AsianCup.exe

[@gevgnek]

Indonesia sneaking into the knockouts by shithousing a win against vietnam through a pen and flopping around for the entire 2nd half was the prime AFF experience

[@gevgnek]

Also Indonesia committing like 17 fouls and Vietnam being the side that got a red card is just *chef's kiss*

[@samuelevolve184]

Bro still crying lol

[@gevgnek]

@@samuelevolve184 Dude I'm Indonesian I am savoring the entire thing like it's my last meal

[@untrolleuranonyme5404]

@@gevgnekthis was PRIME SAFF experience😂 so Maqwell forever in pain

[@gevgnek]

@@untrolleuranonyme5404 The salt from that stream could season my family's dishes for 7 generations

[@SamButler22]

The South Koreans are calling what their team play "zombie football". They're worried that Son will quit the national team... they're also worried that Jürgen Klinsmann won't

[@mikexstad1121]

Once you get the Klinsmann virus it really takes hold and is impossible to let go

[@bitchtits9292]

Jurgen gone nowv💪

[@lynpendry]

Korean Zombie mentioned rahhhhh WHAT THE FUCK IS WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP????

[@17Trees33]

The team follows Klinnsmanns shitty tactics for the first half, then when they’re inevitably 1 or 2 goals down because of the bad tactics, and instead just play football how they want to play they equalize or even win, 2 Premier league strikers a PSG winger, a Bayern defender, a Danish league top scorer, a Bundesliga CM and that’s just the star players all on one team shouldn’t be performing as badly as they have been and it’s Klinnsmanns bad tactics, bad communication with the squad, and appears to not even care about winning or losing,

[@MrNaze12]

Honestly, I love your main channel videos but Zealandism ones have become some of my favourite content. I love the idea of you just sitting and talking with no cuts, no montage, no fireworks. Love it! Keep it up Z!

[@erikplotz183]

And no breathing pauses in between sentences either.

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

Stan means land in several panguages, Zealand asking why so many countries have -stan at the end is like an Uzbek asking why New Zealand has -land at the end.

[@schlauchflicker]

I'm pretty certain Zealand knows that but decided to just troll, no need to take it that seriously

[@RexOedipus.]

​@@schlauchflickeriirc he has a history degree

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

New Zeastan, Icestan, Netherstans, Engstan, Scotstan, Irestan, Northern Irestan, Disneystan, Haastan, Greenstan

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

@@schlauchflicker ope he just looked really serious, so I wanted to answer his question in case it was genuine.

[@unbekannternutzer25]

​@@stupiditiusmaximuswell I didn't know, so thank you

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

As a geo-nerd, Malaysia is in-fact where Zee pointed at on the first place, he wasn't lying at first, then he pointed at New Zealand, and that was an obvious lie.

[@kingstonkuek1930]

He also didn’t point at West Malaysia and only pointed at East Malaysia

[@fireiz24]

​@@kingstonkuek1930kinda like showing where the US is by pointing at Alaska

[@marktalbotmusic]

I'm hoping Z gets even more recognition so he gets brought on to do some official coverage of the 2026 World Cup, he would smash it!

[@bigrandomun9267]

Great idea but we wouldn’t get enough from Zealand. He’s great at going in-depth and commentary requires the skill to sum up whatever happened in a few sentences and not going in-depth because of the speed of the game. Pundit might be a better option but I have no idea how that happens.

[@W417on]

The John Oliver approach to teaching geography

[@linaelhabashy4608]

That’s what I thought

[@Adsa7737]

I actually adore this style of content, I love seeing Zealand laid back, going off script, just 100% waffle. Love you man, keep up the great work

[@benwilliams8667]

A few people are just great at talking. Zealand is one of them.

[@yungflav193]

Just discovered this channel a few hours ago and honestly it has been a great late night binge. Also i don't know if this is intentional or not but i'm enjoying the fact that your talking about random shit going on across soccer as a whole and not just the premier league

[@The-Marinho]

Now as a German I wonder where was the Japan that beat us and spain at the freaking World Cup

[@malcs286]

Zealandism gave me life

[@BD-yl5mh]

I love that this was kind of just 20 minutes of you low key saying “I consider everywhere east of the Mediterranean, and west of Seoul to be a forgotten backwater”

[@Huskyboiy]

man as an iraqi hearing zealand talking about ayman hussien is so surreal

[@James-zi5en]

vietnam sneaking into the Asian Cup and shithousing against Indonesia by not getting a single goal on target and flopping throughout the entire game was prime AFF experience

[@RandomStuff-w6g]

Very weird how the hosts (Qatar) scored three penalties in the final 🤔

[@sie11pervan]

How is that weird? $$$

[@vnXun]

Yeah they clearly bribed the Jordani players to play bad and commit fouls

[@m15_yt33]

Well they are all correct calls maybe you didn’t watch the game

[@RandomStuff-w6g]

@@m15_yt33 This was ages ago now

[@RAMBLINGSMANJMB]

13:42 FIFA please fix Asian World Cup qualification so all the stans are in the same group lol 🤣🤣

[@imightbebiased9311]

The Group of Stan.

