Real Madrid vs. Shakhtar Live game Online : Team News, Preview

A bevy of goals, rash conclusions and wildly fluctuating opinions: Yep, football is well and truly back.

In Spain, the international break that arrived after just two rounds of action in La Liga gave the new season a sort of false-start feel, but the domestic league's return over the weekend reminded us of football's love affair with hasty judgements. 

Just three weeks ago Real Madrid couldn't score, or so they said, Rafa Benitez was too defensive, his new system wasn't working, Gareth Bale's new position was all wrong and the whole thing at the Bernabeu was just months away from Armageddon.

"Five barren games under Benitez," cried Marca after a scoreless draw with Sporting Gijon, the Madrid-based daily bemoaning an "alarming lack of cutting edge" and a record in front of goal that made for "worrying reading." Just 20 days later, after consecutive 5-0 and 6-0 thrashings of Real Betis and Espanyol, Marca was celebrating a "BBC goal glut," Real Madrid's "outgunning" of Barcelona, the way Bale "purred creatively" and the merits of Benitez's affection for "rotation, rotation, rotation." 

What a difference, well, 11 goals make, huh?

Somewhere amongst all this, though, the old saying that "things are never as good, nor as bad as they seem"—something this column has attempted to stress—is being lost in all the noise.

The return of the Champions League on Tuesday, then, comes at a nice time for Real Madrid. In welcoming Shakhtar Donetsk to the Bernabeu, Los Blancos, and those who monitor them, will get a better indication of where this team is at under Benitez. A clash against a Champions League regular is likely to be a significantly sterner test than those put forward by Sporting, Betis and Espanyol—three clubs likely to be in La Liga's relegation fight all season. 

Match Details

Date: Tuesday, September 15

Time: 7:45 p.m. BST / 2:45 p.m. EDT / 8:45 p.m. local

Venue: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain

TV Info: BT Sport (UK), Fox Sports (U.S.)

Live Stream: BT Sport Online Player (UK), Fox Sports Go (U.S.).99

Source: Bleacherreport

Manchester City vs Juventus Live Online Game Time, Preview 2015

In one of the more exciting matches in the first day of the UEFA Champions League group stages, Manchester City welcome Juventus to the Etihad Stadium in a Group D battle.

The match is on September 15, 2015 at 2:45 PM ET.

Along with Borussia Monchengladbach and Sevilla, City and Juventus make up Group D and are heavily touted as the two teams to occupy the top two spots at the end of the group stages – helping them move on in the competition.

However, this early clash between current and former champions is one that is anticipated by many fans and experts.

City are looking to change their fortunes in the European scene as they have failed to replicate their success in their domestic league.

Last year, they were eliminated in the last-16 of the competition by eventual champions Barcelona.

In that match, City failed to win either legs and despite controlling Barca's scoring, they failed to find their own groove on the offense.

Similar to City, Juventus were eliminated in the competition by the Catalans. The only difference was that they battled in the competition's final.

The Turin club beat out teams like AS Monaco and Real Madrid to battle Barcelona in Berlin, but they eventually fell short as they lost 3-1.

They are certainly looking to change their fortunes and be on the winning end of the final of the Champions League and win their third UCL title in history.

Unfortunately for them, they are clearly struggling at the start of the year. With a few changes and some key players leaving the club, Juventus have looked wobbly. They have not won in the Italian Serie A and find themselves 16th in the league.

Meanwhile, City are on fire as they are atop the Premier League table and have won all their five league games so far.

Even more impressive is that they have kept clean sheets throughout the year so far.

For updates and scores on this match, go to FOX. For live streaming

Source: Christialpost