"Panathinaikos' win is absolutely deserved. People may say they were lucky but I don't agree. After that performance we don't deserve to go through. We must be angry with ourselves."
Jose Mourinho surprisingly philosophical over Inter Milan's defeat to Panathinaikos, the first in their European campaign this season. Click to continue reading...

The Cinderellas are in group B, not A. Cluj was the underdog-come-good story to start out the campaign, and deservedly so. They beat Roma - though who didn't earlier in the season - and nil-niled (yes, that's a verb) with a then high-flying Chelsea team. Now, however, they've come back down to earth, and will be [. Click to continue reading...

I don't think they show matches like tonight's game between Bordeaux and Chelsea to the choir of absolutely self-assured angels who sing "The Chommmm-pyons!!" at the end of every Heineken commercial, because it takes unquestioning faith in the established order to sing "The Chommmm-pyons! Click to continue reading...

Chelsea. Bordeaux. France. Champions League. Girls in electric yellow.

Shall I say anymore? Why yes, of course.

After that debacle over the weekend at home to Newcastle you know, the one where we did everything but score we need a decisive performance. If that's not enough, we're coming off that Roma display and thus need, not want, a win here.

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There are some pivotal battles to be fought in the upcoming Matchday and while some groups look to have clear patterns emerging, others could go down to the wire. Let's take a whirlwind tour of the current state of the groups along with my speculations on the ties on Matchday 5. Group A A win for Chelsea [. Click to continue reading...

Alternatively: Benzema vs. Gourcuff. Puel vs. Blanc. First vs. Second. The Lyon Offside vs. The Bordeaux Offside. Inara vs. Jennifer. Etc.

All you need to know is that tomorrow features two of France's heavyweights in a game that could directly influence the title, both in terms of points and in terms of psychology.

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Oh Jean-mimi. How you love to find new ways to make people hate you (outside of Lyon, that is).

This morning, in a rather long interview in which Jean-Michel Aulas touched upon various subjects such as Laurent Blanc, the title race, and Hatem Ben Arfa, he also spoke about his regrets at being unable to sign Yoann Gourcuff two years ago from Rennes.

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Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite Ligue 1 club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each Ligue 1 club so that you [...] Click to continue reading...

Cheik Diabaté, the 20-year-old Malian forward, on loan from Bordeaux is enjoying a great amount of success this season at Ligue 2 side AC Ajaccio. He has seven goals so far in 2008 and has guided the club to a 9th place standing in the table after 14 matches.

Several other young prospects are doing well in 2008-2009. Click to continue reading...

Note: When we do our searches for the ever-elusive game highlights, we have to take what we can get. (And we do it with much gratitude to the people who manage to evade the Video Police and host them.) But the ones we find are not always perfect. There's a good chance that [...] Click to continue reading...

Matchday 4 should be a pivotal one as many groups may well be decided once the games are completed. Who needs a win and who can afford to slip? Let's take a look at Tuesday's games. Group A Roma need to win at home against Chelsea but that is looking to be a tall order considering the [...] Click to continue reading...

CFR Cluj are meeting Bordeaux in the Champions League Group A.  Watch the match LIVE here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you celebrate your goal with a pirate hat, arrr........ Abby Wambach listed by Chinese gov't as potential threat in Beijing. (ESPN) 10 surprising Premiership statistics. (EPL Talk) It may still be a foreigners league, but English managers are on the rise. (Reuters Soccer Blog) An ode to last evening: Frank Lampard's gorgeous goal taking a [. Click to continue reading...

4 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than a turban-sporting Italian in net, but they were never predicted to sneak a deserved point. Cluj proved their Roma win was no fluke, even if they used a vastly different [. Click to continue reading...

Yoann Gourcuff's first-half strike gave Laurent Blanc's side the lead, but Mirko Vucinic brought the visitors level midway through the second half, before Julio Baptista struck twice in the final quarter of the match to revive Giallorossi Champions League ambitions. There was no surrender that typified Bordeaux's 4-0 defeat by Chelsea in their first match in Group A, [. Click to continue reading...

From the Curious Statistic Department: Roma beat Bordeaux 3-1 in France on the back of second half goals from Mirko Vucinic and Julio Baptista (brace), who both happened to be celebrating their birthdays (25th & 27th, respectively). Has that ever happened before? Is there any way to even check that? Click to continue reading...

Would you believe it if I told you both Roma goalscorers (Vucinic & Julio Baptista) celebrated their birthday today? Seriously, no lie! And what better gift to themselves (and Spalletti), than to carry their team to victory on Bordeaux soil after trailing by one in the first half? You just can't make that sh** up. Click to continue reading...

Another eight Champions League games today, and I'm going to try and cover them all here in one big LiveBlog. Personally, I think today's games look a bit more interesting than yesterday's. Inter vs Bremen promises excitement and we'll see if Cluj's win at Roma was just a fluke when they host Chelsea in Romania. Click to continue reading...

Luciano Spalletti, nella conferenza della vigilia di Bordeaux-Roma, fa il punto sulla partita di domani sera: «Il Bordeaux ha delle potenzialità da non sottovalutare -ha detto il tecnico giallorosso- e noi dovremo essere bravi ad interpretare l'incontro. Dovremo essere squadra, dimostrarci sicuri e convinti delle nostre qualità. Click to continue reading...

The Champions League returns to day with some teams already facing must wins games. Here is a preview of this weeks games. Group A Outlook: When the draw was made, Chelsea and Roma were favorites to qualify from this group. Chelsea were impressive in sweeping aside Bordeaux in Match Day 1, but Roma were upset by [. Click to continue reading...

