Lockdown Football was worse than you thought.

[@nightcrawler2803]

The things I found cool about Lockdown Football were the sound of the nets after someone scored and also being able to hear what the players and managers would say during the full 90'

[@Vizeh]

That’s such a niche thing but I actually rate it

[@Cindielancer11]

​@@Vizehcan u talk abt stockports incredible last decade where we were dead bottom in the national leagye North and after several promotions were top of league 1 fighting to play in the championship only 5 years ago we were in the national league North

[@parker-ii7fg]

​@@Cindielancer11 Absolutely crazy to think Stockport vs Everton might be a league fixture next season. Very early days yet though.

[@doubleplusdanny]

That was like the only good thing about it.

[@Cindielancer11]

​@@parker-ii7fgyh us fans would've never been expecting this to be possible a few years ago

[@jackappleby766]

Funniest part of lockdown football was Liverpool fans waiting all those years to win the Prem and they won it in an empty stadium

[@Vizeh]

That actually annoyed me I can’t lie, but I don’t hate Liverpool

[@vzheyko]

That’s why it doesn’t count 😂😂

[@Blatant-pidgeon2]

​@@vzheykosalty much?

[@vzheyko]

@@Blatant-pidgeon2 nope, I just consider this title useless as each & every one won during Covid.

[@matthewivancic4311]

@@vzheykoif Liverpool lost every single game after the league was restarted, they would have finished with the same points the second place finisher had It was a real title

[@stuartpooley3769]

As a West Ham fan, I've got quite fond memories of lockdown football. Turns out having 50,000 bald men in flat caps screaming at you every week hinders your performance. Will never forget the brief period where Michail Antonio became the most dangerous striker in the league

[@Vizeh]

I forget Antonio even exists😂

[@nicholastricarico2957]

That run of form might have actually made me a West Ham fan, because that's when I started watching football.

[@LoCoAde87]

I still believe that is half the reason Everton also thrived. And it bought Arteta time. Because with fans and that those performances, The Emirates would have been loudly against him.

[@wekraine9998]

Lockdown Football saw my team (Leicester City) dismantle City 5-2 and the next game we got dismantled 3-0 by West Ham. Every team probably had at least one absolutely mental game.

[@Vizeh]

Mate that 5-2 game is too mad to me to remember

[@anonymous-rb3jn]

Man Utd beat Leipzig 5-0 at home but lost the final group game against them when all they needed was a draw to go through to the knockout stage of the UCL that season.

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

Footballers did many things to keep themselves entertained during lockdown: James Milner cutting grass, David Luiz losing to himself at Rock Paper Scissors, Mason Greenwood assaulting his girlfriend.

[@Vizeh]

Fucking hell man

[@klofrd]

The video of James Milner cutting grass had me in stitches! I think Mason Greenwoods girlfriend must have watched it as well, as she (allegedly) was in stitches too

[@theemotionalremix]

​@@klofrd we all heard the recordings. Anybody who's still defending that man is actually sick in the head.

[@AholeAtheist]

Savage.

[@Frig84]

Almost fell of my chair mate looool

[@SolAya21]

Man, Lewadowski not getting a Bdor was sad smh

[@rudygon426]

Was terrible how they didn’t have an award even if they couldn’t do a ceremony because he’s such a great player and he definitely deserved to win that year

[@ButHearMeOut]

I felt bad for him, until I saw the tiktoks

[@LoCoAde87]

Let's be honest though. Something that gets ignored about is that Lewa, had there been no complete stop to football for 2-3 months (I think it was 3) would have missed the two follow games (Barca?) and probably the first leg of the semi-final had Bayern somehow gotten through to it. People don't remember he broke his tibula and was to be out for 4-6 weeks. He ended up out for 8 weeks total, albeit extra rest time given to fully recovered probably accounted for. Also, the UCL got weird AF. The quarter finals onwards all took place in Portugal and the semi-final vs. Lyon was one game winner takes all. I am not saying an astride but it should be noted the context behind it all.

