American Reacts to Football Fans and Atmosphere USA vs Europe

American Reacts to Football Fans and Atmosphere USA vs Europe
In this video I react to football fans and atmosphere differences at matches comparing the USA vs Europe.
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[@jackhillman1955]

In Europe we have people to calm the crowds down, In America you have people to get the crowd excited.

[@jessicapayne8622]

I’m shocked as the Americans are usually really loud and dramatic x

[@paulmclaine6413]

They use food to excite the crowd because Americans sports induce sleep.

[@baumstamp5989]

@@jessicapayne8622 yeah, on the parking lot of walmart 😂

[@natasa04tsats15]

Facts

[@leugjournaal7921]

@@jessicapayne8622 Yeah, the women

[@FFM0594]

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.” ― Bill Shankly

[@Alan_Clark]

Since Hillsborough nobody ever says that.

[@FFM0594]

@@Alan_Clark Well, I did and 96 people liked it.

[@Alan_Clark]

@@FFM0594 96? Spooky!

[@FFM0594]

@@Alan_Clark Yup!

[@aronsium4714]

@@FFM0594 Your Bill Shankly quote is great but 96 liked it? Yup? What the fook..

[@AndreasWeberling]

In Hamburg there is a football club (St. Pauli) that has a Deathskull as Logo and when the players come in the Stadium plays Hells Bells from ACDC. Goosebumps everytime.

[@ComicKodi]

As an American living in Europe (Austria) and going to support my favorite team (Bayern München) the atmosphere in the stadium is unmatched. You breath together. You cheer together. You cuss the refs together. It’s literally a giant family for those 90+ minutes.

[@JokerFromHell]

To explain it simple and short: American football fans accepted and adapted the commercial part of the sport as where in Europe it's a passion, dedication and honnor to be a football fan. We live for football, we die for football.

[@VantommHD]

My Father took me with 3 Years, the first time in the Stadium, I had to wear headphones because i didn't like the noise. My Grandfather took my father to the same club when he was a child. and so on. its so much more than just playing football at this point.

[@aronsium4714]

@@VantommHD I can relate to it. I was 15 the first time in a German football Stadium and almost shat my pants. Best feeling ever

[@hipdozgabba3228]

I’ve read somewhere: in the us you take your loved ones and go to the game, in europe you say goodbye to your loved ones and go to the game

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

The fight and win bloke was so pleased with himself, bless him.

[@samuelpinder1215]

I saw one american guy say "looks like he came from the country club which is never a good sign" now I just imagine a country club meeting where they all come up with it

[@britblue]

Im no structural engineer, but i'd hazard aguess that the "bouncy" stadium may have been designed to do that - to gradually absorb shock loadings of fans jumping up and down - given that it is a well known thing for footy fansto do . There again i may be completely wrong!!

[@markwolstenholme3354]

Right, learned from past tragedies.

[@owlhouse53]

Yes, they’re designed to flex, thus safely distributing the force of the fans. Rigidity would snap.

[@macwisch9936]

The Clip he refered too was if im not wrong Nürnberg vs. Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. The Stadium was literally designed to absorb the bumping so no worries. But i have to admit Frankfurt Fans are Top Notch in the Bundesliga

[@gjaxx]

If you look where the crossbeam is supported, there's a clear and substantial gap allowing the structure to flex

[@OriginalPuro]

We have German engineers, in Europe, so we're good.

[@karendooks6244]

I remember going to see the Dallas Cowboys v Chicago Bears in Wembley stadium, London. There were a lot of American military there to watch a little bit of home. The lone singer came out to sing the American anthem, then God Save the Queen started to be played. The whole stadium sang the British anthem, and I will never forget the looks on those Americans faces. Just awestruck that the whole stadium sang, and not just one lonely singer.

[@ftroop2000]

One of my favourite clips of England fans singing the National anthem. Before football in England became "trendy". kzbin.info/www/bejne/d36qm2mkq5dlfqc

[@skyshatter3633]

i have no idea but can you explain why 2 American teams played in London? i mean i`m not familiar much with US football so i`d guess it was like our version of Champions League final maybe?

[@karendooks6244]

@@skyshatter3633 No it was a promotion match cos at the time there was a push to introduce American football to Great Britain

[@baronmeduse]

@@karendooks6244 So around 1984-1986?

