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[@cycklist]

Remove that apostrophe...

[@Charlesleclerc95]

Meme is

[@SteveAustin-zv1nn]

Americans and their grammar expertise.

[@maxgraf438]

Red card

[@Doochos]

​@@SteveAustin-zv1nnPunctuation

[@SuperJNG18]

Was about to comment the same thing

[@_girltype]

home final wins: - real madrid (1957 european cup) - inter (1965 european cup) - barcelona (1982 cup winners' cup) - feyenoord (2002 uefa cup) home final defeats: - roma (1984 european cup) - sporting (2005 uefa cup) - bayern (2012 champions league)

[@nathaningram3382]

@@Only-Funz That’s why it’s listed under defeats mate…

[@nathaningram3382]

@@Only-Funz That’s why it’s listed under defeats mate…

[@Only-Funz]

@@nathaningram3382 you're right mate. My bad

[@macario8836]

I remember that Sporting one... against CSKA Moskwa. Nowadays, CSKA wouldn't even appear in the UEFA Cup!

[@gregorgerzson1767]

Dont understand why people surprised a team can play the final in their home when its decided far earlier. What do they expect? If Real gets the final they say: oh, sorry, forget all the preparations and everything, we just cant let the final in Madrid?

[@poppyharlow4448]

6'10, 7-17 jumping reach? That's just Nikola Jokic.

[@andresgirardo8481]

Jokic's jumping reach is 2

[@HauntedBronco]

He can dunk at least😢

[@lamestraw6409]

THe 80 Kg also seemed odd :)

[@SUPRFC]

There have been many times the UCL final has played with a team at home. The most recent being Bayern losing to Chelsea "in their own backyard"

[@ANuclearError]

9:00 In the 2005/06 Scottish Cup, 3rd tier side Gretna managed to reach the final, losing to Hearts in the final on penalties. Since Hearts finished runner up in the league that season, Gretna then qualified for the UEFA Cup the next season (they had won promotion that season to the 2nd tier, which they would then get another promotion to the SPL, only to then become bankrupt. The Gretna story is a rollercoaster). Reality hit pretty quickly when they lost 7-3 to Derry City in the 2nd qualifier round, which was played in Motherwell's stadium due to their own not meeting UEFA's requirements.

[@nathaningram3382]

Does nobody remember Chelsea beating Bayern in the Champions League final in Bayern’s own stadium?

[@ubergreeny6398]

Beat me to it

[@nathaningram3382]

@@ubergreeny6398 Lol I was literally gobsmacked that Z didn’t say anything about that game man.

[@skottitohotti]

its pretty ironic he doesn't remember because Bayern got fmed hard in that game.

[@weedbaron3943]

Y u have to bring those memories back

[@racerdeth]

Different era but Liverpool beat Roma at the Stadio Olympico in the 1984 European Cup final.

[@TheRadPlayer]

SI's calculations for weight are insane. If you are 210cm tall and weigh a mere 80kg, you're a skeleton skinsuit.

[@enzky]

or Peter Crouch

[@rodrigoandrade256]

@@enzky Which one could argue was a skeleton skinsuit

[@LiftandCoa]

I was totally convinced that, despite his skinny stature, Crouch easily had 90 kilos (as a tall person i know how good height can "hide" weight). I checked it and several sites said his weight was about 75 kilos - which is absolutely insane.

[@bwe1674]

Same for me though can't gain weight below 4.5k calories per day. 1,98m tall 75 kg

[@seandrokaliba7327]

The story behind Saarbrücken is that it has rained heavily during every cup game, making the pitch quite poor. Against Gladbach, it was so bad that they had to cancel the game just before kickoff and reschedule it. Bundesliga teams struggled a lot with the poor pitch and consequently lost the game. Now in the semifinals, the football association has decided to switch to another stadium in case of heavy rain instead of playing at the Saarbrücken stadium.

[@SuccimusPrime]

Well thats no fun. Luck of weather conditions is a part of the game Couldnt imagine the NFL deciding to move a game because one of the teams is from Florida and cant handle snow

[@HellzGuardian]

Are you sure about the stadium switching? Cant find it f.e. at Kicker

[@Veaseify]

It's still down to be played at the Ludwigsparkstadion in Saarbrucken as far as I can see...

