
Bordeaux Edge 10-Man Monaco To Go Third In Ligue 1
Depleted Bordeaux edged in-form Monaco 2-1 at home on Sunday to claw back into the top three in Ligue 1.
“All victories are important for us but especially at a difficult time,” said Bordeaux manager Paulo Sousa.
Already deprived of defenders Edson Mexer and Vukasin Jovanovic who were both suspended, midfielder Youssef Ait Bennasser, who could not play because he is on-loan from Monaco, Bordeaux lost centre-back Laurent Koscielny to injury on Sunday morning and winger Jimmy Briand during the warm-up.
Jonathan Cafu, who was on-loan at Red Star Belgrade last season, made his first appearance since 2018 on the …