[@karendooks6244]

@@baronmeduse No, 1988 or 89

[@tmdosu]

AYYY, Romanian here! The last chant was a portion of the Romanian anthem, happy that it was in the video.

[@Pappa_66]

Yes! The good old Eintracht Frankfurt with the "bouncy" stadium! I saw them yesterday here in Helsinki Olympia stadium against Real Madrid in UEFA Super Cup Final. I used to watch their games in Frankfurt, Germany, where they had/have an old "forest stadium" / Waldstadion. The "official" capacity was about 50 000 people? but I remember been among about 70 000 fans on and "around" the stadium, cause it was like "in the middle" of the forest. Like a "natural" structure + the stadium (in the 90s). Great fans and great happening yesterday when we all "marched" to the stadium from the city. Quite "young" club, it was founded in 1899🍺🍺🍺😄🤩

[@nolliee]

Please ''use'' ''more'' quotation ''marks''

[@sweeky1]

@@nolliee "cry"

[@drigerdranzer7514]

8:00 It sounds like the whole stadium is singing. Of course. It's the French national team playing in Marseille singing La Marseille, their national anthem.

[@dand7763]

11:51 this was in Bucharest, 2013, the match Romania - Netherlands i was there , right up where was many flags , i remember that i cannot seen the pitch because those flags in front of me (all rival fans from the romanian first league gathered there in that sector of the stadium (area with many flags) united for the national team , all rivalries stopped right there for this match) p.s unfortunately for us , we lost the game 1-4 :D

[@SandraSine40]

I live in a small European country, Croatia, and I can not describe the pure estate that went around on the night of 11.7.18. During the FIFA World Cup, when Croatia beat England, every single soul there felt nothing but pure joy, strangers were singing together, cars were honking and waving flags. It is definitely something you need to experience once in your lifetime. It feels like a day in heaven.

[@Mrlemar1]

I think you meant "pure ecstasy". But I wholehearteadly agree with you. I'm not even a big soccer fan. Just a fan of the huge crowd and the happiness that envelopes us all.

[@conchayftw]

Was in denmark on holiday (norwegian) when Norway beat brazil in the 98 worlcup aswell. utter chaos everywhere.

[@mbloody991]

As a german i can relate to the awesome feeling of beating england... several times :D

[@StefanC123]

July 8th 2014, semi-final World Cup, Germany vs Brazil, the day I felt pity for the opponents and hoped for mercy of my own team after 30min into the game. I had the strangest feelings, crying of pure joy and sadness, I cannot describe it to this day, it was just crazy. And there was no mercy, it ended BRA7-1L.

[@johnnyrfc5555]

You mentioned something about passion. And you’re absolutely right, football is a religion for most people in Europe and we live and die by it. 🇵🇱🔥🇵🇱

[@martinmacdonald9238]

WATP

[@felipegouvea2013]

not just in Europe, in South America we live football as well

[@yannicklucas1836]

Live for it, i can understand. Die for it, never.

[@Someone-wh8hi]

To the demise of everyone else unfortunately. Just religion I guess.

[@HugoLaStrange]

@@felipegouvea2013 People are so used to comparing US and Europe that they forget how crazy football can get over there. :D

[@Blackbeard007]

it also is heavily linked to tribalism. Like walking into battle with the drums and the chants. Europe has a long history with many rivalries related to historical battles and wars.

[@jessicapayne8622]

Like England v Germany/France/Italy?? X

[@willrichardson1809]

it stems from the club growing as a local club, tribalism is a good discription.

[@matisse9814]

Bro nein 🤣

[@mats7492]

True.. some of these rivalries go back centuries

[@matisse9814]

@@mats7492 No they do Not. These Rivalries are bound to geographical closines to Esch Other and that poth Clubs with tradition. But they do Not Date centeries back. Most Clubs were formed in the 20th Centery like Borussia Dortmund 1909, Borussia Mönchengladbach 1900, 1 FC Köln 1948, Alemannia Aachen 1900, Schalke 04 1904, the List goes on. The Clubs Played against each other many times and so the rivalry begun and are Not related to wars or history which goes centeries back. I didnt Heat any battle were Dortmund fought against Gelsenkirchen.

