Bordeaux put themselves in the driving seat to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after claiming a 1-0 victory in the first leg of their last-16 tie at Olympiacos. Michael Ciani popped up with the only goal of the game on the stroke of the interval as the Greek side gave themselves a mountain to climb in the second leg on March 17. The winner was not without a whiff of controversy, however, coming as it did from a controversial free-kick awarded by referee Howard Webb, but that will be of little concern for Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc who saw his side maintain their unbeaten record in this season’s competition. Olof Mellberg almost opened the scoring for Olympiacos after just four minutes, the defender connecting well with Jesus Datolo’s free-kick but unlucky to see his header sail the wrong side of the upright. Neither did enough to claim the upper hand in the early exchanges but Antonis Nikopolidis’ palms were stung after 25 minutes when some neat Bordeaux approach play saw Fernando fire an effort straight at the home custodian. A collision between Raul Bravo and Ieroklis Stoltidis gifted Bordeaux a chance to bag the opener after 36… Read full this story
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