Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a late winner for Paris Saint-Germain as they booked their place in the Coupe de la Ligue final by beating Nantes 2-1 at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
Ezequiel Lavezzi almost opened the scoring for the visitors, but saw his low effort from inside the box crash against the post.
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In the fifth minute of the match, PSG took the lead as Ibrahimovic latched on to a poor clearance from Remy Riou before curling home a first-time strike from 30 yards out.
Lavessi came close to adding a second, but the keeper was out quickly to deny him from close range.
Nantes were denied the chance to go into the half-time break level, as Marco Verratti cleared a header from Papy Mison Djilobodji off the line.
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Olivier Veigneau drew the home side level with nine minutes to play when he was picked out at the back post, and kept his composure to place a well-controlled shot past Nicolas Douchez.
In the final minute of the match PSG sealed their place in the final, as Lucas whipped in a cross from the right that Ibrahimovic met to power a header into the bottom corner.
PSG will play the winners of the second semi-final between Lyon and Troyes, which takes place tomorrow night.
Alex Meyers
