Here we are, finally back at full speed. Well, almost, anyway. We don’t have the Argentine Clausura or Brazilian Serie A yet, but we do have the Torneo de Verano and Paulista League. Almost all of the European Leagues are back in action, save Russia, which won’t start for several weeks yet. Nevertheless, we’re pretty damn close.
We don’t have any matchups between WCR Top 25 Clubs this weekend, but there are some interesting matchups nonetheless. The lions share of those interesting matches appear to be in the Spanish Primera Division, where eight of the top ten clubs in the table face off with each other. The biggest of those matches will be on ESPN Deportes on Saturday when Barcelona hosts Sevilla. The biggest match outside of Spain takes place in France where defending champions and current table-toppers Bordeaux will host Marseille on Sunday.
Most importantly, I think it is a new record that all of the top thirteen clubs in the rankings are being broadcast this weekend. Welcome back football!!!
There’s plenty of other action including the beginning of the Mexican Clausura and the Copa Bimbo. I have no idea what the Copa Bimbo is, but it sounds like it has potential. I don’t think I’ll be watching any of these because I’ll be on a plane to Cairo all day Saturday and touring the pyramids on Sunday, but that’s neither here nor there. What is both here and there is the schedule below. Have a great weekend!!!
Top Five Matches of the Weekend:
1. Sevilla at Barcelona (Saturday, 4:00 pm (EST), ESPND, ESPN 360)
2. Marseille at Bordeaux (Sunday, 3:00 pm, Setanta USA)
3. Hoffenheim at Bayern Munich (Friday, 2:30 pm, GolTV)
4. Deportivo La Coruña at Mallorca (Sunday, 11:00 am, ESPND, ESPN 360)
5. Real Madrid at Athletic Bilbao (Saturday, 2:00 pm, GolTV)
Friday, January 15, 2010
2:30 pm – Hoffenheim at (13) Bayern Munich (GolTV)
5:00 pm – Nacional (Par) vs Danubio (Uru) (GolTV)
7:00 pm – Penarol (Uru) vs. Nacional (Uru) (GolTV)
11:00 pm – Racing at River Plate (Delayed) (FSC)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
3:00 am – Perth Glory at Melbourne Victory (FSC)
7:30 am – Liverpool at Stoke City (ESPN2)
9:30 am – Mainz 05 at (6) Bayer Leverkusen (ESPND, ESPN 360)
10:00 am – Sunderland at (1) Chelsea (FSC, FSE)
10:00 am – Burnley at (9) Manchester United (Setanta USA)
12 noon – Espanyol at Osasuna (GolTV)
12 noon – Livorno at Cagliari (ESPN 360)
12:30 pm – (23) Manchester City at Everton (FSC, FSE)
12:30 pm – Wolfsburg at VfB Stuttgart (ESPND, ESPN 360)
2:00 pm – (5) Real Madrid at Athletic Bilbao (GolTV)
2:45 pm – (3) Inter Milan at Bari (FSC, FSE)
3:00 pm – Lorient at Le Mans (Setanta USA)
4:00 pm – Mogi Mirim at Palmeiras (Delayed) (GolTV)
4:00 pm – Sevilla at (2) Barcelona (ESPND, ESPN 360)
5:00 pm – Birmingham City at Portsmouth (Delayed) (FSC)
5:00 pm – Hull City at (12) Tottenham Hotspur (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
6:00 pm – Indios at Monterrey (Telemundo)
6:00 pm – Curz Azul at Jaguares (ESPND, Azteca)
8:00 pm – Estudiantes at Boca Juniors (FSE)
8:00 pm – Toluca at Chivas Guadalajara (Telemundo)
8:30 pm – Wigan Athletic at Wolverhampton Wanderers (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
10:00 pm – Querétaro at Atlante (Delayed) (Telemundo)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
8:30 am – West Ham United at Aston Villa (Setanta USA)
9:00 am – Siena at (11) AC Milan (FSC, FSE)
9:00 am – (21) Juventus at Chievo (ESPN 360)
10:30 am – Nuremberg at (15) Schalke 04 (GolTV)
11:00 am – (4) Arsenal at Bolton Wanderers (FSC, FSE)
11:00 am – Deportivo La Coruña at Mallorca (ESPND, ESPN 360)
1:00 pm – Sporting Gijon at Atletico Madrid (GolTV)
1:00 pm – Tigres at Puebla (FSE)
1:00 pm – Paris St.-Germain at (18) Lille (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
1:00 pm – Atlas at UNAM Pumas (Telemundo)
2:45 pm – Palermo at Napoli (FSC, FSE, ESPN 360)
3:00 pm – Corinthians at Monte Azul (GolTV)
3:00 pm – Marseille at (7) Bordeaux (Setanta USA)
3:00 pm – Villarreal at (10) Valencia (ESPND, ESPN 360)
3:15 pm – (8) Benfica at Maritimo (ESPN 360)
5:00 pm – Fulham at Blackburn Rovers (Delayed) (FSC)
8:00 pm – Independiente at River Plate (FSE)
Monday, January 18, 2010
6:45 am – Lyon at Nancy Lorraine (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
5:00 pm – Copa Bimbo Third Place Game
7:00 pm – Copa Bimbo Championship
Sat., 7:30 am – (16) Rangers at Hamilton Academicals
Sat., 9:30 am – Freiburg at (22) Hamburger SV
Sat., 1:45 pm – (17) PSV Eindhoven at Heerenveen
Sun., 8:30 am – (19) Twente at Utrecht
Sun., 8:30 am – (25) Ajax at NAC Breda
Sun., 9:45 am – Panthrakikos at (14) Panathinaikos
Sun., 1:00 pm – (20) Sporting Braga at Académica
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