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Club Brugge hosts La Liga’s Atletico madrid for leg 1 on of their UEFA Champions League playoff on Wednesday, February 18 (2/18/2026) at 3 p.m. ET. Here’s what you need to know to watch the game for free.
How to watch: Fans in the USA can stream on fuboTV (free trial).
Here’s what you need to know:
What: UEFA Champions League Playoff
Who: Club Brugge vs. Atletico Madrid
When: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Where: Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium
TV: CBS Sports Network
Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), DIRECTV (free trial), Paramount+, Sling, Hulu + Live TV
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Fans can also stream all Champions League matches on Paramount+.
Here’s the upcoming Champions League schedule for the rest of the week:
- 2/18, Qarabag vs. Newcastle, 12:45 a.m. on Paramount+
- 2/18, Olympiacos vs. Leverkusen, 3 p.m. on Paramount+
- 2/18, Bodo/Glimt vs. Inter, 3 p.m. on Paramount+
- 2/18, Club Brugge vs. Atletico Madrid, 3 p.m. on CBS Sports Network (STREAM)
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Here’s a recent Atletico Madrid story via The Associated Press:
MADRID (AP) — Struggling Rayo Vallecano upset Atletico Madrid 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday in a stunning win watched by only around 5,000 people because of a protest by Rayo fans.
It was Atletico’s second consecutive Spanish league loss but came only three days after it had routed Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals at home. Coach Diego Simeone rested some of his regular starters after Thursday’s match against Barcelona.
The result dropped Atletico to fourth place, behind Villarreal, Barcelona and Real Madrid, which won 4-1 at Real Sociedad on Saturday. Atletico trails Madrid by 15 points after 24 rounds. Barcelona can retake the lead and move one point ahead of Madrid if it wins at Girona on Monday.
“It feels like we’ve given up in the league,” Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak said. “We can’t lose games like this and play like this. It’s going to be difficult to compete this way. You can’t choose games, you always have to play at your best, you have to win, and I get the feeling we’re not doing that.”
Simeone did not agree with Oblak’s comments that appeared to suggest it was a mistake to rest players.
“The team isn’t choosing games,” Simeone said. “We competed poorly, and when you compete poorly, the opponent plays better than you and beats you.”
Rayo, which hadn’t beaten Atletico in 19 straight games since 2013, moved out of the relegation zone with the victory, which ended a four-game losing streak for the team in all competitions.
The match was played at Butarque Stadium, home of second-division club Leganes in Madrid, because the field at Rayo’s Vallecas Stadium remained in poor condition after the grass had to be fully replaced. Rayo’s home game against Oviedo last weekend had to be postponed on short notice because of the field condition.
Rayo fans have been upset with club president Raul Martín Presa and called for a boycott of the game against Atletico. Hundreds of Rayo fans protested outside Vallecas Stadium hours before Sunday’s match at Butarque, chanting and showing banners calling for Presa’s resignation.
Rayo players, along with Spain’s players’ association, had complained about the conditions being offered by the club to the squad.
About 5,300 fans attended the match at Butarque, which had many empty seats. Butarque holds about 12,000 fans in southern Madrid.
Rayo’s previous last league win was 2-1 against Mallorca in January.
“We always prefer to have the fans close to us, but we respect their decision,” Rayo defender Andrei Ratiu said. “We’ve made some complaints, and hopefully little by little things will get done, because that would be beneficial for everyone.”
Ratiu assisted in Fran Pérez’s opener in the 40th minute. Óscar Valentín added to the lead in the 45th and Nobel Mendy sealed the victory in the 76th.
Atletico was coming off a 1-0 home loss to Real Betis in the Spanish league.
