French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Sithara007]

War of words ongoing between Cristiano Ronaldo and the Ligue 1's social media team right now. Ronaldo had mentioned that he found the Saudi Professional League tougher than Ligue 1 (which I would agree). Obviously this was sort of humiliation for the French, who then resorted to personal attacks against Ronaldo. There is no doubt that the quality of Ligue 1 has declined over the years. And Ronaldo is right when he claims that Paris Saint-Germain is the only quality team left in the league.

[tusandii]

I believe the coach or the players are not the real problem for PSG, they once had a good coach, Thomas Tuchel in 2018 and at that time PSG already had Neymar and Mbappe but still PSG were unable to win the UCL title but they were once Runner Up after that they were unable to reach the final again even when they added Messi nothing changed at all PSG still struggled in the UCL and they always changed coaches to achieve what they wanted, now PSG no longer has a star player so that Luis has difficulty balancing PSG's performance in the league and UCL.

In my opinion the PSG coach should be more ambitious, they spent money making some senseless signings in the last transfer window, they could have signed Victor Osimhen as a replacement for Mbappe, they could also have signed other famous players and then kept these players long term to create a team capable of winning the European Champions League. Why stay every season and win Ligue 1 but get to the European Champions League and don't win, then the fans and the team owners won't have much faith in the team, they will always be looking at PSG as being a strong team only in the French

I think Luis Enrique really wants to build a squad without star players and see how much ability he has to build the team but the fact is Luis Enrique can't make PSG appear strong in the Champions League without star players, although having star players doesn't necessarily make PSG win the UCL title but at least PSG's performance is not as bad as it is now, Luis Enrique must think again about recruiting players who have a strong mentality so that PSG can perform well in all competitions not just in the domestic league.

[iamsange]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

[mammusu]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

Honestly, PSG ability to dominate ligue 1 but slump in the champions league is not something surprising to me, because it has happened continuously and maybe it will continue in the future, even though they have many star players in the squad but still they often struggle to achieve consistent results in European competitions.

Currently PSG has led the Ligue 1 standings by leaving the other teams, so I think even though maybe in the second half season later teams like Monaco, Marseille and Lille are more passionate and also rise, but I personally really believe that they still won't be able to break the dominance or tackle PSG on winning Ligue 1.

[Palakka]

War of words ongoing between Cristiano Ronaldo and the Ligue 1's social media team right now. Ronaldo had mentioned that he found the Saudi Professional League tougher than Ligue 1 (which I would agree). Obviously this was sort of humiliation for the French, who then resorted to personal attacks against Ronaldo. There is no doubt that the quality of Ligue 1 has declined over the years. And Ronaldo is right when he claims that Paris Saint-Germain is the only quality team left in the league.

Ronaldo statement at the globe soccer awards event has caused controversy at this time, although indeed what he said is mostly true, but that it has disturbed the minds of many parties in ligue 1 at the moment, Ronaldo's words are a crushing blow to the competition in ligue 1 which is easier today than the Saudi Arabian league, because so far PSG continues to dominate the league without any resistance from other teams so that actually Ronaldo only talks about the fact about the league, in addition to Ligue 1 social media posted a picture of Messi holding the World Cup trophy in reply for Ronaldo remarks, apart from that, even the teams in Ligue also attacked Ronaldo and claimed his remarks were nonsense as done by Monaco social media.

[Leviathan.007]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

Honestly, PSG ability to dominate ligue 1 but slump in the champions league is not something surprising to me, because it has happened continuously and maybe it will continue in the future, even though they have many star players in the squad but still they often struggle to achieve consistent results in European competitions.

Currently PSG has led the Ligue 1 standings by leaving the other teams, so I think even though maybe in the second half season later teams like Monaco, Marseille and Lille are more passionate and also rise, but I personally really believe that they still won't be able to break the dominance or tackle PSG on winning Ligue 1.

