French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[shogun47]

After joining PSC, Lionel Messi did not get the same support as the rest of the players supported him when he was in the Barcelona team. As a result, Lionel Messi is failing to give PSG something extraordinary. But I will blame the coach of the team for the bad condition of the team.

There was a main competitor in PSG and that's mbappe. Mbappe is the main problem that was also making so many problems for the club. It's not messi's fault. Messi will able to go back again to the barcelona soon. Messi's agent is ready to face barcelona's president to talk about the future of messi. Since messi already agreed to cut his salary and that makes his chance to go back again to barcelona became even bigger. I see that messi may play for barcelona in upcoming season. Barcelona already prepared some players to be sold to the another clubs.
Since barcelona has no money and the club will not able to keep all of the players. The fans of psg even the clubs itselfs already lost their respect for the messi.

Messi just need to follow the suggestion for him to leave PSG. It will be good for his future. Some players like raphinha will become victim of barcelona but this guy already prepared EPL team for his future team. 

Barcelona are ready to hear offers for three star attackers, Raphinga, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fait, next seaso

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/barcelona-attacking-overhaul-prepared-to-sell-raphinha-ferran-torres-ansu-fati/blt2ada21ed903cf45a

PSG needs to find a replacement for him as soon as possible. Galtier already admitted even with so many stars and it is still getting bad result in all of competitions.

Messi is a player who usually gets support from other players like a legend they most rely on Messi, just like his situation in Argentina's national team and his previous team Barcelona, but still, after he joined PSG there were many other superstars players and Mbappe is one of them, Obviously, he won't receive the same respect and his unbalanced situation damaged him and effected on his performance.

I am not sure whether Messi's performance was effected negatively in any way. Messi is by far the best scorer in Ligue 1 (goals + assists). Messi has played with countless of superstars before he played with Mbappe. Iniesta, Xavi, back at the time he also played with Neymar and Suarez and that worked amazingly well. If I recall correctly they won the Champions League together and Messi and Neymar became the best goal scorers in the Champions League alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. This is definitely not an issue for Messi to share the pitch with other superstars. In fact Mbappe is benefitting nonstop from Messi due to the superb and out of this world assists from him.

It is not Messi.He is playing well with PSG,the problem is the group,the harmony in the group which is not the perfect one and when you don't have harmony in the group you can't go and just win the Champions League.That is a common problem in teams that has put together a lot of world class players as if we recall the time when Real had all those great players they didn't manage to win a lot of Champions League titles and they were called at that time,Los Galacticos meaning players coming from different galactic and that they were not from earth,there was a big competition between players and that is why they despite being absolutely the best team in the whole world just won once the Champions.Now Paris is suffering from the same symptom and they need to find harmony in order to try and go further in Champions as in Ligue 1 they are winning from several years in a row now.

Very well explained and this is how I see it, too. That is why we frequently see some surprises where seemingly weaker teams kick out the teams that are stronger on paper, but they just don't function very well as a unit. PSG is probably the best example we ever had. I know what you mean when you talk about Los Galacticos, I remember that time. And it is the perfect example to describe what is going on in Paris as well.

I think the best team soccer we have ever seen was when Barcelona played under Guardiola's management. The team seemed to be perfectly balanced and they trusted each other even when they were 0-1 down in the 90th minute. They knew they should be patient and trust each other. They didn't scream at each other, no dismissive hand gestures when a pass failed, nothing.

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[kro55]

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

In this match, I will put the team ahead in Marseille. Because I saw the performance of the last few matches in Marseille. They are playing very well. They have won the last two matches against Troyes and Lyon. Both teams were strong. And they will play against Auxerre in the next match. Although this team is at the bottom of the points table, the team is in very good form. I guess Marseille will be able to continue their winning streak. They will win against Auxerre and Lens and they will be able to tighten the second place in the points table.

Marseille in their meeting with Lens will act as guests, so this is an advantage for Lens to be able to take advantage of the atmosphere at their home turf. But that doesn't mean it will be an easy match for Lens or Marseille. It is difficult of course to determine who will be the winner because in strength they are not much different. A draw is also very likely to occur in a big match like this.

