French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Docnaster]

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Neymar will recover soon, at least that is the hope that Brazilian fans will receive at this world cup.
It's a shame that Neymar had to undergo treatment after he picked up an injury quite quickly in Brazil's first match in the group stages. It was certainly not something to be expected, but this had certainly caused him great suffering.

Brazil will face South Korea in the round of 16, it will be a difficult game but I think Brazil will be able to handle it without Neymar. I hope that Neymar has the opportunity to play again during this world cup, which means I hope his injury will heal soon.

The last time is saw Neymar in the match against Cameroon he was not looking so sad. Since he wasn't sad it showed that he is recovering very fast and could play any moment from now. He needs to be very fit before he could play because his type of football is not what he plays and dodge his leg. He is a player that likes to dribble  3 to 5 players at a time. I pray he recovers and play again because I love to see him play.

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[8rch7]

Neymar will recover soon, at least that is the hope that Brazilian fans will receive at this world cup.
It's a shame that Neymar had to undergo treatment after he picked up an injury quite quickly in Brazil's first match in the group stages. It was certainly not something to be expected, but this had certainly caused him great suffering.

Brazil will face South Korea in the round of 16, it will be a difficult game but I think Brazil will be able to handle it without Neymar. I hope that Neymar has the opportunity to play again during this world cup, which means I hope his injury will heal soon.

Neymar have recovery and already for his national team against South  Korea on 16 round, seems PSG not have to worry about Neymar injured actually Brazil have announced about Neymar already playing for the next match. Not guarantee with Neymar can include in starting eleven because he was absent last two matches with Brazil and actually he still needs time for recovering.

I am little scare with Neymar condition can get injured again because has difference position between national team and PSG, playing under central forward position make Neymar have ever touch ball and become target opponent team make him injured, current position with PSG Neymar always playing as left side and he has contributing when counter attack building but with national team he has active playing as defensive and attacking moment.

[Ratash]

Lyon team managed a win in their friendly game against the belgian team leuven while they did good offensively by scoring five goals their defense is much weaker and they conceided three from a medium level belgian team it seems that they need some fresh playersin the next transfer window  and a change in their team strategy because if they want one of the european spots the change must happen now while there is a world cup break.

[Pulsar77]

Whenever I see Neymar as injured it makes me worried. Maybe this time is not that serious thankfully but still you know what I mean. Because he has been an injury-prone player for a long time. He had to deal with some injuries some of which lasted a little long in the previous season. There were some claims like he was faking some injuries in the same season as well but I don't know about that.    Anyway PSG will need him healthy after the returnal of the World Cup.

Because they have a really tough Champions League matchup against Bayern Munich waiting for them. They need Neymar in both matches as he has been one of the most productive players of the team. He has even more impressive stats than Mbappe in the Ligue 1 for example.

[dezoel]

Great football player ok, but I would not have guessed that his absence would be so sought after in a team like Brazil, where each of them are valuable top-level world stars. Luckily his ankle is said to be healed until the south korea game. If he recovers well from injury in the round of 16 and quarter finals for the argentina-brazil semi-finals, he will be immensely important. Also for the rest of the season for PSG. Neymar and Messi proved yet again that they are top of the most important players in the world in this World Cup. Messi gave one of the most incredible, most perfect, most extraordinary performance of the football player I've ever seen in my life. I haven't watched a game where a football player won the game so alone in a long time. There was nothing he didn't do. If he had a talented man beside him like he has in PSG instead of Martinez, he would have scored at least 2 of Messi's incredible passes and finished this match 4-1. These performances make one very hopeful for PSG's future in CL. With a couple of transfers after the WC, they can be maybe the biggest force in CL.

Neymar could be a great player but if you have other great players then you should be fine. Brazil is a great team and there is a slight possibility that Neymar could heal by semi finals or at worse finals but that wouldn't be a good time to put him in, returning from injury for the most important game would be taking a risk.

