French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[hahay]

Rennes managed to beat PSG twice this season in Ligue 1 and of course, it was a good result for Rennes because PSG couldn't score against Rennes this season. I don't know if Rennes had something extraordinary that made Rennes win with clean sheets, because if I consider the statistical results, at least Rennes did not dominate the match.

Maybe it's natural that Rennes can control the game, but in reality PSG has a better statistical record when compared to Rennes. Don't understand what happened to PSG, because with a defeat like this it looks like PSG no longer has the ambition to achieve successive wins at this moment.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Reims really tried to get at least one point against Marseille by the way. Despite the loss I think they deserved to get a point. Balogun had a good performance but he was unlucky at the same time. Because he could have been the hero for his team two times. He had two absolute goal chances while the score was 2-1. In fact he wasn't expecting the ball to come to him in the first one otherwise one small touch was going to be enough for scoring a very easy goal.

The second chance was in the stoppage time. His shot hit the goal post and Marseille players took a deep breath there. There were some defensive mistakes by both sides in two of these goals. Gigot and Abdelhamid were the players who weren't good at marking the right players. Honestly it was sad to see Reims' very long unbeaten streak to end like this.

[execijutiere]

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.

It's good, but the difference in strength between the two teams is obvious. You are a team like PSG and you shouldn't lose at home with this squad. If you lose even points at home in games like this, the fans get bored and blame you. You can't react to this blame because the fans are right. That's why it's natural for PSG to blame this failure on the team or on Galtier, the manager. A lot of money was spent on this team. An all-star squad has been built, but it's nothing. That's why the fans are angry and they want more. I would think the same thing, you have brought legendary players everywhere, you have money, you have the means, but there is no success. In the Champions League I expected them to reach the final but it didn't happen.

[Rabi3]

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.

PSG got the bag and good players, I think they need a better coach that can engrave the winning mentality withing the players, so far to me they don't seem to play well as a team, their strikers are the only ones playing good together.

[Jody.Drummer]

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.

It's good, but the difference in strength between the two teams is obvious. You are a team like PSG and you shouldn't lose at home with this squad. If you lose even points at home in games like this, the fans get bored and blame you. You can't react to this blame because the fans are right. That's why it's natural for PSG to blame this failure on the team or on Galtier, the manager. A lot of money was spent on this team. An all-star squad has been built, but it's nothing. That's why the fans are angry and they want more. I would think the same thing, you have brought legendary players everywhere, you have money, you have the means, but there is no success. In the Champions League I expected them to reach the final but it didn't happen.

They can't capitalize on their advantage on everything, which is a bad thing in my opinion. Maybe this defeat doesn't affect them because they are still at the top of the standings with a pretty big point advantage. Actually I'm not too interested in fighting for the title in Ligue 1 but I would rather see how they are in the Champions League, but again and again they also fail for the umpteenth time in the Champions League. The Champions League is still too difficult for them to beat until now, they are still at a level that has not been able to achieve that success.

[rahmad2nd]

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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. 

To be honest, I'm no longer interested in following PSG's developments. because, I can't stop thinking, what is PSG's real problem. PSG is a giant in Ligue 1, after slipping in the Champions League, their performance has not shown a better direction, even though PSG's focus is currently only on the Ligue 1 trophy.

Actually, what confuses me is the system and pattern that Galtier applies. not infrequently, Galtier always tweaked his formation in every match his team played. so, I prefer to bet on another team than the PSG vs Rennes match.
speaking of statistics, PSG has a lot of opportunities. recorded, they had 17 total shots, 8 of which were on target, 5 shots off target, 4 shots blocked. unfortunately, PSG was not able to optimize every opportunity to be converted into a goal. on the other hand, PSG's defense line was not strengthened by its core players. so, naturally, in this match PSG lost to Rennes. even so, I remain optimistic that PSG will still win the Ligue 1 trophy.

