Several teams can clinch places in the UEFA Europa League knockout stage as group play resumes on Thursday.
Manchester City, Sporting Lisbon, CSKA Moscow, Stuttgart, Porto, Paris-St. Germain and Zenit St. Petersburg all will be assured places in the final 32 with victories in their respective matches.
Meanwhile, Villarreal's Jozy Altidore and Anderlecht's Sacha Kljestan each come off goal-scoring weeks looking to carry their form over to European competition.
If you will be watching any or all of Thursday's Europa League matches, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions or play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action (TV schedule is after the jump):
THURSDAY'S UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE ON TV
2 p.m. – GOLTV – Juventus vs. Salzburg
2 p.m. – DirecTV 481 – Lech Poznan vs Manchester City
2 p.m. – DirecTV 482 – Rosenborg vs. Atletico Madrid
2 p.m. – DirecTV 483 – PAOK Salonika vs. Villarreal
2 p.m. – DirecTV 484 – CSKA Moscow vs. Palermo
2 p.m. – DirecTV 485 – Bayer Leverkusen vs. Aris Salonika
2 p.m. – DirecTV 486 – Gent vs. Sporting Lisbon
2 p.m. – DirecTV 487 – Levski Sofia vs. Lille
2 p.m. – DirecTV 488 – Dynamo Kiev vs. AZ Alkmaar
4 p.m. – GOLTV – Liverpool vs. Napoli
4 p.m. – DirecTV 481 – Paris-St. Germain vs. Borussia Dortmund
4 p.m. – DirecTV 482 – Getafe vs. Stuttgart
4 p.m. – DirecTV 483 – Sevilla vs. Karpaty Lviv
4 p.m. – DirecTV 484 – Porto vs. Besiktas
4 p.m. – DirecTV 485 – PSV Eindhoven vs. Debreceni
4 p.m. – DirecTV 486 – Sampdoria vs. Metalist Kharkiv
4 p.m. – DirecTV 487 – Hajduk Split vs. Zenit St. Petersburg
4 p.m. – DirecTV 488 – Steaua Bucuresti vs. Utrecht
NOT TELEVISED
2 p.m. – Club Brugge vs. Dinamo Zagreb
2 p.m. – BATE Borisov vs. Sheriff Tiraspol
2 p.m. – Lausanne Sports vs. Sparta Prague
4 p.m. – AEK Athens vs. RSC Anderlecht
4 p.m. – Odesne BK vs. Young Boys
4 p.m. – Rapid Vienna vs. CSKA Sofia
stevie g just posted a hat trick in 25 minutes. wow.
Who? Oh, you’re referring to _____. I’d trade 25 American-born, wantaway turncoats for 1 talented young striker of haitian descent.
But I’m only one man…
Yup. It’s the Sunuvabitcch
I saw that a Carlos Ruiz started at strker for Aris Salonkia in its Euro League game. Is that our ex-MLS Little Fishy from Guatemala?
Kind of like when Jozy has played for the USMNT recently – created some chances for chances, without much support or service from his midfield.
Thanks 🙂
Ha, this is stupid but I chuckled.
damn Jozy sucks man lol, I’ll trade 5 Jozys for one Rossi, even though I really hate that kid.
Thanks, I got the two names mixed up.
Goal PAOK.
Maybe i should have qualified that more… He created a lot of chances for chances… 🙂 Hard to be very dangerous with Villarreal’s midfield completely invisable.
It looked like he was sorta limping as he walked off
He scored last week.
One shot on goal for Villarreal so far.
Goal Jozy Altidore!!! Assisted by Freddy Adu.
Rossi comes in and immediately puts a defender on his rump on a 50-50 ball. I would like to see Jozy put that type of pressure on those defenders. Try to make something for himself. He can’t rely on people feeding him all the time.
Jozy just went off. He was decent. He didn’t screw up like some have criticized him for lately. He seemed to give up a bit once the ball was lost but 10mins ago he did track back like 15 yards to go after a ball he lost.
Sooner or later he will score. Don’t give up kid.
btw Villarreal have played like crap
Oh well. At least he got quality minutes today