French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Slow death]

Paris Saint-Germain made a good start to the season by making a goal show. Scoring 5 away goals against Clermont is a great success.
Lionel Messi started with two goals and an assist. He showed that he is much better than last season. Neymar scored a goal and had three assists. Paris Saint-Germain played one sided in the match. They didn't have any danger in their goal. It should be nice to start with a clear win and three points. They will be champions again this year.

It is difficult to call this a great achievement considering the difference in the class of teams. PSG could have achieved victory even with the help of a reserve squad. But in any case, it was a good victory, much better than last season, when PSG had problems almost all the time at the beginning of the game, and then overcame them. By the way, last year's pattern repeats (I hope): when all the star three play together, PSG have problems, when one is missing, then the game goes easily.

Harmony between players must be maintained by Galtier to achieve a pleasant final goal. PSG's big win was the start of a beautiful career for Galtier as a coach, there are still a lot of games to go through this season. Big wins in League 1 are common to PSG, I want to see Messi, Neymar and Mbappe work together to lead PSG to win the Champions League, it will be a very extraordinary moment in my opinion.

I had no idea that they could win and score many goals without having Mbappe on the field, this showed that this coach can go very far because he is managing to make PSG not just a team dependent on a single player as happened in the past with the former coach . maybe it's risky for me to say this but I think that if this coach manages to keep PSG at this pace then they can get far in the champions league, maybe they can even be champions

The first half is over now, and Marseille are 2 up now.
It's getting harder to see them lose if the score is like this especially their game in terms of ball possession and far superior opportunities.
Currently Reims can only continue to survive so that no more goals are lodged in them.

Marseille won with 4 goals to 1 for Reims. Pretty good result! Luis Suarez scored 2 goals (not the Uruguayan player we all know for those who don't know the Colombian guy).
By the end of the first round, PSG showed how strong it is, Monaco secured a victory from a tough game, while Nice and Rennes unexpectedly lost points..

Nice lost points, but I expected them to lose this game, Toulouse was winning, and it looked like they had the potential to win the game, but they conceded a goal and the game ended in a draw

[zaki12]

i believe this would be the season that leonel Messi really turns up for his new team, they have already started the season in good form and Messi has so far score 2 goals, I still think that they would be champions of France but right now that’s not their major interest, they would be hoping to win the Uefa champions league which has been their special aim, and this season I would include them in my top five favorites to win the UEFA champions league.

Messi's first goal from Neymar's assist was a reminder that the team's humility creates a solid partnership that will lead to glory.
Remembered beautifully and easily the MSN Trio scored goals at Barca
Really salute Messi when there is no mbappe he will be a goalscoring machine, when there is mbappe he becomes messin assist

[vittosport]

Nuno Tavares and Folarin Balogun, both on loan from Arsenal, scored goals for their respective teams as Marseille defeated Reims 4-1 on Sunday.
The two young players started off the season on the right foot for themselves by scoring their first goals for their new sides while on loan in Ligue 1.

[AndySt]

i believe this would be the season that leonel Messi really turns up for his new team, they have already started the season in good form and Messi has so far score 2 goals, I still think that they would be champions of France but right now that’s not their major interest, they would be hoping to win the Uefa champions league which has been their special aim, and this season I would include them in my top five favorites to win the UEFA champions league.

Well, it's really time for Lionel Messi to show those results and the game for which he was invited to the club. Also, do not forget that it seems that Messi's current season is the last at the club and it is not a fact that the automatic renewal function will necessarily be activated. Still, it seems that for the squad that Paris Saint-Germain has, there should not be a dilemma to give priority to the Champions League and sacrifice their national championship. I think that there should be enough strength for at least both tournaments, especially since it is a high place in Ligue 1 that serves as a pass to participate in the Champions League next season. Moreover, not only Messi should serve as a kind of engine of the team, but also the presence of at least the same high-class players as Mbappe and Neymar.

[Davidvictorson]

Paris Saint-Germain made a good start to the season by making a goal show. Scoring 5 away goals against Clermont is a great success.
Lionel Messi started with two goals and an assist. He showed that he is much better than last season. Neymar scored a goal and had three assists. Paris Saint-Germain played one sided in the match. They didn't have any danger in their goal. It should be nice to start with a clear win and three points. They will be champions again this year.

