French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[RealMalatesta]

Paris Saint-Germain is a club that has invested a lot of cash to build a competitive squad in Europe. Even though Les Parisiens finished second in the 2019–2020 Champions League, they only made it as far as the semifinals the following year.
Paris Saint-Germain performance declined in the 2021/2022 Champions League when Lionel Messi was there, and PSG even lost in the round of 16 after being eliminated by Real Madrid.
Paris Saint-Germain actually had a chance to go further in the Champions League last season. However, Gianluigi Donnarumma's mistake against Real Madrid was a disaster.

Why the French giants haven't won the Champions League, despite having a star-studded team.

I would guess that the biggest reason why they fail is that they are not used to the tournament style all that much. They are amazing in the league because even if they lose a few, they win more than enough. But, when it's tournament style, you can't make a comeback with a small time left if you are not used to it.

Plus, Real keeps playing against decent opponents, and there are some other teams like that too, but PSG keeps playing against teams that are much worse than them, which makes them a bit more lazy when playing because they are used to winning anyway. Same goes for City as well, so many years of dominating EPL and yet they fail in UCL so far.

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[rahmad2nd]

It is true that the most important thing that PSG must have is good cooperation between players, because the previous season it was very clear
that PSG players were too concerned with their egos over the interests of the team. It is a tough task for Galtier as PSG coach, he must be able
to make PSG players work well together. Especially for Neymar, Messi and Mbappe will be very difficult to control, I became curious about
how Galtier's leadership was when he was PSG coach. Moreover, Galtier has no experience being a coach of a large team before, so I doubt Galtier
can make PSG win the Champions League trophy. If PSG only won the Ligue 1 trophy, whoever the coach was, it would not be too difficult to get
the Ligue 1 trophy. PSG supporters and also PSG management next season want PSG to win the Champions League trophy, but I am pessimistic
that Galtier can make it happen.

I think we all agree with the current turbulent problems within the PSG squad, mbappe is a very good talented player but his character is hard on and selfish, IMO. if these three PSG stars can work well together I think a smooth road to reach the champions league title is not impossible to achieve next season. Galtier's role will be quite heavy considering the egos of PSG star players are difficult to manage, I think Galtier must be able to resolve the dispute between his star players, otherwise I doubt PSG can win the champions cup league.

[Webetcoins]

I think we all agree with the current turbulent problems within the PSG squad, mbappe is a very good talented player but his character is hard on and selfish, IMO. if these three PSG stars can work well together I think a smooth road to reach the champions league title is not impossible to achieve next season. Galtier's role will be quite heavy considering the egos of PSG star players are difficult to manage, I think Galtier must be able to resolve the dispute between his star players, otherwise I doubt PSG can win the champions cup league.

There is no doubt if these three work together as unit as PSG could be the most lethal team in European Clubs, but sadly it's not happening which is headache for PSG management, and now they are working on this because they are looking for better future and for this it's tough but important to bring some fair policy for all players recently we have too much talk about Neymar but with current situation is favoring him hopefully they will develop as better team and try to achieve their targets for future which are set by management.

Galtier's is new at this level, and he needs to be very stick about his system and policy because if these works positively then surely he could be game changer for PSG with his success and if this not works then surely we are going to have some big changes in coming days in this club.

[Jody.Drummer]

Messi reported has refuse to talking about new contract although PSG offering him extended contract and Messi said he want to focus on world cup first because this will be his last appearance to this competition but the speculation appears regarding his future that probably he will leave PSG after his contract ended and some rumours said next destination from him is MLS league but not impossible to him will went to Barcelona again to ended his career at there

It's no wonder that Messi is more concerned with the World Cup for now than talking about the new contract that Paris Saint Germain proposed for him, because this will certainly be the last World Cup for him.
I can't say anything about the future of the world star, because I haven't heard anything about this player, and he hasn't even spoken about his future.

