that Paris Saint-Germain took 26 shots. Only five of them found the goal. In fact, they had a problem here in the match. Their accurate shot rate was quite low. Still, they managed to leave the match with three points, which was important for them. However, to tell the truth, Paris Saint-Germain could have scored 4-5 goals in this match. They scored the winning goal in the 90th minute.
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Lyon is a club that used to have a history in the French League but as has been said, their performance is currently and last season is quite bad and makes them below the current standings, they can only get 4 points from 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and the rest lost, quite worrying with this club at this time but that's every team must experience ups and downs and Lyon is experiencing it.
Lyon is currently ranked 14th in the Ligue1 standings and it is really very worrying because the position is very close to the relegation position in Ligue1 so Lyon must be able to rise in several matches in order to continue to survive in Ligue1 because Lyon is indeed a team that has a good history in Ligue1 even though it is not a winner of many trophies in Ligue1. And what happened to Lyon when they faced Marseille at home was certainly inseparable from Lyon's strength which was no longer balanced with the strength possessed by Marseille this season.
Lyon started the league quite worryingly, they felt 2 defeats at the beginning and in the last week they also felt defeat again. This is a setback for those who actually have quite a big name in Ligue 1.

However, this is only the first 5 matches where they still have many matches that they can improve in the future. With the note that they must be able to improve their performance to be even better.

There is still time to make improvements, don't let them be late in fixing this, because if they are late then it could be something worse that they could feel. now they should not be burdened with the results of their previous matches, what they have to do is focus on the nearest match.
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Guys, we have to remember that this is just the beginning of the season and we don't need to worry about Lyon current poor performance and this has happened often. Even in the previous season Lyon had a much worse performance compared to this season but the fact is that everything is proven by the end of the season Lyon is in the top 6 in the standings.
I don't know what the problem is that makes Lyon always start the season very badly but what is certain is that we have to be patient and wait to see that towards the end of the season Lyon will definitely appear more consistent and maybe one of the strategies that this team has.
We'll just see how later whether what I said comes true.
Source: 2023-2024 standings (Google)

Well even last season they weren't amongst top three so see them at where they are now isn't a big deal and they having hopes of getting beyond that point this season isn't a big deal on its own but I think two tough hurdles for them will be from PSG and Marseille who happens to be the table toppers currently and are even looking at making it to winning the trophy possibly by the end of the season too so even if it sounded early to judge their performance so far, we should also consider that they are within the average rating in their league so much isn't expected of them .
Lyon has started the season very poorly with only one win so far in the league, thus making them fall to the bottom of the Ligue 1 standings at the moment, what happened to Lyon this season is indeed inversely proportional to what happened last season but I think a long season does not necessarily guarantee that they can be better later, currently Lyon is strengthened with many good players that they signed in the transfer market last summer but in fact the strategy and game scheme implemented by their current coach is very poor, we can even see how easy it is for opposing players to exploit their defense and of course coach it must be improved immediately if Lyon wants to end the season in a better position end season,  Indeed, so far we continue to say that the season is still long, but every time their lose points it will only make them even worse later.
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Once a PSG fan when Neymar Messi and Ramos performed together for PSG and at that time I followed France Ligue very well but not as much as it used to be. But I still have a love for PSG and I try to watch PSG matches from that love. As a PSG fan I never worry about winning the title in the local league tournament and even though Mbappe is gone this season I am not worried because I have a belief in this team that this team will win the title in the local league tournament anyway. But feeling bad for this team works when they don't do well in the Champions League. The team spent a lot of money to do well in the Champions League but they never got good results. So I hope they buy players according to the plan so that this team can do well in the Champions League.
French club PSG has never hesitated to pick and buy the best players. Yet they missed their target. When a team has Messi, Mbappe and Neymar, one of the best strikers of the time, it is undoubtedly one of the strongest teams. They also had Ashraf Hakimi, Sergio Ramos in their squad yet they failed in the Champions League each time. PSG, which was once full of star players, has become a star-less club over time as those players have left the club. Ashraf Hakimi, Marquinhos are still linked with PSG but they lack a talented and skilled striker in their squad.