[@davidenatoh359]

Why?

[@shawnmichaels568]

For some reason, Everytime I think about the lockdown. I think of Sterling's open goal miss aganist Lyon.

[@Vizeh]

Oh my god I forgot that completely

[@Ananas-280]

It hurts to this day....

[@Seigfried210]

Maxwel Cornet 🥸

[@Bobbiez_editz]

@@Ananas-280real😢😢

[@TheJettuce]

You are everywhere mate no way every single video I watch

[@jamescooper3739]

The fact bayern munich vs Barcelona weren't mentioned in the UCL segment is sole let down of this video

[@fivestarman5130]

Liverpool in the 20/21 season were all over the place. Title winning form in the first half of the season aside from the Villa 7-2. Relegation form in January and February alongside 6 back to back loses at Anfield because we didn't have any senior centre backs along with injuries in midfield and then title winning form in April and May which somehow resulted in a 3rd place finish, courtesy of Alissons injury time header against West Brom

[@Vizeh]

That Alisson goal is so mental to me man

[@marsiii296]

It's so mental to think that if it weren't for Alissons header then Liverpool would've made the final of the ucl

[@LoCoAde87]

I still vividly remember rival fans losing all hope when we (Liverpool) beat Spurs at the death just before or after Christmas, I think, to take the lead in the league. And then we went away to Palace and smashed them 7-0. Plenty of rival fans online and irl had conceded Liverpool winning the league. Probably also under obvious assumption we'd have one or two CBs signed by the first week in January. Tbf, I thought similar about such signings. By the end of January, Man U fans had the taken top spot and their fans were so giddy, but City just ran them down. We really should have gone B2B winners.

[@pseudonim7995]

Underrated comment this. If only that VVD injury never happened... It also ruined his career to some extent as well. The entire Klopp and Liverpool legacy would've been greater than it is...LFC deserved more than they got in Klopp era. ​@@LoCoAde87

[@BrasilianFury]

Lockdown football was a bizarre time...but it was also at the time frame where my club managed to win a Copa Libertadores for the first time since 1999, so there's some fun memories there.

[@Vizeh]

That’s actually so sweet mate!

[@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539]

Palmerias supporter I take it?. Scolari really turned that team around in 1999.

[@BrasilianFury]

@@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539 Yup, entire side of the family is, so we were living and dying through that entire 1999 Libertadores run too lol

[@ezraezra2928]

Brazillian Football in Libertadores were inevitable (as of now), even though the domination started before the pandemic when Flamengo won the Libertadores in 2019. There were 3 all-Brazillian Finals in Libertadores between 2020 and 2022, while Fluminense won the last year in front of home fans at the Maracana Stadium against Boca Juniors (if it's Palmeiras on the other side against Fluminense, then it will be 4th in a row for a Brazillian club).

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

Lockdown football was crazy to say the least. Liverpool finally ended their 3 decade wait for the Premier League title only to celebrate it with no fans allowed. Manchester United were winning and scoring goals for fun. Manchester City won the Premier League title comfortably and they were 8th at the halfway point mind you. Chelsea won the Champions League. Lingard was balling for West Ham, Arsenal fan TV was peak especially when Arsenal were in the mud, Barcelona got smashed by Bayern Munich 8-2, Atletico Madrid almost threw away the La Liga title despite having a 20 point lead, Villarreal wins their only silverware by winning the Europa League title and they were 7th and qualified for the inauguration Conference League but qualified for the Champions League. Lockdown football was chaotic with unbelievable score lines and crazy moments. For me as a Manchester United fan it was disappointing we never really tried to push for the Premier League title but for Arsenal fans it was a moment to forget.

[@Vizeh]

I feel like we’ll never get football like that ever again honestly

[@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539]

Arsenal did win the FA Cup that season though.

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

@@Vizeh Yep. It was one of those things that can never be replicated nor repeated.

