French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[maju69]

If Mbappe leaves psg the type of glory he has in the club may not be given him by any other club. I will think that he will want to remain where he is the boss and where he will take part in decision making of the club.
But it will be a shame to Mbappe, Neymar and Messi if they fail again this year to reach the Champions league finals.
Psg has invested much and they deserve to win.

But actually that's very good, regardless of any condition Mbappe in Ligue 1 actually has more authority which makes them really hampered.
When he is at a club that treats him like a player in general and when the club has high competitive conditions in every game, this is actually a very good thing to take care of mentally and hone his players to be even better.

But the problem is I still feel that no one will dare to do that now, especially with the high release clause and the very large salary it is clear that it will be difficult for him to leave.

The question is how brave is Mbappe to get out of his comfort zone? Maybe for the matter of redemption from Paris Saint Germain it will be a matter that belongs to Paris Siant Germain and the team that wants it. But for wages, Mbappe could get a deal, provided he wants to get out of his current comfort zone. Like Ronaldo, for example, who doesn't mind salary as long as he plays for a team that plays in Europe.

[KTChampions]

You're right, Galtier was able to bring harmony back to the PSG team because he was able to dampen the relationship between Neymar and Mbappe at the start of last season but now their relationship is getting better again. but the current situation where the relationship between mbappe and messi is allegedly a little damaged due to several factors that occurred in the world cup. So, was Galtier able to dampen the situation that occurred between Mbappe and Messi? indeed the PSG squad is filled with world star players but on one side this will be ego and prestige between players who are jealous of one another. So this is what must be fixed to support harmony in a team

in the champions league, psg really has a target to be a champion. therefore psg must be able to appear consistently in every match they face in the champions league. In Ligue 1, PSG dominance is difficult to break by other teams.

Considering that the scandal over Martinez’s behavior is developing more and more and I don’t see any words from Messi about the fact that such behavior (from the moron Martinez) is unacceptable, I think that the relationship between Mbappe and Messi is ruined. It seems to me that in a normal team, partners should support each other, and in this situation, Martinez is clearly not right in relation to Mbappe. Accordingly, Mbappe does not get what he theoretically expects from a teammate.

[Swordsoffreedom]

PSG's squad is very strong. But due to the lack of bonding between the players, they could not perform well until now. It would have been difficult for them to win against the big teams. But Galtier has managed to stabilize the team considerably. Bonding between team players is stronger now than ever before. Neymar and Mbappe's performances are now more stable than before. They are consistently performing well. And so PSG has the best chance of winning the Champions League this season compared to previous seasons.

You're right, Galtier was able to bring harmony back to the PSG team because he was able to dampen the relationship between Neymar and Mbappe at the start of last season but now their relationship is getting better again. but the current situation where the relationship between mbappe and messi is allegedly a little damaged due to several factors that occurred in the world cup. So, was Galtier able to dampen the situation that occurred between Mbappe and Messi? indeed the PSG squad is filled with world star players but on one side this will be ego and prestige between players who are jealous of one another. So this is what must be fixed to support harmony in a team
in the champions league, psg really has a target to be a champion. therefore psg must be able to appear consistently in every match they face in the champions league. In Ligue 1, PSG dominance is difficult to break by other teams.

The PSG team is very strong now. The bond between the players is now stronger. However, the feud between Neymar and Mbappe remains. If Galtier can resolve this conflict, PSG's attacking performance will be stronger. We see no selfishness in Mbappe's performance at the World Cup. He is mature enough now. And so it can be assumed that PSG's performance will now be more dynamic than before. I now look forward to seeing Galtier's match strategy. He may continue to try to strengthen the team. If Galtier succeeds, I think PSG will be able to win the Champions League title. For a long time, the goal of PSG management is to win the Champions League title. They have failed despite spending a lot of money on this.

