5 takeaways from a fascinating weekend of European football

#3 This might be PSG’s easiest title win ever

Monaco and the other chasers look ill-equipped to challenge PSG

The 2018-19 Ligue 1 season is just 3 games in, but it does not seem presumptuous to state that PSG will once again stroll to the title. This is based not on the quality of the Parisien team (they are by far the best team in the league), but rather it’s based on the shared incompetence of the chasing pack.

Another season of wholesale changes in the playing staff has seen AS Monaco look disjointed and uncertain in their three league games so far. 4 points in three matches read for grim viewing for fans of Les Rouges et Blancs (The Red and Whites).

Leonardo Jardim will need to work quickly to integrate the over 12 new players (plus returnees who were on loan last season) but it looks to be getting even more difficult.

Not much was expected of Olympique Marseille following their relative inactivity in the transfer market, but the team’s ardent fans will have been disappointed by Les Olympiens (The Olympians) performances so far. Like Monaco, 4 points from 9 in games against mid-table fodder like Rennes, Nimes, and Toulouse does not bode well for Rudi Garcia’s side.

Lyon has been better but not by much, with captain Nabil Fekir yet to find his feet after the World Cup and his failed transfer to Liverpool. While the team has 2 wins from three games, it has been a slog, with the team not playing with its usual swagger.

All three sides will need to up their game considerably if they are to stand any chance of stopping PSG from winning its 4th Ligue 1 title in 5 years.