La Liga US TV Listings for Jornada 14: Dec. 12 and Dec. 13

The two late Sat­ur­day matches head­line Round 14 of La Liga with the 150th edi­tion of El Derbi Barceloní between local rivals FC Barcelona and Espanyol and a top-three clash with 3rd place Valen­cia host­ing 2nd place Real Madrid.  Two other intrigu­ing matches include high-flying Mal­lorca hop­ing to take their stel­lar home form and infuse it into their mediocre away record against Osasuna in Pam­plona and El Derbi Decep­ción (The Dis­ap­point­ment Derby) between peren­nial high fin­ish­ers Atlético Madrid and Vil­lar­real.  Cur­rently Atleti is 13th and Vil­lar­real is 11th, but both have had a string of decent results in the past few weeks and will look to con­tinue their good play against each other.

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.

Dec. 12

Real Zaragoza vs. Ath­letic Bil­bao — 11:55 AM on GOL TV

Barcelona vs. Espanyol — 1:55 PM on GOL TV

Valen­cia vs. Real Madrid — 3:55 PM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN 360

Dec. 13

Osasuna vs. Mal­lorca — 10:45 AM on DirecTV chan­nel 456

Getafe vs. Tener­ife — 10:45 AM on DirecTV chan­nel 457

Real Val­ladolid vs. Málaga — 10:45 AM on DirecTV chan­nel 458

Almería vs. Deportivo La Coruña — 10:55 AM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN 360

Atlético Madrid vs. Vil­lar­real — 12:55 PM on GOL TV

Sport­ing Gijón vs. Sevilla — 2:55 PM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN 360

Unfor­tu­nately, the Rac­ing San­tander — Xerez match will not be shown on US TV.

UEFA Europa League

Also in the mid­week, the last round of matches in the UEFA Europa League group stage com­mences with two of the three Span­ish teams already secur­ing their places in the Round of 32 knock­out stage.  Vil­lar­real will fin­ish sec­ond in their group with Red Bull Salzburg as the top team, and Ath­letic Bil­bao will face group lead­ers Werder Bre­men with a chance to top their group.  Ath­letic would either have to beat Bre­men by three goals or defeat Bre­men by two goals and con­cede one or less away goals to fin­ish first in the group, but know­ing that their pas­sage to the next round is secure should relax the Basques.  Valencia’s future is not fully set­tled, but as long as they do not lose to Genoa at the Sta­dio Luigi Fer­raris, they will head into the Round of 32 as the win­ner of Group B.  The only way Valen­cia does not advance to the next stage is if they lose to Genoa and Lille defeat Slavia Prague.

Ath­letic Bil­bao vs. Werder Bre­men — Wednes­day, Decem­ber 16 at 3:00 PM on GOL TV

Genoa vs. Valen­cia — Thurs­day, Decem­ber 17 at 12:55 PM on GOL TV

Vil­lar­real vs. Red Bull Salzburg — Thurs­day, Decem­ber 17 at 3:00 on DirecTV chan­nel 462 (462–1 for HD)

FIFA Club World Cup

FC Barcelona will travel to the United Arab Emi­rates next week for the FIFA Club World Cup, and Pep Guardi­ola will look to con­tinue his unde­feated record in all com­pe­ti­tions entered since he became man­ager of Barcelona in the sum­mer of 2008.  Pedro Rodríguez will hope to score in the Club World Cup to extend his record of scor­ing in six dif­fer­ent com­pe­ti­tions in one sea­son.  He has already scored in the UEFA Super Cup, the Super­copa de España, La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Cham­pi­ons League.

FC Barcelona vs. the Auck­land City/Atlante win­ner - Wednes­day, Decem­ber 16 at 11:00 AM on Fox Soc­cer Channel

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