Soccer Football - Coupe de la Ligue Semi Final - AS Monaco vs Montpellier - Stade Louis II, Monaco - January 31, 2018 Monaco's Radamel Falcao celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Radamel Falcao returned to scoring form as his double earned Monaco a 2-0 win over Montpellier on Wednesday and a place in the French League Cup final.
Falcao struck twice before halftime as the hosts set up a rematch of last year’s final against holders Paris St Germain who qualified on Tuesday with a 3-2 win at Stade Rennais.
Rony Lopes was denied a third goal for Monaco after video refereeing ruled the Portugal striker was offside.
Soccer Football - Coupe de la Ligue Semi Final - AS Monaco vs Montpellier - Stade Louis II, Monaco - January 31, 2018 Monaco's Joao Moutinho in action with Montpellier’s Giovanni Sio REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Montpellier never really threatened and the principality side comfortably held on for victory.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot, editing by Ed Osmond)
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