Lyon, Bordeaux count cost of Europe football exploits
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
French first division front-runners Bordeaux and Lyon were both left to count the cost of victory in the Champions League ahead of this weekend’s matches in Ligue 1.League leaders and reigning champions Bordeaux lost talismanic playmaker Yoann Gourcuff to a thigh problem during their hard-earned 1-0 victory over Maccabi Haifa, while Lyon’s injury-plagued squad was further stretched during their 4-0 victory at Hungarian champions Debrecen.Gourcuff overcame a different thigh injury to feature in B