2008 Coupe de la Ligue final

2008 Coupe de la Ligue final 300px 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1 2 Lens Ligue 1 1 29 March 2008 Stade de France Saint-Denis Laurent Duhamel 78,741 2007 2009 The 2008 Coupe de la Ligue final was a football match held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on 29 March 2008. It was contested between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Lens. It was PSG's fourth appearance in the final; they won the inaugural cup in 1995, won again in 1998, and lost to Gueugnon in the 2000 final. It was Lens' second appearance in the final, having won the cup in their only other appearance back in 1999. After an opening goal from Pauleta, Lens secured an equaliser just after halftime from Eric 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 converted the kick, giving PSG their third Coupe de la Ligue title and a spot in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. Lens mayor Guy Delcourt wanted the match to be replayed after a PSG fan unfurled a banner insulting inhabitants of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (taking inspiration from a comedy movie of the time) midway through the game.Lens rage after PSG fans banner insult - Soccernet The match was not replayed, but PSG were fined and penalised. One of the sanctions was that they would be unable to participate in the following edition of the League Cup, however this was later overturned on appeal.PSG Hearing set https://web.archive.org/web/20080606001231/http://www.frenchleague.com/actualiteLFP/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10015 2008-06-06 http://www.frenchleague.com/coupeLigue/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10166 French Football League : PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue 2008-06-06 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080606001235/http://www.frenchleague.com/coupeLigue/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10166 2008-06-06 PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue 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 roundClubs competing in UEFA competitions receive a bye to the Third round 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 29 March 2008 21:00 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Lens Report Pauleta 19 Mendy 90+3 Carrière 51 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,741 Laurent Duhamel _psg0708a _psg0708a _psg0708a _psg0708a _psg0708a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF PSG _yellow_hoops _yellowhoops _yellow_hoops FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 RC Lens PSG: GK 1FRA Mickaël LandreauRB 2BRA CearáCB 3FRA Mamadou SakhoCB 15 FRA Zoumana CamaraLB 22FRA Sylvain ArmandRM 20 FRA Clément Chantôme 55 64CM 24FRA Grégory BourillonCM23 FRA Jérémy ClémentLM 25FRA Jérôme RothenFW 9 POR Pauleta (c) 66FW 11CIV Amara DianéSubstitutes:GK 16FRA Jérôme AlonzoDF 5FRA Bernard Mendy 64DF 12COD Larrys MabialaMF 10BRA SouzaFW 7FRA Péguy Luyindula 66FW 14FRA David NgogFW 18FRA Loris ArnaudManager:FRA Paul Le GuenRC Lens: GK 16FRA Ronan Le CromRB 15 FRA Fabien Laurenti 36 CB 4FRA Adama CoulibalyCB 3 BRA Hilton (c) 90+3 LB 11 ALG Nadir BelhadjAM 10FRA Eric CarrièreDM 23SRB Nenad KovačevićDM 6SEN Kader ManganeAM 14FRA Kévin Monnet-Paquet 68FW 8FRA Toifilou Maoulida 84FW 9FRA Loïc Rémy 13Substitutes:GK 1 CRO Vedran RunjeDF 2 POR Marco RamosDF 26FRA Yohan Demont 84MF 28 FRA Julien SabléMF 18FRA Olivier Monterrubio 13MF 21MLI Sidi Yaya KeitaFW 27CIV Aruna Dindane 68Manager:FRA Jean-Pierre Papin MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Vincent Texier Stéphane Duhamel Fourth official: Olivier Thual MAN OF THE MATCHMATCH 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. See also 2008 Coupe de France final 2007–08 RC Lens season 2007–08 Paris Saint-Germain FC season References External links Coupe de La Ligue Official Homepage Coupe de la Ligue Final Draw Category:Coupe de la Ligue finals Final Coupe de la Ligue Final 2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final 2008 Coupe De La Ligue Final Category:Sport in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis Category:History of Seine-Saint-Denis Category:Football matches in Paris Coupe De La Ligue Final