You can call the second day of UEFA Champions League Round of 16 action the day of reunions.
In one corner of Europe you have Claudio Ranieri leading his Juventus side against his former club, Chelsea. In another corner you have Liverpool manager and Madrid native Rafa Benitez returning to his hometown to face the club he once worked for as a reserve team coach, Real Madrid.
Even the Panathanaikos-Villarreal match-up today offers a reunion, with former Arsenal standouts Robert Pires (Villarreal) and Gilberto Silva (Panathanaikos) potentially doing battle.
Here is today's schedule of Champions League matches:
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Juventus at Chelsea (2:30pm, ESPN2)
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Liverpool at Real Madrid (2:30pm, Setanta USA and ESPN Deportes, 5pm, ESPN Classic)
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Bayern Munich at Sporting Lisbon (9pm, ESPN Deportes, 11pm, Setanta USA)
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Panathinaikos at Villarreal (5:45pm, Setanta USA)
If you will be watching today's matches, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. I will be watching the action, and posting some observations in the comments section so keep an eye out for those.
Enjoy the action.
No Landon. See ya back in MLS in March.
where can I get a link for Bayren match?
Landon isn’t even on the bench for Bayern.
I saw how great Podolski was at the weekend, he really deserved being in this squad.
Ouch. No Landon in the starting XI or the bench for Bayern. Like KCB said, see ya back at the HDC in March LD.
Donovan not even on the bench. boo.
landon is not even listed as a sub
landycakes O-4 in deucthland
ouch
C’mon Sporting!
Call me crazy, but I’m actually looking forward to the Concacaf Champions League match in Montreal tonight more than any of these UEFA matches today. Does that make me insane?
Why the heck did Podolski make the bench? I am suprised that they went with him.
Will Hiddink and his side get it done tonight?
11th minute- Drogba just tried to dive and I could hear The Special 1′s voice echoing in my head. Stop diving Drogba!!
Villarreal dominating so far…
12th minute- GOAL CHELSEA. Drogba with a nice finish off a Kalou pass. Juve looks shaky.
My main attention on the computer with Real, and the occasional glance up to the tube for Chelsea-Juve.
Drogba mistimes his jump on a free header. Should have been 2-0.
Juve are sending terrible long balls and can’t get anything through their midfield. I didn’t expect this type of start.
Any one have any links on where I can watch the games? My usual channelsurf.net is not working!
First 15 have Liverpool doing A LOT of punt and run with no success, Real getting a long of free kicks in dangerous areas, nothing of them so far, with one good shot from Marcelo that was right at Reina
Pepe with a nice play defending Fernando Torres. What a match-up that is.
20th: Torres gets on to a long ball, pressured by Pepe, gets a strong foot on it, Casillas save
GREAT SAVE by Casillas on Torres, who almost capitalized on a bad Madrid mistake.
Madrid corner results in Torres going off to recieve a medical look over
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Finally Juve are showing some life! A couple of good chances for them in quick succession
Liverpool is starting to turn it up. Nice handball by Nedved in the Juve-Chelsea match.
Ends up being something with his foot, he’s back on now, 25th minute
WHERE CAN I WATCH THESE GAMES ONLINE???
I NEED LINKS – CANT DO WORK!!!!
All my normal sites got blocked, I busted for the Setanta PPV, first and only time I’ll do that I think
veetle.com
has setanta, fsc, and goltv in great quality.
Hey guys, check out veetle.com. It’s pretty good.
Sergio Ramos is on crazy type fire.
Goal Madrid score, Higuan off a save of a Ramos header on a corner, but Higuan is ruled offsides, goal disallowed, 30th minute
any links to something that doesn’t require me to download onto the work computer (like veetle does?)
36th- Sissoko is down with an ankle injury.
Some terrible first touches tonight for Sissoko
malkin, try justin.tv
im not sure if you need to download anything or not but usually somebody is broadcasting the games on there
39th minute- Cole gives Del Piero some studs across the foot but Del Piero is up. Juven moving the ball well.
Robben with his classic outside foot/towards the inside dribble to left foot blast looks promising, but just wide, twice in a row. He looks to be heating up. 40th minute
Sissoko is back in the game for those wondering. Juve still looking for a dangerous chance. Nedved with a weak roller right to Cech.
44th- Del Piero has a free kick from the right corner of the area blocked by the wall from 25 out.
Madrid looks very dangerous the last few minutes, close chances left and right. 44th.
Alonso with an effort from behind midfield forces Casillas to touch it over the bar at full stretch falling backwards, 45th
Both matches just went to halftime.
Alonso’s quick interception and long shot from midfield nearly caught Casillas, but he raced back to tip it over.
Juve hasn’t shown much at all in the first half, while Chelsea has looked sharp at times.
Kind of odd, the clock hits 45:00 as they make their way down to set up the corner, and the ref decides to call it before it is taken.
Replay of S1TV on during halftime
According to Marca, Villarreal is dominating (but has nothing to show for it).
Marcelo off, Guti on at half for Madrid
Robben with a strong run from midfield, had the chance to pull back into the box, instead shoots into side netting, not a horrible idea, 51st
Not worth a PK my dear Didier…
Torres picks up a yellow in the 55th
crap
¡¡¡¡GOOOL DEL PANATHINAIKOS!!! Marca Karagounis un auténtico golazo. Trayazo con la derecha y al fondo de la red. Se complican las cosas en El Madrigal.
Babel on for Torres in the 62nd
Poor communication by Juve. They just can’t get anything going. Put on the Real-Liverpool match ESPN2!
Yellow for Mascherano for a challenge on Gago, Madrid look better now. 65th
Rossi PK Goal!
bad news for the Yellow Submarine giving up the away goal. not much of an effort from Sporting, either.
Like Liverpool/Real Madrid was destined to be anything other than a 0-0 draw. Liverpool’s specialty.
Robben with a nasty knuckler from 25 out in the 71st barely knocked over
Juve are pushing. Creating some chances, but their corners still suck
Sigh — Javi Venta in for Llorente. Jozy could’ve been playing.
80th in Madrid, its picking up, but with Liverpool bunkering, nothing is happening
Heinze pulls down someone for no apparent reason with the ball in the air, it results in a free kick, which results in a Benayoun goal.
1-0 in the 82nd
And that sound is me eating my words…..1-0 Liverpool.
Stade d’Olympique is expecting over 50,000 for the CCL game tonight. Should be a crazy atmosphere!!
Hard to say Liverpool was the better team, but they get the 1-0 away win, Madrid with a lot of work to do.
Anyone else think Benayoun is highly underrated?
Benayoun is class. Just somewhat inconsistent.
Bavarians 5 !!!!! – Sporting Clube de “albergue gatos” 0
WoW!
Call it a lucky guess, but I am positive Bayern will move into the next round.
great result for panathinaikos. 1-1 away is HUGE. i trust them in Athens for the second leg. Panathinaikos 2-1 prediction!!!
Bayern looked good. Inter vs. Man U is gonna be an intense 2nd leg
ESPN2 needs to stop airing Chelsea games. They are boring as hell. That match put me to sleep.
Let me start by admitting I’m no fan of english football. That said, what a disappointing performance by Madrid. Benitez definitely had their number – a crowded defence that snuffed out any attempt by Real. They really did not get a sniff of goal.
Btw, what’s up with Juande sitting out Schneider, Huntelaar and Van der vaart. Guti for Mercelo was an awful sub. Ramos had such a poor game.
I need a beer!