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WorldSport-HD: Sunday, January 16, at 1 PM EST


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A new episode of La Liga pre-game show is expected 30 minutes before the game (around 12:30 PM).

Please join our game-time discussion in this thread!

For the latest schedules and standings, please check the following thread:
Schedule of Live Soccer Matches on WorldSport-HD (http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=26804)

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I've got it in my Program Planner and ready to go!

Barcelona v Real Sociedad (Camp Nou): Preview Source (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=169977&cc=5901)


Barcelona captain Carles Puyol is confident his side can show against Real Sociedad on Sunday that last week's defeat by Villarreal was nothing more than a minor slip.

The Catalan club saw their 10-point lead at the top of the Primera Liga cut to seven as an inspired performance from Juan Roman Riquelme led Villarreal to a 3-0 victory.

Ronaldinho, so often the protagonist for Barca and especially when they are struggling in a game, was largely anonymous against Villarreal, but the club have said he will play against Sociedad.

However, Deco will be missing through suspension and his position in the team will go to youngster Andres Iniesta.

Midfielder Xavi Hernandez admitted the absence of the Portuguese star is a blow to Barca, but he is optimistic they can pick up three points.

Sociedad too have had a bad start to the new year, losing 2-0 at home to Albacete last weekend and 2-1 in the re-arranged game against Real Madrid.

They are currently lying 13th in the table with 22 points from 18 games and have only two wins away from the Anoeta Stadium.

Their task will not be helped if leading scorer Kahveci Nihat, who is a doubt for Sunday's game with a stomach complaint, has to pull out.



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Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza (Santiago Bernabeu): Preview

Entire Article (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=169984&cc=5901)


Raul has a muscle problem in his left leg, while Ronaldo is struggling with his left calf.

Fellow forward Fernando Morientes completed his transfer to Liverpool on Thursday, which could open the door for Michael Owen to start another league game despite his quiet performance in Madrid's 0-0 draw in Thursday's Copa del Rey game in Valladolid.

Madrid, currently seven points behind league leaders Barcelona, will go into the game with the advantage of knowing the result of Barca's game against Real Sociedad, which will be played earlier in the day.

Whatever the outcome of Barca's match, Madrid will still be playing catch-up, although they could be in the position to close the gap to just four points.


Transfer rumours Source (http://www.soccer-spain.com/)

As expected, Real Madrid were active in the winter transfer market this week for the first time in several seasons, the unsettled Morientes making his move to Liverpool and Portillo being recalled from his loan at Fiorentina to replace him. And only hours afterwards they finally agreed terms with the man the Spanish press are calling "the Ogre" or "Shrek", Everton's Thomas Gravesen, who is expected to give them the fighting spirit they have been lacking in midfield since Makelele left. Their number one rivals Barcelona have still not made their move though, with their latest target Iaquinta proving a difficult fish to land as Udinese upped the asking price to €12 million. John Carew is still an alternative though for the striker's spot, and there is talk once again of Edgar Davids returning as the other options for a defensive midfielder fall through.

For those with Gol TV http://www.goltv.tv/indexbuilder.php?target=programacion#

Tomorrow:

11am ET Osasuna vs Valencia &
3pm ET Real Madrid vs Zaragoza

both games are LIVE on GolTV

We need GolTV on VOOM.

We need GolTV on VOOM.I agree! Hope it looks better than Fox Sports World, though! It hurts watching soccer in SD, especially converted from PAL to NTSC...

La Liga Report starts in a few seconds! Don't miss it!

It's on! Featuring an interview with Vicente Rodriguez (from Valencia).

Interesting fragment about different football tricks!

Afternoon, Sean, great music on the conclusion of La Liga-Gladiator music. Here we go

The live broadcast is on! Hello everyone! Welcome to our game-time chat!

Good afternoon everyone. Missed La Liga Report but made it on time for the game... A must win for Barca if they want to keep a good distance. Valencia and Osasuna game ended up in a tie 0-0 this morning.

We should create a separate forum and call it F.C.VOOM

Hola todos! Am watching the game. I totally agree about GolTV and about it looking better than FoxSportsWorld (I hope). Maybe they will both be in HD sometime soon. And VOOM DOES NEED GolTV, I don't have it, but it looks awesome.

Dave Farrow

There's something wrong with the cameras. There are either out of focus or there is a lot of fog or smoke in the entire stadium. It does not look sharp at all like previous matches. Is it fog?

how 'bout that missed it :)

Missed penalty kick by Eto'o.

I think it's fog.

At least we have a referee that has courage. Looks like there's some smoke in there.

Yeah... It looks like fog. The camera on the ground field when focused on a player you can clearly see the fog in the background; It looks like fog and HD signal are not good for each other.

