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 Feb. 20 to Feb. 19 to allow his players an extra day to prepare for a Champions League second-round tie at Olympiakos on Feb. 23.
The French champions must also play a League Cup semi-final at Lorient on Feb. 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."
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 09:36