French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[bitgolden]

Its majorly a French game, mostly French teams are the ones that gets to participate in this games, they only have PSG as one of the most solid team across almost all of the French tournaments where in they participate so them dominating this too shouldn't come with any form of surprise as they are still in their less competitive region. this is one of the reasons they usually don't talk much about this competition or even count it as one of their major wins for the season as their dominance on this is most times almost sealing that they don't really need all that efforts to get it.

Honestly, looking at the ligue one, we could see how PSG dominates all the time, so whenever there is a cup to be played among the French teams, it's normal and expected for PSG to be the best team. Doesn't mean they will win it all the time, have we seen PSG do the double every single year? Of course not, we have seen them do a lot worse, we have seen them miss the cup chance many times before, so we can say that, while we do expect PSG to win this game, it is also not guaranteed and that's the most important part.

Plus, not many players at PSG would care about this one, it is not a big one, hell most would think going back home would be postponed due to forced celebrations so they would even hate the fact that there is a final lol.

[ndutndut]

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

What happened to PSG in the UCL league, we can only say that in the end it is not about strategy or individualism, but it is all about emotions both on the field and in the dressing room. All players should have positive emotions and all communicate so that Enrique can easily organize what is determined in the next step. Maybe this is the problem with PSG right now, so no matter how great the coach is, PSG will never be able to compete in the UCL if they do not have a solid team.

This happens from year to year, even when PSG has many star players, it is like that, especially this season they do not have a single star player. In addition, what makes PSG difficult is probably the problem of pressure, because of course the pressure faced by PSG is heavier than Brest, Lille, and Monaco who play without any burden. However, in league one PSG is very dominant because in league one they are the ones who have a good squad compared to other teams. So I'm not sure there is a team that can shift PSG at the top of the standings.

[Sim_card]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

PSG's position in the Champion League standings is not about “not good enough” but, indeed, is a very bad position because PSG only in 25th position which means, PSG is really not in the top 24 which is the position to be able to qualify for the next round. Although indeed, there still a chance for PSG but still,  is not entirely easy for PSG there. About the Ligue 1 standings,  I personally think that Marseille and Monaco are in a fairly safe position with both having 30 points currently and 10 points different with PSG. Although Marseille and Monaco both managed to be in the top three but still,they still unable  to stop PSG's dominance  in winning the Ligue 1 trophy.

PSG is always at the top of the league rankings but cannot achieve the desired success in the Champions League. I think one of the biggest reasons for this situation is the difference between the teams in League 1 and the teams in the Champions League. When PSG's bad play is added to this situation, PSG remains far from success in the Champions League.

PSG being in 25th place is unexpected. The team needs to improve its game or they will be eliminated. The teams in the league not being able to challenge PSG causes PSG to be unable to resist against different teams in the Champions League.

The chance of PSG qualifying to the round of 16. They are not strong in UCL and this has been their worst performance so far. Maybe, it's the new format that's also affecting their performance. PSG is the best in their league but they're an average club in UCL.

[Webetcoins]

I think Luis Enrique really wants to build a squad without star players and see how much ability he has to build the team but the fact is Luis Enrique can't make PSG appear strong in the Champions League without star players, although having star players doesn't necessarily make PSG win the UCL title but at least PSG's performance is not as bad as it is now, Luis Enrique must think again about recruiting players who have a strong mentality so that PSG can perform well in all competitions not just in the domestic league.

Luis Enrique is one of the reputable coaches in soccer who understand ups and downs of the game with also have ability to do his best as he started his job with PSG things were never been good so he is doing his job with patient and having good encouragement with PSG management also done good job as they extended his contract which mean they are having faith in his strategy they are having no challenge into French league, but their main target is Champions League which is looking not easy but as things are going we can expect them to do much better in the future.

In this season we have chance of early elimination which could be heartbroken but still they can give comeback in next season which could be much stronger and better Luis Enrique is surely going to have good success as he is surely having motivation for serving his best for achieving dream of winning Champions League.

