Overview
- Real Madrid host Juventus on October 22 at the Santiago Bernabéu, with TV coverage on ESPN across Latin America and streaming on Disney+, and Movistar in Spain.
- Madrid list six confirmed absences for the Juventus tie — Dani Carvajal, Dani Ceballos, Dean Huijsen, Ferland Mendy, Antonio Rüdiger and David Alaba — shaping Xabi Alonso’s selection.
- Arsenal beat Atlético de Madrid 4-0 in London on Matchday 3, a heavy defeat that followed Diego Simeone’s decision to start Antoine Griezmann and Thiago Almada on the bench.
- Thibaut Courtois accused LaLiga and Javier Tebas of censoring and manipulating the players’ 15‑second AFE protest tied to the Villarreal–Barça Miami plan, citing a broadcast overlay of “Compromiso por la paz.”
- In South America, Universidad de Chile face Lanús in a Sudamericana semifinal first leg on October 23 (DSports/ESPN), River Plate meet Independiente Rivadavia in a Copa Argentina semifinal on October 24 (TyC Sports), and Universitario have clinched a 2026 Copa Libertadores berth.