Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh scored one goal and created another to help his side complete a second-half comeback and claim victory over Galatasaray at the Stade Chaban-Delmas.
Chamakh helped his side get their UEFA Cup Group H campaign off to a winning start by first picking out strike partner Fernando Cavenaghi to equalise Shabani Nonda's first-half penalty.
The 23-year-old Morocco international then got on the scoresheet himself with a powerful header from inside the penalty area.
The early stages of the match though were largely uneventful and a long-range shot from Chamakh in the seventh minute was the closest either side came to scoring.
Galatasaray opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute after Nonda was brought down in the penalty area.
The Democratic Republic of Congo then stepped up to take the resulting spot-kick and slotted the ball into the bottom-right corner of the net past goalkeeper Ulrich Rame.
Nonda came close to doubling his side's advantage four minutes before the break but he could only direct his shot from inside the six-yard box wide of the post.
Bordeaux began the second half with more purpose and equalised in the 53rd minute after good work down the left flank by Chamakh.
His cross picked out Cavenaghi and the Argentinian striker struck the ball into the bottom-left corner of the net from just inside the centre of the penalty area.
The Ligue 1 side then took the lead 11 minutes later with a bullet header from the influential Chamakh.
Full-back Florian Marange delivered a dangerous cross from the the left which was met by the head of Chamakh and he directed the ball into the top-right corner and past goalkeeper Orkun Usak.
Bordeaux midfielder Johan Micoud almost made it 3-1 in the 70th minute when his cross-cum-shot forced Usak to make a smart save.
The lively Nonda remained a constant threat for the visitors and was unlucky to see his shot from 18-yards fly over the bar in the 74th minute but Bordeaux held on to take the points.
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