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

[Shasha80]

PSG finally showing us what they could do with their trio. I mean Mbappe could be missing but they had Messi and Neymar scoring and that was the only thing that was needed. The whole idea is that they have three players who are at the superstar level, you can't get better than that and they are using this trio in a way that if one of them is not doing well then other two would, and if two does not so well at least one could try to survive, and if all three plays well then there is no team that can stand against them.

Hence, this 5-0 start is very important, maybe the game itself was unimportant but how they played to show the world what they are capable of was important.

Even though Mbappe did not play, PSG showed an extraordinary performance, indeed many people had predicted that PSG would beat Clermont.
Because after all, Clermont is a weak team, which the previous season was almost relegated, so Clermont will indeed have a hard time facing PSG.
What is interesting is that the cooperation between PSG players is so solid, especially their two star players Neymar and Messi, they both show
a big contribution. As you said PSG do need their star players to put out their best performance. Especially for Messi and Neymar who played in that
match, and if Mbappe returns to play I hope PSG's game will be much better. This is how PSG should play, if we look at PSG's game it looks like they
will easily win the Ligue 1 trophy. But the Ligue 1 trophy is not PSG's main priority, they want to win the Champions League trophy. Hopefully PSG's
victory against Clermont will be the first step for PSG to achieve the next victory.

[izsara]

Paris Saint-Germain made a good start to the season by making a goal show. Scoring 5 away goals against Clermont is a great success.
Lionel Messi started with two goals and an assist. He showed that he is much better than last season. Neymar scored a goal and had three assists. Paris Saint-Germain played one sided in the match. They didn't have any danger in their goal. It should be nice to start with a clear win and three points. They will be champions again this year.

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

In this case, I think it's quite reasonable because apart from Messi being the focus, the absence of Mbappe's name makes him the only targetman.
A pretty good performance from PSG in this first match although indeed everyone doesn't seem to be too surprised by PSG's victory because almost everyone believes it will be like that.

[RaltcoinsB]

Paris Saint-Germain made a good start to the season by making a goal show. Scoring 5 away goals against Clermont is a great success.
Lionel Messi started with two goals and an assist. He showed that he is much better than last season. Neymar scored a goal and had three assists. Paris Saint-Germain played one sided in the match. They didn't have any danger in their goal. It should be nice to start with a clear win and three points. They will be champions again this year.

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

We can expect such things from Lionel Messi at any moment.  This year will be more productive for him.  Last year was a bit dull, it didn't deliver what was expected.  Statistics should not mislead us.  Messi proved in many matches that he was the best player in the world when he gave all his energy.

[Tumanggor]

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The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

looks like galtier has managed to revive Messi's abilities after last season's sluggishness

neymar managed to make 1 goal and 3 assists while messi managed to make 2 goals and 1 assist, what an amazing performance

[TopT3ns]

We can expect such things from Lionel Messi at any moment.  This year will be more productive for him.  Last year was a bit dull, it didn't deliver what was expected.  Statistics should not mislead us.  Messi proved in many matches that he was the best player in the world when he gave all his energy.

With Lionel Messi golden age ending at the end of this year he last played as a soccer athlete and should be able to give his best contribution before he retires, he is a famous legend in his time and has many achievements so that he has the potential as a football coach the ball if he wants it when he retires. I hope many new players can have the same skills as Lionel Messi so that there are other professional players who will become stars.

[Zlantann]

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

Lionel Messi has regained his lost masterclass performance. He was almost everywhere in the pitch; attacking and winning loosed balls. His partnership with Neymar was very productive and we saw the results. My only fear is Kylian Mbappé. With these three world class players in one team, would there be synergy like we say in the match against Clermont Foot? I hope Paris Saint-Germain would not regret keeping Neymar because of his constant competition with Mbappé? If these three players would drop personal ambition and pursue the collective goal of PSG, then the club might achieve more this season.

[vennali]

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

Lionel Messi has regained his lost masterclass performance. He was almost everywhere in the pitch; attacking and winning loosed balls. His partnership with Neymar was very productive and we saw the results. My only fear is Kylian Mbappé. With these three world class players in one team, would there be synergy like we say in the match against Clermont Foot? I hope Paris Saint-Germain would not regret keeping Neymar because of his constant competition with Mbappé? If these three players would drop personal ambition and pursue the collective goal of PSG, then the club might achieve more this season.

