Chapter 679 - French League Cup Champion

Although they qualified for the French Cup final, PSG could not celebrate.

Because they have more important things to do.

Just three days later, Paris Saint-Germain faced Lyon in the final of the French League Cup.

During this period of time, the four-front battle, the French league that has won the championship in advance still has to strive for a season win record, which makes Paris Saint-Germain's schedule and lineup quite tight.

Although this cup is not within the requirements of the treble, even if he can't win the championship, it will not affect Lu Wenbin's free termination of the French Cup and Champions League title, as well as the club's main task of winning the treble in the five major leagues.

But this championship is rewarded with systematic tasks, not only for individual champions, but also for the final five crowns of the season.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin has to go all out in this game.

The same goes for other PSG players.

No matter how you say it, it is a champion, and it has reached the final, including coaches and players, no one will be willing to win the runner-up.

At 8 p.m. on April 19, the Stade de France was packed to the full, and the 2013/2014 French League Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon officially began.

Lyon are currently fifth in Ligue 1 and are in a good position.

However, the current Ligue 1 places are the top two in the Champions League next season, the third in the Champions League play-offs, the names of the place in the Europa League, and the winners of the French Cup and the French League Cup also participate in the Europa League.

In other words, Lyon, who finished fifth, just couldn't participate in anything.

To play in next season's European competition, Lyon will either replace fourth-placed Saint-Etienne in the league or win the Carabao Cup against Paris Saint-Germain.

As for the French Cup, Lyon didn't even make it to the final, so naturally they couldn't compete for the title.

There are still several rounds of the league, and the result is not good. But now the Carabao Cup final is just around the corner, and a win over Paris Saint-Germain would see Lyon win the trophy and qualify for next season's Europa League.

Although Grand Paris, which has Lu Wenbin, has been very perverted this season and has a very high winning rate, there are still games to lose.

For example, in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Grand Paris lost 1-2 away to Chelsea.

Therefore, after the start of the game, Lyon did not lose heart, but played with the mentality of competing for the title with Paris Saint-Germain.

No matter how strong Lu Wenbin and Grand Paris are, Lyon will have to fight for the slim chance of winning.

Of course, Lyon will not be reckless.

In the face of the Paris Saint-Germain attack group led by Lu Wenbin, playing against the attack is looking for death, and Lyon can only shrink the defense and focus on defensive counterattacks.

Moreover, they are not 4231, but 4321, with three defensive midfielders playing defensive counterattacks.

Although Lyon's strength is not as good as Chelsea's, they still held the score 0-0 for half an hour by relying on the advantage of the number of defenders.

Of course, because the main focus was on defense, the attacking line did not have enough support, and Lyon's only few counter-attacks did not pose a threat, and even the goal frame did not go in.

After half an hour of defence with firm belief and the superiority of numbers in the backline, Lyon's defense was finally breached.

And the attacker is the Lu Wenbin that countless fans around the world are looking forward to.

In the 33rd minute, when Lu Wenbin took the ball in the midfield to face the defense of the two Lyon backs, he came to a shocking cross needle through the crotch, broke through the defense of the two opponents at once, and rushed over.

Then, without waiting for the two defenders who had been chased back, and without waiting for the central defenders in the forbidden area to come out to intercept, Lu Wenbin shot directly from outside the forbidden area.

The ball went straight for Ibrahimovic, and it was fast. Eevee subconsciously lowered his head and dodged, only to feel a gust of wind drifting by on the lead.

When I looked up again, I saw only the scene of the ball flying into the goal.

Because there were still many people in the no-go-out zone, goalkeeper Wilkutre was unprepared for Lu Wenbin's long-range shot from outside the no-go.

Despite the not very awkward angle, goalkeeper Vircutre couldn't save the ball.

Lu Wenbin finally opened the scoring and scored the first goal in this final, helping Grand Paris lead Lyon 1-0 and take the lead.

After taking a 1-0 lead, PSG was much more calm, and Lyon couldn't defend anymore.

Because this is the final, there is no two-legged game like the Champions League, if you lose, you lose, and there is no chance of a reversal in the second leg.

If the score of 1-0 is maintained until the end, it will be Paris Saint-Germain who will win the championship.

Therefore, Lyon had to intensify their attack, while Grand Paris retreated in formation, controlled the situation more calmly, and then launched a quick attack.

Such a situation is undoubtedly more favorable to Paris Saint-Germain.

Before Lyon could equalise, they conceded another goal in the 40th minute.

This time it wasn't Lu Wenbin's goal, but it was his assist.

Lu Wenbin pulled the side, broke through from the side to the bottom line, cut inside, and then smashed into the big no-go' zone to attract the collective attention of the goalkeeper and two or three Lyon defenders, and then reversed the triangle to pass back to the top of the arc of the big ban' zone.

Defender Motta rushed up from midfield and fired a furious shot at the ball, which went straight to the goal.

But the angle of the shot was not good, it was more positive. If there are no accidents, it will be held by goalkeeper Vilkutre.

Unexpectedly, Lyon defender Bedimo in the forbidden area was in a hurry to clear the siege, and even made a falling tackle in the forbidden zone, wanting to clear the ball.

As a result, Bedimo touched the ball, but did not shovel it out of bounds, but only touched it lightly, causing the ball to change the line.

The goalkeeper was caught off guard by this change of line, and in the end, he didn't have time to react before watching the ball roll from his side into the goal.

Paris Saint-Germain took a 2-0 lead.

This score is basically a sealed victory, although the first half is not over, but few people believe that Lyon can turn the tables.

A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and Lyon really pressed the attack, but there was not much he could do.

Not to mention Lu Wenbin, they don't even have players of Ibrahimovic's level, how can they impact the big Paris backline led by Matuidi and Silva?

What's more, there is also Lu Wenbin, a defensive guru, who disrupts or delays their passing attacks in the midfield from time to time.

It wasn't until the 86th minute that Lyon finally scored a goal from a corner.

However, before that, Grand Paris had already scored two more goals.

In the end, after three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the game as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Lyon 4-1 at the Stade de France to win the 2013/2014 French League Cup.

Combined with the Super Cup at the start of the season and the Ligue 1 title at an early stage, Grand Paris has already won three titles and could become a treble.

Of course, this is a pseudo-triple crown, not a triple crown as everyone recognizes.

Lu Wenbin also completed the League Cup task and received a reward of 500,000 experience + 5 skill points.