PARIS (Reuters) - Toulouse reached the French Cup final when Fares Chaibi's late goal earned them a 2-1 victory at Annecy, ending the Ligue 2 side's odds-defying run in the competition on Thursday.
Chaibi struck with five minutes left after Alexy Bosetti's penalty had cancelled out Zakaria Aboukhlal's opener for Toulouse, sending the Ligue 1 team into their maiden French Cup finals after five failed attempts in previous semi-finals.
They will take on holders Nantes, who beat Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 on Wednesday to qualify for the Stade de France showdown on April 29. At Annecy's Parc des Sports, Aboukhlal broke the deadlock on 36 minutes with a header, but Annecy replied in first-half stoppage time. Bosetti converted a penalty after being brought down in the box, sending the crowd into raptures after the club from Haute Savoie had knocked out Olympique de Marseille in the quarter-finals.
Chaibi, however, dashed their hopes in the 85th minute from close range after benefiting from a defensive blunder by Arnold Temanfo.
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