2014 Coupe de la Ligue final

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2014 Coupe de la Ligue final
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Event 2013–14 Coupe de la Ligue
Lyon Paris Saint-Germain
Ligue 1 Ligue 1
12
Date19 April 2014
Venue Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Man of the Match Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) [1]
Referee Stéphane Lannoy
Attendance78,489
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The 2014 Coupe de la Ligue final was the 20th final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 19 April 2014 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and was contested between Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain. PSG won 2–1 and became the first club to win the competition four times, ahead of Bordeaux and Marseille.

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The winner of the final should have been guaranteed a UEFA Europa League place for the 2014–15 season, but PSG had already qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League via its league position.

Build-up

Team backgrounds

Lyon appeared in its fifth final of the Coupe de la Ligue. The Rhône-Alpes-based club won its only league cup title in 2001 defeating Monaco 2–1 after extra time. [2] In Lyon's three other finals appearances, the club finished runner-up in 1996, 2007 and 2012 to Metz, Bordeaux and Marseille respectively. [3]

In their four previous finals, Paris Saint-Germain had won three: the inaugural final in 1995 against Bastia, in 1998 against Bordeaux in a penalty shootout, and a 2-1 win over Lens in 2008. Their one defeat in a final had been in 2000, losing to second-tier Gueugnon. [3] PSG manager Laurent Blanc had won the 2009 final with Bordeaux.

The two teams met in the league six days before the final, Lyon winning 1–0 at home through Jordan Ferri to inflict only PSG's second league defeat of the season and prevent them from possibly winning the title on that day. [4] However, Lyon manager Rémi Garde, said "The two matches shouldn't be compared. We were at home and on Saturday we're away from home. We're closer to Paris than Lyon. They are two competitions with different ingredients. I'm not worried that we'll relax after our win. We'll start from scratch." [5]

PSG were disadvantaged by the loss through injury of Ligue 1 top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was injured in their Champions League victory over Chelsea on 2 April. As a result, Edinson Cavani moved to centre-forward. First-choice goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu was rested for PSG, with Nicolas Douchez starting instead. A BBC preview to the match said, "Champions League heartbreak, losing your best player through injury and then being beaten by tonight's opponents in your last game. It's fair enough to say Paris St-Germain's build-up to the French League Cup final hasn't been ideal." [6]

Ticketing

The Coupe de la Ligue final has been played every year at the Stade de France since 1998, following the stadium's completion. The stadium has a capacity of 81,338 spectators. Both clubs will receive the same quota of tickets, which are distributed to season ticket holders and through each club's ticket sales at a later date. Ticketing information was released on 12 February 2014. [7]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Lyon Round Paris Saint-Germain
OpponentResult 2013–14 Coupe de la Ligue OpponentResult
Reims (H)3–2Round of 16 Saint-Étienne (H)2–1 ( a.e.t. )
Marseille (H)2–1Quarter-finals Bordeaux (A)3–1
Troyes (H)2–1Semi-finals Nantes (A)2–1

Lyon

As a Ligue 1 club involved in a European campaign, Lyon entered in the Round of 16 on 18 December 2013 and defeated Reims 3–2 at home, with all goals in the second half, Lyon's through Bafétimbi Gomis, Alexandre Lacazette and Yoann Gourcuff. In the quarter-finals on 15 January 2014, again at home, they beat Marseille 2–1 through Gourcuff and Gomis. Lyon's semi-final was at home against Ligue 2 club Troyes on 5 February, and they won 2–1 after Lacazette and Gomis scored in the first half hour of play.