The Marseille vs Lens match will be played on May 7. There is still enough time for both teams. The internal problems of the party must be resolved. Lens' home match so they will have some confidence. But it cannot be said for sure that Lens will win this match. Because Marseille is in good form. The lens also won 1-0 in the away match. However, its performance in Marseille was quite good. I would say that if Marseille wants to win against Lens and consolidate second place in the points table, their attacking players will definitely need to play well. If the attack is weak, it is not possible to score full points against Lens.

[blackened515]

Neymar's name is called with Chelsea recently. As Messi's future at PSG is also ambiguous it looks like the trio won't be all together by next season. This means a lot for PSG to tell the truth. Because they have been this much strong thanks to this trio especially. Maybe they still couldn't win the Champions League title but I believe it has been due to management. Especially this season is really horrible because of Galtier's choices. I was already thinking that he wasn't the right person to take this job before his arrival.

I think bringing the right person here might have some affect on Messi and Neymar to rethink of their future. But only one name comes to my mind now and it is Zidane. But it wouldn't be easy to convince him at all of course.

Christophe Galtier is doing his best inother to reach his peak in the club. The whole thing is the bigger the club, more expectations needed from the coach, fans are not ready to give any single room for reluctancy or excuses. They need the team to be competitive in other top competition like UCl, and if he fails to meet up, he will be considered not eligible to manage such club. PSG have some of the big names in football, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar Jr and Leo Messi all have crucial contributions to the club. Rumours spreads fast but it's never too late for Zinedine Zidane to take over the club.

[JeffBrad12]

Neymar's name is called with Chelsea recently. As Messi's future at PSG is also ambiguous it looks like the trio won't be all together by next season. This means a lot for PSG to tell the truth. Because they have been this much strong thanks to this trio especially. Maybe they still couldn't win the Champions League title but I believe it has been due to management. Especially this season is really horrible because of Galtier's choices. I was already thinking that he wasn't the right person to take this job before his arrival.

It has been confirmed that if neymar and messi will be leaving PSG in summer. Messi will be going out with free transfer status but it's not clear about what status of neymar. PSg will be losing two important players. I think that there will be a very big differences when PSG was still owning messi and neymar compared when new PSG once messi and neymar will be out from the club. It's a big loss for PSG caused by messi was able saving PSG from so many loses.

I think bringing the right person here might have some affect on Messi and Neymar to rethink of their future. But only one name comes to my mind now and it is Zidane. But it wouldn't be easy to convince him at all of course.

Messi is not even feeling confidence in PSG. Messi wanna try to go to the barcelona again. It's likely that if this time barcelona is trying so hard to make sure if it wiill able to get back messi again.

Barcelona has been preparing some players to be sold for messi. This may also become a big loss for barcelona.

[Leviathan.007]

Neymar's name is called with Chelsea recently. As Messi's future at PSG is also ambiguous it looks like the trio won't be all together by next season. This means a lot for PSG to tell the truth. Because they have been this much strong thanks to this trio especially. Maybe they still couldn't win the Champions League title but I believe it has been due to management. Especially this season is really horrible because of Galtier's choices. I was already thinking that he wasn't the right person to take this job before his arrival.

It has been confirmed that if neymar and messi will be leaving PSG in summer. Messi will be going out with free transfer status but it's not clear about what status of neymar. PSg will be losing two important players. I think that there will be a very big differences when PSG was still owning messi and neymar compared when new PSG once messi and neymar will be out from the club. It's a big loss for PSG caused by messi was able saving PSG from so many loses.

I think bringing the right person here might have some affect on Messi and Neymar to rethink of their future. But only one name comes to my mind now and it is Zidane. But it wouldn't be easy to convince him at all of course.

Messi is not even feeling confidence in PSG. Messi wanna try to go to the barcelona again. It's likely that if this time barcelona is trying so hard to make sure if it wiill able to get back messi again.

Barcelona has been preparing some players to be sold for messi. This may also become a big loss for barcelona.

