7 Craziest 'Butterfly Effects' In Football

[@klinsmeier]

Beckenbauer in 1958 was playing (12 year old) with his small club of Giesing against 1860 München, the number 1 in the city. He was then slapped by an opponent from 1860. The very talented Beckenbauer angrily decided, not to take next career step there, but chose the less significant club of Bayern München.

[@dj71162]

I wonder who that 1860 player was and if he ever realised what he did?

[@olm8829]

It’s crazy to think that 1860 were a bigger club than Bayern. How the tables have turned since then!

[@klinsmeier]

there is an interview, did not regret it too much - and later worked in the butcher/meat bussiness - similar to Ulli Höneß @@dj71162

[@maciejbala477]

you could make the same case for Gerd Muller, since 1860 did not want to spend the money to sign him from regional side Nordlingen, so he also went to Bayern instead

[@gregoriuspascalis500]

RIP Beckenbauer

[@bababababababa6124]

If my Dad didn’t get that knee injury in secondary school then Nigeria would have 5 world cups by now

[@nealrigga6969]

Nah he would’ve been snatched up by England or France

[@rohithraman6488]

You sound like Niran from FNG 😂

[@finbarobruadair2761]

And your father wouldn't be on welfare all his life

[@Rahman_Rahman]

@@finbarobruadair2761lame ass comment

[@amyglynn6827]

@@finbarobruadair2761where tf did that come from?

[@ander4163]

I will add one. 4years ago Unai Simon was the fourth keeper for Athletic Club, with Kepa Arrizabalaga, Alex Remiro and Iago Herrerin in front of him. He wasnt going to play so he went to Elche on a loan. Then, Kepa was sold to Chelsea, Remiro didnt want to renew his contract and Herrerin had an injury. He came back after TWO WEEKS in Elche and was "forced" to start the season as the main keeper for Athletic. Now, he is one of the best keepers of the league and the main one for the Spanish national team.

[@KaijuofSteel]

I would not call Kepa one of the best keepers in the league, but yeah that season at Athletic cemented a very solid career for him

[@kimi9572]

@@KaijuofSteel he was talking about Unai Simon.

[@ismailovic3416]

And now, a European Champion

[@TylerAven10]

Could take this one back even further, Kepa was only bought by Chelsea because Courtois forced his way to Real Madrid

[@nielschristianrodthomsen6797]

Michael Laudrup didn't refuse to go to Euro '92 because he didn't rate Denmark's chances at the torunament. He refused because he had an ongoing dispute with our manager, and had announced he'd never play for the national team again (he did return after the Euros). His younger brother, Brian Laudrup, also "retired" from the national team, but he was convinced to return just before the Euros.

[@konzza]

Exactly. The bit about Michael Laudrup was off, but otherwise the story was great.

[@lewis7951]

After 3 minutes I was thinking to myself “Wow this is a really long number 7”, but then I realised it was still the intro

[@stilettoswinger7404]

Thanks for the heads up,i just saved 2.5 minutes!

[@rohithraman6488]

A better butterfly effect regarding Nigel Pearson. In 1999, he was manager of Carlisle United, and he signed goalkeeper Jimmy Glass on an emergency loan signing, after Carlisle sold Tony Caig to Blackpool and Richard Knight's loan spell ended due to injury, so if they don't sell Tony Caig, or if Richard Knight doesn't get injured, or more simply if Jimmy Glass doesn't score that last minute winner to keep Carlisle in the Football League, Pearson fades into obscurity and no one hears from him again, he never manages Leicester, they don't survive relegation from the PL in 2015 so in the season where they actually win the title, they would be playing Championship football.

[@T.E.S.S.]

nothing to do with the butterfly effect

[@vinnyjefferson2085]

I mean, not really, because Nigel Pearson didn’t have his contract renewed after that season, and wasn’t a first team manager in almost a decade, i like the idea though

[@rohithraman6488]

@@vinnyjefferson2085 I get that but in this scenario even if he did leave I'd say he doesn't manage any club in the top three tiers of English football afterwards and no one hears from him again

[@johnmitchell2269]

If they didn't sell Caig, or if Knight didn't get injured, then there was every chance that they still would have stayed up that season as those two were both better keepers than Jimmy Glass. They might not have needed that last minute goal against Plymouth.

[@rohithraman6488]

@@johnmitchell2269 Fair enough. Probably I should have been more simple and just said if they had to bring him in, and he didn't score that goal.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

That Muapay foul on Leno was one of the greatest moments in Aston Villa history 😂

[@thelens_yt]

Really football and Argentina history, as Martinez would never have become Argentina #1

[@santiagobauza4257]