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

@@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539 True. The memes from AFTV and Arsenal were legendary despite their FA Cup win.

[@reinrassigerStuhl]

Not only that 8:2 against Barca, the whole damn CL run from Bayern that year was nothing short of spectacular. They even conceded a lot of goals in the Bundesliga that year but their attack was so relentless it didn't even remotely matter. Maybe the early Bundesliga start after lockdown did in fact help. Kimmich/Goretzka in 2020 looked like someone with X-Ray vision playing next to the incredible Hulk lol. The weirdest thing about this is how they seemingly fell of a cliff as a duo and didn't really complement each other on the pitch after 2020. They still played a long time in that combination for Bayern and unfortunately my country Germany and the latter one is still haunting me to this very day lol.

[@Recon_xX]

Danny Ings for Southampton was mad. He scored like 23 goals for them in 19/20 season. Underrated af.

[@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539]

Ty of AFTV suddenly going into his Maupay rant was and still is the best memory lockdown football gave. Arsenal may have won the FA Cup that season, but their lockdown league form created a lot of priceless AFTV memories 🤣.

[@PhilliesNostalgia]

And then there’s 8-2, which somehow, was not the aggregate score, because it was a single leg QF, not like the 7-0 demolition from 2013 14:10

[@Skelig]

The other mental thing about that Brighton v Man Utd game was Brighton setting a PL record for hitting the woodwork five times, could've demolished them that day with a little more luck

[@danvillezebra6794]

Lmao I remember those were the days where the Brighton xg meme was still fresh

[@sds3720]

The Cazoo title race will never be forgotten RIP September 2020 - September 2020

[@marc5588]

Holy shit that brought back a memory I didn't know existed in me

[@jaysim8253]

As a Norwich fan, 17th April 2021 will forever live in the memory as one of the strangest days I've ever known supporting the club. We got promoted at lunch time after another result went our way (don't ask me what game or what the score was). The players then drank all afternoon, which would've been fine if we weren't playing Bournemouth at night time. We lost 1-3 and despite that, fans who spent the entire game outside Carrow Road (it was literally on sky) celebrated the promotion we won about nine hours earlier with the players as they left the stadium😂

[@Mod1Tk]

Sheffield United vs Aston Villa, and the goal that never happened. Lets also not forget Dortmund vs Schalke(first football match back on TV), I don't know if ive ever been excited about a Bundesliga game that much, but I was then!

[@felfc_amp]

Omg I remember watching that game thinking thank god football is back I’ll watch anything at this point

[@talebourne]

@@felfc_ampyeah that game got everyone tuned in

[@LoCoAde87]

That error turned Villa's fortunes around as it did Sheffield United. The few months without football probably did most of the damage but they were flying before it. And I vaguely remember they played Villa really well, but the clusterfuck occurred. Never the same since. Even with promotion last season. Lundstram was an FPL god for them. 😂

[@zFvll3n]

Don't forget players like Andre silva, Sasa Kalajdzic, Matheus pereira and Simy being in their absolute prime, i even remember simy being top 5 or top 6 goalscorers in serie a that season when crotone got relegated

[@sandeepghoshal6503]

Lockdown was just weird. Being stuck inside made all of us lose a part of my mind and football was similar. Few things from lockdown football I'll never forget. 1. Tottenham and West Ham 3-3 draw. The way West Ham came back in the game was peak lockdown football and so spursy. 2. Aston Villa beating 7-2 was a shock out of nowhere. 3. Thomas Mueller shouting "Leroy Leroy!" and dictating the play. 4. Vizeh mentions it but Lingard at West Ham. Actually West Ham during lockdown. 5. The tragic but somehow realistically receeding hairlines for Mane and Aubameyang

[@nuudelz3711]

The lockdown was a godsend for me. I was in a shitty job where I was drinking my life away. They gave me an out by trying to force people to work despite government regulations, so I left, filed a complaint with the labour board, and collected my salary for 18 months all while finally being sober. The football was shit, but life. Life was mine.

