First it looked like the Spanish clubs weren’t going to play, but now they are. And then it looked like the Italian clubs were going to play, but not maybe they’ll go on strike. It’s really difficult to tell what’s going on from one day to another, but we’re going ahead as if everybody is playing this weekend because that’s the way I like it.
And if everybody does play this weekend, it’s going to be one hell of a weekend. There are no less than five matches featuring clubs in the current WCR Top 25, and two of them are featuring defending European champion Barcelona. Barça will start on Friday in the UEFA Super Cup against highly-ranked Porto. On Monday, Barcelona’s Primera Division defense campaign will get under way at the Camp Nou against Villarreal.
In between are several high-profile matchups, including the aforementioned clashes between ranked clubs as Borussia Dortmund faces Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday and Sunday sees top-ranked Manchester United host Arsenal and defending French Ligue Un champions Lille host runners-up Marseille.
What else do we have? It’s all below. Sometime tomorrow, provided schedules are finally set, we’ll post the schedule for Argentina. For now, here’s the U.S. television schedule with all times in Eastern Daylight Time. Have a great weekend!!!!
Top Five Matches of the Weekend:
1. Barcelona v. Porto (Friday, 2:45 pm (EDT), FSC, FoxD)
2. Arsenal at Manchester United (Sunday, 11:00 am, FSC, FoxD)
3. Borussia Dortmund at Bayer Leverkusen (Saturday, 12:30 pm, ESPN3)
4. Villarreal at Barcelona (Monday, 3:00 pm, ESPN3)
5. Marseille at Lille (Sunday, 3:00 pm, FSP)
Friday, August 26, 2011
2:30 pm – VfB Stuttgart at Hertha BSC (ESPND, ESPN3)
2:45 pm – (2) Barcelona vs (7) Porto (FSC, FoxD)
Saturday, August 27, 2011
7:00 am – Wolverhampton Wanderers at Aston Villa (ESPN2, ESPN3)
7:30 am – Queen’s Park Rangers at Wigan Athletic (FSP)
9:30 pm – (15) Bayern Munich at Kaiserslautern (GolTV)
10:00 pm – Norwich City at (8) Chelsea (FSC, FoxD)
10:00 pm – Sunderland at Swansea City (FSP)
12 noon – Fiorentina at Siena (FSP, ESPN3)
12 noon – Real Sociedad at Sporting Gijón (ESPN3)
12:30 pm – Bolton Wanderers at Liverpool (FSC, FoxD)
12:30 pm – (4) Borussia Dortmund at (18) Bayer Leverkusen (ESPN3)
2:00 pm – Racing Santander at (14) Valencia (GolTV)
2:45 pm – (3) AC Milan at Cagliari (FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)
5:00 pm – Botafogo at Fluminense (GolTV)
5:00 pm – Everton at Blackburn Rovers (Delayed) (FSC)
7:00 pm – Toluca at Jaguares (Azteca)
8:00 pm – Santos Laguna at Monterrey (Telemundo)
8:00 pm – Club América at Pachuca (Telefutura)
9:45 pm – Chivas de Guadalajara at San Luis (Telefutura)
10:00 pm – Tolima at Santa Fe (Delayed) (GolTV)
10:00 pm – Tigres UANL at Atlas (Galavision)
10:30 pm – Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA (FSC)
11:30 pm – UAG Tecos at Atlante (Delayed) (Galavision)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
8:00 am – Fulham at Newcastle United (FSP)
8:30 am – (6) Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur (FSC, FoxD)
10:00 am – Stoke City at West Bromwich Albion (FSP)
10:30 am – Excelsior at PSV Eindhoven (ESPN3)
11:00 am – (17) Arsenal at (1) Manchester United (FSC, FoxD)
11:30 am – Borussia Monchengladbach at Schalke 04 (GolTV)
12 noon – Genoa at (18) Napoli (FSP, ESPN3)
12 noon – Espanyol at Mallorca (ESPN3)
1:00 pm – Cruz Azul at Pumas UNAM (Telemundo)
2:00 pm – (5) Real Madrid at Real Zaragoza (GolTV)
2:45 pm – Lecce at (9) Inter Milan (FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)
2:45 pm – Chievo Verona at Lazio (ESPN3)
2:45 pm – Juventus at (24) Udinese (ESPN3)
3:00 pm – (22) Marseille at (10) Lille (FSP)
4:00 pm – Malaga at Sevilla (GolTV)
7:00 pm – Puebla at Monarcas Morelia (FoxD)
7:00 pm – Los Angeles Galaxy at New York Red Bulls (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN3)
7:00 pm – New England Revolution at Philadelphia Union (Galavision)
Monday, August 29, 2011
3:00 pm – (25) Villarreal at (2) Barcelona
Below is the television schedule for matches broadcast on cable in Argentina. Admittedly, this is mostly for my benefit, but anybody else in Argentina should feel free to help themselves to this information, as well. (Obviously, times listed below are ART.)
Friday, August 26, 2011
15:30 – Barcelona v. Porto (FOXSP)
17:05 – Banfield at Godoy Cruz (CNL7)
19:10 – San Martin (SJ) at Estudiantes (A24, CNL7)
21:15 – Arsenal de Sarandi at Racing (CN23)
Saturday, August 27, 2011
08:00 – Wolverhampton Wanderers at Aston Villa (ESPN)
11:00 – Norwich City at Chelsea (ESPN)
11:00 – Everton at Blackburn Rovers (FOXSP)
13:30 – Bolton Wanderers at Liverpool (FOXSP)
15:00 – Racing Santander at Valencia (ESPN)
15:00 – Tigre at Lanus (CNL7, CN23)
17:05 – Olimpio (BB) at Atlético Rafaela (CNL7, CN23)
19:00 – Desamparados (SJ) at River Plate (A24, CNL7, CN23)
21:00 – All Boys at Vélez Sarsfield (CNL9)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
01:00 – Queens Park Rangers at Wigan Athletic (Delayed) (ESPN)
07:00 – Osasuna at Atlético de Madrid (Delayed) (ESPN)
11:00 – Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur (FOXSP)
12:00 – Arsenal at Manchester United (ESPNP)
14:00 – Union Santa Fe at Colon (A24, CNL9, CN23)
16:05 – Newell’s Old Boys at Belgrano (CNL7, CN23)
18:10 – San Lorenzo at Boca Juniors (A24, CNL7, CN23)
19:00 – Paris St.-Germain at Toulouse (ESPN)
20:15 – Independiente at Argentinos Juniors (CNL7)
Monday, August 29, 2011
16:00 – Villarreal at Barcelona (ESPNP)
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