2014 Coupe de la Ligue Final

2014 Coupe de la Ligue Final
Event 2013–14 Coupe de la Ligue
Lyon PSG
Ligue 1 Ligue 1
1 2
Date 19 April 2014
Venue Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee Stéphane Lannoy
Attendance 78,489

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.

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.[1] In Lyon's three other finals appearances, the club finished runner-up in 1996, 2007 and 2012 to Metz, Bordeaux and Marseille respectively.[2]

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.[2] 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.[3] 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."[4]

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."[5]

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.[6]

Road to the Final

Lyon Round PSG
Opponent Result 2013–14 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result
Reims 3-2 Round of 16 Saint-Étienne 2–1 (AET)
Marseille 2–1 Quarter-finals Bordeaux 3-1
Troyes 2-1 Semi-finals Nantes 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.

PSG

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

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.[7] 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.[8]

Match details

19 April 2014
21:00 CEST
Lyon 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain
Lacazette  56' Report
Report		 Cavani  4', 33' (pen.)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,489
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
Lyon
Paris Saint-Germain
GK 16Portugal Anthony Lopes  32'
RB 14France Mouhamadou Dabo  54'
CB 5Serbia Milan Biševac  72'
CB 23France Samuel Umtiti
LB 3 Cameroon Henri Bedimo  90+2'
DM 21France Maxime Gonalons (c)
CM 24France Corentin Tolisso
CM 28Democratic Republic of the Congo Arnold Mvuemba
AM 17 France Steed Malbranque  68'
CF 18 France Bafétimbi Gomis
CF 10France Alexandre Lacazette
Substitutes:
GK 30France Mathieu Gorgelin
DF 2 France Mehdi Zeffane
DF 4Burkina Faso Bakary Koné  90+2'
MF 20 France Gaël Danic
FW 19France Jimmy Briand  54'
FW 26 Cameroon Clinton N'Jie
FW 31France Nabil Fekir  68'
Manager:
France Rémi Garde
GK 1France Nicolas Douchez
RB 26France Christophe Jallet
CB 13Brazil Alex
CB 2Brazil Thiago Silva (c)
LB 17 Brazil Maxwell
DM 8Italy Thiago Motta
CM 24Italy Marco Verratti  18'  74'
CM 14France Blaise Matuidi
RW 29Brazil Lucas  90+1'
CF 9 Uruguay Edinson Cavani
LW 22 Argentina Ezequiel Lavezzi  75'
Substitutes:
GK 30Italy Salvatore Sirigu
DF 5 Brazil Marquinhos
DF 21 France Lucas Digne
MF 4France Yohan Cabaye  74'
MF 7France Jérémy Ménez  90+1'
MF 25 France Adrien Rabiot
MF 27Argentina Javier Pastore  75'
Manager:
France Laurent Blanc

References

  1. ↑ "Monaco v. Lyon Coupe de la Ligue Final Match Report" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  2. 1 2 "France - List of League Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ferri roars for Lyon". Sky Sports News. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Coupe de la Ligue final: Lyon face Paris Saint-Germain". Sky Sports News. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Paris St-Germain v Lyon as it happened". BBC Sport. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Billetterie de la 20e finale de la Coupe de la Ligue!" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Final: As it happened". BBC Sport. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Cryer, Andy (19 April 2014). "Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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