Well, we conclude Group Play with the last four matches before we go to the Knockout Round on Saturday. The big game is of course USA vs. Germany which will air on ESPN, Univision and Univision Deportes. Game time will be noon ET, but ESPN will have one hour of pre-match coverage starting at 11 a.m. Univision/Univision Deportes will air the game at 11:30 a.m. Ian Darke and Taylor Twellman call the game for ESPN. Univision/Univision Deportes will have a four man booth consisting of Jorge Pérez-Navarro, Diego Balado, Marcelo Balboa (????) and Jorge Calvo.
Even though this game will be played during the week and at noon ET, ESPN is still expecting a very good number. Maybe not at 18.2 million viewers, but it should be quite respectable.
The times listed below for the games are of course, Eastern.
11:30 a.m.
Group G
USA vs. Germany — Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
ESPN: Ian Darke/Taylor Twellman
ESPN Radio: JP Dellacamera/Tommy Smyth
Univision/Univision Deportes: Jorge Pérez-Navarro/Diego Balado/Marcelo Balboa/Jorge Calvo
Portugal vs. Ghana — Estádio Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil
ESPN: Jon Champion/Stewart Robson
ESPN Radio: Ross Dyer/Shpe Messing
Galavisión/UniMás: Enrique “El Perro” Bermúdez/Edgar Martínez/Ramón Ramírez
3:30 p.m.
Group H
Republic of Korea vs. Belgium — Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
ESPN: Adrian Healey/Alejandro Moreno
ESPN Radio: Mark Donaldson/Paul Mariner
Galavisión/UniMás: Pablo Ramírez/Jesús “El Profe” Bracamontes/Carlos Pavón
Algeria vs. Russia — Arena de Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil
ESPN2: Derek Rae/Efan Ekoku
ESPN Radio: Ross Dyer/Shep Messing
Univision/Univision Deportes: Luis Omar Tapia, Félix Fernández, Hristo Stoitchkov
