PSG falls to Bordeaux in Coupe de la Ligue

Parisians hopes of advancing to the Coupe de la Ligue finals perished at Parc des Princes as Bordeaux defeated PSG 3-0 in decisive fashion. With Stéphane Le Mignan's Vannes continuing their Cinderella run defeating Nice on penalties, the Girondins appear ready to add some hardware to the trophy case.

The match was a peculiar sort with notable attack intent but quality defending in the final third of the pitch on either end but certainly Bordeaux's Marc Planus and Souleymane Diawara deserve special mention for frustrating the host sides efforts. PSG will look back on the match with painful regrets as both Stéphane Sessegnon and Mateja Kežman missed glorious chances to score and the Serbian international foolishly throwing his shirt in anger after being substituted at the hour.

In a moment of defending ineptitude, Laurent Blanc's side took the lead seventeen minutes in against the run of the play as Franck Jurietti crossed brilliantly for David Bellion to nod home. Eyebrow raising calls as the half waned down denied the Parisians two penalty calls and the match went to the break 1-0. With the restart, the rich attacking play of the first half waned as resolve to go forward was reserved for the final moments. As PSG poured forward in the final minutes, they were susceptible to counter, which is precisely how Bordeaux scored its final two goals. With three minutes remaining Jussiê provided Souleymane Diawara a well-weighted ball with the Senegalese international finishing perfectly. Deep into added-time, Wendel added a bit of dressing to the score-line tucking the ball behind Mickaël Landreau from Fernando's counter initiative.

PSG returns to play this Saturday against Nantes.