[@MarcosGarcia-pj3pq]

this is definitely my favorite channel of zealand’s. could listen to this man explain tax returns like this

[@nameanteater4772]

Imagine an alternate universe where it’s was played (as originally planned) in China

[@Obmelg]

just seeing all those open tabs made my cpu explode, 2016 laptop gang represent!

[@yowtf]

Insane football knowledge

[@UnknownSpectre5]

For informatio, Jordan's top division is the Jordanian Pro League

[@argigamespronl7999]

hearing Z swear when you never watch on twitch is a crazy feeling

[@house382]

Zealand is Jomboy for just football and I'm here for it forever.

[@RandomStuff-w6g]

Stopping kids from saying first

[@GamerzFC2]

Stopping kids from saying second

[@evinrock5717]

The hero we needed

[@dieserjoje]

you know the video is about to go crazy when us see the amount of tabs:)

[@yowtf]

Amazing coverage, well done 👏🏽👏🏽 and respect to back 2 back champions Qatar

[@reverendroar]

Zealand why didn’t you mention about Syria? They literally did a utter miracle - they’re a war torn country and they got to the knockouts via beating India. Plus they gave the Aussies a fight for their money and only lost in the KOs to Iran on pens! They would have beaten Japan if they didn’t lose on pens. They’re amazing! Big up the Qasioun Eagles! Also Palestine were impressive and really gave these Asian Cup teams a run for their money too.

[@shuraamano]

Nobody want to talk losing side. Your argument based on speculation.

[@tuanmohdarfantuankhusairry2977]

​@@shuraamanoArgentina 2014

[@BriarLeaf00]

Ironic a Floridian would call Tajikistan not a real country considering The Seminole Peoples resistance to settler colonizers.

[@Zealandism]

Brother it's not that deep - to explain the joke it's really making fun of Americans who probably don't know Tajikistan exists because of a failing education system/lack of global awareness

[@peacechan4500]

7:05 the fact that Indonesian do this with the youngest team in the tournament is kinda impressive. They genuinely doing the most f it we ball style and really, they don't have anything to lose. As you say they has been shit since time in memoriam. The fact that Indonesia go through the knockout is a miracle. And i as an Indonesian must savour it because its highly likely this is my last meal of Indonesian winning anything internationally in football. Because of course literally everyone want our coach who makes this miracle. And our football association is being halfassed about keeping him. The moment he went, is the moment Indonesia hope becomes a cope

[@Magtf_hikaroo]

Nah mate, all they did is just naturalise Dutch and European players and play shithousery football. The Vietnam vs Indonesia match was barely watchable because of the shithousery both teams performed

[@joeperovich9581]

I can't believe he forgot about Kazakhstan when mentioning all the stan natioo

[@619Slipk]

Want to know why there were so many stans? Go ask Eminem

[@not_nixon1655]

I hope Adler enjoyed his HoI4 session. Also great video Z!

[@RockaTube]

after discovering this secondary channel and watching the latest videos, I think the ones like this particular one where Zealand gets more of a “meatier” topic to sink his teeth into end up as much better content than a 10 minute vid about a barely-2-minutes-worth curiosity of the day mainly pointing at the topics and approach more than the length to, I presume 10 min vids are obviously better for everyone

[@ianbrown4411]

Thats part of Malaysia, but population wise, quite a small part..... Its the Sarawak and Sabah provinces of Malaysia which account for about 20% to the countries population.... The other 25million or so Malaysians live on the peninsula 2 inches to the left of your arrow, which also includes Kuala Lumpur. Although you are not incorrect, its a bit like pointing at Hawaii and saying its the US...

[@shaneg9081]

I was going to post basically this, but you said it well.

[@house382]

Also fun fact: Much like Germany goes by Deutschland, India actually calls themselves Hindustan. So Pakistan not only counts but not all the Stan's were there.

[@saimalishahid1406]

Gotta love that widespread Persian influence

[@Lo33y_]

Hindustan is not something India really goes by. Pretty much only India and Bharat

[@saimalishahid1406]

@@Lo33y_ But it still does

[@sadafhusain2059]

Ironically Hindustan is the name given to India by Muslims. Natives calls it Bharat

[@Lo33y_]

@@sadafhusain2059 I refuse to call it Bharat. And btw Muslims can be native to India as well.

[@cubemine]

Congrats, you did make me look up where Malaysia is as I was certain it was somewhere else. So good job there.

