My stab at the weekend listings, and my match of the weekend!
Friday, 8-30
Time (ET) Player Club Opponent TV/Stream
5:00pm Kim Young-Kiu Almeria Elche BeInSport Play
Saturday, 8-31
Time (ET) Player Club Opponent TV/Stream
7:15am Yoon Suk-Young QPR @Leeds United none
9:30am Koo Ja-Cheol Wolfsburg Hertha Berlin none
9:30am Park Joo-Ho Mainz @Hannover 96 none
10:00am Lee Chung-Yong Bolton @Blackburn Rovers none
10:00am Kim Bo-Kyung Cardiff City Everton NBCSN + Live Extra
12:30pm Son Heung-Min Bayer Leverkusen @Schalke 04 none
1:00pm Park Min-Woo Vitoria Setubal Vitoria Guimaraes none
2:45pm Park Ji-Sung PSV Eindhoven Cambuur ESPN3
Sunday, 9-1
Time (ET) Player Club Opponent TV/Stream
8:30am Ki Sung-Yueng Swansea City @West Brom Albion Live Extra
12:30pm Ji Dong-Won Sunderland @Crystal Palace NBC + Live Extra
*If you see any errors please feel free to correct them
Match of the Weekend
If you can find a stream for it (which shouldn’t be too hard), my match of the weekend is in Germany. Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04. Last season these two teams finished 3rd and 4th respectively in the Bundesliga. Both have qualified for this season’s Champions League, with Schalke making it through the qualifying rounds by knocking off Greek side PAOK 4-3 on aggregate. Schalke perhaps has the slightly easier task of taking on Chelsea, Park Joo-Ho’s former side Basel, and Steaua Bucherest while Leverkusen will take on Manchester United, Real Sociedad, and Shakhtar Donetsk. But that’s for a later date.
This season, Leverkusen has gotten off to a flier. Winning all three matches to put themselves in a position to top the table depending on how results fall. The SSS trio of Son Heung-Min, Stephen Keissling, and Sidney Sam has been good so far, and offers possibly the best attacking trio outside of a certain Munich side. Son has been decent for Leverkusen so far, scoring a goal in their opening day win over Freiburg. He’s been a bit quiet since then, but it only seems a matter of time until he comes good. And Schalke might be just the tonic he needs.
Schalke, on the other hand, have gotten off to a stinker. Picking up just one point from their first three matches. Perhaps Champions League qualification has been their focus thus far. On paper, Schalke have a formidable attack, led by Dutch hitman Klass Jan Huntelaar. Behind him is a player many are touting as “the next big thing” in German international Julian Draxler. Other familiar faces in the Schalke team are Japanese fullback Atsuto Uchida and, from the last friendly, Peruvian winger Jefferson Farfan. If you’re a US fan as well, US international Jermaine Jones also plys his trade for the side. Defense has been the weakness for Schalke in their first matches, having conceded 9 goals so far. Most notably in the 4-0 beating that Koo Ja-Cheol and Wolfsburg handed them.
Schalke should be more focused in the league with Champions League qualification secured, but given their defensive frailties, it would appear that Leverkusen might be too much for them. This one could be a very exciting game with plenty of attacking talent on both sides.
I think in Hamburg, Son was main attacker
but now I think he is just one of the legs to support Kissling or Sam
Maybe Son should have stayed in Hamburg?
I often observe Boenisch coming so far up that Son doesnt get passes or dont have enough ball time to show off something
Indeed that’s always the problem when young players move to bigger clubs. More competition and more players that have to share responsibilities. Son most likely would have had a bigger role with Hamburg, but he will get more experience at the top level (Champions League) with Leverkusen. I think it’ll take a bit of time for everything to smooth out and adjust. Son is a new addition to the team, so Hyypia is probably still working on how to get the best out of Son without disrupting what Leverkusen already has.
Sportlemon is good for streaming 🙂
is it HD?
Not too sure, but I use it whenever I want to see games. It’s pretty good quality though!