How to Follow the UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is a prestigious soccer tournament that comprises the best soccer teams in Europe. The UEFA Champions League has the previous years champions of every European league and several top teams from the better European leagues. Not every European team champion is awarded an automatic entry into the UEFA Champions League. Before the UEFA Champions League there is a round of playoffs called the UEFA Cup in which champions of leagues from the smaller European nations play teams that have finished near the top in their respective European leagues. The winners attain a berth, along with the 16 automatic, in the 32-team UEFA Champions League.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. You have to go outside many of the American media outlets in order to follow the UEFA Champions League. ESPN has sporadic coverage but not enough to fully follow the tournament.
2. Subscribe to the many soccer magazines, such as "World Soccer Magazine" (see Resources below). There are American soccer magazines that will follow the UEFA Champions League but to get the best coverage you should subscribe to English soccer magazines.
3. You can check out a free magazine all about the UEFA Champions League that is on the UEFA.com website. The website is full of information about the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup and European League soccer.
4. Subscribe to Sky Sport. Sky Sport is the biggest European sports channel, much like America's ESPN, that shows many UEFA Champions League games and shows specifically for the UEFA Champions League.
5. Check out ESPN.com and go to the soccer page as they have Champions League link that will have up to date information. You can also check out BBC.com and SkySport.com soccer pages.
6. Subscribe to individual UEFA Champions Games and the whole tournaments with various cable packages, such as the melitasports.com package, that let you watch the games on your TV or over the Internet.
7. Check the listings on ESPN, as they usually will show the UEFA Champions League semifinals and finals.