PSG have intent to use their young players more effectively, inspired by Barcelona's La Masia by developing their young teams in a similar way to the first team.
In previous years, PSG have neglected their youngsters, treating them more as assets.
But they seem to have leding to a basically change in the club's systems, moving from attracting the best players in the world to recruiting and nurturing them.
One of the points of LaMasia is that players who join the first team do not need time to adapt and as the first team system is similar to the one they trained in during their time at La Masia and the young teams.  LuisEnrique, who is familiar with Barcelona's working style, has been a key sponsor of this change at the PSG.
During Enrique's year and a half in Paris, young players such as Zayed Emery, Maiolo, Mbappe and others have earned first-team opportunities. The presence of Yohan Cabaye as director of the training center has also played an important role in gathering the best players in the region and, in help with Luis Enrique, has created a playmaking model that can be transferred to most young teams.
Considering these characteristics and the events that have occurred, I think that if PSG follow the same process with Enrique, it will make the club in a short time in terms of statistics, finances and winning various titles in the right place.

[hahay]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

PSG's position in the Champion League standings is not about “not good enough” but, indeed, is a very bad position because PSG only in 25th position which means, PSG is really not in the top 24 which is the position to be able to qualify for the next round. Although indeed, there still a chance for PSG but still,  is not entirely easy for PSG there. About the Ligue 1 standings,  I personally think that Marseille and Monaco are in a fairly safe position with both having 30 points currently and 10 points different with PSG. Although Marseille and Monaco both managed to be in the top three but still,they still unable  to stop PSG's dominance  in winning the Ligue 1 trophy.

[eightdots]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

PSG's position in the Champion League standings is not about “not good enough” but, indeed, is a very bad position because PSG only in 25th position which means, PSG is really not in the top 24 which is the position to be able to qualify for the next round. Although indeed, there still a chance for PSG but still,  is not entirely easy for PSG there. About the Ligue 1 standings,  I personally think that Marseille and Monaco are in a fairly safe position with both having 30 points currently and 10 points different with PSG. Although Marseille and Monaco both managed to be in the top three but still,they still unable  to stop PSG's dominance  in winning the Ligue 1 trophy.

PSG is always at the top of the league rankings but cannot achieve the desired success in the Champions League. I think one of the biggest reasons for this situation is the difference between the teams in League 1 and the teams in the Champions League. When PSG's bad play is added to this situation, PSG remains far from success in the Champions League.

PSG being in 25th place is unexpected. The team needs to improve its game or they will be eliminated. The teams in the league not being able to challenge PSG causes PSG to be unable to resist against different teams in the Champions League.

[bitgolden]

Its majorly a French game, mostly French teams are the ones that gets to participate in this games, they only have PSG as one of the most solid team across almost all of the French tournaments where in they participate so them dominating this too shouldn't come with any form of surprise as they are still in their less competitive region. this is one of the reasons they usually don't talk much about this competition or even count it as one of their major wins for the season as their dominance on this is most times almost sealing that they don't really need all that efforts to get it.

Honestly, looking at the ligue one, we could see how PSG dominates all the time, so whenever there is a cup to be played among the French teams, it's normal and expected for PSG to be the best team. Doesn't mean they will win it all the time, have we seen PSG do the double every single year? Of course not, we have seen them do a lot worse, we have seen them miss the cup chance many times before, so we can say that, while we do expect PSG to win this game, it is also not guaranteed and that's the most important part.

Plus, not many players at PSG would care about this one, it is not a big one, hell most would think going back home would be postponed due to forced celebrations so they would even hate the fact that there is a final lol.

[ndutndut]

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

What happened to PSG in the UCL league, we can only say that in the end it is not about strategy or individualism, but it is all about emotions both on the field and in the dressing room. All players should have positive emotions and all communicate so that Enrique can easily organize what is determined in the next step. Maybe this is the problem with PSG right now, so no matter how great the coach is, PSG will never be able to compete in the UCL if they do not have a solid team.

This happens from year to year, even when PSG has many star players, it is like that, especially this season they do not have a single star player. In addition, what makes PSG difficult is probably the problem of pressure, because of course the pressure faced by PSG is heavier than Brest, Lille, and Monaco who play without any burden. However, in league one PSG is very dominant because in league one they are the ones who have a good squad compared to other teams. So I'm not sure there is a team that can shift PSG at the top of the standings.

