French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[swogerino]

PSG's victory in sight had to be broken up after Toulouse equalized in the final minutes of the game. As we can see, PSG has quite a hard time playing with their new squad and they seem to have lost concentration. Kylian Mbappe entered in the second half after replacing Lee Kang-In and also scored a goal for PSG's advantage via a penalty. But after that PSG was dull again and confused enough to widen the gap. Toulouse finally did the same for PSG by scoring a penalty kick. Not a good result for PSG, they got a draw again.

As I said I have always bad luck when it comes to gambling,in fact extremely bad luck I would consider since I was only waiting for them to win me a parlay with 9 games with relatively low odds yet they failed me once again.They are doing really bad in my honest opinion and if they get in the third round another draw or lost game the Ligue 1 most likely is not going to be won by them during this year.

I never seem to learn from my mistakes as for tomorrow I put Lille in another parlay and I am afraid they will make a surprise result too although they should take advantage from this error PSG made and win their game,the first game at home while they got a good result in the first week after equalizing against Nice away from home.

[imamusma]

I don't know what went wrong with PSG in their first two games of the season.
PSG were only able to end the match with a draw in these two matches and that was unbelievable. I could blame Lusi Enrique for maybe trying to experiment with his best form and line-up, but that has cost a team that are basically the favorites to win.

In conclusion, Toulouse, who played defensively, could also get points from the Toulouse team, that is clearly because PSG lost two of their stars at once, which in all likelihood has affected performance.

[Furious 7]

It can be said that there are no quality players in the PSG team at present. Mbappe and Dembele can only do great things in attack. However, the PSG team has serious problems with its midfielders and defense.

Last season PSG was also not that strong in terms of midfielders and defense so that PSG still had trouble winning a lot in the UCL even though they could still win trophies in Ligue1 because in Ligue1 there weren't many stronger teams last season. Meanwhile, this season PSG could experience even more severe difficulties in Ligue1 and in the UCL too because considering their defense is still not that strong so PSG can only rely on their front lines.

Now their problems are magnified because looking at their first 2 matches in Ligue 1 we can see the difference especially in attack and finishing.
The reshuffle for Neymar and Messi is still not as expected because looking at the intensity of the attack there is nothing wrong from them especially to create opportunities it's just that the finishing is still very bad in these last 2 matches.
Today Dembele and Mbappe played despite being substitutes but they too have not been able to make a real impact so far.
16 chances only 3 on target is really bad for a big club like PSG especially their opponents are far below their level.

[Leviathan.007]

Since Mbappe is getting far from Real Madrid there are some possibilities for him this season, he rejected the offer from PSG to extend his contract in this summer and he was waiting for Real Madrid to send an offer for him and hire this player and negotiations with PSG but Real Madrid wanted to wait and hire Mbappe as free agent.
Now since Mbappe is in a better situation in PSG than a few days ago, there is even a chance for him to extend his contract which can make him far from Real Madrid.

[Google+]

Now their problems are magnified because looking at their first 2 matches in Ligue 1 we can see the difference especially in attack and finishing.
The reshuffle for Neymar and Messi is still not as expected because looking at the intensity of the attack there is nothing wrong from them especially to create opportunities it's just that the finishing is still very bad in these last 2 matches.
Today Dembele and Mbappe played despite being substitutes but they too have not been able to make a real impact so far.
16 chances only 3 on target is really bad for a big club like PSG especially their opponents are far below their level.

PSG two matches at the start of this season were quite unimpressive because in the previous match they failed to win and also in today's match where PSG also failed to gain full points.

In my opinion, this is a significant setback for PSG in the last two matches because they have a number of good quality players but they have failed to gain full points in the two matches they have played.

Back mbappe into the psg squad still has not succeeded in making psg's performance in today's match because psg failed to win 3 points. I think Luis Enrique has a strong enough challenge to restore PSG strength after the departure of Neymar and Messi in the transfer window this season. Luis Enrique is expected to be able to bring PSG in the next match to get 3 points.

