French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[muratsink]

You just need a certain balance between the number of superstars and simpler level players. As they say, who should play the piano, and someone should carry this piano. I am very sorry for Pochettino, because Paris Saint-Germain did not deserve defeat in the Champions League match with Real Madrid, but a fatal combination of circumstances did not allow the Paris club to go to the next stage of the tournament and all this greatly blurred the impression and leaves a certain imprint on the domestic championship. It's not for nothing that Killian Mbappe recently commented on this that they can win 8-0 or 9-0 and still people will think about the Champions League. PSG are clearly waiting for a big restructuring in the near future and clearly without Pochettino and Mbappe. A lot depends on who will take the post of head coach and sports director.

PSG have had a rather poor performance in the Champions League and have had many matches in the domestic league where they have achieved a result with great difficulty, plus they were knocked out of the French Cup at an unexpectedly early stage. All this indicates that the defeat from Real Madrid was a completely natural result, and not an "unfair coincidence". PSG was only strong on paper, I don't understand why you are so downplaying Real Madrid, which proves its strength with results.

PSG's impressive performance in the French league cannot be transmitted to the Champions League and also the French cup where each of the two chickens they have to be eliminated at an earlier stage, who is the video of the French Cup of Nice victory there is a bit of luck because PSG have to lose in the French Cup. a penalty.shootout, but in the Champions League it was the opposite where they were eliminated by European giants real Madrid while burying PSG's hopes of becoming their first UCL champions

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[Rengga Jati]

You are right. An experienced coach can change the overall condition of a team. .....

The coach has an important role in a team, not only to formulate a game strategy but the coach must also have the ability to unite the vision of players from different backgrounds in one team,...

Indeed, that is why a club's success will commonly also depend on what kind of coach it is. Although if the club has so many football stars in the club but the coach cannot tie them in one club, cannot control and manage them appropriately, this seems more to be difficult.
Moreover, a coach can also bring new types of strategy that are not listed o the paper previously, because this is only based on the match game direct views.
A professional coach doesn't depend on how long he has been a coach but how his track record and also performance in building and developing the team.

[hd49728]

I agree with some of the factors that made PSG fail in the Champions League this season, but when you talk about titles then I think it's a bit difficult to achieve even though you have a lot of experience.

True. In history, only Real Madrid were able to protect their trophy in Champions League. Others failed even they were still very strong in a season they had to protect their trophy. Barcelona, Bayern Munich and many other strong clubs failed. Barcelona in gold time with Messi, Xavi, Iniesta failed too and it is good evidence to support your opinion.

Strong opponents, luck, team mentality, experience and strategy of the coach are some other reasons to judge a team's success in the Champions League. You might also be able to say why did Benfica qualify for the quarter-finals, why did Villareal qualify while Barcelona, ​​Juventus, PSG, Inter, AC Milan and several other teams failed? You have to know what the reason is. There's a reason for everything, and I'm sure the few teams that made it to the quarter-finals now have the luck factor despite their best efforts.

In Champions League, you need both strength, good strategy and luck. Without luck support, it is impossible to win Champions Leauge. It is not like in national league that is long and lasts in many months. So if you make mistake, loss in a match or few ones, you can come back and even win trophy.

In Champions League, you don't have such opportunities in quarter, semi final or final. One or two matches decide result.

[hahay]

I will be watching the Nice - Rennes game probably. Because it is an important game for the third place in the standings. It is important for the second place too in fact but it will be depending on the result Marseille will get this week. Rennes have got ahead of Nice last week by two points. Rennes have been having a great form recently and they won all of their last five league games. I still don't think that Nice will lose this game though. It is very likely to end up with a draw I think.

Their head to head is dominated by draws and also, I can say that Nice also have a better winning record in head to head. So yes, with the situation and momentum in the race for third place, of course Nice, which is the home team here, will be able to take advantage of the situation well. A win for Nice or a draw is very possible, because Rennes themselves could not win a match at home in their first match of the season. So this away match remains tough for Rennes even though indeed, Rennes is in a better position in the standings but that is not a guarantee and the gap is only 2 points.

