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
Europa League: One Stop Before The Final Station
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be’er Sheva played decisive matches for their Europa League campaigns. Both teams failed to win, but one team is getting closer to the knockout stage.
Europa League: The Israelis Fell Against Top Teams
Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Maccabi Tel Aviv faced teams from the top European leagues and failed to win. Can they be at least satisfied with their performances?
Europa League in Asia: When football and politics dance
With Nagorno-Karabakh in the background, Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted Qarabağ in the Europa League first matchday. With politics surrounding the Azeri team, it was Maccabi who took things to their own control.