French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[hahay]

I think Rennes can be recognized as tough opponent for PSG next week this because on the previous meetings Rennes can able to beat PSG several times besides that currently Rennes is the team who still unbeatable along with Nice on Ligue 1 moreover since last season Rennes has good records during playing at home that in the last 8 matches on Ligue 1 Rennes was still unbeatable and Rennes even can able to beat their opponents just like Nantes and Metz with huge scores at home so this is really hard match for PSG

PSG is under pressure now because unlike last season which they always be in the top of standings league but this season PSG have to hard struggle to gets the winning results for every matches and although from squad quality PSG is better than Rennes but i feel like Rennes has a potention to make PSG get in trouble and make PSG failed to collect 3 points from this match

Interesting indeed, although Rennes has so far this season managed to be unbeaten but in fact, the position of Rennes in the Ligue 1 standings that Rennes is exact below PSG with a gap of one point. So yes, although Rennes is still unbeaten so far this season but still, there seems to be no definite guarantee for Rennes to beat PSG. Because anyway, from the odds available, at least PSG is still a little more favored, even though PSG is playing away but it looks like PSG still has a chance to win too. Perhaps, if Rennes will still managed with a good performance, maybe it looks like the match could end with a draw too.

[asriloni]

If there were no financial difficulties, Barcelona could have recruited Mbappé early. Their top player, Lewandowski, also turned 35 and received a generous offer from Saudi Arabia. It is entirely possible that he leaves or loses form. Mbappé là phương án thay thế quá hoàn hảo. Barcelona cần bổ xung thêm cho phương án lâu dài. The cost of recruiting Mbappé will be no less than 200 million euros. The number is considered impossible, given Barcelona's financial situation At present. But I believe they will have to invest. They can sell off players or arrange a player exchange agreement with PSG.

It's impossible to happen even if barcelona was not facing financial difficulties. Did you think laporta will accept to buy mbappe for 1/4 of a billion? I don't even think laporta was willing to spend really huge sum amounts of money for mbappe.

You were not successfully translating your local language to the english. It's ridiculous lol. 

Barcleona will not even try to get him if PSG would be even lowering his price.

[temple]

I think Rennes can be recognized as tough opponent for PSG next week this because on the previous meetings Rennes can able to beat PSG several times besides that currently Rennes is the team who still unbeatable along with Nice on Ligue 1 moreover since last season Rennes has good records during playing at home that in the last 8 matches on Ligue 1 Rennes was still unbeatable and Rennes even can able to beat their opponents just like Nantes and Metz with huge scores at home so this is really hard match for PSG

PSG is under pressure now because unlike last season which they always be in the top of standings league but this season PSG have to hard struggle to gets the winning results for every matches and although from squad quality PSG is better than Rennes but i feel like Rennes has a potention to make PSG get in trouble and make PSG failed to collect 3 points from this match

Interesting indeed, although Rennes has so far this season managed to be unbeaten but in fact, the position of Rennes in the Ligue 1 standings that Rennes is exact below PSG with a gap of one point. So yes, although Rennes is still unbeaten so far this season but still, there seems to be no definite guarantee for Rennes to beat PSG. Because anyway, from the odds available, at least PSG is still a little more favored, even though PSG is playing away but it looks like PSG still has a chance to win too. Perhaps, if Rennes will still managed with a good performance, maybe it looks like the match could end with a draw too.

The Ligue 1 table looks indeed quite a bit unusual this season. I mean everything can still significantly change, but the biggest disappointment so far is Lens because they played three incredible seasons in a row from when they got promoted. Too bad that they are suffering from this downfall now. There is still enough time for them to come back from it, but I am not sure at the moment how many essential players left them and whether they were able to compensate for them.

But then there is Lyon and Marseille, both teams have huge problems at the moment. Lyon is nothing less than a disaster because they have been an established Ligue 1 club for so long. Their best times have been over for a while, but this looks ugly for them.

[QueenVera]

The Ligue 1 table looks indeed quite a bit unusual this season. I mean everything can still significantly change, but the biggest disappointment so far is Lens because they played three incredible seasons in a row from when they got promoted. Too bad that they are suffering from this downfall now. There is still enough time for them to come back from it, but I am not sure at the moment how many essential players left them and whether they were able to compensate for them.