Match Schedule Tuesday 30 Sept. 2008   20:45 Fiorentina vs FC Steaua Bucuresti 20:45 FC BATE Borisov vs Juventus Wednesday 01 Oct. 2008 20:45 Bordeaux vs AS Roma 20:45 Internazionale vs Werder Bremen all times (CET) UEFA.com Magazine Interviews UEFA.com magazine interviews Juventus legend, UEFA president Michel Platini UEFA. Click to continue reading...

I bet The Voyeur is pissed.

Chelsea scout Guy Hillion confirmed that the club inked 12-year-old Jeremy Boga from ASPTT Marseille.

The Blues beat out Lyon, Bordeaux and big Marseille for the young one's signature. More to the point, his father has been working in London for a couple of years, leading to Boga's decision to join Chelsea.

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Follow the Uefa Champions league- Highlights and live - at footiedb.com! Wednesday at 20.45 Click here to pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today! LIVESTREAM ! Click here to pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today! Click to continue reading...

Il difensore centrale del Bordeaux, Carlos Henrique, salterà per squalifica il match di campionato con il Saint-Etienne. Perdita importante per Blanc, ma Henrique pensa solo alla Roma: «Dovremo cancellare contro la Roma la figuraccia rimediata con il Chelsea. Vogliamo cancellare la disfatta di Londra, vincendo con i giallorossi. Click to continue reading...

Non solo la Roma deve fronteggiare il problema infortunati. Le brutte notizie arrivano anche per il Bordeaux, a meno di una settimana dall'impegno di Champions League contro i giallorossi. Il difensore Souleymane Diawara e l'attaccante Yoan Gouffran hanno abbandonato anzitempo l'allenamento di questa mattina, entrambi per problemi a una caviglia. Click to continue reading...

Le dichiarazioni di Laurent Blanc, allenatore del Bordeaux, a Centro Suono Sport:

"La Roma deve vincere per forza, per noi invece pareggiare non sarebbe una catastrofe. E' una gara decisiva soprattutto per loro Roma e Chelsea sono le favorite del gruppo. E dato che la Roma ha perso la prima partita all'Olimpico, si troverà di fronte a un test fondamentale. Click to continue reading...

European soccer's governing body UEFA is expected to stand by its decision to appoint Poland and Ukraine as hosts of Euro 2012 on Friday despite a lack of progress in preparations to stage the tournament. UEFA's executive committee is also due to endorse an expansion of the European Championship finals to 24 teams from 16 at its two-day meeting starting on Thursday in Bordeaux, despite criticism that it could dilute the quality of the event. Click to continue reading...

20/09/2008

Grenoble - Bordeaux 0 - 1
Le Havre - Lione 0 - 1
Lille - Auxerre 3 - 2
Lorient - Caen 1 - 1
Nantes - Valenciennes 2 - 0
Tolosa - Sochaux 2 - 1
Nizza - Le Mans 2 - 2

21/09/2008

Nancy - Rennes 0 - 0
Saint Etienne - PSG 1 - 0
Olympique Marsiglia - Monaco ore 21. Click to continue reading...

20/09/2008

Grenoble - Bordeaux 0 - 1
Le Havre - Lione 0 - 1
Lille - Auxerre 3 - 2
Lorient - Caen 1 - 1
Nantes - Valenciennes 2 - 0
Tolosa - Sochaux 2 - 1
Nizza - Le Mans 2 - 2

21/09/2008

Nancy - Rennes ore 17.00
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20/09/2008

Grenoble - Bordeaux ore 19.00
Le Havre - Lione ore 19.00
Lille - Auxerre ore 19.00
Lorient - Caen ore 19.00
Nantes - Valenciennes ore 19.00
Tolosa - Sochaux ore 19.00
Nizza - Le Mans ore 21.00

21/09/2008

Nancy - Rennes ore 17.00
Saint Etienne - PSG ore 17. Click to continue reading...

NEL MOMENTO PIÙ DIFFICILE,PARLA LA MATRIARCA GIALLOROSSA

«Voleremo insieme alla Roma»

Maria Sensi: «A Bordeaux io o Rosella torneremo a seguire la squadra in trasferta. Ci
riprenderemo. Alla messa m'aspettavo più tifosi, ma la famiglia romanista c'era tutta»

Di PIETRO TRIA
«A Bordeaux, io o mia figlia Rosella torneremo
a seguire la squadra in trasferta
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It was an interesting beginning to the 2008-2009 Champions League campaign with Romanian upstarts CFR Cluj grabbing the headlines as they stunned Italian giants Roma with a deserved 2-1 victory at the Stadio Olimpico. Roma now face a must win game in Match Day 2 away to Bordeaux who were thrashed 4-0 by Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

After Chelsea slaughtered Bordeaux in a 4-0 victory at Stamford Bridge Stadium, I wanted to put up these highlight videos. Dang, some great passing skills by Chelsea and the third goal, provided by Florent Malouda , was amazing! Check out the videos below. Part 1: Part 2: Tags: chelsea, bordeaux, chelsea victory, chelsea victory september 16, chelsea vs [. Click to continue reading...

Champions League debutants CFR 1907 Cluj came from behind to beat Roma and record a stunning 2-1 victory at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Beyond the absence of Totti, Roma had a strong squad out on the field and will be disappointed with their performance. There has been a bit of turmoil off the field [. Click to continue reading...