U.S. national team midfielders Maurice Edu and Jermaine Jones are in the starting lineups for their respective teams today as the UEFA Champions League group stages kick off.
Edu and Rangers take on Manchester United at Old Trafford while Jones and Schalke battle a potent Lyon side.
Defending champions Inter Milan and title contenders FC Barcelona are also in action on this loaded fixture date.
Here is a rundown of today's UEFA Champions League matches:
2:30pm– Fox Soccer Channel- FC Twente vs. Inter Milan
2:30pm– Fox Soccer Plus- Werder Bremen vs. Tottenham
2:30pm– Fox Sports Espanol- Barcelona vs. Panathanaikos
2:30pm– Fox Sports Net/MSG- Manchester United vs. Rangers
2:30pm– DirecTV- Lyon vs. Schalke 04
2:30pm– DirecTV- Benfica vs. Hapoel Tel-Aviv
2:30pm– DirecTV- Bursaspor vs. Valencia
2:30pm– DirecTV- FC Copenhagen vs. Rubin Kazan
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.
are you saying Mo is a tart?
I agree. Nice, solid game from Mo.
mo edu played fantastic today. He tarted a bit shaky but really settled in and played a fantastic 90 minutes
not sure if you think that’s too much or too little, but in the case of the former you gotta keep in mind that Valencia was dead on the ground for a long time while they were looking for the rest of his leg…
Well he does have a 4th grade education
6 minutes?!
Rooney truly is a clown
Barca scores 5 today. Not hard to believe.
Rangers hold strong way to Edu
Rangers win 0-0
disappointing to see a great like giggs grovel for a half-call
Sorry Giggs you’ll never get that call while on the ground crying with a minute left
nice tackle by edu gets nullified by some old trafford officiating
Can Barcelona be too good? I can’t wait to see Barcelona vs. Real Madrid
I thought Edu was going to take on five defenders there. He’s playing very well
At least a Yellow. No need for that
Micheal Owen? uh-oh
Why is that not a red card on Rooney?
Right before Valencia’s injury, Soccernet posted:
“There seems to be a few cracks appearing in Rangers’ defensive wall now…”
No comment necessary.
Valencia
Valencia
I’m watching with a DVR, but afraid to rewind it, when the announcers say it’s too graphic for replay……poor Valencia.
who is that on the ground for Man u?
Messi with a very lazy PK is blocked
Typical German side
God, this is SO like Spurs. 2-0 up, and Bremen scores 2 in 10 minutes on either side of HT to draw level.
Edu is doing a good job tracking the runs of Fletcher and Gibson into the box. Marin just leveled the game for Werder, Mesut who?
werder bremen ties it at 2. They’re becoming the champions league combackers
Can’t really fault them at this point though when you consider the sorry state they’re in financially (and SPL in general).
Getting to the knock-out rounds for Rangers would be a enormous financial windfall for them, so I’m sure they’ll do whatever they can to salvage points against Man U.
Away goals in group play aren’t as important as they are in two legged matches.
I didnt even see that second wall pass during the run of play.
That goal could’ve summed up why I love this game. Spectacular build up.
Wow. Barcelona is playing very entertaining stuff. That third goal was amazing….
More to the point: Edu playing well in defense, playing not-so-well in the offensive third. Bad passes, dribbling into defenders. Needs to pick it up on offense next half.
Edu playing well. quite composed. never saw a back pass he didn’t like though
Halftime
manu 0-0 Ran
Wer 1-2 Tot
Lyon 1-0 Shalke
Bar 2-1 Panth
Edu playing well
Horrible soccer by Rangers. Anti-Soccer if you ask me.
Rooney had a weird planting of the foot and is now limping
2-1 Barcelona thanks to David Villa volley
Man U is pushing forward really hard. One mistake and they’ll give up an easy away goal
Man U is dirty. JUST dirty.
*panathinaikos
barcelona & panathinakos are tied at 1-1..
govou actually did something right, and scored a goal!
barcelona & panthiakos are tied at 1-1..
govou actually did something right, and scored a goal!
sour grapes much?
Peter Crouch really shows up for these CL matches doesn’t he?
Mo needs to crunch into those spindly little Chicarito legs like the stale pretzels that they are.