2010 Coupe de la Ligue Final

2010 Coupe de la Ligue Final

Event	2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue
Marseille Bordeaux Ligue 1 Ligue 1 3 1
Date	27 March 2010
Venue	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee	Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
Attendance	79,000
Weather	11 °C (52 °F), Mostly Cloudy

The 2010 Coupe de la Ligue Final was the 16th final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a football competition for the 46 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel manages. The final took place on 27 March 2010 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. The match was contested by Ligue 1 clubs Olympique de Marseille and Bordeaux, who were the defending champions of the competition. The winner is guaranteed a UEFA Europa League place for the 2010–11 season with their appearance being dependent on whether they qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The final and both semi-finals were broadcast live on France 3.

Marseille claimed the first title since their 1992–93 UEFA Champions League triumph following a 3–1 victory over Bordeaux. The goals were scored by Souleymane Diawara, Mathieu Valbuena, and Mathieu Chalmé who converted an own goal. Ludovic Sané scored Bordeaux's lone goal. Because of their Ligue 1 title, Marseille claimed the league and league cup double. It became the second straight season a club had won the league and league cup double with finalists Bordeaux achieving it the previous season.

Background

Team information

Marseille entered the final having last appeared in a final of a knockout competition at the 2006–07 edition of the Coupe de France when they lost to Sochaux on penalties. Marseille's appearance in the final marked their debut in the competition's ultimate match.^[1] Prior to this appearance, the club's best finish in the competition was reaching the semi-finals during the 2002–03 season where they lost 0–1 to AS Monaco, who were the eventual champions.^[2] Monaco were managed by Didier Deschamps, Marseille's current manager.

Bordeaux entered the competition as defending champions having defeated Ligue 2 club Vannes in the 2009 edition of the final by a score of 4–0. Bordeaux had won the competition a record three times. They share this honor with Paris Saint-Germain. This year's appearance marked Bordeaux's sixth appearance in the competition's final match, which also is a record. The Aquitaine-based outfit attempted to become the first club in the history of the competition to successfully defend their title.

In total, Bordeaux and Marseille contested each other 49 times in league play with the latter club having the advantage winning 27 matches. Bordeaux have accounted for 17 wins, while five were played to a draw. The clubs had never faced each other in the Coupe de la Ligue.^[3] The club's most recent meetings came during the 2009–10 Ligue 1 season. The first match was played on 30 August 2009 at the Stade Vélodrome. The highly anticipated match ended in a 0–0 draw and was played in front of 55,920 spectators, the highest attended match this season in Ligue 1.^[4] On 17 January 2010, the return match was played in Bordeaux. The match ended in 1–1 with Marseille's goalkeeper Steve Mandanda scoring an own goal for Bordeaux during injury time of the first half and midfielder Benoît Cheyrou equalizing for Marseille nine minutes from time.^[5]

Injuries

Marseille entered the match without recent French international Benoît Cheyrou due to a calf injury.^[6] Fellow midfielders Bakari Kone and Fabrice Abriel were questionable for the match with the former likely to make the bench, while the latter won't. Argentina international Gabriel Heinze returned to the team after having miss three weeks due to a stress fracture in his right fibula.

Bordeaux were without vice-captain and centre back Marc Planus due to a knee injury.^[6] The club was also without France under-21 international Grégory Sertic who will miss a month after breaking a toe on his right foot in the club's match against Lille held the previous weekend, as well as midfielder Abdou Traoré who is out with a hamstring injury.^[7][8]

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. Each club that participated in the final received the same quota of tickets, which were distributed to season ticket holders and through their ticket sales at a later date.^[9] Tickets went on sale to the general public on 17 March, ten days before the final. Pricing was defined by category with Category 1 seats, the highest category, being priced at €90 and Category 4, the lowest, going for €45.^[10]

Officials

On 11 March, the Ligue de Football Professionnel announced that referee Stéphane Lannoy of Nord-Pas-de-Calais would officiate the 2010 Coupe de la Ligue final. Lannoy was pre-selected by FIFA to officiate at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and officiated his first Coupe de la Ligue final. His assistants were Eric Dansault of Centre and Laurent Ugo of the Méditerranée, with Philippe Kalt of Alsace serving as the fourth official.^[11]

Match balls

The Coupe de la Ligue final used match balls designed specifically for the Coupe de la Ligue. The "Tenor" by German football equipment manufacturer Uhlsport, the official provider of match balls in the Coupe de la Ligue, was created to emulate the Coupe de la Ligue trophy by including the cup's legendary golden spirals.^[12]

Rumored move

On 1 March 2010, it was revealed that the French government was considering moving the final to another venue in response to the fan violence that occurred during the annual Le Classique match in which the supporters of both Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille clashed resulting in a supporter being hospitalized, going into a coma, and later dying due to severe head injuries. Paris Saint-Germain supporters also attacked law enforcement who were at the match to provide security, which resulted in the arrest of over 20 PSG supporters with 16 of them being detained and banned from attending football matches in the country.^[13] In response to the news, Paris Saint-Germain president Robin Leproux suspended ticket sales to the club's supporters for away matches.^[14] The resulting news led to the government to consider relocating the Coupe de la Ligue final to the Stade Gerland in Lyon in order to ensure the safety of Marseille and Bordeaux supporters with fear that they would be harmed by Paris Saint-Germain's extremist supporters in retribution if the match remained in Paris.^[15][16] On 3 March 2010, the Ligue de Football Professionnel confirmed that the match would remain at the Stade de France.

Match details

Marseille v Bordeaux

27 March 2010 20:50 CET

Marseille	3 – 1	Bordeaux
Diawara  61' Valbuena  67' Chalmé  77' (o.g.)	Report	Sané  83'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Ligue Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Marseille

Bordeaux

MARSEILLE: GK 30 Steve Mandanda RB 24 Laurent Bonnart CB 21 Souleymane Diawara CB 17 Stéphane M'Bia LB 3 Taye Taiwo DM 6 Édouard Cissé CM 12 Charles Kaboré CM 8 Lucho González  74' RW 11 Mamadou Niang (c)  51' LW 10 Hatem Ben Arfa  86' FW 9 Brandão  18' Substitutes: GK 40 Elinton Andrade DF 19 Gabriel Heinze  86' DF 5 Hilton MF 18 Fabrice Abriel  74' MF 14 Bakari Koné MF 28 Mathieu Valbuena  51' FW 23 Fernando Morientes Manager: Didier Deschamps

BORDEAUX: GK 16 Ulrich Ramé RB 21 Mathieu Chalmé CB 25 Ludovic Sané  11' CB 2 Michaël Ciani LB 28 Benoît Trémoulinas  48' DM 4 Alou Diarra (c)  16' CM 5 Fernando  67' RM 18 Jaroslav Plašil LM 17 Wendel AM 8 Yoann Gourcuff  70' FW 29 Marouane Chamakh  70' Substitutes: GK 1 Cédric Carrasso DF 6 Franck Jurietti DF 3 Henrique MF 7 Yoan Gouffran  70' FW 11 David Bellion FW 10 Jussiê  67' FW 9 Fernando Cavenaghi  70' Manager: Laurent Blanc

Road to the final

References

External links

• Coupe de la Ligue Results

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