[asus09]

I will be watching the Nice - Rennes game probably. Because it is an important game for the third place in the standings. It is important for the second place too in fact but it will be depending on the result Marseille will get this week. Rennes have got ahead of Nice last week by two points. Rennes have been having a great form recently and they won all of their last five league games. I still don't think that Nice will lose this game though. It is very likely to end up with a draw I think.

In the first meeting Nice managed to steal points at raner's cage, even though Nice lost in possession but Nice was able to silence Rannes with a score of 1-2, but this meeting is different from Ranners who will travel to Nice headquarters, I am optimistic that Nice can secure three points, although the current performance of the runners is good but I am optimistic that Nice can secure 3 points and can shift the runners position from 3rd position in the standings.

[_BlackStar]

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PSG have failed in the Champions League this season and now only leaves regret amongst the fans. I don't really know how Pochettino is going to do with PSG while at Tottenham he's still an average looking coach. Several times he managed to bring Tottenham to the Champions League, but failed in the end so that experience was not enough to lift PSG's motivation to win.

Pochettino is not a coach who talks a lot on the touchline, he is more silent and evaluates the performance of his players on the bench and that kind of thing is not enough to get the players excited during the match. PSG need a coach who can change the dressing room atmosphere for the better and I don't think Pochettiono has that. I think he will be sacked after the season is over.

[mrongoz_imut]

I will be watching the Nice - Rennes game probably. Because it is an important game for the third place in the standings. It is important for the second place too in fact but it will be depending on the result Marseille will get this week. Rennes have got ahead of Nice last week by two points. Rennes have been having a great form recently and they won all of their last five league games. I still don't think that Nice will lose this game though. It is very likely to end up with a draw I think.

Interested match between Nice vs Rennes because two points left right now will give 3rd position place for Nice if success defeated Rennes, but actually Rennes although with away match keep try to get 3 points for getting champion league spot for next season by finish on 3rd position standing and have hope with 2nd place automatically will lead to champion league competition. Ligue 1 have 9 match left between top and bottom standing still competitive although with 1st standing as PSG with 12 points from Marseille.

[BALIK]

A professional coach doesn't depend on how long he has been a coach but how his track record and also performance in building and developing the team.

You are right. Professional coaches do not rely on experience. Depending on his qualifications. I can see my Xavi as an example of this. His career as a coach is not very long. Nevertheless, he has strengthened the now-defunct Barcelona team. Their match strategy has changed. Bringing back the confidence of the players.
But PSG coach Pochettino is probably much more experienced. But still he was not able to make any improvement of PSG. PSG has deteriorated further day by day. Manajemeton did not get any benefit even after spending a lot of money.

[lulumiya]

PSG must be getting ready for their probable new manager for next season. And this is most probably going to be Zinedine Zidane. This would be no surprise for us in fact because we already know how much they have been interested in him. And I don't expect any rejection from him against joining the team. I see him as the only manager who can carry this team to bigger achievements. I mean the Champions League of course. They still can't win the title and it must be really annoying. Because they have one of the best lineups in the world now.

[LittleBitFunny]

A professional coach doesn't depend on how long he has been a coach but how his track record and also performance in building and developing the team.

You are right. Professional coaches do not rely on experience. Depending on his qualifications. I can see my Xavi as an example of this. His career as a coach is not very long. Nevertheless, he has strengthened the now-defunct Barcelona team. Their match strategy has changed. Bringing back the confidence of the players.
But PSG coach Pochettino is probably much more experienced. But still he was not able to make any improvement of PSG. PSG has deteriorated further day by day. Manajemeton did not get any benefit even after spending a lot of money.

Pochettino cannot be called an inexperienced coach. His coaching experience is many years. He is experienced enough. Moreover, when he became the coach of PSG, everyone relied on him and thought that he might be able to change the overall condition of PSG. But he failed. He should have helped to increase the mutual understanding between the new players. This is most needed when playing with a new team. But the PSG players were not friendly. I blame the coaches as well as the players for PSG's poor performance.