[@StandardRossoneri]

This makes me lose faith in refs, just like Z makes me gain faith in runnin

[@Dinoo1234]

I think had AFCON not been on the same time as Asian Cup, I think I would watched it. The problem was I didn't know what it was on

[@frazerbrown9426]

Excited for the AFCON recap

[@hijaudragon]

I feel like you need to do a save in the Jordanian league now after this

[@weirdal9500]

explicit zealand is my favorite zealand

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

Even though I know everything that happened, I stiil enjoyed watching this.

[@paulsmithspearlywhites8888]

I forgot Gareth Bale existed before this video

[@theswanqueen4060]

The manager looks a bit like Einstein......

[@janickdannylorenzen6602]

It feels so wrong having an american explaining football to me

[@Hassan1108]

bro really said we suck and we just have a tree in our flag

[@ralv]

We went from “Penalty for Argentina” to Penalty for Qatar.

[@m15_yt33]

All were clear pens lol

[@insomniadeck6263]

I can't put my head around how China has BILLIONS of people and can't find 11 players who can actually play football

[@bigrandomun9267]

Question - Which players in this tournament will be looked at in the transfer window? Not just the best players in the tournament but the players who showed they would be of use at some major clubs in football.

[@mrmr446]

I saw the final and the Jordanian team definitely didn't get a few decisions in their favour, the last pen was only legit if Afif was onside, couldn't help but notice that decision was not shown on the screen. I'm glad some of the smaller footballing countries improved but the gap in quality was there for all to see.

[@kevindersingh7428]

Qatar with 3 pens nice

[@m15_yt33]

All 3 were correct to be fair

[@Felixomania96]

I love this channel

[@Wh0sun]

Uzbekistan played super well against Qatar too, but we are like England of Asia when gets to penalties, it’s our curse

[@m15_yt33]

You guys played amazing against us and will almost certainly qualify for the WC

[@ivanajvan]

Managed to succeed not to miss one Asia and AFCON game simultaneously. Never been happier in my life. I have a problem here! 😆

[@WilliamTzoc]

this channel is great

[@marcelvanhemert8126]

Well...I mean, he's not wrong. That was Malaysia, except only part of it. The other half is across the South China Sea

[@Damian_1989]

After all of the upsets and excitement both in AFCON and in the AFC, the fact that both host countries ended up being the champions feels quite anticlimactic...

[@pog7126]

Are you going to make the afcon version of this

[@Jothamvw]

Ah yes, Malaysia is on the North Island of New Zealand....

[@chappyhall6682]

Wait, Bahrain isn’t just a place that Max Verstappen drives in circles at?

[@richgenius8217]

SaudiArabia.exe

[@s--cn8ee]

You underestimate Saudi Arabia as if they are a second-class team because they do not have big names like other teams, despite the fact that historically and until now, Saudi Arabia has consistently outperformed teams such as Japan and Australia in the World Cup qualifiers and continental championships, and it is the team that has played the most Asian Cup finals, equal to Korea. It is the second team with the most wins in the tournament, one behind Japan

[@s--cn8ee]

The Saudi national team or even Saudi clubs do not play continental championships with the belief that “they have a chance to win it all.” No, winning is the expectation even in the driest periods in Saudi football. Al Hilal, for example, is the equivalent of Real Madrid in Asia, where it is expected from the club. Every year, by winning the championship or reaching the final, then you have clubs like Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr who are also giants in the championship, and ,this was the case even before the recent spending spree on international stars.

[@afegarg]

you honestly first got me but after a second i started doubting it and i was right new ZEALAND is not malaysia

[@diamondarrow58]

Big ups Hong Kong!

[@oliverbrice1246]

Do a Euros and copa America like this

[@Thatboymeher]

Here’s a spoiler spoiler people: As real as Qatars 2019 championship was, this was RIGGED, and no, not in a “because my favorite team won I’m saying this,” it was literally verified, confirmed, justified, WHATEVER, it was rigged, starting from AI usage on VAR videos/decisions, to the three, that’s right THREE penalties called in THE FINAL of the tournament.

[@LeFriez]

and Jordan rigged the match vs Iraq, why did Aymen Hussein get a red card? And why did the ref add like 10 minutes to Injury time, Iraq controlled 57% of possession, If Aymen Hussein wasn’t given a red card, he would have Atleast scored another goal.

[@m15_yt33]

All 3 penalties are correct bro

[@mikehut9808]

China’s nation team is like their military. No actual offensive capability

[@BeWe1510]

Why wouldn’t China let Hong Kong play? The special status of Hong Kong is fully recognized by China

[@doraemon402]

Dude, Al Arab probably means "the arab" or something like that in arabic too

[@Mateman314]

Tajikistan is a country

[@honigwaffel_hd1016]

You really shoud make a video about the irony that happens at Schalke 04. As a german Schalke fan, I'd offer you some "Inside" Information if you planned to do such a vid

[@roughysk9851]

that is east malaysia.. you should've put the second arrow pointing at west malaysia (malay peninsula)

[@37wheels]

did my boy just say count chocula scored for tajikistan?