On the other hand, they still have amazing players that will play greatly for them, Neymar is amazing of course, but not like they drop from Neymar to third division player, they just put Vini to left, and Gabriel to striker and they are fine. All in all I believe that it is not going to be a problem for them in the long run.

[Alanaz]

If we look at the relegation xona, we will see teams struggling to get out of the red zone. The competition for that position is still very interesting so far, because the points earned by each team are still very tight and there is not too big of a margin. They only have a difference of 1 point between each other even in positions 17, 16 and 15 have the same points between Auxerre, Brest and Nantes. Most likely the position changed in just one week.

[dataispower]

Lens have impressed everyone by their performance until this point. They have been doing a really good job about keeping a decent gap with PSG in the standings. However it is still very difficult for Lens to keep up with PSG until the end of the season. I know what Lille did in the 2020-21 season but I don't think Lens have the capacity to repeat that.

Being the champions in the Ligue 1 is too difficult for a team except PSG in these years. There is a difference like a cliff among the rest of the teams and PSG. Most likely PSG will be pulling away from them much earlier in the season.

They are 5 points behind Paris Saint Germain, maybe that is an insignificant margin if we look at it in the Premier League, but it will be different if we see this distance in Ligue 1, especially the team above it is Paris Saint Germain which we all know that they are the only team that has many star players and also has everything compared to the other teams here.
Lens have done good things so far, but I have to be honest they won't be able to overtake Paris Saint Germain who are at the top of the table even though they have a 5 point margin.

You are very right. No team is over taking Paris for that league title. They are miles ahead of every other team in the league. If anything I think they'll extend their lead. They've got so such quality and squad debt that they can actually do without a key player. There was a time they were without Mbappe and they still won their matches. Neymer is in a good form so is Mbappe while Messi is just Messi, the genius. They play Bayern in the UCL and I think they'll com out on top after both legs. I can say if they can win the champions league but I'm very sure the will win the league.

[DanWalker]

Most chances Neymar injury is going to take time, but it's not matter of worry about the club because right now they have plenty of time 28th December Ligue 1 is going to start with in February we will have Champions League which mean already two months which is good for them to settle things in positive way specially for the Champions League because in Ligue 1 they have no issue Messi and Mbappé both can handle things easily.
Right now both Argentina and France having fair chance for the title in World Cup with this most chances these both players will be played for some more time, and hopefully they will end this cup without any serious issue because nothing's could be tricky as full strength needed for all countries as we are entering into last 16 round and Neymar injury is surely big setback for the Brazil which is also favourite for the title.

At first, we thought that the injury of Neymar is not going to be too much problematic for Brazil. But after watching the match which Brazil played in the World Cup after Neymar got injured I think we can say that we were wrong. Brazil needs Neymar on the team. And without him, the attack on Brazil is still good, but they lose their stability.

Neymar doesn't have an injury that will sideline him for a long time. There is even a possibility that he could return and play in the world cup itself, let alone in the league. Which means that he will %100 be ready for PSG when they face a bigger opponent.
Maybe the worst case would be him missing rest of the world cup, and not play in a few easy games at first, then 20-30 minutes in other games and then he could play 70+ minutes for PSG when they need him in the UCL, that would be the worst case, and even that's not bad. Better case would be him being ready by quarter or semi finals during world cup, and he would be fully ready when he goes back to PSG.

Now there are two things that can be done. Even playing for Brazil four as much as he can whenever he gets a little bit healthier. Just so that he can play in the World Cup. Which is obviously going to have a devastating effect on his career. And the other thing is going to be waiting to get healthy so that he can play well for PSG in the Champions League. I think he should be wise and choose the letter option.

