Govou goal seals Lyon double

Olympique Lyonnais winger Sidney Govou scored the only goal of the French Cup final in extra time to secure his side the double against Paris Saint-Germain FC.

Coupet key
PSG had reason to feel hard done by with the result as they hit the crossbar once in each half and were the dominant side until Lyon's goal, being denied several times by the champions' goalkeeper Grégory Coupet in his last game wearing a Lyon shirt. The goal came after 101 minutes when a long cross from Karim Benzema found Kader Keita who chested it down into the path of Govou who fired in from close range.

Tough encounter
The seven-time consecutive French champions kept it tight against the side who finished 16th in the table, and only escaped relegation in the last round of games, to become the eleventh French side to clinch the league and cup double – one week after they retained their Ligue 1 crown. "We have been expecting this for ten years," said Govou. "But it was a tough, genuine cup game."

Perrin hailed
"It was a nice win where we had to hold on," said Coupet. "But who will care in ten years time as our name will be on the trophy." President Jean-Michel Aulas hailed coach Alain Perrin. "This difficult win was in the vein of a tough season," he said. "It's the second win in a row for Perrin who took the trophy last year for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. We faced a tough team from Paris. It was tight and this double is something fantastic."