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Previews: Bordeaux president gives up ghost

Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud believes his team do not stand a chance of snatching a Champions League playoff spot after a dismal run of five defeats in six matches has dropped them down to sixth in the standings.

"I think that it's over," Triaud told Reuters. "The players are disturbed, the spring is broken."

"What is happening to us is extraordinary and like anything extraordinary, it was not foreseeable," Triaud added.

Toulouse striker Andre Pierre Gignac pulled out of training on Thursday with a groin pain, L'Equipe said on Friday.

The French international is expected to be fit for his team's trip to Bordeaux, however.

"We are getting close to the finish line and everyone in the squad is aware that we cannot make a mistake if we want to stay in the race to Europe," Chedjou told his club's website ahead of their home game against Nancy.

Fourth place in Ligue 1 qualifies for next season's Europa League.

Montpellier defender Nenad Dzodic will miss the remainder of the season due to a long-term thigh injury, sports daily L'Equipe reported on Friday.

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