French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[X-ray]

Marseille team took advantage of psg loss today and they closed the gap between them and paris team to seven points thanks to their win against Reims and in the process they stoped Reims unbeaten streak that lasted 19 games very impressive performance from alexis sanchez who scored two goals and gave marseille team three precious points.

Sanchez performed so well in marseille. There are still 7 points remaining to be reached by marseille to be able to chase PSG. The only problem is the remaining matches become even less and less. There are still around 10 matches remaining at this moment. It's worth 30 points in total if marseilla will able to win all of the remaining matches.Marseille can take advantage of some important matches that will be faced by PSG. As you can see that if PSG is still having some matches against lens, lyon, lorient. These teams can be considered strong teams in league 1.
It may give possibility for marseille to cut the gap become even shorter caused by those teams may make PSG so difficult to take full points. I would like to see that if we have a new winner in league 1. That's boring to see that if it's PSG, PSG, and PSG again that was winning the league. 

[buwaytress]

Man I hate adding to all the PSG posts here but of all the upsets I was looking at over the weekend, I completely overlooked PSG -- who before last night didn't lose at home for how long now?

I used to play CB in my school days, for some weird reason our coach didn't think my height disadvantage (I was very short even then) was a problem.

He must be a spirit animal for Galtier, playing a guy only 1.5 inches taller than me in the heart of defence. What do you expect a nervous noob to do? Make mistakes.

in the champions league, PSG is the favorite team to win, but seeing the quality of their performance in the last few matches, I doubt they will be able to win the champions league, the thing that really doesn't make sense to me is because they were beaten by Rennes twice this year just. that means rennes is a stronger team than PSG, totally unexpected.

Buddy, PSG is not in CL anymore, Bayern kicked them out two weeks ago.

You'll quickly learn to ignore posters like Sirait Their quality has actually improved over time, but only in grammar and spelling. Actual value to the sports they presumably follow..?

[MusaMohamed]

Even though PSG will still be safe in the standings, the defeat at home to Rennes is very difficult for the players and fans alike to accept. PSG should have won but their game could not develop which made 2 goals from Rennes last until the final minutes of the match. I think it's time for PSG to start overhauling their players in the summer, they need to bring in a pure striker as well as a creative midfielder to create more chances and to be able to score goals more easily.

If their fans are not happy with Ligue 1 title because PSG won too many titles in their domestic league in the past 10 years, win one or few more matches in this season won't make them happier.

However, if their fans bet on PSG to win and lose money with PSG loses, they surely will be angry against PSG players. What will they possibly do when they are angry? They will request PSG boss to fire Galiter first and want the club to buy more new star players. This summer can be a very chaotic summer transfer for PSG when they will have to deal with future of many star players from Mbappe to Messi, Ramos and even more.

I am not sure how their boss will have better sport development strategies for PSG in coming years. If they can change themselves by lesson from 10 failed years in Champions League, they will win it in future but I am very doubtful that it will happen soon.

[execijutiere]

Yesterday we watched two important matches, the first was PSG-Rennes. In the first half, Rennes scored at the end of the first half and closed the first half 1-0 ahead. Rennes scored the second goal in the first minutes of the second half and despite PSG increasing the pressure, they did not concede a goal.  This is an important win for Rennes. I didn't expect them to get 3 points in a tough away match. When we look at the matches between them, I already saw that Rennes gave PSG trouble, so Rennes is a team that is against PSG.

[rendravolt]

Reims' home record has been one of the best so far and looks like it should be broken after losing to Marseille. Actually, Reims played quite well and took the lead first, but the advantage did not last long because Marseille immediately looked for gaps in the Reims defense so that the opportunities that were created were successfully converted into a return advantage for Marseille. I thought in the second half Reims could have leveled the score, but apparently it didn't go well and they had to put up with a defeat at home to Marseille. Marseille is 7 points away from PSG and as we know PSG has recently started having trouble getting consistent wins, this could be a good opportunity for Marseille to continue to cut the distance from PSG.