[Velvet78]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

[Kayeshlyn]

Paris Saint-Germain is a club that has invested a lot of cash to build a competitive squad in Europe. Even though Les Parisiens finished second in the 2019–2020 Champions League, they only made it as far as the semifinals the following year.
Paris Saint-Germain performance declined in the 2021/2022 Champions League when Lionel Messi was there, and PSG even lost in the round of 16 after being eliminated by Real Madrid.
Paris Saint-Germain actually had a chance to go further in the Champions League last season. However, Gianluigi Donnarumma's mistake against Real Madrid was a disaster.

Why the French giants haven't won the Champions League, despite having a star-studded team.

I would guess that the biggest reason why they fail is that they are not used to the tournament style all that much. They are amazing in the league because even if they lose a few, they win more than enough. But, when it's tournament style, you can't make a comeback with a small time left if you are not used to it.

Plus, Real keeps playing against decent opponents, and there are some other teams like that too, but PSG keeps playing against teams that are much worse than them, which makes them a bit more lazy when playing because they are used to winning anyway. Same goes for City as well, so many years of dominating EPL and yet they fail in UCL so far.

I concur with you, the French football federation must put in a lot of effort to raise the standard of the French league in order for clubs from the French league to one day win the Champions League.
With City, it's different since, in my opinion, the English league is already extremely tough; the problem is that winning mindset at the international level is still absent.

[D-law]

PSG could easily become champions with their reserve players. It's not really interesting to have a discussion about it. I was also surprised that PSG had decided to let Xavi Simons go to PSV. There is only 1 letter difference in a team, maybe that was it. The big question is what will happen to Messi, Mbappe and Neymar. Could those 3 just attack each other and want to keep playing? It's really time for them to win the CL. The public is no longer satisfied with a national title. That has become too obvious.

Reserve team can not do better than the current players.
They need to have that winning mentality within and among the player's.
They now have a new coach, Galtier can he make the boys play without grumbling amongst themselves.
Neymar and Mbappe us having some internal issues in the team.
They also need to be determined.

[hahay]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

I'm not sure PSG will make a high transaction because basically PSG already has a lot of players with expensive salaries, this doesn't mean PSG don't have the money to buy more expensive players. Because they are also considering financial fair play and because of that, PSG so far have not been rumored to be bringing in expensive players, perhaps the most feasible reason is that they no longer need the player. Think of it as before about the Ronaldo rumors, basically PSG have the ability to sign Ronaldo but they rejected it on the pretext of not needing him because there are already many great players in that position in their squad.

[kro55]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

I'm not sure PSG will make a high transaction because basically PSG already has a lot of players with expensive salaries, this doesn't mean PSG don't have the money to buy more expensive players. Because they are also considering financial fair play and because of that, PSG so far have not been rumored to be bringing in expensive players, perhaps the most feasible reason is that they no longer need the player. Think of it as before about the Ronaldo rumors, basically PSG have the ability to sign Ronaldo but they rejected it on the pretext of not needing him because there are already many great players in that position in their squad.

PSG is not interested in spending extra money now. Last season they spent a lot of money, signing many talented players. But they don't get the expected results. And so they probably won't spend much next season. Their team is already very strong. They will now only try to stabilize the team. But their defense needs some strengthening. Even if Ramos is there in defense, he cannot perform consistently in every match. He is about 37 years old.

[arimamib]

Why the French giants haven't won the Champions League, despite having a star-studded team.

I can answer that with a question: why Manchester City didn't win Champions League although they have one of the best squad? Why Bayern didn't make it so far in CL although dominating Bundesliga by far and having many stars?
It isn't a matter of how much good players you have, it is a matter of how coherent is the players in every game, how tactically good is the coach and how much injuries they have in addition to how many mistakes were made especially in case of lack of concentration due to exhaustion.
Real Madrid won its game although being behind thanks to the lack of vigilance of their opponents when facing the dangerous offence of RM.. Ancelotti made mistakes but their rivals did worst. That's football after all.

One of the most plausible reasons is because the level of League 1 competition is relatively low, so it is difficult for PSG and even very difficult to win the Champions League even though they already have many star players. The low quality of League 1 competition from other top leagues could make it difficult for PSG to win the Champions League trophy, because PSG will face much more difficult opponents in the Champions League competition.
The factor of a coach who is inexperienced in the UCL competition can also be another reason, PSG has no difficulty winning the League 1 trophy with any coach, because the caste of the event is very much different from the Champions League.

