FC Girondins de Bordeaux vs Liverpool FC
May be a bit early, but I need a little diversion from our EPL plight.
We have only met Bordeaux once before, Bordeaux met then-European champions Liverpool in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stage; Rafael BenÃtez's Reds won 1-0 in Bordeaux and 3-0 at Anfield. Seems such a long time ago, one of the few games I actually got too.
At present our UEFA ranking is 42nd whilst Bordeaux's is 85th. On this stat alone, it's an away win, but stats can always be misleading, hence the bookies.
Personally if we get anything from this I'll be amazed. Bordeaux are 10th in their league, played 5 with 6pts, where as we are 9th with 7pts after the same amount of games, so it seems we are evenly matched from a very simplistic point of view.
With very little European pedigree within our ranks this is going to be a huge acid test for all. Actually that'snot quite true, the away fans have a European pedigree.
The game will be played at the The Matmut Atlantique stadium. The stadium was initially named as Stade Atlantique, then a deal was signed to give the naming rights to the insurance company Matmut for ten years. Construction began in
2013 and ended in April
2015. The stadium was opened on 18 May 2015.
We
have to play our strongest team, and those players
need to play in their strongest position. No excuses from who ever is in charge.
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