[@footballunplanned]

After not being to see any football for few months and only other thing to do was playing Fifa 20, even having lockdown football was much welcome change of pace

[@Vizeh]

Everyone I knew was on Warzone I remember

[@footballunplanned]

@@Vizeh Mate, only thing that kept me sane was fact I bought myself xbox for New Year's. I remember youtube randomly suggested me Brooksy, McJell and you, so decided to play Fifa again. Nice seeing you do football content. Greetings from Warsaw

[@bimapriyoanugerah363]

I'd rather see myself dying in hospital rather than playing FIFA. Yikes

[@JoseSanch3zz]

Raúl Jiménez 19-20 lockdown era will go down as my most favorite player to watch,sadly his injury messed him up forever🥲

[@LoCoAde87]

I still stand that was our (Liverpool) toughest game in the league that season away to you lot. Traore destroyed City before IIRC and then was destroying us that that came. Set up Jimenez for a great header to equalise before Firmino scored the winner late on. We'd just come off beating United at home (we all thought the league was over by then), then Spurs away and you's away in the space of a week or so. But yeah, 19/20 Nuno Wolves were scary lol.

[@EugenesBackpack]

8:13 bruno only played 14 games in the covid season, he joined in the winter break

[@Shorkie]

The fact that Bale, Kane, and Son played for Spurs but only in lockdown is so cruel. The little games we saw of that trio were amazing. What could have been

[@LoCoAde87]

The Liverpool 7-2 loss was so weird, because Spurs battering United at OT happened earlier in the day.. or maybe it was the day before? Villa deserved their win but it was a weird game in itself. Every shot Villa took they scored (against Adrian) and even 2 or 3 had huge deflections. I'm pretty sure we missed a couple of sitters that late afternoon/evening too.

[@hazmat7949]

Lampard shouting at klopp will always stand out for me

[@TodiboEra]

Souček and Lingard being mentioned is great. 👏 Especially when Souček scored 10 goals last season and hasnt been mentioned at all. He’s so underrated. Great video 👏

[@mrtom2854]

As an Everton fan, I desperately miss lockdown football. First and only time in recent memory that I truly felt we were on the up and up.

[@smsrunner1862]

I’m never gonna forget Son torching Holding and getting him sent off in the NLD.

[@ezraezra2928]

You missed these: 1.Barcelona 2-8 Bayern Munich: Probably one of the most shocking results during the lockdown football. That was happened in the Champions League quarterfinals, and it was a single-legged format (Barcelona had previously got battered 0-7 by Bayern Munich back in 2013, but it was after two legs of semifinal). Since then, the two teams had faced each other THREE times, including the upcoming encounter at Barcelona's ground under the new Champions League format this season! Bayern's aggregate against Barcelona was so wild since that infamous quarterfinal game 4 years ago: 19-2. 2.Brighton vs Arsenal: The game was notorious for Bernd Leno's horrific injury that really sidelined him for a long period. Leno's replacement, Emiliano Martinez, quickly became the new star, making some brilliant goalkeeping performances that saved Arsenal's season with the FA Cup victory. He was later moved to Aston Villa and continued his consistency as a main goalkeeper. Dibu eventually became Argentina's main goalkeeper and the team went on to 3 major trophies (Copa America 2021, 2022 World Cup, Copa America 2024) with him. 3.Palmeiras winning 2 Libertadores titles in just a single year (2021). The 2020 season was concluded in January 2021 due to the pandemic, with the 2021 Final being held just only 10 months later after the previous season's final. This might be the rarest feat in the world football. Athletic Bilbao from Spain also played 2 Copa del Rey Finals within just 14 days in April 2021, since the 2020 Final was moved a year later due to the pandemic. And more importantly, the lockdown football also saw the end of Diego Maradona. He died on November 25, 2020.

