FOOTBALL WAR - Oversimplified - A Historian Reacts

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[@liambenn1214]

I gotta say, I think you really found the perfect reaction formula, lots of people do bad reactions where they just sit there and watch saying "wow" every 10 seconds, some people do talk and try to stop and add stuff but they tend to watch stuff they have no understanding about so they don't do it very well, but you watch videos that you do understand the history behind, and even if you don't the first thing you say at the start of those videos is "I don't know too much about this" but you still add meaningful commentary by showing people who haven't studied history how events are connected, the Shiroyama reaction was the perfect example to me, you said you didn't know a lot about eastern history, but you still managed to add meaningful commentary and went out of your way to look things up whilst watching the video to add to your knowledge and to still add to the video even though you explicitly told us you didn't know too much about eastern history. I decided to write this short appreciation comment because of the stuff you'd said at the start of the video. We all really do appreciate how much you teach us all about history, and even for those of us who've studied history, you still manage to teach us some things.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thank you so much Liam!

[@Kanbei11]

To be honest I think the first group are trying to cash in by essentially rebroadcasting the original video

[@chasemathis2016]

That's why I only like him and Mr. Terry. You can always tell if a reaction is worth watching by how long the original video is compared to the reaction.

[@jyu467]

The term "soccer" comes from the full name of the sport "association football." The British used to call the sport "soccer" for short and exported the term to her colonies. Britain then assimilated with the rest of Europe and began calling it football rather than soccer. However, the term soccer stuck in her former colonies.

[@bj231217]

Weird how people still don’t know this by now

[@liambenn1214]

@@bj231217 because it's kinda just a small insignificant little thing, those of us outside the US just kinda don't care and call it football and those inside the US seem to equally not care and call it soccer, since the US has their own use for the word football it probably won't ever change and so no one really cares to look into the history of why it is the way it is

[@bj231217]

@@liambenn1214 good point i for one don’t care what it’s called either it’s just feels like you see people asking why it’s called soccer a lot tho

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

To me this isn't the mystery. The mystery is moreso why American Football is called what it is.

[@vinnysant0sdesouza341]

@@rasmusn.e.m1064 yes

[@jiteshsharma8306]

Next, Emu Wars by oversimplified.

[@shunjiwatanabe816]

yessss

[@crump1983]

I was expecting him to react to the emu war way before

[@jiteshsharma8306]

@@crump1983 Maybe one day.

[@cjweber3186]

Yessss!!!!!

[@mrgreasy1162]

🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@naythancruz2159]

Summary of the story : don’t let the US take your bananas

[@raygiordano1045]

Then U.S. grocery store employees could sing, "Yes, we have no bananas," to their customers.

[@Amaan_Zargar]

That sounds so wrong

[@gamingkami9148]

Nice to see an American who supports a football club which isn't any of the "top 6"

[@politicallydense]

Yeah nice to see an American who knows about clubs who aren’t Manchester United, Man City or Liverpool

[@Shifty69569]

@@politicallydense awkward meme as a Chelsea supporter 😂

[@jedrek112233]

Like Arsenal right?

[@gamingkami9148]

​@@matthewrottaris7554 Thats a shame, you're missing out on so much of the sport!

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

Where by "top 6", you mean Bayern, Dortmund, Juve, Milan, Barca, and Real Madrid, I guess.

[@Argentum_Rex]

What a pleasure to hear an American speak and understand football, appreciating the sport.

[@EWOODJ]

It’s not uncommon.

[@martinh1309]

@@EWOODJ yes it is.

[@DsgSleazy]

@@martinh1309 It really isn't, even though it isn't nearly as important overall to us on a national level soccer is still surprisingly popular in various places around the country, especially in places where there's a good mix of immigrant influence.

[@martinh1309]

@@DsgSleazy yes it is. What you consider knowing football is entirely different to what europeans regard it as

[@DsgSleazy]

@@martinh1309 No it isn't, are you slow? If a foreigner refers to football, most people understand that they're referring to what we call soccer, if they mean American football, they say American football. I feel like you're one of those people who watch those dumb American compilations on youtube and thinks you have the same level of understanding of us as someone who lives here.

[@redmendoza1722]

Thank you for talking about this because I'm a Honduran and so it makes me happy that a historian like you talk about this. Obviously I am not in favor of war.

[@showbuster]

y hubiésemos ganado fácil si no fuera por toda la corrupción!!!

[@redmendoza1722]

Cierto jajaj

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

@@showbuster La guerra o la eliminatoria de Mexico 70?

