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MACCABI Haifa set an abject Champions League record on Tuesday when it became the first team to lose all six group games without scoring a goal.
The Israeli league leader lost 0-1 to Girondins Bordeaux, which recorded a fifth successive Champions League victory despite fielding a second-string side.
Brazilian Jussie scored the only goal of the match from the edge of the area in the 13th minute. Try as it might to score the solitary goal that might have earned it a draw, the Haifa side lacked clear direction in attack and failed to mount a single credible assault on the Bordeaux goal.
Haifa was making its second appearance in the group stages after making its debut in 2002 when it defeated Manchester United and Olympiakos. Jussie could have added a second goal two minutes after scoring his first with Haifa goalkeeper Nir Davidovich off his line and the goal at his mercy but his soft shot was scrambled off the line by defender Dekel Keinan who dived desperately.
The match also marked a farewell for veteran Haifa defender Alon Harazi, 38, who retired in his 720th appearance for the Israeli club.
He will begin an administrative role for Haifa. The former international who came on in the 71st minute played 89 times for Israel, second only to Arik Benado of Beitar Jerusalem who made 94 appearances.
Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc said he was pleased with his players' performance and thought they deserved to win but added that Haifa was not as weak as its record showed.
"My team dominated this evening against Haifa but when you look at their matches against Juventus and Bayern Munich they posed them problems and they posed problems for us in Bordeaux," he told reporters.
Blanc said after Bordeaux had been drawn in the same group as Juventus and Bayern they were the outsiders but their performances showed that they had deserved to win the group.
Haifa coach Elisha Levy said his team had performed well but had to face very tough opposition.
The Israeli league leader lost 0-1 to Girondins Bordeaux, which recorded a fifth successive Champions League victory despite fielding a second-string side.
Brazilian Jussie scored the only goal of the match from the edge of the area in the 13th minute. Try as it might to score the solitary goal that might have earned it a draw, the Haifa side lacked clear direction in attack and failed to mount a single credible assault on the Bordeaux goal.
Haifa was making its second appearance in the group stages after making its debut in 2002 when it defeated Manchester United and Olympiakos. Jussie could have added a second goal two minutes after scoring his first with Haifa goalkeeper Nir Davidovich off his line and the goal at his mercy but his soft shot was scrambled off the line by defender Dekel Keinan who dived desperately.
The match also marked a farewell for veteran Haifa defender Alon Harazi, 38, who retired in his 720th appearance for the Israeli club.
He will begin an administrative role for Haifa. The former international who came on in the 71st minute played 89 times for Israel, second only to Arik Benado of Beitar Jerusalem who made 94 appearances.
Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc said he was pleased with his players' performance and thought they deserved to win but added that Haifa was not as weak as its record showed.
"My team dominated this evening against Haifa but when you look at their matches against Juventus and Bayern Munich they posed them problems and they posed problems for us in Bordeaux," he told reporters.
Blanc said after Bordeaux had been drawn in the same group as Juventus and Bayern they were the outsiders but their performances showed that they had deserved to win the group.
Haifa coach Elisha Levy said his team had performed well but had to face very tough opposition.
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