[@antoniofuschetto2546]

FIrst thing I think of when hearing lockdown football is Lukaku vs. Zlatan during the Coppa Italia when Inter played Milan. The fact it was lockdown and no fans present, you could hear every word exchanged bw the two during their fight. Intense derby moment there!

[@DeeEditor1]

Lockdown was a blessing and a curse. Driving in to work in the Eunos roadster with the top down on an empty street was a vibe

[@visakhsuresh5148]

I remember lockdown Leicester. Crazy run in those two years lol.

[@xXDoNtMeSsWiThThIsXx]

Lockdown for me was the resurgence of forgotten players: 1. Kelechi Iheanacho. Up to this point was a bright young talent in City’s academy who had made the move to a lesser but still relevant team in Leicester. Because of an injury to vardy during the 20/21 city he got his moment and took it. Scored 14 goals I believe that season and helped them nearly finish 4th. 2. Ilkay Gundogan. This period really started his legendary status at City. Scored something like 12 goals for city this season when they didn’t have a striker and helped them win the title after being 8th at mid season. 3. Jesse Lingard. We all know that one. 4. Dominic Calvert Lewin and James at Everton. The list could go on as well. What an interesting season to have witnessed

[@JP-zi5di]

Liam just casually forgetting 8-2 and coutinho pulling out a masterclass vs Barca

[@coastercreations6126]

Alisson scoring a header after his dad died days before

[@Not_Sal]

This was also when Bayern Munich beat Barca 8-2, which included Coutinho scoring against Barca while contracted to them and away on loan at Bayern.

[@Varraz]

He actually scored twice in that game, it's a shame this game didn't get mentioned

[@Dinoo1234]

Ibr the only thing I remember about the lockdown season was us getting spanked 1-6 and Liverpool losing 7-2 less than 2 hours later. That day was mental and that's the only thing I remember of Lockdown 😭

[@juanpablolucero8115]

As horrible and crazy the football was, I think that was the time I enjoyed football the most. Football was literally what kept me going every day during lockdown.

[@budd8881]

I’ll tell you what’s bonkers, Sheffield United finishing 9th in the 19/20 season. They had just got promoted from the championship after finishing 2nd. During lockdown they beat Spurs 3-1 and Chelsea 3-0 at home, also there was the 0-0 v Villa where goal line technology failed to pick up on a goal which ended up keeping Villa up and relegating Bournemouth. Before lockdown they had only conceded 3 goals against Liverpool and City separately, plus drawing against United 3-3. During the season they also almost did the double over Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal (drawing all 3 away games), the most they conceded in one games was 3 (which happened 4 times) and kept the joint 3rd most clean sheets with 13 (I’ll also mention BURNLEY KEPT THE JOINT 2ND MOST CLEAN SHEETS WITH 15 ALONGSIDE CHAMPIONS LIVERPOOL). I’ll end this with big up Chris Wilder.

[@Gaindalf93]

What I really liked about lock down football is that atleast in Bundesliga can’t speak on leagues that used fake fans lol, you could hear the communication between the players and it really benefited tactical teams since it was much easier to communicate

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

Most Iconic lockdown memory? Beating City and Chelsea to win the FA Cup.

[@SeriousBartYT]

Ole's united side looked really good during the lock down period as he made United look like prime Madrid and Bruno like prime Zidane. 😅

[@viandramonisyaf8623]

And the comebacks…oh lordy, the comebacks 🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@danielmcgrath680]

Jose making Tottenham do football training in the park will always be quality

[@Shebbi04]

During lockdown my club went the entire year of 2020 with just one win in january, which certainly did something with my mental health.

[@jammercodm]

Gareth Bale coming back to Spurs and scoring 11 goals in 20 games, having the best goals to min ratio in the league was also pretty crazy

[@thatguy5165]

You forgot to mention the uproar when they tried to introduce the Super League, suddenly the whole world stood stil

[@abelr.mathew9889]

Dean Henderson season for United, was class!

