American Reacts to A Clueless American's Guide to the Champions League

[@TyonKree]

Oh god this dudes team recommendations are the reason Americans get mercilessly mocked when they stick their head into football communities online He doesn't give them any context to the teams, which might give the Americans a clue as to why they are now flamed at by 30 different people in English and a variable number of other languages Also when Pulisic was not only mentioned but praised into the heavens I audibly laughed

[@shish7755]

I did not rate pulisic either, but as and italian i now watch him play in Serie a and he is carrying me in my fantacalcio so he's the GOAT

[@surgemusic9282]

@@shish7755 you just didn't rate him because he played for chelsea

[@surgemusic9282]

He was supposed to be our hazard replacement you mug

[@StewartUSAF]

By the way, Pulisic is playing for AC Milan now.

[@Isleofskye]

Thanks for this food reaction, EB:) To clarify. The Top teams from the PREVIOUS season go into the NEXT season's Champions League. In England(the World's most competitive league) it is The Top 4 and the teams finishing 5th and 6th enter the secondary but still prestigious EUROPA CUP. The team finishing 7th enters The European Conference League for a minor trophy. In The Champions League, they played in 8 Groups of 4 teams and THe Top 2 from each group qualify for the Knockout Stage where there are 8 2 legged games. The 8 become 4 become 2 and play in a single match Final. Man City won EVERYTHING last season including FINALLY this tournament plus 3 other trophies.

[@Isleofskye]

@twoeyedjack6836 Cheers,Jack.

[@Mumujalego]

When the premier arrives in Europe it only has one really competitive team: City.

[@Isleofskye]

@@Mumujalego Not at all. THREE different English Clubs: Liverpool, Chelsea, and City have won it in the last 5 years, and in 2 of those years: 2019 (Liverpool and Tottenham) and 2021 ( Chelsea & Man City ) England has had both finalists.

[@jamesdorward4501]

Don't sleep on the other 2 european competitions, the europa league especially. Some very hard fought games and a lot harder to predict!

[@chopsquotes9326]

Yes europa league can be interesting

[@Isleofskye]

When I was 8 years old in London, in 1962,I was rudderless, no ambition or goals, nothing to live for *** , no friends or even enemies. My Life was meaningless, Dullsville, Oklahoma and then I went to my first Football match in London which was Millwall 5 Hull City 1 and, miraculously,a whole new World opened up. I was Born again, refreshed, and have had 62 wonderful years and seen 10,000+ matches since, attending 1,770 games. All because of THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. *** I may, have, slightly exaggerated.😀

[@qtube1980]

Liverpool fans haven't been this upset since the invention of the locking wheel-nut.

[@timglennon6814]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stingray4real]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lewiswood2228]

Great vid, Chelsea have since now gone from a Russian owner to an American owner but playing bad (I am a Chelsea fan) and Man City have since won the champions league aswell now lol

[@doughaslehurst5108]

😊when this tournament started, teams playing away from home ( on the road ) would play very defensive and not really play to win, which meant very boring games. So they came up with the idea in the case of a draw after 2 games, the team scoring the most away goals would go through to the next round of the knockout. This made teams try harder away from home.

[@Isleofskye]

Spot on and it made the Away team attack more and I do not understand why they have reversed that.

[@mattsmith5421]

Knockouts are shit now they've removed away goals rule

[@danielgardecki1046]

Only just started, but I knew there would be some nonsense straight away... 3:00 You have the CONCACAF Champions Cup which is the American equivalent of the UEFA Champions League in Europe. 26:47 Yes you do. See above.

[@JamieAubrey]

Fun Fact about the CL Logo, it was create by a man called Phil Clements and The eight stars on the logo represent the eight top teams for the first-ever Champions League back in 1992. Rangers, Marseille, AC Milan, IFK Goteborg, Club Brugge, Porto, CSKA Moscow and PSV Eindhoven I wonder what happened to the creator of the badge, he's only managing Rangers one of the team included in the original design

[@matthewjamison]

How many have Rangers won?

[@JamieAubrey]

I'm not taking the bait lol @@matthewjamison

[@matthewjamison]

@@JamieAubrey 🤣

[@djjonesy1519]

Great Vid bud. Great to see how it peaked your interest into a more deep dive where you can form your own opinions on it while learning the history of the teams. I start my chemo tomorrow Al. Fingers crossed it'll buy me some time and won't be too harsh :) All the best anyways and thanks for keeping me entertained whilst waiting hours for hosp transport hehe it's truly appreciated :D... well, you and quite a few other reaction channels tbh :)

[@Isleofskye]

Good Luck and,please,make a full recovery,my friend.