@@thelens_ytI can go further back than that. The whole reason why Martínez was even in a position to take the #1 spot for Argentina was that Scaloni's job as the national team manager was saved by the worst penalty saving keeper in our history. Franco Armani is embedded forever to Atlético Nacional and River Plate folklore, having been the hero of both teams' most recent Copa Libertadores wins, so naturally it led to a huge outcry for him to be selected for Argentina amid heavy criticisms towards Sergio Romero and His lack of playing time at club level. So he finally got his chance in the middle of Argentina's ill-fated 2018 World Cup campaign, where he left a very mixed impression, but still there was not much competition in his position, so interim boss Scaloni kept him in goal for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil. Argentina were drawn in a group with Colombia, Paraguay and guests Qatar. Not easy, but manageable. It still started in the worst way possible, with the team getting soundly beaten 2-0 by Colombia in the opener. They needed a result against Paraguay to stay alive in the competition, and went 1-0 down. Then, still in the first half, Armani had an absolute blunder on the ball and conceded a penalty. Had Derlis González scored, Argentina would have gone 2-0 down and probably lost the game, Scaloni would have been sacked and the national team would have never exited the downward spiral that had started in 2016. Players like De Paul, Romero, Paredes, Mac Allister and of course Martínez would have struggled for chances, like with other managers who favoured experience. But Derlis González hit an awful, awful penalty, low to Armani's right, and he saved it throwing himself almost in slow motion. Argentina eventually found an equaliser that kept them alive in the tournament and gave a really good account of themselves, only losing to eventual winners Brazil in a highly controversial semifinal encounter. The AFA bosses liked what they saw from Scaloni and how he managed the team during adversity and signed him permanently. All those players, including Martínez, broke into the team. And Argentina are now the current continental and world champions.

[@MrSmith1984]

The funny thing is, Maupay is actually of Argentinian Ancestry.

[@joebees21]

Aston Villa have a fantastic history. That's literally all Villa have you can't say that.

[@jackpougher6866]

@@thelens_ytyeah but everyone talks about the butterfly effect at Argentina. The same Butterfly effect has a huge impact on Villa becoming a champions league side, and that isn’t talked about enough

[@MenWithVen]

As a Sunderland fan, I blame Harry Kane taking corners for England at euro 2016 on us plummeting to league 1 and still fighting our way back. That tactical masterclass resulted in Hodgson losing his job, and Allardyce leaving Sunderland after seemingly getting us on the right track. Moyes took over and the rest is history.

[@rohithraman6488]

I had another scenario. The John Terry racism scandal led to Capello's resignation, and Harry Redknapp was linked with the England job. That saga, and his tax evasion charges (in which we found out he couldn't read) distracted him, Spurs bottled a 10 point lead over Arsenal and ended up in the Europa league, which sent Spurs on a backwards spiral, but if that didn't happen, they would get UCL football, the likes of Modric and Bale would stay, Wenger would be in the Europa, they would be on a backwards spiral and he would resign a few years earlier than he did, and considering Pep Guardiola said he was leaving Bayern in 2015/16, he had lots of clubs in for him, but Wenger didn't step down when he probably should have at the time so Pep was never going there, but Arsenal's demise being accelerated would have led to Wenger leaving in 2016 and Pep Guardiola replacing him instead of going to City. So in my alternate scenario, if it wasn't for a racism scandal and Harry Redknapp's inability to read, Arsenal could right now be dominating English and European football

[@kwanlinus6999]

@@rohithraman6488 I don't think so. Arsenal was never a destination for Pep. At the time, the only club he desires to go to are the rich kids, Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea. Even if Arsenal made a bid for him, Pep would still refuse because Kroenke certainly wouldn't be willing to afford him.

[@rohithraman6488]

@@kwanlinus6999 Oh fair enough. I thought the only reason Arsenal never went for Pep was because Wenger just wouldn't step down

[@kwanlinus6999]

@@rohithraman6488 Pep was a hot, and more expensively, expensive commodity back then

[@rohithraman6488]

@@kwanlinus6999 okay then. So maybe if wenger left in 2015, one year earlier, they could have got Klopp from Dortmund

[@gts1300]

In 1997, Roma's coach wanted to buy Finland and Ajax legend Jari Litmanen. Meanwhile, both clubs played in a friendly tournament. A local lad whom Italy's U21s decided not to call up shone in that tournament. Roma's president opposed getting rid of him and so coach Bianchi left the club. It was none other than Francesco Totti, who 1 year later became club captain and would remain so for the following 19 years, carry the club on his shoulders (and avoiding relegation by the skin of their teeth in 2005) and guiding Italy to their last World Cup with many assists. One might argue therefore, that had Totti not played in that tournament, that both Roma and Italy could have gone trophyless for the following 2 decades.

[@reintaler6355]

And Boca Juniors would have still lived under River Plate's shadows without coach Bianchi taking them to 4 league titles, 3 libertadores and 2 intercontinental cups

[@applehack97]

​@@reintaler6355two central defenders Bianchi employed at Boca, Walter Samuel and Nicolás Burdisso, would end up playing for Roma at different points in their career. These two (especially Burdisso) would end up influencing Daniele De Rossi's idea of playing for Boca, which he would do in 2019, that being his second and last club before retiring.

[@k.more1995]

He would still eventually played

[@johnaarson]

9 minutes in, I'm already sure this is one of my favourite HITC Sevens' videos. And this channel is like among my top 5 favourites on youtube. So, yeah. Great stuff. Starting off 2024 in a great way. Keep on being awesome, Alfie!

[@anthonyryan30]

My exact sentiments, this is fantastic.

[@Drunken_Master]

There is nothing worse than paid laurels...

[@yankeewz8377]

The devil works hard but Alfie and Hitc work harder. Back to back well researched videos keep them up 💪

[@ambesmith5601]

Nice hearing you talk about Cameroon.. you're pretty spot on about everything non football related you said.. Country needs exposure and redeeming..

