By MICHAEL KLINE
League-play kicks into top gear this weekend following an exciting World Cup Qualifying international break, and Juventus will commence Saturday’s soccer action when they travel to the San Siro to meet Inter Milan.
The clash between Inter Milan and Juventus may not hold title-implications like fans have come to expect over the years, but the intensity will certainly remain, as Internazionale look to make a late push at Champions League qualification. The Black and Blue currently trail crosstown rivals AC Milan, who sit in the last Champions League spot in Serie A, by seven points, and a home-win against The Old Lady may be the perfect spark needed for Inter to begin that late surge at qualification.
In England, Swansea City will host Tottenham on Saturday morning, and the Swans will look to give the Spurs their third consecutive defeat in the league.
Tottenham has seen their fourth-place lead over North-London rivals Arsenal slip to just five points in recent weeks, following back-to-back losses to Liverpool and Fulham in the league. Coincidentally, Gareth Bale was blanked in both defeats, and one might logically conclude that if Swansea are able to keep him off the scoresheet for a third straight league-match, then Michael Laudrup’s squad will have a much better shot at victory.
In Mexico, all eyes will be on OmiLife Stadium, where Chivas Guadalajara will take on arch-rival Club America in the latest installment of the Mexican Clasico.
Here is a rundown of This Weekend’s Soccer on TV:
THIS WEEKEND’S SOCCER ON TV
FRIDAY
2:30pm – beIN Sport – Paris Saint-Germain vs. Montpellier
SATURDAY
8:45am – ESPN2/ESPN3.com – Sunderland vs. Manchester United
9am – beIN Sport – Internazionale vs. Juventus
9am – beIN Sport en Español – Palermo vs. Roma
9:30am – GolTV – Stuttgart vs. Borussia Dortmund
10am – FoxSoccer2Go.com – Arsenal vs. Reading
10am – Fox Soccer Channel – Manchester City vs. Newcastle United
10am – FoxSoccer2Go.com – Swansea City vs. Tottenham Hotspur
10am – FoxSoccer2Go.com – West Ham United vs. West Bromwich Albion
10am – FoxSoccer2Go.com – Wigan Athletic vs. Norwich City
11am – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go.com – Southampton vs. Chelsea
12pm – beIN Sport – Celta de Vigo vs. Barcelona
12:30pm – GolTV – Bayern Munich vs. Hamburg SV
1pm – MLS Direct Kick – Toronto vs. LA Galaxy
1:30pm – Fox Soccer Channel – Everton vs. Stoke City
2pm – beIN Sport – Real Zaragoza vs. Real Madrid
2:30pm – NBC Sports Network – New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union
3pm – MLS Direct Kick – New England Revolution vs. Dallas FC
4pm – beIN Sport en Español – Levante vs. Sevilla
5pm – MLS Direct Kick – Colorado Rapids vs. Portland Timbers
6pm – ESPN2 – Cruz Azul vs. Atlas
7:30pm – MLS Direct Kick – Sporting Kansas City vs. Montreal Impact
7:30pm – MLS Direct Kick – Houston Dynamo vs. San Jose Earthquakes
9pm – MLS Direct Kick – Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders
9pm – ESPN Deportes – Morelia vs. Atlante
9pm – UniMás – Santos Laguna vs. Querétaro
9pm – Univision Deportes – Monterrey vs. Pumas UNAM
10:05pm – Telemundo – León vs. Pachuca
10:30pm – MLS Direct Kick – Chivas USA vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
11pm – Univision Deportes – San Luis vs. Jaguares
SUNDAY
8:30am – Fox Soccer Channel – Aston Villa vs. Liverpool
9:30am – GolTV – Wolfsburg vs. Nürnberg
11am – beIN Sport – Brest vs. Lille
11am – beIN Sport en Español – Mallorca vs. Deportivo La Coruña
1pm – beIN Sport – Espanyol vs. Real Sociedad
2pm – ESPN Deportes – Puebla vs. Tigers UANL
2pm – Univision – Toluca vs. Tijuana
3pm – beIn Sport – Lyon vs. Sochaux
3pm – beIN Sport en Español – Atlético Madrid vs. Valencia
7pm – Telemundo – Chivas Guadalajara vs. América
I might as well join in, can you guys please start posting this stuff on Wednesdays? Otherwise by the time you post this on FRIDAY, its too late! Love you guys
MLS times are wrong.
The Revolution play FC Dallas at 4 not 3
Read the article, he probably would have it right in there, if he knew MLS was playing.
hate to root against Guzan but my Reds need a win
Start times are definitely off. Time change doesn’t happen til Sat night. So 10 am should be 11 am still etc.
I think a lot of your start times are an hour off.
Europe’s daylight savings time hasn’t happened yet.
does anyone else have a problem with the articles switching to a dark blue background, making them unreadable? Of course if you are you probably cant read this so I’m really just trying to let Ives know. I dont if it is the site or my computer.
yea, that definitely happens to me from time to time. if i refresh the page, it’ll normally revert back to loading as normal.