[@YekouriGaming]

"It sounds like the entire stadium is singing" Well it is the singing of the national anthem during a French international game on their home stadium, so about 90% of the stadium is screaming the French national anthem from the top of their lungs. It is the most sing along times of any on a stadium and it is why Football players get chills when playing for their national team. Even the families on stadium will sing the national anthem, with kids singing it loudly as well.

[@magdalenabozyk1798]

I'm fairly sure that the Romanian one at the end of the video is the same thing (national Anthem)- the entire stadium is singing.

[@YekouriGaming]

@@magdalenabozyk1798 yes

[@Goady1000]

Not England fans lol

[@yannicklucas1836]

@@magdalenabozyk1798 Romania at the end of the video, France at Stade Velodrome (Marseille) around 8:00

[@kasperwittrup1288]

Yeah.. a bit of American ignorance showed through there... :-p ;)

[@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724]

Football chants are more sacred than religion in the UK. Just how it is.

[@OriginalPuro]

Religion is for silly people. Football is where it's at.

[@andreas2291]

UK fans are nowhere near the best in Europe though, and a lot of their chants are wierd and cringe

[@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724]

@@andreas2291 Like you'd know. Go back to bed...

[@andreas2291]

@@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724 How do you know if I'd know? My team's fans were louder than Dortmund at one point and we were away. Also our chants don't involve pop songs (liverpool), and we don't chant shit about our players (man u). We were also singing for 2 hours after a match against spurs once even though we lost

[@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724]

@@andreas2291 I don't care...

[@Jonas_Z]

In the early 2000s we had exchange students from our partner school in Modesto with us. We took a few of them to the Westfalenstadion for a "Revierderby" BVB against Schalke on the "Südtribüne". They couldn't believe it. None of them had ever experienced such an atmosphere. Since then I still get messages every now and then when Dortmund is playing. Experienced once, shaped forever.

[@christinepreston8642]

Never has 'I believe that we can win' sounded so unconvincing!! 😂

[@tomski120]

Note for your diary 25th November it isn't just black Friday but the England v USA World cup game to. Will be interesting to hear both sets of fans lol

[@Juddymaker]

Standing inside of a block with the "hardcore or ultra groups" the club has in europe and singing and chanting along is one of the best feelings ever.

[@tntfreddan3138]

5:34 1: it's designed to sway, cuz a rigid structure is more fragile. 2: As a Swede, I can approve of the melody of the chant ;)

[@TTDahl]

We think, We dream, We bleed, We sweat, We cry, We are football in Europe. It's not a passion. It's a lifestyle.

[@die_unfaehige3374]

I'm not a football fan myself but I really gotta be proud of my countrys football fans, germany really was singing with their whole soul, just happy their're so enthusiastic

[@Rainb0y2k]

fühl ich, find diese atmosphere mega nice, bin halt einfach kein fußball fan...gäbe es so richtige ultras für volleyball wäre ich sofort dabei xD

[@carlh429]

You’ll really get to see the contrast when the USA plays against England and Wales at the World Cup Finals.

[@MrSinclairn]

Yes,great minds think alike!✌

[@samuelpinder1215]

And iran they are very passionate as well

[@MrSinclairn]

@@samuelpinder1215 Yep,I remember Iran v USA at France 1998 when Iran won 2-1!; best match,I have ever watched at the FIFA World Cup[which I have been doing,on and off,since 1982!] and only because the football played that night,took a backseat to the 'overall political needle'! 🤣

[@carlh429]

@@samuelpinder1215 that’s going to be a bit of a feisty encounter me thinks!

[@weirds0up]

It just seems that the American fans have seen UK/European football chants on KZbin and are copying what they've seen without any real understanding of what they're doing

[@TheEclecticBeard]

The only thing, passion wise that comes close in the US is the fandoms for college football. Bama games you'll have over half the stadium roaring Roll Tide Roll or singing Rammer Jammer but they still don't get as crazy or unified for spontaneous stuff with clever chants nor is there that type of passion for the pro sports that you see in the college athletics. When college basketball season starts watch a UNC game, or a Duke game or during college football season watch a Bama game, or Texas A&M or Ohio State game. That's the closest we come over here to exhibiting the type of passion that's had for football over there.

