French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[zuzie]

For now PSG is not reliable, this team has all it takes to win any match but we see the reverse being the case always dashing the hope of their fans, french senior league is becoming had for PSG as a team because the teams that are seen as a work over for them is no more soft as been perceived by spectators, with the number of world quality players in PSG ordinary is suppose to keep them ahead of any club in their league. Lets hope to see them winning in coming  days.

Despite that in the last five league outing of psg, they lost 2 and won 3, they are still at the top of the Ligue one table with 3 points ahead of Lens. This shows that they are superior still but the good news is that we might  not be seeing psg win league again with upto 12 to 15 points.  This shows that other teams in the league are doing well.

That's right, what is my focus at the moment is the team that is competing with Paris Saint Germain, so far they have done very well by not allowing Paris Saint Germain to be able to win in their matches. This is what I want to see in Ligue 1, that is, there is pressure exerted by other teams on Paris Saint Germain. That way we will see a competitive competition here. Even though in the end they will still be champions, it will not be easy for them to do that.

For the match Paris Saint-Germain vs Rennes yesterday
Rennes has a fairly free movement in pressing, the lack of aggressiveness in the Parist Saint Germain midfield provide space for the enemy to build attacks. Christophe Galtier's 3-4-2-1 formation was unable to stem the attacks from the Rennes players, coach Christophe Galtier's efforts to dominate the match by playing Kylian Mbappe were unable to catch up until the match end.

[X-ray]

For the match Paris Saint-Germain vs Rennes yesterday
Rennes has a fairly free movement in pressing, the lack of aggressiveness in the Parist Saint Germain midfield provide space for the enemy to build attacks. Christophe Galtier's 3-4-2-1 formation was unable to stem the attacks from the Rennes players, coach Christophe Galtier's efforts to dominate the match by playing Kylian Mbappe were unable to catch up until the match end.

I remember how often rennes was attacking PSG. PSG's goal keeper shall become man of the match in that game. I meant he has been making so many great movements. Mbappe has got a golden chance to make the result become draw but that's sad to say he was doing a very bad execution. that means if mbappe needs to think about how to solve his bad execution in the future. Mbappe needs to make sure that if it will able to execute the ball perfectly again. I think that it's quite clear that if PSG was under a very high pressure at this moment.
Lens is very strong right now and I think that lens potentially win this season. I hope that lens will be winning the match.

[BALIK]

For now PSG is not reliable, this team has all it takes to win any match but we see the reverse being the case always dashing the hope of their fans, french senior league is becoming had for PSG as a team because the teams that are seen as a work over for them is no more soft as been perceived by spectators, with the number of world quality players in PSG ordinary is suppose to keep them ahead of any club in their league. Lets hope to see them winning in coming  days.

Despite that in the last five league outing of psg, they lost 2 and won 3, they are still at the top of the Ligue one table with 3 points ahead of Lens. This shows that they are superior still but the good news is that we might  not be seeing psg win league again with upto 12 to 15 points.  This shows that other teams in the league are doing well.

That's right, what is my focus at the moment is the team that is competing with Paris Saint Germain, so far they have done very well by not allowing Paris Saint Germain to be able to win in their matches. This is what I want to see in Ligue 1, that is, there is pressure exerted by other teams on Paris Saint Germain. That way we will see a competitive competition here. Even though in the end they will still be champions, it will not be easy for them to do that.

For the match Paris Saint-Germain vs Rennes yesterday
Rennes has a fairly free movement in pressing, the lack of aggressiveness in the Parist Saint Germain midfield provide space for the enemy to build attacks. Christophe Galtier's 3-4-2-1 formation was unable to stem the attacks from the Rennes players, coach Christophe Galtier's efforts to dominate the match by playing Kylian Mbappe were unable to catch up until the match end.

I would say Galtier should try to keep his defense tighter. PSG's defense is weak. And if he makes a match strategy in 3-4-2-1 formation, it will be easier for opponents to break PSG's defense. But PSG was unlucky to lose against Rennes. But if PSG forms such a formation against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match, they will not be able to win. Bayern Munich play very attacking style and they can easily break PSG's weak defense. Galtier will definitely have to try to tighten up his defense.

