Cavani, Di Maria fire PSG into League Cup final

PSG's Edinson Cavani celebrates after scoring a goal during the French League Cup football match against Bordeaux at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France. (AFP/NICOLAS TUCAT)

Argentine Di Maria's stunning free-kick gave record six-time champions PSG the lead, but Diego Rolan cancelled out the winger's effort just past the half hour.

Cavani put the visitors back on top with a thumping finish on 60 minutes before adding a second, while Di Maria again struck from distance as PSG set up an April 1 showdown with the winner of Wednesday's semi-final between Monaco and Nancy.

Paris have dominated this competition in recent years, winning each of the past three editions, and Unai Emery ignored any temptations to rest players ahead of Sunday's pivotal clash with Ligue 1 leaders Monaco by fielding a full-strength side.

"We want to play for all the titles and to win as many as possible," said Emery. "This team deserves its place in this final. (Against Monaco) it's going to be a big match for the league. We want to win because today they are first."

Bordeaux coach Jocelyn Gourvennec admitted the Parisians were simply too strong. "We have nothing to be embarrassed about in this defeat, it's not an upset to be eliminated by Paris," he said.

"To beat them would have been an exploit, we believed in ourselves but they managed to punish us. This evening they had an extreme precision as Di Maria demonstrated. I hope we'll bounce back and beat them in the league in less than two weeks."

PSG survived an early scare when Malcom steered straight at PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp after Thomas Meunier misjudged a cross, but the away side struck first when Di Maria drilled a 30-yard free-kick past Jerome Prior.

Blaise Matuidi should have doubled the lead but could only shoot tamely at Prior when clean through, and Bordeaux hit back as Rolan stabbed into an empty after an effort from Malcom deflected off Thiago Silva and into his path.

But Cavani, who reached 20 league goals in France for the first time at the weekend, applied a clinical finish to restore PSG's lead on the hour as he ran onto a through ball from Lucas.

The Uruguayan demonstrated his predatory instincts to grab his second on 74 minutes after Marquinhos headed back across goal from a corner.

Di Maria, making his first start of 2017, completed his brace nine minutes from time with an angled drive that brushed the fingertips of Prior before nestling inside the far corner.