[Fakhrulenclix]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

I'm not sure PSG will make a high transaction because basically PSG already has a lot of players with expensive salaries, this doesn't mean PSG don't have the money to buy more expensive players. Because they are also considering financial fair play and because of that, PSG so far have not been rumored to be bringing in expensive players, perhaps the most feasible reason is that they no longer need the player. Think of it as before about the Ronaldo rumors, basically PSG have the ability to sign Ronaldo but they rejected it on the pretext of not needing him because there are already many great players in that position in their squad.

PSG current squad is very good in all respects, maybe they just need to bring in a few players who play as defenders and that has been done as rumors will bring De Ligt from Juventus but overall they already have a qualified squad so they don't look too active in buying players in this transfer market.
and of course money is not an excuse for them not to make a lot of signings in this transfer window, because financially PSG are very good, there's no doubting that.

[alpamar99]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

They don't seem to be signing many players for this season because it's clear that the arrivals of Vitinha and Nuno Mendes and Danilo Pereira have also taken a lot of their money, not to mention the extension of Mbappe's contract which is indeed an astonishing one in my opinion.
As for the problem of the Champions League, their target is always there, but I have seen some news that the PSG officials will not be too ambitious with the Champions League in Galtier's first season.

[Marvell1]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

I'm not sure PSG will make a high transaction because basically PSG already has a lot of players with expensive salaries, this doesn't mean PSG don't have the money to buy more expensive players. Because they are also considering financial fair play and because of that, PSG so far have not been rumored to be bringing in expensive players, perhaps the most feasible reason is that they no longer need the player. Think of it as before about the Ronaldo rumors, basically PSG have the ability to sign Ronaldo but they rejected it on the pretext of not needing him because there are already many great players in that position in their squad.

PSG current squad is very good in all respects, maybe they just need to bring in a few players who play as defenders and that has been done as rumors will bring De Ligt from Juventus but overall they already have a qualified squad so they don't look too active in buying players in this transfer market.
and of course money is not an excuse for them not to make a lot of signings in this transfer window, because financially PSG are very good, there's no doubting that.

In the last season, PSG had a lot of problems regarding their midfield and I hope that they have been able to fix those problems. In terms of the attacking lineup, PSG does really well. The defense is also quite strong, but the midfield is not that efficient, especially when we consider their main goal, winning the Champions League.

And the attackers will not be able to produce much if there is no good supply of balls from midfield. I hope PSG realizes that and prepares accordingly. And I am also sure that they don't have any problems regarding "transfer money". So they will be able to make as many transfers as they want.

[AakZaki]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

We can only guess. Last season they had a coach who rarely played in European competition. I think that's one of the factors they failed. They have a lot of good players but don't have an experienced coach in Europe. This season they have changed coach, Christophe Galtier. Christophe Galtier also looks like Pochetino, not much experience in Europe. But I don't know what the future holds, but I'm still not too sure about Christophe Galtier.

[judas]

I also doubt Christophe Galtier for PSG but we don't have any other choice than waiting and seeing what he will do. I always defended that PSG needed a very experienced and successful manager like Zinedine Zidane. But they made a surprising decision and signed a very inexperienced manager like Galtier. I just hope that he makes all of us become wrong about him. I would love to see a challenging PSG for the Champions League title this time. This squad really deserves it.

[ilovealtcoins]

I also doubt Christophe Galtier for PSG but we don't have any other choice than waiting and seeing what he will do. I always defended that PSG needed a very experienced and successful manager like Zinedine Zidane. But they made a surprising decision and signed a very inexperienced manager like Galtier. I just hope that he makes all of us become wrong about him. I would love to see a challenging PSG for the Champions League title this time. This squad really deserves it.

PSG needed an experienced coach like Zidane. But Zidane did not accept PSG's offer. Christophe Galtier may not be as experienced as Zidane. But he has the ability. He won the Ligue 1 title with mediocre teams like Lille. Maybe he can do better with a strong team like PSG. But while Christophe Galtier has the ability, he lacks experience.

