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4¹ A late challenge gets MUNIAIN a yellow card. 7¹ A fine ball from BIABIANY on the right was collected by MUNIAIN who sliced his shot just wide. 9¹ A neatly crafted cross from HENDERSON was knocked goalbound by CASTAIGNOS only for the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper to palm clear. 11¹ A drive from MUNIAIN seemed a certain goal but JAVI VARAS managed to palm the ball clear. 13¹ HENDERSON beat GURPEGUI and flicked the ball to MUNIAIN who pulled his shot wide. 14¹ A corner bobbled toward RECOBA who nodded an effort wide. 15¹ GOAL!! A deep cross by MENSAH was met by DAÑOBEITIA who steamed in to score. (1-0 Athletic Bilbao) 19¹ EXPÓSITO poked an easy chance past the righthand post. 21¹ BIABIANY was put clear by SØRENSEN and he dummied the 'keeper but thrust his shot wide. 27¹ JÄÄSKELÄINEN did well to hold onto a wicked strike from GURPEGUI. 31¹ A accurate pass was collected by DAÑOBEITIA and his right foot shot flew narrowly over. 34¹ A thirty yard shot from DAÑOBEITIA caused the 'keeper no problem. 37¹ GOAL!! After a fine build-up MUNIAIN drove the ball past the 'keeper. (1-1) 39¹ DAÑOBEITIA receives a yellow card by the referee for a poor challenge. 1² MUNIAIN kicked the ball wide from just outside the area. 16² A strike from CASTAIGNOS held no problem for JAVI VARAS. 22² GOAL!! HELSTAD drove a powerful shot against the crossbar with DAÑOBEITIA driving in the rebound. (2-1 Athletic Bilbao) 27² EXPÓSITO beat three Bordeaux players and blasted a shot wide. 32² The stunned Bordeaux 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from TRÉMOULINAS fell just wide. 42² A penalty box scramble resulted in SÍLVIO cracking a low shot over. 43² VIDAL dribbled round GURPEGUI and rifled a poor shot wide. 46² An exceptional effort from CASTAIGNOS scraped the outside of the righthand post.

Bordeaux   League position: 5 Home league form: WXLL Overall league form: LWXLLXWL Formation: 3-4-3

Line-ups Jussi JÄÄSKELÄINEN 6  1 7  JAVI VARAS Souleymane DIAWARA 7  2 7  SÍLVIO Manuel (c)Benoît TRÉMOULINAS 6½ 3 7  Unai EXPÓSITO Frederik SØRENSEN 7½ 4 7  Pablo ORBÁIZ(c) Luc CASTAIGNOS 7  5 7  RODOLFO Dantas Jonathan BIABIANY 6½ 6 6½ John MENSAH Iker MUNIAIN 7  7 7  Banel NICOLITA Arturo VIDAL 7  8 6  Mikel DAÑOBEITIA Walter GARGANO 7½ 9 6  Thorstein HELSTAD(p) (f)Jordan HENDERSON 6½ 10 6½ Carlos GURPEGUI(f) (p)Marcos ROJO 6  11 6  Álvaro RECOBA D SG Manager Yannis TAFER    12    USTARITZ Aldekoaotalora Olivier SORIN    13    Daniel ARANZUBÍA Kevin GROSSKREUTZ    14    Oscar SIELVA Nampalys MENDY    15    David RIVAS Clément GRENIER    16 7½ Jesús LACRUZ

Athletic Bilbao   League position: 21 Away league form: XLXW Overall league form: XXLLLXLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Bordeaux 1 Athletic Bilbao 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 34,100, Stadium: Chaban-Delmas, Referee: Paolo Dondarini 7½) Muniain 37¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Dañobeitia 15¹, Dañobeitia 22²   OrbáizóLacruz 10²     Muniain 4¹ Dañobeitia 39¹ 8 6 9 5 7 4 9 4 10 8 19 12 6 2 44% 56% ¶ Man of the match: Walter Gargano ¶