Angel Di Maria's corner forces Danijel Subasic into a double-fisted punch. Still it's not properly clear. Monaco are looking anything but comfortable at the back.

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PSG 1-0 Monaco

Strong challenge on Kylian Mbappe by Thiago Silva. That was a proper cruncher but the referee keeps his cards in his pocket. That will be sore in the morning.

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Kevin Trapp comes flying out of his penalty area to clear before a red and white Monaco shirt can get on the end of a huge punt forward. PSG look solid at the back and the Ligue 1 leaders are struggling to create a serious opening.

Kamil Glik leaps high above the PSG defence to meet a corner but his radar is a little rusty and it flies over the bar.

Monaco have not won a major trophy for 14 years. They have serious work to do to end that run. The loss of Radamel Falcao could be even more costly now. How they could do with his firepower.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Luiz helped PSG win last season's competition. How many of this year's finalists will be playing in the Premier League in 2017/18?

And off we go. The two best teams in France battling for the first major trophy of the season. This should be a cracker.

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French president Francois Hollande is in Lyon for the final. This is a venue well known to Northern Ireland fans. They beat Ukraine in Euro 2016 at this ground. 

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This is the eye-catching trophy they are playing for. I reckon this would look great in any living room.

By the way, the winners will also earn a place in the third qualifying round of next season's Europa League though both clubs will have their sights on the Champions League.

No Radamel Falcao for Monaco? That's a huge blow for the principality club. The former Manchester United and Chelsea loan signing has netted 21 times in 28 appearances for his club this season.

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Kick-off is set for 20:00 BST but there is an extravagant lights show under way - and no sign of the players just minutes from the scheduled start.

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Paris St-Germain's Brazilian defender Marquinhos and Polish midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak both miss the final because of injury.

PSG: Trapp, Aurier, Silva, Kimpembe, Kurzawa, Motta, Verratti, Rabiot, Di Maria, Cavani, Draxler. Subs: Areola, Meunier, Maxwell, Matuidi, Pastore, Lucas, Ben Arfa. 

Monaco's influential striker Radamel Falcao is out with a hip problem, while France right-back, Djibril Sidibe — one of nine Monaco players who only returned from international duty earlier in the week — has recovered from a rib injury and starts. Eighteen-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe also starts.

Monaco: Subasic, Glik, Jemerson, Sidibe, Mendy, Moutinho, Bakayoko, Silva, Lemar, Germain, Mbappe. Subs: De Sanctis, Jorge, Raggi, Toure, Dirar, Ndoram, Cardona.

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It's League Cup final night in France - Paris St-Germain and Monaco locking horns to decide who wins the first major trophy of the season.

PSG have won it for the past three seasons yet Monaco are flying under Leonardo Jardim.

The team from the French Riviera is on course for a unique European and domestic quadruple.

Not only do Monaco top Ligue 1, they are also in the quarter-finals of both the Champions League and the Coupe de France - the most prestigious knockout competition in France.

Things that have gone bad in football...the Netherlands national team.

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A statue for Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Paris St-Germain?

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The French champions have completely dominated the domestic scene on the other side of the Channel for the past two years. But is that stranglehold about to broken by the upstarts from Monaco?