PAG has been playing well in League One of the 2024/25 season so far, they have not lost a match yet. Having not lost a match, they are joint top of the points table. This year's Champions League journey started with a win, I think PSG have the ability to win Ligue 1 but they don't have the ability to win the Champions League yet.

PSG never gave a second thought to spending money, but despite spending so much money, they achieved nothing. They have won consecutive domestic league titles but have not fared much better in the Champions League. 

In the history of the Champions League, PSG has played in the Champions League final only once against Bayern Munich and Neymar and Mbappe contributed a lot there but unfortunately they could not win that match. PSG then bought several players for significant sums of money but without success. The biggest reason behind their lack of success was trying to manage experienced players with inexperienced managers. If a good quality manager had been appointed to the club earlier and if that good quality manager had managed the previous PSG team well then this team would have had a Champions League title by now.
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Guys, we have to remember that this is just the beginning of the season and we don't need to worry about Lyon current poor performance and this has happened often. Even in the previous season Lyon had a much worse performance compared to this season but the fact is that everything is proven by the end of the season Lyon is in the top 6 in the standings.
I don't know what the problem is that makes Lyon always start the season very badly but what is certain is that we have to be patient and wait to see that towards the end of the season Lyon will definitely appear more consistent and maybe one of the strategies that this team has.
We'll just see how later whether what I said comes true.
Source: 2023-2024 standings (Google)

Well even last season they weren't amongst top three so see them at where they are now isn't a big deal and they having hopes of getting beyond that point this season isn't a big deal on its own but I think two tough hurdles for them will be from PSG and Marseille who happens to be the table toppers currently and are even looking at making it to winning the trophy possibly by the end of the season too so even if it sounded early to judge their performance so far, we should also consider that they are within the average rating in their league so much isn't expected of them .
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If we talk about ligue 1 of course no one here will doubt that they will won the championship trophy this season, although indeed without Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in their squad again, the comparison of the quality of the team owned by PSG is clearly far above the other teams in the league, but we have hope to see Ligue 1 this season can be more competitive after the improvement that has occurred in the Marseille squad this season despite the chances of Marseille is relatively small to be able to win Ligue 1 later, because indeed in this case we cannot deny that PSG has an almost 99% chance of winning the league, compared to Ligue 1 of course actually the Champions League is the main target of them at this time but unfortunately like when they were still strengthened by Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, their chances of winning the UCL are still very small.
This season will also not be easier for PSG and any team to win the UCL because when entering the last 16 in the UCL, the competition there will be much more difficult for any team including PSG itself. As for Ligue 1 I will not see another team as a candidate for the champion other than the PSG team because the team still has better quality than its rivals in Ligue 1 this season. In addition, from the five matches that have been played by PSG, no team has been able to beat them, although this also happened to Marseille and Monaco so that all three already have the same number of points for now.

You are right and this season won't be easier but this definitely will be cheaper than last season for PSG to play in the Champions League without their superstar player Mbappe, He was playing there for years and this made PSG thought they always needed this French player and they can't have good performance without Mbappe.
But now they are playing without Mbappe and thanks to their coach Enrique they have much better teamwork than last season which can make PSG to even have the possibility to have better performance than last season in both the French League and the Champions League.
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Lyon is a club that used to have a history in the French League but as has been said, their performance is currently and last season is quite bad and makes them below the current standings, they can only get 4 points from 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and the rest lost, quite worrying with this club at this time but that's every team must experience ups and downs and Lyon is experiencing it.
Lyon is currently ranked 14th in the Ligue1 standings and it is really very worrying because the position is very close to the relegation position in Ligue1 so Lyon must be able to rise in several matches in order to continue to survive in Ligue1 because Lyon is indeed a team that has a good history in Ligue1 even though it is not a winner of many trophies in Ligue1. And what happened to Lyon when they faced Marseille at home was certainly inseparable from Lyon's strength which was no longer balanced with the strength possessed by Marseille this season.
Guys, we have to remember that this is just the beginning of the season and we don't need to worry about Lyon current poor performance and this has happened often. Even in the previous season Lyon had a much worse performance compared to this season but the fact is that everything is proven by the end of the season Lyon is in the top 6 in the standings.
I don't know what the problem is that makes Lyon always start the season very badly but what is certain is that we have to be patient and wait to see that towards the end of the season Lyon will definitely appear more consistent and maybe one of the strategies that this team has.
We'll just see how later whether what I said comes true.

