Bordeaux was humiliated with a 2-0 beating by newly-promoted Clermont Foot

In the season opener itself, Bordeaux took the brunt of a 2-0 beating by a newly-promoted Clermont Foot on Sunday. Despite the fact that the match was played on their home ground at Matmut Atlantique. Les Girondins’ disappointing day though did have few upsides with players like Samuel Kalu on the field. But goals by Mohamed Bayo and Jodel Dossou left the host disappointed at the end of the day. The club is already facing a severe financial crisis, due to which they failed to bring in better reinforcements for the new season.

The new manager Vladimir Petkovic did not have a choice but to put in veterans, like Jimmy Briand, Laurent Koscielny, in charge and added Kalu as well. The Nigerian International was impressive on-field he even aimed a shot from outside the box but it found Arthur Desmas instead of the net twice.