Marseille ended a long wait for a trophy after a 3-1 victory over Bordeaux in the Coupe de la Ligue final.
Holders beaten as OM end 17-year wait for silverware
Marseille ended a long wait for a trophy after a 3-1 victory over Bordeaux in the Coupe de la Ligue final at the Stade de France.
Didier Deschamps was captain the last time Marseille lifted silverware in the 1993 Champions League final and it was perhaps fitting that he was responsible for ending the drought now that he is the club's coach.
The match was scoreless until after the hour mark but then two goals in six minutes from Souleymane Diawara and Mathieu Valbuena put OM in control before a Mathieu Chalme own goal made absolutely sure.
Ludovic Sane pulled one back five minutes from time but there was no way back for Les Girondins.
Brandao's header set up Lucho Gonzalez in a decent position after 13 minutes, but Bordeaux goalkeeper Ulrich Rame pinched the ball away from the OM midfielder before he could shoot.
Rame diverted a Hatem Ben Arfa blast around the post for a corner and then tipped a Brandao strike over the top following neat build-up play involving Lucho and Mamadou Niang, but no breakthrough was forthcoming before the interval.
The deadlock was broken nine minutes later when Diawara met Lucho's corner with a powerful header which gave Rame no chance.
And it was soon 2-0 as Ben Arfa fed Valbuena in the area and the substitute unleashed a fierce shot high into Rame's net.
Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc, seemingly resigned to defeat, then brought off Marouane Chamakh and Yoann Gourcuff, presumably with one eye on the upcoming Champions League quarter-final first leg against Lyon.
The result was put beyond doubt 13 minutes from time when Chalme inadvertently directed Valbuena's free-kick into his own net.
Bordeaux were given a glimmer of hope after 85 minutes when Sane headed Wendel's free-kick past Mandanda and there was still time for Blanc's side to hit the post in stoppage time through Jaroslav Plasil, but they could not make any further inroads into OM's advantage.