[@yr92_]

Brilliant video Alfie. A big suggestion if there's a sequel someday: Belgian midfielder seeks move to the second French division, changes European football forever. The player in question? Jean-Marc Bosman. Standard Liège blocked his move to Dunkerque despite his contract having expired, Bosman successfully sues UEFA, now clubs can have their ranks full of European stars and more foreigners from other continents, big club stars have way more leverage to negotiate better contracts when renovations are due. Bosman in the meantime, poor and forgotten, but changed the football landscape massively.

[@needfoolthings]

That's n9t a butterfly effect. That's a cause.

[@applehack97]

also, he played for RFC Liège, not Standard. Those are two different clubs

[@doylersafl8728]

Surprised Santiago Canizares aftershave bottle incident before 2002 world cup wasn't mentioned, given one of the greatest to ever put on goalie gloves would replace him

[@caseyfitch2330]

During the 2009/10 season, having safely avoided relegation in their 1st season back in the Championship, Nottingham Forest were pushing for promotion to the Premier League. They were doing well in the table, however lacked depth at LB. Manager Billy Davies had targeted Tottenham's young backup LB as a loan option in the January transfer window, and the deal was almost done for one Gareth Bale to join Forest for the rest of the season. Then, at the 11th hour, first-choice Tottenham defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto suffered a groin injury which would keep him out for several weeks, missing that year's edition of AfCON. Tottenham promptly pulled out of the loan talks with Forest and started Bale at LB; before later switching him to play as a winger where he became one of the biggest talents in Europe. Bale then famously made a big-money move to Real Madrid at the beginning of the 2013/14 season. And so that's how Assou-Ekotto's injury in the very first days of 2010 led to Real Madrid re-establishing themselves as the major force in world football for the rest of the decade; winning 4 Champions League titles with Bale as a key player & goalscorer during that time (and another one since).

[@rohithraman6488]

People say Rafa Benitez accidentally fielding the ineligible Denis Cheryshev in a Copa Del Rey match whilst Real Madrid manager led to the Real Madrid 3 peat UCL team

[@frxnix]

⁠@@rohithraman6488maybe him going to Newcastle sealed the takeover 🤔

[@mashiah1]

13 years old boy came to join Munchen 1860. Some local youth player slapped him. The boy returned home in tears and decided to join Bayern instead. The boy was Franz Beckenbauer. If that guy didn't slapped him, Munchen 1860 would be one of the best clubs in the world today, and Bayern would be struggling between 3rd and 4th division

[@voiceofcrime]

aah yes good old becks

[@franze4]

damn😢

[@XaloGunner]

Minor note on the Maupay-Leno clash that led to Emi Martinez's rise....it also led to the fall of Mateo Guendouzi. After Maupay crashed with Leno, Guendouzi was the most notable Arsenal player to get fired up about it at Maupay. At one point, he told Maupay how much more money he made than him (Maupay) and grabbed him by the throat to choke him. This led to Arteta dropping Guendouzi and he never featured for Arsenal again. He went to Hertha Berlin and barely made a dent. Then things got slightly better at Marseille and he got some time with France's team, but he's likely never to see English football again unless Unai Emery (who signed him to Arsenal) really really goes to bat for him. Lots of talent, troubling personality swings at times.

[@k0ustav286]

well, ever since he moved to Lazio, he starts over such an underrated player like Kamada, so yea, even though the drop off is huge, he isn't doing that bad either

[@dimikdimik918]

Neymar's transfer to PSG, kick-starting series of subsequent transfer of Phillip Coutinho, providing Liverpool with money to buy Allison, Van Dijk, etc. Also Barcelona's downslope in this period

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

Neymar's move to PSG kick-started his career as an active retired player.

[@EliasRoy]

Who asked?

[@fpldirectory6753]

Great video. The Denmark/Yugoslavia one could go further and link to the back pass rule coming in, on to the emergence of ball-playing goalkeepers

[@mrgreatbritain]

What an incredible set of stories! Fair play to you here Alfie, a hell of a lot of research must have gone into this!

[@StrawberryStationMusic]

You can go even further back with the Leicester story - 'Deeney Day' and Knockeart's missed penalty in the playoff semi-final was a huge turning point for us, for the better. The story could have been so different, and underwhelming, if we'd gotten promoted that year. A certain Mr. Vardy may never have been given the chance he got the season after, after warming the bench with Harry Kane that season, for one.

[@MrPerlew]

If I didn't let in an own goal at age nine and never went in goal again by my own choice Norway would win a world cup. For sure.

[@dvdv8197]

*Cries in Erling Haaland*

[@TerraFirmaTyger]

One of your best videos. We need a part 2.

[@mats7492]

Robert Enke killing himself in 2009, leading Hannover96 to almost be relegated in 2010, but leading to the team forming such a strong bond and comradery among each other to have them play their best ever Bundesliga season the next year, finishing 4th and qualifying for the europa league the next 2 following seasons which theyve never managed before in club history..

[@jmorrison230582]

It also led to Manuel Neuer becoming Germany's #1 goalkeeper (Enke was ahead of him in the pecking order before his death).

[@mats7492]

@@jmorrison230582 YES.. youre right!

[@quizzical2023]

Enke’s death leading to a young Manuel Neuer getting WC experience combined with Boateng injuring Michael Ballack leading to giving the captaincy to Phillip Lahm have laid the foundations to Germany winning the World Cup in 2014. Might not have been possible otherwise.

[@GinkgoPete]

​@@jmorrison230582Wasnt Rene Adler also ahead of him and injured before 2010?