[SquallLeonhart]

After Mbappe's amazing performance in this World Cup, I think any renowned club would be interested in signing Mbappe. We saw a selfish Mbappe in the PSG team. But his performance in the World Cup was completely different. He played great. Any club would be keen to add a player like Mbappe to their squad. Real Madrid are still looking for a replacement for Benzema. Benzema is now quite old and his fitness is not good. Every season we see Mbappe interested in joining Madrid but at the last minute he extended his contract with PSG. I think Mbappe will stay with PSG for a few more seasons.

I think he wasn't selfish with PSG neither, the difference is that he played a winger at world cup, and he played a striker at PSG, and that means while he had to look to pass at world cup, he had to look for scoring at PSG. Meaning he would pass a lot less here than the national team, and would look at only for scoring and nothing else.

Messi scored a lot more on world cup than he assisted in PSG as well, because at national team he was a scorer, and at PSG he had other superstars he could pass to and wasn't carrying the goal scoring load all by himself like he does with Argentina. These are all tactical reasons and not personal or characteristic reasons.

[Docnaster]

PSG is one of the best teams in Ligue 1.

The only team that owned by billionaire from arab and it has unlimited funds. No doubt if PSG has become the best team in the ligue 1.
This farmer league is owned by PSG as a team that will always be winning the trophy. Will PSG dominate the league forever?

No other team has the kind of high-value players they have. They are one of the contenders for the League One title. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé, one of their team's players, have performed well in this World Cup, hopefully, they will join the team and play a huge role in bringing something great to their team.

It's caused by there's no other team that has big investors like billionaires who already acquired PSG. That's why PSG is always dominating the league. It will always play in the champion league no matter what will be the result from the french league.

Please give more details to this  "it will always play in the champion league no matter what......" are you trying to so that PSG have extra unwarranted merit that guarantees their qualification to the champion league? If that's your point, then u are betting on the wrong horse. If investors and billionaires could influence football, then Manchester, Liverpool, Madrid, and many other rich clubs will not border too much at the league level. From the onset, qualification to the champion league always depends on the merited performance in the lower leagues. 

[MuffinMaster]

After Mbappe's amazing performance in this World Cup, I think any renowned club would be interested in signing Mbappe. We saw a selfish Mbappe in the PSG team. But his performance in the World Cup was completely different. He played great. Any club would be keen to add a player like Mbappe to their squad. Real Madrid are still looking for a replacement for Benzema. Benzema is now quite old and his fitness is not good. Every season we see Mbappe interested in joining Madrid but at the last minute he extended his contract with PSG. I think Mbappe will stay with PSG for a few more seasons.

I think he wasn't selfish with PSG neither, the difference is that he played a winger at world cup, and he played a striker at PSG, and that means while he had to look to pass at world cup, he had to look for scoring at PSG. Meaning he would pass a lot less here than the national team, and would look at only for scoring and nothing else.

Messi scored a lot more on world cup than he assisted in PSG as well, because at national team he was a scorer, and at PSG he had other superstars he could pass to and wasn't carrying the goal scoring load all by himself like he does with Argentina. These are all tactical reasons and not personal or characteristic reasons.

Although Mbappe is scoring more goals than Messi in the World Cup, he cannot even come close to Messi's style of play. Because Messi has single-handedly led the entire Argentina team forward. Lionel Messi's feat in winning the World Cup is one football fans will never forget.

[Bobrox]

Considering that the scandal over Martinez’s behavior is developing more and more and I don’t see any words from Messi about the fact that such behavior (from the moron Martinez) is unacceptable, I think that the relationship between Mbappe and Messi is ruined. It seems to me that in a normal team, partners should support each other, and in this situation, Martinez is clearly not right in relation to Mbappe. Accordingly, Mbappe does not get what he theoretically expects from a teammate.

I am not respect what celebration made by Argentina goals keeper Emiliano Martínez, he was forget about Mbappe success made hattrick at final stage although have not lucky with penalty kick. Regarding Argentina celebration after winning World Cup, there are not any unacceptable or controversial celebration. Seems not any problem yet between Lionel Messi and Mbappe.