But then there is Lyon and Marseille, both teams have huge problems at the moment. Lyon is nothing less than a disaster because they have been an established Ligue 1 club for so long. Their best times have been over for a while, but this looks ugly for them.

Lens really disappointed their fans this season, after finishing 2nd in the table last season and almost won with just a point behind the league winners, everyone expected them to be very tough this season and even challenge the dominance of PSG in the league this season but the failed to leave up to fans expectations, they're currently close to the relegation zone and have won only 2 matches out the 7 they've played so far, which is very poor for a team that finished second in the league last season.

 However it's very unusual to see that PSG who were the league leaders last season are currently in 5th position below Monaco, Brest, Reims and Nice, they're suprisenly not performing as expected and should be at the top of the league currently, but i believe with time teams like PSG,  Marseille and  Rennes would go back to their normal position as expected.

[rahmad2nd]

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If there were no financial difficulties, Barcelona could have recruited Mbappé early. Their top player, Lewandowski, also turned 35 and received a generous offer from Saudi Arabia. It is entirely possible that he leaves or loses form. Mbappé là phương án thay thế quá hoàn hảo. Barcelona cần bổ xung thêm cho phương án lâu dài. The cost of recruiting Mbappé will be no less than 200 million euros. The number is considered impossible, given Barcelona's financial situation At present. But I believe they will have to invest. They can sell off players or arrange a player exchange agreement with PSG.

As a Barcelona supporter, I don't see that Mbappe will be ideal with Barcelona. Now, Barcelona has several young talents at their disposal. Plus, one of Lewandowski's potential successors is Victo Rogue. although in reality, we can't even be sure about this player from Brazil. However, Barcelona has invested, so they can bring him in in 2024.
Meanwhile, Mbappe would be more ideal with Real Madrid. After all, the PSG star really wants to play with Los Blancos. He really wants to play in La Liga, but not with Barcelona but their biggest rival.

For now, Mbappe is still in the Paris Saint-Germain uniform. nothing else, apart from focusing on the team and playing with PSG as best as possible. In the next two days, Paris Saint-Germain will play an away match at Newcastle headquarters. So, now the focus of Enrique and his squad is on this match. To secure their position in the group rankings, Enrique must develop strategies and tactics to overthrow Newcastle in this meeting.

[hahay]

If there were no financial difficulties, Barcelona could have recruited Mbappé early. Their top player, Lewandowski, also turned 35 and received a generous offer from Saudi Arabia. It is entirely possible that he leaves or loses form. Mbappé là phương án thay thế quá hoàn hảo. Barcelona cần bổ xung thêm cho phương án lâu dài. The cost of recruiting Mbappé will be no less than 200 million euros. The number is considered impossible, given Barcelona's financial situation At present. But I believe they will have to invest. They can sell off players or arrange a player exchange agreement with PSG.

It's impossible to happen even if barcelona was not facing financial difficulties. Did you think laporta will accept to buy mbappe for 1/4 of a billion? I don't even think laporta was willing to spend really huge sum amounts of money for mbappe.

You were not successfully translating your local language to the english. It's ridiculous lol. 

Barcleona will not even try to get him if PSG would be even lowering his price.

It seems very unlikely that Mbappe is willing to join Barcelona because after all, so far Mbappe has also only been linked with Real Madrid and basically Mbappe is also willing to play for Real Madrid and not for Barcelona. After all, I think Mbappe has also felt playing for Barcelona, because in the last season Mbappe played with Messi and also Neymar as two Barcelona players who really have a big influence on Barcelona. Anyway, I personally only believe that Mbappe will only be willing to join Real Madrid and not for other teams.

[Jody.Drummer]

No matter how good a player is, eventually sooner or later they will leave, I am reminded of the words "no player is bigger than the club", and what is happening to Paris Saint Germain at the moment is that it seems that their players are bigger than the club, in this case none other than Mbappe. Now will they remain in this situation? I think there must be firmness from management not to focus too much on one player alone.
As you said, they have many good players in the club. I worry if other players start to feel something uncomfortable when they see their teammates being done more special than them. Because new problems will definitely come.

PSG is paying more attention than they should to Mbappe. He is just a player and if they give him more attention than they should, there is the possibility for other players to be unhappy because of giving more attention to Mbappe than other palyer. However we saw this season in some games even without Mbappe, PSG could still win the games. Also, since his players are about to leave at the end of this season, maybe they should start seeking alternatives for this player now.

