French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Velvet78]

Some of the last games of the season are going to be impressive. There is still a big competition between a few teams for qualifying for the Champions League group stage or the qualification stage. Monaco and Marseille are sharing the points but Monaco are ahead thanks to their score difference. And rather than Rennes, one of these two teams are likely to be in the group stage. And my favourite for that is Monaco. They seem more reliable as they are still on a lasting winning streak.

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[AndySt]

Messi problem is just that he was groomed at Barcelona and that system has brought him that far. He has too go back else same will repeat itself next season. The Barcelona president says he will welcome him back if possible.

where did you read that the president of barca welcomes back messi if he wants to return to barca? The issue of Messi's return to Barca has really been dismissed by the Barca president, he doesn't want to disturb Messi who is already at PSG, indeed Messi's contract with PSG will expire next season but it's not certain that Messi will return to Barca when his contract expires

I would be extremely surprised if the president of Barcelona would say that he would not be happy about Messi's return to the club, given the entire background of the relationship between the player and the club I think that Messi's return as a player is still not necessary for Barcelona. The club has just begun to grope its new model of the game and its further path without Messi's participation, and therefore it is not worth breaking everything and trying to reshape everything again for a player who is not getting younger every year. Messi seems to be slowly starting to feel for himself in Paris Saint-Germain and has already spent a whole season and there is no need to break it all.

[Shasha80]

Messi problem is just that he was groomed at Barcelona and that system has brought him that far.
He has too go back else same will repeat itself next season.
The Barcelona president says he will welcome him back if possible.

where did you read that the president of barca welcomes back messi if he wants to return to barca?

The issue of Messi's return to Barca has really been dismissed by the Barca president, he doesn't want to disturb Messi who is already at PSG, indeed Messi's contract with PSG will expire next season but it's not certain that Messi will return to Barca when his contract expires

I do not think that anyone would say no to Messi coming back to Barca, not even the president. It is all about money at this point, La Liga doesn't allow Barcelona to pay too much for players, and Messi left because of that Griezzman did as well, they have too much financial issues. If by some miracle they could get that fixed until end of next season and have enough space to get Messi, then why wouldn't they want him back?

I am not saying the president said this or that, I have no idea what the president said. All I am saying is that, if they "can" get him, and prefer not to, that would be an idiotic move, he is basically what barca is all about and he would be welcomed very quickly.

Messi still a big player and he can get back to Barcelona only if he want, i don't think that any president or any coach can prevent him from this but i don't really think he will get back to Barcelona after just one season from its departure, but in my opinion messi will get back and end his football life with Barcelona

Messi's form is far from what was expected this season with PSG, so far Messi has scored 6 goals and 13 assists in Ligue 1 from 25 appearances.
But I think it's too selfish for PSG fans to expect Messi to adapt to PSG's game immediately, at least give Messi time this season to adapt and
next season Messi can show a better performance.

But as recently Jorge Messi who is the father of Lionel Messi commented to the Spanish media, that he expects Messi to return to Barcelona,
​​no wonder there are rumors that Messi will soon rejoin Barcelona. Which is unlikely to come true, because Lionel Messi's contract at PSG is
still one season away, so I believe Messi will respect his contract and will give his best until his contract expires in 2023.

After all, if Barcelona wanted to bring back Messi at the end of this season, not only would Barcelona have to pay a transfer fee, but the problem is
that Barcelona cannot possibly pay Messi's high salary. But it is possible if Messi's contract runs out with PSG, he will return to Barcelona to end his
career at Barcelona and is willing to have his salary cut.

[Slow death]

Messi problem is just that he was groomed at Barcelona and that system has brought him that far.
He has too go back else same will repeat itself next season.
The Barcelona president says he will welcome him back if possible.