[SquallLeonhart]

War of words ongoing between Cristiano Ronaldo and the Ligue 1's social media team right now. Ronaldo had mentioned that he found the Saudi Professional League tougher than Ligue 1 (which I would agree). Obviously this was sort of humiliation for the French, who then resorted to personal attacks against Ronaldo. There is no doubt that the quality of Ligue 1 has declined over the years. And Ronaldo is right when he claims that Paris Saint-Germain is the only quality team left in the league.

No one having any doubt about French League is consistently on drop from top leagues due to their poor run and dominance of just one team which is having best results in last one decade with no other team is capable of having improvement or going for challenges Saudi League promoters are doing good job for bringing teams on level which is creating good interest of soccer fans in last few years if they are able to keep going like this surely we will have this league in top leagues it's matter of time.

French League completely fail to bring consistency for few clubs even their performance is having ups and downs, but consistency is problem which need quality players and competitiveness which is not coming in last few years if they fail to bring improvement then things can go from bad to worse which could be not good for the French soccer.

[bering]

War of words ongoing between Cristiano Ronaldo and the Ligue 1's social media team right now. Ronaldo had mentioned that he found the Saudi Professional League tougher than Ligue 1 (which I would agree). Obviously this was sort of humiliation for the French, who then resorted to personal attacks against Ronaldo. There is no doubt that the quality of Ligue 1 has declined over the years. And Ronaldo is right when he claims that Paris Saint-Germain is the only quality team left in the league.

Ronaldo statement at the globe soccer awards event has caused controversy at this time, although indeed what he said is mostly true, but that it has disturbed the minds of many parties in ligue 1 at the moment, Ronaldo's words are a crushing blow to the competition in ligue 1 which is easier today than the Saudi Arabian league, because so far PSG continues to dominate the league without any resistance from other teams so that actually Ronaldo only talks about the fact about the league, in addition to Ligue 1 social media posted a picture of Messi holding the World Cup trophy in reply for Ronaldo remarks, apart from that, even the teams in Ligue also attacked Ronaldo and claimed his remarks were nonsense as done by Monaco social media.

Ronaldo statement might be true that Ligue 1 is only dominated by PSG and for other league like Serie A or Premier League we have seen race title is very tight even for Premier League the champion have to be determined before the season ended and i know Manchester City is dominate this league too but they didn't get the title easily because Manchester City contender like Arsenal or Liverpool is quite strong.

But for Ligue 1 PSG always seems easy to win for every matches and seems there was no other teams who can beat them and every season too PSG never gets any decent contender so I think this is the causes why Ronaldo has been compared between Saudi Pro League and Ligue 1 and this is also what makes it difficult for Ligue 1 to sell their broadcasting rights

[Lidger]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

So far, PSG have survived in the Champions League competition, but when they face tougher opponents, it will be a tough task to survive their Champions League journey. PSG haven't built a squad this season that can challenge them against the big teams. Maybe the teams they are facing now in the Champions League are their equals but in the next round their opponents will not be their equals but much stronger teams. There is not much to expect from PSG in the Champions League this season. Maybe at most they can qualify for the next round but then it's pretty much guaranteed that they won't make it to the quarter finals or semi finals.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

It is indeed very surprising until now because PSG is only good in Ligue 1, but still very bad in the Champions League that even PSG's position in the UCL standings is not good enough if we compare it with the other three teams from France such as Brest, Lille and Monaco. Even though the three teams also do not have star players, they can still play much better in the UCL even though they cannot play consistently enough in Ligue 1 until this season. And for the second half of this season I hope that teams like Monaco and Lille can make better breakthroughs so that Ligue 1 can look fiercer in terms of competition.

Almost every season PSG always has difficulty competing in the UCL, even this season their position is very disadvantageous compared to other Ligue 1 representatives. PSG has always had difficulty competing in the UCL, they have not been able to find a way out until now, this season their chances are very small because they are threatened with failing to qualify for the last 16. PSG have only managed to maintain their dominance in Ligue 1, but they are like a mediocre team when playing in more competitive competitions.