As I said before, it will invite new problems to come to them. I totally understand that they need Mbappe, but what they're doing is a bit excessive and that's not good for a club like them. By doing something like that, then they will forget about other problems that they should solve. They are a big club that has a lot of money that they should be able to utilize more.
They can look at Manchester City in the Premier League, yes they have very good development as a club, and as a result they can realize something they dreamed of all along, namely winning the Champions League.

[temple]

The Ligue 1 table looks indeed quite a bit unusual this season. I mean everything can still significantly change, but the biggest disappointment so far is Lens because they played three incredible seasons in a row from when they got promoted. Too bad that they are suffering from this downfall now. There is still enough time for them to come back from it, but I am not sure at the moment how many essential players left them and whether they were able to compensate for them.

But then there is Lyon and Marseille, both teams have huge problems at the moment. Lyon is nothing less than a disaster because they have been an established Ligue 1 club for so long. Their best times have been over for a while, but this looks ugly for them.

Lens really disappointed their fans this season, after finishing 2nd in the table last season and almost won with just a point behind the league winners, everyone expected them to be very tough this season and even challenge the dominance of PSG in the league this season but the failed to leave up to fans expectations, they're currently close to the relegation zone and have won only 2 matches out the 7 they've played so far, which is very poor for a team that finished second in the league last season.

 However it's very unusual to see that PSG who were the league leaders last season are currently in 5th position below Monaco, Brest, Reims and Nice, they're suprisenly not performing as expected and should be at the top of the league currently, but i believe with time teams like PSG,  Marseille and  Rennes would go back to their normal position as expected.

But that is often the difference between the rich top teams and a team like Lens that had a few good years. It is much harder for them to maintain success. Stil the season has a lot of games to go, but it doesn't look good for them and so far they haven't shown any of the game they are able to play.

I am very excited for the Newcastle - PSG game. That's a great game and Newcastle has a big chance to make a step towards the next round while PSG could show that nobody should write them off in international competitions.

[topbitcoin]

That is not a parable because in the end at this time PSG has extended Mbappe's contract even though it is only a formality so there is no "if" in this case.
As for the future of Mbappe we will not be able to be that sure to determine his fate because in the end he determines himself. For the Arab club it will not be possible even when the transfer opened last summer, the 7-fold offer from the Arab club was flatly rejected and it will not be possible for Mbappe to leave with his current condition where he will still get more things at a big European club. And although several clubs are currently linked with Mbappe such as Liverpool and Chelsea but in the end everyone's interest clearly sees almost the same conclusion between Madrid and Mbappe because if we follow this discussion from when the domestic league is off and the transfer starts then Madrid is the strongest candidate.

I still think that his mind is at Real Madrid and to see that it is a prime position he could take is amazing. They have an amazing new young squad that is doing wonders even without him and they do not have a great superstar at the striker position neither. They have Joselu, which we all know is barely a mid table team striker so it is obvious that Real made the team ready for Mbappe if he wants to come there.

I believe that he is dreaming of the Real Madrid starting eleven every night with him at the striker instead and how many titles they could win. Just search youtube and see how many people tried that and you can see the results, people are going mad, winning 10 la liga in a row with such a squad because they are really that good. They are already good right now, would be insane with Mbappe at the front.

Joselu was originaly borrowed only as an option for Madrid so that his position was not vacant for their attacking line so that with the arrival of Mbappe it could be a good thing but for now there is still nothing that really becomes a benchmark apart from various speculations about Mbappe's future because we can only believe that Mbappe will definitely leave PSG as for where his next destination we will not be able to know for sure about that.
It's just that great expectations are in Madrid but actually there are still a few clubs that can still be rivals as before with the interest of Chelsea or Liverpool but of course with the money they spent at the beginning of this season it will obviously be very difficult for these two EPL clubs so Madrid is still at the forefront if we talk about speculation.

[sana54210]

If Mbappe leaves the club, he will surely choose Real Madrid as his next destination. Before this, there were several rumors of transfer between Real Madrid and Mbappe, but due to the lack of Mbappe's right decision, the deal was not successful, but if Mbappe leaves PSG in the future, then he will definitely come to Real Madrid and Real Madrid will accept him. Mbappe was offered a big offer by Liverpool in the transfer window but we heard a rumor that Mbappe rejected the offer. Even if the rumors are false, I still think that Mbappe will not go to the English Premier League, instead he will go to La Liga to play for Real Madrid.

