It is the first team to have taken out a Ligue 1 club. Opposed to Le Havre going through a bad patch, Saint-Brieuc (N2) achieved, for the moment, the feat of the day (1-0). At the RMC microphone, Guillaume Allanou, coach and president of Stade Briochin was obviously very cheerful.
“We knew we had to achieve an exploit, I had consulted the statistics, as an N2 club, we had between 5 and 10% chance of qualifying against a Ligue 1. But I wanted to play this chance to the fullest. We obviously knew that we were facing a team in distress, but the last heavy defeat against Strasbourg did not help our affairs, we expected a vengeful team. We therefore built our match by telling ourselves that it would. will be necessary materialize each opportunity into a goal and that's what happened, we were very disciplined defensively, we caused them problems on ball exits”, first affirmed the manager of Stade Briochin.
“There has always been an audience in Saint-Brieuc, we had a few years in Ligue 2, there was always a enthusiasm, and then here was the opportunity. It had been 30 years since we had played a Ligue 1. So yes, it was an opportunity to have a great party just before Christmas Besides, I think that having these 32nd finals in December is not a bad formula, it's a. little Christmas before time,” he explained.
Asked about the wishes of the heroes of the day, Guillaume Allanou already has his preferences, but apart from the teams, the president and coach of the National 2 residents especially wants to host the round of 16:
“The priority remains to host so that we can have a second party at home. And then while we're at it, now that we've beaten a Ligue 1 club, we want to play another one to see if we're capable of repeating the feat a second time, primarily, it would be to receive a Ligue 1. Now, it will be tomorrow's draw which will determine our next opponent, and we will take it, it's a bonus. that I am wants us to continue in this competition, to perform and outperform against teams better than us hierarchically and the president for the recipe, he prefers a big Ligue 1 (team) for a big crowd.
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