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Defending Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund’s match with surprising fourth-place side Eintracht Frankfurt headlines Saturday’s action in the world of soccer.

After dispatching Bayer Leverkusen to gain control of second place in the league two weeks ago, Dortmund slipped last weekend 4-1 to Hamburg. Frankfurt took advantage of the stumble and moved to just two points back from the champions in the league table. A road upset of Dortmund could cement last year’s 2. Bundesliga runners-up spot in next year’s Champions League. Dortmund will have to fight off Frankfurt’s upset bid without striker Robert Lewandowski, who was suspended for the next three Bundesliga matches for his red card against Hamburg.

Meanwhile, the Fifth Round of this season’s FA Cup will begin with fifth-tier Luton Town hosting the Championship’s Millwall. Later, Arsenal will continue the quest to break the eight-season trophy drought when Blackburn Rovers visit the Emirates Stadium. That match will be followed by fellow Premier League side Everton’s battle with Oldham Athletic.

In La Liga, Barcelona will host Granada in the club’s final match before its meeting with AC Milan on Wednesday. That match will be preceded by fourth-place Malaga’s match with struggling Athletic Bilbao.

The spotlight match in Italy on Saturday will be AS Roma vs. Juventus in the capital. Serie A leader Juve is riding high after the 3-0 win over Celtic on Wednesday while AS Roma is in the midst of a six-game winless skid.

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):

SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE

7:45am – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go.com – Luton Town vs. Millwall

9:30am – GolTV – Bayer Leverkusen vs. FC Augsburg

10am – Fox Soccer Channel – Arsenal vs. Blackburn Rovers

10am – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go.com – Milton Keynes Dons vs. Barnsley

10am- beIN Sport- Crystal Palace vs. Middlesborough

10am – beIN Sport en Español – Getafe vs. Celta Vigo

12pm – beIN Sport – Chievo Verona vs. Palermo

12pm – beIN Sport en Español – Malaga vs. Athletic Bilbao

12:30pm – GolTV – Borussia Dortmund vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

1pm – Fox Soccer Channel – Oldham Athletic vs. Everton

2pm – beIN Sport – Granada vs. Barcelona

2:45pm – beIN Sport en Español – AS Roma vs. Juventus

6pm – Univision – América vs. Toluca

8pm – Univision Deportes – Pachuca vs. Cruz Azul

8pm – UniMás – U.A.N.L. vs. Santos

9pm – Telemundo – León vs. San Luis

10pm – Univision Deportes – Atlas vs. Monterrey

Comments

    • Curious, but do you call him MB90 because you still believe that he doesn’t deserve his minutes, to remind us of the nepotism arguments, or because you now believe that he deserves to always go 90 min?

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    • image of the match for me was Wenger up and yelling at the fourth official after a 50-50 ball resulted in an Aresenal foul at mid field, wagging his finger. Poor Gervinho. Big miss today, would have changed the game

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    • I said it before and I’ll say it again – all those people hyping and predicting a March qualifier return for Stu to the USMNT were out of their minds.

      Plenty of time for Gold Cup, not enough for March.

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    • According to Soccernet, Ronny Philp (whom Parkhurst replaced last week) is out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury.

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      • Yes, Philp is out for the season after a bad tackle last week from Junior Diaz, who most likely will be playing for Costa Rica next month against the USMNT. Here is the video of the tackle. Parkhurst needs to have a good game today, otherwise a chance he will not be starting next week as there is another right back right behind him.

        Diaz tackle at the 3:08 mark

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CbkGfFosn8

      • thanks for the report. I dig this kid’s game. He can tackle well, physical and good positioning typically in all games I’ve seen him play. Responsible player in those games too, love those guys. And he has skills with the ball too

    • Good to see. I’d been wondering why he wasn’t even getting garbage minutes for a while.

      I didn’t have much to judge him on other than his appearance against Mexico’s U23s, but he looked damn good in that match. He didn’t look too bad against Canada, either, but nobody around him was doing much and some of his thru passes–while placed well–had a little too much oomph on them. JK seemed to have confidence in him, bringing him in despite the lack of PT but having had him in camp before. Must mean something.

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