We keep saying he will "surely" prefer to go there but we still do not know how much Real Madrid wants him. We think that we are going to be able to see this changing a bit and should be important to remember that if they do not want him all that much, I mean they may want him but not enough to pay him 60 million a year for example, that's more than anyone gets in double, the most anyone gets was like 20-25 if I am not wrong, so they may not want to pay 60 for a single player and if that's the case then I would guess that it is not going to be all that easy to handle for the negotiation talks for Mbappe as well.

Maybe getting 30-40 million from them may not be all that acceptable for him when he can get 50+ from another team. Just this summer he was offered 700, sure he rejected it, but it may not be all that easy to reject it when it is so real on the table this time around.

[Silence Scream]

It is natural that PSG wants Mbappé to continue contributing to the team. Not only that, they also want to continue to get his signature. If Mbappé leaves, they want to recoup part of their previous investment.
Yes, I have seen some benefits of the club having him. But he also needs a club that will take him to big trophies, something PSG is unlikely to do for him. Real Madrid is the name on the list he wants to go to the most. Manchester City and Barcelona are also very suitable for him to conquer Europe.

I think Mbappe will leave Paris Saint-Germain next summer anyway, and therefore the question for the club's management is whether he will leave the club as a free agent or whether the club will receive at least some compensation for this. We will watch how PSG will perform in the Champions League, because sometimes strong players have a huge motivation for the Uefa Champions League matches, and the attitude towards the domestic championship is approximately at the level of type and so we will win. I am very skeptical about Barcelona as a career continuation option for Mbappe, given the financial needs of the footballer and his entourage and, to put it mildly, not the best financial condition of Barcelona itself. Also in this case, Mbappe will have to face a huge obstruction in his address from the Real Madrid fans, because they can forgive everything, but not in the transition to the camp of their worst enemy.

If there were no financial difficulties, Barcelona could have recruited Mbappé early. Their top player, Lewandowski, also turned 35 and received a generous offer from Saudi Arabia. It is entirely possible that he leaves or loses form. Mbappé là phương án thay thế quá hoàn hảo. Barcelona cần bổ xung thêm cho phương án lâu dài. The cost of recruiting Mbappé will be no less than 200 million euros. The number is considered impossible, given Barcelona's financial situation At present. But I believe they will have to invest. They can sell off players or arrange a player exchange agreement with PSG.

I think Mbappe will not go to Barcelona. He joins the Real Madrid squad and if he has a choice, he will choose Madrid. Barcelona is still the same old, desirable, great Barcelona. They are still very prestigious, but they have problems with salaries and are in economically difficult times. If they were in a better economic period, then maybe they would have a chance with Mbappe. All we can say now is that Mbappe is still a big and powerful weapon for PSG.

[shogun47]

Mbappe does not need to prove himself. Because he has proven himself in many matches he has played before. I don't think Mbappe is as happy as he used to be in the French league. PSG has not strengthened its squad like other big teams and the entire burden falls on Mbappe's shoulders. This is something a football player wants, but not every match can handle it.

I think Mbappe's adventure with PSG should end now.

When you say about a player who is 25 years old that he does not need to prove himself, what is he still playing for? Guys like Ronaldo and Messi proved it to themselves every single season for over a decade, many years more than a decade. Messi proved to himself and to the world that he can be a World Cup winner. I agree that there is no obligation to prove anything, but Mbappe is 25 and he should not play his whole career in a mediocre league like Ligue 1. He is such a great player and everyone wants to see him in the Premier League or Real Madrid. Look at Bellingham, everything he did was perfectly well considered. 

[Velvet78]

Monaco are doing really great this season. They are very productive when it comes to scoring goals as well - 18 goals in 7 games. But their defending is not as solid as their attacking side. Therefore Monaco should focus on improving their defending more from now on. Because it won't be easy to keep being consistent during the season.

You need to stay solid in multiple areas to play bigger. This would be the only way to benefit from PSG's inconsistency. Lens missed the chance last season but I'm curious about whether it will be the same for Monaco as well. Monaco or some other team it would be nice to see a different champion.