[makishart]

For now PSG is not reliable, this team has all it takes to win any match but we see the reverse being the case always dashing the hope of their fans, french senior league is becoming had for PSG as a team because the teams that are seen as a work over for them is no more soft as been perceived by spectators, with the number of world quality players in PSG ordinary is suppose to keep them ahead of any club in their league. Lets hope to see them winning in coming  days.

Despite that in the last five league outing of psg, they lost 2 and won 3, they are still at the top of the Ligue one table with 3 points ahead of Lens. This shows that they are superior still but the good news is that we might  not be seeing psg win league again with upto 12 to 15 points.  This shows that other teams in the league are doing well.

If PSG keeps performing like that and im sure that another team like merseille will able to surpass PSG. three points were nothing if PSG will be having the same result as before. PSG seems so struggle with its performance. Messi, Mbappe and neymar were not able making the club to win easily against another team. I think that this gonna be a red flag for PSG caused by losing points meant PSG was giving more opportunity to the its competitor to be even closer.
Will psg able to win the current season? i doubt if PSG will make it but at least PSG has the biggest chance compared with another team.

Well, at the beginning of the season I had a lot of faith in Marseille, Lens and Lille, but now at this moment that PSG is happening and that apart from all they have their great players there to do whatever it takes for the team, it's strange that they are losing, what I dare to think is that they are fighting among themselves, things are not going well within the team and that is why they cannot understand each other and that is the results they have, this is something that cannot be denied, yes a team like PSG that has everything is in trouble of being caught by another team within their league when they were practically sure it was something that would make this Ligue 1 spicier.

It seems the impact of world cup was still there. PSG got the worst result from last 5 matches that already happened. Having skilled players didn't always mean your team will have good chemistry. Meanwhile, football was a game that is being played by eleven players in the field. That makes chemistry is really important for sure. I have been evaluating the match against rennes and i wanna say if rennes has a better chemistry compared with PSG. It seems world cup was making distance between any players in PSG.
3 points left for lens before lens will be surpassing PSG. I hope that french league will have a new winner in the future. A bit boring to see that PSG was always domating this competition

[piebeyb]

These two teams are so familiar with one another. They compete against one another in both the semifinals and the finals. Additionally, PSG has a better record against Bayern than Bayern has against PSG in the past. Nevertheless, everything could alter in the future. PSG is aware that Bayer plays differently than PSG, and they dislike it because it makes their job difficult. Nevertheless, my instinct says Bayern will win since they are a dangerous team. Last but not least, PSG will lose if they do not play as a team, which is frequently lacking in their games.

maybe in your opinion bayern is a dangerous club but actually PSG is also a more dangerous club, the champions league hasn't started yet and we don't know who the players will play in the match later, so it's hard to predict now, so the most important thing now is to focus on league for PSG to keep their distance from the clubs below them

I wonder how you determined that PSG is a more dangerous club? They couldn't even win their group losing first place to Benfica 
I would call PSG the team with the most stellar names, but as a team they have never confirmed their status. I hope that doesn't happen this season either 

after all being first in the group doesn't mean it's a great club, even though PSG is in second place we don't know it could be that when playing against other clubs in the group there are PSG core players who are injured so they can't adjust the results obtained, so it's not means PSG is a club that is not dangerous, just try later how PSG play with their full squad in the last 16 match against Munich 

[rendravolt]

Next, before the Champions League match begins, PSG will focus more on increasing the gap between the points with the team below it. By the way, I haven't heard any rumors regarding PSG signing a newcomer this January? I hope yes, at least PSG need more productive midfielders.

Indeed, when viewed from the PSG midfield they lack a creative midfielder, even though Messi already has it, it seems that he is still lacking. At least PSG should look for a senior creative midfielder who has good experience at big clubs and that could be a good partnership with Lionel Messi who sometimes plays as AMF or Winger. But so far I haven't seen any rumors or the latest information regarding PSG wanting to bring in the creative midfielder.

[rahmad2nd]

I would say Galtier should try to keep his defense tighter. PSG's defense is weak. And if he makes a match strategy in 3-4-2-1 formation, it will be easier for opponents to break PSG's defense. But PSG was unlucky to lose against Rennes. But if PSG forms such a formation against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match, they will not be able to win. Bayern Munich play very attacking style and they can easily break PSG's weak defense. Galtier will definitely have to try to tighten up his defense.

