2008 Coupe de la Ligue final

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2008 Coupe de la Ligue final
Event2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue
Paris Saint-Germain
 Lens
Ligue 1 Ligue 1
2 1
Date29 March 2008
VenueStade de France, Paris
RefereeLaurent Duhamel
Attendance78,741
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The 2008 Coupe de la Ligue final was a

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and RC Lens. It was PSG's fourth appearance in the final. They won the inaugural cup in 1995, won again in 1998, and lost to FC Gueugnon in the 2000 final. It was Lens' second appearance in the final. They won the cup in their only appearance back in 1999
.

After an opening goal from

Péguy Luyindula was hauled down by Hilton in the penalty area, which resulted in the referee pointing to the spot. Bernard Mendy would convert giving PSG their third Coupe de la Ligue title and also giving them a spot in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup
.

Lens mayor Guy Delcourt wanted the match to be replayed after a PSG fan unfurled a comical banner midway through the game.[1] The match was not replayed, but PSG were fined and penalized. One of the penalties being that they would be unable to participate in next's year League Cup, however this was later overturned on appeal.[2][3]

Route to the final

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

Paris Saint-Germain
 Round Lens
Opponent Result 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result
Lorient (A) 3–0 Third round[4] Lille (H) 1–0
Montpellier (H) 2–0 Round of 16 Monaco (A) 2–1
Valenciennes (H) 4–0 Quarter-finals Nancy (H) 3–0
Auxerre (A) 3–2 Semi-finals Le Mans (A) 5–4

Match details

Paris Saint-Germain
2–1Lens
Pauleta 19'
Mendy 90+3'		 Report Carrière 51'
Attendance: 78,741
PSG
RC Lens
PSG:
GK 1 France Mickaël Landreau
RB 2
Ceará
CB 3 France Mamadou Sakho
CB 15 France Zoumana Camara
LB 22 France Sylvain Armand
RM 20 France Clément Chantôme Yellow card 55' downward-facing red arrow 64'
CM 24 France Grégory Bourillon
CM 23 France Jérémy Clément
LM 25 France Jérôme Rothen
FW 9 Portugal Pauleta (c) downward-facing red arrow 66'
FW 11 Ivory Coast Amara Diané
Substitutes:
GK 16 France Jérôme Alonzo
DF 5 France Bernard Mendy upward-facing green arrow 64'
DF 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo Larrys Mabiala
MF 10
Souza
FW 7
Péguy Luyindula
 upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 14 France David Ngog
FW 18 France Loris Arnaud
Manager:
France Paul Le Guen
RC Lens:
GK 16 France Ronan Le Crom
RB 15 France Fabien Laurenti Yellow card 36'
CB 4 France Adama Coulibaly
CB 3 Brazil Hilton (c) Yellow card 90+3'
LB 11 Algeria Nadir Belhadj
AM 10 France Eric Carrière
DM 23 Serbia Nenad Kovačević
DM 6
Kader Mangane
AM 14 France Kévin Monnet-Paquet downward-facing red arrow 68'
FW 8 France Toifilou Maoulida downward-facing red arrow 84'
FW 9 France Loïc Rémy downward-facing red arrow 13'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Croatia Vedran Runje
DF 2
Marco Ramos
DF 26 France Yohan Demont upward-facing green arrow 84'
MF 28 France Julien Sablé
MF 18 France Olivier Monterrubio upward-facing green arrow 13'
MF 21 Mali Sidi Yaya Keita
FW 27 Ivory Coast Aruna Dindane upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
France Jean-Pierre Papin

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Vincent Texier
    • Stéphane Duhamel
  • Fourth official: Olivier Thual

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes extra-time (15 minute intervals)
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

References

  1. ^ Lens rage after PSG fans banner insult - Soccernet
  2. ^ PSG Hearing set Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "French Football League : PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-06-06. PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue
  4. ^ Clubs competing in UEFA competitions receive a bye to the Third round
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