Champions League - Bayern stunned by Bordeaux

Eurosport - Tue, 03 Nov 21:45:00 2009

Bayern Munich succumbed to a shock 2-0 defeat at home to Bordeaux to leave their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread.

FOOTBALL 2009-2010 Bayern-Bordeaux (Ciani et Gourcuff) - 0

Two defensive blunders gifted Laurent Blanc's side all three points, Yoann Gourcuff and Marouane Chamakh pouncing on errors to give the French side a deserved win.

The first half began slowly, with Bayern dominating possession against an away side clearly set up not to concede, the French champions frustrating their hosts with a well organised and disciplined display.

The match exploded into life just after the half-hour mark, a Bastian Schwiensteiger free-kick sparking a melee in the Bordeaux area before the German's effort was palmed away by Cedric Carrasso in the French goal. From the resulting cross Miroslav Klose's goal-bound effort was kept out by the hand of Michael Ciani, a fact missed by referee, Pedro Proenca.

To further compound Bayern's misery the away side opened the scoring seconds later, Gourcuff heading home unmarked from a Wendel free-kick on 38 minutes, although Hans-Jorg Butt should have done a lot more to keep out the French midfielders effort.

Bayern brought on Arjen Robben for the second half and the Dutchman sparked the home side into life, and the Bundesliga side missed a golden opportunity to equalise almost immediately, Luca Toni blasting the ball over the bar from 12 yards after breaking free of the Bordeaux defence.

The Bavarians continued to attack at will, with Robben and Toni both missing further chances to equalise.

However it was Bordeaux who struck again on 90 minutes, and it was a nightmare for Bayern keeper, Butt. The German stopper missed the ball completely when rushing from his box to clear a long ball, leaving Chamakh to tap home into an empty net.

Bayern stay third in Group A, six points adrift of Bordeaux in top spot and four away from second-placed Juventus with two games to play.

Tim Burnett / Eurosport

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  1. Bayern is no worse than in the last 10 years. They just­ miss desperately a decent keeper! Butt is a disaster,­ Rensing at times is even worse, although on a single­ night he can do miracles. Overall, the keepers'­ level in this year's Champions League is­ embarassing, except for Buffon. Think of Casillas and­ Dida in the 2-3 at the Bernabeu...

    From Giovanni T, on Wed 4 Nov 9:31AM

  2. Two years since Oliver Kahn left Bayern and they can­ just not hold together. Struggling in the Bundesliga­ and virtually kicked out of the Champion League. Are we­ seeing the end of a Bayern Era?

    From nkabare, on Wed 4 Nov 8:36AM

  3. Guillaume : arretes de rever ! Les equipes francaises­ n'arriveront pas en finale, hihihi.... Tu vois un­ Marseille - Bordeaux en finale de la prestigieuse ligue­ des champions toi ? Avec des illustres inconnus...

    From Mervin A, on Wed 4 Nov 7:54AM

  4. google football toilet paper and wipe away your rivals,­ all major teams included

    From markpeterduffy, on Wed 4 Nov 7:10AM

  5. BORDO is great not only in football but in Handball as­ well. They will never win anything in Football and thay­ may try to win something in Handball at least

    From zviadb, on Wed 4 Nov 5:37AM

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    From hi.kalyjones, on Wed 4 Nov 3:32AM

  7. oui grave, guillaume tes un kikoolol :p,
    ca roule pour­ les francais nempeche!
    Come on gunnerz!

    From Ulysse, on Wed 4 Nov 2:22AM

  8. Guillaume pas la peine de flood comme un kevin tout de­ meme

    From First D, on Wed 4 Nov 2:09AM

  9. a suprise package this season..! nice..!

    From carlamms, on Wed 4 Nov 12:22AM

  10. NOUS SOMMèS LES GIRONDINS ET NOUS àVONS BATTU LE­ BAYERN!!!!!
    ALLEZ BORDEAUX!!!
    ALLEZ LYON!!!
    ALLEZ LES­ éQUIPES FRANçAISE EN COUPE D'EUROPE

    From Guillaume, on Tue 3 Nov 11:59PM

  11. FC THEATERSTADL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! had money on those­ loosers, screw those millionairs!!!

    From wuester, on Tue 3 Nov 11:23PM
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    From hi.kalyjones, on Tue 3 Nov 11:20PM

  13. Good solid game from Bordeaux. I am delighted to see my­ beloved team leading this group. We'll try to beat­ Juventus for the next game, in order to finish first!

    From jezan, on Tue 3 Nov 10:34PM

  14. Europa for Bayern and the sack for the manager

    From eurosportcommentator, on Tue 3 Nov 10:10PM

  15. I'm a Bayern supporter, but this was just pathetic.­ Tymoshchuk is a total disaster and Gomez is the best­ forward we have in Germany and Van Gaal surely­ didn't forbid him to show it. I don't know what­ is going wrong with them but in that form they­ won't eben survive Haifa, wake the f*** up!!!

    From blubbblubb18, on Tue 3 Nov 10:08PM

  16. ha ha ha ha

    From Half A Brain, on Tue 3 Nov 9:50PM
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