Turner Sports is having a first go at broadcasting the Champions League in the U.S. Its first week came with mixed reviews (mostly negative), but a bizarre TNT Champions League outage in the first half of the Manchester United-Valencia match on Tuesday was by far the worst transgression as a broadcaster of the Champions League.
In all the noise surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Juventus, much was lost regarding the return of prodigal son Leonardo Bonucci. For many, AC Milan had gotten the better of a transfer that saw promising 24-year-old defender Mattia Caldara and Gonzalo Higuain land at the San Siro while the 31-year-old Bonucci — hot off his worst season as a professional — performed a sort of walk of shame back to Allianz Stadium.
Manchester City scraped by Hoffenheim and its young 31-year-old manager for a 2-1 win on Tuesday in the Champions League. The Citizens scored a late winner through David Silva, but that the match was even close to begin with comes down to the play of the two goalkeepers involved — a play each, to be precise.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima is one of the greatest strikers to ever play the game. A two-time Ballon d’Or winner and two-time World Cup champion, O Fenômeno dazzled the world with his unparalleled dribbling and finishing abilities.
Ahead of a Champions League matchup on Wednesday between two of his former clubs, Ronaldo found himself in the middle of a debate between PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan. Who, they asked, would Ronaldo root for on Wednesday when the teams clash at Philips Stadium in the Netherlands?