Messi was hasty in leaving barcelona, I would venture to say that he made a serious mistake in leaving barcelona, he is not so young anymore and in barcelona he has always been the center of attention so why leave barcelona? He's a rich guy and he's won everything that every player dreams of winning so leaving Barcelona just because of money which is something he has a lot of was not smart. see now barcelona is stable and with that current way of playing in barcelona messi would be very useful, but messi left and is being of little use at PSG and I doubt he won't sink into oblivion being at PSG

[bering]

Strasbourg and Nice seems will competed till this season end for top 5 position but Nice slightly benefited because only faced Reims and Strasbourg have to faced Marseille which is strong team in France league and on the paper Nice should be can beat Reims and for Strasbourg some people predict they will lose because as a host Marseille very strong and not easy to beat them however this only based on statistics and in football anything can be happens so let see for next week which team who can able to finish at last spot for Europa league

[MAAManda]

Strasbourg and Nice seems will competed till this season end for top 5 position but Nice slightly benefited because only faced Reims and Strasbourg have to faced Marseille which is strong team in France league and on the paper Nice should be can beat Reims and for Strasbourg some people predict they will lose because as a host Marseille very strong and not easy to beat them however this only based on statistics and in football anything can be happens so let see for next week which team who can able to finish at last spot for Europa league

Looks like Nice will shift Strasbourg's position from 5th position in the standings, apart from Nice who will play against a weak team (Reims), we will also see a pretty tough match for Strasbourg. They will face Marseille who are currently also in the race for second place in Ligue 1.

[Roidz]

This week will be the last week of ligue 1, some teams are still doing fierce competition to be able to secure their position in the standings, the competition that is most interesting for me is the competition between marseille and monaco in the fight for second place at the moment, despite having a high number of points the same but currently Monaco is in second place, Monaco and Marseille have quite a tough opponent in the next match so it looks like there will still be a possibility of a change in position in the standings later.

[m_nief]

This week will be the last week of ligue 1, some teams are still doing fierce competition to be able to secure their position in the standings, the competition that is most interesting for me is the competition between marseille and monaco in the fight for second place at the moment, despite having a high number of points the same but currently Monaco is in second place, Monaco and Marseille have quite a tough opponent in the next match so it looks like there will still be a possibility of a change in position in the standings later.

Last matchday for Ligue 1 on this week and interested with several match want to get top position standing although have team got champion league ticket in this season. AS Monaco will get one champion league ticket but waiting trough pass automatically or have with play off round depending on last matchday match, success win or not from Lens. Third standing team Marseille actually have chance can get last champion league ticket if success get 1 points on last match against with Strasbourg, but if losing points and other match Rennes success get three points from Lille will close Marseille dream play on champion league.

[KTChampions]

Surprisingly, a very interesting last round awaits us: Marseille and Monaco are required to score at least one point because Rennes has the best difference between goals scored and conceded and, in the event of a tie, will knock them out of the Champions League zone. At the same time, Lance and Strasbourg, who will be rivals of Monaco and Marseille in the last round, are also obliged to win, as they are desperately fighting for a position in European cups.

[Minecache]

Strasbourg and Nice seems will competed till this season end for top 5 position but Nice slightly benefited because only faced Reims and Strasbourg have to faced Marseille which is strong team in France league and on the paper Nice should be can beat Reims and for Strasbourg some people predict they will lose because as a host Marseille very strong and not easy to beat them however this only based on statistics and in football anything can be happens so let see for next week which team who can able to finish at last spot for Europa league

Looks like Nice will shift Strasbourg's position from 5th position in the standings, apart from Nice who will play against a weak team (Reims), we will also see a pretty tough match for Strasbourg. They will face Marseille who are currently also in the race for second place in Ligue 1.

It does seem like Nice have a very easy match compared to Strasbourg. So, it is very possible for them to be able to surpass Strasbourg.

But, it is at the end of the season and absolutely the last match of the season. I really don't feel very confident making any prediction this late into the season. Because surprises can be happening at this time of the season. So even though it does feel like a very easy calculation. in my opinion it is not going to be that easy.

[Zlantann]

Messi problem is just that he was groomed at Barcelona and that system has brought him that far.
He has too go back else same will repeat itself next season.
The Barcelona president says he will welcome him back if possible.

Barcelona had a well organized team that suits Messi's style of play. He had all the assistance he needed to score goals. Messi was like a demigod in Spain and even match officials respected him so much that they sometimes favour him. But France is a different place, although he is already famous but he needs to earn his respect in PSG. The brace he scored against Montpelier were all gifts from Kylian Mbappé. Kylian's passes were are masterclass and Messi had to put little efforts to score the goals. Messi can only survive or perform better next session only if PSG players continue to assist him with goalscoring passes because he is a master in ball control and finishing.

