"El 'loco' que Pep lleva dentro"
We've been remiss in posting our weekend TV guides the past couple weeks. This weekend we offer
a belated and truncated version, consisting of a single match that's kicking off in just a few
hours: La Liga's late match on Sunday, Athletic Bilbao hosting FC Barcelona, kicking off at 8pm in
"la Catedral de futbol" Estadio San Mamés (which corresponds to 2pmET; televised in the
US on ESPN Deportes, and also available via ESPN3.
Subscribing as we do the just-in-time philosophy, here's your weekend TV guide for today's
matches, with the first one kicking off in 15 minutes at Ewood Park. Check back tomorrow morning
for Sunday's picks.
(As usual, we've included US TV coverage, and listed kickoff times in terms of ET.
Champions League knockout play now committed to memory, we're back into the domestic leagues
with a touch of cup action in England, and the rest of the world getting on with earning points. As
you may know, faithful readers, we tend to look to the Soccer Insider for our weekend tv listings,
but seeing as so many of us watch matches through variously legal web outlets, we thought of
expanding the list a bit this week.
Call it a Winter Cup Weekend, with the FA Cup and Asian Cup grabbing the headlines and
dominating the weekend TV schedule.
Australia and Japan will face off on Saturday in an Asian Cup Final in the best match of the
weekend. The match isn't being shown on the traditional American soccer channels, but there are
cable networks and internet options for fans eager to see what should be an exciting final.