[@future-ui2be]

I loved the feeling that no fans are in the stadium, but the 3 points are just as important, and the fans are all watching on the tv. It made me feel that the others teams aren't taking it serious and we can get an advantage. It doesn't feel big when you win, because no fans are in the stadium, but you know at the end of the season, everyone will realize how much it all means. Love that stealth when dealing with rival fans of my club.

[@toyinaboko-cole2015]

We saw some Crazy EPL results during Lockdown. Man City 2 - 5 Leicester City Aston Villa 7 - 2 Liverpool Man Utd 1 - 6 Spurs Funny thing is these 3 results all happened on the same weekend.

[@ShaquilleOatmeal730]

United Hater you left out United beating Southampton 9-0 but no one ever gives United credit. Soon you wont be able to ignore us

[@Jazzfunkmaster]

@@ShaquilleOatmeal730😂😂😂😂

[@sadmanadib8536]

If there was a footballers tiktok where they did goofy stuff like they did in the lockdown, I'd watch all day.

[@kwanlinus6999]

Lockdown Man Utd is almost as crazy as Arsenal. They were awarded 14 penalties in the 2019/20 season, a PL record. Almost every match was guaranteed to be a Bruno Fernandes Penalty. Anthony Martial scored 17 goals and 6 assists in 32 games that same season. He never recovered after that.

[@chriswilde2626]

Wild season for united. I remember them losing 2-1 to bottom place Sheff United then a few days later beating Southampton 9-0

[@svenzerx8490]

The reason we might look at lockdown football fondly was just because how different and crazy the experience was, personally I absolutely loved hearing how the teams communicated throughout the game, the raw shouting, instructions, unfiltered sledging between players (traore being a brick shithouse) was very enjoyable, seeing how english teams communicated vs german teams etc was super cool.

[@glennbutler1255]

My favourite lockdown football memory was Jose Mourinho turning up and knocking on Ndombele’s door to give him personal 1-2-1 coaching sessions

[@IOSALive]

Vizeh, great content I loved it

[@nu3v331]

This video will be a historical mini documentary for future generations

[@laniee2351]

Lockdown football was GOATED you had Everton being top three for ages and beating Liverpool with James Rodriguez. Man utd1-6Spurs, villa7-2liverpool,city2-5leicester

[@mohamadoumbaye8249]

Lockodown football made me tell everyone Patrick Bamford would outscore CR7. I then proceeded to get a purple Leeds Bamford shirt…

[@95kmiles21]

The best thing was hearing the players shouting and the nets sound. It was kinda inststing for that.

[@joelloydhiggs8515]

This needed to be longer!! I need more 🤣

[@rocagi]

Not quite lockdown, but in 2020 Emmanuel Adebayor came to Paraguay to play for Olimpia. He played 4 games, got a red card, and when Covid started he was terminated. Then he sued the club for a bunch of money.

[@memes4u378]

As a spurs fan I loved watching AFTV every weekend during lockdown. Robbie has probably accumulated generational wealth from all the lockdown hatewatching I did in his streams.

[@zekestar2.048]

I saw my team (villa) batter the champions liverpool 7-2 and then lose 0-3 to leeds and 4-3 to southampton, both at home, i just didn't understand that

[@kyriakos02]

Prime time Vizeh🔥

[@zekestar2.048]

As a villa fan, i love michael oliver because in our first game back after lockdown we drew 0-0 to Sheffield United but Sheffield United actually scored but nyland (our keeper at the time) put the ball near the post michel oliver thought that the ball didn't cross the line and said no goal, without that we probably would be a champions league club rn so yeah

[@luissosa320]

James Milners posts were something else. 😂😂😂

[@tyreesenelson5968]

Jesse lingard during lockdown turned into prime kaka for a few weeks then after that fell off a cliff

[@atx6249]

Bayern absolutely destroying Barca 8-2 was the best thing to happen in lockdown football.

