"You don't stand a chance" - Brest coach on facing Real Madrid

Brest are assured of progression to the knock-outs, something their coach described as "difficult to imagine" when the Breton outfit got their campaign underway with a 2-1 win over Sturm Graz in neighbouring Guingamp as their own stadium is not up to UEFA requirements.

"If someone had told us... that Real Madrid would be behind us (now), we would have believed that even less," added Brest coach Eric Roy during his press conference on Tuesday. "We got off to a good start in the competition, while Real were perhaps in a period where they were a little less good. 

"We saw them lose in Lille (1-0), we saw them lose at home to AC Milan (3-1). We managed to over-perform, they may have under-performed, and that's certainly why today we have a point more than them." The Frenchman promised his side would look to be proactive against their fancied opponents.

"We'll have to play, but when I say play, I mean really play, in other words be capable of causing problems for our opponents," said Roy. "The fantastic thing about football is that it's still the sport where the favourite doesn't always win.

"It's obvious that if you look at the stats, if you look at the budget, if you look at the fixture list, if you look at the squad, you can tell yourself that you don't stand a chance. But in football, you can be inferior and still win games. It doesn't happen often, but it can happen."