Wendel's 88th minute penalty has given Bordeaux a hardly deserved away win at Austria Vienna. The Austrian league leaders, which have started the competition with this fixture, have got off to a perfect start when striker Kuljic shot them ahead in the 5th minute, only for the visitors to equalize through Chamakh in the injury time of the first half. The French side have made their quality count in the second fourty five minutes, as they've looked as the far more likely team to score during that interval and have eventually grabbed a deserved winner thanks to Wendel's late penalty.

Austria have welcomed back Slovenian playmaker Acimovic, and manager Zellhofer hoped that the return of the influential midfield man will help his team end their recent slump. However, captain Blanchard was unable to shake off his injury in time to feature. On the other side, the visitors have started the match in a very much attacking formation, with manager Blanc once again making a few changes to his usual side and resting key midfielder Diarra.

The home side have started the match brightly, with Troyansky shooting tamely from a promising position after only sixty seconds. The Violets were dominant, and Kuljic made the visitors pay for their approach after only five minutes, when he headed home a free kick by Acimovic. The visitors have looked a bit more open after conceding but have struggled to create clear cut chances and Austria could've had a second five minutes before the interval, when Troyansky failed to score from his second clear cut chance of the match. And the defender's misses were punished minutes later, as veteran Micoud found Chamakh with a low cross in the injury time of the first half to put the visitors on level terms. And Bordeaux nearly had a second just after the break, but Safar did well to save an attempt by Wendel. The lively midfielder was the central figure of the second half and came close on a few other occasions before scoring the late winner from the spot. Polish veteran Bak brought down the Brazilian in the box to allow him to mark his great performance with a deserved penalty goal. Austria have failed to create anything late on, and had to accept their defeat.

It was a decent first half performance by the Violets, but there was little the Austrians could do in the second fourty five minutes, when the French have came out with a more positive approach and made their superior quality count. On the other side, Bordeaux manager Blanc will be happy to see his side performing even with a quite youthful assembly, and a successful UEFA Cup campaign seems to be on the cards for his side.