[SquallLeonhart]

PSG have signed two players so far and these are Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. They have spent 80 million euros in total but I don't have any doubt that they have much more money left in their budget. However they aren't rushing their transfers now. We still haven't seen a big move from them. Maybe it would be nice for them to consolidate the team more with big transfers now. However their main problem was with the management and they have made their move for that as well. Time will tell how they will play in the CL this time.

They don't seem to be signing many players for this season because it's clear that the arrivals of Vitinha and Nuno Mendes and Danilo Pereira have also taken a lot of their money, not to mention the extension of Mbappe's contract which is indeed an astonishing one in my opinion.
As for the problem of the Champions League, their target is always there, but I have seen some news that the PSG officials will not be too ambitious with the Champions League in Galtier's first season.

On top of that, they didn't lose too many players, so they do not feel like they need more players. They already had a good team last season, and they had Nuno Mendes before as well. All they want right now is to repeat last year. Sure it wasn't a great year that ended with UCL for them, but it was a good enough year. This is why I believe they will be doing fine enough.

The team was good, they just lost to Real Madrid who went on to win the whole thing, which isn't a shock to anyone. If they could play with the same roster but play better, they should be able to get something out of this year. Many teams want the same thing, title at the league and the UCL cup, it will be tough.

[terrorJR]

I also doubt Christophe Galtier for PSG but we don't have any other choice than waiting and seeing what he will do. I always defended that PSG needed a very experienced and successful manager like Zinedine Zidane. But they made a surprising decision and signed a very inexperienced manager like Galtier. I just hope that he makes all of us become wrong about him. I would love to see a challenging PSG for the Champions League title this time. This squad really deserves it.

This kind of doubt may be reasonable because you have expectations about Zidane who has already become one of the very best and proven coaches for the top league but Galtier is actually still very good in my opinion even though from experience the Champions League is still very minimal but sometimes things like this become a problem. good because there are some things that can happen and it is possible that the term from zero to hero will be attached to Galtier.

[Slow death]

Why the French giants haven't won the Champions League, despite having a star-studded team.

I can answer that with a question: why Manchester City didn't win Champions League although they have one of the best squad? Why Bayern didn't make it so far in CL although dominating Bundesliga by far and having many stars?
It isn't a matter of how much good players you have, it is a matter of how coherent is the players in every game, how tactically good is the coach and how much injuries they have in addition to how many mistakes were made especially in case of lack of concentration due to exhaustion.
Real Madrid won its game although being behind thanks to the lack of vigilance of their opponents when facing the dangerous offence of RM.. Ancelotti made mistakes but their rivals did worst. That's football after all.

One of the most plausible reasons is because the level of League 1 competition is relatively low, so it is difficult for PSG and even very difficult to win the Champions League even though they already have many star players. The low quality of League 1 competition from other top leagues could make it difficult for PSG to win the Champions League trophy, because PSG will face much more difficult opponents in the Champions League competition.
The factor of a coach who is inexperienced in the UCL competition can also be another reason, PSG has no difficulty winning the League 1 trophy with any coach, because the caste of the event is very much different from the Champions League.

Ligue 1 is on the same level as the other leagues, this is not a good excuse for PSG not being able to win the champions league. We can't forget that Porto (Portugal's team) won the Champions League even without having great players, they were being coached by Mourinho. City have a good coach and good players and they have a strong league (the premier league) but still they can't win the champions league. I usually say that winning the champions league is a matter of getting lucky

[Ratash]

I also doubt Christophe Galtier for PSG but we don't have any other choice than waiting and seeing what he will do. I always defended that PSG needed a very experienced and successful manager like Zinedine Zidane. But they made a surprising decision and signed a very inexperienced manager like Galtier. I just hope that he makes all of us become wrong about him. I would love to see a challenging PSG for the Champions League title this time. This squad really deserves it.

I totaly agree with you when i heard that galtier was going to be psg manager i was shocked and confused since it was unexpected and one of the question i had is will he be able to manage such a club filled with superstars, i guess we will find out soon.