[@CaptainBaptainMusic]

I think the difference is football is so ingrained in our culture, and we tend to only follow 1 team, and for most of us we only watch football. I know in the US a lot of people follow quite a few team right across a full spectrum of sports. Harder to get as invested that way perhaps?

[@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724]

As a nipper I would have died for my club! It's wired in from birth from so many people in the UK that it's hard not to get verbal 🤓

[@YekouriGaming]

Outside of the UK and the Balkans people tend to follow many more sports if they are interested in Football in the first place, and people tend to follow multiple teams but only 1 per league. Like a German would probably also watch Handball, F1 and follow Barcelona/Real Madrid/English top 4 as much as their German team. Similarly Handball is almost as big as Football in France, and also cycling and F1 is huge.

[@willrichardson1809]

the difference is community, the club is part of the community.

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@YekouriGaming uk people follow rugby f1 and cricket as well

[@Hrochnick]

@@samuelpinder1215 Not really. In my experience, football people aren't heavily into rugby and vice versa. They may occasionally watch the other, if it's the national team. But at club level, the passion is reserved for one team in one sport. And F1 is just a interesting distraction for most people....

[@monkeytrumpet11]

This is the most beautiful demonstration of tribalism you could ever witness. Can you imagine how life in the middle ages must have felt when this kind of passion and competition was played out on a battlefield? How terrifying would it have been hearing a crowd that big, chanting in unison, marching towards your town. This kind of mentality shaped Europe. We are now and have always been a warrior class.

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

shut up dude 😂

[@tofuteh2348]

Calm down no need to compare it to a historical battle. People back then were too busy trying not to die and had no time for silly chanting during battle. The beautiful game is the best sport in the world but you dont have to LARP as a warrior to feel manly about it.

[@monkeytrumpet11]

@@tofuteh2348 there are multiple sources throughout history that state music and chanting was used all over the world while going into battle. This was used as a means of keeping up morale as well as a form of intimidation. Also I assure you, I'm already calm. I can cite sources if you'd like or do you think everyone just makes assumptions about life in the past and that your own personal view trumps mountains of historical evidence?

[@tofuteh2348]

@@monkeytrumpet11 majority of that was BEFORE the fighting, and most sounds DURING the actual battle was from instruments for utility such as organizing units and giving commands, not chanting. I don't need sources for basic historical facts that have nothing to do with football If you MUST compare a football crowd to anything ancient, at least use gladiator fights or chariot races in the circus maximus as examples because those had actual supporters with chants, team colors, rivalries and mobs that would riot. Comparing supporting a football club to ancient battles is just silly and has nothing to do with you thinking you have 'warrior genes' just sounds like something a 12 year old would say. No, you go to a match, you watch a game and then you go home and scratch your balls.

[@monkeytrumpet11]

@@tofuteh2348 OK, so war chants and battle cries didn't exist. Despite all the first hand historical accounts that claim different. As for comparing it to "anything ancient", have you heard of hyperbolic rhetoric. Why are you so irked at a KZbin comment that does, in fact have some historical merit? Were you there? Are you claiming written, historical texts are wrong and you're right because reasons. Ironically it was you that told me to calm down. What's wrong pumpkin? It's everything alright at home?

[@Darnzaman]

The proximity of football teams/stadiums in the UK ignites the passion for the game. Knowing that your rivals are only 10 miles down the road as opposed to 1000 miles in the states.

[@willrichardson1809]

the key is the football club grew out of the community, the opposite of American sports clubs.

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@willrichardson1809 that's why older stadiums are usually in the middle of residential areas as they were designed so it was accessible for most people as only the rich had cars back then

[@Bornevalesh]

only in the lower leagues. EPL is only plastic and shitty atmosphere - too few real supporters in the stadium (tickets are way too expensive)

[@Harry_scazza09]

@@Bornevalesh not always

[@jacksons8446]

what is miles?

[@martinsear5470]

Yup the French love to belt out that Anthem of theirs, heard it soooo many times as an English rugby fan. It's the sound of approaching doom mate it really is.

[@svessien]

Nothing more beautiful than when English fans belted out the Marseillese on Wembley after Bataclan. THAT was true fan greatness.

