A bizarre year of football during a pandemic is coming to an end. Here are BabaGol’s 20 football events, people and phenomena that made 2020 the hectic year it was.
The Best of 2020
The Fairytale Season of Belarus
For Belarus, 2020 was a once-in-a-lifetime year. A season that began with worldwide suspended due to political crisis and not due to the coronavirus, and a sensational winning team at the end.
"Long Live Belarus": Belarus' Protests Enter the Field
Belarus protests. Last week, the chants entered the stadium for the first time. Now the Vysshaya Liga is delayed, but the supportive gestures to the Belarusian people’ struggle come from Russia, CSKA Moscow and Ilya Shkurin.
Belarus Premier League: BATE's streak is over, all eyes on Shakhtyor Soligorsk
It seemed as if the energy has been sucked off from the Belarusian League teams in their chase against BATE Borisov. But today Vitebsk gave everyone a lifeline, and it is Shakhtyor Soligorsk who can fantasize on claiming top spot.
Belarus Premier League: This is the final call for a title challenge
As the Belarusian league progresses, it seems there is only one team who really steps up to the challenge of intimidating BATE Borisov: Energetik BGU, who won in dramatic fashion away against Isloch.