Both players are important players for PSG and obviously, PSG will try keeping these players even for another season but in fact, Messi won't have a good performance in PSG anymore because he won't get the respect he usually gets in other teams he played for, that's why I think Messi going to return Barcelona where he actually belongs.

[Davian144]

Marseille team won yesterday against lyon 2 1 regaining their second place, they were slightely better but they got lucky gusto scored an own goal in the last minutes of the game offering them important three points which will give them an edge over lens who are only one point away from them.

Actually, in terms of ball possession, the home team (Lyon) is slightly better than Marseille. It's just that the Lyon team had to suffer bad luck because of an own goal from their own player (Malo Gusto). And this is of course very profitable for Marseille because the own goal occurred in the 90+2 minute which was the final seconds of a match they were playing at that time. And yes, now Marseille has regained second place in the Ligue1 standings, although this position is not completely safe for Marseille because Marseille's number of points is still very close to Lens, who is in third place.

[hahay]

Marseille team won yesterday against lyon 2 1 regaining their second place, they were slightely better but they got lucky gusto scored an own goal in the last minutes of the game offering them important three points which will give them an edge over lens who are only one point away from them.

Actually, in terms of ball possession, the home team (Lyon) is slightly better than Marseille. It's just that the Lyon team had to suffer bad luck because of an own goal from their own player (Malo Gusto). And this is of course very profitable for Marseille because the own goal occurred in the 90+2 minute which was the final seconds of a match they were playing at that time. And yes, now Marseille has regained second place in the Ligue1 standings, although this position is not completely safe for Marseille because Marseille's number of points is still very close to Lens, who is in third place.

Yes, it was really unlucky for Lyon to lose at home, because Lyon failed to win a point only because of an own goal in the final minutes of the match. Also, Marseille's victory this season against Lyon, is at least a revenge mission that Marseille has managed to get. Because last season Marseille lost by Lyon in its two matches or two meetings last season in Ligue 1.

But yes, apart from that basically in this season Marseille is still better than Lyon and yes, regarding yesterday's match even though Marseille lost the ball possession but, at least Marseille can also dominate other statistics very well. Therefore, a draw is indeed a decent result in this match, but Marseille is still getting lucky in this match.

[rahmad2nd]

Both players are important players for PSG and obviously, PSG will try keeping these players even for another season but in fact, Messi won't have a good performance in PSG anymore because he won't get the respect he usually gets in other teams he played for, that's why I think Messi going to return Barcelona where he actually belongs.

So far, PSG is trying to keep Messi's contract. it's just that, it seems that Messi has been reluctant to continue his tenure with Les Parisiens. as far as you know, PSG has offered a new contract for Messi. however, it seems that Messi's decision to leave PSG has been unanimous. actually if we refer to the Statistical rating, Messi is the most consistent player based on his performance throughout this season. unfortunately, he wasn't that spectacular as he didn't have much support from the rest of the cast.

Other problems have also occurred in the locker room since the start of the season, PSG has not been separated from polemics over problems in the locker room between the players. until, the PSG fans who hoped too much for Messi. whereas, football is teamwork. so it's very natural, if Messi is no longer at home playing with Les Parisiens. Regarding Messi's departure, so far there have been several clubs that have always been linked with him. it's just that, the rumors that are currently lively are Messi's return to Barcelona. that is why, it is currently rumored that PSG will bring in Osimhen and are willing to pay him a high price.

By the way, actually this season is not over yet. so, Messi will continue to play with PSG until the end of this season. next week, PSG will host Lorient. supposedly, it was not a big problem for Galtier's team to get points in that match.

[Luzin]

By the way, actually this season is not over yet. so, Messi will continue to play with PSG until the end of this season. next week, PSG will host Lorient. supposedly, it was not a big problem for Galtier's team to get points in that match.

Yep, I also heard the local media, that Messi is going back to Barcelona. PSG have given him a new contract but there has been no development. Even many rumors Messi is disappointed with salary cuts and sports projects. This also made PSG even more furious and decided to release Messi. This is also to avoid FFP rules. If Messi leaves then they can develop the talent of existing young players. Indeed, PSG are famous for having big funds and buying a lot of players who have become good, it is very rare I hear PSG have academy graduates who have managed to become great players.