[@Rainb0y2k]

fun fact: one of the most important steps in designing a football stadium nowadays is the structural integrity when many people jump in sync and do that crazy stuff

[@williebauld1007]

That Fight and Win guy/chant is famous for being epically CRINGE 😬

[@jlabas5137]

Agreed . A boot in the bollocks would do him no harm 🤣🤣

[@tonycrayford3893]

If bet that guy was an employee or the team.

[@songsmith31a]

The historical background of European factionalism across geographically closely connected nations is very relevant. Picture those old medieval prints of varied warring conflicting forces with all their banners flaunted in the faces of their enemies - and transfer it to their sporting opponents in a football stadium today. Football has been slow to travel from Europe via South America to North America, but the advent of global media plus the promotion of the fast very skilled game that is played at the highest level will see its arrival in the USA surely grow in popularity there.

[@MrRalphellison]

Probably part of the reason there is more passionate fans in Europe is because teams don't get sold and have to move to a different place, like the Brooklyn Dodgers becoming the LA Dodgers , meaning that fandom for a team goes back many generations of families and that fans know that the team will likely be around for some time in the city they come from.

[@martinford4553]

It definitely has happened here but I can only think of Wimbledon and even then a new club replaced it. So you got two clubs that claim Wimbledons heritage, MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon.

[@drigerdranzer7514]

5:40 That stadium is made to bounce to not break.

[@Mooorino]

Been a Dortmund fan for over 12 years. The parade at 3:25 gave me goosebumps! Just been outside the Signal Iduna Park once, never inside! One day, i'll be standing in the yellow wall😍! For now, i will keep cheering from Sweden!

[@aal7345]

„dortmund fan“ lol

[@sandervanbouwelen1187]

That parade wasn’t in Dortmund. Yes it were Dortmund fans but they were marching to the stadium of Bruges if I’m not mistaken. I think it was an away game for champions league or eufa league. I’m no fan of either of those clubs but I’m Belgian and that is for sure a Belgian police car . 😊

[@lextex3280]

Football is ingrained into most of us here in the UK 🇬🇧. I personally don't watch it anymore. But I remember the atmosphere at games and the passion people have for their team. Plus we love a good chant. 😁.

[@taylorpower3862]

Yeah I’m the same I don’t go out my way to watch it but if I’m offered tickets to a game or asked to go I’ll go because it’s always an amazing atmosphere getting absolutely bladder shouting out chants

[@nevillelongbottom7687]

ca 8:10 it is the french national anthem. It's befor the actual game, quite the same when the US has it's anthem played before a game^^ Only difference is that outside the US the athems are only played before international matches^^

[@RossoBianco1895]

I think it really depends on club and region. Some clubs in Europe have really fanatic supporters, some not so much. I've been to a Partizan vs Red Star derby in Belgrade once, and I don't think it gets any wilder than that. But I also saw a Sounders vs Timbers game a few years back while on a visit to the US and I was surprised how far football has come in the US. It was quite a good atmosphere and it even had away fans, which is unusual in the US due to the distances, as I understand it.

[@mats7492]

Portland Timbers has an actual european style attitude with their fans

[@martinf.2879]

I'm glad you like it, look at the choreography of some of the clubs. some give you goosebumps. Greetings from Austria/Vienna

[@atomant451]

I think the biggest difference is, in the US you have one off Fans who are watching a live game for the first time and aren't really involved. In the UK, they have Fans that attend every match their team is playing in and will go out of their way to attend a match and they get to know each other. I know the US has fervid Fans but their numbers pale in comparison. In the US because of it's size you have to travel a massive distance to watch your team play, not so in the UK.

