The battle on top of La Liga continues this weekend as FC Barcelona face Real Valladolid. Fresh from their victory that has demoted their rival in the city Espanyol, Barcelona looks to its prominent offense (led by Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez) to try to stay in the top race of the Spanish League with rival Real Madrid. Real Valladolid are in the midst of a cold streak, winning only one of their last five games, currently in 14th place in the league. The club is led by Sergi Guardiola (6 goals) and Enes Ünal (6 goals).
Saturday’s game will air on beIN sports. You can watch the games for free online if you sign up for a free trial with Sling, fuboTV or Hulu + Live TV. The trial period of Sling lasts three days, while the trial period of Hulu + Live TV lasts seven days.
FC Barcelona vs. Valladolid real
Start time: 13:30 EST | Saturday 11 July
tv channel: beIN Sports (Search for channels: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast, Xfinity, Spectrum / Charter, Optimum / Altice, DIRECTV, Dish, Hulu, fuboTV, Sling.)
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Next Spanish league program
Osasuna vs Celta Vigo | 11 in the morning
Real Valladolid vs Barcelona | 13:30
Atletico Madrid vs Real Betis | 4 pm
Sunday 12 July
Espanyol vs Eibar | 8 in the morning
Levante vs Athletic Bilbao | 11 in the morning
Leganes vs Valencia | 13:30
Sevilla FC vs Mallorca | 4 pm
Monday 13 July
Alaves vs Getafe | 13:30
Villarreal vs Real Sociedad | 13:30
Granada vs Real Madrid | 4 pm
Wednesday 15th July
Atletico Bilbao vs Leganes
Barcelona vs Osasuna
Celta Vigo vs Levante
Eibar vs Real Valladolid
Getafe vs Atletico Madrid
Mallorca vs Granada
Real Betis vs Alavés
Real Madrid vs Villarreal
Real Sociedad vs Sevilla FC
Valencia vs Espanyol
Sunday 19th July
Osasuna vs. Mallorca
Atletico Madrid vs. Real company
Villareal vs. Eibar
Lift vs. Getafe
Granada Vs. Athletics Bilbao
Espanyol vs. Celtic Vigo
Alaves vs. Barcelona
Valladolid vs. Real Betis
Leganes vs. real Madrid
Seville Vs. Valencia
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There is clearly a huge difference between a game in the English Premier League and a game between friends on a local field. But when you take away 54,000 fans who would otherwise sing and cheer at Liverpool’s Anfield, they both play the same way.
This doesn’t seem appropriate for Pierre Moossa, NBC’s coordinating producer for Premier League coverage. He is one of those who embraced the addition of crowd noise to television broadcasts with games played in empty stadiums due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“All the different sports are trying to find ways to cover the game behind closed doors, but as you get closer, some sports are more related to or associated with certain experiences than others,” said Moossa. “It surprised me how something that isn’t natural for the game itself, in the sense that it has been improved, would make such a difference to the viewing experience.”
With the leagues having already returned using crowd audio, it is likely that it will also be used in some way when Major League Baseball, NBA, NHL and NFL return. Those leagues said they are evaluating the options, but nothing has been finalized.
Joe Maddon, manager of the Los Angeles Angels, said that during the games there will be a kind of noise in the ballparks.
“I would not have objected because it would be strange to listen to the broadcast from behind the house plaque. You don’t want everyone to listen to everything you’re saying all the time, “he said.” You have to be aware of this and have some sort of white noise to avoid writing conversations. “
Before the Premier League returned last month, Moossa was all about authenticity. This until he saw a game with a natural sound and compared it to the vision of boys playing in a park. Others said that the games are flattened because the only sounds are the ball being kicked, the referee’s whistle and the coaches giving the direction.
“For many of us who have not played soccer or professional football, the crowd is so important at that level. I think the term soundtrack is so ingrained, “said Moossa.
Fans at home are the only ones who can experience the roar of the crowd. The Korean baseball league is the only league that plays regularly in the noise of the crowd in the stadiums, so they are not completely silent, although the sound is barely audible during the games broadcast on ESPN.
The Premier League also realizes that there are purists who think that adding crowd noise is wrong. Games on NBC and NBCSN can be viewed online using the natural sound of stadiums.
Fox Sports presenter Joe Buck said during a recent interview that some crowd noises were a “necessary tool to normalize the visual experience at home”.
Although football stadiums do not make crowd noises, NBC’s Arlo White hears the increased sound in his headphones as he calls the game. He said it was not a distraction and that it serves some useful purpose.
“It sounds like a real game in our ears, although we can look around and see that the crowd isn’t there, and for everyone at home, it seems like a real game,” he said. “When we comment on a game, it’s amazing how you are in that game.”
For early adopters, it wasn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. They have something in common: it’s more than just applause at a key moment.
The German Bundesliga was the first to experiment when it returned in mid-May. The German broadcaster Sky Deutschland had a sound engineer with more than a dozen sound clips at his disposal for key performances. The clips were compiled from games played at the beginning of the season.
The Premier League and Spanish La Liga have gone one step further by enlisting EA Sports to deliver the crowd effects it has garnered over the years for its FIFA video game franchise. Andrew Vance, EA Sports producer and designer, said broadcasters have more than 800 audio clips available for their respective leagues.
EA Sports could do the same for the NFL and NHL since it has exclusive contracts for those leagues. The NBA has been in contact with 2K Sports about the possibility of using its sound library when the championship is scheduled to resume outside Orlando, Florida.
The system that is having the greatest success is the one created by Fox Sports Australia for its rugby and football coverage of Australian rules.
Steve Crawley, chief of television for Fox Sports Australia, knew that the status quo would not be acceptable in mid-March when he saw Matt Dufty intercept a pass and walk 80 meters to try. It was a great play, but the effect was lost to the fans because it was in an empty stadium.
When the National Rugby League was forced to close for eight weeks, Crawley and his team went to work trying to create their own system after another company said it could provide virtual crowd noise for the rest of the season. but at a cost of $ 2 million.
Under the system created by Crawley and his team, each of the NRL’s 16 teams has at least 57 specialized clips collected from previous games, ranging from when they mark an attempt to when they make a mistake. The clips are different depending on whether they are at home or away from home.
Crawley compared the coordination of sound and action to “playing an instrument”. In many respects, audio engineers need to be one step ahead of what’s going on in the field so that they can give the appropriate reaction to the perfect moment.
“This isn’t just a roar, an applause or a background murmur, we work very hard to get the right sound,” he said. “The most important thing is the game and what is going on followed by the noise of the crowd. We have worked very hard to get the mix right and they have improved as the games have progressed. “