[rugrats]

This week will be the last week of ligue 1, some teams are still doing fierce competition to be able to secure their position in the standings, the competition that is most interesting for me is the competition between marseille and monaco in the fight for second place at the moment, despite having a high number of points the same but currently Monaco is in second place, Monaco and Marseille have quite a tough opponent in the next match so it looks like there will still be a possibility of a change in position in the standings later.

Last matchday for Ligue 1 on this week and interested with several match want to get top position standing although have team got champion league ticket in this season. AS Monaco will get one champion league ticket but waiting trough pass automatically or have with play off round depending on last matchday match, success win or not from Lens. Third standing team Marseille actually have chance can get last champion league ticket if success get 1 points on last match against with Strasbourg, but if losing points and other match Rennes success get three points from Lille will close Marseille dream play on champion league.

Monaco is only ahead in terms of goal difference and that is also by only 4 goals. So it is very possible that Marseille is able to win the last match with a big difference in goal and take the second position. But the problem is Monaco has an easier match compared to Marseille. So it is going to be quite hard for them to get past Monaco and finish in the second position.

[judas]

Monaco, Marseille and Rennes are going to be the teams to watch this week in the league. As the league is ending at the same time, the games of these teams are going to be crucial for themselves to make it to the Champions League. If you ask me, I think Monaco are going to secure the second position. And Marseille won't let Rennes to take their position as well. Rennes made a big mistake by losing to Nantes like that. It is very likely to cost them the Champions League ticket I'm afraid.

[SirLancelot]

This week will be the last week of ligue 1, some teams are still doing fierce competition to be able to secure their position in the standings, the competition that is most interesting for me is the competition between marseille and monaco in the fight for second place at the moment, despite having a high number of points the same but currently Monaco is in second place, Monaco and Marseille have quite a tough opponent in the next match so it looks like there will still be a possibility of a change in position in the standings later.

Now as we are heading for last round of this season things are going very interesting for few teams with PSG is already champions and Marseille which was at second spot all season suddenly dropped from their spot and now standing at third with Monaco is having equal points but with better results they are at second spot and Rennes which was also very good in all season now at third spot.

Now on last day we have few very interesting matches like Lens vs Monaco, Marseille vs Strasbourg and Lille vs Rennes these all having impact on season league table because which team is going to lose match surely going down in league table currently with my personal predictions I am feeling table will look like this PSG, Monaco, Marseille, Rennes and Nice what is your view about this.

[el kaka22]

There are discussions about Messi finally deciding the iniesta route. It is talked that he may leave next season to Inter Miami and leave PSG and just own 35% of the Inter Miami club. That way he would not be paid just a salary, but more like a profit from the clubs coffers as well.

I do not know if it is true, this is just an ews right now regarding one season later, but if it is true, then Psg is crumbling a lot. They may lose mbappe, they are losing di maria, and that would mean they have only one more season of Messi left. By this logic they have only Neymar as famous player and that is not enough for anything at all, they need to use that big oil money they boost all the time.

[snipie]

There are discussions about Messi finally deciding the iniesta route. It is talked that he may leave next season to Inter Miami and leave PSG and just own 35% of the Inter Miami club. That way he would not be paid just a salary, but more like a profit from the clubs coffers as well.

I do not know if it is true, this is just an ews right now regarding one season later, but if it is true, then Psg is crumbling a lot. They may lose mbappe, they are losing di maria, and that would mean they have only one more season of Messi left. By this logic they have only Neymar as famous player and that is not enough for anything at all, they need to use that big oil money they boost all the time.

Without Mbappe, PSG will be in trouble. Neymar is good ok but he won't be able to be Benzema after CR7 departure. Di Maria leaving will be another disappointment for the club. Messi and Neymar together won't be efficient without the help of another attacker.
Such news is good for their rivals but it isn't good for Ligue 1 since the teams, PSG mainly, won't be competitive in Champions League..