[@spirosgreek1171]

Nice reaction as always! His premier league guide videos are great too. i highly suggest them, and if you want a more player focused video on an american talent, check out his video on Christian Pulisic. The title is "Look at how much Pulisic has Leveled Up in Italy"

[@obi-wankenobi917]

It’s all got to do with coefficients when a team wins in the champions league they earn points for their league and there’s a whole rankings system for the leagues so the higher up in those rankings the league is the more champions league places they get

[@BrianMac2601]

When did deadpool start doing youtube 🤔 😂. When you started talking about American football you might as well been talking klingon as i didn't have a clue really lol. I wouldn't say that he done a great job explaining it though.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

It has been rare since it was known as the Champions league era 1992-93 that a team won it back to back, only Real Madrid 3 times 2015-16 Milan 2016-17 Cardiff and 2017-18 Kyiv and a club has never won it in their own country. 1992-93 Winners Marseille were banned from defending their title to match fixing in ligue un at the time.

[@sw0xxyy]

FC Bayern Munich is the only big team not owned by rich investors. VERY important missing information imo. Because if you are sick and tired of oligarch and oil sheik owning sports, Bayern Munich is the obvious team to root for.

[@Oddballkane]

Im old enough to remember at the end of the news they'd have a very boring, sounding man read the results of those days matches.

[@Kernow80]

Any more Chester P music tracks to come EB you were very impressed the 2 you did. He has so much more to blow you away. Check out The Authorship and That Shiit" u won't regret it

[@jameshumphreys9715]

How many clubs participate from each league is decided by association ranking, Liechtenstein members of UEFA not to have a league nut winner of Liechtenstein cup, which is usually FC Vaduz. There are 54 leagues, due to the war Russia is suspended. Low leagues have qualifying rounds, some seasons had a preliminary round, while just had 1st qualifying, the losers end up in Europa Conference league or europa league on latter rounds and it always be the next round, so the losers of the first qualifying round in the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference league. The holders automatically qualify no matter their domestic performance and put in the group stage, only Liverpool had to play a qualifying round one season as they finish 5th, their rivals Everton finished 4th. The Europa league winners qualify for the Champions league but usually 4, 3, 2 or 1 depending on how up the league is in the Association Rankings.

[@JacobMacD05]

If you do a deep dive into different Leagues, you should definitely look at the Scottish Premiership. There's a lot of history there with the obvious Mighty Glasgow Rangers and Celtic but also Aberdeen with Sir Alex Ferguson and Dundee United with Jim McLean.

[@stingray4real]

Galacticos are a match between Real Madrid v Barcelona.

[@pegaz6529]

Liverpool play Chelsea tonight (31st). Hope you can catch it.

[@neilstothard]

Yeah have a look into the 115 chargers for financial fair play hanging over Manchester City's head, as most English supporters will tell you there are many questions over how they have managed to spend so much money to build the teams they have , I myself am a Liverpool supporter but would say to anyone new to the game watch a few teams and support the one that you feel you connect with the most not just one of the big teams because of who they are.

[@markjohnson9476]

This is a couple of years old but not a huge amount has changed.

[@krupauk]

Liverpool Istanbul champions league final is worth a watch

[@markjones127]

The miracle of Istanbul, definitely worth a watch, and the miracle at Anfield against Barce in the semi's.

[@MrMarkg9]

Jay De Merit was a much loved player for Watford

[@ianmclean6399]

Away goals count as 2 It was only if it was a draw, in that case the team that scored the most away from home won. Since they did better without the home advantage

[@mattsmith5421]

No they don't at all they count as a goal a means 1

[@charlesfrancis6894]

There has been talk for the last few years of a "Super League" going alone and cut themselves off the official organizers of the Champions League and the richest and best play each other though a couple of years ago the fans protested big time and the new Super League was postponed ,but there are rumblings that the big clubs have far from given up the idea. Perhaps the vast amounts of money in the Premier League is a double edged sword where the best are playing for massive wages but making even more cash is the paramount aim which is blind to common sense and good old fashion wisdom.

