Bordeaux Will Fight For Qualification
By: Jennifer | December 2nd, 2008
Ahead of the do-or-die against Roma on Tuesday, Bordeaux’s L1 match against VAFC has been pushed forward to take place this Friday after appeals. (At this point Lyon starts to complain about them not getting this treatment…) Chamakh and Triaud are both happy about this decision, and I can really see how this will impact the training prior to Tuesday.
The group is wide open. Roma lead with 9 points, but Chelsea has 8 and Bordeaux 7 (and Cluj 4). Which means Bordeaux can only qualify by beating Roma. Chelsea will go through except if we win and they lose. Roma will only not qualify if we win and Chelsea wins.
The downside? Gourcuff is hurt. He suffered a knock to the knee against Sochaux and is training lightly. And Ramé and Henrique did not train either. Blanc is probably saving both of them for the game, but I don’t want to sound too optimistic (the last time this happened, I was not thanked). On the upside, Valverde was man of the match against Sochaux (he kept a blank sheet! OMG) and Obertan was also praised for filling in Gourcuff’s spot (by Blanc, which doesn’t say much. The poor boy was nervous).
I’m hoping for a morale booster against VAFC because that’s simply what is called for in this circumstance. I can’t say how amazing it will be to see two French teams in the round of 16. And please don’t let me be jinxing anything.
BORDEAUX
Olimpa, Valverde - Chalmé, Diawara, Jurietti, Placente, Planus, Trémoulinas - Diarra, Fernando, Gourcuff, Sertic, Traoré, Wendel - Bellion, Cavenaghi, Chamakh, Gouffran, Obertan.
VALENCIENNES
Grondin, Penneteau - Abardonado, Bisevac, Ducourtioux, Mater, Rafael, Tiéné, M. Traoré - Belmadi, Danic, Jeovanio, Khiter, Lacourt, Saez, Sanchez - Audel, Pujol.
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I would love to see bordeaux trump roma. and if chelsea loses it’d be even sweeter to see us go at the top of the table. i’m gonna keep my fingers crossed.
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“The last time this happened, I was not thanked.” Haha! Your optimism is greatly appreaciated. Plus, if your not optimistic I wouldn’t be able to thank you afterwords.
Im hoping for convincing win agasint Valenciennes at the Stade Chaban-Delmas. The worst of teams can pull off the biggest surprise against the best of teams, but I expect us not to go into the match over confident. We should do fine going into the game, that being said I perdict a 4 - 0 victory.
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A win is a MUST. Roma plays Chievo on the Saturday and they can probably churn out a win. Bordeaux needs to do the same or else the morale will go down.
Also, apparently Chamakh would love to take Cavenaghi with him if/when he leaves. On the other hand, Cavé would *love* to stay. And Ramé’s fitness is still uncertain, but Gourcuff is ok’ed. Bordeaux are finally going to court for Feindouno against ASSE, I believe.
Lyon is swapping match dates with PSG, so they’re playing on Saturday. (Aka Lyon wins again). I hate how with the smallest thing, OL blogs go CRAZY with “OMG EVERYONE IS AGAINST US THEY HATE US ‘CAUSE WE’RE SO GOOD.” It’s really annoying, because after they complain and appeal to the LFP, they always get when they want in the end. (Might I say the same for PSG?)
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