[@RexOedipus.]

Wouldve been a different story if they got union berlin. they're a lower league club that fooled the world that they are a UCL club (theyre fantastic but they play like a lpwer league club much to the chagrin of other bundesliga clubs)

[@TheShruik]

At 5:34 you see that the 6:1 happened with an xG of 1.78. That guy robbed Braga.

[@lacotil]

Chelsea won the euro champions league in 2012 against Bayern at the Allianz arena in Munich in penalties as well

[@dislexyc]

And CSKA beat Sporting in Alvalade

[@bobjenko]

And Liverpool beat Roma at the Stadio Olimpico in 1984 (also on penalties)

[@AFord1981]

That apostrophe is a violation.

[@h2ohydrox]

3:44 Sounds exactly like me getting the job as the Manager of Gabon. I thought I'd do a little bit of research about the country I'm managing. First thing I see? A military coup has just happened.

[@edi0157]

Average African moment

[@mihaipopa5139]

Cosmin Bărcăuan (born 5 August 1978) is a Romanian football coach and a former player.[2] At the beginning of his career, Bărcăuan played as a striker, but when he arrived at Dinamo București, coach Ioan Andone started using him as a defender.

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

The amazing thing about this run in the DFB Pokal by Saarbrücken FC is that they deeated Bayern 2 - 1 in the early stages after Bayern Munich went up by 1 (Thomas Muller) in the first 20 minutes. It is a wonderful run in any case.

[@Phatboino1]

3:04 that's crouch n defoe in meme form

[@vurogj]

10:32 When Richarlison scores against Everton then remembers he used to play for them.

[@DrZaius3141]

Winning a cup and thus qualifying for a European competition is an amazing boost. For one, you get extra cash to spend, and secondly you attract some pretty good players that will at least help you not get relegated. Won the FA Cup with West Brom in my (second) journeyman playthrough. A little known fellow named (checks notes) Lionel Messi joined my for my prem campaign.

[@langletprolet8378]

Very realistic game

[@DrZaius3141]

@@langletprolet8378 I don't know what you mean. Messi specifically joined because he "want[ed] to win trophies" but retired in the end of November (fixed retirement date from his previous club's end of season in MLS). It all makes sense.

[@langletprolet8378]

@@DrZaius3141 Even better lol

[@n4r4plays47]

German League Pros: Register anyone and 20 subs Cons: No money

[@samuraijack1k997]

About Aston Villa playing at their home stadium... It happened with Fluminense at Copa Libertadores Final last year. Fluminense plays at Maracanã and the final was there and decided way before the Libertadores even begun. Also, Fluminense's greatest rival, Flamengo, plays there as well, so they too could've went to the finals and played a single game at home.

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

08:29 Aung and Aung and Aung and Aung, Aung and Aung and Aung...

[@supershippy100]

Its a common Burmese name

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

@@supershippy100 Life goes Aung and Aung and Augn and Augn, Augn and Augn and Augn.

[@prussia6530]

Even funnier than Saarbrückens DFB Pokal run is Hertha BSC B run back in 1992/93...they reached the finals and were only beaten by Leverkusen in the Finals. Even funnier is the fact that the real Hertha Team never won the Pokal so that would have made for an awkward situation if they would have won it

[@KadaEklund]

In Brazil some even lower division teams won the Copa do Brasil like Paulista de Jundiai, and during 5 years at least one of the semi final teams was relegated, also Palmeiras won the Copa do Brasil and was relegated in the same year!

[@janermaher]

I had to play a Champions League final against Real Madrid... At the Santiago Bernabeu.

[@gn0015]

2:07 the Champions League final in 2012 was played between Bayern and Chelsea at Bayern's stadium, so it is very much possible for a team to play in their own stadium in a final.

[@ismailcahya5951]

Language is continuously evolving. To decree one variety or dialectal usage as 'wrong' is to arbitrarily elevate another by virtue of prestige alone. Who can say what is correct grammar or incorrect grammar? Standardized grammar has always been a static solution for describing something that continuously moves. Linguistics does not correct, it represents. But that apostrophe on "meme's" is a violation.