[QueenVera]

Since Mbappe is getting far from Real Madrid there are some possibilities for him this season, he rejected the offer from PSG to extend his contract in this summer and he was waiting for Real Madrid to send an offer for him and hire this player and negotiations with PSG but Real Madrid wanted to wait and hire Mbappe as free agent.
Now since Mbappe is in a better situation in PSG than a few days ago, there is even a chance for him to extend his contract which can make him far from Real Madrid.

After getting a goal In their first match it clear that PSG really needed Mbappe to stay in their club for at least a season before moving to another top European team, probably Realmadrid next summer, they lost most of their big names and losing Mbappe as well would had been a disaster for them, atleast they need a player that would stand out for them before the new signings begin to adapt to the squad.

 I don't think Mbappe would extend his contract with PSG again next summer, he almost made it to Realmadrid in this transfer window and we all know the actions PSG took to make a move impossible they increased his release clause and punished him for having talks with another club, and it was the severe punishment that made Mbappe sign another contract with them, but his new clause is favorable it allows him to move to another club by next summer if they come bidding with the right price, hopefully Madrid could still be interested in getting him by then.

[Docnaster]

PSG's victory in sight had to be broken up after Toulouse equalized in the final minutes of the game. As we can see, PSG has quite a hard time playing with their new squad and they seem to have lost concentration. Kylian Mbappe entered in the second half after replacing Lee Kang-In and also scored a goal for PSG's advantage via a penalty. But after that PSG was dull again and confused enough to widen the gap. Toulouse finally did the same for PSG by scoring a penalty kick. Not a good result for PSG, they got a draw again.

The return of Kylian Mbappe to the Paris Saint Germaine side I thought would help the club to comfortably beat Toulouse but little did I know that the home team were very prepared for the game against the French champions.
Luis Enrique hasn't convinced anyone at the club in his first two games that he has all it takes to the club to another level they've never reached before. PSG's only goal in the game was scored after they were awarded a penalty which Kylian Mbappe converted. Enrique with all the quality players in the PSG set-up must begin to get better results if he really want to remain as the manager of the club till the end of the season.

[Wend]

PSG's victory in sight had to be broken up after Toulouse equalized in the final minutes of the game. As we can see, PSG has quite a hard time playing with their new squad and they seem to have lost concentration. Kylian Mbappe entered in the second half after replacing Lee Kang-In and also scored a goal for PSG's advantage via a penalty. But after that PSG was dull again and confused enough to widen the gap. Toulouse finally did the same for PSG by scoring a penalty kick. Not a good result for PSG, they got a draw again.

The return of Kylian Mbappe to the Paris Saint Germaine side I thought would help the club to comfortably beat Toulouse but little did I know that the home team were very prepared for the game against the French champions.
Luis Enrique hasn't convinced anyone at the club in his first two games that he has all it takes to the club to another level they've never reached before. PSG's only goal in the game was scored after they were awarded a penalty which Kylian Mbappe converted. Enrique with all the quality players in the PSG set-up must begin to get better results if he really want to remain as the manager of the club till the end of the season.

This is an easy opportunity for the defending champion to take the first 3 points in this match. Enrique was unable to help PSG revive. In this match, they are rated much higher. They let Toulouse hold the draw in the last minutes. PSG they have not found stability after recent troubles. The big clubs will easily crush them if they continue with this form. I am witnessing a lousy PSG after parting with Messi and Neymar.

[snipie]

I don't know what is surprising more, a PSG draw vs Toulouse, although they pushed Mbappe and Dembele into the game, or Lyon losing by 4 goals to 1 vs Montpellier.
Montpellier last season wasn't that good at all. Lyon started this season horribly with 2 defeats including this harsh one vs Montpellier.
Otherwise Luis Enrique must be in an awkward situation with the dysfunction that his team have.

