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UEFA Champions League on CBS Sports: 2023-24 coverage details for Matchday 2, how to watch games on Paramount+

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The UEFA Champions League group stage returns next week with Matchday 2, and as usual, CBS Sports is your home for soccer’s biggest club competition. The fixtures of the second Matchday of the season feature Newcastle vs. Paris Saint Germain and Napoli vs. Real Madrid, while Christian Pulisic’s AC Milan will visit Borussia Dortmund. Here’s everything to know about how to watch all of the games, our pre-game and post-game shows and more.

Studio coverage

CBS Sports’ UEFA Champions League Today studio show heads to Newcastle, England, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, with live pitchside coverage of the day’s action coming from St. James ‘ Park for Newcastle United’s first UEFA Champions League home match in twenty years when they take on Paris Saint-Germain.

UEFA Champions League Today, CBS Sports’ live pre-match, halftime and post-match studio show, will stream on Paramount+ and air on CBS Sports Network , with every match on Paramount+ and select matches airing on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network , the free 24-hour soccer streaming network.

The UEFA Champions League Today show will originate from London on Tuesday, Oct. 3 and from Newcastle on Wednesday, Oct. 4, featuring host Kate Abdo alongside analysts Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards. Guillem Balagué will be on-site on Tuesday in Madrid while both Peter Schmeichel and Anita Jones are on-site in Manchester. Jones will also be pitchside in Newcastle on Wednesday.

Matchday 2 coverage

Clive Tyldesley will lead play-by-play duties alongside match analyst Rob Green for Real Madrid vs. Napoli on Tuesday, while Dre Cordero will conduct play-by-play with match analyst Ray Hudson for Newcastle vs. PSG on Wednesday. CBS Sports’ rules analyst Christina Unkel will contribute to coverage across all UEFA competitions.

Nico Cantor and Freddie Ljungberg lead The Golazo Show, a live whip-around program showing every goal from every UEFA Champions League match on Paramount+ . Cantor will be joined by Poppy Miller, Charlie Davies and Nigel Reo-Coker for Thursday’s Europa League version of The Golazo Show on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network .

In addition to select live match coverage, CBS Sports Golazo Network will provide in-depth analysis of all UEFA club competitions across its live studio programming, including Morning Footy, Box 2 Box and Scoreline. The Network will also provide continued coverage and analysis with The Champions Club at 6 p.m., ET, on each UCL matchday.

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Matchday 2 TV schedule

All times Eastern

Tuesday, Oct. 3

Union Berlin vs. Braga

12:45 p.m.

Paramount+

Red Bull Salzburg vs. Real Sociedad

12:45 p.m.

Paramount+

UEFA Champions League Today Pre-Match

2 p.m.

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Network

The Golazo Show

3 p.m

Paramount+

Napoli vs. Real Madrid

3 p.m

Paramount+

Manchester United vs. Galatasaray

3 p.m

Paramount+

Lens vs. Arsenal

3 p.m

Paramount+

Inter vs. Benfica

3 p.m

Paramount+

PSV vs. Sevilla

3 p.m

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Golazo Network

Copenhagen vs. Bayern Munich

3 p.m

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Network

UEFA Champions League Today Post-Match

5 p.m.

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Network

The Champions Club

6 p.m.

CBS Sports Golazo Network

Wednesday, Oct. 4

Atlético Madrid vs. Feyenoord

12:45 p.m.

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Golazo Network

Antwerp vs. Shakhtar Donetsk

12:45 p.m.

Paramount+

UEFA Champions League Today Pre-Match

2 p.m.

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Network

The Golazo Show

3 p.m.

Paramount+

Newcastle vs. PSG

3 p.m.

Paramount+

Borussia Dortmund vs. AC Milan

3 p.m.

Paramount+

RB Leipzig vs. Manchester City

3 p.m.

Paramount+

Porto vs. Barcelona

3 p.m.

Paramount+

Crvena zvezda vs. Young Boys

3 p.m.

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Golazo Network

Celtic vs. Lazio

3 p.m.

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Network

UEFA Champions League Today Post-Match

5 p.m.

Paramount+ / CBS Sports Network

The Champions Club

6 p.m.

CBS Sports Golazo Network

Kickin’ It Episode 3

7 p.m.

CBS Sports Golazo Network

Barcelona ‘charged with BRIBERY’ as Spanish champions face Champions League ban over referee payments

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BARCELONA could be banned from the Champions League after being charged with allegedly bribing referees.

Back in March, SunSport reported the Catalan giants could be axed from Europe’s elite competition if they are found guilty.

Now Spanish outlet El Debate are reporting that judge Joaquin Aguirre has accused Barcelona of bribery.

This relates to £6million in payments to Jose Maria Enruquez Negreira – former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees.

Ex-Barcelona presidents Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell have both been charged, along with Negreira and his son Javier Enriquez Romero.

The LaLiga champions are accused of breaching a law which bans officials from receiving reward for their performances of public duties.

The Supreme Court have classified Negreira as an individual who was performing a public function.

The charges allege that Negreira was given cash through a shell company set up by ex-Barcelona director Josep Contreras.

It is also alleged Contreras earned 50 per cent commission from this transaction.

Former ref Alberto Gimenez has also accused Negreira of labelling him a “chicken” in a “secret match-fixing meeting”.

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He told RadioMarca : “Negreira pressured me. He met me with other referees and told me: ‘Hey chicken, be careful with what you say on television. You already understand me. Be careful’.

“There is a formula for fixing matches. It’s a fool’s trap: I’m a friend of ‘such and such’ who will support you, you give me so much and I’ll fix it for you.

“If the result is negative, the money is returned. If he wins, he is marked for life. If he loses and returns the money, he has another chance.”

