The Sevillana, one of the variants of the iconic Flamenco style of dance that the city of Sevilla made famous, normally gets confused with the traditional Flamenco dance.
The marquee matchup of the weekend is the late Saturday kickoff between top four teams Real Madrid and Sevilla. The reverse fixture in early October was one of the matches of the season, and while Sevilla’s title chances faded away during the dregs of mid-season, they still lie fourth in the league, they have the away-goal advantage in their Champions League tie with CSKA Moskva, and they made it to the final of the Copa del Rey. Their second leg with CSKA will not commence until March 16, whereas Real’s second leg with Lyon occurs on Wednesday, four days removed from this important La Liga match. Real will likely field their strongest eleven against Sevilla, but how that will affect their performance against Lyon will be unknown until Wednesday night.
Another compelling match this weekend pits Atlético Madrid visiting Aragon to face Real Zaragoza at La Romareda. With their glamorous conquests of Barcelona, Valencia, and Galatasaray comes their disappointments against Málaga, Almería, and Racing Santander, all within the span of one month. Where Zaragoza has something for which to play (top-flight survival), Atlético’s hunger in La Liga waned eons ago. A true iconoclast of conventional thought, however, Atlético Madrid may just play at the level they perform against top teams to show the doubters that they do not play to the level of their competition (Logic with this team does not work, so any maniacal theory fits in this situation).
The times listed are Eastern Standard Time (EST) and include the pregame pleasantries, although sometimes the matches on the DirecTV La Liga specific channels may not go to match coverage until right before kickoff.
Mar. 6
Deportivo La Coruña vs. Tenerife – 11:55 AM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN 360
Almería vs. FC Barcelona – 1:55 PM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN 360
Real Madrid vs. Sevilla – 3:55 PM on Gol TV
Mar. 7
Espanyol vs. Villarreal – 10:45 AM on DirecTV channel 456
Mallorca vs. Sporting Gijón – 10:45 AM on DirecTV channel 457
Osasuna vs. Getafe – 10:45 AM on DirecTV channel 458
Athletic Bilbao vs. Real Valladolid – 12:55 PM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN 360
Real Zaragoza vs. Atlético Madrid – 2:55 PM on Gol TV
Mar. 8
Valencia vs. Racing Santander – 2:55 PM on Gol TV
Why can’t they show the other Champions League games on the Fox Sports stations like they do on Tuesdays? Tuesdays has one on FSC and the other on Fox Sports but not for the Wednesday games, both games are gonna be good Man U v Milan & Real v Lyon!!!!! only one goal difference in each team
The Tuesday FSN Champions League match is more of a morsel or appetizer than anything else. If all of the Champions League matches were shown on FSN, why pay extra for Fox Soccer Channel or Fox Soccer Plus?
They show one of the Champions League matches on FSN so that people that are casual soccer fans or not fans at all may be captivated by what they see, and they will get interested enough to where they will pay extra to watch the other Champions League matches or the domestic leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, etc.) on FSC or FS+.
What pisses me off is that this past week they did not show a FSN game? Hullo don’t they want to expand the sport? Losers don’t they know we fanaticos can find it online for free.
I don’t mean to be a contrarian, but the Tuesday live FSN match last week was Arsenal vs. Porto, and FSN showed the Bayern Munich – Fiorentina match on delay in primetime that night, depending on if your local FSN station was not showing live sports at that time.
I don’t mean to be a contrarian, but the Tuesday live FSN match last week was Arsenal vs. Porto, and FSN showed the Bayern Munich – Fiorentina match on delay in primetime that night, depending on if your local FSN station was not showing live sports at that time.