Paris Saint-Germain

Due to the same circumstances, PSG also entered the tournament at the same stage on the same day, and played holders Saint-Étienne at home in their first match. Edinson Cavani put the home team ahead in the first half, before Mevlüt Erdinç equalised late on. Cavani then scored the winner within the last five minutes of extra time. In the quarter-finals on 14 January, PSG travelled to the Stade Chaban-Delmas to play against Bordeaux. Javier Pastore scored the first goal at the end of the first half, with André Biyogo Poko equalising soon after play resumed. With two goals in the last five minutes of the match, Adrien Rabiot and Blaise Matuidi put PSG into the semi-finals. At the Stade de la Beaujoire, PSG gained the lead early on through Zlatan Ibrahimović, and the last ten minutes saw Olivier Veigneau equalise and Ibrahimović score the winner.

Match

Summary

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PSG captain Thiago Silva with the trophy

After 178 seconds of play, Edinson Cavani opened the scoring for PSG by tapping in a cross from left-back Maxwell which beat Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes. Cavani gained advantage by playing in a preferred centre-forward position due to the injury to Zlatan Ibrahimović, and soon after scoring forced a save by a volley. PSG defender Alex had a goal ruled out for offside, and Cavani converted a penalty won when Lopes fouled Lucas. [8] A chance for a first-half hat-trick was denied when Cavani missed a one-on-one from eight yards out, and in the first ten minutes of the second half, Alexandre Lacazette scored for Lyon by running from the halfway line and then shooting from 20 yards. Despite then dominating possession, Lyon had few subsequent chances to equalise. [9]

Details

Lyon 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain
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Report 		Cavani Soccerball shade.svg4', 33' (pen.)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,489
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
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Lyon
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Paris Saint-Germain
GK16 Flag of Portugal.svg Anthony Lopes Yellow card.svg 32'
RB14 Flag of France.svg Mouhamadou Dabo Sub off.svg 54'
CB5 Flag of Serbia.svg Milan Biševac Yellow card.svg 72'
CB23 Flag of France.svg Samuel Umtiti
LB3 Flag of Cameroon.svg Henri Bedimo Sub off.svg 90+2'
DM21 Flag of France.svg Maxime Gonalons (c)
CM24 Flag of France.svg Corentin Tolisso
CM28 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Arnold Mvuemba
AM17 Flag of France.svg Steed Malbranque Sub off.svg 68'
CF18 Flag of France.svg Bafétimbi Gomis
CF10 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Lacazette
Substitutes:
GK30 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Gorgelin
DF2 Flag of Algeria.svg Mehdi Zeffane
DF4 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Bakary Koné Sub on.svg 90+2'
MF20 Flag of France.svg Gaël Danic
FW19 Flag of France.svg Jimmy Briand Sub on.svg 54'
FW26 Flag of Cameroon.svg Clinton N'Jie
FW31 Flag of France.svg Nabil Fekir Sub on.svg 68'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Rémi Garde
GK1 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Douchez
RB26 Flag of France.svg Christophe Jallet
CB13 Flag of Brazil.svg Alex
CB2 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Silva (c)
LB17 Flag of Brazil.svg Maxwell
DM8 Flag of Italy.svg Thiago Motta
CM24 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Verratti Yellow card.svg 18'Sub off.svg 74'
CM14 Flag of France.svg Blaise Matuidi
RW29 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Sub off.svg 90+1'
CF9 Flag of Uruguay.svg Edinson Cavani
LW22 Flag of Argentina.svg Ezequiel Lavezzi Sub off.svg 75'
Substitutes:
GK30 Flag of Italy.svg Salvatore Sirigu
DF5 Flag of Brazil.svg Marquinhos
DF21 Flag of France.svg Lucas Digne
MF4 Flag of France.svg Yohan Cabaye Sub on.svg 74'
MF7 Flag of France.svg Jérémy Ménez Sub on.svg 90+1'
MF25 Flag of France.svg Adrien Rabiot
MF27 Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Pastore Sub on.svg 75'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Laurent Blanc

Man of the Match:
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) [1]

Assistant referees:
Mickaël Annonier
Frédéric Cano
Fourth official:
Eric Dansault
Additional assistant referees:
Nicolas Rainville
Bartolomeu Varela

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

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