Why Football is Different Now

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[@bobblylou]

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[@fatih8053]

2 words: Social Media.

[@Edezaw]

Two words by Kanye west?

[@RedForDanger.]

@Edezaw “two word: united states; no love, no breaks…” 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@DaysHaveTheirOwnStruggles]

2 WORDS MOS DEF​@RedForDanger.

[@kashainmiller7963]

One word faxx

[@quinnversations]

this video really gave me a realization that it feels like I’m watching my childhood fly away on social media 😭 bouta go outside and practice bro

[@bobblylou]

😂

[@Krazy-c5q]

Being from a developing country, I understand what you are saying. Struggles and hardship of a poor country can't be compared with that of a developed region(doesn't matter what your skin colour is).And this struggle makes you work harder to overcome these hardships. An immigrant in becoming top footballer in france can't be compared with a footballer growing in in west africa. When you grow yourself in struggling environment for a longer period of time, you carry that will to move forward and 'be better than anybody else' thinking for your whole life. I can't think of any better name other than Raphinha. Not the flashiest player, but you can see in his eyes. The amount of work he puts into each game day in, day out. And How can we forget Sadio Mane.

[@thundergamerz8476]

Bro, I feel sad for u. u wrote so much but still got only nine likes

[@RomerSagel]

I had several friends who played for hamburg and werder bremen academies and they would tell me stories and anecdotes and i can say i know enough to say that youth football players now are extremely spoiled, they get massages everyday, whenever they play away games they stay at 5 star hotels, they get free boots and gear whenever they want, the club pays for absolutely everything, etc... and that's for hamburg and werder bremen, i can't imagine how it is in barca,madrid,bayern munich, etc...

[@Barca.Ball10]

I like that you are expanding to other videos good luck.

[@kevinperalta9555]

It's called Adversity. It's hard times create strong men. Adversity is essential to anything worth doing. Builds character. Past generation were better back then and its not just nostalgia. But ofc there are also several other factors as well such as new football tactics sucking out the creativity of players etc

[@_blurrrrr_]

Just a fun fact back in the day before football as we knew it even existed, football was actually a name given to a lot of sports that were played by the feet and it was a peasant or a game of the common people, as nobles obviously played games on horses and the common people used their feet.

[@twangerrrrrr]

Cristiano Ronaldo's story is my favourite rags to riches story but one that my mom told me about is Romelu Lukaku. He used to have mix the milk with water because he was poor growing up.

[@bobblylou]

Incredible

[@neptunegaming9184]

amazing video, was discussing this with some friends recently and you said it very well here

[@Dkz-dkson7t17]

Wait isn't Raphinha another rags to riches type of story

[@chiztu]

He blends into neymars generation, yamal in the new generation of footballers who are born rich/middle class

[@yoonisabdullahi4712]

@@chiztu Yamal did not grow up rich or even middle class lmao

[@justamuslim9825]

Pretty much every brazilian except kaka became great like that

[@barca-vibe]

Messi is rags to riches too.. this fool is trying to get cr7 fanboy views

[@bacongamingdude1787]

@@yoonisabdullahi4712 he grew up living in la masia

[@ShortyySpice]

All the best players are those from humble beginnings Pele, Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Ney, Zidane All came from very poor childhoods They have that hunger

[@Shafrele]

All they had was football and they put everything in it

[@amyqiu8137]

Which stories the people chooses to focus on has changed over the years. Here’s an example. A Luka Modric Interview from 17 years ago (from EduardoDS) highlighted “Modrić was born into an underprivileged family much affected by the Balkan conflict of the 1990s. Football gave him an escape route from poverty.” But in 2018, stories instead highlighted how his grandfather and caretaker was murdered, his home burned and his family forced to flee and become refugees. In 2025, it seems that the most popular narrative is how he was voted the worst signing when he joined Real Madrid and has, since then, proven himself. Three very different narratives. It’s still the same guy with the same life! But different eras have different things they focus on and resonate with. I’ll tell you, the story that really resonated with my mom and not so much the English-speaking fans was that Modric faced wolves as a 5 year old goat herder in the mountains. Perhaps focusing on finances and economic classes seems uncomfortable in 2025 and focusing on mentality and longevity seems unusual in 2007. Maybe the story about wolves is strange to people who never had to herd livestock and maybe in 2007 and in 2025, people didn’t know to connect or didn’t want to connect with a story of living in fear of bombs and violent ethnic persecution. 😢

[@sergiorichter4193]

never forget kante and mane

[@drippyd8131]

well they are part of the old generation, now the only poor players will come from africa and even then most arent really poor anymore

[@idkbruhstealurting7782]

Endricks rags to riches story was moving he accepted the responsibility of help his family way before palmerias took him in

[@Navy-Glen]

I want to see you expand your channel to talking about the world of football while the second channel could be about Barca’s journey in the UCL and La Liga 🙂

[@Charliesharkie27]

That’s with every sport nowadays especially the nba

[@ARD102]

I really like this new editing Style gj to whoever did it

[@AdityaPrakash-ic8lu]

Its kinda different many rag to riches footbal stories are around early 20s like in their early 20s only football players are rich but CEOs are mostly in their 40s or 50s or even 60s so they struggled most of their lives and mostly during periods when finance is very important for a human being like to support their family raise their children so I think CEOs stories are told because of that because it deserve more respect cause they struggled for most part of their life and mostly during the peak human period.