[m_nief]

Monaco is only ahead in terms of goal difference and that is also by only 4 goals. So it is very possible that Marseille is able to win the last match with a big difference in goal and take the second position. But the problem is Monaco has an easier match compared to Marseille. So it is going to be quite hard for them to get past Monaco and finish in the second position.

What kinds of Ligue 1 standing position count? difference goal or still adopt like La Liga with head to head both team have the same points, I think if difference goals counted have chance for AS Monaco lead and finish on 2nd position standing have 4 goals more than Marseille. Unbelievable with AS Monaco success finish on 2nd position standing after early season begin ever drop to bottom position, but keep consistent almost several games before give chance for AS Monaco back to champion league with automatically ticket without play off round if success win on next match and can scoring many goals although Marseille keep get 3 points but still have different goals scoring.

[KTChampions]

There are discussions about Messi finally deciding the iniesta route. It is talked that he may leave next season to Inter Miami and leave PSG and just own 35% of the Inter Miami club. That way he would not be paid just a salary, but more like a profit from the clubs coffers as well.

I do not know if it is true, this is just an ews right now regarding one season later, but if it is true, then Psg is crumbling a lot. They may lose mbappe, they are losing di maria, and that would mean they have only one more season of Messi left. By this logic they have only Neymar as famous player and that is not enough for anything at all, they need to use that big oil money they boost all the time.

I don't understand what you are worried about? Are you saying that this season Messi has made some outstanding contribution to the achievements of the (dubious) PSG? And why are you worried about Messi leaving after a whole next year? He is already at a serious age. Maybe we still need to worry about how to get Ibrahimovic back? 

[herurist]

There are discussions about Messi finally deciding the iniesta route. It is talked that he may leave next season to Inter Miami and leave PSG and just own 35% of the Inter Miami club. That way he would not be paid just a salary, but more like a profit from the clubs coffers as well.

I do not know if it is true, this is just an ews right now regarding one season later, but if it is true, then Psg is crumbling a lot. They may lose mbappe, they are losing di maria, and that would mean they have only one more season of Messi left. By this logic they have only Neymar as famous player and that is not enough for anything at all, they need to use that big oil money they boost all the time.

Without Mbappe, PSG will be in trouble. Neymar is good ok but he won't be able to be Benzema after CR7 departure. Di Maria leaving will be another disappointment for the club. Messi and Neymar together won't be efficient without the help of another attacker.
Such news is good for their rivals but it isn't good for Ligue 1 since the teams, PSG mainly, won't be competitive in Champions League..

They have to be prepared in this regard considering that when these two players leave, it will indeed be difficult to make other players as patches. right now Mbappe is the most prolific in Ligue 1 and of course at PSG too and when he leaves then as you said Neymar will not be able to be like Benzema when Ronaldo left Madrid.
On the other hand, for Di Maria, this position is also quite risky because he is a cog and a good diverter of the ball in midfield. maybe Verrati and Herera are still there but still when Di Maria isn't there automatically the ball supply will decrease a little

[rugrats]

Monaco is only ahead in terms of goal difference and that is also by only 4 goals. So it is very possible that Marseille is able to win the last match with a big difference in goal and take the second position. But the problem is Monaco has an easier match compared to Marseille. So it is going to be quite hard for them to get past Monaco and finish in the second position.

What kinds of Ligue 1 standing position count? difference goal or still adopt like La Liga with head to head both team have the same points, I think if difference goals counted have chance for AS Monaco lead and finish on 2nd position standing have 4 goals more than Marseille. Unbelievable with AS Monaco success finish on 2nd position standing after early season begin ever drop to bottom position, but keep consistent almost several games before give chance for AS Monaco back to champion league with automatically ticket without play off round if success win on next match and can scoring many goals although Marseille keep get 3 points but still have different goals scoring.

As far as I know, it's the goal difference that counts. Monaco is obviously ahead in terms of goal difference. but there Is still one match left for Monaco and they will play against Lens. They should be able to win that match and hold onto their second position in the league. 

I think they will be able to finish in the second position. Because Marseille has a tough match for their last match which is against Strasbourg. I don't think Marseille  is going to be able to win that match I think it will be a draw.