[makishart]

By the way, actually this season is not over yet. so, Messi will continue to play with PSG until the end of this season. next week, PSG will host Lorient. supposedly, it was not a big problem for Galtier's team to get points in that match.

Messi can at least try to give league 1 trophy for PSG before he will be leaving from the club. There are so many questions are still remain unanswered. So many rumor related to him already appeared

The new rumor is about barcelona rejected firmino's proposal due to the messi's transfer soon.

Marca claims that while Firmino did offer his services to Barcelona, Xavi's side rejected the proposal as they have no intention of adding to their attacking ranks this summer.

https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/liverpool/transfer-talk/news/barcelona-reject-chance-to-sign-roberto-firmino_512287.html

I dunno whether messi was the main reason why firmino will not be leaving from liverpool. I think that there will be so many things to come very soon. Everything is still remain unanswered until we will be entering into the summer transfer season.
I predicted there will be many surprises to come soon.

[CryptoBuds]

By the way, actually this season is not over yet. so, Messi will continue to play with PSG until the end of this season. next week, PSG will host Lorient. supposedly, it was not a big problem for Galtier's team to get points in that match.

Yep, I also heard the local media, that Messi is going back to Barcelona. PSG have given him a new contract but there has been no development. Even many rumors Messi is disappointed with salary cuts and sports projects. This also made PSG even more furious and decided to release Messi. This is also to avoid FFP rules. If Messi leaves then they can develop the talent of existing young players. Indeed, PSG are famous for having big funds and buying a lot of players who have become good, it is very rare I hear PSG have academy graduates who have managed to become great players.

PSG will be in big trouble if Messi is not at PSG next season. This season PSG became dependent on Messi. Without Messi performing well, PSG's overall performance would have been poor. PSG's performance in next season's Champions League will be poor if they cannot find a suitable replacement for Messi. But I think eventually the PSG management will be able to renew their contract with Messi. We will see Messi for one more season with PSG. Messi's return to Barcelona seems unlikely.

[harapan]

And yes, now Marseille has regained second place in the Ligue1 standings, although this position is not completely safe for Marseille because Marseille's number of points is still very close to Lens, who is in third place.

Even though I'm rooting for Lens to take back the second position, I'm beginning to think it wont happen. I love watching Lens this season. I enjoy how they play. I would really like them to finish the season on second position but looking at the final six games that both Lens and Marseille have, Lens have the tougher fixtures.
Lens play Toulouse next and I expect them to win that game, after that they face Marseille. That game might be the decider. Whoever wins that game might get to hold on to the second position till the end of the league season.  
I hope Lens wins because they will be playing at home.

[Mr.suevie]

By the way, actually this season is not over yet. so, Messi will continue to play with PSG until the end of this season. next week, PSG will host Lorient. supposedly, it was not a big problem for Galtier's team to get points in that match.

Yep, I also heard the local media, that Messi is going back to Barcelona. PSG have given him a new contract but there has been no development. Even many rumors Messi is disappointed with salary cuts and sports projects. This also made PSG even more furious and decided to release Messi. This is also to avoid FFP rules. If Messi leaves then they can develop the talent of existing young players. Indeed, PSG are famous for having big funds and buying a lot of players who have become good, it is very rare I hear PSG have academy graduates who have managed to become great players.

PSG will be in big trouble if Messi is not at PSG next season. This season PSG became dependent on Messi. Without Messi performing well, PSG's overall performance would have been poor. PSG's performance in next season's Champions League will be poor if they cannot find a suitable replacement for Messi. But I think eventually the PSG management will be able to renew their contract with Messi. We will see Messi for one more season with PSG. Messi's return to Barcelona seems unlikely.

PSG has been performing well with out the messi you are talking about and even Barcelona is currently doing well without messi and I still believe that PSG is still going to perform well without him if he eventually decides to leave the club, messi playing days are limited and its even best for the club to look for younger reliable player with lots of playing days.