[@deanbartlett1392]

INDONESIA MENTIONED RAHHHH GARUDA DI DADAKUUUUUUUUUUU

[@Ssweis23]

All three Qatar penalties I think were deserved, but HOOOOOOW the hell did Qatar not get like 8 yellows with all those reckless tackles?

[@uezljeys]

That's just East Malaysia...

[@lordjustinian2913]

I will admit Qatar definitely does seem like a generally good Asian team in terms of footballing quality but for me personally Japan has always been the top Asian team. So Japan for me is usually the favourite for Asian competitions but Iran and all those other teams can definitely give Japan a hard time. Australia is always disappointing for me as an Australian like they never really seem to try as hard as they can. Like only one Asian Cup win and One club has ever won the Asian Champions League in Australia and it's like our quality is never good enough to challenge the top Asian teams. We do need to start thinking about youth development and developing players that aren't goalkeepers. Matt Ryan and Mark Schwarzer were both our best players for their respective eras. We need a forward and a good midfielder, someone needs to step up and be the new Tim Cahill and the new Harry Kewell and we also need to get some defenders, the defenders have always been Australia's weak spot.

[@m15_yt33]

I’m Qatari but Japan is clearly the best team in Asia I would say we were better than them in 2019 we even beat them in the final pretty convincingly but overall on average they are by far the strongest in the region

[@lryuen_2261]

Lost against Indonesia who doesn't has any achievement even in the AFF region, Bottled the lead and 2 red cards wtf are we doing... I miss Sir Park Hang-Seo

[@Chefarchiepope]

Zealand cursed 😯😯😯

[@levi7581]

I have no idea what Japan was doing, a team that beat Germany 4:1 lost to Iran in a very weak showing from Japan...

[@ya2u]

VAR cup

[@m15_yt33]

All 3 were clear pens watch the highlights

[@michaelyuzhe]

Iraq was my team throughout the tournament since singapore will likely never qualify, so i was pissssssed when they were basically screwed out of their win. genuinely belive that iraq would have beaten qatar in that final and that iraq would actually have made the ifinal like jordan did.

[@Bagster321]

Disappointed in Australia's overall run. Losing to South Korea felt like a choke. It doesn't help our domestic league is in a mess right now.

[@Nyetnyetsukablyet]

Why didn't you mention that Iran group where Palestine almost got second when they destroyed UAE but couldn't score their goal Or when UAE scored a last minute goal against Iran to clinch 2nd spot and change the trajectory of the whole tournament Or when Qatar clearly had the ref in their pockets

[@skully5473]

Why can't China be in twice. The UK can be in Euros 4 times.

[@AndreyChichagov]

Zealand curse worse than Drake

[@ZiqueAhmad]

Your editor is doing a bad job at pointing Malaysia. While it is factually correct, but the main peninsula of Malaysia is on the left where their capital, Kuala Lumpur is located. South of Thailand, North of Singapore and sandwiched between Indonesia

[@GoesByJ]

Went from one of the best tournaments in a while to the worst final I’ve ever seen. Absolutely pathetic final.

[@mehzaddhrubo9006]

All the stans are here: Pakistan left the chat.

[@oliverbrice1246]

Do an afcon

[@CentreHalfBack]

Can’t believe you did the “This is Malaysia, no it isn’t, this is Malaysia” joke, and then returned to ‘no the 1st is Malaysia’, and you still were wrong, marking only half the country (missing the peninsula part and capital city etc).

[@Zealandism]

Actually juked out my own editor

[@CentreHalfBack]

@@Zealandism dont hurt em Zee! PS... Love the new channel

[@R3RS2024]

I watched Every game much better then Afcon honestly.

[@ferrousallotrope]

Jordan was robbed 🇯🇴 absolute nonsense of a final.

[@m15_yt33]

Bro all 3 penalties were fair what are you on about.

[@ferrousallotrope]

@@m15_yt33 nah they weren’t

[@m15_yt33]

@@ferrousallotropedid you watch the game?

[@Ssweis23]

You didn't know his name before and you still don't it's Yazan al-Naimat

[@TheLIMREPORT]

MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!!

[@rwjl3402]

MALAYSIA MENTIONED🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾💯💯💯💯WTF IS A STABLE GOVERNMENT 💪💪💪💪

[@fadydaaboul2201]

Hi zealand I'm a huge fan of you cheers from Lebanon By the way we are way better in basketball but we suck at football 😂

[@babylonianlion9781]

The afc was rigged

[@m15_yt33]

Just because Qatar won doesn’t mean it’s rigged 😂

[@Drigallski]

since people you favor in videos seem to always be cursed to lose it in the end, please. please please please dont make a video about Leverkusen until the end of the season