Monday May 11, 2009
Guingamp stun Rennes to win the French Cup
PARIS: Second Division Guingamp produced one of the shocks of the season by coming from behind to beat top-flight Rennes 2-1 in the all-Breton final of the French Cup at the Stade de France here on Saturday.
Brazilian striker Eduardo Dos Santos struck a nerveless winner seven minutes from time, having earlier equalised Carlos Bocanegra’s 69th-minute opener for Rennes, to give his side the first French Cup crown in their history.
The victory also erased the heartbreak of Guingamp’s last French Cup final appearance, when they lost on penalties to Nice in 1997.
“It was written in the changing rooms: ‘50 years — win and you’ll enter history’,” said Guingamp coach Victor Zvunka, whose side became the first second-tier outfit since Le Havre in 1959 to win the trophy.
“My players went looking for victory because we got off to a difficult start at the beginning of the second half. We conceded a goal, but we didn’t let our heads drop and at the end we came back with two superb goals.” — AFP
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