TNT and B/R Live Present Continued Coverage of 2018 UEFA Champions League Playoffs Tuesday, Aug. 28 & Wednesday, Aug. 29

B/R Football’s Leg Two Playoffs Coverage to Include

Pre-Match, Halftime & Post-Match Analysis from Atlanta & Los Angeles

Former USMNT Players Charlie Davies and Carlos Bocanegra to Serve as Guest Studio Analysts

The 2018 UEFA Champions League Playoffs continue with live coverage of Leg Two across TNT and B/R Live on Aug. 28 and 29 with live match coverage beginning at 3 p.m. ET. B/R Football studio coverage begins each day at 2 p.m. ET with a preview of the day’s match action on B/R Football Matchday, followed up by B/R Football Halftime and B/R Football Postmatch shows on B/R Live and TNT.

Kate Abdo will host B/R Football’s UEFA Champions League Playoffs studio coverage from Turner Studios in Atlanta and will be joined on Tuesday by former USMNT striker Charlie Davies as guest analyst. Tim Howard returns as a studio analyst on Wednesday alongside returning guest analyst Carlos Bocanegra, while Fernando Perez will contribute pitch-side and in-market reporting on both days. Stuart Holden will serve as host/analyst for B/R Football’s studio coverage originating from Los Angeles, alongside analyst Steve Nash.

Winners of this final leg of the best-of-two match playoff will advance to the UEFA Champions League Group Stage beginning Sept. 18 on B/R Live and TNT. A schedule of B/R Football UEFA Champions League Playoffs matches is below (all matches begin at 3 p.m. ET on B/R Live):

Tuesday, Aug. 28

FC Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)* vs. AFC Ajax (Netherlands) – TNT

AEK Athens FC (Greece)* vs. MOL Vidi FC (Hungary)

GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) vs. BSC Young Boys (Switzerland); tied in Leg One

*winner of Leg One

Wednesday, Aug. 29

PAOK FC (Greece) vs. SL Benfica (Portugal) – TNT; tied in Leg One

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)* vs. FC BATE Borisov (Belarus)

FC Salzburg (Austria) vs. Red Star Belgrade (Serbia); tied in Leg One

*winner of Leg One

Turner holds the exclusive English-language multimedia rights for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches in the United States. Per the agreement, B/R Live will provide direct access for fans to subscribe and watch more than 340 matches on an individual ($2.99), monthly ($9.99) or annual ($79.99) basis.  B/R Live is available at https://live.bleacherreport.com; by downloading the B/R Live app through iTunes or Google Play; and/or via Apple TV, the Roku platform and Amazon Fire TV.

Click here for additional UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League programming information. Additional scheduling details will be announced leading up to the UEFA Champions League Group Stage.

About Turner Sports

Turner Sports, a division of Turner, is an industry leader in the delivery of premium sports content across all multimedia screens. Turner Sports’ television coverage includes the NBA, Major League Baseball, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, ELEAGUE and professional golf, along with the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.  The company also manages some of the most popular sports destinations across digital and social platforms including Bleacher Report and its top-rated app, NCAA.com and the critically-acclaimed NCAA March Madness Live suite of products, PGA.com and the Sports Emmy Award-winning PGA Championship LIVE, as well as an accompanying collection of mobile sites and connected device apps.  Turner Sports and the NBA jointly manage NBA Digital, a robust collection of offerings including NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, the NBA App and NBAGLEAGUE.com. Turner Sports recently launched B/R Live, a premium live streaming sports platform that serves as the central hub for both the discovery and consumption of live sports content. The new streaming service allows fans to find and watch their favorite sports content anywhere, anytime and on the screen of their choice.

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