[@azhurelpigeon]

A video series pitting legendary teams against each other like ‘70 Brazil vs ‘74 Netherlands & going through their strengths and weaknesses to declare who you think it most likely to win in an actual match up would be endlessly entertaining!

[@JDAR1878]

What if Everton had just agreed to pay the increased rent at Anfield? Liverpool Football Club would never have been founded if we had.

[@seandelap8587]

I'm not sure this counts but if Brian Clough hadn't have been sacked after 44 days at Leeds United he might not have ended going to Nottingham Forest when he did which ultimately led to him winning back to back European cups with them and forever wrote his name into folklore

[@JayTechZM]

Not quite but it does have a case

[@kwanlinus6999]

Tbh, he had already done miracles with Derby County before hand. If only he hadn't left for Brighton...

[@ArkanSubotic]

How my country Yugoslavia has fallen. Imagine what we could have been if the country stayed together. 1991 Red Star Belgrade CL champions, that alone is worth a video

[@nevilleneville6518]

That Red Star team was incredible, I remember as a teenager watching the European Cup highlights every week on Midweek Sport Special and seeing them absolutely destroy everyone they played with amazing, fluid football.

[@rothbardfreedom]

11:32 - On top of that, it was because of the Euro 1992 Final that the rule for GKs to catch the balls with their hands when sent by a teammate was abolished. Likely we would still have this rule in the WCs of 1994 or 1998, and everything in between would be different.

[@justhuy7960]

Can't think of how they played football back in the days, must have been super boring

[@adamczerepinski9575]

This isn't actually true. It was introduced due to the 1990 world cup being dull, not because of denmark in 1992

[@wandilemtambo9962]

Positives with the negatives. The game was undoubtedly slower given that there was no need to press as intensely as players do today. However all that space afforded to individual players allowed for the more technical players to be adventurous. It just wasn't seen as all that effective to hold back a player of Riquelme's elk because those guys had the freedom to make all the difference.@@justhuy7960

[@cellyszn20]

This video is peak human creativity that AI can never replace! Amazing work!

[@dagratrovni7737]

A referee's watch dying in Aston Villa vs Sheffield Utd in 2020, failing to tell him that the ball crossed the line and Sheffield Utd had scored, the game ending 0-0 and Villa getting a crucial point in a relegation battle. Villa would survive by just 1 point over Bournemouth who had a better goal difference. Bournemouth would have to sell all their best palyers including Nathan Ake to Man City, who would play a crucial role for Man City in the 21/22 season as they won the league by just 1 point.

[@mrfoofoo69]

Benny McCarthys entire upbringing a gang-riddled part of south africa, as a Man United fan, to eventually be selected for Jose mourinhos Porto, and go on to score the goal at Old Trafford that knocked United out the champions league the season Porto went on to win the cup, seeing Jose be signed for Chelsea, to then go on and eventually become their striking coach

[@Phil26599]

Costinha (I didn’t check the spelling though) scored the goal that won the tie & led to Mourinho running down the touchline, not McCarthy

[@dj71162]

@@Phil26599 Did you know that Scholes scored a perfectly good goal in that game that was ruled out for offside? If it was given then Porto don't go through.

[@btf_flotsam478]

That's not really what the video is about. People getting selected or goals being disallowed would logically and directly lead to the team's results.

[@prasannabalaji1886]

As an arsenal fan I don't regret anything... Wenger is needed and we are grateful for what he has done for us❤❤

[@Ben-he3uq]

Let's hope Stein's heart attack doesn't end up resulting in a world cup every two years.

[@parthnikhra]

Fantastic video! Enjoyed and learned some very interesting facts, Thanks to all involved. Keep up the good work Mr. Alfie

[@yudhabagaskara98]

the butterfly effect that summed up Manchester United recently is their win against PSG in 2018/19 UCL round of 16

[@rohithraman6488]

They hire Pochettino at the end of the season

[@T.E.S.S.]

meaningless babble

[@Xasew]

I've been waiting for this type of video for YEARS.

[@CSLucasEpic]

I actually have lots of this scenarios that I have researched for a What If style of book for world sports history that I have been writing for the past couple of months. Very interesting video.

[@rohithraman6488]

Remember when the Irish guy made a scenario of "what if Roman abramovic bought spurs instead of chelsea" and "what if Ronaldo stayed at Man united in 2009"

[@Imperador-Vi]

Thiago Ribeiro 2014

[@gigi-bl5yu]

Alfie, could you perhaps do a video about Ivan Gudelj? He was considered the Beckenbauer of Yugoslavia and became the country's youngest captain during the 80s, along with having a contract with Bordeaux and even having talks with Real Madrid. But in 1987, he had to end his career due to Hepatitis B, which he still has to this day. Many former players claim he is among the best players of the old country, and a massive what if.

[@k.more1995]

Is he the father of Nemanja Gudelj, the Sevilla player?

[@reintaler6355]

​@@k.more1995 no, however Nemanja's dad did play and had a good run in the Netherlands

[@theleatherbelts7249]

Hi Alfie, great video and keep up the good work! FYI though it’s pronounced Jock Steen rather than Stine

[@JackGD1991]

24:44 Very happy to see my hometown team finally make an appearance on this channel 😂

[@gabsnandes7818]

That one assist that kid decided to give on a Sporting youth game to a young CR7 has got to be one of my favorites

[@gertjan3329]

What's this story?