[@scottw.3258]

In Europe, and UK in particular, football is part of our culture, and heritage. Clubs have a history, some going back to the 1860's, or 1870's. In many cases, the team you support is passed down through the family generations. It's part of who you are. As an example, my Dad is a Rangers fan, his Dad was a Rangers fan, and his Dad was a Rangers fan. My Sister is a Rangers fan, and my Nephew is a Rangers fan. I support Aberdeen, my Mum supported Aberdeen, her Dad, supported Aberdeen. As a result that means that at least one member of my family has supported Rangers since their founding in 1872, and the same goes for Aberdeen since 1903. The US isn't a footballing culture, and so they haven't had those generations sculpting the image of their clubs, they don't have the history, or the passion. I've seen a number of these comparison videos, and the US fans have no identity, they borrow from South America, Europe, UK, but it just comes across as fake. That Seattle 'chant' "Fight...and win"... Seriously, what's that?? You get the impression they're trying to recreate the image of the 'firms' around the UK, or Europe in the 80's and 90's. As though they've watched videos, and thought 'this is how fans act'. There's some teams in the US were only formed last year, they talk about an 'old' club, and it was formed in 2010.

[@andreas2291]

The UK in particular? English fans aren't nearly as good as they think. Your chants are all shit and cringe

[@derspielographdsg7435]

The German Football Culture is way bigger.

[@scottw.3258]

@@derspielographdsg7435 No it's not. Don't be silly.

[@enlightendbel]

That Stadium (and some other newer ones) are designed to plex like that. They built shock absorption into the structure because it allows for far better long term integrity by siphoning that energy to easily maintainable parts than to build the stadium to just take the shocks and get fatigued all over over time..

[@anafreitas1646]

When its country National Anthem all from that country sing, most beautiful thing to watch. Also many Europeans know other countries National Anthems as well as their own & football surely helped with that, lol.

[@dbasher9974]

The one you were talking about at 8:42 was a set of Greek away fans in Manchester, England (?)

[@albertomagnani3984]

Thank you for your words brother. Respect from 🇪🇺

[@raistormrs]

you should react to some of the national anthems in football stadiums like when the scots sing their "Flower Of Scotland" cause even when they are just a guest corner, they deliver...

[@taylorpower3862]

My favourite out of all the European national anthems has to be the welsh tbh and I’m English so there’s not much bias there

[@hazai2586]

I remember many years followning one of our games on national level in the evening from home, Every time our German national team got a goal you heard people cheering from all over outside and in fact even won, I remember people rushing down the streets with cars blasting their horns not even one minute after, Thinking back i am quite impressed considering i was just living at the outkirts of a small seized city

[@g_e_o_x_]

the part with the roof that's moving at 6:00 it sounds like they are singing the theme song in pippi långstrump (a swedish childrens movie) XD

[@Ronsta229]

The Sounders weren't the first football team in Seattle, it was FC Seattle Storm. My home team played them in a friendly in 1988. You might want to check out some of the Ultras videos too, both football and basketball. Some of the American basketball players that came over to Europe to play were shocked at the level of support for their teams. You'll enjoy them.

[@tntfreddan3138]

10:20 Malmö, the only team where you don't even need to know what they're chanting but just listen to the dialect and you'll know instantly where they're from XD

[@mattjames5800]

I think the difference is that for the most part in the US sports are mainly considered a form of entertainment whereas football over in places like Europe and South America is a way of life. Almost like a religion.

[@kevinbruntje5866]

Search for the „yellow wall“ from Borussia Dortmund. Over 20.000 die hard bvb fans chanting, it’s crazy. and that’s just one Grandstand of the 82.000 people stadium

[@miztazed]

5:33 If it woun't shake it will break. German construction workers class grade 1. The concrete is designed to do that for safety reasons.

[@Kahsimiah]

5,42 don't worry about structural integrity, most of our big stadiums are built to bounce with the crowd. The architects even let specialists analyse the most common frequencies to adjust the structure and the concrete accordingly. And no, I'm not kidding. :-)

[@andreschank6310]

If you think that was impressive, you might want to search for "eintracht frankfurt choreo" and check a few of those and regarding the jumping in the stadium. Yeah, that something we Frankfurt fans tend to do a lot. Check out "Eintracht Frankfurt Pippi Langstrumpf Hey Eintracht Frankfurt", it's a 55sec video from like 15 years ago. We got the whole stadium to jump with us!

[@mikaelkayser1502]

Like others have written, stadiums are designed to wobble (just like a house during an earthquake). I know of teams in Europe that, after they build a new stand, they invited the fans of the club, for a jumping test of the new building..

[@timmystwin]

A big thing is you guys have to drive everywhere. We go to the pub first, get pissed with other fans, and there's the atmosphere created already.

