Best Bets Nov. 24/25: What to watch, where to go
THURSDAY, NOV. 24
- TELEVISION
COPA SUDAMERICANA
Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) at LDU Quito (Ecuador)
Fox Deportes, 4 p.m.
Twelfth-seeded Liga knocked off one higher seed despite losing the second leg, then survived against another on penalties. Now, in the semifinals of South America's No. 2 club competition, they've got top-seeded Velez, which has tied one game in all three of its Sudamericana series.
- TELEVISION
COPA LIBERTADORES
2012 Draw
Fox Deportes, 10 a.m.
Only 13 of the 38 entrants have been determined -- including Velz Sarsfield, Santos, Vasco da Gama, U de Chile, Nacional, Atletico Nacional and Mexico's Guadalajara, Cruz Azul and Tigres -- but it's time to divide them all up anyway. Live from Luque, Paraguay.
Borussia Mönchengladbach at Cologne
ESPN Deportes, 11:25 a.m.
Gladbach had to win a playoff to remain in the Bundesliga, and now it's in third place -- at 8-3-2 -- fueled by Marco Reus, who has hit double-digit goals in just 13 games.
ITALIAN SERIE A
AS Roma at Udinese
Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Deportes, 11:30 a.m.
Udinese is starting to slide, down to fourth after two shutout losses in its last four league games -- and another in the Europa League. Roma is fifth, four points back. Replay: FSC, 5 p.m.
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Scott French
Orange County native Scott French has been writing about soccer for more than 30 years for dozens of publications and Web sites. He was senior editor at Soccer America and was managing editor of MajorLeagueSoccer Magazine from April 2007 until summer 2009. He has covered three World Cups for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Los Angeles Daily News, two Women's World Cups for Soccer America, the Olympic Games, European Championship, nine MLS Cups and all five professional women's championships.
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