[Tumanggor]

To be honest, I'm no longer interested in following PSG's developments. because, I can't stop thinking, what is PSG's real problem. PSG is a giant in Ligue 1, after slipping in the Champions League, their performance has not shown a better direction, even though PSG's focus is currently only on the Ligue 1 trophy.

Actually, what confuses me is the system and pattern that Galtier applies. not infrequently, Galtier always tweaked his formation in every match his team played. so, I prefer to bet on another team than the PSG vs Rennes match.
speaking of statistics, PSG has a lot of opportunities. recorded, they had 17 total shots, 8 of which were on target, 5 shots off target, 4 shots blocked. unfortunately, PSG was not able to optimize every opportunity to be converted into a goal. on the other hand, PSG's defense line was not strengthened by its core players. so, naturally, in this match PSG lost to Rennes. even so, I remain optimistic that PSG will still win the Ligue 1 trophy.

when rennes beat PSG, there were millions of people who bet on them and everyone must have felt annoyed at the senseless defeat, so it seems that many people will be careful when betting on PSG

but PSG's chances of becoming the Ligue 1 champion this season are very large even though (the difference) the distance between PSG and Marseille is only 7 points

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They can't capitalize on their advantage on everything, which is a bad thing in my opinion. Maybe this defeat doesn't affect them because they are still at the top of the standings with a pretty big point advantage. Actually I'm not too interested in fighting for the title in Ligue 1 but I would rather see how they are in the Champions League, but again and again they also fail for the umpteenth time in the Champions League. The Champions League is still too difficult for them to beat until now, they are still at a level that has not been able to achieve that success.

The Champions League is still a difficult competition for PSG because with a sufficiently strong squad depth this season they have not been able to bring big changes to their journey in the Champions League arena. a strong squad and their players are full of experience in the Champions league also doesn't have a good effect if the coach still lacks experience in the champions league so there is no strategy that is too precise when they meet strong teams from other leagues like when they faced bayern munich where psg lost from leg  first to second leg.

for next season most likely some players will leave and psg will not be as strong as this season. There are many rumors that Neymar and Messi will leave PSG, will that indicate that PSG next season will again reap difficulties in the Champions League and will fail again. worth the wait.

[AakZaki]

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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.

I didn't think, PSG lost even 0-2 at home. Indeed, Rennes are not a bad team, they have good quality. PSG itself may not be able to forget the defeat to Munich. PSG had many chances but they failed to score. Even Messi didn't move, he wasn't involved in the process of creating chances. I don't know how their future achievements will be. But business-wise I think PSG have made a profit.

[Docnaster]

Ligue 1 have start first match last night and Paris Saint Germain have get first lost in this season from Lens, I think how ever the result match between Lens vs PSG always have chance for PSG become the champion of Ligue 1, they have good team and many star player on their team like Neymar, Di Maria and Mbape. Right now their player have injured after getting covid 19 and miss more than two weeks later, after Neymar confirmed keep on playing with PSG I think give good result for PSG to be champion in Ligue 1.

People keeps pin pointing and depend on PSG stars even when PSG keeps losing with these same stars. PSG right now is considered powerful in the Frech league. If anyone is to mention giants team's in Europe, PSG comes last after all the top teams in Germany, Spain,  England, and Italy are all mentioned.
No doubt, they dominates in France,  but in every season u will discover that They lose to so many lower class teams in that league.  With this,  I don't so much believe in PSG when they play against any strong contender like Lenz, Monaco or rennes, as I know they may disappoint at anytime.

[alpamar99]

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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.

I didn't think, PSG lost even 0-2 at home. Indeed, Rennes are not a bad team, they have good quality. PSG itself may not be able to forget the defeat to Munich. PSG had many chances but they failed to score. Even Messi didn't move, he wasn't involved in the process of creating chances. I don't know how their future achievements will be. But business-wise I think PSG have made a profit.

