UEFA Europa League: Your Running Commentary

Three of the UEFA Europa League's Round of 32 first legs are in the books, but 13 more remain to be played on Thursday including games involving Americans Sacha Kljestan and Maurice Edu.

Kljestan starts out on the bench as Anderlecht opens up at home against Ajax Amsterdam in one of the more intriguing knockout-stage matchups. Edu is starting at home for Rangers, who welcomes Portuguese power Sporting Lisbon to Ibrox Stadium.

As far as the first legs that have already been played, Aris FC held Manchester City to a 0-0 draw, Oguchi Onyewu's FC Twente defeated Rubin Kazan, 2-0, and Bayer Leverkusen topped FC Metalist Kharkiv, 4-0.

If you will be watching any of Thursday's Europa League matches either on television or via Internet feed, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action (TV schedule is after the jump).

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE TV SCHEDULE

1 p.m. - GOLTV - Benfica vs. Stuttgart

1 p.m. - DirecTV 481 - Napoli vs. Villarreal

1 p.m. - DirecTV 482 - Anderlecht vs. Ajax

1 p.m. - DirecTV 483 - BATE Borisov vs. Paris-St. Germain

1 p.m. - DirecTV 484 - Besiktas vs. Dynamo Kiev

1 p.m. - DirecTV 486 - Lech Poznan vs. Sporting Braga

3:05 p.m. - GOLTV - Sparta Praha vs. Liverpool

3:05 p.m. - DirecTV 481 - Sevilla vs. Porto

3:05 p.m. - DirecTV 482 - Rangers vs. Sporting Lisbon

3:05 p.m. - DirecTV 484 - FC Basel vs. Spartak Moscow

3:05 p.m. - DirecTV 485 - Lille vs. PSV Eindhoven

3:05 p.m. - DirecTV 486 - BSC Young Boys vs. Zenit-St. Petersburg

3:05 p.m. - DirecTV 487 - PAOK Salonika vs. CSKA Moscow