DBasia.news – Boxing Day or matches after Christmas in the Premier League will continue in the 2022-2023 season. However, this year’s edition will be more interesting as it takes place after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Argentina national team won the 2022 World Cup, which took place from mid-November to the end of December. The event which took place within six weeks has halted the European leagues.
However, this did not affect Boxing Day in the Premier League. If previously in 2021 Boxing Day was played in a year due to the corona virus pandemic and fans were not present at the stadium, this time it was after the World Cup event.
Boxing Day is a football tradition in England. Football matches take place for one day (December 26) after Christmas or the days after Christmas.
Even though many non-English coaches criticized it as Boxing Day has entered the busy period (festive period) in December, risking making players easily tired and prone to injury, Boxing Day continued.
At first Boxing Day was a holiday as a gift from bosses to their employees during the Queen Viktoria era, Boxing Day is now mostly remembered for Premier League matches as entertainment for football fans to enjoy at home with family, or come to the stadium.
Players, staff and coaches remain professional in carrying out their duties and fans can enjoy it. In fact, in the history of Boxing Day matches, which began in 1860, many exciting matches have taken place. Following are the matches:
1. Sheffield Wednesday 3-3 Man United (1992)
Manchester United dominated the Premier League under Sir Alex Ferguson. But they have also built a squad and the 1992-1993 season was one of them. Man United visited the Sheffield Wednesday headquarters on Boxing Day.
Sheffield was surprisingly able to win 3-0 away from goals from David Hirst, Mark Bright and John Sheridan. United rose through two goals from Brian McClair and one goal from Eric Cantona. The match was an important foundation for United.
2. Newcastle 7-1 Tottenham (1996)
Led by Gerald Ashby at St James Park, the massacre took place at Newcastle United’s headquarters which resulted in a 7-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur. Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand and Rob Lee each scored two goals and the other by Philippe Albert.
In the mid-1990s, Newcastle was known as a team that often competed at the top of the standings. Moreover, they have the legendary British striker Alan Shearer, who is now a football pundit.
3. Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa (2007)
Continued in 2007 and again the scoreboard ended with the number of goals created. The match was held at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Aston Villa. The match ended with a total of eight goals, three red cards, two penalties, and drama alternately scoring.
Four of Chelsea’s goals were scored from two goals from Andriy Shevchenko, Alex and Michael Ballack. Meanwhile, Villa scored four goals from Shaun Maloney (two goals), Martin Laursen and Gareth Barry from penalties. The eight goals really became entertainment for the fans.
4. Manchester United 4-3 Newcastle (2012)
A fierce battle occurred on Boxing Day 2012. At that time, ManUnited hosted Newcastle United at Old Trafford. The goal was created in the fourth minute. James Perch took Newcastle 1-0 up.
Jonny Evans then got on the scoreboard twice. But one goal was not only for his team, but also for the opposing team, aka an own goal. Within three minutes of Evans’ second goal happened.
Then, Patrice Evra scored in the 58th minute and brought Ma United level. However, 10 minutes later, the visitors returned to the lead through Papiss Cisse’s goal.
After being left behind, Man United increased the intensity of the attack. Robin van Persie listed his name on the scoreboard in the 71st minute. The winning goal came in the 94th minute from Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez’s goal.
At the end of the 2012-2013 season United won the 20th Premier League and that was Sir Alex Ferguson’s last season coaching the club.
5. Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle (2012)
Still in the same year in another match that was held at the Emirates Stadium, which took place a few days after Newcastle were defeated by Man United. English winger, Theo Walcott became the star of the match with a hat-trick of goals and two assists.
The other four goals were scored by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lukas Podolski and two goals from Olivier Giroud. Meanwhile, Newcastle’s three goals came from two goals from Demba Ba and one from Sylvain Marveaux.
Alan Pardew, the Newcastle coach, argued that the defeat occurred because his team was exhausted. Whatever it is, the drama of 10 goals at the Emirates Stadium is entertainment for the fans.