[Captain Corporate]

People keep saying that it is super easy for PSG to win the league like that's such a simple task, which isn't a simple task to do even with money, but lets leave that aside for a minute and talk about how the same people who think its easy to win every year, also are the people who criticize PSG for doing worse than other french teams in UCL as well. I mean, are they good or are they bad? Is Brest or Monaco or Lille are good or bad? If they are good, then its great for PSG to beat them, if they are bad, how are they ranking so high at UCL standings? I believe, what they are doing, not just winning the league but the longevity of their domination is definitely great. We saw recently how City dominated for a while and look where they are now, PSG never has that, they always keep being the best, we should focus on that a lot more.

[tusandii]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

I am surprised that league 1 clubs like Lille, Brest and Monaco all perform better than PSG in the Champions League but they are not playing well in the domestic league and even trying to give a surprise even though the Champions League is more difficult in terms of competition at least for this new format but somehow these clubs can perform well, I think if these clubs can perform as strong as in the UCL they might be able to face PSG and break their dominance but it seems they are more focused on the big competition.

[Farma]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

I am surprised that league 1 clubs like Lille, Brest and Monaco all perform better than PSG in the Champions League but they are not playing well in the domestic league and even trying to give a surprise even though the Champions League is more difficult in terms of competition at least for this new format but somehow these clubs can perform well, I think if these clubs can perform as strong as in the UCL they might be able to face PSG and break their dominance but it seems they are more focused on the big competition.

PSG has financial strength above the average Ligue 1 team so I don't think there is any team that puts pressure on PSG in Ligue 1 unless there is a big surprise because overall we can assess and measure the strength of the teams.
For the competition in the Champion League it is different because it is inhabited by top European teams and PSG does not have the strength to do that, I am not surprised by what happened because PSG has not been able to compete with top European teams and that also indicates that Ligue 1 is not competitive when none of their representatives can compete fiercely on the European stage.

[ancafe]

Sometimes things don't go well. We can talk about such things for Paris Saint-Germain. Although they have a great squad, I remember one time they were paired with Manchester City and Manchester City was in a very good period and City eliminated them. This year, Paris Saint-Germain is only fighting for the Playoffs. Things are going their way in the French League, but what is important is that they have been disappointing in the Champions League this year.

There has been no improvement for Paris Saint-Germain in fighting for better results in the Champions League and they have always failed to achieve the final result for the championship. This is a difficulty that perhaps no coach has been able to overcome because even though they have a number of great players in it, it does not give certainty for Paris Saint-Germain. I think there are still many things that may need to be done and it may also affect the development of young players in the academy so that expecting success by recruiting great players has not given positive results for Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain are quite strong in Ligue 1 and even no team has been able to break their dominance. But the most important thing is how they can compete in the Champions League is the effort they need to improve and things are getting more difficult at the moment, even though Manchester City themselves are also in quite bad shape.

[Adiljutt156]

It seems like discussing PSG has become boring because whatever happens, the guarantee of this season's title will still be held by PSG. The 10-point difference is very far and it is very difficult to catch up. On the one hand, it will be more interesting if we discuss the competition for the runner-up position which is currently being fought over by Marseille and Monaco. Maybe it's too early, but I think Marseille will be more worthy of being the runner-up this season.

Paris Saint-Germain football team is top class team of this tournament and occupied firm position on the 1st and that team has 40 points on the table and lower teams have very less points as comparison to Paris Saint-Germain because that team performance is next level and continuously winning the matches and Monaco football team has huge difference of points which will play next match against Paris Saint-Germain football team. Paris Saint-Germain team won last 4 matches and 1 match draw and Monaco football team could win only 2 matches out of 5 matches and two matches were lost by that team and one match was draw. The head to head performance of Paris Saint-Germain us dominant because that team won 2 matches against Monaco team and Monaco team could win only 1 match.

