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PARIS – Fourth department Stade Briochin stunned top-flight Nice 2-1 to reach the French Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday with an efficiency the minnows’ coach confessed was beyond his “wildest dreams”
Great, 5th in Ligue 1 and going after a location in Europe next season, were ahead in the tie thanks to Tom Louchet’s 55th-minute effort.
Stade Briochin levelled in the 88th minute through Boubacar Diakhaby before Hugo Boudin scored the winner in blockage time to send out the Brittany club through to the last-eight for the very first time.
“It’s extraordinary. Even in our wildest dreams, we didn’t imagine that,” confessed coach Guillaume Allanou, who likewise doubles up as president and sporting director of the club.
“Clearly, we were dealing with very, very high level players, many of them internationals.
“We definitely needed to be hyper-vigilant, hyper-focused on whatever.”
