The two clubs from last year's UEFA Champions League final are set to do battle three rounds earlier in 2011, as Bayern Munich and Inter Milan square off in the first leg of their round-of-16 knockout tie in Italy.
In the day's other UCL match, upstart Marseille will look to take advantage of a somewhat weakened Manchester United side (no Rio Ferdinand or Ryan Giggs) in the home leg of their tie.
Arsenal was already victorious in its first knockout match, but it faces a league test on Wednesday, welcoming Stoke City to the Emirates.
Here's the TV schedule for the day's matches:
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Deportes – Marseille vs. Manchester United
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv – Inter Milan vs. Bayern Munich
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Arsenal vs. Stoke City
3 p.m. – CONCACAF.com – Jamaica vs. Honduras (CONCACAF U-17 championships quarterfinal, winner faces USA in semifinals)
If you will be watching any of Wednesday's matches, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action.
Calm down sparty.
Bayern match >>>> ManU match
The University of Phoenix has MBA advisers?
I’ll tell my MBA adviser that you believe I know nothing so we can both share in a nice laugh.
Rooney has done NOTHING except that one goal. But enjoy your alternate reality.
The more you post the more obvious it becomes you are a know nothing without a job.
F’ off
bayern!!!! gomez in the 90th minute! 1-0
The more time that passes after Rooney’s goal, the more it becomes obvious how much of a fluke it was.
inter bayern game!! is good! tons of chances!
very intense. way better then the manu game
Valbuena coming on… could be the straw….
Scholes coming on…
poor cross Remy
come on…..
I get why OM is playing for a tie, but their home side advantage won’t count for much in the next leg if the come away with a goose egg here. Besides, the Man U robots always find a way in the obligatory 11 minutes of stoppage time to eek out a late goal….
well if you can take a way a free kick in a world cup match, why CAN’T you not give a card?
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it’s part of the Velodrome chant. north side screams
allez OM allez
south side screams back
allex OM allez
north side screams
nous sommes gangez
south side screams back
ends with ooooooh stuff.
very cool.
Great job by the official to play the advantage, but you absolutely have to go back and give Evra a yellow card. Advantage should never mean a card isn’t given.
that wasn’t a laser. he’s a robot.
Bahahaha
Did anyone else see the huge green laser someone was shining on O’Shea’s butt as he was taking the throw in?
Update: Cesc left game in 14th minute with knee injury. No word yet on how serious it is.
Allez-y!
allez OM allez
What? When?
Did anyone see the Cesc injury? Bad or Not? Just see he was taken off. THanks
I hadn’t drawn that connection, but you’re definitely right. Something about the Portuguese.
It seems like Nani has the same attitude and playing style as Ronaldo but he doesn’t score nearly as much.
I’m getting the feeling that not many of the United players like Nani.
Ribery with a header off the crossbar. Back and forth match so far with Bayern holding a majority of possession.
Oh come on, Nani gets grabbed in the upper chest/neck and he grabs his face.
Disgusting.
not given*
Meh, Fire not give the penalty.