One thrilling UEFA Champions League match is already in the books on Tuesday, but the remaining slate of games promises to entertain as well.
Inter Milan already atoned for its stunning loss to Trabzonspor in its opening group game by topping CSKA Moscow, 3-2, earlier in the day. Mauro Zarate scored the game-winner just moments after Vagner Love had sealed CSKA's comeback from a 2-0 deficit.
The star-studded Bayern Munich-Manchester City Group A tilt will draw much of the attention among the games set for 2:45 p.m., with both teams off to stellar starts in their respective leagues. Napoli-Villarreal and Real Madrid-Ajax also present intriguing matchups during the second round of group play. Manchester United is in action as well, and it will look to overcome injuries to Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez when facing FC Basel.
If you will be watching any 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 (TV schedule is after the jump):
TUESDAY'S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON TV
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Manchester United vs. FC Basel
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv/DirecTV – Bayern Munich vs. Manchester City
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv/Fox Deportes/DirecTV – Real Madrid vs. Ajax
2:45 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv/Fox Sports Networks/DirecTV – Napoli vs. Villarreal
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv/DirecTV – Otelul Gulati vs. Benfica
2:45 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv/DirecTV – Lyon vs. Dinamo Zagreb
2:45 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv/DirecTV – Trabzonspor vs. Lille
Wow, I looked at the gamecast after the City-Bayern match, saw Tevez didn’t play and scratched my head a bit, but can’t believe he refused to play.
The referee was man marking Park.
that was weird, wasn’t it
Its a beautiful thing!
Berbatov side netting instead of squaring that ball across the face of goal…and it’s over
what a game! MU lucky not to fall at home. Credit to both squads
Really good game, though can’t remember referee getting in the way of play so much in that short a time period.
Yeah city spent their way into this tournament, but united aren’t exactly the thriftiest club in europe.
Typical lineup:
rooney 25M
hernandez 8M
young 18M
nani 15M
carrick 18M
anderson 20M
smalling 8M
rio 30M
jones 16M
evra 5M
de gea 18M
with a bench that includes berbatov (30M) and valencia (16M)
dammit…
PIty that Basel defender who inexplicably moved back to defend and put Young onside.
And Basel with the go ahead penalty!! WOW 3-2 Basel
The biggest upset since David beat Goliath
So, this would have to be the biggest upset since Rubin Kazan took down Barca…
The Man U juggernaut is grinding to a halt! 3-2 Basel!
Is this Ferguson’s passive aggressive way to get Berbatov to leave? Can’t believe he’s not getting in.
yeah, and it’s not just all of the buying – he just seems like an average manager (an stubborn, tactically). The players have made him look better than he is but against Bayern, his weaknesses are showing.
Basel making a match of it! As a neutral this should make for some exciting soccer in the final 20+ minutes.
Whaaaat!!! Man U now tied at 2!?
Mancini is over his head!
2-2 🙂
hell no
Its because Mancini couldn’t buy enough players!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fox Sports Plus just isn’t worth the extra $15 a month.
Hart is under siege. City defense is still a problem at the highest level.
I’m trying not to drink too much of the City haterade, but I can’t help but smile right now.
United up 2-0 at half time. City down 0-2 at half time.
What a wonderful day this is.
Pay $14 a month an you can.
oops, Joe Hart just spilled it to give Mario Gomez a second for the evening. City needs a lot to get back in it.
What does /DirecTV mean? I subscribe to FSC (not Plus) and I have DirecTV, can I watch Bayern-City and if so on what channel?
Danny’s a stud. Kid’s got skeeeels.
All sports nets seem to always take the biggest name over the best game. I think the idea is to suck in the casual fan.
It’s because they got rid of goalscoring machine Jozy!
I’m at work. Can anyone link me to a streaming site? Justin.tv sucks donkey d*ck.
Those 3rd tier games you’re talking about are airing on FOX networks live. Real-Ajax is on Fox Desportes, and Napoli-Villereal is on Fox Sports. Doesn’t make sense for Fox to sell them to ESPN.
I understand how TV rights and such work, but would it kill ESPN to buy off some of the third-tier games from Fox? I really doubt that Fox will charge THAT much for games they didn’t choose to put on FSC or FSC Plus, and a game like Real Madrid-Ajax or Napoli-Villereal would draw a ton more viewers than whatever 2:30 EDT programming ESPN2 runs.
Did I just read that correctly….? Welbeck scoring twice in 2 minutes…both on balls from Giggs?
This game has really heated up.
Villareal’s defense looks to be crumbling under the Napoli pressure. Lost a man on the back post for a well struck goal and then a take down in the box a minute later for a penalty.
Villarreal is terrible this year…now down 2-0 after 17.
What did the Napoli fans set off? That is no normal flare, it looks like a military grade flare. I was having trouble even seeing the pitch for awhile there.
Why the f*ck would they light a flare?
They want you to pay for the Plus package!
It is ridiculous that Fox Soccer is playing Man U – Basel instead of perhaps the best match up of the whole group stage, Man City – Bayern. I know there are a lot of Man U fans but don’t they have any interest in showing the good games?