Yesterday, Mbappe have returned back to PSG squad except Lionel Messi still in moment World Cup celebration, seems have potential with Lionel Messi absent at first match in Ligue 1 for PSG after World Cup. PSG against Strasbourg on December 29 and right now Lionel Messi seems not returning to PSG squad, however five days later seems not enough recovery time for Lionel Messi.

[Velvet78]

Lens have done a really great job so far in the league. They are on an amazing winning streak now. However their next game might not be very comfortable for them because it is an away game against Nice. Honestly Nice are a little away from their good times now but they still haven't lost a league game for many weeks on one hand.

It has been like 16 years since Lens defeated Nice in an away game in the league. I don't know if this form can be helpful for them to break a leg finally. But I think this game is a candidate to end up with a draw. But I don't expect it to be a goalless draw.

[MuffinMaster]

Lens have done a really great job so far in the league. They are on an amazing winning streak now. However their next game might not be very comfortable for them because it is an away game against Nice. Honestly Nice are a little away from their good times now but they still haven't lost a league game for many weeks on one hand.

It has been like 16 years since Lens defeated Nice in an away game in the league. I don't know if this form can be helpful for them to break a leg finally. But I think this game is a candidate to end up with a draw. But I don't expect it to be a goalless draw.

Lens are actually playing great football at the moment. The team has improved a lot, which has been credited to the coach of the team. The coach of the team has been able to improve day by day by training the players brilliantly.

[bekti3]

The PSG team is very strong now. The bond between the players is now stronger. However, the feud between Neymar and Mbappe remains. If Galtier can resolve this conflict, PSG's attacking performance will be stronger. We see no selfishness in Mbappe's performance at the World Cup. He is mature enough now. And so it can be assumed that PSG's performance will now be more dynamic than before. I now look forward to seeing Galtier's match strategy. He may continue to try to strengthen the team. If Galtier succeeds, I think PSG will be able to win the Champions League title. For a long time, the goal of PSG management is to win the Champions League title. They have failed despite spending a lot of money on this.

When there is a feud between the players how can it be said to be strong? lol.

At present what makes PSG very good is only the individual quality of their players who are above average so that their condition internally and the conditions in which they are on the field are slightly helped by the skills of the players because indeed if their skills are standard with conditions of internal problems there will always be then I don't expect much for PSG.

[Joca97]

Considering that the scandal over Martinez’s behavior is developing more and more and I don’t see any words from Messi about the fact that such behavior (from the moron Martinez) is unacceptable, I think that the relationship between Mbappe and Messi is ruined. It seems to me that in a normal team, partners should support each other, and in this situation, Martinez is clearly not right in relation to Mbappe. Accordingly, Mbappe does not get what he theoretically expects from a teammate.

I am not respect what celebration made by Argentina goals keeper Emiliano Martínez, he was forget about Mbappe success made hattrick at final stage although have not lucky with penalty kick. Regarding Argentina celebration after winning World Cup, there are not any unacceptable or controversial celebration. Seems not any problem yet between Lionel Messi and Mbappe.

Yesterday, Mbappe have returned back to PSG squad except Lionel Messi still in moment World Cup celebration, seems have potential with Lionel Messi absent at first match in Ligue 1 for PSG after World Cup. PSG against Strasbourg on December 29 and right now Lionel Messi seems not returning to PSG squad, however five days later seems not enough recovery time for Lionel Messi.

after winning the world cup it is very possible for Lionel Messi to improve his performance, of course there will be more motivation and confidence from him to show his best game, and the problem with Mbappe I think it has nothing to do with Lionel Messi for what the goalkeeper does Argentina at the time they celebrated, maybe it was a form of excessive joy because they won the world cup and Mbappe is a player that Argentine players have counted on so it's only natural that they celebrate it with their own version.

