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Paris St-Germain 0-0 Lyon
Lyon have an overlap down the left but Maxwel Cornet panics and duffs his cross into the middle.
Summary
Final ever French League Cup final from Stade de France
Only England, of Europe's top five leagues, will have a League Cup from next season
PSG won the cup on eight occasions
Lyon won just once in 2001
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Here we go! 118 days late the Coupe de la Ligue final is under way.
Postpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 31 July 2020
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Clouds of smoke from fireworks drift across the goalmouth as both sets of players engage in a round of applause for frontline workers.
Postpublished at 20:08 British Summer Time 31 July 2020
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Here they come! Pyro time in the Stade de France.
If you want to get in touch I'll be on #bbcfootball tonight. Should the League Cup go in England?
Postpublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 31 July 2020
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There ARE some fans at the final tonight - a smattering for each side. Would be a unique way to catch up with your nan I suppose.
How are plans going over there anyway?published at 20:02 British Summer Time 31 July 2020
Ah.
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End of twitter postWhere's Mbappe?published at 20:02 British Summer Time 31 July 2020
Injured Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe will miss the Champions League quarter-final with Atalanta in Lisbon on 12 August.
Mbappe, 21, sustained an ankle injury during the French Cup final win against Saint-Etienne, ruling him out for three weeks.
He could return for the semi-final on 18 August, if PSG qualify.
The last one?published at 20:01 British Summer Time 31 July 2020
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The French football league (LFP) voted to suspend its League Cup competition last year.
The tournament, which was founded in 1994, includes all the clubs from France's two top divisions and some from the third tier.
The winners enter the Europa League but that place will now be determined by the Ligue 1 final table.
"This allows us to reduce the season schedule which gives players more time to recover," said an LFP statement last September.
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Kylian Mbappe is injured so he misses out as one of three changes to the PSG side from the French Cup win. Marco Verratti is one who starts.
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End of twitter postLyon haven't played a proper game since March. Former Manchester United forward Memphis Depay starts alongside ex-Celtic man Moussa Dembele.
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End of twitter post 2Another clean sweep?published at 19:55 British Summer Time 31 July 2020
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Image source, Getty ImagesBonsoir!
After they won the French Cup last weekend it's time for Paris St-Germain to add the league cup to the trophy cabinet too. French football is back!
Or, of course, Lyon could win. And it's the last League Cup final ever in France too...