Wycombe upset Charlton 1-0 on Tuesday to earn a semi-final place in the English League Cup.
Jermaine Easter scored in the 35th minute at The Valley to ensure the League Two side eliminated Charlton, which is struggling in the Premier League.
Charlton's team and its head coach Les Reed, who replaced the fired Iain Dowie on Nov. 14, were jeered as they left the field. Charlton is 19th in the Premier League.
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"Obviously they are struggling in the Premiership, but I thought it was going to be tougher than it was," Easter said. "As the game went on and we had gone in front, I did not think we were going to lose."
"We could have gone into halftime two or three-nil up -- it was disappointing in that respect. We are in the semi-final now, and that is massive," he added.
Wycombe manager Paul Lambert praised the "extraordinary effort" of his side. Wycombe also beat Premier League side Fulham in the previous round.
"I do not get this thing that `It is only Charlton and they are struggling.' They are still a top-class side," Lambert said. "We have punched above our weight, no doubt about it. Nobody expected us to get this far and the players deserve all the credit."
Reed and the players remained in the dressing room for more than hour after the final whistle and there was no club representative present at the post-match news conference.
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