By FRANCO PANIZO
Two teams are in prime positions to become the first UEFA Champions League semifinalists on Tuesday, but they will have to go on the road to finish their jobs.
Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid hold comfortable advantages over Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund, respectively, but will play the role of visitors in their series’ decisive legs. PSG head into Stamford Bridge (2:45pm ET, Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go) with a 3-1 lead over Jose Mourinho and the Blues, and Real Madrid are up 3-0 on aggregate as they enter Signal-Iduna-Park.
The Champions League fun does not stop there. Liga MX side Toluca and Costa Rica outfit Alajuelense will fight on Tuesday night (8pm ET, Galavision) for a chance to move onto the CONCACAF tournament’s final. Toluca are in a good spot going into the second leg, as they are up 1-0 after winning on the road last week.
If you will be watching any of today’s matches, please feel free to leave your thoughts, opinions, analysis and some play-by-play in the comment section below.
You guys…the whistle wasn’t early. Nobody AT the game complained. Ever think that FoxSports1 may have been off on their time? Even the announcers were saying that the last corner ‘had to be the last kick of the game’
cavani. is he a flop now
I’m really happy for Demba Ba, as a Newcastle fan.
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Another reason why they should NOT play both games at the same time…
OR
Another reason why I need multiple big screen TV’s on my wall….
Different times. 2 TVs is hard.
Mourinhooooooo!!!! Noooooooooo!!! I hope this doesn’t we will see a parked Chelsea FC bus ruining the semifinals of the UCL semis.
Aside from the early whistle, Cavani really missed some good chances in both games.
Um, there was a lot of time left until the minimum. Why did the referee just cheat PSG?
So we can read you complain more.
he does like to moan about things
You’re right, it’s completely acceptable for a referee to CHEAT because of someone on a comment board.
You can point out things here and there but you are so ONE sided in your view that it’s hard to take you seriously
Seriously man, how many times can you complain about the calls in this game. Are you a PSG supporter or just a hater of TSO?
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ugh the whistle blew pretty early in the Chelsea PSG game, looked like a good 20-30 seconds left with PSG about to cross it back in
PSG was still putting on pressure and the ref blew the whistle 20 seconds early, completely unacceptable from him.
This is after Chelsea wasted a bunch of time with an “injury” in stoppage time.
I’m a Chelsea fan and I agree. Weird to blow whistle there.
It was very very strange…. Early almost never happens…
Cavani screwed PSG shanking everything.
Is Mourinho going to be ejected for that?!
Wtf you can’t do that.
what’d he do?
poked fernando torres in the eye.
He “celebrated.” But really he ran over to a pile of Chelsea players and gave tactical instructions near the corner flag.
Chelsea!!! 2-0
Commentator “That’s so soft. There’s absolutely no foul there”
Tyler: “Ba shoved over the defender there into the goalkeeper”
Commentator “Oh, maybe that’s a foul”
Finally Luiz is booked.
Cavani is killing PSG.
Oh what save from Madrid
Dortmund should have scored…
That was some amazing soccer by Dortmund…unlucky.
Dortmund and Madrid is a great game, but so is Chelsea and PSG. Love me some CL.
Madrid have come close a couple times this half, dortmund hanging on a bit
Paris is on the ropes right now. Chelsea will regret those crossbar shots…
Interesting nobody mentions the PSG dives.
maybe they stopped watching…
I did… it turned out to be kinda boring. Which seems odd as Chelsea won but… ya kinda boring.
how good is Lewandowski? Like is he the best striker in Germany, 1 of the top 10 in the world?
According to some here he’s going to be replaced by Altidore when he leaves.
Great game in Dortmund, with Dortmund simply overpowering, but up only 2-0 at half time. Weidenfeller saved a Di Maria penalty kick and Ramos basically knocked Lewandoski down in the box but no penalty call. Madrid players looking nervous and camera shots of Ronaldo on the sidelines ready to have a nervous breakdown. First minutes of the second half will decide this I think. If Dortmund can keep Madrid from scoring in the first 10-15 minutes, we might just see a miracle.
That was a wonderful game. Dortmund could have tied it up or won. It didn’t happen but it was glorious either way.
Who is this commentator? This guy’s a joke.
Does Mourihno teach his little cheaters to come into 50/50s with studs exposed?
This announcer is absolute Chelsea garbage and that was a straight red card.
This guy is so horrifically pro-Chelsea it’s making me sick.
That HAS to be a red card. HAS to be. Came into challenge with studs exposed, missed the ball entirely, and stomped on exposed leg.
Pretty sure you’re just as anti-chelsea
I’m not watching the game because I’m at work but based on the constant anti-Chelsea comments I think it’s you rather than the commentator.
Not really. He’s Gary Nevill-to-Manchester United level biased.
Your TV has a mute button right?
English announcers who favor home country sides is not bizarre. I’m sure the French broadcast of this game is pro PSG, it’s best not to get worked up about it.
Ever watched US Mexico on a Mexican network? Worth your while (albeit Twellman/Darke are only slightly more objective)
True, although the commentors on Univision have a pro USA bias.
Dortmund!
Game on! Lets go blues!
Blatant dive from Schurrle. Pathetic.
Who is Martin Tyler’s companion today? Could he be any more pro-Chelsea?
Although just as I say that, he says the ref got that no-call right…
Lucas Moura is one of the fastest players I’ve seen
If you haven’t seen this run, you should:
http://youtu.be/FrEhVJohFLo
Hazard taken off after 17 minutes… for tactical reasons.
Pretty sure he’s injured
Yes the commentators mentioned some nagging injury as the apparent reason for the change.
Spector playing right back for Birmingham City, has anyone been following how he’s looked?
Help a brother out. firstrowsports isn’t working for me. Got any other suggestions?
Hazard makes Neymar look hard-to-bring-down.