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| Event | 2013–14 Coupe de France | ||||||
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| Date | 3 May 2014 | ||||||
| Venue | Stade de France,Saint-Denis | ||||||
| Referee | Tony Chapron | ||||||
| Attendance | 80,000 | ||||||
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The2014 Coupe de France final decided the winner of the2013–14 Coupe de France, the 97th season of France's premier football cup. It was played on 3 May at theStade de France inSaint-Denis,Paris.
In the final,Guingamp beatRennes 2–0 in aDerby Breton to win their second Coupe de France title. By winning, they qualified for the Group Stage of the2014–15 UEFA Europa League, and the2014 Trophée des Champions against the2013–14 Ligue 1 championsParis Saint-Germain.
The match was Rennes' sixth final, of which they had won two (1965 and1971). Their most recent final was in2009, which they lost 2–1 to Guingamp. That was Guingamp's second appearance in the final after their unsuccessful attempt in1997 when they lost on penalties toNice.[1]
Hundreds of supporters of Guingamp (based in a small agricultural town in northernBrittany, the team is nicknamed 'The Farmers') travelled to Paris in a motorcade of tractors.[2]
| Rennes | Round | Guingamp | ||||
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| Opponent | H/A | Result | 2013–14 Coupe de France | Opponent | H/A | Result |
| Valenciennes | H | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7pen.) | Round of 64 | FC Bourg-Péronnas | A | 2–0 |
| Boulogne | A | 2–0 | Round of 32 | Concarneau | A | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Auxerre | A | 1–0 | Round of 16 | Île-Rousse | A | 2–0 |
| Lille | H | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | Cannes | A | 2–0 |
| Angers | A | 3–2 | Semi-finals | Monaco | A | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |
Rennes, of Ligue 1, began their campaign in the Round of 64 on 4 January at home to fellow top-flight teamValenciennes, winning 8-7 on penalties. In the next round, they won 2-0 at third-tierBoulogne, with goals fromAnders Konradsen andSilvio Romero. In the Round of 16, away toLigue 2Auxerre, they won via a first-halfFoued Kadir goal. Rennes then beatLille 2-0 at home, with goals fromKamil Grosicki andRomain Alessandrini.[3] In their semi-final on 15 April, Rennes beat second-tierAngers 3-2 at home, withOla Toivonen, Grosicki andJean Makoun scoring.[4]
Guingamp, also of Ligue 1, entered into the Round of 64, where they played away to third-tierBourg-Péronnas on 5 January and won via first-half goals fromClaudio Beauvue andMustapha Yatabaré. They went away again in the Round of 32, to fifth-tierConcarneau, and won 3-2 in extra-time after a 1-1 regulation-time draw, Yatabaré (2) and Beauvue again the scorers. In the Round of 16 Guingamp travelled to Corsica to play another fifth-tier club,Île-Rousse, who had reached that stage by defeating holdersBordeaux. Goals fromGrégory Cerdan andMustapha Diallo sent Guingamp into the quarter-finals, where they playedAS Cannes and won 2-0 away again, through another Yatabaré brace. In the semi-final on 16 April 2014, Guingamp played at home against their first top-flight opponents,Monaco. Yatabaré scored early on, butDimitar Berbatov equalised before half-time. The scores remained level into the second half of extra time, in which Guingamp scored twice, through Yatabaré andFatih Atık.[5]
Jonathan Martins Pereira scored the first goal for Guingamp with a volley from the edge of the area in the 37th minute, andMustapha Yatabaré got the second in the 46th minute with a powerful downward header fromSteeven Langil's left-wing cross.
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