Great football player ok, but I would not have guessed that his absence would be so sought after in a team like Brazil, where each of them are valuable top-level world stars. Luckily his ankle is said to be healed until the south korea game. If he recovers well from injury in the round of 16 and quarter finals for the argentina-brazil semi-finals, he will be immensely important. Also for the rest of the season for PSG. Neymar and Messi proved yet again that they are top of the most important players in the world in this World Cup. Messi gave one of the most incredible, most perfect, most extraordinary performance of the football player I've ever seen in my life. I haven't watched a game where a football player won the game so alone in a long time. There was nothing he didn't do. If he had a talented man beside him like he has in PSG instead of Martinez, he would have scored at least 2 of Messi's incredible passes and finished this match 4-1. These performances make one very hopeful for PSG's future in CL. With a couple of transfers after the WC, they can be maybe the biggest force in CL.

PSG is not a favorite team when it comes to the Champions League. We have seen how they have performed in the Champions League previously. Even when they have a good lead, they somehow throw it and get thrashed by their opponent. And that’s exactly what has been happening since the previous few seasons. Last season in the Champions League against Real Madrid, they had a good lead but then lost.

And who can forget the infamous Barcelona versus PSG Champions League comeback! PSG is a good team and all, but they are not very strong when it comes to the Champions League. Actually, I am going to say it, they are not going to win the Champions League this season as well.

[KTChampions]

I don't know how it is possible if France wins the World Cup and then a lot of Ligue 1 teams will play in the Champions League and Europa League?
Has the rule been like that all along? About the national team if winning the World Cup title will get an increase in the number of clubs that get tickets to play in the Champions League and Europa League? Because to be honest, so far I don't know about those rules because I think. Even though the national team won the World Cup title but still, the achievement of the national team will not have an impact on the clubs or the number of clubs to get more tickets for the Champions League and Europa League.

Because as far as I know, events like this World Cup will only have a good impact on players who can play well during the event.
At least the impact has often occurred, when there are players who can play well at World Cup events and then of course big clubs quickly make lavish offers to players who have good statistics during the World Cup but not to clubs from that country.
Also about Mbappe, anything can still happen but I only believe that Mbappe will not be at PSG forever because of course one day Mbappe will definitely leave PSG.

You're right. The number of places in the Champions League is determined by the achievements of the clubs (how many points they bring to their country's piggy bank playing in European competition) and have nothing to do with how the national team performs. And this is quite logical, since the club level and the level of the national teams are completely different things. Haaland knows this best 

[Sirait]

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Neymar will recover soon, at least that is the hope that Brazilian fans will receive at this world cup.
It's a shame that Neymar had to undergo treatment after he picked up an injury quite quickly in Brazil's first match in the group stages. It was certainly not something to be expected, but this had certainly caused him great suffering.

Brazil will face South Korea in the round of 16, it will be a difficult game but I think Brazil will be able to handle it without Neymar. I hope that Neymar has the opportunity to play again during this world cup, which means I hope his injury will heal soon.

do you know the reason why brazil fans mock neymar, that's because he is consistently injured in the world cup, he is a clown for brazil fans. he may be in good form at PSG but the injury he has experienced makes him worried that he will not be able to defend Brazil in the world cup until it is finished. Next year's transfer market will surely be full of speculation on potential replacements for Neymar at PSG.

[Prince Malik]

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Neymar will recover soon, at least that is the hope that Brazilian fans will receive at this world cup.
It's a shame that Neymar had to undergo treatment after he picked up an injury quite quickly in Brazil's first match in the group stages. It was certainly not something to be expected, but this had certainly caused him great suffering.

Brazil will face South Korea in the round of 16, it will be a difficult game but I think Brazil will be able to handle it without Neymar. I hope that Neymar has the opportunity to play again during this world cup, which means I hope his injury will heal soon.

do you know the reason why brazil fans mock neymar, that's because he is consistently injured in the world cup, he is a clown for brazil fans. he may be in good form at PSG but the injury he has experienced makes him worried that he will not be able to defend Brazil in the world cup until it is finished. Next year's transfer market will surely be full of speculation on potential replacements for Neymar at PSG.