[Sim_card]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

PSG's position in the Champion League standings is not about “not good enough” but, indeed, is a very bad position because PSG only in 25th position which means, PSG is really not in the top 24 which is the position to be able to qualify for the next round. Although indeed, there still a chance for PSG but still,  is not entirely easy for PSG there. About the Ligue 1 standings,  I personally think that Marseille and Monaco are in a fairly safe position with both having 30 points currently and 10 points different with PSG. Although Marseille and Monaco both managed to be in the top three but still,they still unable  to stop PSG's dominance  in winning the Ligue 1 trophy.

PSG is always at the top of the league rankings but cannot achieve the desired success in the Champions League. I think one of the biggest reasons for this situation is the difference between the teams in League 1 and the teams in the Champions League. When PSG's bad play is added to this situation, PSG remains far from success in the Champions League.

PSG being in 25th place is unexpected. The team needs to improve its game or they will be eliminated. The teams in the league not being able to challenge PSG causes PSG to be unable to resist against different teams in the Champions League.

The chance of PSG qualifying to the round of 16. They are not strong in UCL and this has been their worst performance so far. Maybe, it's the new format that's also affecting their performance. PSG is the best in their league but they're an average club in UCL.

[Webetcoins]

I think Luis Enrique really wants to build a squad without star players and see how much ability he has to build the team but the fact is Luis Enrique can't make PSG appear strong in the Champions League without star players, although having star players doesn't necessarily make PSG win the UCL title but at least PSG's performance is not as bad as it is now, Luis Enrique must think again about recruiting players who have a strong mentality so that PSG can perform well in all competitions not just in the domestic league.

Luis Enrique is one of the reputable coaches in soccer who understand ups and downs of the game with also have ability to do his best as he started his job with PSG things were never been good so he is doing his job with patient and having good encouragement with PSG management also done good job as they extended his contract which mean they are having faith in his strategy they are having no challenge into French league, but their main target is Champions League which is looking not easy but as things are going we can expect them to do much better in the future.

In this season we have chance of early elimination which could be heartbroken but still they can give comeback in next season which could be much stronger and better Luis Enrique is surely going to have good success as he is surely having motivation for serving his best for achieving dream of winning Champions League.

[SquallLeonhart]

War of words ongoing between Cristiano Ronaldo and the Ligue 1's social media team right now. Ronaldo had mentioned that he found the Saudi Professional League tougher than Ligue 1 (which I would agree). Obviously this was sort of humiliation for the French, who then resorted to personal attacks against Ronaldo. There is no doubt that the quality of Ligue 1 has declined over the years. And Ronaldo is right when he claims that Paris Saint-Germain is the only quality team left in the league.

No one having any doubt about French League is consistently on drop from top leagues due to their poor run and dominance of just one team which is having best results in last one decade with no other team is capable of having improvement or going for challenges Saudi League promoters are doing good job for bringing teams on level which is creating good interest of soccer fans in last few years if they are able to keep going like this surely we will have this league in top leagues it's matter of time.

French League completely fail to bring consistency for few clubs even their performance is having ups and downs, but consistency is problem which need quality players and competitiveness which is not coming in last few years if they fail to bring improvement then things can go from bad to worse which could be not good for the French soccer.

[bering]

War of words ongoing between Cristiano Ronaldo and the Ligue 1's social media team right now. Ronaldo had mentioned that he found the Saudi Professional League tougher than Ligue 1 (which I would agree). Obviously this was sort of humiliation for the French, who then resorted to personal attacks against Ronaldo. There is no doubt that the quality of Ligue 1 has declined over the years. And Ronaldo is right when he claims that Paris Saint-Germain is the only quality team left in the league.

Ronaldo statement at the globe soccer awards event has caused controversy at this time, although indeed what he said is mostly true, but that it has disturbed the minds of many parties in ligue 1 at the moment, Ronaldo's words are a crushing blow to the competition in ligue 1 which is easier today than the Saudi Arabian league, because so far PSG continues to dominate the league without any resistance from other teams so that actually Ronaldo only talks about the fact about the league, in addition to Ligue 1 social media posted a picture of Messi holding the World Cup trophy in reply for Ronaldo remarks, apart from that, even the teams in Ligue also attacked Ronaldo and claimed his remarks were nonsense as done by Monaco social media.