[bitpotter]

Monaco are doing really great this season. They are very productive when it comes to scoring goals as well - 18 goals in 7 games. But their defending is not as solid as their attacking side. Therefore Monaco should focus on improving their defending more from now on. Because it won't be easy to keep being consistent during the season.

You need to stay solid in multiple areas to play bigger. This would be the only way to benefit from PSG's inconsistency. Lens missed the chance last season but I'm curious about whether it will be the same for Monaco as well. Monaco or some other team it would be nice to see a different champion.

Indeed, even though Monaco are currently at the top of the standings, they have also conceded so many goals in these 7 matches. But I think as long as they can win and have a winning mentality to keep winning then this is not a problem. On the other hand, maybe Monaco must be ready for the next match so that no points can be stolen from their opponents. This week's match will be against Reims and we know that Reims is currently in good form. So Monaco must be careful not to shift its position this week.

[QueenVera]

Monaco are doing really great this season. They are very productive when it comes to scoring goals as well - 18 goals in 7 games. But their defending is not as solid as their attacking side. Therefore Monaco should focus on improving their defending more from now on. Because it won't be easy to keep being consistent during the season.

You need to stay solid in multiple areas to play bigger. This would be the only way to benefit from PSG's inconsistency. Lens missed the chance last season but I'm curious about whether it will be the same for Monaco as well. Monaco or some other team it would be nice to see a different champion.

They've been brilliant so far and deserve to be in the position where they're, 18 goals in 7 matches is a very record and if they keep up with their good performance and continue scoring goals they could likely win the league this season,i feel they have to work on their defence by the winter window it needs to be well strengthened so as to maintain good performance and keeping consistency, else they'll be overtaken by Paris Saint-Germain when they get back in form.

 PSG are the rightful club to be at the top of the league currently cause they're the title defenders and got a more expensive and better squad than other clubs in the Ligue 1 but they're suprisenly underperforming and  are currently in the 5th position and 2points behind the league leaders, talking about Lens they're  in a very bad form and have started so poorly after finishing 2 last season, hopefully they'll recover their form on the long run.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Monaco are doing really great this season. They are very productive when it comes to scoring goals as well - 18 goals in 7 games. But their defending is not as solid as their attacking side. Therefore Monaco should focus on improving their defending more from now on. Because it won't be easy to keep being consistent during the season.

You need to stay solid in multiple areas to play bigger. This would be the only way to benefit from PSG's inconsistency. Lens missed the chance last season but I'm curious about whether it will be the same for Monaco as well. Monaco or some other team it would be nice to see a different champion.

Lens is slowly climbing up after it was getting struggle since the first match of the season. PSG may quite struggle to win league 1 again this season. This is caused by some clubs were performing so well like monaco. This is not the same like last season when PSG was not having serious competitor to win the league. PSG needs to work even harder now to make it happen. The club needs to focus in UCL caused by this is very important for the club.

PSG needs to put more effort into the league caused by it's starting to have strong competition. This season will be very strict season for PSG.

[Silence Scream]

Monaco are doing really great this season. They are very productive when it comes to scoring goals as well - 18 goals in 7 games. But their defending is not as solid as their attacking side. Therefore Monaco should focus on improving their defending more from now on. Because it won't be easy to keep being consistent during the season.

You need to stay solid in multiple areas to play bigger. This would be the only way to benefit from PSG's inconsistency. Lens missed the chance last season but I'm curious about whether it will be the same for Monaco as well. Monaco or some other team it would be nice to see a different champion.

Indeed, even though Monaco are currently at the top of the standings, they have also conceded so many goals in these 7 matches. But I think as long as they can win and have a winning mentality to keep winning then this is not a problem. On the other hand, maybe Monaco must be ready for the next match so that no points can be stolen from their opponents. This week's match will be against Reims and we know that Reims is currently in good form. So Monaco must be careful not to shift its position this week.

Even though he seems to be the leader of Monaco, there is a problem. This problem is the fact that they concede too many goals. They concede goals frequently, and their problems in this regard have been revealed by conceding 10 goals so far. Their victory in the match against Reims this week is very important. For this reason, the matches they will play in the next few weeks are very important for Monaco.