Source: 2023-2024 standings (Google)
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If we talk about ligue 1 of course no one here will doubt that they will won the championship trophy this season, although indeed without Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in their squad again, the comparison of the quality of the team owned by PSG is clearly far above the other teams in the league, but we have hope to see Ligue 1 this season can be more competitive after the improvement that has occurred in the Marseille squad this season despite the chances of Marseille is relatively small to be able to win Ligue 1 later, because indeed in this case we cannot deny that PSG has an almost 99% chance of winning the league, compared to Ligue 1 of course actually the Champions League is the main target of them at this time but unfortunately like when they were still strengthened by Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, their chances of winning the UCL are still very small.


Yes, there are little signs of PSG being competitive and a contender in the champions league this season. This season they look more ambitious and well improved in term of player recruitment and performance but winning the champions league trophy this season is still a major doubt in my mind. Winning the league trophy this season is feasible achievement than winning the champions league.
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Lyon is a club that used to have a history in the French League but as has been said, their performance is currently and last season is quite bad and makes them below the current standings, they can only get 4 points from 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and the rest lost, quite worrying with this club at this time but that's every team must experience ups and downs and Lyon is experiencing it.
Lyon is currently ranked 14th in the Ligue1 standings and it is really very worrying because the position is very close to the relegation position in Ligue1 so Lyon must be able to rise in several matches in order to continue to survive in Ligue1 because Lyon is indeed a team that has a good history in Ligue1 even though it is not a winner of many trophies in Ligue1. And what happened to Lyon when they faced Marseille at home was certainly inseparable from Lyon's strength which was no longer balanced with the strength possessed by Marseille this season.
I think there is no point for us to talk about the past anymore because if we remember that right of course PSG in the past was also not a great team like now, but what happened to Lyon is of course very tragic considering that last season they performed very impressive and were able to finish in the Europa League zone, but I don't know what happened to them this season, but lyon actually started the season very badly and even from the 5 matches they has  played lyon only get 1 victory, even though Lyon is one of the teams that this summer has done a lot of new player recruitment and has spent a total of 148 million euros for 13 new players ( apart from players who have returned from loan spells), ,but so far the big recruitment has not given positive results for them.

Lyon are currently close to the relegation zone and obviously it will be very dangerous if they don't get up soon, the defeat to Marseille makes Lyon even worse in the ligue and even with the current condition and form will make it difficult for them to compete in the Europa League later, I think Lyon management must immediately fix their squad performance and maybe it's time for them to start evaluating Pierre Sage current performance as a coach.

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Lyon is a club that used to have a history in the French League but as has been said, their performance is currently and last season is quite bad and makes them below the current standings, they can only get 4 points from 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and the rest lost, quite worrying with this club at this time but that's every team must experience ups and downs and Lyon is experiencing it.
Lyon is currently ranked 14th in the Ligue1 standings and it is really very worrying because the position is very close to the relegation position in Ligue1 so Lyon must be able to rise in several matches in order to continue to survive in Ligue1 because Lyon is indeed a team that has a good history in Ligue1 even though it is not a winner of many trophies in Ligue1. And what happened to Lyon when they faced Marseille at home was certainly inseparable from Lyon's strength which was no longer balanced with the strength possessed by Marseille this season.
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Lyon is once again starting the season terribly, and the financial trouble they are in is beyond recovery point, they basically put up every player on sale and they are having trouble building a squad that can do fine.