The attack line which is still problematic makes PSG's condition not so good in this match. They got a lot of chances, they also excelled in possession, it's just that the final finishing was really bad for them. On the other hand conditions are good for Rennes in taking advantage of the momentum. the back balls that were given were very good and this troubled PSG which confused them until the end of the match. This was very unexpected indeed but in the end they had to concede Rennes.

[SquallLeonhart]

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.

It is true that we are talking about a big achievement, but at the same time PSG didn't look like they were really into the game. They know they will win the title, they are aware that they lost in the UCL as well, which basically is a season over for them once again.

What are they going to play for after this moment? What would be the reason to go out and play as well as you can and give your 100% to every game? There is no need for that at all, there is absolutely no way that they are losing the league, the difference is 7 points and they won't give that, and UCL is done for them, so we will see them end up with a title situation where they won't have to play well enough to care.

[GiftedMAN]

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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.

I didn't think, PSG lost even 0-2 at home. Indeed, Rennes are not a bad team, they have good quality. PSG itself may not be able to forget the defeat to Munich. PSG had many chances but they failed to score. Even Messi didn't move, he wasn't involved in the process of creating chances. I don't know how their future achievements will be. But business-wise I think PSG have made a profit.

PSG actually lost 0:2 at home there's no two ways about it.No doubt Rennes are a good team but their form this season can not be compared to a PSG team that are filled with big names and they shouldn't have any excuse other than to win matches for the team but the reverse has become the case since they lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League they ought to be more serious in the League matches so they won't end the season trophy less. Well I can't tell if the PSG team has made any good business deal this season but them winning the Champions League would have been their biggest business deal of the year.

[snipie]

I didn't think, PSG lost even 0-2 at home. Indeed, Rennes are not a bad team, they have good quality. PSG itself may not be able to forget the defeat to Munich. PSG had many chances but they failed to score. Even Messi didn't move, he wasn't involved in the process of creating chances. I don't know how their future achievements will be. But business-wise I think PSG have made a profit.

When Qatari put their weight on PSG, they wanted to make it the best, get profits from it and definitely get some European titles to stay in their history and the history of the team.
So far the first two objectives were achieved but the third one was very hard. PSG always fail to lift the trophy even though the top players they had in the past and even now.
I don't know if next season will be any better since I doubt Messi will stay and questions are raising about Mbappe.

[EdenHazard]

I didn't think, PSG lost even 0-2 at home. Indeed, Rennes are not a bad team, they have good quality. PSG itself may not be able to forget the defeat to Munich. PSG had many chances but they failed to score. Even Messi didn't move, he wasn't involved in the process of creating chances. I don't know how their future achievements will be. But business-wise I think PSG have made a profit.

When Qatari put their weight on PSG, they wanted to make it the best, get profits from it and definitely get some European titles to stay in their history and the history of the team.
So far the first two objectives were achieved but the third one was very hard. PSG always fail to lift the trophy even though the top players they had in the past and even now.
I don't know if next season will be any better since I doubt Messi will stay and questions are raising about Mbappe.

They can't keep winning game after game , there must be a time where they get the upset result ... the expectation on them would always be high ... no doubt about that . No wonder when they get a bad result everyone instantly talking about that while actually it's just normal.

They are losing 4 times only throughout the season ... that's more than just a good one but it's psg , people expect more.

[Velvet78]

Can this be a chance for Marseille to catch up with PSG again? I don't think so honestly. Because PSG are still a huge favourite for the title as long as they have a squad like this. I must say especially Messi, Mbappe and Neymar of course. I don't think PSG would maintain a bad form for a long time either. Because they have already been eliminated in the Champions League.

The Ligue 1 is their only focus now. They can't play very complacent from now on if they don't wany any surprise to happen later on. Marseille would do their best at least for securing their current position. It is important to finish in top 2 to join the CL groups directly.

[DaNNy001]

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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.

