You can call the second day of UEFA Champions League Round of 16 action the day of reunions.
In one corner of Europe you have Claudio Ranieri leading his Juventus side against his former club, Chelsea. In another corner you have Liverpool manager and Madrid native Rafa Benitez returning to his hometown to face the club he once worked for as a reserve team coach, Real Madrid.
Even the Panathanaikos-Villarreal match-up today offers a reunion, with former Arsenal standouts Robert Pires (Villarreal) and Gilberto Silva (Panathanaikos) potentially doing battle.
Here is today's schedule of Champions League matches:
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Juventus at Chelsea (2:30pm, ESPN2)
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Liverpool at Real Madrid (2:30pm, Setanta USA and ESPN Deportes, 5pm, ESPN Classic)
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Bayern Munich at Sporting Lisbon (9pm, ESPN Deportes, 11pm, Setanta USA)
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Panathinaikos at Villarreal (5:45pm, Setanta USA)
If you will be watching today's matches, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. I will be watching the action, and posting some observations in the comments section so keep an eye out for those.
Enjoy the action.
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¡¡¡¡GOOOL DEL PANATHINAIKOS!!! Marca Karagounis un auténtico golazo. Trayazo con la derecha y al fondo de la red. Se complican las cosas en El Madrigal.
Torres picks up a yellow in the 55th
Not worth a PK my dear Didier…
Robben with a strong run from midfield, had the chance to pull back into the box, instead shoots into side netting, not a horrible idea, 51st
Marcelo off, Guti on at half for Madrid
According to Marca, Villarreal is dominating (but has nothing to show for it).
Kind of odd, the clock hits 45:00 as they make their way down to set up the corner, and the ref decides to call it before it is taken.
Replay of S1TV on during halftime 🙂
Both matches just went to halftime.
Alonso’s quick interception and long shot from midfield nearly caught Casillas, but he raced back to tip it over.
Juve hasn’t shown much at all in the first half, while Chelsea has looked sharp at times.
Alonso with an effort from behind midfield forces Casillas to touch it over the bar at full stretch falling backwards, 45th
Madrid looks very dangerous the last few minutes, close chances left and right. 44th.
44th- Del Piero has a free kick from the right corner of the area blocked by the wall from 25 out.
Sissoko is back in the game for those wondering. Juve still looking for a dangerous chance. Nedved with a weak roller right to Cech.
Robben with his classic outside foot/towards the inside dribble to left foot blast looks promising, but just wide, twice in a row. He looks to be heating up. 40th minute
39th minute- Cole gives Del Piero some studs across the foot but Del Piero is up. Juven moving the ball well.
malkin, try justin.tv
im not sure if you need to download anything or not but usually somebody is broadcasting the games on there
Some terrible first touches tonight for Sissoko
36th- Sissoko is down with an ankle injury.
any links to something that doesn’t require me to download onto the work computer (like veetle does?)
Sergio Ramos is on crazy type fire.
Goal Madrid score, Higuan off a save of a Ramos header on a corner, but Higuan is ruled offsides, goal disallowed, 30th minute
Hey guys, check out veetle.com. It’s pretty good.
veetle.com
has setanta, fsc, and goltv in great quality.
All my normal sites got blocked, I busted for the Setanta PPV, first and only time I’ll do that I think
WHERE CAN I WATCH THESE GAMES ONLINE???
I NEED LINKS – CANT DO WORK!!!!
Ends up being something with his foot, he’s back on now, 25th minute
Liverpool is starting to turn it up. Nice handball by Nedved in the Juve-Chelsea match.
Finally Juve are showing some life! A couple of good chances for them in quick succession
espn360.com
Madrid corner results in Torres going off to recieve a medical look over
GREAT SAVE by Casillas on Torres, who almost capitalized on a bad Madrid mistake.
20th: Torres gets on to a long ball, pressured by Pepe, gets a strong foot on it, Casillas save
Pepe with a nice play defending Fernando Torres. What a match-up that is.
First 15 have Liverpool doing A LOT of punt and run with no success, Real getting a long of free kicks in dangerous areas, nothing of them so far, with one good shot from Marcelo that was right at Reina
Any one have any links on where I can watch the games? My usual channelsurf.net is not working!
Juve are sending terrible long balls and can’t get anything through their midfield. I didn’t expect this type of start.
Drogba mistimes his jump on a free header. Should have been 2-0.
My main attention on the computer with Real, and the occasional glance up to the tube for Chelsea-Juve.
12th minute- GOAL CHELSEA. Drogba with a nice finish off a Kalou pass. Juve looks shaky.
Villarreal dominating so far…
11th minute- Drogba just tried to dive and I could hear The Special 1’s voice echoing in my head. Stop diving Drogba!!
Why the heck did Podolski make the bench? I am suprised that they went with him.
Will Hiddink and his side get it done tonight?
Call me crazy, but I’m actually looking forward to the Concacaf Champions League match in Montreal tonight more than any of these UEFA matches today. Does that make me insane?
C’mon Sporting!
ouch
landycakes O-4 in deucthland
landon is not even listed as a sub
Donovan not even on the bench. boo.
Ouch. No Landon in the starting XI or the bench for Bayern. Like KCB said, see ya back at the HDC in March LD.
Landon isn’t even on the bench for Bayern.
I saw how great Podolski was at the weekend, he really deserved being in this squad.
where can I get a link for Bayren match?
No Landon. See ya back in MLS in March.