[execijutiere]

In the other important match of the day, Reims were defeated after a long break. Their coach has really achieved a great success. The fact that they made it this far without being defeated was a great success despite the squad they had. Although reims played better in the match, they lost the match. It's a bit sad for them. Reims even scored the first goal but Marseille quickly responded with 2 goals. The match ended with goals in the first half. In the week when PSG lost, Marseille won and the points difference between them dropped to 7.

[Awaklara]

Reims' home record has been one of the best so far and looks like it should be broken after losing to Marseille. Actually, Reims played quite well and took the lead first, but the advantage did not last long because Marseille immediately looked for gaps in the Reims defense so that the opportunities that were created were successfully converted into a return advantage for Marseille. I thought in the second half Reims could have leveled the score, but apparently it didn't go well and they had to put up with a defeat at home to Marseille. Marseille is 7 points away from PSG and as we know PSG has recently started having trouble getting consistent wins, this could be a good opportunity for Marseille to continue to cut the distance from PSG.

yes, Reims still dominated the game, but Marseille did better with the chances they got. a fairly balanced match for the two, even though it had to end with a Marseille win.
I was expecting the second half to see a few more goals, but it turned out that both teams played well enough and didn't allow any mistakes. Sanchez became a savior for Marseille. 2 goals that saved Marseille from defeat and also reduced the point gap with PSG. although it will be quite difficult to catch up with him.

[piebeyb]

Yesterday we watched two important matches, the first was PSG-Rennes. In the first half, Rennes scored at the end of the first half and closed the first half 1-0 ahead. Rennes scored the second goal in the first minutes of the second half and despite PSG increasing the pressure, they did not concede a goal.  This is an important win for Rennes. I didn't expect them to get 3 points in a tough away match. When we look at the matches between them, I already saw that Rennes gave PSG trouble, so Rennes is a team that is against PSG.

Even though PSG dominated possession, they were surprised by Rennes at the end of the first half. PSG didn't feel confident until the second half had to concede again for the second goal, this defeat actually embarrassed PSG at home because the visiting team was unexpectedly able to excel in this match. 

[imamusma]

Even though PSG dominated possession, they were surprised by Rennes at the end of the first half. PSG didn't feel confident until the second half had to concede again for the second goal, this defeat actually embarrassed PSG at home because the visiting team was unexpectedly able to excel in this match. 

Of course such a defeat is shocking especially because PSG are playing at home. Rennes managed to take advantage of their opportunities well where 2 of the 3 good opportunities were goals. Meanwhile, PSG, which actually managed to take 7 shots on target, failed to score a single goal. Steve Mandanda was really good in the match, he made 7 saves out of 7 PSG chances during the match.

I think Rennes is not too weak for PSG because they are a top Ligue 1 team that should be considered. This season Rennes are struggling to qualify for the Europa League if Monaco fail to maintain their position in the standings. Monaco's advantage is only about 3 points from Rennes, this is still very likely to be expected.

[Leviathan.007]

Yesterday we watched two important matches, the first was PSG-Rennes. In the first half, Rennes scored at the end of the first half and closed the first half 1-0 ahead. Rennes scored the second goal in the first minutes of the second half and despite PSG increasing the pressure, they did not concede a goal.  This is an important win for Rennes. I didn't expect them to get 3 points in a tough away match. When we look at the matches between them, I already saw that Rennes gave PSG trouble, so Rennes is a team that is against PSG.

Losing with a 2-0 result is not a good result for PSG against any team with these players they have, I think PSG lost this game mostly because they lost the champions league and they don't have a good atmosphere in their team after that game also people and the fans are still unhappy about the performance of players like Messi, if they don't change this situation I think after Messi more stars will leave PSG at the end of this season.

