Five spots in the UEFA Champions League group stage will be claimed on Tuesday as the final play-in round winds down in Europe.
Bayern Munich will look to hold on to its 2-0 aggregate lead over FC Zurich, while Villarreal will try and overturn a 1-0 deficit to Odense BK in two of the more intriguing second-leg matches. Here's the full viewing schedule for the day's games:
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – FC Zurich vs. Bayern Munich (Munich leads, 2-0)
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv/Fox Deportes/DirecTV – Villarreal vs. Odense BK (Odense leads, 1-0)
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv/DirecTV – Malmo vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Zagreb leads, 4-1)
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv/DirecTV – Genk vs. Maccabi Haifa (Haifa leads, 2-1)
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv/DirecTV – Apoel Nicosia vs. Wisla Krakow (Krakow leads, 1-0)
If you will be watching any or all of Tuesday's Champions League games, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action.
Wow! Terrible dive by Genk leads to red for Haifa.
great save by Haifa keeper, lovely full dipping volley from 25 yards but smothered on the dive.
Haifa off the post… should have been a simple finish…
I guess nobody in China remembers the Spanish basketball team’s slanted eyes picture… Or money hunger replaces pride…
Robbie Findley had a very good game and should be starting for Forest as they continue on as both McClaren and the fans have been impressed.
Whitbread started for Norwich who got pounded but almost all of it was on individual errors unrelated to him. All of the slack was aimed at his new CB partner Daniel Ayala and most commentary put him as the only person on the backline that deserves a start in the premier league against Chelsea. So he might get some minutes on Saturday.
Everybody already knows about Guzan and Lichaj so…
Good day for the Americans
Genk vs Maccabi Haifa will go to extra time.
DIRECTV Channel 482-1 HD.
Lichaj with a goal for villa. Nice.
Whitbread started for norwich. They’re getting destroyed though.
Findley with an insurance goal for forest. They look good to go through.
I think that was for Eddie Johnson…
LICHAJ baby!
GOAL ERIC LICHAJ! AT LEFT BACK!
Johnny Bornstien will be crying himself to sleep for the next week.
He went down like a pansy.
LOL this Villareal match is getting dangerous quick!
Kick to a guy’s head followed by a charging head butt following by a double studs up tackle through another guy’s legs.
Blonde or brunette?
Oh come on, there is no place for that. Completely let down his team and probably cost them a future in the Champions League.
Looks like Findley bagged one.
Wow, that was goal of the year quality!
How incredible a pass and the resulting flying karate kick volley into the upper 90!
Brace for Rossi. 2-0 Villarreal (2-1 agg.)
Villarreal’s yellow kit is now supplied by Chinese sports apparel maker Xtep.
Several La Liga clubs wear Chinese kits. Another example: Espanyol is outfitted by Li Ning.
El submarino amarillo has broken through. Rossi. 1-0. 1-1 agg.
Wonder if the earthquake was felt in Zurich
Wow looks like Villareal could use jozy right about now
Lichaj (and Guzan) starting for Villa today in Carling Cup. Looks like AV putting out a mostly full-strength squad (Bent, N’Zogbia, Ireland, etc) as well.
Could bode well for Lichaj getting league minutes in the near future.
Not champs league, but Eric Lichaj is starting at LB for Villa’s Carling Cup game against Hereford. No streams but the people at AVFC.co.uk say he hasn’t had much to do yet.
Bayern has killed off the tie by scoring early. 3-0 aggregrate.
Villarreal vs Odense on FOX Sports Net HD (and FOX Deportes HD) is the interesting match. The yellow submarine must score or it will be dumped into the Europa League.
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I expect Udinese to go through on Wednesday. Arse-NIL will be the first “brand name” to be dumped into the Europa League this season.