OGC Nice Sporting Director Florian Maurice spoke to journalists in the mixed zone following le Gym’s elimination at the hands of Stade Briochin on Wednesday.

“It’s very disappointing. When you are leading in the game and then get beaten in the last second, you have to be disappointed. We are out of the Coupe de France and we have plenty of regrets. We have to stay focused, clear-headed and try to understand what happened here tonight,” said Florian Maurice after the game.

“They had very few scoring chances throughout the game. But when you are only leading 1-0, you are never sure of avoiding something happening at the death. We conceded that counterattack while throwing everything into one last attack ourselves…” he added.

“It’s a very disappointing end to the Coupe de France, which was a major objective for the club. We are also coming off the disappointment of the Europa League campaign. Now, we need to bounce back, we don’t have any other choice. We will see what happens, but we need to bounce back against Lens this Saturday. We need to dig deep. It won’t be easy, but we have objectives that we need to reach between now and the end of the season,” concluded the Aiglons’ Sporting Director.