I mean surely they are losing money but they can't keep being this bad, they barely survived relegation last season, while they finished well and high up, they were at the bare bottom for first part of the season, they only recovered later on. They can't keep doing that every season, eventually they will drop and Lyon dropping is not a normal thing considering their past.

For younger generation here, Lyon was what PSG is right now, they won so many titles in a row and looked like the most dominant power and they were good in Europe as well. So becoming this from that is not an easy achievement and I hope to see Lyon do better, losing these games is troubled but Marseille is a great team so maybe we can give a break for this game alone.

Lyon started last season with a bad performance too. they usually have bad starts and lose many points even Lyon was about to get relegated in the last season because of being in the last place of the table but they got improved in the half-season and using a new coach was working in this team.
Now once again, this team is having bad days at the start of the seasonnad they should hope to see some improvement during the summer.
Lyon is a club that used to have a history in the French League but as has been said, their performance is currently and last season is quite bad and makes them below the current standings, they can only get 4 points from 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and the rest lost, quite worrying with this club at this time but that's every team must experience ups and downs and Lyon is experiencing it.

Thinking about them being relegated I don't think it will happen because they are not too bad compared to the other teams below them Lyon still has the ability and moreover this is just the beginning of the league and there are still many matches they have to prepare for and I think they can still avoid the relegation zone and perform well at the end of the season.
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Indeed, previously we would consider PSG to win easily because at least, it was also based on the good results that PSG had in Ligue 1. But in fact,  PSG could not win easily against Girona yesterday, because Girona also managed to play well and disciplined so that PSG found it difficult to score goals. At least, I also expected a big win for PSG considering that other top teams were able to win at least with a score of 3-0, but PSG still had difficulty winning in the Champions League even though they only played against Girona.

Thus, I think PSG still needs time to really have good results in the Champions League too, ofcourse so that the results that PSG got in the Champions League are the same as those in Ligue 1. But yes,because PSG also did not make any player purchases in the last transfer market, then maybe that also had a less than good impact on rotating PSG players. Thus,  it seems that if the transfer window opens again in January later, it might  be better for PSG to buy some players, at least to make the player rotation work well.

You're right, I think PSG still need something like being at full throttle with new players, for now Luis Enrique is defending himself like a drowning cat with his team, it's difficult and the pressure on the player must be from another world, we know that the sheikh is demanding , I can only imagine the pressure he must be under, which must be impressive, Girona, for their part, are a team that when they put their minds to it can be overwhelming , they take advantage of mistakes, they take advantage of everything they have, but sometimes Girona makes mistakes and they lose, confusing everyone, PSG's job now will be to win and win, it doesn't matter how they achieve it, they just have to win, both in Ligue 1 and in the UCL.
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With these results, it might be a sign that there is still a big chance for PSG to be defeated when PSG later plays against a stronger team and or a better team. But indeed, for PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings it will still  be strong at the top but regarding the results that PSG will get in the Champion League, I personally think PSG is still the same as previous  seasons which are still unable to compete well in the Champion League.
PSG will definitely have a loss at least a few times but that doesn't mean it's an easy thing because looking at yesterday's match actually the goal in the first 10 minutes was a little unexpected by PSG which made Reims' advantage a little increased and they immediately changed the scheme to defence without making any attacks because they tried to keep the score they had.

By looking at this if in the end Enrique does not change the scheme then the opportunity for PSG opponents to score is in some unexpected conditions like this so that they gain momentum and maintain the score until the end but on the other hand of course this can also be an introspective material by Enrique so that PSG can be better prepared for all situations including for surprise goals like this.
They can still lose but it takes extra effort to do so because PSG this season is a little different than before although in terms of dominance it remains the same but this season they play as a team not individually as seen in the previous galacticos era.
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PSG having a draw is certainly a shock and a quite good chunk of money lost for me but it's fine, I had some good games on UCL this week and La Liga was quite profitable so I ended up in profit all together this week, and one loss didn't really change much, I also lost on United too but that's fine, other games were all wins.

