Soccer TV Schedule for the week of 2/27

This weekend's action kicks off with a highly interesting match-up on ESPN2 Saturday morning, as table leaders Chelsea take on ManCity looking for a top 4 spot this season. Additionally, the controversy surrounding John Terry and Wayne Bridge are certain to make this a sense match. Later in the week two big international friendlies as World Cup favorites Brazil take on the team that was left out due to a Henry handball, Ireland. Then on Wednesday team USA (comprised of mostly European based players) will take on #3 in the world rankings, the Netherlands.

Saturday (27th):
 - EPL: Manchester City vs. Chelsea - 7:30am - ESPN2HD
 - EPL: Birmingham vs. Wigan - 10am - FSC
 - EPL: Stoke City vs. Arsenal - 12:30pm - FSC
 - Serie A: Lazio vs. Fiorentina - 2:30pm - FSC
 - Serie A: Catania vs. Bari - 5pm - FSC

Sunday (28th):
 - EPL: Liverpool vs. Blackburn - 10am - FSC
 - EPL: Sunderland vs. Fulham - 12pm - FSC
 - Serie A: Juventus vs. Palermo - 2:30pm - FSC
 - Serie A: AC Milan vs. Atalanta - 5pm - FSC

Tuesday (2nd):
 - International Friendly: Brazil vs. Ireland - 3pm - FSC

Wednesday (3rd):
 - International Friendly: USA vs. Netherlands - 2:30pm - ESPN2HD

Europa Cup 09-10 Update

The little brother to the UEFA Champions League took place today. Live outside of Europe (or maybe even in it) and you could have easily missed it. With no TV coverage here in the US we are left with tracking the games online. UEFA tried to reignite the tournament this year with a new name, but what they really need to do is hold the match-ups on off weeks from the Champions League. The round of the 32 concluded today and here is a quick look at the results (courtesy of our could friends at Wikipedia):

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rubin Kazan	3–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	0–0
Athletic Bilbao	1–5	Anderlecht	1–1	0–4
Copenhagen	2–6	Marseille	1–3	1–3
Panathinaikos	6–4	Roma	3–2	3–2
Atlético Madrid	3–2	Galatasaray	1–1	2–1
Ajax	1–2	Juventus	1–2	0–0
Club Brugge	1–3	Valencia	1–0	0–3 (aet)
Fulham	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	1–1
Liverpool	4–1	Unirea Urziceni	1–0	3–1
Hamburg	(a) 3–3	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	2–3
Villarreal	3–6	Wolfsburg	2–2	1–4
Standard Liège	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg	3–2	0–0
Twente	2–4	Werder Bremen	1–0	1–4
Lille	3–2	Fenerbahçe	2–1	1–1
Everton	2–4	Sporting CP	2–1	0–3
Hertha BSC	1–5	Benfica	1–1	0–4

Biggest Losses of the Round: Roma (ITA), PSV Eindhoven, Villarreal, and Everton. 


Current Tournament Favorites: Marseille, Juventus, Liverpool, Wolfsburg, and Benfica.


The round of 16 will take place on March 11th (first leg) and March 18th (second leg). Here is a look at the match-ups:

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hamburg	v	Anderlecht	11 Mar	18 Mar
Rubin Kazan	v	Wolfsburg	11 Mar	18 Mar
Atlético Madrid	v	Sporting CP	11 Mar	18 Mar
Benfica	v	Marseille	11 Mar	18 Mar
Panathinaikos	v	Standard Liège	11 Mar	18 Mar
Lille	v	Liverpool	11 Mar	18 Mar
Juventus	v	Fulham	11 Mar	18 Mar
Valencia	v	Werder Bremen	11 Mar	18 Mar

The highlights of the next round have to by Juventus vs. Fulham and Werder Breman taking on David Villa's Valencia. Thoughts on the eventually cup winner?