[sana54210]

Neymar's name is called with Chelsea recently. As Messi's future at PSG is also ambiguous it looks like the trio won't be all together by next season. This means a lot for PSG to tell the truth. Because they have been this much strong thanks to this trio especially. Maybe they still couldn't win the Champions League title but I believe it has been due to management. Especially this season is really horrible because of Galtier's choices. I was already thinking that he wasn't the right person to take this job before his arrival.

It has been confirmed that if neymar and messi will be leaving PSG in summer. Messi will be going out with free transfer status but it's not clear about what status of neymar. PSg will be losing two important players. I think that there will be a very big differences when PSG was still owning messi and neymar compared when new PSG once messi and neymar will be out from the club. It's a big loss for PSG caused by messi was able saving PSG from so many loses.

I do not know what will happen, but if they could somehow convince Messi to take a bit of a lesser money and get him? I feel like it would be good enough to sell any player you want. We need to look at this like a business deal and not just a team. If they can get Messi, that means that they are going to sell so many jerseys and even their games will be viewed more than it did this year, even if they get worse.

Because it is going to be Messi, everyone loves watching him and its his home club so it will be amazing for him to be there. I always said that he could have stayed if they could have done what they did last year, sell bunch of stuff to make more money and keep him there, maybe not win a championship but get a lot more fans that way.

[shogun47]

By the way, actually this season is not over yet. so, Messi will continue to play with PSG until the end of this season. next week, PSG will host Lorient. supposedly, it was not a big problem for Galtier's team to get points in that match.

Yep, I also heard the local media, that Messi is going back to Barcelona. PSG have given him a new contract but there has been no development. Even many rumors Messi is disappointed with salary cuts and sports projects. This also made PSG even more furious and decided to release Messi. This is also to avoid FFP rules. If Messi leaves then they can develop the talent of existing young players. Indeed, PSG are famous for having big funds and buying a lot of players who have become good, it is very rare I hear PSG have academy graduates who have managed to become great players.

PSG will be in big trouble if Messi is not at PSG next season. This season PSG became dependent on Messi. Without Messi performing well, PSG's overall performance would have been poor. PSG's performance in next season's Champions League will be poor if they cannot find a suitable replacement for Messi. But I think eventually the PSG management will be able to renew their contract with Messi. We will see Messi for one more season with PSG. Messi's return to Barcelona seems unlikely.

PSG has been performing well with out the messi you are talking about and even Barcelona is currently doing well without messi and I still believe that PSG is still going to perform well without him if he eventually decides to leave the club, messi playing days are limited and its even best for the club to look for younger reliable player with lots of playing days.

Barcelona, a club that used to be one of the main contenders for the triple consisting of the La Liga title, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey, hasn't even made it through the group stage in the Champions League and lost in the semifinals of Copa del Rey. They are doing so well in La Liga because Real Madrid is playing so bad. Barcelona is doing alright and nothing more. It would never be enough to win only the La Liga title even if you end the season with 38 clean sheets. A club like Barcelona competes for the biggest titles possible and La Liga isn't that title.

[rendravolt]

PSG will be in big trouble if Messi is not at PSG next season. This season PSG became dependent on Messi. Without Messi performing well, PSG's overall performance would have been poor. PSG's performance in next season's Champions League will be poor if they cannot find a suitable replacement for Messi. But I think eventually the PSG management will be able to renew their contract with Messi. We will see Messi for one more season with PSG. Messi's return to Barcelona seems unlikely.

We know very well how Messi has contributed to PSG this season, counting the many goals and assists he has created this season. It's just that sometimes when PSG lose, all the blame will be borne by Messi and that's what makes Messi uncomfortable at PSG. But Kylian Mbappe definitely wants Messi to stay at PSG because he is an important figure who has helped PSG have a pretty good season. Apart from that, I also agree that it is unlikely that Messi will return to Barcelona because Messi's salary is still too expensive for a club that is experiencing financial problems like Barcelona.

[bekti3]

Looking at the current conditions I think Lens is still quite better so far.
Indeed, currently their position is below Marseille, but from the statistics they lost, they are better than Marseille, even though there were indeed a number of draws that were far more numerous. Apart from that, looking at their defense they are also quite good and have even been the club that has conceded the fewest goals so far.
The defeat against PSG started with a red card so it was difficult even though they worked really hard during that game.

