PSV faces Real Sociedad in a UEFA Europa League group stage match at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on Thursday, September 16, 2021 (9/16/21).
Fans without cable can watch the match for free via a trial of fuboTV or Paramount+.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: UEFA Europa League, Group Stage
Who: PSV vs. Real Sociedad
When: Thursday, September 16, 2021
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Where: Philips Stadion
TV: Galavision
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Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), Paramount+ (free trial)
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After the Super League crisis and ongoing legal fight by three of its creators, top European soccer clubs were praised Tuesday as a united family by their new Qatari leader.
A busy period for international soccer politics was kicked off by the European Club Association’s first meeting since the turmoil in April that threatened the status of the UEFA-run Champions League.
Persistent FIFA vs. UEFA and clubs vs. national teams power struggles are expected in the months ahead. Qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is being decided during the COVID-19 pandemic while FIFA pushes plans to play the tournament every two years against resistance from Europe.
Clubs want to be heard and the ECA formally welcomed back nine of 12 founders of the ill-fated Super League as members. Three even got places on the decision-making executive board.
“They were sorry and apologized for what they did,” said Nasser al-Khelaifi, who became ECA chairman in April amid the failed breakaway to rival the Champions League.
Al-Khelaifi, the president of Paris Saint-Germain, helped doom the Super League by his club refusing to sign up to the project.
He also leads Qatar-owned BeIN Media Group, a key UEFA broadcasting customer which has Champions League rights in France and across Asia and North Africa.
“It’s really important to be united here,” Al-Khelaifi said at a news conference after a two-day meeting of 160 ECA members, their first since April. “To show the unity, that we are one family.”
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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