...Maybe they will both be in HD sometime soon. I doubt. :( Not until Europe goes HD, which is not going to be soon.
It's actually a miracle that we are watching HD broadcasts from Spain on VOOM!

Point taken, Ilya. About the smoke or fog, it also has a sort of interference patterned look in the background of the field-side cameras. Disturbing to say the least. I wish the announcers would comment on it for those of us sensitive to these things...

Dave Farrow

I just checked www.weather.com for Barcelona. 54 F and Hazy. You can look at the weather map and see all the clouds and hazy conditions over it.

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/SPXX0015?name=index_large_animated&day=1

That's possible, but the field-side camera down at the Real Sociedad goalie's end is showing a muddier picture than the one at field-side at midfield. Noticeably so. It could simply be that the one shooting downfield has a much deeper background image than the one at midfield. From a director's point of view, I would imagine they will try to minimize the use of that camera down by Riesgo's end as a result.

A lot of shots on goal! Pretty aggressive game so far.

Anyone know how many HD cameras they've got? I'm guessing 4 or 5 in total...2 on the pitch, 1 up high and midfield, and another 1 or 2 at a middle altitude off the pitch.

There's at least seven cameras

To me this game seems to be dead. Need a goal to liven it up.

Yeah, I can see there's more than what I thought now, but the one down at Riesgo's end ON the pitch has a problem that the others don't have, do you see it? The director seems to be trying to avoid using that camera too much. The other two cameras ON the pitch aren't showing the same type of problem. It looks like a mild interference pattern with that camera. I could be wrong though.

Don't worry, someone will score, but it might be in the second half. Similar game to last year's Real Sociedad visit to Camp Nou so far, imo.

The camera could be out of registration but they can fix that in 30 seconds. On second thought the cameras are digital not analog. Must be a pixel problem.

Last year when I was at the control room in Rainbow HQ, there were six cameras in game at the stadium. Here's the post when I was at the control room (http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=15063)

That delayed caution on Prieto is excellent refereeing

I knew you would know the answer to this question, Sean! ;)

0:0 after the first half.

Sean, thanks for that thread link, cool...

If there are 6 cameras, my guess is 3 on the pitch (2 at each end, 1 at midfield), 2 at mid-range altitude and one up high... sort of a pyramidic layout.

I want goals in the second half though... :)

Good morning/afternoon all - I just showed up and saw only the last few minutes of the first half. It was not a very interesting end to the first half except Ronaldinho's neat attempt to chip the ball forward into the goal box near the end of regulation.

Hope to see a great second half.

Oh and I'd love to see GolTV on VOOM - caught part of a game on it while I was up in Vancouver BC last weekend.

-F

Welcome,

Flambe. Waiting for some goals in second half.


P.S. Final Score: Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Espanyol

Málaga, Mallorca, & Numancia fighting not to be relegated.. We need some goals :) After the game I will be tuning to the Real Madrid game at 3pm today (on GolTV, no available on VOOM) if you want to stay on this thread.

What carrier carries the most Champion's League games? Sky sports? Fox? Whomever has those games, VOOM should pick up :)

Personally I find it frustrating that most of the high stakes games aren't shown out here.

-F

Wow. Isn't Puyol Barcelona's center back defender? How nice it would have been for him to have scored there.

-F

I can't believe he missed!

How many points will Real be behind should this game remain 0-0 and Real wins?

I think 4

Yes, 4! Let's see... They are 6 points behind now. A win gives them 3 points and Barca would get just one for the draw. So, the difference would be reduced by 2...

WOW that was close...

Woah - that was unlucky (for both sides I guess). Nice to see some drama in front of the goalie's box for a second.

-F

Sid and Paul don't seemed to be impressed with this referee. I think he's had a good match.

He get's the ball but he goes through the legs.........English!

I think everyone's still smarting from the horribly bad refereeing that we got 1 or 2 weeks ago. Maybe they're being a little harsh, but picking on the ref is part of the fun of the game isn't it? :)

-F

Goal Barcelona! Lucky for us the engineer gave us the live feed just in time to see it.

-F

Finally a goal!

I knew they would score at some point!
And that's a 2-point goal! Very important for Barca!

I think everyone's still smarting from the horribly bad refereeing that we got 1 or 2 weeks ago. Maybe they're being a little harsh, but picking on the ref is part of the fun of the game isn't it? :)

-F
Yea the guy a couple of weeks ago was spineless! and then he GAVE Ronaldinho the penalty

I'll let Sid & Paul pick on the ref since I seem to like to pick on the Worldsport engineers, who keep showing us replays while goals are being scored :P

-F

What a save!

I may be wrong but Barcelona with Deco would have been a much different game

Going to Goltv for Real Madrid

Valdez saved the day....

The image was focused on one of the fans and then quickly re-focused on a referee (who moved into the frame) and followed him from there on. Nice camera work, especially by those doing closeups!