[@GretchenMuller-uw9sl]

the rule the goal counts more away Only came into force if there was a tie in points and a tie in goals after both games (home and away). Team A won against Team B at home macth 2:1 so they get three points Team A loses the away game against Team B Team B Won 1:0 so if u count everything up after both games both teams have 3 points and team A shot 2 goals team B shot 2 goals that's when the away goals count more rule kicked in in this case Team B would reach next round because the were able to get a goal away and Team A not

[@auto98]

You don't get points in the knockouts, which is where away goals counted extra if the aggregate was level. It is purely adding the goals of the two matches together. In groups, where points are used, the first differentiator if points were level is goal difference, there has never been an "away goals" rule in group stages.

[@rednaskela4830]

There is no real salary cap in football which makes it a little unbalanced compared to American sports. There are regulations to prevent teams from spending more than they can afford when acquiring players from another team but in terms of contracts it's basically only Spain that has some sort of salary cap. For other leagues it's pretty much the wild west, a team like Manchester City which already have the highest wages in England could offer all their players the double what they already make.

[@TheSMomin]

For context , Ronaldo and Messi combined can buy all Sports leagues in USA , If they liquidate all their assetts

[@davidcarrol110]

As of 4th February 2024, Liverpool have just lost 3-1 to Arsenal so Liverpool's title chances are seriously dented.

[@markjones127]

Not a great video but not the worst either, covers the basics but the guy obviously doesn't quite get football yet but he seems to be trying so I'll give him that. Man City are the only billionaire/state owned club to have that level of success because they cheated like hell for the first few years after they were taken over, literally they took the piss, and other similarly very rich clubs can't follow in their footsteps because they're held back by FFP (Financial Fair Play) regulations, which City simply ignored, they have 115 outstanding charges against them which is unprecedented, it's a Lance Armstrong level of cheating, they're due to face the charges in summer 2025, but their financial power might mean they get away with it, because of this they get very little actual respect from other English clubs, they have a great manager and players which I kind of feel sorry for, but at the same time don't. Pulisic is in Italy now, Chelsea have turned into a bit of a laughing stock, they were bought by Todd Boehly who's tried to buy them success overnight by spending a billion pounds on players in just one year... and they're currently sitting 10th in the league, it's pretty tragic, hilarious but tragic! You've done well choosing Liverpool, they've been ran on a shoestring budget for years which makes the team they have even more impressive, they're not rich but play the most exciting football to watch, it's a shame Klopp has announced he's leaving as it will be a huge loss for the premier league, but I think if they can replace him with Xabi Alonso things could work out ok, their style of football is incredible to watch.

[@pauldocmusic2411]

Cool reaction, what's your view on the NFL being fixed? Apparently given a yearly 'script' showing who will win, when players will be injured etc. The superbowl logo even shows the colours of the participating teams in advance. NBA is the same. Both are listed as entertainment, not sport.

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Yeah, I'm not surprised if it were to happen but don't think that's the case at all. There has been too many improbable runs happen in the NFL and NBA at times (Patriots winning superbowl year of 9/11) but there's been too many times where the teams in the playoffs, or super bowl are no surprise.

[@drbenwaynewyersy9976]

also on the matter of copyright... UEFA owns the Champions League and all rights related to it.. it licenses out the TV rights to Sky Sports (basically FOX Sports' European affiliate, but Murdoch had to call it Sky because the British didn't want the Premier League on a US network).. as well as DAZN and Amazon Prime for streaming.. the copyright claim N*zi is, of course, Sky Sports.. which is to say FOX Sports.. who pressure UEFA to claim footage because by US law FOX/Sky can't do it.. besides... the Champions League doesn't need marketing from/on YT.. it markets itself.. it's the Champions League..

[@Subject9000]

Watching this video makes me miss Jürgen Klopp, the best manager the reds ever had ❤

[@drbenwaynewyersy9976]

don't you worry, Good Ser.. enjoy your Gridiron.. Champions League is still in winter-break and will continue with the Round of 16 in a month or so.. and you don't have to explain Fantasy Sportsball to us Europeans.. we are very much aware what it is, because we have it for football, too.. in fact, we have it for every country and at least 2 league levels (divisions) deep, plus Champions League.. in all variations of Fantasy play.. and we're just as itchy as you, Ser.. for today is Transfer (Trade) Deadline Day ;)..

[@timglennon6814]

Yeah, and after 9 years the Liverpool manager Jűrgen Klopp is calling it a day after this Football season (2023/24). He says that he has run out of energy. 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Honestly, I don't have the foggiest what fantasy football may be in the US. Unless it's Arizona Cardinals winning the Super Bowl 24-0. 😂

[@Labben91]

Right now might be the time to acctually become a Man Utd fan, because of the new leadership in charge.