Neymar still one of the most important players in Brazil and psg and majority of fans really consider him as the best player of the world, regardless his injurie he still have the chance to do many things in the world cup and he already started scoring, Neymar is comfortable with psg and i don't think he will leave anytime soon

[tulusikhlas]

I don't know how it is possible if France wins the World Cup and then a lot of Ligue 1 teams will play in the Champions League and Europa League?
Has the rule been like that all along? About the national team if winning the World Cup title will get an increase in the number of clubs that get tickets to play in the Champions League and Europa League? Because to be honest, so far I don't know about those rules because I think. Even though the national team won the World Cup title but still, the achievement of the national team will not have an impact on the clubs or the number of clubs to get more tickets for the Champions League and Europa League.

Because as far as I know, events like this World Cup will only have a good impact on players who can play well during the event.
At least the impact has often occurred, when there are players who can play well at World Cup events and then of course big clubs quickly make lavish offers to players who have good statistics during the World Cup but not to clubs from that country.
Also about Mbappe, anything can still happen but I only believe that Mbappe will not be at PSG forever because of course one day Mbappe will definitely leave PSG.

You're right. The number of places in the Champions League is determined by the achievements of the clubs (how many points they bring to their country's piggy bank playing in European competition) and have nothing to do with how the national team performs. And this is quite logical, since the club level and the level of the national teams are completely different things. Haaland knows this best 

National team achievement for national team, club achievement for club, maybe like that. There is no direct impact when the national team succeeds in winning the club in the league. Impact on the players maybe, because they will get offers if they manage to impress during the World Cup as discussed here. But if you say achievements in the national team will affect places in the Champions League and Europa League, I don't think there is a correlation.

[fullhdpixel]

Neymar still one of the most important players in Brazil and psg and majority of fans really consider him as the best player of the world, regardless his injurie he still have the chance to do many things in the world cup and he already started scoring, Neymar is comfortable with psg and i don't think he will leave anytime soon

Neymar is without any doubt one of the best player in current soccer generation and his presence in national team is having big impact on their performance even they are one of the best team with many stars but sadly most of the time he faced many injuries which hurt his career badly and now Brazilian fans are also feeling not good about him due to his certain injuries in World Cup.

But, good things happening for them in current world cup as he is back and doing good which will give them good encouragement which helps them for having tough fights for title now they have easy quarterfinal against Croatia and then most chances they are going to face Argentina/Netherlands in the semifinal which could be not easy match for any team but here Neymar presence is surely going to have big impact on their chance for winning title in this year.

[emrecemsan]

Marseille have been a disappointment so far. They actually made a really solid start to the season. They seemed unstoppable for a long time in their league matches. It was like they were caring about the league more than the Champions League. While everything was going on suddenly their form in the Ligue 1 started to drop sharply. They lost so many points in such a short time that it was hard to explain really. They were going to face really tough two teams right after all of this negativity. But they managed to defeat Monaco and Lyon both.

Maybe these huge and important wins can help them recover their old form. After a bad ending in the group stage of the Champions League they should be able to concentrate on their domestic league matches completely. But it is too difficult for them to close the gap up with PSG from now on. They would fight for finishing at the 2nd position just as they did last season.

[el kaka22]

Considering Neymar is already back, and even though their teams (both Argentina, Brazil and France) are still in the tournament and anything could still happen, do you guys think that PSG will continue to dominate with their stars? Or is there a chance that anything could happen with their stars?

I feel like Messi looked a bit rough, still plays great but looked like he wasn't running straight, maybe he is hurting somewhere but don't want to stop at world cup and take a small break to heal after it ends? In any case, returning players will have some sort of results in the league, and betting against PSG right at the restart could be profitable, or I am just wrong.

[LUCKMCFLY]

PSG are of course concentrated on the Champions League championship before anything else. As they have a trio consisting of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar it is like their biggest opportunity to make it. But they need to play with a really strong system from now on. Bayern Munich are one of the title contenders at the same time. Although they haven't made a striker transfer they are still very powerful.

I expect a very close matchup but PSG can still do this. Messi has really bad memories with Barcelona against Bayern Munich. Maybe it is time to have revenge on those times. 