I'll be there in a few minutes...

Thanks everyone who joined... What's the channel numbers for GolTv on Dish?

853 in Spanish... I do not remember the English version... It's about to begin...

407

Agreed about this game with Deco playing... still Barca came very close to tying or losing this game. Victor Valdez's stock has risen with me based on this game and the Getafe game earlier this season. Eto'o's header off that corner was AWESOME, that necked roll and the power on the header in the same touch was sheer lunacy! Valdez deserves player of the game for me though. Have fun those going to watch Real Madrid vs. Zaragoza.

Barca wins! 1:0.
Bye everyone! Thanks for joining us today. See you all next week at our next game-time chat!

Stay for Sean's GolTV rebroadcast if you can ;)
I've got to go...

Ilya.

Sean, please pass on info to Matt at WorldSport about that one camera that was extra-pixelly or grainy, if possible. I'd really hate to see that again. It was the one located on the far left of the pitch on the field. Any explanation about what what going on with it would be appreciated and hopefully the problem will be overcome ASAP. Thanks.

No problem. Matt is here all the time. I am surprised he was not in today for the game.

This game looks strange. Usually with Worldsport in the Bernabeu the HD cameras are opposite side of benches. This presentation is from the same side as benches.

Yeah... Good game so far. Some action still 0-0 13 minutes in the first half.

2 footed tackled, no caution?

That tackled by Figo should be a send off. This game may get nasty. That was pay back from the previous foul not cautioned.

Goal while I'm typing the other.

Yeah I stepped out for a while and saw the replay... GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLlll ZAragoza...

Figo is still in the game? I am surprised... 1-0 Zaragoza...

That was a close offside. Figo fouled it's starting to simmer

WOW Zidane to Ronaldo just missed...

We are now averaging a foul every minute

Raul. Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Reallllllllllllllllllllllll

They should now put on the pressure.

Found this:

Wed Jan 19 11:00AM Pacific
Wed Jan 19 12:00PM Mountain
Wed Jan 19 01:00PM Central
Wed Jan 19 02:00PM Eastern
Length: 2 hr ****LIVE
Gol TV
Futbol de Espana - Copa del Rey - Octavos de Final - Vuelta
Getafe vs Osasuna





Wed Jan 19 01:00PM Pacific
Wed Jan 19 02:00PM Mountain
Wed Jan 19 03:00PM Central
Wed Jan 19 04:00PM Eastern
Length: 2 hr ****SDD
Gol TV
Futbol de Espana - Copa del Rey - Octavos de Final - Vuelta
Real Madrid vs Real Valladolid

First half 1-1..... Second half coming...

This is new published at soccertv.com.

Gol TV available on DirecTV starting February 22

January 11, 2005

Gol TV will be available to DirecTV and DirecTV Para Todos subscribers on February 22.

DirecTV and DirecTV Para Todos subscribers can get Gol TV in English on channel 614 by subscribing to the premium DirecTV Sports Pack for an extra $12 each month.

DirecTV Para Todos subscribers can get Gol TV in Spanish on channel 426 by upgrading to the Opcion Ultra Especial package for $37.99 each month ($39.99 each month with local channels).

I'm going to unsubscribe to Dish and get the $12 Sports pak with Directv. As I live in a rural area I can get anything ala carte.

Goal Ronaldo.... 2-1...

OOOppps Figo was offside prior to the pass to Ronaldo

Salgado just got away with one...

What is a foul? Salgado mugged him

Michael Owen is in early, Gravveson makes his debut

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Real OWEN

5 min + Injury time left 3-1 Real...

Well, Madrid is already getting some help from the refs... I was wodering how long it would take...

Game over 3-1 Real Madrid

What game is on next weekend?

Thank you all who stay for the Real Madrid/Zaragoza game. Real got a lot of help from the Refs on this one. M. Owen everytime I have seen him, he always impresses me and I just keep wondering how long before he start on the game. He seems to be in a lot of plays. Thank you again.

Sean, which team do you think is looking better right now, Barcelona or Madrid?

Hard not to bet on Barca. Madrid does look like they have started to play like a team. But I will have to say Barca will be the team. Now, I wouldn't be surprised to see Valencia coming strong. They have been under everyone radar's.

For next week schedule on Goltv check: http://www.goltv.tv/indexbuilder.php?target=programacion#

For next week on WorldSport check: http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=26804

I'm getting nervous with Barcelona not making any signings yet. They need at least a couple players. There has been talk lately about Davids coming back. I wouldn't say no to that.

Madrid has been extremely lucky in the past 3 weeks. First scoring a goal in five minutes against R. Sociedad, and then getting their ass kicked against Atleti but coming away with 3 points. Worrying.

I fell asleep after Owens goal-cold medicine taking affect-until next, outta here.