[ancafe]

It seems difficult if Mbappe will go to one the teams in EPL because Mbappe, if I look at Mbappe, seems to want to move to team that can lead him to the Champions League title, score for his team victory and give Mbappe bigger selling point and maybe there will be an opportunity if Mbappe will go to one the teams in the EPL but this possibility is very small because we all know how close Mbappe is to Madrid.

and on one hand, Mbappe himself at PSG always makes good contribution and his performance when competing in the UCL always give a strong performance to continue to win and always qualify for the next round. but unfortunately PSG still failed in the UCL even though Mbappe got support from Messi and Neymar but it was all in vain. so Mbappe strong desire to leave PSG and go to a team that can lead him to a career in the UCL will be Mbappe main target.

If Mbappe wants to achieve success in the Champions League, it might be appropriate for him to play at another club, because waiting for PSG to reach that stage will be impossible in the next few seasons. There were big offers from several EPL clubs in the last transfer market but no agreement was made, even Real Madrid, which is known for never failing to recruit the players they want, also failed to bring Mbappe there. I also want to see Mbappe playing in the EPL or in La Liga because there will be many things we might be able to see there, both individual achievements and for the club.

Mbappe's performance in Ligue 1 is quite extraordinary and he can always have a positive effect on his club, but when it comes to the Champions League they always fail to face clubs that are much more balanced. Even when the attacking trio they have are the world's top players, but they always fail to reach the final, even though if you look at the quality of the players they have, they can be said to be good and perfect.

[Oneandpure]

Lens is slowly climbing up after it was getting struggle since the first match of the season. PSG may quite struggle to win league 1 again this season. This is caused by some clubs were performing so well like monaco. This is not the same like last season when PSG was not having serious competitor to win the league. PSG needs to work even harder now to make it happen. The club needs to focus in UCL caused by this is very important for the club.

PSG needs to put more effort into the league caused by it's starting to have strong competition. This season will be very strict season for PSG.

Lens have won three matches in a row all competition from Ligue 1 until UEFA Champion League, seems excited with Lens back to the top performing in this season exactly success defeated Arsenal on Champion League match. Current standings in Ligue 1 although still in few slip above relegation zone teams but winning over Arsenal make Lens more confidence upcoming match in Ligue against against Lille.

Both domestic league and Champion League are important for Ligue 1 team, if can't performing well in domestic league and finish on Champion League spot standings I don't think how come they will participate in Champion League competition. But PSG have an exception, winning Champion League is most priority for them after failure every season and Luis Henrique could give difference result for PSG in Champion League performance.

[Weawant]

Monaco are doing really great this season. They are very productive when it comes to scoring goals as well - 18 goals in 7 games. But their defending is not as solid as their attacking side. Therefore Monaco should focus on improving their defending more from now on. Because it won't be easy to keep being consistent during the season.

You need to stay solid in multiple areas to play bigger. This would be the only way to benefit from PSG's inconsistency. Lens missed the chance last season but I'm curious about whether it will be the same for Monaco as well. Monaco or some other team it would be nice to see a different champion.

Lens is slowly climbing up after it was getting struggle since the first match of the season. PSG may quite struggle to win league 1 again this season. This is caused by some clubs were performing so well like monaco. This is not the same like last season when PSG was not having serious competitor to win the league. PSG needs to work even harder now to make it happen. The club needs to focus in UCL caused by this is very important for the club.

PSG needs to put more effort into the league caused by it's starting to have strong competition. This season will be very strict season for PSG.

Las season PSG had lesser competitors as they were more like the best team of the season as they played and climbed the standing so fast and remained up there till they won . But then it's gradually changing as they may likely loose that title this season if they do not try to play better as compared to their recent performance in the past few games although they had some of their players injured but then they should still look for a way to maintain their position as other teams are ready to take over at any time.

Lens last season was not as good as they are now although they are no very hot enough but they are gradually making it to the top but it still doesn't make them a better team tho so let's give them some more time and see if they will continue with their little progress or they will fall by the way. Lens may likely finish top four is they do not drop the energy they have now but it's not looking possible if they can win the title.

There are other teams who could pose a serious challenge to PSG this season if PSG continue with it's current form, it think some how the UCL could be a slight distraction for PSG so I will advise they should put in further energy into their local league as they have more chances there they don't have to reserve players for UCL and allow their position in their league suffer, or better still they could balance it, because I know how important the UCL title can mean to any team participating in the UCL