Table of contents for 17-Dec-2019 in MATCH!

BOXING DAY FOOTBALL! Boxing Day is one of our favourite footy days of the year! This year there are nine Premier League fixtures on, plus tons more in the Football League, so put your feet up, snack on leftover Christmas dinner and enjoy the footy! FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP! Liverpool could be crowned the best team on the planet when they travel to Qatar for the FIFA Club World Cup. The Reds only have to win two matches to bag their first piece of silverware of the season as an early Crimbo present, and we can’t wait! EL CLASICO! Barça and Real were meant to play in October, but it was postponed. That means we get the biggest club match on the planet just one week before Christmas, starring newly-crowned…

DEANDRE YEDLIN NEWCASTLE DEANDRE SAYS: “Are Yorkshire puddings Xmas food I’ve taken to those since I came to England and I like those if I have a roast!” PHIL BARDSLEY BURNLEY PHIL SAYS: “It has to be pigs in blankets!” ANGUS GUNN SOUTHAMPTON ANGUS SAYS: “For me, it has to be stuffing – nothing beats it!” JOHN LUNDSTRAM SHEFFIELD UNITED JOHN SAYS: “Sadly I can’t have it with playing Boxing Day, but I do love a full Christmas dinner with all the trimmings!”…

Thanks to our top mates at 2K, you could win the best basketball game on the planet! We’ve e got five copies of NBA 2K20 Standard Edition up for grabs on Xbox One, and another five to give away on PS4! NBA 2K has evolved into much more than a basketball simulation. 2K continues to redefine what’s possible in sports gaming with NBA 2K20, featuring best in class graphics and gameplay, ground-breaking game modes, and unparalleled player control and customisation. Plus, with its immersive open-world Neighbourhood, NBA 2K20 is a platform for gamers and ballers to come together and create what’s next in basketball culture. HOW TO ENTER!  WWW.MATCHFOOTBALL.CO.UK Then click ‘Win’ in the navigation bar on the MATCH website. Full T&Cs are available online.…

ADAMA TRAORE WOLVES RWB If you want a solid RWB with strong defensive stats, then Traore isn’t for you. But for an attacking wing-back, there’s nobody better! His basic OVR is 74, so this card is a big step up. And, with 98 sprint speed, it’s the fastest on the game! SERGIO AGUERO MAN. CITY ST Aguero’s Ultimate Scream card is the perfect striker! With 95 finishing, he’s well lethal in front of goal, and his pace and dribbling stats are world class as well! He also has 82 strength, 82 heading accuracy and 89 jumping, so he’s a threat in the air from crosses too! N’GOLO KANTE CHELSEA CDM Road To The Final cards are given to some players in the Champo League and Europa League, and their ratings…

Celtic’s Christmas spirit is off the charts in this awesome advert! Every year, Scottish giants CELTIC release their own Christmas advert – and 2019’s could be the best effort yet! The stars of Glasgow’s Green and White swap the floodlights for the bright lights of the stage in this epic Christmas extravaganza! WATCH IT! Scan the QR code to watch the vi ! deo LACELESS LOOK! Borussia Dortmund baller Marco Reus is wearing the new Puma Future 5.1 Flash kicks we showed you last issue, but he’s completely removed the laces. Weird! AWESOME ANTONIO! Michail Antonio’s four Prem goals v Spurs have come at four different grounds – Upton Park, White Hart Lane, the London Stadium and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium! POOR ZLAT’S STAT! Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s statue in Malmo was covered…

RISING TO THE TOP! TYRONE SAYS: “When I was a mortgage advisor and playing non-league football, playing for England seemed a different world away! I’ve had to reassess my goals after going through injuries and stuff like that, but all of it makes it sweeter to now be a Premier League and England player!” BEST PIECE OF ADVICE? TYRONE SAYS: “Keep the end goal as your main goal. There have been a lot of difficult times throughout my career, like getting back onto the pitch when I was injured at Bournemouth, or bouncing back from rejection as a kid at Southampton. But doing everything I could to pursue my dream was the most powerful thing I could take with me on my journey.” BEING A LEADER! TYRONE SAYS: “Everybody has…

10 Grizi The Great! Bright yellow boots are well bold but, when they’re only gonna be worn by one of the planet’s best attackers, you can get away with it! Barça’s Antoine Griezmann helped design these bad boy Puma Future kicks, with different dates and emojis on the sole to mark important moments in the baller’s class career! 9 Mane’s Maagums! These slick New Balance Furon Maagum cleats were launched just before the summer’s Africa Cup Of Nations, celebrating Sadio Mane’s Senegalese heritage! The word ‘Maagum’ actually means ‘Rise’ in a Senegalese language, paying tribute to a ritual that sees a man transform into a lion. Roar! 8 Cherry Kicks! These jaw-dropping Umbro Velocita kicks were basically made for Bournemouth fans! They were splashed in a cool ‘Cherry Red’ colourway,…

We’ve teamed up with our mates at HyperX to give away a jaw-dropping bundle to one lucky MATCH reader worth almost £300! It includes the HyperX Cloud Alpha S gaming headset, Pulsefire Dart mouse and ChargePlay Base wireless charger! What are you waiting for?! The ChargePlay Base wireless charger lets you rapidly charge up two devices at the same time! The Cloud Alpha S gaming headset has evolved with surround sound and adjustable bass. Sick! The cool Pulsefire Dart mouse gives you wireless freedom with a battery life lasting up to 50 hours! For more info on these mind-blowing gaming accessories and loads of other cool gadgets, visit www.hyperxgaming.com HOW TO ENTER!  WWW.MATCHFOOTBALL.CO.UK Then click ‘Win’ in the navigation bar on the MATCH website. Full T&Cs are available online.…

HOW HE WON IT! MATCH scouts picked out the Prem’s four best players from November, and asked our fans on social media to vote for their choice! Jamie Vardy just edged out Sadio Mane, Dele Alli and Raul Jimenez to the epic prize! MEGA MOMENTS! Here’s why Vardy was chosen as MATCH’s monthly winner! LEFTIE LEGEND! CRYSTAL PALACE 0-2 LEICESTER NOVEMBER 3 Vards must’ve been buzzing to be named MATCH’s October Player Of The Month, because he started November on flames as well! He terrified the Palace defenders all game with his running down the channels, and got his reward with a left-footed finish in the last five minutes – after a class one-two with winger Demarai Gray! OUT-GUNNED! LEICESTER 2-0 ARSENAL NOVEMBER 9 Arsenal supporters hate facing Vardy –…

Classic film Elf has a new star –name him! 5 QUESTIONS ON... CELTIC 1 Which of these is not one of the club’s nicknames – Hoops, Bhoys or Stripes 2 Name their winger who was named the league’s 2018-19 Player Of The Year! 3 True or False Manager Neil Lennon used to play Prem football for Leicester! 4 Does their jaw-dropping stadium Celtic Park hold more or less than 60,000 5 Name the goalkeeper in the middle of their epic 2019 Christmas photo! FIFA 20 CHALLENGE! Can you name these Chelsea stars from their FUT cards? Retro MATCH! Work out which year this MATCH cover is from! Jose Mourinho’s Inter beat Bayern Munich in the CL final! Chelsea lift the FA Cup thanks to a Didier Drogba winner! Man.…