Marseille will face Lens next week and that game will be very important for their conquest for the remaining Champions League spot. They will face Lille also in a month so I expect them to collect many points for their remaining games.
Lens have Reims and Lorient that might be challenging a bit, otherwise I expect them to collect many points too. That's why the game between them will be very important!

The main focus is obviously on Marseille for Lens but before that there are still other matches for the two teams because Marseille will host Auxerre and Lens will travel to Toulouse and this can actually be a good capital, because of course this match will be profitable for them, especially for them favorite.
It's just that when they face each other afterwards this will be something interesting because the difference in their points which is only 1 point can affect the intensity of the game.

[Leviathan.007]

Looking at the current conditions I think Lens is still quite better so far.
Indeed, currently their position is below Marseille, but from the statistics they lost, they are better than Marseille, even though there were indeed a number of draws that were far more numerous. Apart from that, looking at their defense they are also quite good and have even been the club that has conceded the fewest goals so far.
The defeat against PSG started with a red card so it was difficult even though they worked really hard during that game.

Marseille will face Lens next week and that game will be very important for their conquest for the remaining Champions League spot. They will face Lille also in a month so I expect them to collect many points for their remaining games.
Lens have Reims and Lorient that might be challenging a bit, otherwise I expect them to collect many points too. That's why the game between them will be very important!

The main focus is obviously on Marseille for Lens but before that there are still other matches for the two teams because Marseille will host Auxerre and Lens will travel to Toulouse and this can actually be a good capital, because of course this match will be profitable for them, especially for them favorite.
It's just that when they face each other afterwards this will be something interesting because the difference in their points which is only 1 point can affect the intensity of the game.

Both teams are close to each other and Marseille got only one point more than Lens however Marseille started the season better than Lens if I'm not wrong they had collected more points at the beginning of this season, While PSG is far from them I think the main competition in the French league in between Marseille and Lens for second place of the table.

[alpamar99]

PSG will be in big trouble if Messi is not at PSG next season. This season PSG became dependent on Messi. Without Messi performing well, PSG's overall performance would have been poor. PSG's performance in next season's Champions League will be poor if they cannot find a suitable replacement for Messi. But I think eventually the PSG management will be able to renew their contract with Messi. We will see Messi for one more season with PSG. Messi's return to Barcelona seems unlikely.

We know very well how Messi has contributed to PSG this season, counting the many goals and assists he has created this season. It's just that sometimes when PSG lose, all the blame will be borne by Messi and that's what makes Messi uncomfortable at PSG. But Kylian Mbappe definitely wants Messi to stay at PSG because he is an important figure who has helped PSG have a pretty good season. Apart from that, I also agree that it is unlikely that Messi will return to Barcelona because Messi's salary is still too expensive for a club that is experiencing financial problems like Barcelona.

It's a bit disturbing because it seems that the defeat by PSG is the fault of their star players because Messi, Mbappe and Neymar seem to be responsible for this.
This is clearly a bit selfish in my opinion because regardless of anything, this is clearly a bit against conscience, of course, especially all the mistakes are clearly the team's, not the individual's.
On the other hand, there are some conditions where there is news that Messi's salary will also be reduced which makes this even more uncomfortable.

[asriloni]

Both teams are close to each other and Marseille got only one point more than Lens however Marseille started the season better than Lens if I'm not wrong they had collected more points at the beginning of this season, While PSG is far from them I think the main competition in the French league in between Marseille and Lens for second place of the table.

The competitions become even stricted since there was only 1 spot is still remaining for marseille and lens. Im thinking about lens may possible to take over marseille at the end of season. Seeing how consistent lens makes me believe if it can happen.
The third position was not so bad at all consider the gap to the monaco is quite big at this moment. Lens has 5 points gap to the monaco. Staying at the end of a season in the third place will give lens a chance to participated in the qualifier for UCL.
It will be better if lens will be able to get guaranteed spot for UCL rather than participating in the UCL qualified. Lens to be even more consistent with its performance until the end of season. Winning all of the matches until end of season is a must for lens right now.