[@gabsnandes7818]

@gertjan3329 essentially, a kid gave an assist to Ronaldo in a youth game, and that goal was really important because it secured his spot to keep going in the youth academy It's a small thing, but it's so cool to see those guys we view as legends getting their beginnings

[@maciejbala477]

you could have plenty of stuff like that with youth players ahah. Like.... thousands. e.g. Kylian Mbappe had a trial at Chelsea, but they did not sign him right away and wanted to extend his trial, because they were not convinced by the defensive side of his game. However Mbappe's mother told them to either sign him right away or he will leave. They didn't, he left. Also thousands of players were released by academies for being "too short" e.g. Joao Felix was in the Porto academy and they released him and he went to Benfica instead

[@gabsnandes7818]

@maciejbala477 I know, and I find that very interesting Because how many players would have completely different careers and how many wonderful players never made pro due to something random

[@k.more1995]

That story is fake af

[@voiceofcrime]

alfie dropping casual bangers these days

[@snotwurfit]

Alfie, Thames Television was the main franchise holder for London and the Home Counties. London Weekend Television was the other holder, at.... weekends

[@mismisimognomo101]

Alfie gang 🖤 We heckin' love HITC, fav youtube channel by far.

[@Charliiiie]

Been waiting for this one since you mentioned it on twitter! 🙏🤗

[@byrondowling195]

Jerome Boateng was a world class centerback, one play doesn't change that.

[@Pr3stag3]

5:30 even though are now rubbish. 🤣🤣 That had me howling i didn't expect that dig it came out of nowhere.

[@nettlecider]

If I would've not discovered your channel all those 2 or some years ago I'm sure somehow that would've resulted in 4th Toby Spider Man movie or something but just having this video alone makes it worth it, keep it up

[@T.E.S.S.]

are you drunk?

[@MrKyledane]

The Barca one gave me full on chills. Absolutely a football-world-changing moment when Cruyff took over the club.

[@pendupessi5810]

I don't think I watch this long video of any creators except you.. Great stuff buddy

[@hamadaalem8188]

The game between wydad vs zamaleck in the african champions league where the coach hoalid regragi was going to be sacked and he wasn’t going to be Africa champions and not even the Moroccan national team head coach to achieve the semifinals as the first African team to do it😊

[@TheSeagull78]

This video is amazing. Great attention to detail

[@raistormrs]

chaos theory and football in one video... you have outdone yourself this time Alfie.

[@jonigiljum4348]

The faroe Island winning against greece twice and ranieri gerning sacked and going to Leicester

[@realife1542]

That wc final 2022 is the most intense game I’ve ever watched for two teams I don’t support. The save in extra time was that moment Argentina won

[@exsandgrounder]

ITV's failure to acquire the Premiership broadcasting rights may well have been a factor in the ITV-backed On Digital's overpaying for Football League broadcasting rights. The collapse of the platform in the early 2000s caused all sorts of financial problems for teams in what is now the Championship, with Bradford and Barnsley (both of which had experienced the Premiership not long prior to the collapse) entering administration.

[@paulsheehan2998]

Mate, thw work that goes into these videos 👏👏👏

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Butterfly effect is an amazing film!

[@alanemarson]

@5:37 quality comments like this are why I love this channel - thank you

[@fedrikrose2277]

An Austrian painter failing to get into an art school lead to Rapid Vienna being crowned champions of Germany.

[@k.more1995]

Strange sense of humor. Liked and suscribed

[@WastedxSkillz]

What a video, unreal research!

[@randomhooman3236]

another butterfly effect in 1989/90 season united finished 13th in the first division, this was the 3rd out of 4th time united under fergie finished outside top 10 (finishing 11th 2 times before this) and even club legend george best wanted fergie out in 1990 the fa cup final what could have been the last game for sir alex ferguson but united was able to draw the game with a dramatic 113th minute equalizer making it 3-3 and in the replay united won 1-0 this made him last another season, in this season united finished 6th in the league but this time they won the uefa cup winners' cup and ended up defeating barca in the finals, next season united were on top of the table for majority of the time but bottled it in last few weeks and finished 2nd, but after this united under fergie never saw back and went on to create a dynasty of english football franco baresi was rejected from inter milan's academy who choose his brother instead and he went on to become an ac milan legend, won the wc with italy and back to back european cups with milan while also finished 2nd in ballon d'or, laid the foundation of one of the greatest milan sides which went on to dominate italy and europe till 2012

[@santinopaone-hoyland]

Who on earth are "united"?

[@randomhooman3236]

@@santinopaone-hoyland i'm talking about man united

[@shanemcgaley8322]

You could even pushed that back to the 3rd round vs Nottingham Forest, had Ferguson lost that game, he would have been sacked

[@randomhooman3236]

@@shanemcgaley8322 yup

[@johnboy898]

another one could of been Franco being in charge of Spain leading to the dominance of Real Madrid as a football club with a large part being Di Stefano being taken from being a Barca player to being a Madrid player

[@kwanlinus6999]

Tbh, from Franco's era until Luis Figo and even today, Real Madrid has benefitted greatly from the Spanish political establishment. During the late 2000s, when Spain was in financial turmoil, Florentino Perez was still able to lend low interest loans with local banks against regulations at the time due to his close personal relations to the banking sector.

[@superfurrygaz1]

Liked the "Not my words" Partridge reference there, lovely stuff.

