Arsenal will look to keep pressure on unbeaten Manchester United in the English Premier League title race today with a win against struggling rival West Ham.
That London derby is one of several interesting match-ups today in England, including Chelsea's battle agaist Blackburn and Stoke's match-up against Stuart Holden's Bolton.
In Italy, Napoli takes on Fiorentina in one of the day's better clashes, while Germany offers up a juicy Wolfsburg-Bayern Munich contest. Tonight's schedule features a bunch of Mexican League action, including Herculez Gomez, Jose Torres and Pachuca taking on Toluca.
If you will be watching today's action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Today's TV Schedule is after the jump):
TODAY'S SOCCER ON TV
9:30am– GolTV- VfL Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich
10am– ESPN3.com- Chelsea vs. Blackburn
10am– Fox Soccer Channel- Manchester City vs. Wolverhampton
10am– Fox Soccer Plus- Stoke City vs. Bolton
Noon– Fox Soccer Plus- Napoli vs. Fiorentina
Noon– DirecTV- Getafe vs. Real Sociedad
Noon– DirecTV- Real Zaragoza vs. Levante
12:30pm– Fox Soccer Channel- West Ham United vs. Arsenal
12:30pm– ESPN3.com- Schalke 04 vs. Hamburg
2pm– ESPN3.com- Athletic Bilbao vs. Racing Santander
2:45pm– Fox Soccer Channel- Inter Milan vs. Bologna
4pm– ESPN3.com- Sevilla vs. Espanyol
4:30pm– GolTV- Palmeiras vs. Botafogo
5pm– Fox Soccer Channel- West Bromwich Albion vs. Blackpool (Delayed)
6pm– Fox Soccer Plus- Wigan Athletic vs. Fulham (Delayed)
6pm– Azteca America- Jaguares vs. Club America
6pm– Univision- San Luis vs. Puebla
8pm– Telemundo- Tigres UANL vs. Necaxa
8pm– Telefutura- Pachuca vs. Toluca
10pm– Galavision- Atlas vs. Queretaro
10pm– Telefutura- Atlante vs. Cruz Azul
Brett, why do you think they call him Deuce? If his nickname were Trey, then we’d all go for the hat trick hope. But if I were an excellent soccer player, I would like my nickname to be “Pele to the second power” and I’d be thrilled if someone hoped I scored a brace.
When I was a kid at Shriner’s Hospital, that phrase had a whole different meaning. And I really was a kid at Shriner’s hospital. We all wished we didn’t need to score a brace, and we’d be pissed if someone hoped we did.
If you are suggesting they would bench their second or third best player based on wining once when he came in as a sub instead of starting, then they do have something to lose at this point if they bench him: one of the few decent players they have. And (as even their manager realizes) their chance to stay up.