I think that this is a game that we are all waiting for and that we all want to see how it unfolds, however currently in the World Cup there has been a lot of criticism of the players who belong to Argentina like Messi because he lost his first game against Saudi Arabia, and also Germany lost against Japan, so it's surprises that both players like Muller and Messi took away, they both represent Bayern and PSG, so it's like you say, PSG will focus on winning the UCL, and Ligue1 is more than ready for them with their first place, it is almost impossible for them to lose first place, I don't see them losing the lead.

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Neymar will recover soon, at least that is the hope that Brazilian fans will receive at this world cup.
It's a shame that Neymar had to undergo treatment after he picked up an injury quite quickly in Brazil's first match in the group stages. It was certainly not something to be expected, but this had certainly caused him great suffering.

Brazil will face South Korea in the round of 16, it will be a difficult game but I think Brazil will be able to handle it without Neymar. I hope that Neymar has the opportunity to play again during this world cup, which means I hope his injury will heal soon.

do you know the reason why brazil fans mock neymar, that's because he is consistently injured in the world cup, he is a clown for brazil fans. he may be in good form at PSG but the injury he has experienced makes him worried that he will not be able to defend Brazil in the world cup until it is finished. Next year's transfer market will surely be full of speculation on potential replacements for Neymar at PSG.

Neymar still one of the most important players in Brazil and psg and majority of fans really consider him as the best player of the world, regardless his injurie he still have the chance to do many things in the world cup and he already started scoring, Neymar is comfortable with psg and i don't think he will leave anytime soon

I think the same, Neymar is in a very high fucking place where all he wants for now is to win the World Cup, I don't think he has anything else in mind, however at PSG he can achieve many things, he won't give him everything on a silver platter either to Mbappé, except after the problems they have had, I know that Mbappé has had many successes in this World Cup and in PSG, but his attitude is one that is not very well regarded, it is not essential, on the other hand, the humility that Neymar shows He's incredible, and in fact he takes it much more with Messi because they both don't want to pass over each other, Neymar is a player who has matured a lot, compared to the game they beat South Korea, Neymar was much more focused and very mature.

One of the things I liked the most about that game was how Ney used the referee to dribble:


Brazil star Neymar appears to copy an outrageous Lionel Messi piece of skill by using the REFEREE to beat defenders in their World Cup thrashing of South Korea - in an echo of his PSG team-mate's brilliant improvisation while at Barcelona

Neymar channeled Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Lionel Messi as he pulled off a flamboyant skill move in Brazil's thrashing of South Korea.

Tite's men cruised past the Asian side 4-1 in their last-16 tie on Monday night, with the star forward on the scoresheet as he returned to the team after suffering an ankle ligament injury in the group stage.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11506927/World-Cup-Brazils-Neymar-imitates-outrageous-Lionel-Messi-skill-using-referee-beat-defenders.html

[DanWalker]

Considering Neymar is already back, and even though their teams (both Argentina, Brazil and France) are still in the tournament and anything could still happen, do you guys think that PSG will continue to dominate with their stars? Or is there a chance that anything could happen with their stars?

I feel like Messi looked a bit rough, still plays great but looked like he wasn't running straight, maybe he is hurting somewhere but don't want to stop at world cup and take a small break to heal after it ends? In any case, returning players will have some sort of results in the league, and betting against PSG right at the restart could be profitable, or I am just wrong.

If you look at the main stars of PSG, Messi-Neymar, and Mbappé we will see that all three of them are going to go quite deep in the World Cup with their teams.

So, I think PSG might actually encounter a little bit of problems with the restart of the club competition.

I don’t know if you are aware that Messi is injured or not. But he is determined to give his full potential to the national team, it doesn't matter if he gets injured or not. I don’t know if he intends to take time off or not. But it doesn't seem unlikely that he will get injured.

Neymar already had an injury. He is playing for Brazil but I don’t think he has made a full recovery. I expect Neymar to take some time off after the World Cup. Mbappe will probably stay healthy because he is not that old. But he can be fatigued.