In several matches, Galtier always tweaked his strategy and formations. he did a number of experiments, but not everything went smoothly, especially when PSG found opponents who tended to defend. after the world cup break, PSG experienced a decline in performance plus several of their core players were injured, plus, the absence of Messi and Neymar. very reasonable, if a strong team will not always win every game.

Related to the 3-4-2-1 formation, Galtier's scenario should have gone well by relying on his players to control the game in the midfield. but PSG midfielders, especially Zaire-Emery, Nordi Mukiele, played very badly against Rennes. there is an imbalance when Renato Shances, Marco Verratti, Carlos Soler, are not included in the main starting line-up. no exception, when Hakimi was absent in defense. in the second half of the season, there was a clear drop in performance in every game. I think Galtier has a few things to improve on, whether it's in midfield. also, defense line.

For the Champions League match, this match still has a time lag for Galtier to prepare his troops to face Bayern Munich.

[shinratensei_]

Next, before the Champions League match begins, PSG will focus more on increasing the gap between the points with the team below it. By the way, I haven't heard any rumors regarding PSG signing a newcomer this January? I hope yes, at least PSG need more productive midfielders.

Indeed, when viewed from the PSG midfield they lack a creative midfielder, even though Messi already has it, it seems that he is still lacking. At least PSG should look for a senior creative midfielder who has good experience at big clubs and that could be a good partnership with Lionel Messi who sometimes plays as AMF or Winger. But so far I haven't seen any rumors or the latest information regarding PSG wanting to bring in the creative midfielder.

Messi didn't even give a lot of contribution during the match against rennes. It's very hard for PSG to add more points to make the gap become bigger than before. PSG has some good midfielders but these midfielders seem no suitable to be placed with the trio (Neymar, Messi and Mbappe)
There could be a potential for the internal problem to happen with the players of PSG. PSG has no plan to buy another new midfielder again. You shall not expect a new midfielder to come for PSG. PSG itself is still under a problem with authorities caused of its offer got denied. PSG has no its own home.
I think that the current performance from PSG is so bad. Lens may able to surpass PSG as soon as possible if PSG keeps struggling and get bad result in the upcoming match.

[Altryist]

I would say Galtier should try to keep his defense tighter. PSG's defense is weak. And if he makes a match strategy in 3-4-2-1 formation, it will be easier for opponents to break PSG's defense. But PSG was unlucky to lose against Rennes. But if PSG forms such a formation against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match, they will not be able to win. Bayern Munich play very attacking style and they can easily break PSG's weak defense. Galtier will definitely have to try to tighten up his defense.

I think that Galtier still has too little experience of playing at a high level, Ligue 1 is a good championship, but with such rivals he won't get much experience. He comes from the fact that he has strong attacking players, and focuses on it, but you are right, in matches with such strong opponents as Bayern, a lot will be decided by the defense. PSG have excellent defensive players, but they just follow the coach's instructions, and if the strategy and formation is not chosen correctly, then Bayern will definitely take advantage of this.

[maju69]

Next, before the Champions League match begins, PSG will focus more on increasing the gap between the points with the team below it. By the way, I haven't heard any rumors regarding PSG signing a newcomer this January? I hope yes, at least PSG need more productive midfielders.

Indeed, when viewed from the PSG midfield they lack a creative midfielder, even though Messi already has it, it seems that he is still lacking. At least PSG should look for a senior creative midfielder who has good experience at big clubs and that could be a good partnership with Lionel Messi who sometimes plays as AMF or Winger. But so far I haven't seen any rumors or the latest information regarding PSG wanting to bring in the creative midfielder.

I would prefer that they create the creative midfielders they need, or they bring in young players that they can use in the long term. Because lately they always bring in players who are old and their term will soon run out, this requires them to quickly find a replacement. They have the money to bring in players who have proven their quality, but until when they do this, they have to replace players with younger players.

[Pulsar77]

It is quite interesting to me to see Lens being the least conceded team in the league so far. There is only a difference of one goal with PSG now. Of course there is a huge gap as for the number of goals scored. But it is totally normal obviously. Lens don't have a squad full of stars in the end. But even with the current squad they have, they have done a great work so far. As long as they manage to get three points somehow the rest of it don't matter too much for them. They are giving their best into this title race.

