The Joy of Six: fairytale domestic cup runs from around Europe

Half a dozen teams from outside their nation?s top flight who made it all the way to a domestic cup final
France?s secondary cup competition ran from 1994 to 2020, pushed by Ligue 1 sides who felt aggrieved by the Coupe de France?s great leveller of home advantage for its minnows. Paris St-Germain were the winners of the first and last editions of the League Cup and another seven in between. They lost one final, 25 years ago, to a team that were the antithesis of France?s spoiled ruling classes.
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