⚽ Barcelona faces Osasuna in the La Liga semi-finals hosted by Saudi Arabiatonight at 9pm and it has its sights set on qualifying for the final to play their long-time rival Real Madrid who knocked out Atletico Madrid in a heated match that went into extra time yesterday with a score of 5-3.

The European leagues are back: Most of them will return from their hiatus with at least one match tomorrow. Burnley and Luton Town will start gameweek 21 of the Premier League at 9:45pm on Friday. In La Liga, the gameweek 20 kicks off with Sevilla vs Deportivo Alaves at 10pm. Bayern Munich will play Hoffenheim at the start of the gameweek 17 of the Bundesliga at 9:30pm. As for Ligue 1, Marseille will face off against Strasbourg in gameweek 18 at 10pm.

Saturday’s matches in the Premier League: Newcastle and Man City will go head to head at 7:30pm after Chelsea and Fulham’s match at 2:30pm.

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The most important matches this Saturday in the major Euro Leagues:

  • Athletic Bilbao vs Real Sociedad (La Liga, 7:30pm)
  • Napoli vs Salernitana (Series A, 4pm)
  • Monza vs Inter Milan (Serie A, 9:45pm)
  • Augsburg vs Leverkusen (Bundesliga, 4:30pm)
  • Leipzig vsFrankfurt (Bundesliga, 4:30pm)
  • Darmstadt vs Dortmund (Bundesliga, 7:30pm)

The opening of the Asian Cup: Qatar, the host country, will play Lebanon in the first match of the Asian Cup tomorrow at 6pm. The championship will conclude on Saturday, 10 February.

… and for AfCON: The 2023 African Cup of Nations, hosted by Côte d’Ivoire, will begin on Saturday, 13 January to Sunday, 11 February. The games will begin at 10pm with the hosts facing Guinea Bissau. The opening ceremony begins at 8:30pm and will feature a performance by singer and actor Mohamed Ramadan.

The Pharaohs are in Group B, along with Ghana, Mozambique, and Cape Verde.

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