Bordeaux belief a threat to Lyon

While FC Girondins de Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc cannot wait for the conclusion of a UEFA Champions League quarter-final that has played on the minds of his squad, his Olympique Lyonnais counterpart Claude Puel is preaching caution despite taking a 3-1 advantage into the second-leg of the all-Ligue 1 tie.

Laurent Blanc, Bordeaux coach
I'm looking forward to this match and time is dragging by. Since the start of the year people have been talking a bit negatively about Bordeaux, and with some reason, and it is now up to the players to put things right. This is the game they have dreamed about. We are capable of pulling off a surprise against an excellent Lyon team.

Everyone must believe we are capable of it: players, staff, fans. We know what we have to do. We are going through a difficult period. We are aware of that. Lyon will be very motivated but it is up to us to play our game. We have to reproduce the game we played at Lyon but without the errors we made there. We have to be good in every area to pull this off.

Claude Puel, Lyon coach
The momentum is with us, but we have to be careful of over-confidence. Both teams can qualify so we will have to approach the match in the right way. We will play our own game, and we'll try to score here. We'll need to produce again in an attacking sense to put them in trouble; we're not happy with the first-leg scoreline, we'll have to score again here.

Champions League matches are generally open and that will be the case tomorrow. We're only thinking about this match, nothing beyond that. We will try to play the best game possible. We are not qualified yet and will have to produce a big performance to go through. Both clubs have the same will to go through; there's no difference for me. We know anything is possible.

Team news
Bordeaux
Out: Fernando (cheekbone), Grégory Sertic (ankle)
Doubtful: Cédric Carrasso (groin), Marc Planus (knee), Abdou Traoré (hamstring)
Suspended:none
Misses next match if booked: Michaël Ciani, Marc Planus

Lyon
Out: François Clerc (knee), Anderson (knee, calf, shoulder), Johann Hartock (Achilles), Jean II Makoun (groin)
Doubtful: Mathieu Bodmer (groin)
Suspended: Lisandro, Sidney Govou
Misses next match if booked: Cris, Miralem Pjanić

Weekend results
03/04/10 Bordeaux 1-2 AS Nancy-Lorraine
(Cavenaghi 28; Hadji 18, Dia 72)

• Nancy secured only their second win at Bordeaux in 39 years – the last having come on 11 October 1996. Blanc's side have now lost their last three games in all competitions, their worst run since April 2004.

03/04/10 Stade Rennais FC 1-2 Lyon
(Gyan 15; Bastos 53, Lisandro 61)

• Lyon went top of Ligue 1, Michel Bastos continuing his fine run by scoring in his third successive game since returning from injury. Puel made six changes from the team that overcame Bordeaux, naming Hugo Lloris as captain for the first time.

Background
• Bordeaux have a 50% success rate when faced with the task of overturning a two-goal deficit in UEFA club competition:
RSC Anderlecht, 2002/03 UEFA Cup third round – lost (0-2 h, 2-2 a)
AC Milan, 1995/96 UEFA Cup quarter-finals – won (0-2 a, 3-0 h)
FC Bayern München, 1995/96 UEFA Cup final – lost (0-2 h, 1-3 a)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena, 1982/83 UEFA Cup first round – won (1-3 a, 5-0 h)

• Lyon are seeking their first appearance in the last four of the UEFA Champions League having fallen at this hurdle in 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06.

Team Ties
• Lyon's Sidney Govou, Hugo Lloris, Anthony Réveillère and Jérémy Toulalan are colleagues of Bordeaux's Cédric Carasso, Michaël Ciani, Alou Diarra and Yoann Gourcuff in the France national squad.

• Bordeaux's David Bellion played alongside Lyon's Ederson and Lloris at OGC Nice, while Gourcuff and Kim Källström were team-mates at Stade Rennais FC. Yoan Gouffran and Bodmer were in the same SM Caen squad in 2002/03, although they never played together.

Did you know?
• France coach Raymond Domenech played for both sides. He won the French Cup with hometown club Lyon in 1973 and the French title with Bordeaux in 1984.

Read more on the match in the official UEFA Champions League press kit.