Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh's late goal sealed a 2-0 win at Bayern Munich to put the French side into the Champions League's knock-out stages and effectively knock the Germans out.
Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh's late goal sealed a 2-0 win at Bayern Munich to put the French side into the Champions League's knock-out stages and effectively knock the Germans out.
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Philipp Lahm cuts a sorry figure after Bayern Munich's 0-2 loss to Bordeaux in the Champions League yesterday. The German team is almost out of the competition. |
After midfielder Yoann Gourcuff scored with a first-half header, Chamakh took advantage of a mistake by Bayern goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt to slot the second goal on the verge of injury-time.
The French league leaders left Bavaria with three precious points while Bayern's dreams of reaching the next phase are all but over after the defeat.
With two games left at Juventus and home to Maccabi Haifa remaining in the group stages, Bayern now need a miracle to qualify as the defeat leaves them third in the table six points behind leaders Bordeaux and four behind Juventus.
But Bordeaux are now in the knock-out phases even before Juventus visit the Stade Chaban-Delmas at the end of the month while facing a trip to Israel Maccabi Haifa next month.
After a slow start, Bayern had several clear chances to take the lead mid-way through the first-half, but were denied both by French goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso and bad fortune.
Coach Louis van Gaal opted for Italian World Cup winner Luca Toni and Germany striker Miroslav Klose as strikers and the pair squandered a host of chances to score. Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger curled in a superb free-kick which Carrasso did well to palm around the post with half an hour gone.