[hyudien]

PSG performance in the Champions League this season is nothing to write home about. They are only putting up good performances in their domestic league. I don't know why no club can shock PSG in Ligue 1, and win the league from them, because their dominance is what make them feel that they are strong enough to big among the big teams in UCL, but I don't see them as one.

I am surprised that league 1 clubs like Lille, Brest and Monaco all perform better than PSG in the Champions League but they are not playing well in the domestic league and even trying to give a surprise even though the Champions League is more difficult in terms of competition at least for this new format but somehow these clubs can perform well, I think if these clubs can perform as strong as in the UCL they might be able to face PSG and break their dominance but it seems they are more focused on the big competition.

I think one of the things that made them perform well was because they played without any burden, in other words they did not set high targets. I understand when a team will definitely expect the best results, but when it is forced too much then it will also be a burden for them in a competition. So I think as I said at the beginning, they played freely without thinking about what results they would get, or there were no very high targets. Sometimes things like that can help a team, when a team plays without any burden they can actually show better things.

[Hirose UK]

People keep saying that it is super easy for PSG to win the league like that's such a simple task, which isn't a simple task to do even with money, but lets leave that aside for a minute and talk about how the same people who think its easy to win every year, also are the people who criticize PSG for doing worse than other french teams in UCL as well. I mean, are they good or are they bad? Is Brest or Monaco or Lille are good or bad? If they are good, then its great for PSG to beat them, if they are bad, how are they ranking so high at UCL standings? I believe, what they are doing, not just winning the league but the longevity of their domination is definitely great. We saw recently how City dominated for a while and look where they are now, PSG never has that, they always keep being the best, we should focus on that a lot more.

One thing I would say to what you have said here is about looking at the stability of each team from various leagues which of course varies, there are many teams that are strong in the domestic league but bad in other competitions whether it is UCL or Europa League and vice versa there are teams with lower quality in the domestic league but they are strong in other competitions.
For example Real Madrid who performed not so bad in La Liga even though they experienced decline but they are still quite strong and when in the UCL competition they almost lost their place for the play-off round and only got 3 win with 3 loss.

[Weawant]

Ronaldo statement at the globe soccer awards event has caused controversy at this time, although indeed what he said is mostly true, but that it has disturbed the minds of many parties in ligue 1 at the moment, Ronaldo's words are a crushing blow to the competition in ligue 1 which is easier today than the Saudi Arabian league, because so far PSG continues to dominate the league without any resistance from other teams so that actually Ronaldo only talks about the fact about the league, in addition to Ligue 1 social media posted a picture of Messi holding the World Cup trophy in reply for Ronaldo remarks, apart from that, even the teams in Ligue also attacked Ronaldo and claimed his remarks were nonsense as done by Monaco social media.

This is his own personal opinion but then it turns out people are taking it too deep, he's speaking form his own experience having played in different teams and leagues and across over various continents tooo, all of that put together probably have informed his reason for saying all of that that he did mentioned about the leagues and so for me i think what PSG would have done would have better been to trying to adjust buy implementing and making some adjustments to improve them generally and not trying to fight the statement so much.

[Palakka]

Ronaldo statement at the globe soccer awards event has caused controversy at this time, although indeed what he said is mostly true, but that it has disturbed the minds of many parties in ligue 1 at the moment, Ronaldo's words are a crushing blow to the competition in ligue 1 which is easier today than the Saudi Arabian league, because so far PSG continues to dominate the league without any resistance from other teams so that actually Ronaldo only talks about the fact about the league, in addition to Ligue 1 social media posted a picture of Messi holding the World Cup trophy in reply for Ronaldo remarks, apart from that, even the teams in Ligue also attacked Ronaldo and claimed his remarks were nonsense as done by Monaco social media.

This is his own personal opinion but then it turns out people are taking it too deep, he's speaking form his own experience having played in different teams and leagues and across over various continents tooo, all of that put together probably have informed his reason for saying all of that that he did mentioned about the leagues and so for me i think what PSG would have done would have better been to trying to adjust buy implementing and making some adjustments to improve them generally and not trying to fight the statement so much.

