[Spartak]

I just got an email from SoccerTV and it says that ESPN2 will air only Tuesday Champions League matches for matchdays 1-8. Matchdays 9-16 are yet to be confirmed. Of course the Final will air as well.

This is what I expect ESPN2 to show on Tuesdays then:

MD 1 Roma-Real Madrid(confirmed)
MD 2 Deportivo-Milan
MD 3 Bayern-Milan
MD 4 Lyon-Inter
MD 5 Deportivo-Bayern
MD 6 Ajax-Inter

[appoo]

I would expect for ESPN2 to show mostly Ajax matches because of American John O'Brien

[Spartak]

Originally posted by appooOnU
I would expect for ESPN2 to show mostly Ajax matches because of American John O'Brien

Don't get your hopes up. ESPN2 just takes the ESPN Intl feed which caters to Spanish and Italian clubs.

[sanariot]

As long as they show two matches toward the end of the competition as they did last year, it's ok by me.

[Spartak]

Originally posted by Astorian
As long as they show two matches toward the end of the competition as they did last year, it's ok by me.

When did they do this? I remember them showing both legs of each semifinal but that was it. Matchdays 7-12 they only showed one match per week and they only showed one quarterfinal leg a week.

[tritonspirit]

Does anyone know if it will be possible to watch any of the four English club's Champions League matches in the U.S.? A couple of years ago at an English Pub in San Diego I was able to watch a few of Manchester United's Champions League matches that were not shown on ESPN2. I think they were shown on Setanta and the Pub charged something like $7 admission. Will Setanta be showing any of the Champions League matches on PPV this year?

[Clan]

But i seem to remember reading somewhere on the UEFA site that the TV audience in America would have to watch only Spanish teams as ESPN had rights to show those teams only.

[Radiohead]

Setanta Sport did not show any Champions League games last year. However, I talked to someone at Setanta about a week ago, and they were going to try and make a deal with ESPN and TEAM to show some of the games this year. I'm sure the games will be listed at soccertv.com if Setanta are able to work out a deal.

[SoFla Metro]

Hi Oliver

[Spartak]

I don't care if it is Oliver, I hope he is right that Setenta gets the rights. Unfortunately for me they will probably only show English teams if they do get the rights.