[@idk-s5r9u]

My favorite part of lockdown was when willock decided to become prime maradona for 10 games,will never forget his equaliser vs Liverpool

[@jo_magpie]

Glad Dobbie landed in his feet and now hosts his own successful YT ❤❤

[@nathanb286]

Prime Jesse Lingard tearing up the prem for 6 months at West Ham was peak lockdown football

[@Qammar_GGMU]

AFTV was pure entertainment in the Lockdown Period and to still this day, I laugh whenever I think about their moments.

[@umarabrahams1087]

You could genuinely make an iceberg video just on lockdown football

[@matt_pritchard_]

The artificial crowd noise was crazy. I can just remember a watered down cheers about 5 seconds after the ball hit the net 😂

[@KarpeDM1860]

As a fan of the bundesliga I remember the lockdown football as the end of schalke. They had such a horrible end to that season. So sad that such a big club was in such dire straits due to the lockdown.

[@nena_._]

Henry’s toilet paper juggle 😂 how did I miss that

[@jaymeade_]

Lewa being robbed was sad to see, but as an Everton fan i have such fond memories of the most bizarre time at my club - allan and doucoure playing a great double pivot, DCL on fire, james’ cameo, and ancelotti, who ultimately bowed out on us but for good reason. The last time Everton were an above average team.

[@Hotel-20]

man, as an afc fan, lockdown football felt like a fever dream. Tierney's jello legs? Ceballos being our best midfielder for a spell?? AMN playin LW at Anfield??? i refuse to believe any of that was real.

[@PinnochioStars]

People can say what they want about Liverpool lifting the trophy in an empty stadium, but as a fan who hadn’t been outside in months it was such an incredible moment and every bit as sweet as it would’ve been had I been there. Something about the players being able to enjoy their achievement alone surrounded by nothing except their team was kinda beautiful, it was ethereal in a good way.

[@diogomelo7897]

As a brazilian, I don't think people here have ever got so mobilized for a champions league edition than what happened on 2020. People going on Neymar instagram asking him to go back to his old mohawk haircut, people putting 2011 Neymar as their profile pictures, and that final had the biggest audience in the history of any paid televison channel here. At thtat same year we also had São Paulo and Inter both bottling the league in a phenomenal way, and Palmeiras x Santos in the Libertadores final, which might have been the worst final in the history of football.

[@phdfloppa9397]

Arsenal somehow winning a trophy in that season is proof that we live in a simulation

[@MattBragg797]

The best lockdown memory was playing games 24/7 and getting paid to do it.

[@edi0157]

I do remember that CL final though. I mean, I don’t remember much actual plays anyway for this long but I know it was a 1-0 Bayern win vs PSG with Kingsley Coman scoring a 57th minute goal. A cut inside I think it was? Looking it up it was actually the 59th minute and a header. Close enough. Lewa really should have gotten his Ballon d Or that year. And yeah, people downplaying Liverpool s title are ridiculous. Now that I think about it, some weird things happened in Romania too. They stopped the league just like everywhere else in March, restarted in June but it was still not going to be finished by the 3rd of August, UEFA s deadline for European participants. At this point, the title fight was between two teams, CFR Cluj being 2 points ahead with one match played more than CSU Craiova, them being scheduled to play anyway so that match was ruled a straight up final for the title with extra time and penalties if necessary. Craiova took the lead in the 10th minute. Many of us thought they would save us from the 3rd CFR title in a row. They didn’t, it was the 3rd of 5 CFR titles in a row. Then they ruled the rest of the table standing, which worked fine for the championship round (Astra facking Googoo was 3rd but they couldn’t get a UEFA licence so no participation and then it was Botosani and FCSB that had earned the right to participate via winning the Cup anyway) but was a massive issue in the relegation round, where a sickness-struck Dinamo had only played 9 matches (they were supposed to play 14 and everyone else had between 12-14 matches) and was pretty bad in those 9 leaving them second from bottom in 13th. Do you relegate them or not? The Romanian Federation said no, expanding the league to 16 teams instead and only making the last place team play a relegation playoff (they won). Dinamo fans will tell you they would have rescued themselves anyway had the matches been played. I as a FCSB fan said “maybe but we will never know, you guys were damn bad that year” and still teased them for it. Until they got relegated anyway two seasons later in a season where Dinamo player Gabi Torje promised their fans they will be in the championship round (top 6 teams) after a 6-0 loss to us, now it doesn’t really matter too much lol. Oh and also two of the clubs that took part in the championship round in the stopped season (Astra and Gaz Metan Medias) have since gone bankrupt but that s just average Romanian football activity, nothing to do with the pandemic per say

