Bordeaux boss Blanc ready to use B team
Reuters - Monday 08 February 2010, 15:31
PARIS - Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc said
he was prepared to send his B team to play a delayed League Cup
semi-final next week after the French League turned down his
request to ease the crowded calendar.
Blanc unsuccessfully asked officials to move a Ligue 1 match
against Auxerre from February 20 to February 19 to allow his players an
extra day to prepare for a Champions League second-round tie at
Olympiakos on February 23.
The French champions must also play a League Cup semi-final
at Lorient on February 17 and Blanc told a news conference on
Monday:
"I am ready to send the B team. We are going to play
four matches over 10 days."