[@chrismaudsley934]

02:43 Love the meme 😀 On the subject of Allardyce, it's more than worth considering the butterfly impact of 'that' pint of wine on the fortunes of the England team, the development of English talent, and the waistcoat industry. (By Southgate's admission, Hart's performance against Slovenia in the WC 2018 qualifiers counts as one also.)

[@ChesterBowerman]

The Emi Martínez save is possibly the greatest I have ever seen live, when you take into account the moment and the occasion.

[@gabrielkiev4290]

There's a butterfly effect were Ten Hag is responsible for Botafogo incredible choke in Brasileirão. What happened is: Ten Hag was not giving much space for Cristiano in United, so Cristiano go for Al-Nassr, there he invites Luis Castro to be his coach. Castro at the time was Botafogo's coach doing the best campaign in the championship at that point. He accepts Cristiano invitation and goes for Al-Nassr, leaving Botafogo with an interin coach for some matches then a definitive one, but the team was never the same again. There's also a smaller one: Mexican group Rebelde came to Rio for a show in Botafogo's Stadium Nilton Santos, because of that the match Botafogo x Gremio was relocated to Vasco da Gama Stadium São Januário. The thing is that Nilton Santos have sintetic grass, and Luiz Suárez would not play there, but because the match was relocated to São Januário, with natural grass, Suarez played and scored a hat-trick, with Gremio winning 3x4 coming from losing 3x1. Only one before Botafogo also loses to Palmeiras 4x3 with an advantage of 3x0 in the first half. That was the beggining of Botafogo downfall.

[@forseti1654]

Botafogo's insane choke by itself would be a great video btw, lots of crazy plot twists like the Rebelde show being a major influence

[@alberto1495]

Awesome and informative video, thanks!

[@aroundtheworld5555]

This isn't a butterfly effect, but speaking to the first part of the video about Sir Alex, he wasn't an amazing manager right out of the gate. It took time. That's why I don't understand when so many managers are sacked after one season. Sometimes, it's not their fault. The current Man Utd squad is just a rag tag, thrown together team, and it's probably not ten Hag's fault. They need new players. A complete overhaul, really. It's the ownership. But there's talks of sacking Erik.

[@gordao_jogadas]

Damn. I thought of this topic on the new year's eve. Alfie, you're the algorithm!

[@carlmafon-akkum843]

As a Cameroonian I never expected to see my country on this list lol. Big up HITC Sevens.

[@adamdickinson2894]

Not really sure 'ITV plan to start the Premier League' and 'The start of the Premier League' are the kind of unintended unassociated events generally labelled as the butterfly effect...

[@marlonherr8013]

7:29 my favorite Club (FC Bayern) probably would have won the Champions League in 1999

[@AS-rm5he]

What a day at Wembley that was. Dread to think what would have happened had we lost that game. We had something like 50 professional players on the books at that time and were absolutely skint.

[@Matt-yw8tj]

Mark Oxley losing a contact lens led to Hibs ending a 114 year hoodoo and winning the Scottish Cup. That’s my favourite

[@RawMaterialENT]

Also in the world cup Enzo fernandez would not have made the list if the squads were 23 and not 26. And mac allister replaced an injured lo celso

[@TiagoFerreira-zp9gi]

My favorite one that Portuguese fans will know about, it's a translated post from Reddit: "My vote goes to the 60th minute of the 2000/2001 Benfica - Sporting game and the substitution in which Pierre Van Hooijdonk leaves and João Tomás is subbed in. João scores 2-0 and 3-0 against Sporting, Mourinho - manager of Benfica at the time - celebrates like crazy. Due to their 3-0 victory over Sporting, that same night, Mourinho asks for a new contract (over 5 times what he was earning) and gets fired the next day. Months later Mourinho was at União de Leiria and a group of fans are against him joining Sporting as their new manager due to his celebration in the derby, Mourinho joins Porto instead in the middle of the season, throws his fist on the table and declares that next year they will win, that Porto wins everything, UEFA Cup and, later, Champions League, etc. All because of a substitution."

[@T.E.S.S.]

you're ignoring the other million completely unrelated things that had to happen along the way to give the outcome that we got. it wasn't "all because of a substitution".

[@TiagoFerreira-zp9gi]

@@T.E.S.S. What? If there wasn't that substitution, those 2 goals and Benfica didn't beat their rivals 3-0, Mourinho wouldn't have celebrated as he did AND asked for more money at Benfica (the same night), he got fired the next day, went to Leiria, etc.

[@T.E.S.S.]

lmao ok, whatever 🤦‍♀@@TiagoFerreira-zp9gi

[@Ben-he3uq]

It's almost as if this video, and the butterfly effect generally, are a bit of a punt mixed with humour. If Geoff Hurst dropped that bottle of ketchup on his foot rather than the floor in May 66... Etc.

[@wandilemtambo9962]

Still Waiting on a 7 Greatest Playmakers of All Time. Great Video BTW

[@TheKalaxis]

Goal celebrations were definitely a thing before 1990 so no. Bernie Slaven for example used to run the entire length of the pitch to leap onto the fence at the Holgate end to celebrate with the Boro fans after scoring.

[@siler22]

Tardelli 1982 world cup final celebration too

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Mick Cannon's windmill celebration, anyone?