I think it's clear that we are going to end up with PSG getting good results again and again, but have some bad games like this along the way, they can't finish the season with 100% win rate, they have to lose points somewhere. I believe that draw was a disgrace level of display on how they played, it's not the score, of course they can draw, but it was how they played, they played terrible all game long.

But at least, based on head to head records, it looks like Reims is indeed a team that always manages to hold PSG to a draw but even that can be a normal result when it comes to their head to head results. But still, because PSG in this season started the season very well but unfortunately, playing in the Champion League even though only playing against Girona in reality PSG is still difficult to win and after that, PSG was held to a draw against Reims.

With these results, it might be a sign that there is still a big chance for PSG to be defeated when PSG later plays against a stronger team and or a better team. But indeed, for PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings it will still  be strong at the top but regarding the results that PSG will get in the Champion League, I personally think PSG is still the same as previous  seasons which are still unable to compete well in the Champion League.
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In the most important and last game of the week, the action didn't stop for a minute. Lyon hosted Marseille at home. Although Balerdi left his team with 10 men in the 5th minute, Marseille put up a great fight. Marseille deserve credit for beating their opponents 3-2 away with 10 men. Towards the end of the first half, Lyon's Lacazette failed to capitalize on a penalty. Despite this, Lyon started the second half fast and took the lead. Marseille, on the other hand, did not give up the match despite being down to 10 men and brought the score to 2-1. In extra time, first Lyon equalized the score and then Rowe scored the winning goal for Marseille.

In the last two matches played by Marseille, the team coached by De Zerbi's squad has always been unlucky because their players were given red cards. Like in the match against Lyon, Balerdi left the field in the fifth minute because he received a red card. Feeling lucky, Lyon benefited because their opponents played with 10 players. In the 53rd minute, Duje Caleta Car broke the deadlock by scoring a goal from Clinton Mata's assist. Unfortunately, the home team's superiority could not be maintained because Marseille was able to return the score. Even with 10 players, De Zerbi's team continued to work hard to finish this match with maximum points. The score was 2-2, unfortunately at the end of injury time, Jonathan Rowe completed his team's victory. With this result, Marseille is now back in second place and has 13 points, the same as the leader of the standings. It seems that the Ligue 1 competition is quite exciting in the future.
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Lyon is once again starting the season terribly, and the financial trouble they are in is beyond recovery point, they basically put up every player on sale and they are having trouble building a squad that can do fine.

I mean surely they are losing money but they can't keep being this bad, they barely survived relegation last season, while they finished well and high up, they were at the bare bottom for first part of the season, they only recovered later on. They can't keep doing that every season, eventually they will drop and Lyon dropping is not a normal thing considering their past.

For younger generation here, Lyon was what PSG is right now, they won so many titles in a row and looked like the most dominant power and they were good in Europe as well. So becoming this from that is not an easy achievement and I hope to see Lyon do better, losing these games is troubled but Marseille is a great team so maybe we can give a break for this game alone.

Lyon started last season with a bad performance too. they usually have bad starts and lose many points even Lyon was about to get relegated in the last season because of being in the last place of the table but they got improved in the half-season and using a new coach was working in this team.
Now once again, this team is having bad days at the start of the seasonnad they should hope to see some improvement during the summer.
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Last season Lyon also did not start the season with the best performance, but they improved after some time and managed to occupy the 6th position to qualify for the Europa League group stage this season. Lyon got 13 defeats last season, 5 draws and 16 wins, that was enough to take them to the Europa League this season.

