FA Cup play resumes in England on Saturday, as a number of Premier League powers look to avoid the upset bug en route to the quarterfinals.
Regardless of whether the flu-stricken Landon Donovan plays, Everton will look to send the on-loan American out on a high note by taking care of League Championship side Blackpool in their fifth-round cup clash at Goodison Park. Chelsea and manager Andre Villas-Boas have come under fire lately, but they can keep their quest for silverware alive with a win over Jonathan Spector's Birmingham City.
Tim Ream eyes his debut with Bolton when the Trotters take on Millwall, while another English club who was interested in his services, Arsenal, meets Sunderland in the only cup meeting of top-flight clubs.
Outside of England, Charlie Davies has been included in the matchday 18 for Sochaux again as the club looks to climb out of the Ligue 1 cellar against Auxerre; Juventus has its eye on reclaiming first place in Serie A when it hosts Catania; and Santos Laguna and Monterrey clash in a meeting of two of Mexico's top teams.
If you will be watching any of Saturday's matches, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action (TV schedule is after the jump):
SATURDAY'S SOCCER ON TV
7:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Chelsea vs. Birmingham City
9:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Hertha Berlin vs. Borussia Dortmund
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Everton vs. Blackpool
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Millwall vs. Bolton
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Norwich City vs. Leicester City
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nottingham Forest vs. Coventry City
12 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Getafe vs. Espanyol
12:15 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Sunderland vs. Arsenal
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Ajaccio vs. Brest
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Caen vs. Evian Thonon Gaillard
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Dijon vs. Nice
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lorient vs. Lille
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nancy vs. Toulouse
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Sochaux vs. Auxerre
2 p.m. - GOLTV - Real Madrid vs. Racing Santander
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Juventus vs. Catania
3 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Marseille vs. Valenciennes
4 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Sevilla vs. Osasuna
5:10 p.m. - GOLTV - River Plate vs. Independiente Ravadavia
6 p.m. - Telefutura - Queretaro vs. Tijuana
6 p.m. - Azteca America/Fox Deportes - Cruz Azul vs. Pumas UNAM
8 p.m. - Telemundo - Chivas de Guadalajara vs. San Luis
8 p.m. - Telefutura - Santos Laguna vs. Monterrey
8 p.m. - Galavision - Tigres UANL vs. Atlas
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Robbie Rodgers taken off due to serious injury.
Haha, not intentional I assure you.
Ah jeeze. Subbed off for injury. What happened?
Sounds bad
Robbie Rogers serious injury – had to be replaced in 90+
Aw, the commercial cut out half way through the second time. First time I’ve seen a discount double check commercial during a soccer broadcast.
Amazing misdirect.
Findley that is.
ROGERS!
ROBBIE SCORES!!!!!!!
Clinical finish off a cross. Slots it in the lower righthand corner
Good for Ream! Clean sheets are always the way to go in your first start.
It was a hell of a good game and the announcer really made it even more fun. Excitable boy.
Yeah, in the Prem, the addition of ManCity money and Tottenham strength have put Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool on the edge of missing the Champions League next year.
I don’t agree with you about the team getting old but I do concur that the change in style does not suit the older players (although Drogba could still be useful as he has different aspects to his game). Lampard, Terry, Essien (injuries have destroyed his game), Mikel all play too slow to thrive in AVBs intended style.
How DOES AC Milan keep staying up there with that geriatric lineup? 🙂
Cheers,
The team was getting to old for a while and their style of play is in transition. Unlike in Italy or Spain big clubs can’t take a season to retool and still stay in the top 3. AC Milan has looked quite pedestrian and lacked direction for years and still always do just fine.
The Hertha-Dortmund match was pretty exciting. Hertha deserved better than a 1-0 loss.
Of course Bolton fans want him to succeed, they just bought him. What an absurd statement.
Never mind (bueller…) Started wathing at the 46th and assumed it was still the 1st half. Duh.
to be extra fair the trolls don’t come out in the morning too often
Man, that’s a lot of extra time in the first half. Did anyone handcuff himself to a post?
Bueller? Bueller?
Robbie Rogers on the bench for Leeds. they are down 1-0 at half. could see some time later in the game.
Yeah i know it’s being played at Millwall, they have haven’t done it lately, and I am still guessing there are Bolton fans there.
I havent heard any such thing. Its being played at the Den (Millwall) not Reebok. He has done exactly what he has supposed to which is what I’d expect. The real challenge & what I am very intrigued about is his 1st match vs EPL opposition.
To be fair yours is the only negative comment in here.
They want him to succeed more than Americans do. Pathetic.
Cut out a few runs, not been challenged to much, everytime they he gets the ball the crowd yells Ream
How did Ream play for the first 20 mins? I’ve only been watching for the last several after watching Everton with a heavy heart.
Ream is starting???! yes. now i have something to watch instead of Everton’s game! (sorry, but no Donovan is a let down). GO RBNY!!!
His loss of form started long before his move. Look at how unnecessary he was in the World Cup. The end of the Benitez era was not good for Torres either.
Hate that. It was fund to watch him.
Great goal from myachi. Ecstatic to see ream starting.
Donovan not in matchday squad and Ream in starting XI.
possibly if you think that he has canned too many coaches. But this is the first year they’ve been a disaster (5th place) so it seems likely that AVBs selections and tactics have caused the problems. His ideas seem limited and his success in Portugal did not translate (as of yet).
Is Donovan on the bench?
morales on the bench for hertha vs dortmund on espn3.com
You could argue Roman destroyed it.
Donovan out
Ream starting
Yet another weekend of sadness for this Chelsea fan. It is amazing how fast AVB has destroyed this talented team. Drogba came back and looked a force today but it just seems like the players have no idea where they are supposed to be.
Rested. They gave Burke, Myhill, and Caldwell a rest as well and played some of their younger guys.
Its looking probable anyone with a significant contract will be moving, and all 3 of our boys are making good money. That could all change if outside investment swoops in and buys them (the club). I hear the LA Galaxy owners are interested.
O/T but are our boys leaving Rangers this summer?
man whatever happened to Torres? 4 years ago he was arguably the best striker in the world. should have never left Liverpool
I’m surprised Spector wasn’t starting. I thought I recently read that he’s started more games than anyone else at Birmingham this year.
Jonathan Spector subbed on. good for him.
What is the score
From gamecast of Chelsea-Birmingham
“You’re getting sacked in the morning…” – chants from Birmingham fans
HAHAHA
I never get tired of seeing that photo.