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Bordeaux upset 10-man Marseille 2-0 at the Stade Vélodrome on Saturday thanks to goals from Julien Faubert and Ligue 1 debutante Pierre Ducasse.
Despite being denied the services of attacking summer signings Mamadou Niang and Wilson Oruma, new Marseille Coach Jean Fernandez still aligned an offensive formation with attacking midfielders Sami Nasri and Laurent Batlles playing behind a three-pronged led by last season’s leading scorer Peguy Luyindula.
OM dominated the early exchanges but it was the visitors that opened the scoring when Faubert latched onto a Jean-Claude Darcheville pass and saw his left-foot drive fly in with the aid of the post after taking a wicked deflection off Abdoulaye Meité.
Fernandez brought on new Peruvian striker Andres Mendoza at the break at reverted to a classic 4-4-2 in an effort to break down a well-organised Bordeaux defence.
The impact of the extra man in midfield was immediate as Marseille went in search of the equaliser.
However, the Marseille boss was forced into another reshuffle on 54 minutes when new captain Frédéric Dehu brought down Bordeaux’s Marouane Chamakh as the last defender and appropriately received his marching orders.
Luyindula immediately made way for defender Demetrius Ferreira leaving Mendoza to plough a lone furrow against a determined Bordeaux back four.
Bordeaux used their numerical advantage to comfortably hold off their hosts until teenage substitute Ducasse put the result beyond doubt in the dying seconds, beautifully set up by the rejuvenated Darcheville.
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