2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final

The Coupe de la Ligue Final 2008 was a football match that was held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on March 29, 2008. It was contested between Paris Saint-Germain and RC Lens. It was PSG's 4th 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's 2nd appearance in the final. They won the cup in their only appearance back in 1999.

After an opening goal from Pauleta, Lens secured an equalising goal just after halftime from Éric Carrière. With extra time looming, PSG striker 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 3rd Coupe de la Ligue title and also giving them a spot in the 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]

Match details

March 29, 2008
21:00
PSG 2 – 1 RC Lens
Pauleta  19'
Mendy  90+3' 		Report Carrière  51'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,741
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
PSG
RC Lens
PSG:
GK 1France Mickaël Landreau
RB 2Brazil Ceará
CB 3France Mamadou Sakho
CB 15 France Zoumana Camara
LB 22France Sylvain Armand
RM 20 France Clément Chantôme  55'  64'
CM 24France Grégory Bourillon
CM23 France Jérémy Clément
LM 25France Jérôme Rothen
FW 9 Portugal Pauleta (c)  66'
FW 11Ivory Coast Amara Diané
Substitutes:
GK 16France Jérôme Alonzo
DF 5France Bernard Mendy  64'
DF 12Democratic Republic of the Congo Larrys Mabiala
MF 10Brazil Souza
FW 7France Péguy Luyindula  66'
FW 14France David N'Gog
FW 18France Loris Arnaud
Manager:
France Paul Le Guen
RC Lens:
GK 16France Ronan Le Crom
RB 15 France Fabien Laurenti  36'
CB 4France Adama Coulibaly
CB 3 Brazil Hilton (c)  90+3'
LB 11 Algeria Nadir Belhadj
AM 10France Éric Carrière
DM 23Serbia Nenad Kovačević
DM 6Senegal Kader Mangane
AM 14France Kévin Monnet-Paquet  68'
FW 8France Toifilou Maoulida  84'
FW 9France Loïc Rémy  13'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Croatia Vedran Runje
DF 2 Portugal Marco Ramos
DF 26France Yohan Demont  84'
MF 28 France Julien Sablé
MF 18France Olivier Monterrubio  13'
MF 21Mali Sidi Yaya Keita
FW 27Ivory Coast Aruna Dindane  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.

    Road to the Final

    Paris Saint-Germain

    Round of 16[4]FC Lorient0–3PSG
    First Knockout RoundPSG2–0Montpellier HSC
    Quarter-finalPSG4–0Valenciennes FC
    Semi-finalPSG3–2AJ Auxerre

    RC Lens

    Round of 16[4]RC Lens1–0Lille OSC
    First Knockout RoundAS Monaco1–2RC Lens
    Quarter-finalRC Lens3–0AS Nancy
    Semi-finalLe Mans Union Club 724–5RC Lens

    References

    1. ↑ Lens rage after PSG fans banner insult - Soccernet
    2. ↑ PSG Hearing set
    3. ↑ http://www.frenchleague.com/coupeLigue/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10166 PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clubs in Ligue 1 receive a bye to the Round of 16

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