[W Jr.]

PSG is not doing well at all in the first two weeks of the tournament.I know there is still time for them to score but I doubt they will score as I am waiting only them to win a nice parlay with odds over 16 in total and usually I have extremely bad luck in gambling.Jokes aside they are not winning despite dominating the game against Toulouse until the 60th minute which is being played now and if they keep leaving points like this it may be a clear indicator PSG is not at the same level where they were these last years where they won the Ligue 1 title year after year.

The match ended in a 1-1 draw with two penalty goals. Toulouse scored 1 point from Paris and this 1 point is golden for them. Not every team can get this score from Paris, they should be congratulated on this. For France league 1, this year will be more difficult than last year. There are many championship contenders.

[borovichok]

The return of Kylian Mbappe to the Paris Saint Germaine side I thought would help the club to comfortably beat Toulouse but little did I know that the home team were very prepared for the game against the French champions.
Luis Enrique hasn't convinced anyone at the club in his first two games that he has all it takes to the club to another level they've never reached before. PSG's only goal in the game was scored after they were awarded a penalty which Kylian Mbappe converted. Enrique with all the quality players in the PSG set-up must begin to get better results if he really want to remain as the manager of the club till the end of the season.

Good news for the parisians as their most valuable and big name returns to the team squad. Kylian Mbappe have alot going through his mind, he's involved in good positioning, and he's the man that knows entirely how to net a goal for PSG at the present moment. The new signing are yet to blend in, still at the building and adapting process. Toulouse 1 and Paris Saint Germain 1, not actually the results they hoped in mind,  a Dissapointing game for PSG who dominated everything on the pitch but failed to score. PSG records two draws in a row. The new PSG boss, Luis Enrique is yet to proof his position is valid for the Parisians.

[OcTradism]

The return of Kylian Mbappe to the Paris Saint Germaine side I thought would help the club to comfortably beat Toulouse but little did I know that the home team were very prepared for the game against the French champions.

So PSG have to rely on Mbappe to find winnings and will they surrender the player in internal fight?

Luis Enrique hasn't convinced anyone at the club in his first two games that he has all it takes to the club to another level they've never reached before. PSG's only goal in the game was scored after they were awarded a penalty which Kylian Mbappe converted. Enrique with all the quality players in the PSG set-up must begin to get better results if he really want to remain as the manager of the club till the end of the season.

It's not convincing so far but he needs more time to do his job. I disagree that he must get good results immediately after joining PSG in this summer. PSG should be patient with their coach and avoid any unnecessary sack on Luiz Enrique because it will cause another chaos in their club and will break their plans for development with Luiz Enrique.

Good news for the parisians as their most valuable and big name returns to the team squad. Kylian Mbappe have alot going through his mind, he's involved in good positioning, and he's the man that knows entirely how to net a goal for PSG at the present moment. The new signing are yet to blend in, still at the building and adapting process. Toulouse 1 and Paris Saint Germain 1, not actually the results they hoped in mind

They must be clear that they will have to build up a new squad with new players as many players in their current squad are getting older and must be replaced in next some seasons. Their future might not have contribution of Mbappe so they must build up a new attacking system with a preparation for non existence and contribution of Mbappe.

If they continue to rely on Mbappe even a few months and fail to prepare for his departure in this season or next summer, they will have a shock with attacking system and will face with a mountain of difficult in a next summer.

[asriloni]

PSG is not doing well at all in the first two weeks of the tournament.I know there is still time for them to score but I doubt they will score as I am waiting only them to win a nice parlay with odds over 16 in total and usually I have extremely bad luck in gambling.Jokes aside they are not winning despite dominating the game against Toulouse until the 60th minute which is being played now and if they keep leaving points like this it may be a clear indicator PSG is not at the same level where they were these last years where they won the Ligue 1 title year after year.

