2018 Coupe de France final explained

2018 Coupe de France final
Event:2017–18 Coupe de France
Team1:Les Herbiers VF
Team1association:Championnat National
Team1score:0
Team2:Paris Saint-Germain
Team2association:Ligue 1
Team2score:2
Stadium:Stade de France
City:Saint-Denis
Referee:Mikael Lesage
Attendance:73,772[1]
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 Coupe de France final was a football match between Les Herbiers VF and Paris Saint-Germain to decide the winner of the 2017–18 Coupe de France, the 101st season of the Coupe de France.

Paris Saint-Germain won the final 2–0 for their 4th consecutive and 12th overall Coupe de France title.[2] [3]

Background

The final was Les Herbiers' first. They upset many higher-level teams, such as Lens; however, they did not play any top-level teams en route to the final. Les Herbiers were the third team from the third division of French football to reach the final, after Nîmes, in 1996, and US Quevilly, in 2012. Both of these teams lost their matches, to Auxerre and Lyon respectively.[4]

Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain were the three-time defending champion, having been to 15 finals and winning 11. They defeated Angers 1–0 in the 2017 final.[5]

Route to the final

Les HerbiersRoundParis Saint-Germain
OpponentResult2017–18 Coupe de FranceOpponentResult
JS Coulaines4–1 (A)Fifth Round
Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant5–1 (a.e.t.) (A)Sixth Round
Balma3–0 (A)Seventh Round
Romorantin2–1 (H)Eighth Round
Angoulême CFC2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)Round of 64Rennes6–1 (A)
Saint-Lô Manche2–1 (A)Round of 32Guingamp4–2 (H)
Auxerre3–0 (A)Round of 16Sochaux4–1 (A)
Lens0–0 (4–2 pen.) (A)Quarter-finalsMarseille3–0 (H)
FC Chambly2–0 (H)Semi-finalsCaen3–1 (A)
Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture

Match

Details

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GK 1
RB 21 Romuald Marie
CB 2 Diaranké Fofana
CB 26 Guillaume Dequaire
LB 5 Adrien Pagerie
DM 28
RM 11 Rodrigue Bongongui
CM 6 Sébastien Flochon (c)
CM 19
LM 7
CF 18 Kévin Rocheteau
Substitutes:
GK 30 Esteban Salles
DF 23 Franck Héry
MF 4 Florian David
MF 14
FW 10
FW 20
FW 29 Moulaye Ba
Manager:
Stéphane Masala
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GK 1 Kevin Trapp
RB 32
CB 2 Thiago Silva (c)
CB 5 Marquinhos
LB 17
CM 18 Giovani Lo Celso
CM 8
CM 25 Adrien Rabiot
RF 29
CF 9 Edinson Cavani
LF 11 Ángel Di María
Substitutes:
GK 16 Alphonse Areola
DF 3 Presnel Kimpembe
DF 12
DF 20 Layvin Kurzawa
MF 19 Lassana Diarra
MF 23
MF 27
Manager:
Unai Emery
Assistant referees


Frédéric Hébrard
Huseyin Ocak
Fourth official


Hakim Ben El Hadj
Video assistant referee


Benoît Bastien
Assistant video assistant referee


Jérôme Brisard

Match rules[6]
  • 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Les Herbiers vs. PSG – 8 May 2018 . Soccerway . . 8 May 2018 . 9 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Les Herbiers 0 PSG 2. 8 May 2018. BBC Sport. 14 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Paris Saint-Germain win Coupe de France to secure domestic treble. 8 May 2018. ESPN. 14 December 2018.
  4. Web site: France - List of Cup Finals.
  5. Web site: Coupe de France 2016/2017 - Final - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics . 2018-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180419090600/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=12747 . 2018-04-19 . dead .
  6. Web site: Règlement de la Coupe de France 2017-2018 . Regulations of the 2017–18 Coupe de France . FFF.fr . . 2017 . 8 May 2018 . fr . 23 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171023231048/https://www.fff.fr/static/uploads/media/cms_pdf/0003/48/3b812da0a453a9537b33f7fab2f13d83e26b6918.pdf . dead .