[Crytpo-Guy]

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PSG have failed in the Champions League this season and now only leaves regret amongst the fans. I don't really know how Pochettino is going to do with PSG while at Tottenham he's still an average looking coach. Several times he managed to bring Tottenham to the Champions League, but failed in the end so that experience was not enough to lift PSG's motivation to win.

Pochettino is not a coach who talks a lot on the touchline, he is more silent and evaluates the performance of his players on the bench and that kind of thing is not enough to get the players excited during the match. PSG need a coach who can change the dressing room atmosphere for the better and I don't think Pochettiono has that. I think he will be sacked after the season is over.

PSG recently performance isn't as good as what we expected, the team has really loosed focus in winning games. Thou the team has a very good squad but no team work, they are lacking confidence in playing games  they needs to come up with a new pattern of play. I think they need a more experience Coach than their recent coach, a discipline and experience Coach, someone well dedicated to the team that can correct the wrong of any player despite their standard.

[hd49728]

PSG have failed in the Champions League this season and now only leaves regret amongst the fans. I don't really know how Pochettino is going to do with PSG while at Tottenham he's still an average looking coach. Several times he managed to bring Tottenham to the Champions League, but failed in the end so that experience was not enough to lift PSG's motivation to win.

Champions League is the most desiring target of PSG and Pochettino so far does not satisfy requirement from PSG director board. I disagree that Pochettino is just an average coach because he achieved some good things with Tottenham but he still need titles to become a big coach. He has been going through what Tuchel did before the Champions League trophy with Chelsea.

Pochettino is not a coach who talks a lot on the touchline, he is more silent and evaluates the performance of his players on the bench and that kind of thing is not enough to get the players excited during the match. PSG need a coach who can change the dressing room atmosphere for the better and I don't think Pochettiono has that. I think he will be sacked after the season is over.

He looks like not a tough coach like Mourinho or Simeone who can control ego of star players in the club. It can be a serious issue for him and PSG in long run. If things are well, it is not an issue but if things go bad, there will be more internal conflict which will drag down general performance and might cause a failed season.

[BuNga_cute]

A professional coach doesn't depend on how long he has been a coach but how his track record and also performance in building and developing the team.

You are right. Professional coaches do not rely on experience. Depending on his qualifications. I can see my Xavi as an example of this. His career as a coach is not very long. Nevertheless, he has strengthened the now-defunct Barcelona team. Their match strategy has changed. Bringing back the confidence of the players.
But PSG coach Pochettino is probably much more experienced. But still he was not able to make any improvement of PSG. PSG has deteriorated further day by day. Manajemeton did not get any benefit even after spending a lot of money.

Pochettino cannot be called an inexperienced coach. His coaching experience is many years. He is experienced enough. Moreover, when he became the coach of PSG, everyone relied on him and thought that he might be able to change the overall condition of PSG. But he failed. He should have helped to increase the mutual understanding between the new players. This is most needed when playing with a new team. But the PSG players were not friendly. I blame the coaches as well as the players for PSG's poor performance.

Mauricio Pochettino is an experienced coach, he has been a coach since 2009. But unfortunately not many trophies he gave during his time as
a coach, especially when he was the coach of Tottenham not a single trophy he could give to Tottenham. So Pochettino is a good coach but he doesn't
look like he's fit to coach a big team like PSG. I see the strategy that Pochettino uses is quite good, and also the selection of players is also quite good.
But Pochettino's shortcomings are not being able to be disciplined as a coach, he is not able to control the attitude of PSG players. Several times
Neymar was reported by the French media to come to the training ground drunk, and there was no firm action against Neymar by Pochettino.
Therefore Pochettino could not manage his players well.

Indeed, PSG's failure in the Champions League was one of them because Pochettino not only had difficulty managing the star players at PSG,
but Pochettino could not motivate his players. So I see PSG players don't show a high fighting spirit when playing against Real Madrid. I totally agree
that if the PSG management sacks Pochettino at the end of this season, PSG must look for an experienced coach and have a firm character.
so that the star players at PSG can be managed properly.