Another horrible performance from PSG. Enrique doesn't give a lot of change to the club. Even with mbappe and the result is still the same. In fact, that the draw against toulouse was giving very bad impressions to the performance from PSG.
How can mbappe talked about the chance to win UCL while its club was not even able winning against toulouse? What a poor performance from him, mbappe was just scoring through penalty.
Good ball possessions up to 77% owned by PSG but horrible attacking line. Even with dembele and mbappe, nothing chance from the attacking line of PSG. Toulouse was a strong team. That's why i can understand the meaning of toulouse caused by this match.
Toulouse = Not Tou Louse.  People shall stop to think PSG can win UCL even when mbappe was playing again for the club. The result will always be the same. Having neymar and messi have become the best squad that has ever owned by PSG.

[Hirose UK]

Since Mbappe is getting far from Real Madrid there are some possibilities for him this season, he rejected the offer from PSG to extend his contract in this summer and he was waiting for Real Madrid to send an offer for him and hire this player and negotiations with PSG but Real Madrid wanted to wait and hire Mbappe as free agent.
Now since Mbappe is in a better situation in PSG than a few days ago, there is even a chance for him to extend his contract which can make him far from Real Madrid.

Day by day, Mbappe's status as a PSG player is uncertain or suspended because he has not been included in the list of players and has not been used again in several matches.
Initially, Real Madrid had made an offer for Mbappe, but PSG rejected it because they had a very high price for Mbappe and made Real Madrid have to withdraw from their intention to bring Mbappe to play with them.
If Real Madrid want Mbappe to be a free agent to be able to take him, then they have to wait for next season because now Mbappe still has one season remaining on his contract with PSG.
But Real Madrid's decision to take Mbappe when he was a free agent was the right decision and could save a budget that could affect the finances of a football team.
It seems that if Mbappe continues to be treated like this over time he will also get fed up and even more unwilling to discuss a contract extension with PSG so that in the end PSG will also feel a loss in any case including in terms of play in every match or even a shortfall.

[rojan]

In the French Soccer League Toulouse vs PSG two-team match, many games were played before halftime. However, neither team could score a goal before halftime. The players of both teams tried hard to score. However, after halftime, the players of both teams scored 1 goal each. In the match  Neither team could win. After watching the PSG team play I thought maybe PSG team will play well and win the match but due to their poor performance they did not win the match they drew and shared the points.

[len01]

Another horrible performance from PSG. Enrique doesn't give a lot of change to the club. Even with mbappe and the result is still the same. In fact, that the draw against toulouse was giving very bad impressions to the performance from PSG.
How can mbappe talked about the chance to win UCL while its club was not even able winning against toulouse? What a poor performance from him, mbappe was just scoring through penalty.
Good ball possessions up to 77% owned by PSG but horrible attacking line. Even with dembele and mbappe, nothing chance from the attacking line of PSG. Toulouse was a strong team. That's why i can understand the meaning of toulouse caused by this match.
Toulouse = Not Tou Louse.  People shall stop to think PSG can win UCL even when mbappe was playing again for the club. The result will always be the same. Having neymar and messi have become the best squad that has ever owned by PSG.

last time I said here that actually this was not only due to player factors but the strategy of the coach greatly affected the performance of all PSG players and actually I do not agree if Galtier is replaced by coach Enrique even though I do not know what the best strategy is but change coaches every season for I think that the wrong way because every season the coach usually evaluates the mistakes in the previous season to improve all strategies to be able to achieve maximum performance and actually Im sure that Galtier can actually plan for PSG future and what to do because of course Galtier knows what weakness of this team. and its a shame that PSG officials seem too ambitious to continue to get high quality players without thinking about ways to have a strong performance in the team to get the UCL title even though having Mbappe, Neymar and Messi it will be a waste if the coach does not make a good contribution appropriate.

