Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)
Any thoughts on this?
Things did not go the way most people have expected (myself included). I thought if Chelsea were to win, it would be mostly down to luck, i.e. a lucky goal by Chelsea and ineffective strikes by PSG, or winning by penalties etc, but that wasn't the case. Chelsea was clearly a better team tonight, despite PSG's dominance in ball possession.
Was Maresca better at setting strategy than Enrique? Was it Chelsea performing unexpectedly well, or PSG underperforming?
Could other French clubs take a lesson from Chelsea's performance tonight and use that against PSG in the league games?
I'm not sure what to think about that loss, but all the aura they had after beating Real 4-0 is now gone.
This competition has always been very random since the beginning. I confess that I'm not surprised by this result, which is why I didn't place a bet. Any team with luck could win this competition. If there were teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Barcelona, Sporting, and PSV in this competition, then we would see much more competition, but all I saw were many Brazilian teams. PSG was unlucky to face strong opponents. They are not mutants. It was obvious that after running so much in the game against Real Madrid, they would be exhausted. Fortunately, the real competitions return next month.