[ropyu1978]

PSG must be getting ready for their probable new manager for next season. And this is most probably going to be Zinedine Zidane. This would be no surprise for us in fact because we already know how much they have been interested in him. And I don't expect any rejection from him against joining the team. I see him as the only manager who can carry this team to bigger achievements. I mean the Champions League of course. They still can't win the title and it must be really annoying. Because they have one of the best lineups in the world now.

PSG again buried their dream of winning the champions league title, in the second leg they were hit by Real Madrid with a score of 3-1, the failure of the champions league made Pochettino's future threatened, the club is already looking for a replacement for Pochettino for the 2022-2023 season, there are already several coaches who is PSG's target for next season, Zidane is at the top of the list to train PSG next season, if PSG fail to get Zidane they will definitely sign Diego Simeone, it's really a shame for a star-studded team but failed in the champions league. but I'm optimistic Zidane definitely want to accept a proposal from PSG.

[Juggy777]

PSG must be getting ready for their probable new manager for next season. And this is most probably going to be Zinedine Zidane. This would be no surprise for us in fact because we already know how much they have been interested in him. And I don't expect any rejection from him against joining the team. I see him as the only manager who can carry this team to bigger achievements. I mean the Champions League of course. They still can't win the title and it must be really annoying. Because they have one of the best lineups in the world now.

PSG again buried their dream of winning the champions league title, in the second leg they were hit by Real Madrid with a score of 3-1, the failure of the champions league made Pochettino's future threatened, the club is already looking for a replacement for Pochettino for the 2022-2023 season, there are already several coaches who is PSG's target for next season, Zidane is at the top of the list to train PSG next season, if PSG fail to get Zidane they will definitely sign Diego Simeone, it's really a shame for a star-studded team but failed in the champions league. but I'm optimistic Zidane definitely want to accept a proposal from PSG.

I don’t know if Zidane will accept the job because he loves to have complete authority at the club, but at PSG that won’t really be possible. Lastly I’m not sure if he would really like to coach Messi who’s been his arch rival for a long time now?, hence for these reasons I feel that Zidane won’t coach PSG.

[sayaya17]

PSG must be getting ready for their probable new manager for next season. And this is most probably going to be Zinedine Zidane. This would be no surprise for us in fact because we already know how much they have been interested in him. And I don't expect any rejection from him against joining the team. I see him as the only manager who can carry this team to bigger achievements. I mean the Champions League of course. They still can't win the title and it must be really annoying. Because they have one of the best lineups in the world now.

PSG again buried their dream of winning the champions league title, in the second leg they were hit by Real Madrid with a score of 3-1, the failure of the champions league made Pochettino's future threatened, the club is already looking for a replacement for Pochettino for the 2022-2023 season, there are already several coaches who is PSG's target for next season, Zidane is at the top of the list to train PSG next season, if PSG fail to get Zidane they will definitely sign Diego Simeone, it's really a shame for a star-studded team but failed in the champions league. but I'm optimistic Zidane definitely want to accept a proposal from PSG.

It is certain that Pochettino will be fired by PSG's management, because he failed to win the Champions League trophy which is PSG's main target
this season. So even if PSG won the Ligue 1 trophy this season, it would not make Pochettino's position safe. After all, Pochettino looks very
incapable of controlling the attitude of PSG's star players who are selfish and too individual. Therefore, if we look at PSG's game, there is
no good cooperation between players, so it's only natural that they are finally eliminated from the Champions League.

It's true that the strongest candidates are Zidane and Simeone, but Simeone has been the coach of Atletico for a long time and also he earns a big
salary at Atletico, so it's likely that Simeone will be loyal to Atletico. The strongest possibility is Zidane, but don't know if Zidane will accept the offer
from PSG, because from some of the news that I read Zidane actually really wanted to be the coach of the French national team. Therefore PSG
have prepared a backup plan if they fail to bring in Zidane, according to rumors PSG are trying to take advantage of the condition of Roberto Mancini
who is likely to resign or be sacked, after failing to bring Italy through to the 2022 World Cup. But PSG must compete with Man United who are
also interested in Roberto Mancini, if Man United fail to reach an agreement with Erik ten Hag or Mauricio Pochettino, Mancini is another alternative
to become Man United's main coach next season.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Even if you look at the rumors currently circulating Messi and Neymar will leave because Neymar is being targeted by an English club and Messi is likely to leave because of his contract.
PSG's performance is still more or less the same as before, both individually and not as a team.
It's very difficult to unite great players with so many egos out of them and this happened to PSG.
Speaking of Donaruma, I even prefer Navas' performances in goal from PSG