[indah rezqi]

If you look at the main stars of PSG, Messi-Neymar, and Mbappé we will see that all three of them are going to go quite deep in the World Cup with their teams.

Hakimi is also still competing in the quarter-finals, he is also an important player in PSG's defense at the moment, so don't forget him. Several other Brazilian and Portuguese players are also still in the World Cup, they are important players too for PSG apart from Messi, Neymar and Mbappe.

So, I think PSG might actually encounter a little bit of problems with the restart of the club competition.

I don’t know if you are aware that Messi is injured or not. But he is determined to give his full potential to the national team, it doesn't matter if he gets injured or not. I don’t know if he intends to take time off or not. But it doesn't seem unlikely that he will get injured.

Neymar already had an injury. He is playing for Brazil but I don’t think he has made a full recovery. I expect Neymar to take some time off after the World Cup. Mbappe will probably stay healthy because he is not that old. But he can be fatigued.

The fatigue factor you think about some of these players may be true when the league returns. But in fact these players have a way to restore their condition and keep their fitness top-notch because they have enough practice. Indeed, they are not all robots without the fatigue factor, but PSG knows how to get them ready to start the league again and manage it later.

All the players who are still competing in the World Cup are still fine, but because there are still matches, the possibility of injury is always haunting them. Neymar has recovered, and I think he will be fine now.

[MuffinMaster]

If you look at the main stars of PSG, Messi-Neymar, and Mbappé we will see that all three of them are going to go quite deep in the World Cup with their teams.

Hakimi is also still competing in the quarter-finals, he is also an important player in PSG's defense at the moment, so don't forget him. Several other Brazilian and Portuguese players are also still in the World Cup, they are important players too for PSG apart from Messi, Neymar and Mbappe.

So, I think PSG might actually encounter a little bit of problems with the restart of the club competition.

I don’t know if you are aware that Messi is injured or not. But he is determined to give his full potential to the national team, it doesn't matter if he gets injured or not. I don’t know if he intends to take time off or not. But it doesn't seem unlikely that he will get injured.

Neymar already had an injury. He is playing for Brazil but I don’t think he has made a full recovery. I expect Neymar to take some time off after the World Cup. Mbappe will probably stay healthy because he is not that old. But he can be fatigued.

The fatigue factor you think about some of these players may be true when the league returns. But in fact these players have a way to restore their condition and keep their fitness top-notch because they have enough practice. Indeed, they are not all robots without the fatigue factor, but PSG knows how to get them ready to start the league again and manage it later.

All the players who are still competing in the World Cup are still fine, but because there are still matches, the possibility of injury is always haunting them. Neymar has recovered, and I think he will be fine now.

Three of PSG's best attacking players are still at the World Cup with their national teams. Their team is now in the top eight. Hopefully none of them will suffer too serious injuries, and will integrate and perform well after the World Cup.

[dezoel]

If you look at the main stars of PSG, Messi-Neymar, and Mbappé we will see that all three of them are going to go quite deep in the World Cup with their teams.

So, I think PSG might actually encounter a little bit of problems with the restart of the club competition.

I don’t know if you are aware that Messi is injured or not. But he is determined to give his full potential to the national team, it doesn't matter if he gets injured or not. I don’t know if he intends to take time off or not. But it doesn't seem unlikely that he will get injured.

Neymar already had an injury. He is playing for Brazil but I don’t think he has made a full recovery. I expect Neymar to take some time off after the World Cup. Mbappe will probably stay healthy because he is not that old. But he can be fatigued.

Most chances PSG will not have any problem if these all three stars will be not available for the first two or three matches after the break because they have enough strength for having win against their opponents into Ligue 1 without them even most chances all players will be available and give their best for the club but still they have nearly two months in start of Champions League and Ligue 1 is surely not problem for them even if they have just one or two players completely fit after the world cup.

There is no doubt Neymar will be not available after the end of world cup until he fully recovered but most chances Messi and Mbappé both will be on and give their best which is also enough for the club for retaining their top spot in Ligue 1 table.