Coupe de France: Saint-Brieuc wants to continue dreaming against Paris-Saint-Germain

"A historic moment for the club," says Coralie Labée, general manager of Stade Briochin, to Ouest-France . For the first time in the history of the Breton club, the players trained by Guillaume Allanou, who has the distinction of also being the club's president, will play in a quarter-final of the Coupe de France. What's more, they will face Paris-Saint-Germain , a team that has yet to be beaten this season by a French club.

The Parisians are in dazzling form, as illustrated by the now serial goalscorer Ousmane Dembélé (24 TCC goals since the start of the season). A week later, Luis Enrique's team scored seven goals against Stade Briochin's neighbours in the Champions League, Brest, enough to scare the National 2 residents.

The goalkeeper of the Côtes-d'Armor club, Franck L'Hostis, does not share this opinion. "It's magnificent, it's great! It's the ideal draw," he told RMC on February 6. Since then, the capital club has played five matches and won them all. But Saint-Brieuc is also capable of eliminating big teams. They have already eliminated a Ligue 2 club, Annecy in 16th and two Ligue 1 clubs, Le Havre in 32nd and recently, Nice in 8th after a crazy match.

While they were trailing 1-0 until the 88th minute, Hugo Boudin had to appear in the box to equalize. But that was without counting on the magic of the Coupe de France for the 32-year-old defender to double the lead at the end of added time to bring down OGC Nice ( 2-1 victory ).

On the eve of facing the Ligue 1 leader, the hero of the 8th wants to believe in it. "You never know," he confided to Le Télégramme . The player, who juggles his job as a real estate broker, intends to take inspiration from the Parisian captain, Marquinhos, with whom he would like to swap jerseys. "He is the player who most symbolizes work and quiet strength. Everything he does is mastered, he is the player I enjoy watching the most at PSG," he added during the interview given to the newspaper Le Télégramme .

For the time being, Saint-Brieuc will have a lot to do against Paris SG, even if Luis Enrique should rotate his squad given the schedule that awaits the Parisians (24th day of Ligue 1 against Lille on Saturday and first leg of the ^8th finals of the Champions League against Liverpool on Wednesday March 5).

Guillaume Allanou and his players will be able to count on the 30,000 people at the sold-out Roazhon Park. "It will be another gala match for the entire club and the city. We're going to have a lot of fun," he told RMC .