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Alex Mott·31 December 2019

📆 Moments of the year 2019: September-December

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What a year 2019 has been.

From a Women’s World Cup to an English winner of the Champions League.


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New stars have been born and old faces have risen to the fore.

Here’s our pick of the biggest moments from September to December.


September

The transfer that didn’t happen

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It was supposed to be the record-breaking transfer that was going to take Barcelona back to the pinnacle of the game and ensure that Lionel Messi would win one more Champions League title.

Barça’s botched move for Neymar though, saw the club and the Brazilian with egg on his face and Paris Saint-Germain holding firm in the face of player power.

They had all summer to make the transfer happen but despite a mad dash on September 1 – deadline day – they failed.

Erling Haaland becomes Europe’s most wanted

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He’d been setting Austria alight for months, but September was when Erling Haaland truly broke through on the European stage.

A hat-trick against Gent in the Champions League marked the teenager out as one to watch and set almost every big club in Europe beating down a path to his door.


October

England take a stand as racism mars Bulgaria win

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Gareth Southgate’s England side had to endure some horrific abuse in Sofia, but used their platform to beat the racists in a 6-0 demolition.

The way the manager and the squad dealt with, and subsequently overcame, the sickening jeers was exemplary and further added to Southgate’s air as one of the game’s true statesmen.

El Clásico gets postponed

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Arguably the biggest game in world football had to be abandoned in October as Spanish authorities decided that Barcelona was not a safe venue for the first El Clasico of the season.

Demonstrations in the city had seen hundreds injured and after several proposals – including moving the game to Madrid or a neutral venue – it was decided that the match would be pushed back until December.

As it was, that game on December 18 was hardly worth the wait.


November

José Mourinho named Tottenham manager

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A genuine stop you in your tracks moment that could barely be believed at the time.

After six years Mauricio Pochettino was given his marching orders at Tottenham, and in his place? The Special One who was now The Humble One.

As astonishing appointment that proved that really anything in this mad, Premier League world.

Flamengo claims Copa Libertadores title

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For the first time in over 30 years Flamengo were crowned Copa Libertadores champions after beating River Plate in one of the most dramatic finals ever.

Gabigol was the hero of the hour, netting in stoppage time to send the Brazilian side’s fans into utter delirium.

England Women sell-out Wembley

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2019 was the year that women’s football truly entered the mainstream in England and long may it continue!

Phil Neville’s side reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in France and that feel-good factor has seen the Women’s Super League take off to heights it has never seen before.

And the culmination of all that came on November 9 when over 85,000 tickets were sold for the friendly match against Germany at Wembley.

It was a sodden day and the result wasn’t quite what the home side wanted, but it was an occasion that will live long in the memory.


December

Lionel Messi wins another Ballon d’Or

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The best footballer player in the world won his record sixth Ballon d’Or in December, beating out Virgil van Dijk in the process.

Enjoy him while he’s here folks, because we’re living in a charmed age.

Liverpool become world champions

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It may not have the cache as other tournaments, but Liverpool took this Club World Cup as seriously as you’d expect from a team coached by Jürgen Klopp.

All the big-hitters played their part as the Reds overcame Flamengo in the final but it was Roberto Firmino who stole the headlines, grabbing the winner after extra time to send the trophy back to Merseyside.

Vivianne Miedema does the unthinkable

Scoring six and assisting four in an 11-1 win? That’d be Vivianne Miedema.

She may not have been officially recognised by Fifa at the Ballon d’Or ceremony, but there’s no doubt that the Arsenal striker is the best female footballer in the world right now.