Ronaldo statement might be true that Ligue 1 is only dominated by PSG and for other league like Serie A or Premier League we have seen race title is very tight even for Premier League the champion have to be determined before the season ended and i know Manchester City is dominate this league too but they didn't get the title easily because Manchester City contender like Arsenal or Liverpool is quite strong.

But for Ligue 1 PSG always seems easy to win for every matches and seems there was no other teams who can beat them and every season too PSG never gets any decent contender so I think this is the causes why Ronaldo has been compared between Saudi Pro League and Ligue 1 and this is also what makes it difficult for Ligue 1 to sell their broadcasting rights

[Lidger]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

So far, PSG have survived in the Champions League competition, but when they face tougher opponents, it will be a tough task to survive their Champions League journey. PSG haven't built a squad this season that can challenge them against the big teams. Maybe the teams they are facing now in the Champions League are their equals but in the next round their opponents will not be their equals but much stronger teams. There is not much to expect from PSG in the Champions League this season. Maybe at most they can qualify for the next round but then it's pretty much guaranteed that they won't make it to the quarter finals or semi finals.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

Almost every season PSG always has difficulty competing in the UCL, even this season their position is very disadvantageous compared to other Ligue 1 representatives. PSG has always had difficulty competing in the UCL, they have not been able to find a way out until now, this season their chances are very small because they are threatened with failing to qualify for the last 16. PSG have only managed to maintain their dominance in Ligue 1, but they are like a mediocre team when playing in more competitive competitions.

[Captain Corporate]

People keep saying that it is super easy for PSG to win the league like that's such a simple task, which isn't a simple task to do even with money, but lets leave that aside for a minute and talk about how the same people who think its easy to win every year, also are the people who criticize PSG for doing worse than other french teams in UCL as well. I mean, are they good or are they bad? Is Brest or Monaco or Lille are good or bad? If they are good, then its great for PSG to beat them, if they are bad, how are they ranking so high at UCL standings? I believe, what they are doing, not just winning the league but the longevity of their domination is definitely great. We saw recently how City dominated for a while and look where they are now, PSG never has that, they always keep being the best, we should focus on that a lot more.

[tusandii]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

I am surprised that league 1 clubs like Lille, Brest and Monaco all perform better than PSG in the Champions League but they are not playing well in the domestic league and even trying to give a surprise even though the Champions League is more difficult in terms of competition at least for this new format but somehow these clubs can perform well, I think if these clubs can perform as strong as in the UCL they might be able to face PSG and break their dominance but it seems they are more focused on the big competition.

[Farma]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

I am surprised that league 1 clubs like Lille, Brest and Monaco all perform better than PSG in the Champions League but they are not playing well in the domestic league and even trying to give a surprise even though the Champions League is more difficult in terms of competition at least for this new format but somehow these clubs can perform well, I think if these clubs can perform as strong as in the UCL they might be able to face PSG and break their dominance but it seems they are more focused on the big competition.

PSG has financial strength above the average Ligue 1 team so I don't think there is any team that puts pressure on PSG in Ligue 1 unless there is a big surprise because overall we can assess and measure the strength of the teams.
For the competition in the Champion League it is different because it is inhabited by top European teams and PSG does not have the strength to do that, I am not surprised by what happened because PSG has not been able to compete with top European teams and that also indicates that Ligue 1 is not competitive when none of their representatives can compete fiercely on the European stage.

[ancafe]

Sometimes things don't go well. We can talk about such things for Paris Saint-Germain. Although they have a great squad, I remember one time they were paired with Manchester City and Manchester City was in a very good period and City eliminated them. This year, Paris Saint-Germain is only fighting for the Playoffs. Things are going their way in the French League, but what is important is that they have been disappointing in the Champions League this year.

There has been no improvement for Paris Saint-Germain in fighting for better results in the Champions League and they have always failed to achieve the final result for the championship. This is a difficulty that perhaps no coach has been able to overcome because even though they have a number of great players in it, it does not give certainty for Paris Saint-Germain. I think there are still many things that may need to be done and it may also affect the development of young players in the academy so that expecting success by recruiting great players has not given positive results for Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain are quite strong in Ligue 1 and even no team has been able to break their dominance. But the most important thing is how they can compete in the Champions League is the effort they need to improve and things are getting more difficult at the moment, even though Manchester City themselves are also in quite bad shape.