Ligue 1 is theirs, and its uncontested. The issue has always been their run in the Champions League. Club's ambitions are to win the Champions league but they seem to be failing every time, early after the group stages. If all 3 superstars up front stay fit throughout the season. They might have a chance, finally. Their ambition should be at least to reach the finals of Champions League, if not winning it.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

Lionel Messi has regained his lost masterclass performance. He was almost everywhere in the pitch; attacking and winning loosed balls. His partnership with Neymar was very productive and we saw the results. My only fear is Kylian Mbappé. With these three world class players in one team, would there be synergy like we say in the match against Clermont Foot? I hope Paris Saint-Germain would not regret keeping Neymar because of his constant competition with Mbappé? If these three players would drop personal ambition and pursue the collective goal of PSG, then the club might achieve more this season.

Ligue 1 is theirs, and its uncontested. The issue has always been their run in the Champions League. Club's ambitions are to win the Champions league but they seem to be failing every time, early after the group stages. If all 3 superstars up front stay fit throughout the season. They might have a chance, finally. Their ambition should be at least to reach the finals of Champions League, if not winning it.

Last season PSG management spent a lot of money to build their team. Their only aim was to perform well in the Champions League. But even though the team had many star players, the understanding between the players was not good. So, despite performing well in Ligue 1, their performance in the Champions League was poor. If Galtier can improve the understanding between the players then PSG will be able to do well in the Champions League next season.

[bering]

Good start from Marseille that they were managed to win with big score from Reims 4-1 and seems their new striker player Luis Suarez was not required more to time to adapt because he has score 2 goals in this match and both of teams were playing attacking each other since the beginning of match but apparently Marseille has playing more effective because they can utilized several attempts to score goals and 3 points were belongs to them

[Xxmodded]

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

Lionel Messi have one more years with PSG and right now get good chemistry with Neymar and all PSG player, I think he has good touch right now with PSG by scoring two goals and one assist on first PSG match. I think Lionel Messi will have chance back to be top scorer exactly with PSG after first match success contributed with two goals. But depending when Mbappe back to team will make Messi not priority for scoring goals? we know about Mbappe issues when extended contract with PSG because he has own priority and club most prefer him than other player.

[buwaytress]

Anyone fancy Marseille losing later?

And I am expecting them and Monaco to be one of the top four contenders in the league.

Hope so about Monaco, they're my pick of the league outside of you-know-who.

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[dwminer1]

In the first round of Ligue 1 there were no surprises. The favorites won their matches. PSG, Lille and Olympique Marseille in particular showed a high form from the beginning of the tournament. I hope that this situation will continue for a long time and PSG will not completely dominate the league this time.

[D-law]

The quality of the team has improved significantly compared to last year. You can see Neymar prioritizing passing to Messi over anyone else. I watched the full match, but I thought Messi would not score again with only assists but in the 80th minute, he scored two goals, and the second goal was Messi's first overhead in his career. It was a fun game.

Lionel Messi has regained his lost masterclass performance. He was almost everywhere in the pitch; attacking and winning loosed balls. His partnership with Neymar was very productive and we saw the results. My only fear is Kylian Mbappé. With these three world class players in one team, would there be synergy like we say in the match against Clermont Foot? I hope Paris Saint-Germain would not regret keeping Neymar because of his constant competition with Mbappé? If these three players would drop personal ambition and pursue the collective goal of PSG, then the club might achieve more this season.

Lionel Messi scoring an over head kick was super beautiful to watch.
Kept the goal keeper on the same spot.
That was an awesome take from Messi, but it should be no where close to Ronaldo's goal.
People are comparing the goals.

[Distraction]

Marseille were one of the impressive teams of the first week. They were expected to defeat Reims of course but they showed a very solid performance. Even though the statistics tell that these teams had a similar effort the result wasn't like that. Marseille showed their quality and won by 4-1. Nuno Tavares scored in his first match which should be very satisfying for him. Maybe Marseille can help him improve his performance much more and earn his place back at Arsenal who knows.

[Z-tight]

I think Lionel Messi will have chance back to be top scorer exactly with PSG after first match success contributed with two goals. But depending when Mbappe back to team will make Messi not priority for scoring goals? we know about Mbappe issues when extended contract with PSG because he has own priority and club most prefer him than other player.

Lionel Messi does not care too much about the highest goal scorers chart, he is a team player, and what he concerns himself more is the team winning, whatever clause mbappe has in his contract will not affect messi, the seven time ballon d'or winner is not a player that any club can upset, his records in the game are enough to give him his respect and flowers, so i am sure the manager will work towards harmony between the three superstars, any of them can be highest goal scorer, but if the team have high ambitions, that is not what they will be looking at, it is how many trophies can they win that they should concern themselves with.