[@markfrench9004]

Whenever I see the Knockaert penalty miss against Watford in the 12/13 play off game, I often wonder what would have become of Leicester of he'd scored it

[@k.more1995]

I don't think you're quite getting the point of the video. Leicester was a club on the up, so was Watford. They would have eventually went up. Like Watford did. It would've changed their fate in the short term but not of the implications your suggesting.

[@bodelieriwan2773]

Brilliant introduction mate

[@abdul65]

Its just amusing and insane the fact that Maupay kickstarted the path to Messi winning a world cup

[@willlemond5007]

Now this should be a belter

[@paulalexander8874]

1 more step on the Alex Ferguson story... It is believed Stien had a massive argument with goalkeeper Jim Leighton after the keeper lost one of his CONTACT LENSES and Andy Goram had to play in goals. Apparently he spent the whole game fuming about it

[@jmorrison230582]

Rough, not Goram. Otherwise true. What's weirder about that story is Fergie had no idea Leighton used contacts, even though he had been his club manager him for several years before then.

[@paulalexander8874]

@@jmorrison230582 good man! 👍 I really should have checked first but trusted my old memory. I just remember hearing Jim Leighton talk about it a few years ago, he was still gutted about how everything happened that night.

[@T.E.S.S.]

I don't think any of these are examples of the butterfly effect at all, but it's a very fun video nonetheless.

[@konzza]

These are textbook examples of butterfly effect.

[@T.E.S.S.]

No they are examples of causal dependence. "If X hadn't happened, then Y never would have happened" is not remotely what the butterfly effect is about.

[@konzza]

@@T.E.S.S. No. In many of the cases "X" having happened creating possibility of "Y" happaning, witch otherwise wasn't in place happen as otherwise unlikely and largely inconsequential result. Please correct me if i'm wrong, but this is how the general population does perceive the butterfly effect to be about.

[@T.E.S.S.]

I can't understand your first sentence at all. I think you're right that the general population thinks the butterfly effect is what Alfie is talking about here. I mean look at the state of this comments section. But that's irrelevant *because they're wrong*. @@konzza

[@konzza]

@@T.E.S.S. Tried to edit the first sentance. English might might not be biggest forte. All and all... Regardless of these falling into cathegory of butterfly effect, it was good entertainment.

[@mazdakmina9493]

LOL You missed arguably the craziest one! Short version: a football in a WWII Soviet prison camp (from a game being played by the guards) happens to roll to a (drafted) German POW, and ultimately, Germany wins 4 world cups, Adidas becomes a global powerhouse of a business, newly democratic Germany becomes a G7 nation, and arguably the greatest football team of all-time *never* wins the World Cup and nearly its entire team defects to other nations (completely decimating football in the nation that seems set to be next footballing powerhouse for generations of inspired footballers to come)! Simply put, unless you're under the age of *70,* (West) Germany has been a football and *capitalist* giant for your entire lifetime, and German company Adidas has always been one of the biggest brands in the world! But before 1954, that was *far* from the case! Germany had never even come *close* to winning a World Cup *or* Olympics (a much bigger deal back then), and Adidas was just a fledgling shoe company that few outside of Germany knew. But that all changed thanks to the 1954 World Cup final, when (then-West) Germany pulled off undoubtedly the greatest upset ever in a World Cup final (and possibly the greatest upset in football history). First things first, their opponents that day were Hungary's now-legendary "Magic Magyars," lead by several all-time legends like Ferenc Puskas (yes, whom the Puskas award is named after) the tournament's leading scorer, nicknamed "the Golden Head," Sandor Kocsis (he was known for his unprecedented ability to score goals with his head - which, to be clear, headers *were* part of the game back then, and scoring with headers was "heard of," but didn't happen regularly - until Kocsis), as well as "defensive wing-backs/midfielders" Zoltan Czibor and Lsazlo Budai II, who were revolutionary players in that they were wingers *disguised* as outside backs (unheard of back then), arguably the first ever "sweeper-keeper" in history, Gyula Grosics, and arguably the first ever "false 9" in history, Nandor Hidegkuti! The *official* formation of this team was a (then-)typical 4-1-2-3, but many said their *actual* formation was a 2-3-3-2 (because the outside backs were actually midfield wingers, and the center forward was actually an attacking midfielder)! You get the picture! This team was revolutionary! So revolutionary that between 1950-1956, the team played 69 total matches, winning *58,* drawing 10, and losing only *1* during that span! As you can guess, that *1* was the 1954 World Cup final! And it's worth noting that, by today's ranking system, *not only* would this team *easily* be number 1, but they'd have more "points" and top the *all-time* list (i.e., by today's ranking system, this *is* the greatest national squad of *all-time)!* Anyway, how did they lose that final? Well, it's complicated, but simply put, they lost to a West Germany side (that they'd already absolutely crushed 8-3 in the group stage; granted, the coach played several reserves in that game to rest his stars for a play-off tiebreaker he knew would be far more likely to win) who was captained by a veteran (both in football *and* having been drafted into the war) named *Fritz Walter,* who yes, had been drafted during his early career to fight in WWII, got captured, and contracted *malaria* during his internment (which would plague him for the rest of his playing career and life)! But weirdly enough, heavy rain actually *suppressed* his malaria symptoms - and that 1954 FIFA World Cup final *happened* to be played in a *torrential downpour!* And if that wasn't enough, then there was Germany's shoe sponsors - a fledgling company who had invented a then-never-before-seen innovation; screw-in studs! It allowed the German players to change out their studs at halftime, giving them *far* better footing in the critical second-half of that final, where they eventually won! Yes, as you guessed, that fledgling company was *Adidas!* And the win resulted in a *massive* financial boom *not only* for Adidas, but for the *entire* newly democratic West German economy (which was still in shambles after the destruction of WWII), which lead to it being a global democratic powerhouse *for decades* (and to this day) and made Adidas a massive global brand *also* to this day! And yes, that ignited a generation of young West German footballers who would go on to not only regularly go deep into tournaments, but bring home a second title in 1974, inspiring a new generation who brought home Germany's third in 1990, who inspired a new generation who brought home Germany's 4th and latest title in 2014! Meanwhile, over the next several years, many of the stars of that revolutionary Magic Magyars squad "defected" (granted, it was after a major political event in 1956 that had nothing to do with football and left the players in limbo)! Kocsis, Czibor, and Puskas all immediately defected to Spain in 1956 (and Puskas would even go on to play for the Spanish national team and appeared for them at the 1962 FIFA World Cup), and over the years, many others would leave Hungary and be banned from ever playing for the national team again! The team had missed its chance! As for what this all has to do with a ball rolling to a German POW in a WWII Soviet prison camp - well, as you may have guessed, that POW was indeed Fritz Walter, who at the time was in his mid-20s and had actually begun his football career *before* he was forced to give it up due to being drafted to fight in the war! For those familiar with the war's history in the Soviet Union, most prisoners would be sent to Gulags in Siberia and would be essentially worked to death! Fritz Walter was *headed* there, and this camp was his *last stop* before being sent there! But then, with the prison guards playing a game nearby, that ball rolled to him! Still wearing stiff prison boots, he somehow *perfectly* controlled it up onto his foot and lobbed a perfect ball back to the feet of one of the guards! That guard was *not only* massively impressed with his skill, but happened to have watched Walter play during his brief career and *recognized* him! Immediately, he was asked to join the game, and later, he was *taken* off the list to be sent to Siberia *entirely* and asked to be player-coach of the prison team! To put it simply, if that ball does not roll to Walter that day, he would almost certainly have died as a POW, and West Germany would not have had its captain and leader to even *lead* them to the World Cup final in 1954, let alone *win* it, which, as we can see, had a major impact on the *entire* future landscape of football (and even potentially international politics) as we know it! To me, *that* is undoubtedly the craziest butterfly effect in football history! A sign of the craziness is that, to this day, when there's a downpour in Germany, it's still common for Germans to say, "It's Fritz Walter weather!"

