2018 Coupe de la Ligue final explained

2018 Coupe de la Ligue final
Other Titles:French League Cup Final
Event:2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue
Team1:Paris Saint-Germain
Team1score:3
Team2:Monaco
Team2score:0
Stadium:Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux
City:Bordeaux
Man Of The Match1a:Kylian Mbappé [1]
Referee:Clément Turpin[2]
Attendance:41,248
Weather:Clear
5°C
76% humidity[3]
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 Coupe de la Ligue final decided the winner of the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, the 24th season 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 31 March 2018 at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux in Bordeaux and was contested by reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, a rematch of the previous final.

Paris Saint-Germain won the final 3–0 for their 5th consecutive and 8th overall Coupe de la Ligue title.

Route to the final

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

Paris Saint-GermainRoundMonaco
OpponentResult2017–18 Coupe de la LigueOpponentResult
Strasbourg (A)4–2Round of 16Caen (H)2–0
Amiens (A)2–0Quarter-finalsNice (A)2–1
Rennes (A)3–2Semi-finalsMontpellier (H)2–0

Match

Details

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GK 1 Kevin Trapp
RB 32 Dani Alves
CB 2 Thiago Silva (c)
CB 3 Presnel Kimpembe
LB 17 Yuri Berchiche
CM 6
CM 25 Adrien Rabiot
CM 23
RW 29 Kylian Mbappé
CF 9 Edinson Cavani
LW 11
Substitutes:
GK 16 Alphonse Areola
DF 5 Marquinhos
DF 12 Thomas Meunier
DF 20 Layvin Kurzawa
MF 18
MF 19
MF 27
Manager:
Unai Emery
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GK 1 Danijel Subašić
RB 19 Djibril Sidibé
CB 25
CB 5 Jemerson
LB 24
CM 2 Fabinho
CM 17
RW 20
AM 8
LW 27 Thomas Lemar
CF 9 Radamel Falcao (c)
Substitutes:
GK 30 Seydou Sy
DF 6 Jorge
DF 38 Almamy Touré
MF 7
MF 35 Kévin N'Doram
FW 10
FW 15
Manager:
Leonardo Jardim
Man of the Match:
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)

Assistant referees


Nicolas Danos
Cyril Gringore
Fourth official


Mikael Lesage
Video assistant referee


Amaury Delerue
Assistant video assistant referee


Nicolas Rainville

Match rules[4]
  • 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. News: PSG : Mbappé l'homme de la Finale . PSG: Mbappé the man of the final . LFP.fr . . 31 March 2018 . 31 March 2018 . French . 4 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180604074916/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/psg-mbappe-l-homme-de-la-finale.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Première Finale pour Clément Turpin . First final for Clément Turpin . LFP.fr . . 21 March 2018 . 31 March 2018 . French . 1 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180401080020/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/premiere-finale-pour-clement-turpin.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: Weather History for Bordeaux, France . . . 31 March 2018 . 31 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Règlement de la Coupe de la Ligue . Regulations of the Coupe de la Ligue . LFP.fr . . PDF . 3 April 2018 . French.