LaLiga president Javier Tebas previously urged Barca president Laporta to explain the situation.

The club’s vice-president, Rafael Yuste, then claimed they had hired a law firm to begin an investigation.

Yuste also claimed the payments to Negreira’s Dasnil company ended in 2018.

One of the potential punishments for Barcelona includes a Champions League ban.

The Spanish side have not won the competition since 2015 and were eliminated in the group stage in each of the past two seasons.

Newcastle owners ‘consider takeover of former Champions League winners with Zinedine Zidane lined up as manager’

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NEWCASTLE’S mega-rich Saudi owners are considering a full takeover of Marseille… and want Zinedine Zidane as manager.

The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, which controls an 80 per cent stake at St James’ Park, have set their sights at L’OM and are confident a deal will be completed.

And according to FranceBleu, Zidane has agreed with the PIF to take over as manager at Velodrome but only if the takeover is complete.

That puts extra pressure on the Ligue 1 giants’ majority owner Frank McCourt to sell after a dismal start to the campaign.

Marseille failed to qualify for the Champions League after getting knocked out by Panathinaikos in the third round of the qualifying stages.

The French giants have also endured a poor start in the league as they are eighth with only two wins out of their first six matches, of which they lost one.

That led to Marcelino quitting as manager after just seven matches following pressure from the club’s ultras.

Marseille have replaced the Spanish tactician with Gennaro Gattuso but the same report from France claims there will be a new head coach if the Saudis take over.

McCourt has repeatedly stated the club is not for sale but that hasn’t discouraged the Newcastle owners’ bid.

Zidane has been convinced by the potential owners’ vision of the club and was promised a substantial budget that would help him compete with the best clubs in the world.

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The French tactician would have the kind of support that would help him restore Marseille to their old glory, like back in 1993 when they won the Champions League.

The Real Madrid legend has been out of work ever since his departure from Santiago Bernabeu in 2021.

The 51-year-old has been linked with the France job but current manager Didier Deschamps has three more years left on his contract.

Champions League giants reveal plot to leave iconic stadium with plans drawn up for incredible new 70,000-seat arena

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AC MILAN have revealed plans for an incredible new stadium as they prepare to depart the legendary San Siro.

The Serie A giants and their city rivals Inter have shared the iconic ground since 1947.

Both clubs were aiming to improve the dated San Siro in order to build a new “cathedral” of football in its place.

However, those plans were blocked earlier this year and now they are each looking into building their own separate stadiums.

Now the Rossoneri have announced that they have lodged preliminary proposals to Milan council for a stunning new home in the suburb of San Donato.

But it’s not only a new 70,000-seat stadium on the “San Francesco” site.

They also want the project to include new club headquarters, a hotel, shop, museum and entertainment district.

AC Milan chairman Paolo Scaroni said: “For over four years, we have embarked with conviction on a journey aimed at giving our club one of the best stadiums of the world, which is able to accompany us into a victorious and sustainable future.

“This represents a preliminary step in the evolution of this process but, at the same time, it is further proof of our ownership’s commitment to guaranteeing continuous growth for AC Milan both on and off the pitch.”

Both AC and Inter are looking to leave the San Siro due to the huge cost of renovating the ground.

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It last received a makeover ahead of the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

A local heritage commission ruled in August that the San Siro has a “cultural interest” and that it cannot be demolished .

Meanwhile, Inter are looking into a potential site in Assago, which is a small town to the south of Milan, for their new home.

Barcelona charged with bribery over ‘ref payments’ and face Champions League ban

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Barcelona could face a Champions League ban after being charged with bribery of referees.

According to Spanish outlet El Debate , judge Joaquin Aguirre has accused Barcelona of bribery in relation to payments of around £6million to former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees Jose Maria Enruquez Negreira.

Spanish media including AS had previously reported that Barcelona paid €7million (£6.1m) to Negreira between 2001 and 2018 for ‘undocumented’ verbal advice that would supposedly ensure neutral treatment from referees during fixtures.

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Former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, as well as former official Negreira and his son Javier Enriquez Romero have all been charged.

The law states that no official can receive reward for completing the performance of public duties, with the decision motivated by the stance of the Supreme Court, which classes Negreira as a person who performed a public function.

Barca president Joan Laporta has so far avoided talking about the scandal, which could result in a Champions League ban for Xavi’s side.

It had been alleged that Negreira received the cash via a shell company set up by former Barcelona director Josep Contreras, who allegedly earned 50% commission.

The update from the judge comes as a blow to Xavi and his players after the returned to form last season to beat Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid to La Liga glory.

Barca sit third in the table this time out as they look to crown their Champions League campaign with a first triumph in the competition since 2014/15.

La Liga President Javier Tebas had previously called for Barcelona president Laporta to provide an explanation for the matter, Rafael Yuste, the club’s vice-president, then offered an update .

He said on Barca TV that a law firm has been hired to start an investigation in order to have full transparency with club members, with the payments to Negreira’s Dasnil company only stopping in 2018.

After the details were made public, former referee Alberto Gimenez claims to have been called a chicken by Negreira in a ‘secret match-fixing meeting’.

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Speaking on RadioMarca , Gimenez said he had been pressured by Negreira during a meeting that took place alongside other referees.

He said: “Negreira pressured me. He met me with other referees and told me: ‘Hey chicken, be careful with what you say on television. You already understand me. Be careful’.

“There is a formula for fixing matches. It’s a fool’s trap: I’m a friend of ‘such and such’ who will support you, you give me so much and I’ll fix it for you.

“If the result is negative, the money is returned. If he wins, he is marked for life. If he loses and returns the money, he has another chance.”