[@PassivesAbseits]

Jorge Larrionda not giving Lampards 2:2 goal in the England - Germany game at the World Cup 2010 -> The V.A.R. exists. Just for context: Before that awful call, what the referee's decision always stood. "Factual Decisions" is what we called it. You might debate it forever (just as the original Wembley Goal), but the call never changed. Sepp Blatter's instant reaction after this missed goal was: This can't happen again. We need technology to help. Which led to the "chipped ball" and the goal line technology just 2 years later. Which opened the goal towards technology being used to help the referees, which led to the dreadful Video Assistant Referee. If Larrionda just gives that goal, we still might be debating the question, if we need the goal line technology once a year, when there is a close "Goal or Not" call.

[@frxnix]

Interesting // that Lampard decision was heartbreaking

[@needfoolthings]

If Matthias Sindelar... well, you go on.

[@listey]

Jock Stein is pronounced more like Steen than Stine.

[@ultraomenmurat9937]

Both are fine

[@jortheo]

Euro 2004 Greece win brought on the Leicester win.

[@ezraezra2928]

It was actually Greece's humiliating own defeat against Faroe Islands in 2014 that really enabled Leicester to win the Premier League, as Ranieri was sacked after this defeat.

[@darnelljones8694]

Love this video ❤️❤️

[@BALHAM69]

#thepeopleschannel a video on the Bangladesh premier league and the rise of Bashundhara kings would be good A team who went into the top flight after promotion and won the last four league titles now! Thanks Alfie 😊

[@EagleEyes77]

The Barcelona thing was written in Jonathan Wilson's book as well.

[@filux7329]

18:53 5 minutes of extra time seem like nothing nowadays

[@davidpyott3710]

Great stuff 👍👍

[@HappyCatfish-kj8te]

I subscribed to youtube premiium just for ya keep it up big man

[@dancarey7204]

Mental, absolutely brilliant.

[@Christians9955]

Regarding lecister city winning the PL, didn't that summer they found a king who they properly gave him a funeral bed and didn't they have monks come to the king power stadium to worship it. So many factors that could have been a butterfly effect

[@EddieMorrelli]

Fantastic video as always, as a Scot I must inform you Jock Stein is pronounced Jock Steen though an easy mistake to make due to the presence of the i. Take care.

[@ultraomenmurat9937]

For a scot, sure, but normally the pronunciation isn't wrong.

[@NIDOKING]

Funny thing that Maupay was considered to get a call-up when, on COVID times, Argentina got all strikers injured/down but Gio Simeone and some local kid named Julian Alvarez at the time, with Lautaro Martinez got tested positive on the Argentine airport. The injury/COVID list was so large that it included the likes of Icardi, which basically denied him of any chance of a comeback. They decided against it, mainly because the travel was too long on a short notice, and to roll it with what they had. Funny thing Maupay has that second nationality when you consider the opening stance.