00:00they've been playing the cup final here pretty much every year for nearly three
00:04more than recent times they won this trophy in the last two seasons but we're going to have a
00:08different name on the cup this year 2026 french cup final countdown to kick off
00:19the 109th french cup final is underway
00:23loss are the huge favorites can they cap a magnificent season all forwards it's kept in
00:30on the far side of the shot from ellie white it's across the tenth of the evening
00:36game of it it was a one-sided affair last year with psg sweeping rants aside udall's ball in
00:43some brilliant delivery and it nearly came to edward nice conceded a game of it it was a one-sided
00:49affair last year with psg sweeping rants aside udall's ball in it's a brilliant delivery
00:56and it nearly came to edward nice conceding another corner
01:05it's Kojo Pippra up not taking any chances for Ghanaian international
01:14corner from the other side this time Adrian Thomason delivering it
01:17a real threat at set pieces San Maxima is just over
01:25grazes the net on its way over the bar to Alain San Maxima he's got four goals in 12 appearances
01:34thus far one of them came in the last meeting of these clubs that was just a to Thauvin
01:42run the way by Thomason Sonngare might fancy the shot from long range it's a great effort from Mamadou
01:47Sonngare they've had a couple target we've seen him score from outside the box this season Mamadou Sonngare
02:06San Maxima trying the shot again Edouard trying to get goal side and Dadji recovers well
02:1342 years of plenty of the ball
02:18Edouard getting away from Dadji threads it through to San Maxima big chats here for lots to take the lead
02:23San
02:23Maxima the angle is a bit too tight in the end he still won his team a corner but that
02:29probably
02:29teams carry a lot of threat in the wing back areas bar on the left for Nice Budawi this is
02:37Diop oh the
02:38shot from Diop do seem a little bit jittery at times Nice have the corner their second of this first
02:43half we
02:43are nearly midway through the first half as Klos sends that ball in and Dadji with the header held by
02:51Risse that type what a story that was looking for Udol he's judged that ball better than Jonathan Klos and
03:01Udol has a bit of space to run into passes behind Thomason, Thauvin collects it, Thauvin it's a great goal
03:08Loss have scored and it's the inevitable Florian Thauvin who gets it
03:17he saw that ball coming he pounced on it and he finished it expertly it's 1-0 to the favorites
03:35Thauvin going across to celebrate in front of the huge loss support here he's
03:42Thauvin making the run from deep you can see him arriving bounding through the center circle
03:47through the D into the penalty box
03:51He controls it on his left foot it's a lovely touch and it's a great finish
03:56low beyond the despairing dive of Maxime Dupay
04:0114 for the season in all competitions he got the first against Lyon in the quarterfinals he went on
04:08to score the crucial penalty in the shootout in that game and he got the opener against Toulouse in the
04:13semi-finals it's a painful one
04:22standing leg taken out and that could have been really nasty
04:27it's going to be a yellow card for the Lens player responsible
04:33Edouard
04:35again D'Anci taking some risks with the defending very high up against
04:39Edouard and he's given away the free kick now he's appealing vehemently here to the referee
04:48he insists he played the ball in front of the referee
04:52he does get plenty on the ball
04:58San Maxime looking to wriggle away from three nice defenders his ball in
05:04it's a hurry to come from Florian Turban as we head towards half-time
05:10it's met by the head and there's another goal
05:14on Edouard this time
05:17and what a time to get that second goal with the interval approaching there's clear daylight now
05:23between these sides
05:26they scored both goals when Lens beat Nice at home in the league in the first half of this season
05:32he's found the net again Tobin having scored the first goal sets up the second
05:41Edouard has scored crucial goals in that Scottish cup final wins in his time with Celtic
05:48that could be a big goal in this first season he's scored twice in this French cup run
05:54Diop's effort and a save no doubt by Rissa it's a good stop
05:58I'm not sure that was on target but Rissa not taking any chances
06:04it's celebrated by the last fantasy if it were a goal it was I think Goy just wide
06:15delivery from close and it's been headed in
06:18Nice have a goal back right on half-time and it's the youngster Coulibaly who scores it
06:28well then
06:33you have to say all credit Denise for uh not letting the heads go down after that second goal went