[@LiftandCoa]

That fcking sent me broo loool

[@pulsed13]

3:32 lol yeah. Have an FC Ingolstadt 04 save and a couple of Korean and Japanese signings from the K League/J League helped me transform the club from 3. Liga mid-table to Bundesliga champions.

[@michaelwalsh9404]

Started with fm23 and so far ive exclusively played german league. In my current save (second ever) with frankfurt i sold Muani for 90m, horded a bunch of wonderkids and then won the treble in 4 years

[@theredishradish]

Somehow i didn‘t expect Zealand to play Crusader Kings, but also it makes perfect sense 😂

[@dislexyc]

1:05 there was a striker in Benfica's youth teams like that a few years ago

[@thedj9553]

Had an idea for a name for the SYS-like series but for saves going well, "See Your Saves". Still keeps up the SYS acronym too.

[@iamekid]

The stadium thing happened some years ago. Back when Sporting CP played CSKA for the then UEFA Cup final... And we lost

[@MazeMouse]

Eredivisie is the ultimate FM player dream No squad registration at all. No limit on foreign players. 12 sub bench.

[@aceholepictures]

That's insane... transfer windows?

[@Derek-qu8qi]

3:42 I do this with all my players and coaches. If I can’t find a picture or it’s a regen, I do a Google image search for “ugly man” and then set the worst pictures I can as my coaches. I signed a regen Italian striker for Celtic, so I found a picture handsome man modelling the new Celtic kit and used that.

[@franciscopereira-eg7tu]

as a Braga fan, no we haven’t heard of defense, even in real life

[@BurningJonas]

0:57 Cottrell Ezekwem at RWO in the german 4th division! 😂

[@landonbarb6330]

What was so funny is that sarbrucken was my random lower league team i chose in fifa 23 and now this all happens lol

[@daveronii]

Latvia mentioned woohoo

[@TLGProduktions]

I was down 0-3 when the 2nd half started, came back to 4-3 after switching to a diamond formation, then my opponent equalised with the last kick of the game. Damn...

[@alexjorgensen4079]

Maybe in addition to SYS you could make a Praise Your Saves video/stream, where anybody who is proud of what they have accomplished can submit their save, and you can review their manager history and accomplishments. It would be fun to also see some saves that are 30-40 years in the future

[@AdamBurianek92]

1:17 in Slovak Cup we have a similar story, where 3rd tier club ŠK Odeva Lipany reached semifinal, too, lol

[@Blockhead-lc6fr]

9:32 if you think thats a rude name, there was a racing driver in the 30s called richard seaman

[@spsawyer22]

I mean. There was a NASCAR racer named Dick Trickle

[@TempusFugit366]

Templeman calling Jontae Porter to say that's how it is done.

[@Only-Funz]

Bayern Munich didn't get the Home boost in the 2012 UCL final ;)

[@dukewhisky]

Shoutout for the CK3 reference \o/

[@WritingGeekNL]

2:20 Actually something that happens in real life, or at least once. My club Feyenoord played the 2002 UEFA Cup final in De Kuip. And in FM I had done it a couple of times, it still is on N.

[@MegaUMU]

Ah someone is doing a Schalke safe. Scoring an own goal is the last thing u need in such a save

[@olafweiske6132]

i had the cup "problem" in another football manager game recently, the team i went to won the DFB Pokal in the 2nd division, but stayed in the 2nd division as i got there, we got promoted and went to the EL final, which we lost to molde after extra time :(

[@hydrokinesis251]

If jay jay okocha is so good they named him twice, imagine Aung Aung Aung.

[@KaasKopGameplay]

In the Dutch League there are no squad registration regulation. It is a pain in the butt in the European Competition since you have a lot of players good enough for playing time but can not register them all. But it is fun!

[@kesters7366]

If that drug traffickers picture isn’t his mug shot i’m gonna be furious

[@valentinshort8910]

10:59 Either it is a match in which the team scored from all shots or scored 7 header.