[@eldoofthe3rd]

I like the way this commentator thinks it's almost like football (soccer) has changed him into a better person

[@Isleofskye]

When I was 8 years old in London, in 1962,I was rudderless, no ambition or goals, nothing to live for ***** , no friends or even enemies. My Life was meaningless, Dullsville, Oklahoma and then I went to my first Football match in London which was Millwall 5 Hull City 1 and, miraculously,a whole new World opened up. I was Born again, refreshed, and have had 62 wonderful years and seen 10,000+ matches since, attending 1,770 games. All because of THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. ***** I may, have, slightly exaggerated.😀

[@missxsoph1]

Theres as many dross games in the Premier League as there is in any other league.Champions league is a misnomer.4 teams from top 5 leagues qualify and some nations have to play 4 qualifiers to even get unti group stages

[@chrisellis3797]

30mins, best get a cup of tea on the go before i start this

[@dav147]

Alan, Man City signed the Haaland kid and won the Champions League BUT they have 111 charges against them for corruption and will likely face a huge points deduction or even Relegation. Liverpool and Man United will always be the Traditional ELITE and greatest rivalry of the British Clubs.

[@dav147]

Get well soon, if you gonna do Watchalongs Alan, a heads up Liverpool v Man United the biggest & best, Man City v United, nxt best rivalry, the best London rivalry is Arsenal v Spurs, ( the biggest two anyways) Chelsea are still strong but going thru a really bad spell with new owners.

[@ChocolateMilk..]

The highlighted state was Ohio, not Pennsylvania. I'm European, but I don't expect any Americans to be able to notice that mistake anyway.

[@thepossibleastronaut8548]

This video is quite outdated. Pulisic is now at AC Milan, Manchester City is the most recent winner of the champions league, Todd Boehly is the owner of Chelsea FC, Messi is now at Inter Miami, Haaland and Mbappe have overtaken Lewandowski at the best strikers in Europe, Ronaldo is at Al-Nassr etc. This video was created during the 2021/22 season, I'd reccomend watching a more up to date video. Also, noticed that this guy put Erika (the German marching song most associated with the N*zis) during the bayern section. 💀

[@FranciscoGarcia-ze5hg]

Champions League got a geat Fantasy Football game in their website.

[@andreiferariu]

I'd quit watching football if I was a Colts fan as well lmao.

[@stingray4real]

Bayern Munich got Harry Kane.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Man City won it last year. The problem with PSG is Neymar and his ego, while it not uncommon for football to roll around, he is one of the biggest culprits, PSG have reached a final lost to Bayern Munich.

[@Mumujalego]

The reality is that the Premier teams when they play in Europe are humiliated by Spaniards or Italians. The premier is the big lie of football.

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

If he’s going to call Mbappe mpapi I’m calling pulisic pull my stick….speak English!

[@timglennon6814]

It’s the Top 4 teams from every top fight football League in Europe who play in the Champions League Tournament.

[@Th3D3ltaforc3]

This number varies throughout the various European leagues, only 3 leagues have 4 positions available for Champions League spots. The other countries vary from 1 to 3 spots in the champions league depending on their co-efficient

[@DaveJavoux]

Manchester City Champions League Winners! European Super Cup Champions! World Club Champions! And of course Premier League Champions of England!! Drink it up!!!!!!!!! All in 2023!!! Oh and did I mention the English FA Cup Winners 2023!!! 😂😂

[@StephenDickson-ly2cq]

Hey Champions League is nothing like NFL playoffs , it's superior in all ways ! Now some countries get more than one team can qualify each country has coevicient through their clubs and national teams are doing

[@dunnel58]

TEB. That does not explain the Champions League.

[@RudyCantGame]

Spoiler Elert: City got Haaland and won the competition.

[@timglennon6814]

EB. You watch Liverpool games. Shame on you EB, shame on you. 🤣🤣🤣

[@JUNTERS]

saying atletico madrid is a team u have never heard of is kinda disrespectful

[@darrengeoghegan1895]

Aww remember pulisic. What ever happened to him

[@steddie4514]

🤪

[@andrewroberts299]

Many years ago, the Champions league was just that: the team that finished first, whether it was in the UK Premier League, Spain’s La Liga or Italy’s Seria A, was the champion, and was the only team from that countries league that could represent that country in the Champions League. Then, UEFA changed it (probably due to pressure by lesser but still important teams who were not getting the monetary riches the champions got!) UEFA’s new ruling was to allow the first 4 teams who finished the highest in their respective leagues to enter. So, Man City in the English Premier league could finish in first place as champions, but the team that finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th (say Chelsea, Man United and Liverpool) would also get into the Champions league, which makes a mockery of the tournaments title, because there can only be one champion, so really, only one champion from each country’s top league should represent each country!

