Bordeaux beat Galatasaray 3-1 to reach UEFA Cup

BORDEAUX, France, Nov 22 (Reuters) Girondins Bordeaux today qualified in style for the UEFA Cup last-32 with a 3-1 thrashing of Galatasaray in their Champions League game.

The French side, who were eliminated from Europe's top club competition before kickoff, made sure they would finish third in Group C with goals by Alejandro Alonso, Lilian Laslandes and Julien Faubert.

Galatasaray scored a consolation goal 17 minutes from time through Junichi Inamoto after having midfielder Turan Arda sent off on the hour.

Bordeaux, who have four points from five games, lead the Turkish side by three points and cannot fall behind as they held Galatasaray to a goalless draw in their previous meeting.

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