I didn't think, PSG lost even 0-2 at home. Indeed, Rennes are not a bad team, they have good quality. PSG itself may not be able to forget the defeat to Munich. PSG had many chances but they failed to score. Even Messi didn't move, he wasn't involved in the process of creating chances. I don't know how their future achievements will be. But business-wise I think PSG have made a profit.

Its seem this PSG side really finds it difficult to play against any of the big or decorated teams in the French league 1, I can recall only this year they have lost or drew their fixtures with almost all the teams in the top 6 in the French league 1. As for the champoins league PSG has all the star to even win that title but they find it difficult to even reach the finals of the competition and the only time they succeeded in reaching the finals same old nemesis of theirs the Bavarian giants Bayern Munich denied them that right to be called champions. I just hope they will bounce back after this lost against Rennes.

[Prince Malik]

Psg team seems very frustrated after the disqualification from the champions league, the team looks without spirit and the players are confused in the pitch, i believe this team need a New coach for the next season because their problem is surely not in the players quality but in coaching and team spirit

[kro55]

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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.

I didn't think, PSG lost even 0-2 at home. Indeed, Rennes are not a bad team, they have good quality. PSG itself may not be able to forget the defeat to Munich. PSG had many chances but they failed to score. Even Messi didn't move, he wasn't involved in the process of creating chances. I don't know how their future achievements will be. But business-wise I think PSG have made a profit.

Its seem this PSG side really finds it difficult to play against any of the big or decorated teams in the French league 1, I can recall only this year they have lost or drew their fixtures with almost all the teams in the top 6 in the French league 1. As for the champoins league PSG has all the star to even win that title but they find it difficult to even reach the finals of the competition and the only time they succeeded in reaching the finals same old nemesis of theirs the Bavarian giants Bayern Munich denied them that right to be called champions. I just hope they will bounce back after this lost against Rennes.

PSG management spent a lot of money to sign star players. But they could not pick the right players for their team. There is a lack of coordination among the team players. Bonding between players is not good. There were also internal conflicts within the party. Due to these reasons PSG's squad despite having many star players, their performances was completely erratic. The PSG management may have thought that changing the coach would stabilize PSG's performance. But Galtier could not stabilize the team. Rather, the bonding between the team's players has weakened. It is impossible to win a platform title like Champions League without an experienced coach.

[wiss19]

It's good, but the difference in strength between the two teams is obvious. You are a team like PSG and you shouldn't lose at home with this squad. If you lose even points at home in games like this, the fans get bored and blame you. You can't react to this blame because the fans are right. That's why it's natural for PSG to blame this failure on the team or on Galtier, the manager. A lot of money was spent on this team. An all-star squad has been built, but it's nothing. That's why the fans are angry and they want more. I would think the same thing, you have brought legendary players everywhere, you have money, you have the means, but there is no success. In the Champions League I expected them to reach the final but it didn't happen.

They can't capitalize on their advantage on everything, which is a bad thing in my opinion. Maybe this defeat doesn't affect them because they are still at the top of the standings with a pretty big point advantage. Actually I'm not too interested in fighting for the title in Ligue 1 but I would rather see how they are in the Champions League, but again and again they also fail for the umpteenth time in the Champions League. The Champions League is still too difficult for them to beat until now, they are still at a level that has not been able to achieve that success.

Failure in Champions League again and again is surely big problem for them now, but they are not working to fix this all with having too many big stars are also a problem in itself which needs to settle if they want to have something better in this event management spending huge funds which are surely good, but spending without any solid strategy is never been ideal now we have rumored many big stars are ready to leave this club after end of this season which is also good for them because with these things could be good for them, and they will be able to work on their talent hunt problem which is better than having ready-made stars which have personal ego's, and mostly they never love to work with other players on positive way which is hurting them.

In last few years, they spend too much if they use mind and spend this amount on their academies and have better players than surely things could be improved, and they are able to secure better results in the Champions League.