[@Isleofskye]

Great Stuff but we are The ENGLISH Premier League,as you know,not The UK:)

[@andrewroberts299]

@@Isleofskye I said it as the UK to include Scotland as they have their own Premier League with both Glasgow Rangers and Glasgow Celtic, both of which have been in the Champions League as to the fact they usually alternate as champions! Can’t not include the Scots as they might get upset being left out! Lol.

[@Isleofskye]

@@andrewroberts299 Thanks Andrew.I forgot they still play Football:)(Despite my name,I have NO connection with Scotland) lol Long gone is the era of great Scottish players from The 1970s in particular. The list was endless. Maybe the current generations of young Scottish Boys no longer play in the streets until dark but are on their play stations:)

[@amevirgule]

Pulisic isnt Even a top 100 player 😂

[@CobraChicken101]

"A little bias" 😂, yes indeed. Pulisic was really just average on that level. You probably know Man City has won the Champions league last year? . Became a supporter when King Kev moved to City. The best player my local team Genk , and by extension Belgium , ever produced. The best midfielder to ever play in the PL , period. No need to comment, it is not up for debate 😂. 🤘❤️🇧🇪🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@hoobsgroove]

Will this show,😅 Please do not swear using your C.A&Bs or say bugger on the live show. Did you watch that live show yet Early doors, funny wasn't it, a good performance great bit of theatre.

[@SonOfBaraki359]

etre con au point de ne pas comprendre la champion's league.....

[@Isleofskye]

You must speak English in France as it is the WORLD language,mon ami:)

[@SonOfBaraki359]

@@Isleofskye Non !

[@Isleofskye]

@@SonOfBaraki359 Allez Monsieur et rejoignez la fête. Presque tout le monde parle désormais anglais ou espagnol. Je n'ai pas besoin d'apprendre le français car je parle la langue du monde.

[@SonOfBaraki359]

@@Isleofskye non !

[@SquareTableDegenerates]

It's called "World Champions" because the best in the world play it. We have cool tournaments here as well. You lose your American card for six months. NFL > SOCCER BOTTOM LINE! That being said we are gonna do a Premier League show coming up, just to explain, but you can completely eff off with soccer is better than football, no way bro😂😂😂 Wake me up when Premier League has a tailgate.

[@stoneoutdooradventures2286]

Yh man Liverpool's the best

[@scottneil1187]

Leaving a comment and a like cause you're cool but ain't watching the vid, detest football with every fibre of my being!.

[@He4ven17]

I'm a Madrid fan and Madrid is the best club of all time no team is even close to us , we got 14 champions league, this year will be 15 🤍

[@alanfox691]

Alan Shields Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. video you were watching explaining The joke that The Champions League has become was like watching a car crash from a long distance away. For a start, it's extremely dated that video so much has changed from then & will be changing next season in the Champions League honestly that video is so out dated the vast majority of it is irrelevant to the current situation as regards The Champions League. The Champions League for a start is a joke it has not been a Champions League since I was a teenager I am 42 now. Next season The Champions League is changing to two groups of 16 clubs using the Swiss model that is you will play 8 games but not the same club home & and away as in on the road as Americans would say. For example lets take Liverpool next season they might play @ home Red Bull Lipzig P.S.G. Athletico Madrid Milan But away they might play F.C Porto Bayern Munich Benfica Rosenberg Whare as now you play the same clubs how & away this is a radical change. This will make it close to impossible for clubs from smaller countries to make it to the Champions League group stage country's like Scotland , Austria, Belgium & Netherlands are going to find it next to impossible to actually get in to the Champions League from next season. It's becoming more & more about how has the money & how can they make more of it. Manchester City won the treble last season so all that about Manchester City is irrelevant now. Me I have been a massive fan of The N.F.L in particular since 1995 I am 42 now. Steelers are my team alway have been always will be I bleed Pittsburgh that's how much I love The Steelers & The of Pittsburgh come on The Burgh. Unlike what we call Football in Europe The N.F.L it's actually possible to go from worst to best if you go about it properly. Our football socks now but it was not always that way. You should watch a Video on Archibald Leitch if you can find one. Keep Safe U.S.A. , U.S.A. hands across The Atlantic in friendship.

[@mattsmith5421]

No its not, you don't know what you're talking about.