[Docnaster]

Yesterday we watched two important matches, the first was PSG-Rennes. In the first half, Rennes scored at the end of the first half and closed the first half 1-0 ahead. Rennes scored the second goal in the first minutes of the second half and despite PSG increasing the pressure, they did not concede a goal.  This is an important win for Rennes. I didn't expect them to get 3 points in a tough away match. When we look at the matches between them, I already saw that Rennes gave PSG trouble, so Rennes is a team that is against PSG.

I see a lot of people use this Match as a measure for PSG ability,  forgetting that When luck is not on your side,  that's what u see. PSG match is just equivalent to inter Milan vs Juventus. Just like PSG, inter Milan had total dominance in the match both in possession and in attempt but couldn't net a single goal through out the two halves.
PSG made dreadful attempts which were good enough to have given them a goal but couldn't, because it wasn't a good day for them.

[Pandu Geddon]

Even though PSG dominated possession, they were surprised by Rennes at the end of the first half. PSG didn't feel confident until the second half had to concede again for the second goal, this defeat actually embarrassed PSG at home because the visiting team was unexpectedly able to excel in this match. 

Of course such a defeat is shocking especially because PSG are playing at home. Rennes managed to take advantage of their opportunities well where 2 of the 3 good opportunities were goals. Meanwhile, PSG, which actually managed to take 7 shots on target, failed to score a single goal. Steve Mandanda was really good in the match, he made 7 saves out of 7 PSG chances during the match.

I think Rennes is not too weak for PSG because they are a top Ligue 1 team that should be considered. This season Rennes are struggling to qualify for the Europa League if Monaco fail to maintain their position in the standings. Monaco's advantage is only about 3 points from Rennes, this is still very likely to be expected.

Genesio really implemented the right strategy to suppress the domination of PSG. can't believe PSG wasn't able to score at home even with enough chances created.
although the result did not affect PSG's standings, losing 0-2 was enough of a blow for them. no wonder they should be eliminated from the last 16 of the Champions League. a team like Munich is still too strong for PSG. with so many good players in the team, PSG is still lacking in their squad.

[paid2]

Even though PSG dominated possession, they were surprised by Rennes at the end of the first half. PSG didn't feel confident until the second half had to concede again for the second goal, this defeat actually embarrassed PSG at home because the visiting team was unexpectedly able to excel in this match. 

Of course such a defeat is shocking especially because PSG are playing at home. Rennes managed to take advantage of their opportunities well where 2 of the 3 good opportunities were goals. Meanwhile, PSG, which actually managed to take 7 shots on target, failed to score a single goal. Steve Mandanda was really good in the match, he made 7 saves out of 7 PSG chances during the match.

I think Rennes is not too weak for PSG because they are a top Ligue 1 team that should be considered. This season Rennes are struggling to qualify for the Europa League if Monaco fail to maintain their position in the standings. Monaco's advantage is only about 3 points from Rennes, this is still very likely to be expected.

Genesio really implemented the right strategy to suppress the domination of PSG. can't believe PSG wasn't able to score at home even with enough chances created.
although the result did not affect PSG's standings, losing 0-2 was enough of a blow for them. no wonder they should be eliminated from the last 16 of the Champions League. a team like Munich is still too strong for PSG. with so many good players in the team, PSG is still lacking in their squad.

Exactly!

At the beginning I even wondered if the game had been rigged, I found PSG so bad, and so out of the game! Genesio really did well.

I have to tell you that I'm glad I made the decision to never bet in favor of Paris again. If tomorrow they were to play against a secondary city, I would ask myself the question, but they would still be able to disappoint me once again.

On the other hand, I am much less optimistic than piebeyb about Rennes. I'm convinced they'll get tired before the end of the season and go downhill, as often

[ilovealtcoins]

Even though PSG dominated possession, they were surprised by Rennes at the end of the first half. PSG didn't feel confident until the second half had to concede again for the second goal, this defeat actually embarrassed PSG at home because the visiting team was unexpectedly able to excel in this match. 

