We are now in high gear with the regular season in club football and the schedule demonstrates it. I lost count at 40-something as the number of matches being broadcast this weekend. It should be enough to keep people with even the most severe cases of football-ADD happy.
By our calculus, the match of the weekend takes place in Germany on Sunday when Schalke 04 hosts Hamburger SV because that’s the only match featuring a pair of WCR Top 25 Clubs. If that’s not the highest priority on your viewing list, however, that’s perfectly understandable given the number of matches – and number of good matches – that are taking place this weekend.
In the English-speaking world, the focus likely will be on Anfield as a disappointing-thus-far Liverpool hosts Premiership leaders Manchester United in a battle between Big Four clubs, as well as clubs that have combined for 36 top division titles in England. In the Spanish-speaking world, however, there will be matches that outrank that battle. In Argentina, the top two clubs in the Apertura table take on each other as Colon hosts San Lorenzo in a non-televised match. The match that will be televised out of Argentina, of course, is the superclasico in Buenos Aires as River Plate hosts Boca Juniors. (Wish me luck in being able to go since I arrive in Buenos Aires on Sunday.) Farther north and a few hours later is Mexico’s superclasico as Club America welcomes Chivas de Guadalajara to Mexico City.
All of these matches are potential classics, and they’re all on Sunday. You’ll have a whole day’s worth of matches to enjoy before they even start. This all has the makings of a super few days. Have a great weekend!!!
Top Five Matches of the Weekend:
1. Hamburger SV at Schalke 04 (Sunday, 4:00 pm (EDT), Delayed – GolTV)
2. San Lorenzo at Colon (Sunday, 6:15 pm, Not Televised)
3. Manchester United at Liverpool (Sunday, 10:00 am, FSC, FSE)
4. Boca Juniors at River Plate (Sunday, 3:00 pm, FSE)
5. Chivas de Guadalajara at Club America (Sunday, 6:30 pm, Univision)
Friday, October 23, 2009
2:30 pm – Borussia Dortmund at (6) Bayer Leverkusen (GolTV)
9:00 pm – Toluca at Tecos UAG (Galavision)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
7:30 am – Aston Villa at Wolverhampton Wanderers (ESPN2)
9:30 am – Eintracht Frankfurt at Bayern Munich (ESPND, ESPN 360)
10:00 am – Sunderland at Birmingham City (FSC, FSE)
10:00 am – Stoke City at (19) Tottenham Hotspur (Setanta USA)
12 noon – Mallorca at Atletico de Madrid (ESPND, ESPN 360)
12:30 pm – Blackburn Rovers at (5) Chelsea (FSC, FSE)
2:00 pm – (4) Real Madrid at Sporting Gijon (GolTV)
2:45 pm – Catania at (3) Inter Milan (FSC, FSE)
3:00 pm – Montpellier at Stade Rennes (Setanta USA)
4:00 pm – Espanyol at (11) Sevilla (GolTV)
5:00 pm – Wigan Athletic at Burnley (Delayed) (FSC)
5:00 pm – Bologna at (12) Sampdoria (Delayed) (FSE)
5:00 pm – Portsmouth at Hull City (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
6:00 pm – Vitoria at Atletico Mineiro (Delayed) (GolTV)
6:00 pm – Cruz Azul at Queretaro (TeleFutura)
6:00 pm – Santos Laguna at Jaguares (ESPND)
8:00 pm – Independiente Medellin at Millonarios (GolTV)
8:00 pm – Indios at Pachuca (TeleFutura)
9:00 pm – Colorado Rapids at Real Salt Lake (FSC, FSE)
Sunday, October 25, 2009
2:00 am – Brisbane Roar at Sydney FC (FSC)
5:15 am – Saturn at Lokomotiv (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
7:00 am – FC Moscow at CSKA Moscow (Setanta USA)
9:30 am – (20) Ajax at AZ Alkmaar (ESPND, ESPN 360)
10:00 am – Everton at Bolton (Setanta USA)
10:00 am – (1) Manchester United at Liverpool (FSC, FSE)
10:00 am – (16) Juventus at Siena (ESPN 360)
10:00 am – Livorno at Roma (ESPN 360)
11:30 am – PSV Eindhoven at NEC Nijmegen (ESPND, ESPN 360)
12 noon – (17) Deportivo La Coruna at Real Valladolid (GolTV)
12 noon – (7) Arsenal at West Ham United (FSC, FSE)
12 noon – Fulham at (14) Manchester City (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
12:30 pm – (22) Werder Bremen at VfL Bochum (ESPN 360)
2:00 pm – Gremio at Internacional (GolTV)
2:00 pm – Toulouse at Lens (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
2:00 pm – Monterrey at UNAM Pumas (Telemundo)
2:00 pm – Valencia at Almeria (ESND, ESPN 360)
3:00 pm – Boca Juniors at River Plate (FSE)
3:00 pm – Houston Dynamo at Chivas USA (TeleFutura)
3:45 pm – AC Milan at Chievo (FSC)
4:00 pm – (10) Hamburger SV at (18) Schalke 04 (Delayed) (GolTV)
4:00 pm – Paris St.-Germain at Marseille (Setanta USA)
4:00 pm – Real Zaragoza at (2) Barcelona (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN 360)
6:00 pm – New England Revolution at Columbus Crew (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN 360)
6:30 pm – Chivas de Guadalajara at Club America (Univision)
Monday, October 26, 2009
5:00 am – Le Mans at Bordeaux (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
4:15 pm – Nacional at (9) Benfica (ESPN 360)
Sat., 12 noon – Ergotelis at (25) Olympiakos
Sat., 1:00 pm – (15) Lyon at Nice
Sat., 1:45 pm – Groningen at (21) Twente
Sat., 4:15 pm – (8) Sporting Braga at Rio Ave
Sun., 1:00 pm – PAOK at (24) Panathinaikos
Sun., 3:15 pm – Academica de Coimbra at (13) Porto
Sun., 6:15 pm – San Lorenzo at (23) Colon
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