The recent results are a big help for Lens as well but I wonder how long they can keep up with PSG like this. Galtier is newly gaining experience with a big team but still I think PSG will manage to get far away from everyone in the standings after a point.

[Docnaster]

Next, before the Champions League match begins, PSG will focus more on increasing the gap between the points with the team below it. By the way, I haven't heard any rumors regarding PSG signing a newcomer this January? I hope yes, at least PSG need more productive midfielders.

Indeed, when viewed from the PSG midfield they lack a creative midfielder, even though Messi already has it, it seems that he is still lacking. At least PSG should look for a senior creative midfielder who has good experience at big clubs and that could be a good partnership with Lionel Messi who sometimes plays as AMF or Winger. But so far I haven't seen any rumors or the latest information regarding PSG wanting to bring in the creative midfielder.

I would prefer that they create the creative midfielders they need, or they bring in young players that they can use in the long term. Because lately they always bring in players who are old and their term will soon run out, this requires them to quickly find a replacement. They have the money to bring in players who have proven their quality, but until when they do this, they have to replace players with younger players.

We should stop compelling psg to make more signings. It is not easy for one club to hold 3 superstars as Mbappe, Neymar and Messi and these players are paid very huge amount of money that most people cannot imagine. How do you expect them to go for another creative world class midfielder when they can use Messi and others to do the job.

[hahay]

I would say Galtier should try to keep his defense tighter. PSG's defense is weak. And if he makes a match strategy in 3-4-2-1 formation, it will be easier for opponents to break PSG's defense. But PSG was unlucky to lose against Rennes. But if PSG forms such a formation against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match, they will not be able to win. Bayern Munich play very attacking style and they can easily break PSG's weak defense. Galtier will definitely have to try to tighten up his defense.

I think that Galtier still has too little experience of playing at a high level, Ligue 1 is a good championship, but with such rivals he won't get much experience. He comes from the fact that he has strong attacking players, and focuses on it, but you are right, in matches with such strong opponents as Bayern, a lot will be decided by the defense. PSG have excellent defensive players, but they just follow the coach's instructions, and if the strategy and formation is not chosen correctly, then Bayern will definitely take advantage of this.

Basically, PSG has good players in every line, from the goalkeeper to the attackers. PSG has players whose quality is certainly not in doubt. So with them having great players from every line, even though Christophe Galtier implements any strategy I think PSG players should be able to adjust to it.

Because it's useless if PSG players with a lot of experience at the highest level still can't play well, if only because their coach implemented the wrong strategy and put the players in the wrong position then I don't think that they can't play badly. But if I consider the formations mentioned above, then I think Christophe Galtier wants PSG to be stronger in midfield, because if they are strong in midfield then their defense and attack will also be good.

[bekti3]

I would say Galtier should try to keep his defense tighter. PSG's defense is weak. And if he makes a match strategy in 3-4-2-1 formation, it will be easier for opponents to break PSG's defense. But PSG was unlucky to lose against Rennes. But if PSG forms such a formation against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match, they will not be able to win. Bayern Munich play very attacking style and they can easily break PSG's weak defense. Galtier will definitely have to try to tighten up his defense.

I think that Galtier still has too little experience of playing at a high level, Ligue 1 is a good championship, but with such rivals he won't get much experience. He comes from the fact that he has strong attacking players, and focuses on it, but you are right, in matches with such strong opponents as Bayern, a lot will be decided by the defense. PSG have excellent defensive players, but they just follow the coach's instructions, and if the strategy and formation is not chosen correctly, then Bayern will definitely take advantage of this.

This is a fact that cannot be hidden. this is ultimately the same as Pochetino last season because no matter how good the condition of the players is still if there is not a coach who has enough experience it will be a little difficult for PSG.
For Ligue 1 it is not a problem but for other competitions this is clearly a problem.
btw, is anyone here watching the Riyad Al Star vs PSG match? Ronaldo, Ramos, Messi, Mbappe and Neymar meet on the pitch and it's pretty crazy in my opinion.

[KTChampions]

Basically, PSG has good players in every line, from the goalkeeper to the attackers. PSG has players whose quality is certainly not in doubt. So with them having great players from every line, even though Christophe Galtier implements any strategy I think PSG players should be able to adjust to it.