I see that Gancalo Ramos also did not work well in this match even though he was superior to replace Mbappe but the reality was wrong and what even funnier is that PSG did not seem to need Mbappe when things were heating up at the time but in reality this 1 score was given by Mbappe contribution and just imagine, for example, Mbappe is only used as a substitute player without being allowed to appear on the field, Im sure PSG will get worse.

[rozak]

In the French Soccer League Toulouse vs PSG two-team match, many games were played before halftime. However, neither team could score a goal before halftime. The players of both teams tried hard to score. However, after halftime, the players of both teams scored 1 goal each. In the match  Neither team could win. After watching the PSG team play I thought maybe PSG team will play well and win the match but due to their poor performance they did not win the match they drew and shared the points.

PSG are having problems up front. in that match there were many chances, they controlled the ball. but they always failed in the final settlement. their midfield dominates, they are quite strong there. but Mbappe's absence seems to be felt by PSG's reduced strength in attack.
PSG got unsatisfactory results in their first 2 matches.

[borovichok]

PSG are having problems up front. in that match there were many chances, they controlled the ball. but they always failed in the final settlement. their midfield dominates, they are quite strong there. but Mbappe's absence seems to be felt by PSG's reduced strength in attack.
PSG got unsatisfactory results in their first 2 matches.

Two league games, two draws and two points on the table. PSG have record poor results in two games this season. Luis Enrique needs to get satisfactory results if he still wants to maintain his position in the club. The board and the supporters having a close glance at his strategy, dominating is not scoring, they need to score and they keep dominance of every game. Kylian Mbappe made a return to the club, so we should expect good solid results from the parisians in the forthcoming games. Besides this is freshly new season and these new players needs time before they could adapt to the team's pattern of game.

[swogerino]

In the French Soccer League Toulouse vs PSG two-team match, many games were played before halftime. However, neither team could score a goal before halftime. The players of both teams tried hard to score. However, after halftime, the players of both teams scored 1 goal each. In the match  Neither team could win. After watching the PSG team play I thought maybe PSG team will play well and win the match but due to their poor performance they did not win the match they drew and shared the points.

PSG are having problems up front. in that match there were many chances, they controlled the ball. but they always failed in the final settlement. their midfield dominates, they are quite strong there. but Mbappe's absence seems to be felt by PSG's reduced strength in attack.
PSG got unsatisfactory results in their first 2 matches.

It shows that PSG is not the same team it was when they had the best players as just a couple of them cannot finalize many scoring opportunities,it is a different team from the time they had quite some super star players in the team,they were different when Cavani,Ramos,Neymar,Di Maria were all playing together,at that time the difference with other teams was really big,now it is clear that relying only on Mbappe which came in the second half is not enough to dominate the Ligue 1 anymore.

[bering]

I don't know what is surprising more, a PSG draw vs Toulouse, although they pushed Mbappe and Dembele into the game, or Lyon losing by 4 goals to 1 vs Montpellier.
Montpellier last season wasn't that good at all. Lyon started this season horribly with 2 defeats including this harsh one vs Montpellier.
Otherwise Luis Enrique must be in an awkward situation with the dysfunction that his team have.

PSG players seems still required more time to adapt with Luis Enrique strategy besides that some of new players such as Goncalo Ramos, Lee Kang-in and Milan Škriniar still unable to performing well and 2 consecutive draw is really not satisfied results for PSG even Luis Enrique was admitted that he will be evaluate these results immediately but after Mbappe return to play i think PSG has good chances to restore their performance but next opponent for PSG is not easy because they have to fight against Lens next weekend

On the other hand i still don't get it to what happend with Lyon because yesterday on the paper they are the favourite but in fact Lyon was performing poor and lose from Montpellier with big scores that apparently Lyon still unable to find their shape and since last month Lyon still can't get a winning result so this is big alert for Laurent Blanc and he have to bringing Lyon to return to winning ways immediately because if Lyon lose again in the next match then i am sure the management will considering his position as a manager