[@OrganMusicYT]

Watching the place bounce like that... I would be freaking out. Look up the Ibrox Cameraman... I don't know how he could sit there, crazy!

[@mysund]

At 6:00 its the theme song from Pippi Longstocking. :O

[@monkey_8227]

In Bremen, before every match we sing the championship song of the 2003/4 season and sounds so wholesome when 40k people start to sing.

[@bricksoldiers2006]

Oh ja Stehe seit 1995 in der Ost 🤞

[@markhutton6824]

The Viking Clap from the Iceland fans is amazing - Ho ... then speeds up

[@RR-ut3xl]

europe and uk football fans chanting warms my soul, we live and breathe our clubs! (lokup Cardiff City singing Men Of Harlech in our Old Stadium Ninnian Park, nasty little ground for clubs to come to and our fans were nuts haha)

[@AeonSaint]

At 07:40 minutes: That was the whole stadium singing, it was the french national hymn. And I think the last one was a national hymn too.

[@wildheart1973]

Every weekend in Europe you'll find this during football season. It's what we do ⚽

[@kurtz3404]

I think the stadium in Frankfurt at 5:32 is built in a way that allows to absorb the weight of the jumping crowd

[@vomgrady]

I find it really difficult to concentrate on the game when I go to a football match in England. I'm too fascinated and confused by the atmosphere. It's great.

[@weepingwillow_]

i remember in religion class how football in europe can actually be seen as a religion. the connections one can make by just loving the sport is insane, it can often get to a cultural level between life and death (for those who take it that seriously)

[@phaexus]

[ 10:04 ] - It is a blast, especially when your team scores. Then it's people jumping, screaming, hugging and beer raining down on you from people throwing their cups in the air. It's a lot of fun.

[@Ian_Ward_Army]

the chants in uk are spontaneous started by one person if its good everyone joins in we don't practice before hand we just get stuck in!!!!!

[@Theo-vi8gs]

Ran a stand on 9:40 and the main problem was keeping the 180c degree oils in their fryers as the ground was like waving the whole cart was bouncing

[@pedrosantos6291]

The part that was moving wen they all jump , it's not nothing bad ... it's that it was made like this so it can be flexible , no security probs . Great reaction 👍

[@arsletirott]

Frankfurt fans singing Pippi long stockings anthem. That's both confusing, fantastic and hilarious at the same time

[@Sherberythrill]

A fantastic one to watch where the entire crowd sings is any Celtic v Liverpool match. Both clubs' anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone". I don't really follow football at all, but it even gives me chills listening to it.

[@Isleofskye]

Or the Chant Off when the other side who sing it : Borussia Dortmund played Liverpool in Europe. It went on for 7 minutes:)

[@Sherberythrill]

@@Isleofskye Ah, that's the other one. I knew there was one other team, but as I say, don't follow football so wasn't sure. XD

[@lordflashget8780]

@@Sherberythrill ac milan sing it too.

[@christinemurray9407]

See BEST YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE EVER!!!

[@TheBluebirdkev]

You have to listen to Dafydd Iwan belts out Yma o Hyd before Wales vs Austria.

[@jonathanvallee4561]

In europe u have earthquake resistance for stadium just for that 5:35. At 7:42 that the french national anthem "la Marseillaise"

[@brianrees3697]

You must listen to the Liverpool supporters sing the icon song You will never walk alone which has a meaning so listen carefully to the words The passion we show is not just tribul it is to spur your team along they say a noisy crowd chanting for their team is like having a twelfth man on the pitch

[@gunnerman2452]

LIverpool and Celtic together singing You'll Never Walk Alone !!!

[@lorenzopalozza6279]

wow so passioned !! **stab stab** such enthusiasm!!!! **shank shank** so much heart!!!!!! **set ablaze, destroy, riot**

[@akyhne]

To be fair, some of the European cheers were the national hymn being sang, before a national match. In that case, almost all spectators will be on one team's side.