[@TheGordybear]

Tempelmann is either Tonali betting or the Latvian deferder in last international break

[@edi0157]

The worst part for me is that I actually signed that guy in my only FM save (assuming there aren’t other Tempelmanns than Lino/he s not a regen) and he was actually good for me. Actually, nah, I choose to believe it was some regen of that name, my guy could never do that! I did have a defender on FIFA that cleared the ball into his own net on a career in what is the only incident of tapping up I have ever seen in a game though, at least that one had the decency to look sad about it

[@Robi2009]

2:00 - not only possible - it happened. Sporting CP played in the UEFA Cup Final in 2005 at their own stadium in Lisbon. Funny thing is that they lost despite that advantage :) 8:15 - I think the author of the meme meant 5 subs on the bench, I think it's the limit in Coupe de France

[@Stryth]

Didier Drogba... played for Chelsea as a striker and a CB on a couple of occasions to see off games

[@DuduPRT]

1:56 Sporting played the Europa League Final at home in 2005. They lost 😢

[@CrescentCitySweaters]

I completed my perfect season in the league and domestic cups and then beat Atletico Madrid in extra time in their own stadium in the Champions League final. Thought the game was trolling me when I got the stadium announcement and then again when they scored an equalizer in the 89th minute

[@CarlosThadeu]

2:00 Literally happenned last year. Fluminense won the Libertadores Cup on Maracanã, which is it's home stadium... and also was it's first Libertadores ❤

[@supersasukemaniac]

I thought the Copa Libertadores I'd a two legged final,so both teams play a home game.

[@brendanchoo7507]

1:04 I believe this was before he met our lord and saviour MARC RODRIGUES

[@Dynamic_Pear]

1 meme a day keeps the depression at bay

[@mikoajcieplik5607]

Playing at home turf in the cup final happened many times - for myself most memorable is 2012 CL final, where Bayern got done by Chelsea at Allianz :)

[@sm0iks698]

Latvia mentioned , RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

[@juliuscaesar8163]

9:37 "Seimen was well received by the supporters" 😆

[@TechieJordan]

The way to fix successful saves not being shown could be a showcase of said saves, but going through what made their runs successful and any advice they have for people from their own experiences

[@Musive99]

of course the own goal celebration was with Schalke ;D ;D ;D

[@bartsiko]

2:07 that literally happened in the champions league 2011/12 season. Bayern vs Chelsea at Alianz Arena 😭

[@Derek-qu8qi]

1:05 this was Chris Sutton back in the 2000s. Played centre spells at half and striker for both Norwich and Celtic.

[@vurogj]

Paul Warhurst for Sheffield Wednesday in the 90's. Central defender who played up front in an injury crisis and scored enough goals to get an England call-up as a striker.

[@jameeswoodhouse2887]

And big dion Dublin

[@KRS_two]

Players who played both ST & CB were a staple in the 90s and early 2000s. Dion Dublin was one of them.

[@danielmuller3342]

Last year Fluminense has won the Libertadores against Boca in Maracanã (which they share with Flamengo as their main stadium)

[@MLong87]

Lee Bradbury is a good example of playing striker and defence, pretty sure he used to be shown as rb and cf 😂

[@gugga2745]

1:49 this happened with the 2012 ucl final where it was in the Allianz Arena in Munich and bayern played. still lost tho

[@JamieAubrey]

6:30 is that Jasper Lindstrom ? I have him in my team atm

[@filipvacek2893]

About the ST/CB - 2 very good strikers from Czech league played as ST and CB - Jan Nezmar and Milan Skoda.

[@arronhealy1]

Villa Park was usually one of the FA Cup semi final venues before Wembley because of its size and location.

[@PAINNN666]

Kevin Akpoguma was a CB ST only at some point.

[@QuantumTactics]

speaking on the Saarbruken stuff imagine they win the cup somehow and play ucl form the 3rd division

[@zinematicgaming82]

FM meme is that are violations

[@martijn8192]

In 2002, Feyenoord played the UEFA Cup final in it's own stadium, in a glorius 3-2 win over Dortmund. Both teams obviously had their own section in the stadium but it's definetely allowed.

