Leon Best struck in the second half to give Coventry victory
Coventry boss Chris Coleman is relishing the thought of an FA Cup quarter-final against Premier League giants Chelsea at the Ricoh Arena.
The Sky Blues reached the last eight for the first time since 1998 thanks to Leon Best's winner against Blackburn in Tuesday's fifth-round replay.
"It's fantastic. I can't wait," said Coleman. "Our fans deserve it. They've been brilliant with us this season.
"And if we're on form like today, who knows what might happen?"
Coventry's chairman Ray Ranson believes the win over Blackburn could be worth �750,000 to the Championship club. And former Rovers defender Coleman told BBC 5 Live: "I'm glad he didn't tell me before the game!
"I didn't know that, but they deserve it."
Coleman said Chelsea would be wise not to underestimate his in-form side, who had beaten the Championship's top two Wolves and Birmingham City in their previous two home games.
"I don't think they will take us lightly," said Coleman. "They'll field their strongest team - and they should. They don't want to be taking us lightly.
"It's going to be hard and they're going to be the fancied team but the FA Cup being the FA Cup, you can dream."
Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce made the maximum 11 changes from the team that lost narrowly to Manchester United on Saturday. But the former Coventry defender was left baffled by his side's second-half performance.
"I was very disappointed with the attitude in terms of closing the opposition down and stopping them from playing," he said.
"We had no problems doing that in the first half so why we couldn't keep it up for 90 minutes is the reason we lost."
Allardyce said staying in the Premier League was the club's priority, but still felt the side he picked should have beaten Coventry.
"The Premier League is always the priority, but we all want to be dreaming of getting to an FA Cup final or at least going as far as we can.
"The 11 players I picked should have gone out and won. That is why I picked them. They wanted this opportunity to play more first team football, and in the first half they showed me that, but in the second half they didn't.
"The goal obviously spurred Coventry on and gave them a little bit more energy, but it should have made sure we competed.
"Using your ability only comes after winning the battle but, in the second half, we didn't win the battle to go on and win the game."
Coventry's quarter-final with Chelsea will take place at the Ricoh on 7 March (1230 GMT).
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