Of course such a defeat is shocking especially because PSG are playing at home. Rennes managed to take advantage of their opportunities well where 2 of the 3 good opportunities were goals. Meanwhile, PSG, which actually managed to take 7 shots on target, failed to score a single goal. Steve Mandanda was really good in the match, he made 7 saves out of 7 PSG chances during the match.
I think Rennes is not too weak for PSG because they are a top Ligue 1 team that should be considered. This season Rennes are struggling to qualify for the Europa League if Monaco fail to maintain their position in the standings. Monaco's advantage is only about 3 points from Rennes, this is still very likely to be expected.

Genesio really implemented the right strategy to suppress the domination of PSG. can't believe PSG wasn't able to score at home even with enough chances created.
although the result did not affect PSG's standings, losing 0-2 was enough of a blow for them. no wonder they should be eliminated from the last 16 of the Champions League. a team like Munich is still too strong for PSG. with so many good players in the team, PSG is still lacking in their squad.

I think beating PSG 2-0 is a big achievement for a team like Rennes. PSG has two of the best players in the world Messi and Mbappe in the attack. Rennes' defenders were able to successfully block these two players. Rennes' defense was very solid in this match. And their match strategy was also excellent. However, this match made it clear that PSG has a lot of weaknesses within their squad. And coach Galtier completely failed to stabilize the team.

[Rikafip]

You'll quickly learn to ignore posters like Sirait Their quality has actually improved over time, but only in grammar and spelling. Actual value to the sports they presumably follow..?

Hah yeah, after I replied to him I noticed that he is one of those 1xbit shitposters whose posts should be ignored/reported and deleted. Since mods are reluctant to do the latter, I opted for ignore so I don't see more of that drivel.

PSG has two of the best players in the world Messi and Mbappe in the attack. Rennes' defenders were able to successfully block these two players. Rennes' defense was very solid in this match.

If Rennes has to thank anyone, that's their goalkeeper as he was bascially the man of the match. Either way PSG is a mess and woulnd't put a dime on them.

[execijutiere]

Yesterday we watched two important matches, the first was PSG-Rennes. In the first half, Rennes scored at the end of the first half and closed the first half 1-0 ahead. Rennes scored the second goal in the first minutes of the second half and despite PSG increasing the pressure, they did not concede a goal.  This is an important win for Rennes. I didn't expect them to get 3 points in a tough away match. When we look at the matches between them, I already saw that Rennes gave PSG trouble, so Rennes is a team that is against PSG.

Even though PSG dominated possession, they were surprised by Rennes at the end of the first half. PSG didn't feel confident until the second half had to concede again for the second goal, this defeat actually embarrassed PSG at home because the visiting team was unexpectedly able to excel in this match. 

This match showed us that money and squad don't matter, that it doesn't matter if you don't have more possession. The one who gets into position and scores wins. When we look at the squads of the two teams, PSG are clearly superior and it is normal to expect them to win at home. But soccer is such a strange sport that anything can happen at any moment. That's why we watch and wait with excitement until the last minute.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Yesterday we watched two important matches, the first was PSG-Rennes. In the first half, Rennes scored at the end of the first half and closed the first half 1-0 ahead. Rennes scored the second goal in the first minutes of the second half and despite PSG increasing the pressure, they did not concede a goal.  This is an important win for Rennes. I didn't expect them to get 3 points in a tough away match. When we look at the matches between them, I already saw that Rennes gave PSG trouble, so Rennes is a team that is against PSG.

Even though PSG dominated possession, they were surprised by Rennes at the end of the first half. PSG didn't feel confident until the second half had to concede again for the second goal, this defeat actually embarrassed PSG at home because the visiting team was unexpectedly able to excel in this match. 

This match showed us that money and squad don't matter, that it doesn't matter if you don't have more possession. The one who gets into position and scores wins. When we look at the squads of the two teams, PSG are clearly superior and it is normal to expect them to win at home. But soccer is such a strange sport that anything can happen at any moment. That's why we watch and wait with excitement until the last minute.