I dont know if Messis ambishons are fullfield. He won the world cup and i think this might be it for him. He has won already everything he wanted so probobly lacks motivation for champions league and everything else. But still it can have a positive effect on him

[izsara]

Although Mbappe is scoring more goals than Messi in the World Cup, he cannot even come close to Messi's style of play. Because Messi has single-handedly led the entire Argentina team forward. Lionel Messi's feat in winning the World Cup is one football fans will never forget.

I think this is a little wrong because even though he had a hand, Argentina still won as a team and you can't let that go as if it was only Messi who contributed.
On the other hand, there is actually no need to debate this matter too much between Messi and Mbappe because the two are clearly different and it would be very impossible to argue about something like this with conditions that are not too supportive, such as when talking about age and achievements.
What they have to do now is focus on how to move PSG back because this is important now, especially with their current ambition, it is clear that the Champions League is very difficult for them to get through.

[rdluffy]

I dont know if Messis ambishons are fullfield. He won the world cup and i think this might be it for him. He has won already everything he wanted so probobly lacks motivation for champions league and everything else. But still it can have a positive effect on him

I'm sure that after the biggest title of his career, the tendency is to relax a bit, because he has already won practically all the possible and important titles.
But there is PSG's obsession with the champions title that can be a good motivation for him to try in 2023.
It is a great challenge and I am absolutely sure that even he would value another champions league, the first for PSG and playing with another 2 possible legends Neymar and Mbappé can make the competition even more fun.

Hard to know about his ambitions, maybe it's already fulfilled, but until the end of the 2023-2024 season he'll continue to play at PSG: https://en.as.com/soccer/argentina-captain-lionel-messi-agrees-one-year-extension-to-psg-contract-n/
Maybe the trio (Messi, Neymar, Mbappé) can bring the title for PSG this year with the 3 players playing together for some time...

[harapan]

Although Mbappe is scoring more goals than Messi in the World Cup, he cannot even come close to Messi's style of play. Because Messi has single-handedly led the entire Argentina team forward. Lionel Messi's feat in winning the World Cup is one football fans will never forget.

This is the difference between Messi and other players. Not only is he a top class goal scorer, he's also a top level passer. He controls the game and midfield, he creates chances for his teammates. He does everything a world class central midfielder does and everything a world class attacking midfielder does.
Then he goes to the attack and does what a world class striker does while also doing what a world class right winger does. It's incredible. And he does it better than the best person in each position.

[mendace]

This is the difference between Messi and other players. Not only is he a top class goal scorer, he's also a top level passer. He controls the game and midfield, he creates chances for his teammates. He does everything a world class central midfielder does and everything a world class attacking midfielder does.
Then he goes to the attack and does what a world class striker does while also doing what a world class right winger does. It's incredible. And he does it better than the best person in each position.

Si Messi is an excellent player who despite his small build manages to stay on the pitch and keep up with everyone.  The real phenomena can be recognized immediately and not only because they know how to play but also because they transmit security and calm to the rest of the team and this is what Messi does best.  When he played at Barcelona everyone relied on him and the team revolved around him.

[Slow death]

You're right, Galtier was able to bring harmony back to the PSG team because he was able to dampen the relationship between Neymar and Mbappe at the start of last season but now their relationship is getting better again. but the current situation where the relationship between mbappe and messi is allegedly a little damaged due to several factors that occurred in the world cup. So, was Galtier able to dampen the situation that occurred between Mbappe and Messi? indeed the PSG squad is filled with world star players but on one side this will be ego and prestige between players who are jealous of one another. So this is what must be fixed to support harmony in a team

in the champions league, psg really has a target to be a champion. therefore psg must be able to appear consistently in every match they face in the champions league. In Ligue 1, PSG dominance is difficult to break by other teams.

