Bordeaux vs Lyon Live Online, Match Preview and Predictions

The quarterfinal 2nd leg match between Bordeaux ands Lyon will kick off on 7 April, 2010, 19:45 GMT at Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France.

Lyon will be without Lisandro López and Sidney Govou, both suspended for their second leg against fellow Ligue 1 side Bordeaux. In their absence, OL will have one major advantage over the Girondins: two goals.

Bordeaux has been on an unbeaten streak in the Champions League before losing the first leg at Lyon. They were leading Ligue 1 until losing Saturday but do have several matches in hand. Lyon currently lead Ligue 1 but only on goal differnce. The two teams are very familiar with each other and there won’t be many surprises.

Pedigree, recent form and a two-goal advantage from the first leg suggest Olympique Lyon will knock out Girondins Bordeaux on Wednesday to advance to the last four of the Champions League.

Lyon, who won 3-1 at home last week after an exciting first leg of the all-French quarter-final clash, have greater experience of European battles and boosted their morale by winning 2-1 at Stade Rennes on Saturday to go top in Ligue 1.

Olympique Lyon Coach Claude Puel said, "I am not and we are not looking beyond this game - we must play a return match. Both teams want to qualify. We have to be efficient and play well to qualify."

Lyon have one foot into the semifinals with their performance in the first leg but if they look to far ahead, Bordeaux could surprise them. This doesn’t seem likely as Lyon should be focused and have shown their ability to play a defensive match.

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CSKA Moscow vs Inter Milan , Score and Match Preview

The second leg of Champions League match between Inter Milan and CSKA Moscow will kick off on April 6, 2010 at Luzhniki Stadium. The match will commence at 17:30 UK.

The Champions League rolls around once more and Inter travel to Moscow for the quarter-final second leg against CSKA. The Italian champions hold a 1-0 lead going into the game at the Luzhniki Stadium.

The first leg of the tie was very uneventful for the first 45 minutes. CSKA was very organized defensively and Inter struggled to break them down. Inter’s best chance of the half came on Goran Pandev’s blast from 25 yards out that narrowly missed its mark.

Going into the match Inter welcome back ‘Super’ Mario Balotelli who was also included and scored in the weekend’s 3-0 victory over Bologna. The 19 year-old striker had been in a well-publicised spat with the club and Jose Mourinho, but he has since apologised so should find a place on the bench in Moscow.

Inter dominated the possession and had three times as many shots on goal as CSKA did. CSKA will hope that their home field advantage will help them level the score in the second leg.

CSKA on the other hand are playing in their first ever Champions League quarter-final, though they will be confident they can overturn the 1 goal deficit. Though they will have to do it without the aforementioned Krasic and Aldonin, who are both suspended for the match after picking up bookings in the first leg.

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