Really, if things go like this, it is likely that this team will break down and it is a pity because for me it was among the best in the world, I think that if things turn out like this it would be a pity, since all the money that has been invested in the The best players in the world are going to the bin and I think that PSG would remain as the experimental team that never worked, I think that a suitable coach could be Zinedine Zidane, and I fall short if he does not demand that he leave on the condition of having CR7, if they fulfill this and tell Messi to stay, I think this will be a league of another level, then PSG would have another face.

[Pandu Geddon]

Even if you look at the rumors currently circulating Messi and Neymar will leave because Neymar is being targeted by an English club and Messi is likely to leave because of his contract.
PSG's performance is still more or less the same as before, both individually and not as a team.
It's very difficult to unite great players with so many egos out of them and this happened to PSG.
Speaking of Donaruma, I even prefer Navas' performances in goal from PSG

Really, if things go like this, it is likely that this team will break down and it is a pity because for me it was among the best in the world, I think that if things turn out like this it would be a pity, since all the money that has been invested in the The best players in the world are going to the bin and I think that PSG would remain as the experimental team that never worked, I think that a suitable coach could be Zinedine Zidane, and I fall short if he does not demand that he leave on the condition of having CR7, if they fulfill this and tell Messi to stay, I think this will be a league of another level, then PSG would have another face.

looks like this will be difficult to materialize. Zidane is rumored to be coaching PSG. The reason is that the current coach is still on a contract that ends next year. Even though PSG could terminate the contract and sign Zidane, I don't think Zidane would easily accept the offer.
It's a shame that there are so many star players at this club. but the game and the results showed may not satisfy the club owner.

[Razmirraz]

I don’t know if Zidane will accept the job because he loves to have complete authority at the club, but at PSG that won’t really be possible. Lastly I’m not sure if he would really like to coach Messi who’s been his arch rival for a long time now?, hence for these reasons I feel that Zidane won’t coach PSG.

Rumors of a change of a coach are being blown from PSG, reportedly will a sack Pochettino who is considered to have failed to meet the expectations of the club owner, now Zidane name has emerged as a coach after PSG collaboration with Pochettino ended.
It is very possible for a zidane to accept an offer from PSG, because he can make a new history with the French club. PSG squad is very complete, a zidane can apply any formation he wants.
Regarding Messi presence in the PSG squad, it is not a problem, the rivals are only on the pitch for 90 minutes, they really RESPECT each other, because Zidane is also a former football player.

[hd49728]

I don’t know if Zidane will accept the job because he loves to have complete authority at the club, but at PSG that won’t really be possible. Lastly I’m not sure if he would really like to coach Messi who’s been his arch rival for a long time now?, hence for these reasons I feel that Zidane won’t coach PSG.

Probably but I am keen on a possibility that Zidane is patiently waiting for a job with France national team after the World Cup 2022. The job in PSG and Paris is great but if Zidane won't take it, I think the only reason to explain it is he waits for chance with his national team.

Rumors of a change of a coach are being blown from PSG, reportedly will a sack Pochettino who is considered to have failed to meet the expectations of the club owner, now Zidane name has emerged as a coach after PSG collaboration with Pochettino ended.

Pochettino might be sacked because of bad result in PSG but I have another opinion. Indeed, Pochettino did not actually make things too bad in Champions League. He almost managed to bring good results and good tactics for PSG but what happen in last 30 minutes of second leg is not what he can actually manages by himself. Players are ones responsible for what happen on field mostly, the coach can not play on behalf of players or can not control their mentality.

PSG renewed a contract with Marquinhos even he did make bad mistakes in Champions League so if PSG can not find a better coach, they might keep using Pochettino.