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UEFA Champions League soccer is back, and a slate of intense matches is on tap this Tuesday.

Paris Saint-Germain’s round of 16 battle against Chelsea headlines action around the globe. A bevy of international stars between these two clubs will go head to head in this stage of the competition once again after they met in the same round during last year’s UCL campaign.

Benfica hosts Zenit in the other UCL battle, and the UEFA Europa League knockout round also begins today. Fenerbahçe will do battle with Lokomotiv Moskva.

The CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship group stages come to an end on Tuesday. Either Trinidad and Tobago or Guyana will progress with Canada to play another game.

In the evening, Mexican Copa MX action and intriguing Copa Libertadores matchups will satisfy your soccer needs.

If you will be watching today’s soccer, 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 below):

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

2:45 p.m. — Fox Sports 1, ESPN Deportes TV, Watch ESPN, Fox Soccer 2GO — Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea

2:45 p.m. — Fox Sports 2, Fox Soccer 2GO, Fox Deportes — Benfica vs. Zenit

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

12 p.m. — Fox Sports 2, Fox Soccer 2GO — Fenerbahçe vs. Lokomotiv Moskva

CONCACAF WOMEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIP

6 p.m. — NBC Deportes En Vivo Extra — Trinidad and Tobago vs. Guyana

8:30 p.m. — NBC Deportes En Vivo Extra — Canada vs. Guatemala

COPA LIBERTADORES

6:45 p.m. — Fox Soccer Plus — River Plate vs. Palmeiras

6:45 p.m. — Fox Deportes — Santa Fe vs. Cerro Porteño

9 p.m. — Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Soccer 2GO — Deportivo Táchira vs. Olimpia

MEXICAN COPA MX

7:45 p.m. — ESPN Deportes TV — León vs. Mineros de Zacatecas

7:50 p.m. — ESPN3 — Coras de Tepic vs. Tijuana

8 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Dorados vs. Juárez

9:55 p.m. — ESPN3 — Atlas vs. Murciélagos

9:55 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Cafetaleros de Tapachula vs. Venados

9:55 p.m. — ESPN Deportes TV — Necaxa vs. Morelia

Comments

    • @concorde and @cb55869

      slowleftarm thinks you guys must be dc united fans, too. it’s obviously the only reason someone wouldn’t want to throw miazga to the wolves. or something.

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      • Not at all – although the guy above is a DC United fan and admitted as much. He has to get thrown in some time. If Cahill or Ivanovic pulled a hamstring today, he was going out there. So Chelsea was willing to throw him to the wolves today.

      • For the record I am a NY and PSG fan, have disliked DC since that amazing playoff series in ’96, though I always had a sweet spot for Eddie Pope… All for Miazga making his debut, so I agree with anyone who says “throw him to the wolves,” but this match was really high level. Chelsea’s defensive organization was impressive.

  2. I like Matts game and hope for the best in his career, but to think he can step in midseason in the champions league no less and be successful is ridiculous.

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  3. I don’t understand the rush to get Miazga on the field. He’s still in preseason form, doing 2-a-days to catch up. Not only that, he’s probably still not yet fully familiar with Chelsea’s defensive tactics, especially offside traps and so on. Putting him on for anything more than a cameo is inviting disaster in Chelsea’s most important competition.

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    • People are excited to see a young US international in the Champions League. Who can blame them? I forgot you were a DC fan so maybe that explains your post. Still smarting from the 4 RBNY shutouts against your boys last season I take it?

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  4. Surreal that, for at least today, Champions League action involves an American. Nevermind that Miazga is riding the pine, he is on Chelsea’s bench at PSG. If luck goes his way, he could be going head to head with Zlatan, Di Maria, and Cavani.

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