[@notasquiremario3299]

"WE'RE 15TH!" will live in my head rent free for the rest of time.

[@abealkindy]

The most remarkable at lockdown period for me is Hansi Flick's Bayern madness at Camp Nou 🙂

[@Gbearguy89]

I remember Liverpool getting top four football against West Brom thanks to a goal by goalkeeper Alisson Becker. Jimmy Glass esc

[@savabajic4471]

Lockdown football was something else man also can you talk about when Crvena Zvezda ( Red star Belgrade) won the UCL

[@HonestTom1892]

I’ll never forget Liverpools Lockdown Prem.

[@killerkillen]

The fact you missed out the Brighton Vs arsenal match wasn't mentioned shows how mental lockdown football was

[@emmaduke]

as a wolves supporter, lockdown football was awful. i would argue it was the catalyst that started the downward spiral of the past four years of our club. between the horrifying incident that was raul’s injury, the trauma it inflicted on our squad and manager, the first signs of our ownership refusing to support us aspirationally, and the first cracks in our infrastructure happening with nuno’s exit… the 20/21 season was simply abhorrent. i can still hear that injury.

[@jackorton350]

Barnsley making the championship play offs was crazy too

[@Urunian]

Nothings says Everton more than the only time we've been goodin the last 10 years, no one could watch. No one saw James Rodriguez play for us 😭

[@Keys_OW]

bayern giving barca an 8-2 beating was quite the entertainment, that and the entire planet tuning into dortmund vs schalke because it was the first game after football got suspended

[@MurrayC_11]

In Scotland, Lockdown Celtic was incredibly shite, Hearts won a 27 game championship, I remember League 1/2 being stopped and shortened, St Johnstone won a fucking double, Stephen Dobbie being heckled by some boy watching over a fence, Kilmarnock fans being allowed in for the first time in a year to watch their team lose the relegation playoff

[@KaijuofSteel]

Rangers won the league unbeaten during lockdown, making everyone believe Stevie G was the next big thing as a manager

[@MurrayC_11]

@@KaijuofSteel Tbf I do think a lot of people forget they were unbeaten that season, but yeah Celtic's poorness mixed in with an average rest gave him a pretty free shot at that. Think the new UCL Format will kill any hope of a strong League as Celtic are so clear of us all rn, and Aberdeen look like they could push Rangers for 2nd this year

[@NJDevil1982]

Anyone who looks back at 2020 nostalgically needs to be committed.

[@Jamesmcg30]

I’m still convinced if Raul didn’t get injured, Wolves genuinely could’ve got top 4 as we were in the top four just after beating Arsenal who were mediocre that season, what’s even more mental is we could’ve got top 4 the previous season as well

[@TheHeinz110]

That AFTV clip “come on get up” had me dying

[@Ananas-280]

On god i was literally 3 days ago talking to my sister and brother about lockdown football and i watched so many videos about it Oh how much i would pay to go back a little bit and have those laughs Liverpool and Aston villa in the same day as spurs united? Everton top the premier league with carlo? Auba before signing the new contract and first willian games for arsenal? Man city loosing 5-2 to leicester city? My goodness i can go on and on about lockdown football it was insane but honestly funny As hell

[@billyoneill7381]

When the whole world tunned in to the Rivierderby being the first big 5 league fixture for months. Everyone seeing how unhinged it was with no supporters so they added artifical crowd noise with the same chants over and over 😂