[@DrDiabolical000]

I mean... all this is on the marketing. CEOs market their life stories to gather attention and interest to their company. Now their stories are inspiring but they have other interests too. Point is if marketting agencies will just prioritize the "rags to riches" narrative then those stories will become popular too. It's just not that prevalent because they don't have much incentive.

[@AdityaPrakash-ic8lu]

nah its kinda different many rag to riches footbal stories are around early 20s like in their early 20s only football players are rich but CEOs are mostly in their 40s or 50s or even 60s so they struggled most of their lives and mostly during periods when finance is very important for a human being like to support their family raise their children so I think CEOs stories are told because of that

[@ASH-su6nb]

@@AdityaPrakash-ic8lu What CEO stories are told though? I mean those that arent embellished at least.

[@lulo07]

Great video 🙏🏽

[@Kakarotoo4428]

Don’t know you have this channel man. Keep it up 👍👍

[@AlvinMwalimu]

Ibrahimovich's story is a really good one

[@RaglifeTVCH9]

We support sport contents like this 🤞

[@vexule]

aint no way this brah not 100k subs , good videooooo frfr

[@FuentesStudios]

Sup Robby, love your content man, i cant wait to see what this next generation of futbolistas has 🔥

[@_blurrrrr_]

I fw the new thumbnail style.

[@redhood9042]

Alexis Sanchez, dude was a fisherman

[@youfortherebe]

great timing as john duran has just went to saudi arabia

[@bobblylou]

absolutely wild move

[@youfortherebe]

@ def thought he would be the one to ignite new and upcoming strikers, unfortunate for football fans but understandable why he did it

[@messiboy1064]

I truly think or at least in America that kids who are less fortunate can’t showcase their talent because you have to pay to play.

[@justamuslim9825]

I think neymar was turning point He was the first “starboy” and popularized the young flamboyant chill phenomenon of players like lamine,saka….etc

[@pmwcgaming]

Yamal in the thumbnail like he didn’t grow up pretty poor 😂😂

[@OralLawson]

Sadio Mané's rags to riches 🎉

[@dp4812]

Reminds of what Klose said...

[@karabomodibane3557]

Why do we say Argentina, Brazil , then….Africa 😭😭 like it’s one thing

[@JeremieTkm]

talk about sadio mane

[@RaglifeTVCH9]

Obviously athletes are better coming from the bottom

[@eliasescobar9374]

There’s many broke footballers

[@HshsDbbsbd]

Lol u think the moment they picked up Lamine he was financially secured😂😂😂😂 nah dude u don’t get shit at that age his mom still had to work. You get peanuts until ur professional contract, and that was just over a year ago.

[@bobblylou]

Not financially secured mate. They usually house and feed the kids in la masía which takes a MASSIVE weight off parents shoulder AND brings the kids out from the difficult situation to where they won’t be exposed to it as much (but obviously they aren’t “set” at that point)

[@NoodlesNoodles-v7y]

@@bobblylouYk what else is massive

[@barca-vibe]

Why would you put cr7 when messi is classic rags to riches story As a matter of fact there s heaps of barca legend with similar story Why would you bring penaldo into it You just trynaa get that cr7 fanboy views Shameless

[@streetbooy456]

First

[@alexsay._]

I know this is a controversial topic, and you might not make a video about it, but have you noticed that Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo fans tend to lean to the right supporting Trump and his views, while Barcelona and Messi fans usually oppose him and lean towards the left? Idk if it’s just me who has noticed this.

[@Sayedx64]

Not really, both are pretty right leaning. Football viewers in general are right leaning

[@carlosmembreno7831]

I think they’re both pretty apolitical so this is a silly take

[@AngryJellyFish59]

why do yall wanna hear people struggle stroies those stroies are deeply personal and are not for everyones entertainmnet or enjoyment or motivation if a player doesnt want to talk about it or tell you they dont have to! their lives are not for your entertainment. just watch and enjoy football yall fckn weird.

[@jgiorgis1072]

Those struggles not too personal because they become inspirational

[@chiztu]

It’s inspiring which is the most a footballer can do for the world besides play football.

[@maryamsadiq8230]

​@@chiztu that's their personal life it's not your business.

[@thundergamerz8476]

​@maryamsadiq8230 then how do we know about it

[@J_Jayyyy]

neymar was providing for his family through football by age 11