06:39in
06:43Gibril Coulibaly peeling away from his marker Songaré it's an excellent header
06:51beyond the uh reach of Robert Rissa
06:56and a teenager pulls it back to 2-1
07:05that is the last act of the first half here
07:09Lance leading but not quite as comfortable as things looked a couple of minutes ago
07:14Gibril Coulibaly reducing the deficit and Nice are right back in this cup final
07:22the second half is underway to the backdrop of the enormous loss support here their team is leading
07:282-1 against Nice and also Florian Thauvin and Hudson Edouard joint top scorers for loss this season
07:36a wretched run for any team all the way back to the beginning of November and they look for an
07:43equalizer
07:43early way short battered away by Robert Rissa
07:54difficult angle for why we've got in front of Ismail Diop
08:01headed down back to the arms of Rissa why he couldn't reach it
08:09maybe a bit of a carefully challenged inside his own penalty box has driven in
08:17Thomas El Zephyr into the side netting
08:29last looking to get their name on the trophy this evening can they get the third goal San
08:33Maximan to Abdul Hamid who drives it in over the bar from Abdul Hamid he might have been better off
08:39looking for Thomas El Zephyr arriving in the back post
08:52Can they change that tonight in comes the cross looking for Edouard in the near post
08:58just couldn't get enough on it Maxime Dupez able to collect
09:02balling it from Malensar
09:04of course playing it short
09:11to Budawi and to Mohamed Ali Shaw
09:16headed away by the lost defence
09:18returned by Klos and it's off the underside of the bar
09:2210.30 evening at the National Stadium
09:25as Eli Wai tries the shot
09:26but he's being monitored all the way
09:30by Ganyu Eli Wai
09:31looking to lift
09:34hopeful appeals for a penalty
09:36for a handball as it comes to Soncara
09:41Soncara trying his lucky scores
09:43three goals from midfield this season
09:45there is a check going on here
09:49just to make sure that didn't hit the hand
09:51of the Nice player
09:52Florian Tovan playing it
09:55and it's used to cameos off the bench
10:02these days for Lens
10:03he is on as Lens get a third goal
10:06there it is
10:08Abdallah Seba gets it
10:12poking it over the line
10:15and the lost substitutes are on the pitch celebrating a huge huddle
10:20because that might just be the goal that wins them the French Cup
10:30and you have to say all credit
10:33to the Senegal international forwards
10:35Abdallah Seba
10:36the role he's played in this cup run has been remarkable
10:43it is his fifth goal
10:46in the Coupe de France this season
10:48a long punt downfield not dealt with by the Nice defence
10:51it was
10:52Dagi who could only
10:54help it on its way back towards his own goalkeeper
10:57but Seba was
10:58a lap bit quicker
10:59than his marker
11:01Maxime Dupay coming out to meet it
11:03and Seba poking it past him
11:06getting his leg in front of Antoine Mendy
11:11Abdallah Seba the ex-Brighton and Hove Albion player
11:16who scored against Sochaux in January
11:19on a freezing day in eastern France in the last 32
11:22he scored
11:25the last season in which they were relegated
11:27from the top flight of French football
11:30as Boudache wins the free kick
11:32the teenager
11:35treatment will be allowed for Cahil Boudache
11:37knocked over by Adrian Thomasson
11:40free kick to Nice
11:41close with the delivery
11:43still time if they can get one back again
11:46to make it interesting to bring back the nerves
11:49it's off the woodwork again for the second time
11:53in this second half
11:54of joy
11:55among the long supporters
11:57where the final whistle goes
11:58touched on that by Saeed
12:01looking for
12:08all A's begin
12:10among the longs fans
12:26to focus on the games they still have to play
12:33there is the final whistle
12:35loss have won the French cup for the first time in their history
12:41and now they can let the celebrations begin
12:46so much happiness
12:48tears of joy as well emotion too
12:51we just saw
12:52Gervais Martell the former president of this club associated with a lot of hard times as well as good times
13:02but let the good times flow for loss it's been a marvelous season for them
13:07runners up in Ligue 1 and all conquering Paris Saint-Germain team
13:12and they have their hands on a trophy that had eluded them through 120 years of history before this season
13:24I have a very strong
13:27but if you want to see you
13:33and you have to stand in front of the world
13:33I have a very strong mood for everyone
13:36and you have to stand in front of the world
13:37and you have to stand in front of the crowd
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