Because it's useless if PSG players with a lot of experience at the highest level still can't play well, if only because their coach implemented the wrong strategy and put the players in the wrong position then I don't think that they can't play badly. But if I consider the formations mentioned above, then I think Christophe Galtier wants PSG to be stronger in midfield, because if they are strong in midfield then their defense and attack will also be good.

Of course they can play badly. I think it's pretty hard to get stars like Neymar or Messi to do the rough work and defend. They are used to skimming cream and engaging in attacks. Sometimes Mbappe comes back deeper than they do. In Ligue 1, all these teamplay flaws don't matter as PSG are the strongest, but when it comes to the Champions League relegation matches, the importance of these little things becomes critical.

[CLS63]

PSG are playing a friendly match against Al-Nassr right now. The first half was really lovely as we watched 4 goals in total. It feels great to watch Ronaldo and Messi playing against each other again after a long time. Both of them scored goals in the first half. PSG are playing with one less players after Bernat's red card. But the match doesn't seem like it has been affected by that much.

Maybe we won't watch these two facing each other ever again after this match so we had better enjoy watching this. I know that friendlies aren't important but this is a show match that has been organized on purpose I assume.

[el kaka22]

What is the exact reason PSG accepted this friendly? I am sure there was some money involved that part is obvious but they are not the type of team that actually needs the money, they are pretty rich anyway. I also checked the owners, and PSG seems to have owners from Qatar whereas Al-Nassr is a Saudi team, so it is not that neither.

I am not entirely sure what the reason is at all. Like if it was the same owners then I could understand too but that's not the case. So whey do they accept it, just for money? I really do not see why they would need the money from this game, they are a pretty rich team with very wealthy owners who have billions, what could this game offer that they don't have?

[Asiska02]

What is the exact reason PSG accepted this friendly? I am sure there was some money involved that part is obvious but they are not the type of team that actually needs the money, they are pretty rich anyway. I also checked the owners, and PSG seems to have owners from Qatar whereas Al-Nassr is a Saudi team, so it is not that neither.

Perhaps you're missing something here. Both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are Islamic countries on the same continent. I believe the owners of these two clubs should have some sort of relationship. Perhaps they bet on their teams against each other to see who would win the match; this is my guess as to why the friendly was held in the first place.

I am not entirely sure what the reason is at all. Like if it was the same owners then I could understand too but that's not the case. So whey do they accept it, just for money? I really do not see why they would need the money from this game, they are a pretty rich team with very wealthy owners who have billions, what could this game offer that they don't have?

You know, it's not always about money. The two teams have the two best players who have played in the world of football and are well-known around the world. What do you think the outcome of this match in Saudi Arabia will be? It could be for the sake of increasing the fame and popularity of Saudi Arabia's football league. Check out the large crowd that gathered in the stadium to watch these two people compete today. Because of these two key players, many people from all over the world tuned in to watch this match.

[Furious 7]

What is the exact reason PSG accepted this friendly? I am sure there was some money involved that part is obvious but they are not the type of team that actually needs the money, they are pretty rich anyway. I also checked the owners, and PSG seems to have owners from Qatar whereas Al-Nassr is a Saudi team, so it is not that neither.

I am not entirely sure what the reason is at all. Like if it was the same owners then I could understand too but that's not the case. So whey do they accept it, just for money? I really do not see why they would need the money from this game, they are a pretty rich team with very wealthy owners who have billions, what could this game offer that they don't have?

I think besides about money of course to promote more about Arab league of course.
This condition is actually the main attraction. imagine how many million eyes are on this match especially with the big score in this match.
Even though the match was very exciting, of course for this business it would be something else because of course with the play of their star players in this match I think many will see the Arab league competition in the end, especially with the name Ronaldo also there.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Yeahhhh.... That's exactly what I thought...
Because how could a team in league 1 play against nassr -- some lame, incompetitive Arabian league team and expect a big win?? Even with the fact that they had Ronaldo with them as a consolation? Lol... That's far from being possible yunno.
They would've conceived more than just a single goal difference over the 4:5 score points if Neymar didn't miss a penalty and,say -- other Chances that Messi created went through. But in all, it was a nice friendly game to reckon in history as Ronaldo utilized the privilege to score 2 goals for himself.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