This season is no different from last season, their performance is really bad at the beginning of the season. 3 defeats, 1 win and 1 draw is not a pleasant performance at all, so they need to improve if they don't want to fall far behind in the standings. Lyon failed to win against 10 Marseille players in the previous match, in fact Marseille who played with 10 players since the 5th minute managed to secure 3 points in their away game. Bad for Lyon, obviously it's very bad.
Maybe Lyon this season will end like last season which played badly until the end of the season, they were just struggling in the relegation zone. It is very unfortunate that Lyon as a big team has to be like this, they are indeed bad but have not been able to improve their bad condition so far. Lyon played 11 against 10, it can be said with a full match because Marseille had lost one player since the 5th minute. The red card should have been very beneficial for Lyon to win, but in reality they were unable to beat Marseille of course this was very embarrassing for Lyon.

A painful defeat, Marseille beat Lyon with 10 players and managed to bring home three points. In the end, so far Marseille managed to rise to second place with the same points as PSG and Monaco and Lyon will continue to slump in 14th place with 4 points. If Lyon does not immediately improve and increase their performance, they will continue to be at the bottom of the standings this season. Because they are really slumped, Marseille only played with 10 players but were able to score 3 goals in that match, Lyon's defense is really bad and not solid.
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PSG having a draw is certainly a shock and a quite good chunk of money lost for me but it's fine, I had some good games on UCL this week and La Liga was quite profitable so I ended up in profit all together this week, and one loss didn't really change much, I also lost on United too but that's fine, other games were all wins.

I think it's clear that we are going to end up with PSG getting good results again and again, but have some bad games like this along the way, they can't finish the season with 100% win rate, they have to lose points somewhere. I believe that draw was a disgrace level of display on how they played, it's not the score, of course they can draw, but it was how they played, they played terrible all game long.
From look of things PSG will not be left alone the season for the title race in time of points gap, this season the had played only five matches and the top three are have almost equal record that is played the same number of game, the same win, draw and also the same points but different goals scored, this what makes PSG to stayed at the top, PSG really have to work harder to gain more points and goals to be ahead of them, Marseille had their last match against Lyon and it was a away game and at the beginning they got red card which make them play 10 against 11 throughout the match and they still managed to rescued win, this should put more tension on PSG that they have gotten a good competitor for the title this time.
Marseille and Monaco are the top two teams that have the same points and match records as PSG at the moment, so far they are still able to overshadow PSG at the top of the standings, but I think sooner or later they will be left by PSG by a considerable distance like what happened last season when Brest and also Monaco stuck tightly to PSG from the beginning of the seasons, PSG has a squad quality that is indeed far above Monaco and looks a little better than Marseille at the moment, but I think the fall of PSG closest rival team so far is not because they were only defeated by PSG but rather their poor performance and consistency when facing other teams is clearly the main problem they have been lagging behind PSG in trophies compete,however, if Monaco and Marseille lose to PSG this season but can still consistently get points from other teams in Ligue 1, then it is likely that they can break PSG dominance in the Ligue later, because like last seasons when PSG won the trophy, they won it not without getting a defeat in the league. 
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If we talk about ligue 1 of course no one here will doubt that they will won the championship trophy this season, although indeed without Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in their squad again, the comparison of the quality of the team owned by PSG is clearly far above the other teams in the league, but we have hope to see Ligue 1 this season can be more competitive after the improvement that has occurred in the Marseille squad this season despite the chances of Marseille is relatively small to be able to win Ligue 1 later, because indeed in this case we cannot deny that PSG has an almost 99% chance of winning the league, compared to Ligue 1 of course actually the Champions League is the main target of them at this time but unfortunately like when they were still strengthened by Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, their chances of winning the UCL are still very small.
This season will also not be easier for PSG and any team to win the UCL because when entering the last 16 in the UCL, the competition there will be much more difficult for any team including PSG itself. As for Ligue 1 I will not see another team as a candidate for the champion other than the PSG team because the team still has better quality than its rivals in Ligue 1 this season. In addition, from the five matches that have been played by PSG, no team has been able to beat them, although this also happened to Marseille and Monaco so that all three already have the same number of points for now.
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