The UEFA Champions League is back. Well, not all the way back, but back enough to give us some good European matches to watch this week.
The Champions League playoffs kick off today and will determine the final ten teams to reach the Group Stage. Tottenham and Ajax are among the squads who begin their two-leg playoff series today. The other five match-ups, including one featuring Sacha Kljestan and Anderlecht, will take place on Wednesday.
Fox has all the action for you, with matches being shown on Fox Soccer Channel as well as Fox Soccer Plus. If you have DirecTV then you can actually see every match of the round.
Here is a rundown of today's Champions League action
12:30pm-Direct TV 481- Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Auxerre
2:30pm– Fox Soccer Channel- Dynamo Kiev vs. Ajax Amsterdam
2:30pm– Fox Soccer Plus- Rosenborg vs. FC Copenhagen
2:30pm– Fox Sports Espanol- Young Boys vs. Tottenham
2:30pm– DirecTV 482- Sparta Prague vs. MSK ZIlina
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If you will be watching today's matches, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action.
Young Boys came to play… and yet after all that, losing 3-2 away, it’s still Spurs’ to lose at this point
They play at the Wankdorf Stadium too….
Wow, what a goal. Here I thought he was having a bad game too!
Play time is over Young Boys!
ROMAN!
Yup..the same team that now leads 3-1 with 15 mins to go…. The mighty EPL…
I think he means 4 changes to the starting lineup, not subs.
Dude, in their place came Bassong, Palacios, Pav, and Dos Santos. Bassong and Palacios were consistent starters last year and all Pav did was score goals whenever he played. Like I said, Dos Santos is the only questionable change…
Wait…4? Am I missing something. Did the rules change on me? This isn’t a friendly
4 changes, King, Huddlestone, Lennon and Crouch.
It isn’t THAT weak and yes “young boys” are playing well. But those are some pretty key players. Add to that that Assou-Kotto had an ABSOLUTE nightmare and before his goal, Bassong was equally dreadful.
HaHa, Ives is a Spurs fanboy!
O/T but the NT needs to do a friendly with Finland. They are pretty low ranked so would be an easy victory haha. Seriously why can’t the MNT travel instead of their usual Camp Cupcake thing. Let them visit Scandinavia and play Norway or Iceland or Finland.
Spurs pull one back with a nice header from Bassong. If they can manage one more goal in the second half that would probably put them in prime position to secure a good result at White Hart Lane.
I wouldn’t call this a weak side for Spurs. Only change that can be considered surprising is Dos Santos for Lennon…everyone else played a pretty large role for the team last year
Lol……. I cant wait for the day where MLS can hold onto players like Toja…. Dude had skills
AND Adu was drafted by Dallas but MLS forced them to trade him to DCU
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Between Toja, Ruiz, and (formerly) EJ, FC Dallas is turning into the Aris feeder club.
Spurs side isn’t THAT weak
much respect to Young Boys
3-0. This has got to be the worst half of football for Spurs fans in a long time.
I don’t know who to root for in this Ajax/DK game anymore; both teams with nasty dives.
Serves them right, very weak side selected by Harry
SPURS GETTING SPANKED
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Giovani dos Shankos
as a long time spurs fan, all i can say is typical
cough up a hairball as per normal
If Spurs were an MLS side, the haters would be howling right now.
Mine was installed yesterday. In about ten minutes, I decided that it was a great move. FSC looks awesome in HD. I even watched an old rerun of Football Superstar last night. Comcast=crap.
2-0
well played
Yes, one in the same…
Young Boys strike first!
Young boys came to play. 1-0
Carlos Ruiz formerly of MLS? Wow
In ten years that will probably be true…. GO CONCACAF
Dos Santos starts on the right for Spurs. 1st start in 11 months for him. Looks like Harry has figured how to get the best out of him. Nice to see CONCACAF represented on the big stage like this.
“Hairy”… I doubt it, they are afterall just … wait, nevermind.
MSG has it too for people in the NY/NJ area.
Carlos Ruiz nets one in injury time for Aris…
When will we get the long awaited Young Boys vs. Newell’s Old Boys friendly?
Just got DirecTV hooked up on Sunday, in time for all but the first few minutes of Arsenal-Liverpool, and it’s already infinitely awesomer than Comcast. Having Fox Soccer Plus and the soccer-specific floater channels is great. Not to mention, we get “Comcast Sports” channels that we didn’t get with Comcast… go figure. Definitely looking like a good decision.
omg fsc is finally hd if you have direct tv ^.^!
I just found it on my FSN channel, thankfully. Crisis averted.
Also, for those enjoying the Young Boys name, you’ll love it when you find out their stadium used to be called Wankdorf.
Spectacular.
Its on my FSN regional channel. Check there.
let’s just be thankful it’s not Arsene Wenger vs. Young Boys! That would get hairy.
@ whb – my thoughts exactly.
Although, some of those have an SAP button you can push…
The Spurs game is only on Fox Sports Espanol? Really?
That was quick…
Dynamo Kiev-Ajax and Zenit-Auxerre are the most compelling match ups on this slate. I wish they got rid of the champions path and nonchampions path. Under the existing system, Ajax could miss out of the Champions League (because they were drawn against the strongest non-seeded team in the nonchampions path) but MSK Zlinna and FC Coppenhagen be in (because they are paired against other “minnows”, who happened to be the champions in the third tier leagues).
LMAO
Tottenham vs “Young Boys”? Seriously?
UEFA Champions League? How passé. The real action is in CONCACAF Champions League.