[@clxudzYT]

You *need* to witness one of our (European) football games live! The atmosphere is always soooo insane!!:)

[@peternormal3176]

You need to take a peek to ultras of Ferencvaros performance during the match there are lot of footages pls answer if you have found

[@derpyrojunge2165]

5:55 it‘s the stadium in my city. It‘s in Nuremberg. The roof shaking is on purpose. It‘s wanted just for a cool feeling😂

[@ianwheeler7513]

You should go to an international rugby match in Cardiff Wales, or watch videos it will put goosebumps on your goosebumps It's a phenomenal experience no lie.

[@User-1huzf4ljg8]

You have to watch Liverpool "Never walk alone" or RC Lens "Au Nord c'était les corons".

[@alanrogers3099]

Thanks

[@user-ie6jr4bg1w]

9:25 i was there just right of the guy on the pole, this was far before the match even started.

[@PG-fy2ck]

most stadiums have some earthquake protection built in... so its ok that many people jumping. There is a clip of a stadium kinda bouncing aswell where you can see the protection working.

[@PG-fy2ck]

there was some fatal mistakes in the past and stadium now are build to avoid that.

[@itz_schlappen3592]

at 5:47 the stadium boucing was built to do exactly that

[@NickGiles45]

4:40 instant Goosebumps cause the love to my Club

[@timnewman7591]

A couple of the European ones (France and Romania) were the national anthems rather than club songs. Not that it really makes much difference to how loud the fans get. And it's not just European ones. I've been fortunate enough to travel for my job in the past to many countries around the world and the fans are as loud and "involved" almost everywhere. Not necessarily for football but Indian cricket crowds are incredibly vocal for one example. And then you have north America, USA and Canada, and they largely aren't. And I don't know why.

[@Isleofskye]

Indian Cricket may be the exception as you have witnessed it and I have not but 98% of the fanatical fans you saw in all these clips are Male and therein lies the difference.It becomes Ultra Competitive with all that entails and I am in my 7th decade of attending Football in South London:)

[@HuberHans]

@@Isleofskye You haven't watched the European Women Soccer Cup the last several weeks? Yes, the crowds are - sadly - still a bit smaller than at the men's cup, but the stadiums were full and the ladies as passionate as any other fan group 🤗

[@Isleofskye]

@@HuberHans The Final and Semi-Finals will always sell out but some of the games were in small stadiums. If you want to believe the crowds are as passionate then who am I to argue?😀

[@eldoofthe3rd]

Yeah you can leave your sweet Caroline at home.... I'll rather have the 3 lions or a bit of vindaloo

[@TheEclecticBeard]

I hate that song Sweet Caroline. Shit is like Caucasian crack. It gets played within the vicinity of 10 white people, 9 of of them idiots here are singing it.

[@SpeccyHorace]

@@TheEclecticBeard haha that is so true.

[@alexjahblunt3569]

the Difference is Sports in America is a business its just part of the American corporation sport where as in Europe and elsewhere football is life you are born into it and you die with it

[@lordflashget8780]

and they bleed you dry on the way. to say sport in europe is not business driven is ridiculous, the whole industry is built on the abuse of the human instinct of tribalism, which is rooted in fear, and therefore exploitable by the unscrupulous. yes we hold our noses to support the team of our birth even when we know ? the nice? corporations of europe are completely despicable. wake up la.

[@Leosch633]

You should also look up fan choreography’s ( for example Eintracht Frankfurts choreography’s in any europa League Season), they are even more impressive

[@tigeriussvarne177]

5:40 Don't worry, it's German engineering. ;D

[@Haathaters]

2:11 sounds like it came straight from a fantasy movie 😂

[@hemansx]

guys, why do i get so much enjoyment from watching this middle aged american man enjoy stuff

[@buki_zvani_pera]

Some of those clips are playing national anthems, but mostly crowds in Europe do tend to chant regular club songs as loud as possible

[@garethwilkins6744]

I recommend going to a footy match for the atmosphere. I went to watch Barcelona at the Nou Camp a few years ago, best experience ever.

[@user-ve7hn2dh8h]

Spanish crowds are notoriously quiet. Often compared to more of a theater audience

[@garethwilkins6744]

@@user-ve7hn2dh8h someone hasn't been to a Spanish match then. Growing up in coruna and witnessing barriers having to be put up at the riazor to separate home and away fans.

[@Doom1981]

You should check out when Eintracht played in Barcelona or Milan, when tens of thousands of their supporters took over the inner city of major European cities