I understand that the criticism for PSG must be very harsh, it is not something that is good for this team because now since they have lost almost everything, they lost the UCL, apart from that they are losing right now in Ligue 1, this is not good for this team, also I don't know what plans the Sheikh has right now, with the winning squad they have it's for them to win whatever, maybe they have to ask Real Madrid how to play with stars since at one time they were called the "Galácticos" even though for me They still are, personally if they leave Ney and Messi I don't know what will happen to PSG.

This gets good:

The talk of the town at Paris Saint-Germain as of late has been the uncertain future of Lionel Messi at the club. The Argentine forward is set to become a free agent in the upcoming summer transfer window.

There have been some who have called for PSG to not push to sign Messi to a new contract deal, while others believe that the Ligue 1 side should go all out to keep the Argentine forward at the club. For former FIFA World Cup winner Bixente Lizarazu, he would like to see Messi remain at PSG.

“I’m going against the grain, but I want to see Messi extend his stay in Paris for another year,” Lizarazu said on Telefoot. “I want us to still have the privilege of seeing him in France. He is the greatest player in history, at least in the 20 twenty years. He showed at the World Cup that he can still play at a very high level, yes, he was disappointing against Bayern, but like the whole PSG team.”

Source: https://psgtalk.com/2023/03/former-world-cup-winner-makes-a-case-why-psg-messi-new-contract/

[Zlantann]

This match showed us that money and squad don't matter, that it doesn't matter if you don't have more possession. The one who gets into position and scores wins. When we look at the squads of the two teams, PSG are clearly superior and it is normal to expect them to win at home. But soccer is such a strange sport that anything can happen at any moment. That's why we watch and wait with excitement until the last minute.

This result of this match between PSG and Rennes shows that the French league is improving. Past seasons PSG have always had a free ride, winning with many matches to spare. It's good to see teams like Rennes dealing with the  big money spending clubs. The team did a good defending job that really stopped the PSG attack. But captain Mbappe was outstanding and the combination between him and Messi was wonderful. Messi was always feeding Mbappe with great passes that was saved by the Rennes' goalkeeper Steve Mandanda. The looks on the face of Nasser Al-Khelaifi is not too nice. It is clear he is not happy with the team and coach Christophe Galtier might be on his way out.

[execijutiere]

Yesterday we watched two important matches, the first was PSG-Rennes. In the first half, Rennes scored at the end of the first half and closed the first half 1-0 ahead. Rennes scored the second goal in the first minutes of the second half and despite PSG increasing the pressure, they did not concede a goal.  This is an important win for Rennes. I didn't expect them to get 3 points in a tough away match. When we look at the matches between them, I already saw that Rennes gave PSG trouble, so Rennes is a team that is against PSG.

Losing with a 2-0 result is not a good result for PSG against any team with these players they have, I think PSG lost this game mostly because they lost the champions league and they don't have a good atmosphere in their team after that game also people and the fans are still unhappy about the performance of players like Messi, if they don't change this situation I think after Messi more stars will leave PSG at the end of this season.

If you can't keep the fans happy despite all the transfers and money spent, then something is wrong. PSG have built an almost stellar squad and they are not leading the league by far, on top of that they were eliminated early from the Champions League. When all these things come on top of each other, the fans are clearly angry and trying to put the blame on someone else. Messi will probably leave because he is not liked here. I don't know if Mbappe and neymar will leave too, but psg is good as a team but the lack of success is affecting both the team and the players.

[DanWalker]

PSG has two of the best players in the world Messi and Mbappe in the attack. Rennes' defenders were able to successfully block these two players. Rennes' defense was very solid in this match.

If Rennes has to thank anyone, that's their goalkeeper as he was bascially the man of the match. Either way PSG is a mess and woulnd't put a dime on them.

This was a classic example of PSG not being able to take their chances well. PSG missed a lot of chances.
Of course, those chances were not easy. But their opponent, Rennes, took the chances well.

We already knew that the defense of PSG was not good. And now the attacking of PSG is also not working perfectly.
And that's because of the lack of finishing from Mbappe. The goalkeeper of Rennes had the performance of his life.