[@pebbleyt1357]

1:02 we have a player like that who in our youth system, Charles Ondo, not sure whether he has the, positions in FM but he does irl. He was also born in Spain but spent most of his life in England, and represents Equatorial Guinea

[@edi0157]

What team does he play for? Tbf players do move around in early youth age groups a lot more but if he stuck at it he must be good on both sides of the pitch, interesting

[@jonathanallen3014]

Hey Z, on the subject of people who don't need "save your saves" how about a one off called "prolong your save"; basically when people are getting bored of saves you jump into them and give a few ideas on how to freshen up and get the spark back (quite and take over a rival, sell star players and rely on players x,y, z from your youth team). I guess they'll be like challenges and you can check up on them a couple months later to see if they're still playing and how they're doing

[@TheRasmusdc]

Andreas christensen has actually played attacker/CB and DM and he is a barca player… the attacking part was more in his youth.

[@domedwards6996]

Clubs can play at their home stadium if they make the final. Pretty sure when Chelsea beat Bayern in the final in 2012 it was at the Alianz Arena

[@olm8829]

0:58 Jürgen Klopp played as a striker and then as a defender

[@Derek-qu8qi]

2:12 the SFA in Scotland won’t allow Celtic or therangers to be put forward for European finals. They will only put hampden forward, which is the lesser of the three stadiums.

[@fareskh9959]

9:20 this year ventforet kofu a Japanese second division team played in the asian champions league after winning the emperor's cup last year and became the first non 1st division team in history to achieve the afc champions league group stage and even went far to the round of 16 then knocked out

[@CaptainScarBeard]

I had a fullback from Myanmar with I think 187 potential. He was a beast and his name was Aung Aung. I can't believe theres an Aung Aung Aung!

[@AJellySnakeRebel]

the striker and CB.. I can tell you Dion Dublin from Aston Villa did those roles and he was damn good at both of them. So yeah.. those people really are out there. Might even make a good video.....

[@senseidorsch3504]

The Strange thing about the DfB Pokal this year is: Only 1 Club (Leverkusen) from the Bundesliga is left. So there is actually a lower-class club in the final.

[@Lucifehr]

Corvinul Hunedoara - league 2 in Romania is playing in Europa league by winning the cup

[@Chirs.C29]

the real move for the drug trafficker is to make his mug shot his in game photo

[@dislexyc]

7:34 I started a save with a Braga local club Asked braga for a couple of loans to help avoid relegation from the 2nd division, which they refused Now I fight for UCL spots while Braga tries to loan players from me to avoid being mid table. I loan them to Guimarães instead 😊

[@jonathanstewart8106]

In 2012 Bayern played in the Allianz arena against Chelsea in the Champions League final

[@tomsnoxell8402]

Dion Dublin was that 30+ English striker / CB IRL. Played both positions and switched semi-regularly

[@demonicsquid7217]

Paul Warhurst, Steven Caulker etc...

[@SatanicBeard]

Has Zealand ever done a video on the differences and AI managers' attributes makes to their team?

[@fozzylozzy1131]

Completely missed the "Seimen was well received vy the supporters after having to wait so long..." And Valdir Assmann made his debut

[@bigrandomun9267]

Bayern lost to Chelsea in Munich in the CL Final. It has happened many times.

[@raguldorai7560]

you should do a 'Ruining your Saves' series

[@abhisheksahoo6981]

How about a series on "Praise your Saves" where zealand scrutinizes excellent and interesting saves submitted by fans. It may include great stories and wierd (or intelligent) tactics. I would love to watch those as well.

[@lblv9999]

A LATVIAN PLAYER MENTIOND LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@johnwerner5001]

real life feyenoord back in 03 played a eufa cup final in there own stadium and won.

[@zinematicgaming82]

6:28 Happened to me in three consecutive UCL finals against Man City. Two players got red cards. Gave away three penalties. My striker missed a penalty. Same sequence in three years.Lost three of them. They completed a UCL threepeat.

[@aceholepictures]

I'm reloading that last year till I win

[@zinematicgaming82]

@@aceholepictures 😂 . I've played this save for 55 years in game. If I do that it'll lose its meaning I think. But I honestly get you.