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Full-Time: CHELSEA 4-0 BORDEAUX.
CHELSEA 4-0 BORDEAUX, Belletti smashes in a shot from distance which Rame tips onto the crossbar and ANELKA is on hand to sweep home the loose ball from close range.
Anelka's low shot strikes the outside of the post and goes out for a goal-kick, that was almost number four.
Into the final minute now and Chelsea have run out comfortable winners.
Lampard's deep corner from the left finds an unmarked Carvalho, but he heads against the top of the crossbar from eight yards out.
That Malouda goal has lifted what has been a pretty lacklustre second half.
Goalscorer Malouda gets a rest and Salomon Kalou takes his place.
CHELSEA 3-0 BORDEAUX, John Obi Mikel and Lampard combine to set up MALOUDA and he drives a left-foot shot just inside the far post from 15 yards.
Skipper John Terry surges forward from defence to try and inspire his side and a corner is hacked clear.
It's keep-ball from Chelsea, they are content with their two-goal cushion.
Less than 15 minutes to go and no sign of a Bordeaux fightback, the game has begun to drift a little.
Bordeaux replace Fernando with Pierre Ducasse.
It's Joe Cole who makes way as Belletti comes on.
Chelsea are preparing to bring on Juliano Belletti for the closing stages.
Scolari is off the bench to make a point or two, he doesn't look too happy to be honest.
Midway through the second half and Chelsea have everything under control.
Bordeaux make a double change, Fernando Cavenaghi and Gabriel Obertan on for Chamakh and Yoan Gouffran.
Wendel tries an ambitious effort from 30 yards out, but his left-footer is a couple of yards wide of target.
Anelka is clear over on the right, but from an acute angle he shoots into the sidenetting at the near post.
Michael Ballack enters the fray for Deco.
Malouda has a shot blocked away for a corner after more good build-up play from Anelka.
Anelka leads a quick counter which ends with Joe Cole curling an effort just wide from 20 yards, but the offside flag was up in any case.
Deco is the first man booked, for a foul on Alou Diarra in midfield.
Bordeaux enjoy more possession, before Lampard steps in to break up the attack.
Malouda breaks down the left flank again, but his first-time cross is too hard for Anelka to reach.
Bordeaux have obviously decided to have a go and see if they can force a way back into the game.
Fernando breaks forward from midfield and fires a 25-yard effort narrowly wide of target with Cech struggling to cover.
The second half has started as quietly as the first did.
Malouda skips clear down the left, but his cutback towards Anelka is knocked away by a Bordeaux defender.
Joe Cole goes in late on Souleymane Diawara but avoids a yellow card.
Chamakh tries to keep the ball in play and tumbles over the advertising hoardings, but gets up to carry on.
Bordeaux get the second period underway.
Half-Time: CHELSEA 2-0 BORDEAUX.
Gourcuff tries a shot from 25 yards and wins a corner.
Half-time's just around the corner and Scolari must be delighted with the way things are going.
Chelsea are dominating possession again, with the visitors seemingly lost for any idea of how to get back in the game.
Yoann Gourcuff curls the 30-yard set-piece just over the top, with Cech looking to have it covered all the way.
Deco gives the ball away in midfield and Marouane Chamakh is felled by Ricardo Carvalho.
Bosingwa's deep cross is deflected into the path of the unmarked Lampard, but he screws his shot well wide of goal from a mere ten yards out.
That second goal has been coming for a while now and it's no more than Chelsea deserve.
CHELSEA 2-0 BORDEAUX, a Lampard near-post corner from the left is deftly back-headed into the net past Rame by Joe Cole.
Malouda has a cross from the left blocked by Marc Planus as Bordeaux come under pressure again.
Bordeaux have offered little or nothing since the goal went in.
Anelka is played clear on the right by Deco, but he tries to pull the ball back to Malouda and the chance goes begging.
Bosingwa swings a ball in from the right and Anelka is almost there to deliver the second goal.
Chelsea are content to knock the ball around patiently and look for an opening.
Bosingwa cuts in from the right and his ball into the area is deflected goalwards by Fernando Menegazzo and Rame has to make a smart save to prevent an own goal.
The resulting corner is eventually played into the near post and Joe Cole almost gets in for a second goal, Rame gathers again.
Anelka finds space over on the left and fires in a low right-footer which forces Rame into a decent save at his near post.
The goal has opened the game up and the home side look set to press for a killer second goal.
That goal came out of nothing, with Chelsea catching their opponents cold at the back.
CHELSEA 1-0 BORDEAUX, Jose Bosingwa finds space down the right and plays in a super cross for Frank LAMPARD to arrive and head home unmarked from eight yards out.
Deco again tries to play in Joe Cole, but again the pass is overhit slightly and Rame is out to collect.
It's been really turgid stuff so far, hopefully it can only get better.
Wendel Geraldo Mauricio drives forward from midfield and drives a 30-yard left-footer over the top of Petr Cech's crossbar.
Malouda cuts the ball into the area from the left, but it's out of Anelka's reach and is cleared away.
Deco lofts a pass over the top of the Bordeaux defence, but it's too far in front of Joe Cole and keeper Ulrich Rame collects.
Bordeaux will be satisfied with a quiet start to the evening.
No action of note just yet, with play condensed in midfield.
A tight opening to the game.
Chelsea get the game underway.
The French visitors to London are coached by former Manchester United defender Laurent Blanc.
Blues coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has opted to start with just Nicolas Anelka in attack, supported by Florent Malouda and Joe Cole.
Chelsea start their Champions League Group A campaign with a meeting with Bordeaux at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea eased to a convincing 4-0 victory at home to Bordeaux to get their Champions League Group A campaign off to a perfect start. The early minutes of the game saw little or no goalmouth action, although Deco was starting to look threatening from an advanced midfield role. However, the home side hit the front 14 minutes in as Jose Bosingwa found space down the right and played in a superb cross for Frank Lampard to arrive and head home unmarked from eight yards out. Five minutes later Nicolas Anelka made space over on the left and fired in a low right-footer which forced keeper Ulrich Rame into a decent save at his near post. Three minutes further on Bosingwa cut in from the right and his ball into the area was deflected goalwards by Fernando, with Rame forced to make a smart save to prevent an own goal. On the half-hour mark it was 2-0 as Lampard's near-post corner from the left was deftly back-headed into the net past Rame by Joe Cole. Lampard should have added a third before half-time, but shot wide when in the clear ten yards out after Bosingwa's deflected cross had dropped into his path. The early part of the second half was as quiet as the first had been, before Anelka went close to adding a third goal just past the hour mark, shooting into the side-netting from an acute angle on the right. It wasn't until eight minutes from time that Chelsea extended their lead, as John Obi Mikel and Lampard combined to set up Florent Malouda to drive a left-foot shot just inside the far post from 15 yards. Three minutes from the end Lampard's deep corner from the left found an unmarked Ricardo Carvalho, but he headed against the top of the crossbar from eight yards out. In time added-on Anelka's low shot struck the outside of the post and went out for a goal-kick, before the Frenchman grabbed a well-deserved goal. Sub Juliano Belletti smashed in a shot from distance which Rame tipped onto the crossbar and Anelka was on hand to sweep home the loose ball from close range to round off a comfortable win.
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