The statement has caused controversy although what he said is true, I think Ronaldo's remarks should actually be criticism that they can accept well, not only from experienced footballers but we as spectators can also compare which league is better today with more competitive competition happening, the Ligue 1 authorities should be able to take the criticism as constructive feedback  to make adjustments and not to instead of denying the statement, when the Ligue 1 authorities took Ronaldo's remarks as an insult, but in my opinion, for PSG it is a compliment that  indeed  has shown how powerful they have been in Ligue 1 so far .

[Lidger]

People keep saying that it is super easy for PSG to win the league like that's such a simple task, which isn't a simple task to do even with money, but lets leave that aside for a minute and talk about how the same people who think its easy to win every year, also are the people who criticize PSG for doing worse than other french teams in UCL as well. I mean, are they good or are they bad? Is Brest or Monaco or Lille are good or bad? If they are good, then its great for PSG to beat them, if they are bad, how are they ranking so high at UCL standings? I believe, what they are doing, not just winning the league but the longevity of their domination is definitely great. We saw recently how City dominated for a while and look where they are now, PSG never has that, they always keep being the best, we should focus on that a lot more.

It is easy for PSG to win the local league title because PSG is stronger than other teams in the local league and PSG is a team with consistent performance in the local league. PSG is a strong team so they can easily win against other teams and this confidence helps them to stay at the top of the points table. If it was difficult for them to win the local league title, they could not win the France league title consistently. If another France league team ever wins the local league title I will applaud that team but I think psg will keep up their tradition even if they have to spend more money they will not hesitate.

[Leviathan.007]

PSG are ready to get Mohamed Salah
Salah is complaining about his contract extension with Liverpool and sarcastically said that Liverpool does not want to take the initiative to keep their big star
And this means that the conditions are ready to attract him and PSG has acted first of all
salah is shining these days and many people him to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or
PSG had a call with salah and told him: "If he goes to paris as a free agent in the summer, they will sign a three year agreement with him, salah's salary during this period will be 500 thousand euros per week. 2 million euros per month and 24m euros per year. Salah will earn nearly 75 million euros in three years in Paris."
This transfer will be a win-win for psg. not only will they not have to pay a huge amount to liverpool, but they will also find a very good replacement for their lost star kylian mbappe. It seems that nasser Al-Khelaifi, who got Mbappe out of Real Madrid's grasp in a similar scenario, now wants to implement the same scenario on Liverpool.

[Velvet78]

PSG are ready to get Mohamed Salah
Salah is complaining about his contract extension with Liverpool and sarcastically said that Liverpool does not want to take the initiative to keep their big star
And this means that the conditions are ready to attract him and PSG has acted first of all
salah is shining these days and many people him to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or
PSG had a call with salah and told him: "If he goes to paris as a free agent in the summer, they will sign a three year agreement with him, salah's salary during this period will be 500 thousand euros per week. 2 million euros per month and 24m euros per year. Salah will earn nearly 75 million euros in three years in Paris."
This transfer will be a win-win for psg. not only will they not have to pay a huge amount to liverpool, but they will also find a very good replacement for their lost star kylian mbappe. It seems that nasser Al-Khelaifi, who got Mbappe out of Real Madrid's grasp in a similar scenario, now wants to implement the same scenario on Liverpool.

It sounds interesting. Weren't they looking for a CF as a priority?    I mean they are planning to send Kolo Muani from the team soon. There are already many news pointing to their interest in bringing Osimhen into his place as well.

When it comes to the Salah interest, of course it must be exciting for the fans too. But PSG already has Dembele as RW you know. There would be a big conflict in case of signing Salah. You can say that Dembele can use his both foot effective so he can play on the left wing as well. However then there are Barcola and Doue playing already. Does Luis Enrique think of benching them both? If the answer is yes then okay. Salah would surely be a huge strength addition to the attacking line at PSG. But I think he wants to hear from Liverpool about a new contract first.