Real Madrid's chance at revenge and redemption has come.
With a knockout stage tie against Lyon standing in the way of a trip to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals for the second straight year, Madrid will look to weather the storm in France on Tuesday against the team that ended its 2010 quest for European glory. Chelsea, too, looks for the upper hand as the favorite in its tie with FC Copenhagen.
Also on Tuesday, the United States Under-17 national team can qualify for this summer's U-17 World Cup in Mexico by beating El Salvador in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF U-17 championships in Jamaica.
Here's the TV schedule for Tuesday's afternoon matches:
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – FC Copenhagen vs. Chelsea (UCL)
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv/Fox Deportes/Fox Sports Network – Lyon vs. Real Madrid (UCL)
3 p.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – USA vs. El Salvador (U-17)
3 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv – Blackpool vs. Tottenham (Premier League)
If you will be watching any of Tuesday's afternoon games, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinion and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action.
you’re a fool man.
Whats a hispanic team? Is Chivas USA a hispanic team? Or Barca?
Let’s keep it clean people. One can make a case about the style of play, simulation, strange calls and disgusting fields that we have to deal with in CONCACAF and how it hampers the overall development of the game here all while staying classy about it.
That stuff rubs me wrong too and it makes for painful matches in our region, hopefully the Federation honchos come to their senses and clean this crap up if they ever want to keep enjoying the 1 1/2 WC spots left over by the US and Mexico. We have talented players here, our teams just need to start playing the game cleanly and our level of football will definitely improve.
Good job USA!
What that field was jamaican. Were no better in the diving.
I might be mellow because I was rudely awakened, *cough* *cough,* but I agree in a sense.
I usually just rant about the diving and the officials.
I ****** hate Hispanic teams.
It is just like CL matches between MLS squads and other teams. Diving, diving, biased match officials, late match penalties (ALL THE TIME) and general unsportsmanlike play.
Oh, and don’t forget the terrible fields.
What im saying the True we always complain of others. Im not a hypocrite like some of you. That makes us look bad.
What a disgusting display by the US u17, no class at all. I know there’s more central american players on our team now but all that diving and time wasting at the end was disgusting — they have been watching too much Jozy and Dempsey. Thank god the ref was on our side and didn’t call a red on that last-man foul.
We complain of others and were no better. You saw the golie acting hurt and then he just stands up.
Troll.
Looks like the ref took the US but not to make the spread.
This is crazy man, but we did it!!!!
I was napping, thanks. You scared the crap out of me.
Game over! Mr. Legister calls it 30 seconds early and US qualifies!
Nice actors the USA has. reminds me of the argentines.
I didnt even see a replay, so I didnt get a good look.
Pretty bizarre. Wish I could be watching it. McIntosh pulled some real boners at that Phoenix tourney. Hope he doesn’t get turned at any point.
Well… I don’t know. I don’t think the player would just kick the guy in the face like that.
Either way, the officiating in the past 10 minutes has been atrociously one-sided… and 4 minutes of overtime?
What is this, Man U?
Scratch that, my feed was slow. That kick belongs in the MMA.
lol four minutes, really? Ref is bias
It seems he is incompetent.
Bite me, it’s not like you’re sleeping right now.
he lept for a ball in the air and kicked an el salvador player. i guess the ref judged it to be some kind of deliberate kick, but he was in the air leaping for the ball so it’s hard to tell.
replay shows he kicks him in the face/neck. good call.
This official has some SERIOUS explaining to do because it seriously looks like he is fixing the match. That, or he is ridiculously incompetent.
and on replay i see its a straight up kick to the face. good call. well deserved red.
ok i get what ur saying. the ref is saying pina deliberately kneed the es player in teh face. i didnt see that at all.
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(nice work by the US Soccer webmaster to make links so user friendly. oy)
How did the keeper get a red?? What the heck is going on?
Bahahaha
I heard you yelling through the wall.
Wtf is going on???
is that a penalty tho? i remember chilavert absolutely killing a peruvian player in a south american qualifier in a similar way. no foul.
I thought the foul was on the ES player– but maybe hte ref saw it as deliberate.
Uh. What?
Disgraceful display by El Salvador
Double red cards. Pena for ES and Pina for US. Penalty to ES…i think.
Did someone just call the official and tell him to screw the United States?
Rarely have I seen such a ridiculous change in the tone of a match.
Anyone wonder why golden goal is the way to do these younger tournament games???