Considering that the scandal over Martinez’s behavior is developing more and more and I don’t see any words from Messi about the fact that such behavior (from the moron Martinez) is unacceptable, I think that the relationship between Mbappe and Messi is ruined. It seems to me that in a normal team, partners should support each other, and in this situation, Martinez is clearly not right in relation to Mbappe. Accordingly, Mbappe does not get what he theoretically expects from a teammate.

if france had won the world cup maybe they would be doing something similar, so i see this whole argentina celebration situation as something normal, for that reason the mbappe doesn't have any reason to be upset with argentina and much less doesn't have any reason to be upset with messi, we have to understand that messi is not the father of the argentina players, he has no power to keep dictating rules on how the argentina players have to celebrate in each victory, that makes no sense.

so Mbappe at PSG has no reason to get involved with messi, because the world cup is over and the world cup games have nothing to do with the ligue 1 games, messi is a PSG employee, he has a contract and PSG demands good performance from him, while Messi is also an Argentine, he has a duty to be useful to Argentina when he is called up for the Argentine team, these are things that Mbappe needs to understand and overcome and have good relations with the Messi, I'm just a little in doubt if Messi will play or not because his celebration lasted a long time, can anyone tell me if Messi is already in France and training in PSG's field?

[Velvet78]

We are going straight back to the Ligue 1 games in a few days.

PSG are having a home game against Strasbourg. I don't expect any surprises here. It should be a very comfortable win for PSG. Something terrible has happened to Strasbourg this season as they are one of the worst teams of the league now. They won only once in 15 games so far. This is the complete opposite of their effort in the previous season. PSG have tougher games later like against Lens and Rennes. They would need to play even better in those games to get a win.

[CageMabok]

Although Mbappe is scoring more goals than Messi in the World Cup, he cannot even come close to Messi's style of play. Because Messi has single-handedly led the entire Argentina team forward. Lionel Messi's feat in winning the World Cup is one football fans will never forget.

I don't think it's worth comparing Mbappe to Messi in that regard. Because Messi is a great player who is full of experience and achievements in the past, has gone further ahead than Mbappe who is still young with not so many achievements. So this is an inadequate comparison in my opinion although it is still possible for others to make comparisons.

[rozak]

Although Mbappe is scoring more goals than Messi in the World Cup, he cannot even come close to Messi's style of play. Because Messi has single-handedly led the entire Argentina team forward. Lionel Messi's feat in winning the World Cup is one football fans will never forget.

I don't think it's worth comparing Mbappe to Messi in that regard. Because Messi is a great player who is full of experience and achievements in the past, has gone further ahead than Mbappe who is still young with not so many achievements. So this is an inadequate comparison in my opinion although it is still possible for others to make comparisons.

fans will always love that kind of thing. especially the media which will develop some news to create more attention.
Old Messi and young Mbappe. something interesting, but this is not a competition. they work for the same team. and they have managed to contribute tremendously to their team. PSG is fortunate to have managed to gather the most incredible talent in the world for the best squad I can think of.

[bering]

Lens have done a really great job so far in the league. They are on an amazing winning streak now. However their next game might not be very comfortable for them because it is an away game against Nice. Honestly Nice are a little away from their good times now but they still haven't lost a league game for many weeks on one hand.

It has been like 16 years since Lens defeated Nice in an away game in the league. I don't know if this form can be helpful for them to break a leg finally. But I think this game is a candidate to end up with a draw. But I don't expect it to be a goalless draw.

Lens are actually playing great football at the moment. The team has improved a lot, which has been credited to the coach of the team. The coach of the team has been able to improve day by day by training the players brilliantly.

Lens has displayed good balanced to defense and attacking even they were very strong from ball possessions because almost for each matches during this season Lens almost be dominate the game and their statistics were not so different with PSG although i am doubt Lens can managed their consistency until end of this season but at least they can able to joining for race title along with PSG until week 15 but if they failed to compete with PSG for Ligue 1 trophy at least their chances to finish at top 4 is wide open and their next opponent is Nice i think if Lens can able to playing well they can beat Nice because from recent statistics Lens was better than their opponent and after this match Lens will be tested against the strongest team in Ligue 1 PSG on January