French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[hyudien]

What do you think on the Marseille - Nice game to be played in three days?    It is going to be one of the opening games of the fourth week of the season.

Honestly this is probably the most interesting match for this week. Marseille this season is on fire building the club. on the other hand, last season Nice was in the top 5. only this season, it seems like their journey is not that smooth because they have only won 1x. While Marseille won 2x and drew 1x. So it makes sense if more people favor Marseille.

This is their last 5 matches, it seems that Marseille is getting much better this season than Nice.

Source: Marseille  and Nice

Nice is different and is no longer the team they were last season, where they could perform well even though in the end they had to falter and make their position drop towards the end of the season. While this season they have not shown that they are ready for the competition, in just 3 matches they have felt 1 defeat, 1 draw and were able to win 1. Maybe I will change my mind when I see them like last season, but unfortunately they have not been able to show that. Marseille will also act as hosts, that means they will get full support from the fans, that will be a motivation for them to be able to present 3 points to their supporters.

[tusandii]

A big name is just a name, in fact PSG still can't do much even though they have several players with big names, their main problem is the selfishness of their players when PSG has star players in it they really privilege the players and make other players not play optimally because other players feel less confident and they rely on star players to appear stunning in every match, but now PSG no longer has star players who are always privileged now they have players who are no less good than star players and they are treated fairly, so they can work together solidly, if PSG continues like this maybe they can compete well in the UCL and can go further.

To build a stronger team is not easy because the coach must have a special strategy and maybe what happened at PSG was because they were given too much trust in star players. After Luis Enrique came everything was different and he did not privilege one of the players in the team so what happened was that the PSG squad became better than before. Nothing is instant because it takes a lot of things to drive a club's success, as Pep Guardiola did at Manchester City.

I don't think there is a better coach than Luis Enrique in coaching this club, previous coaches relied on star players but not with this coach he is not too ambitious to recruit other star players to replace Mbappe I think Luis Enrique is trying a new scheme without star players and seeing how the existing squad is able to give the best performance for the team and now it is proven that the entire PSG squad works well together and the chemistry between the coach and the players is getting better.

For the competition in Ligue 1, PSG is still a strong competitor whose dominance is difficult to break by other teams. If management gives time and lets Luis Enrique find the players he needs, it is not impossible that in the next few seasons they will become one of the candidates for the Champions League title.

It is difficult to break PSG's dominance if other clubs do not have good resources like PSG especially in terms of experienced players and coaches, even though other clubs try hard to make it difficult for PSG but PSG still appears solid because this club has mastered how the game works in League 1 for years.

[Mame89]

I don't think there is a better coach than Luis Enrique in coaching this club, previous coaches relied on star players but not with this coach he is not too ambitious to recruit other star players to replace Mbappe I think Luis Enrique is trying a new scheme without star players and seeing how the existing squad is able to give the best performance for the team and now it is proven that the entire PSG squad works well together and the chemistry between the coach and the players is getting better.

I also see this in PSG now, PSG is better without star players because in the last few matches PSG has always won big. It can be said that PSG without Mbappe plays more freely, more collectively, so their game is compact. In the squad if there is a player who is too favored and has a very high salary with other players, it will not be good for team cohesion and Enrique is aware of that. Enrique is indeed the type of coach who prefers team cohesion rather than relying on individuals, very different from previous coaches, this was also seen when Mbappe was still at PSG, he did not rely too much on one player.

It is difficult to break PSG's dominance if other clubs do not have good resources like PSG especially in terms of experienced players and coaches, even though other clubs try hard to make it difficult for PSG but PSG still appears solid because this club has mastered how the game works in League 1 for years.

It is undeniable that PSG League 1 will always dominate because as you said they have all the advantages compared to other teams in League 1, both in terms of resources and coaches. But they will always have difficulty when playing against teams outside League 1 such as the UCL league. This season will be a challenge for Enrique, can he bring PSG to the best level in the UCL league without many star players?