FC Barcelona is still basking in the afterglow of its five-goal masterpiece against Real Madrid, but the Spanish champions will have to get back to work today.
Barcelona will be taking on Osasuna today and will be looking to avoid a letdown that could let Real Madrid close the gap atop the Spanish First Division.
AC Milan is also in action today and can regain sole possession of first place in Serie A with a win after Lazio registered a victory against Inter Milan on Friday to pull into a tie with AC Milan.
If you will be watching today's soccer action, including this morning's matches, 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 after the jump):
TODAY'S SOCCER ON TV
10am- Fox Soccer Channel- Arsenal vs. Fulham
10am- ESPN2- Chelsea vs. Everton
10am- Fox Soccer Plus- Manchester City vs. Bolton
Noon- GolTV- Levante vs. Atletico Madrid
Noon- Fox Soccer Plus- Chievo Verona vs. AS Roma
12:30pm- ESPN3.com- Schalke 04 vs. Bayern Munich
1:45pm- ESPN3.com- PSV Eindhoven vs. Heracles
2pm- ESPN3.com- Osasuna vs. Barcelona
2pm- Fox Soccer Plus- Blackburn vs. Wolverhampton (Delayed)
2:45pm- Fox Soccer Channel- AC Milan vs. Brescia
4pm- GolTV- Real Madrid vs. Valencia
5pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Birmingham vs. Tottenham (Delayed)
6:15pm- GolTV- Atletico Huila vs. Santa Fe
8pm- Fox Soccer Plus- Milwall vs. Scunthorpe United
11pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Wellington Phoenix vs. Adelaide United
What a second, Andy Johnson makes 50,000 a week? Bahaha, he is not worth 20,000 a week.
He makes around 30,000 pounds a week. Yet I believe Schwarzer, Duff, Hangeland, Murphy make more than him. heck both AJ and Zamora makes around 50,000 I believe. He definitely needs a wage increase cause he’s outplaying everyone on the team, trying to lead them out of relegation almost solo.
dude was on for 5mins. Come on man. He only had the ball for a few secs.
I dislike the Italians but damnit they’re stylish, the music for the intro to the AS Roma game had me wanting to put on my Saturday Night Fever pants haha
EJ should have been brought on in the 78th instead of the 88th and should have replaced Kamara. And moved up Dempsey to partner with him and brought Duff on to cover in Dempsey’s spot.
AJ is just laughable. So is EJ but EJ is more effective as a sub.
Tie, sir.
And I meant to write 2 goals, not 1. 🙂
+1
no one would be surprised to see dempsey leave in the window. too bad Hodgson’s got that gentleman’s agreement with Fulham, because I’d love to see Dempsey at LFC. Although, wouldn’t mind seeing him move up to a bigger club in the Bundesliga or Serie A. I think it’s pretty clear now to even the Eurosnobs that Dempsey’s got class.
ahahahahaha 😀
Everyone join me in a laugh as we mock Wolves.
Bench Hahnemann because you think it was his fault that you lost, and you get blown out 3-0 by Blackburn. How’s Hennessey working out for you?
Morons.
Didn’t they win last week?
On another note, has anyone noticed that since Holden has been out, Bolton has crashed and burned.
They were cruising along, beating everyone until Holden was injured. Since that injury, they’ve grabbed only a goal in two games, and have looked poor.
Ives, barca game was moved to tommorow.
dempsey was a level above his teammates in this game.
ej killed the last chance by dribbling out of bounds.
Great all around game for Deuce. Sweet assist, good hold up play, some tidy passing, and effort on defensive end. Just wish that he had a better midfield cast to support him.
Damnit!! I want Ancelotti out!! How we have taken 5 out of 18 pts. is beyond me.
Oh my, Timmy Howard nearly gifted Chelsea the points at the death. Great draw for Everton.
EJ is playing himself back off the pitch. He has no clue where to pass the ball or how to keep possession.
Nasri es verdad!
Fulham should pay Dempsey whatever the man wants after this.
It is becoming so clear that he is far and away their best player.
EJ is poor, he should do better then that
COME ON REF
Demps just worked that guy and was clearly taken down!
Yes against the other big four I agree.
lol dempsey just manhandled clichy at the corner flag
Dempsey has sublime skill on the ball, it’s incredible.
EJ on.
*is in
eddie johnson is @ 88th minute. fulham down 2-1 to aresenal
GAM sighting 😉
Haha.
When Walcott crossed the half line with the ball, I just stopped paying attention, and sure enough he dribbled right across the end line.
Actually the commentators don’t usually favor Arsenal, I think because of their lack of English players….
2-1 Hannover. Bobadilla sent off for fighting at the 40(ish) min mark. good game for bradley. BMG defense needs work.
In this game Dempsey is by far Fulhams best player. Too bad the entire mid can’t seem to find another player.
Messi-like goal from Nasri, but it shows how every challenge on the field can be vital…how the defense can be hung out to dry when the forwards don’t do their job. The play started, unfortunately, when Clint Dempsey got schooled by Clichy. Dempsey tired getting in his face as Clichy was about to head the ball off a pass/clear that was way too long for Clint. Clichy touched it pastClint, as he was setting his feet, and then stepped past Clint to collect the ball and start the attack.
*hack* *cough* ahem, yes 🙂
You can see the frustration in Dempsey’s play. And you can see glimpses of it on his face.
And Van Persie faking an injury, shocking.
Welcome to the EPL. The top “four” always get all the talk, unless they are getting shelled.
I don’t know about the offsides call, but that is the way it will always be with the British media.
Holy S**t. Nasri with 2 sick, sick goals. Brent McD – did you cough up your Egg McMuffin watching that goal. 🙂
I think it is all coaching.
Mark Hughes is a fool. His defense is embarrassing. His midfield is embarrassing, and he refuses to yank his favorite players.
Great Goal!
Van Persie was a yard offside.
How come the commentators aren’t talking about that? In fact, how come they won’t say a thing about Arsenal? They sound very biased.
Nasri is on fire! What a play
Arsenal back line was OK until Koscielny gets head-butted by his own teammate. And instead of immediately going down, he foolishly stands around aimlessly which allows Dempsey to make the through ball for the Fulham equalizer.
DEFINITELY.
AJ jeez what a non-lethal striker. Might as well brought on EJ and used his speed to partner with Dempsey’s skill. Fulham are so close to the 2nd.
You just know Fulham are gonna flirt with relegation all season. Hope Dempsey keeps scoring, cause he’s gonna get a lot of attention come January
Also Bradley had an early Freekick for BMG and scored. No idea what was the result of the game as the feed died.
Atletico Bilbao’s Fernando Llorente is the highest scorer in La Liga behind Messi and Ronaldo. He’s 6’5 and total eye for goal. He went from average to top striker in the last 2 seasons. Hope he leaves next season for a club in England or Germany.
It is official, Dempsey is Fulham’s best player.
Fulham keeps giving the ball away. Their midfield are pretty poor.
BTW Dempsey gave a sublime pass to Kamara and he scored. He was off sides like 5 times in the first half. 68th min. I say take him off and bring on either AJ or EJ and let Dempsey partner with them and bring Duff to cover Dempsey’s spot. Dempsey will get the GW but needs to be closer to goal.
Ives, looks like somebody , decided to join the Arsenal back line in sleeping in Saturday 🙂
I wonder how much PR has Dempsey given Fulham? You’d think they were among the top4 considering how much PR they get in the USA with regard to him? Any figures on how many Dempsey jerseys have been sold? I bet he’s a top seller at Fulham
We were beginning to worry about you, Ives. Happy Saturday.