A pair of heated English derby match-ups headline today's action, and both will have added subplots that will only make things more intense.
Manchester United and Liverpool clash in their first meeting since the controversial match where Luis Suarez allegedly used racial slurs against Patrice Evra; while London rivals Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers meet for the first time since John Terry allegedly used a racial slur against Anton Ferdinand.
In Italy, unbeaten Juventus takes on title hopeful Udinese in a clash of top three Serie A clubs. Despite the fact they have not lost yet, Juve is just three points ahead of Udinese, and one point ahead of AC Milan, meaning anything short of a home win could drop the Turin club out of first place.
In Spain, Barcelona takes on struggling Villarreal in their first match since their Copa Del Rey triumph over Real Madrid. Meanwhile, in Mexico, a full slate of games are on tap, including Michael Orozco and San Luis taking on Club America.
If you will be watching today's action, 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
7 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Queens Park Rangers vs. Chelsea
7:45 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Liverpool vs. Manchester United
9:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Bayern Munich vs. Wolfsburg
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Derby County vs. Stoke City
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Leicester City vs. Swindon Town
12 p.m. - Fox Soccer Plus - Catania vs. Parma
12 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Espanyol vs. Mallorca
12 p.m. - GOLTV - Rayo Vallecano vs. Athletic Bilbao
12:15 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Newcastle
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Auxerre vs. Nancy
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Brest vs. Paris-St. Germain
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lorient vs. Sochaux
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lyon vs. Dijon
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nice vs. Montpellier
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Toulouse vs. Caen
2 p.m. - ESPN Deportes - Sao Paulo vs. Sao Caetano
2 p.m. - GOLTV - Real Madrid vs. Real Zaragoza
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Juventus vs. Udinese
4 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Villarreal vs. Barcelona
6 p.m. - Azteca America/ESPN Deportes - Jaguares vs. Puebla
8 p.m. - Galavision - Tigres UANL vs. Estudiantes Tecos
8 p.m. - Telefutura - Pachuca vs. Queretaro
10 p.m. - Galavision - Atlante vs. Cruz Azul
10 p.m. - Telefutura - San Luis vs. America
No, he made the 18 again, that’s what he means, I doubt they told him “you’re going to play”…
We should also curtail ridiculous use of the label “Nazi”. It’s neither cute nor funny.
By “they”, do you mean Manchester City?
The Europa League still counts as silverware.
I guess you should change your name to the English Language Nazi. Here is a sticker for you.
Watcha talkin bout Willis
Ok, I was going on 3 hours of sleep, sorry I’m an engineer not an English major
Based on Gyau’s tweet earlier in the week, it seemed he was expecting to play.
Actually, he’s said it over and over again during the last year.
“Could have had”. Or, “could’ve had.”
I feel like I’m correcting someone on this point every week on this site. Are soccer fans especially ignorant when it comes to speaking English? Instead of worrying about making English the official language, we should focus more on making sure native-english speakers know the language better.
yeah he’s a key cog for them
firstrow.tv for the kljestan game and more.
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ESPN says that Mo went out with an injury for Rangers. Anybody have details?
After my personal expirence with goldwaithe i dont typically trust kevins but let me tell you i agree with that statement . Park is pretty clutch i bought him on fifa cant complain
Its been a long time since brian clough. Poor derby fans
Amazing that you can find a feed for the Belgian league. It’s a good thing though. Klestjan is playing well for them now, yeah?
Not much left in the Dortmund Hoffenheim game.
Guess I’ll be watching Sascha nxt.
Fabian Johnson comes off in the 80th
Danny Williams with some great defense on Lewandowski to deny him a goal on a breakaway.
very cool.
Fabian Johnson with a great goal from the top of the 6 yard box.
Babel and some blond headed dude had two consecutive chances to score for hoffenheim but nothing going for them.
Grant Holt for Norwich may be slow but he is a damn big handful. He scored today and when I watched him vs. Chelsea last week, he really makes good (lumbering) runs and physically is more than a match for a lot of defenders. Underrated.
I agree
Yeah their stacked at the top with talent. And now with the addition of Reus from Gladbach they even richer.
Yeah, on the second goal Williams did not look too good, left the passing lane wide open. But I like Williams, just don’t think he is cut out to be a defender.
Hey, Biff111, not unrelated at all. That is HUGE news!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for that link. And fantastic that Dempsey has finally stated publicly loud and clear that he is dissatisfied at Fulham and wants more. It seemed that Demps last night against Everton was being ignored by some of his teammates, who failed to pass to him on a few good opportunities. Playing for Martin Jol cannot be a barrel of laughs. He looked way beyond unhappy, I mean clinically speaking, if you know what I mean. Got my fingers crossed for Dempsey. Four days to go. Hope he gets his wish.
Agreed. So is Kuyt.
Edu w/ a shot just over the bar.
Bedoya not on the bench.
Anderlecht and Kljestan vs G. Beerschot at 11:00 CT
Whitbread is starting again for Norwich. We can hope he plays as well as did vs. Chelsea last week.
No surprise, I guess. League top and defending champs at home…they should be better. I’m not actually watching it so I don’t know how the flow is but 3-0 is compelling evidence of an a$$-kicking.
This dude Grobkreutz is having quite a year. I’ve only seen him play a couple of times but he looked very talented.
Almost an own goal by danny williams
yeah, dortmund are completely dominating
Not an auspicious beginning for our Hoffenheim contingent.
Joeseph Gyau is on the subs bench for Hoffenheim.
Conor Doyle is on the subs bench for Derby as well.
Really, CF? Playing central with Babel on a wing is some pretty rarified air for a US player. Babel may be inconsistent but jeez, he’s been in WC final, UCL semis with Liverpool, etc.
Fabian Johnson playing CF for Hoffenheim with Williams at CB again.
ESPN is really slacking this weekend no gamecast on the bundesliga games
On an unrelated subject, Dempsey want to play Champions League.
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/888615-clint-dempsey-alerts-arsenal-with-champions-league-admission#ixzz1kgMvt200
Interesting. A very real possibility (likelihood) that ManU will not get any silverware. Additionally, they didn’t reach the quarters of the FA Cup or the knockout rounds of the CL.
Could be considered, if they don’t win the league, to be one of their worst seasons in recent memory.
Evra ****ed up. The Kop will love that.
Yes! Thank you, Dirk. Anyone but man u.
yeah, good point.
Too bad Boyd didn’t make the lineup, could of had 5 Americans (in some form or another (Subotic)) on the field at the same time in the Dortmund-Hoffenheim game.
So, the neutral wants the ManU-‘pool game to be tied so that they have more schedule congestion, right? Plus, it’s some pretty good footie out there today.
apparently a serious looking ankle twist after/while blocking the shot. He has become rather important for Chelsea, it will be bad for them if he is out.
Anybody know what happened to Ramires for Chelsea? Subbed in the 79th after a five minute stoppage. He had just blocked a shot.
Park is top shelf… he’s so clutch in big games for United… and honestly… he’s like the Landon of South Korea…
Park is so underrated.
How much are they paying de Gea?