[@showbuster]

@@DarkPsychoMessiah las 2 🤣

[@redmendoza1722]

@@DarkPsychoMessiah Las dos Jajjajaja

[@tintim85]

20,000plus Casualties for only four days of fighting is an insane attrition rate. I wonder how long both country’s would have been able to keep the war going if the OAS didn’t stop it.

[@master_yt2424]

A lot because we(latin-americans)love football(technically soccer was first so it is football not soccer)

[@crispylizard2327]

@@master_yt2424 football should just be called "safer rugby"

[@willevensen7130]

@@crispylizard2327it’s not safer. There is science backing up why US football is more dangerous than rugby ever was.

[@franklind.roosevelt3984]

I like the fact that you’re a football fan. If you knew me in an everyday situation you would consider me a quiet guy, but if you knew me while watching football you would consider me the loudest and rudest person ever

[@omrimg]

Wow, learnt a new fact today about FDR!

[@franklind.roosevelt3984]

@@omrimg we never stop learning

[@mtf125]

Ah I see. Would you consider yourself to be an introvert?

[@faffywhosmilesatdeath5953]

That's me and hockey. Any time things start heating up I'm talking shit and calling for blood.

[@franklind.roosevelt3984]

@@mtf125 yes I am. I have few friends but good

[@kamuflaj741]

Can't wait for the Emu war reaction

[@michaelnicchetta5829]

The 30 for 30 doc The Two Escobars from the first season is about the player murdered during the 94 World Cup and well worth watching

[@barrydeep]

Yeah I thought that was really interesting. Also the show Narcos (amazing btw) narrates over it briefly if I remember correctly. Great two things to watch in my opinion.

[@greggrove7506]

Yup, 30 for 30 also has a great one on Hillsborough as well.

[@yovnx]

Hi! a Colombian here. The story of Andrés Escobar, how was he killed and everything behind it fills the entire country with shame because it is proof of how corrupt was Colombia's football back there and how everything that could be done wrong was actually done. Andres Escobar was one of the most promising players of their generation from Atletico Nacional and he went along with what we know as the ''Golden Generation'' team to the US WC. The entire team was incredibly inflated by Colombian press because of how they played the South american qualifiers including a historic win 0-5 to Maradona's Argentina on 1993. Because of that, Colombia came in as one of the favourites of the tournament according to the local and international press. What happened then? The team could not handle that pressure and crumbled down losing the first match 1-3 against Rumania and then, on the second match against USA, Andres Escobar made an own goal that lead to a final score of 2-1, Colombia was knocked out of the WC on the first stage and the whole country put the blame upon Escobar's shoulders including some powerful people and drug lords that ruled the country after the death of Pablo Escobar 6 months ago. He was killed after a discussion on a night club in Medellin and it was and is still clear that he was killed because of that own goal. The murdered who worked for a powerful drug lord back then, only served 11 years in prison and then was released thanks to good conduct. It tarnished our already spoiled international image and reputation and somehow, we as a nation are still recovering from such dark past.

[@abhaybehera4464]

This man is a historian, he watched turn, one of the best historical shows ever, AND HE'S A FOOTBALL FAN!

[@Regimentz.]

Best history reaction channel. Everything you say actually sounds smart. Other channels just say "oh ok" the remain silent. Props to you

[@mikegaines8195]

Love yoir originals as well. Even though we're close in age I wish I had a had teacher like you coming up. Didn't really get into history until I joined the military and read hundreds of history books during deployments. Keep up the good work

[@jasonladd3682]

great video as always, you really got this reaction stuff down, you always add great stuff to the videos

[@ebbeflisback4370]

Night couldn't be better when there's a new VTH Oversimplified video. I'm grabbing the popcorn 🍿

[@dannywesson7489]

I’d highly recommend the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “the two Escobars” if you haven’t already. It’s about the murdered player and everything happening in Columbia at the time.

[@isaiahmiller3180]

Haven’t clicked so fast on a notification before. Keep up the great work. Love the channel and I recommend it very often

[@bobburris4445]

Interesting enough, this war has the last recorded piston engined dogfights. Both countries used surplus f4u corsairs and p51 mustangs in their air forces

[@kingwacky184]

I love to see my Swedish team Djurgården represented with a picture when he said football. The image with the flares in the stand. That is my local team from Sweden. The far end we see with the red flares and the entire arena is Djurgården fans except for the part where the picture is taken from with the yellow flares, that is the away section.

[@nullify2298]

Thanks for the the lessons , like really you helped me so much with history classes . Btw keep up your great videos🙂

[@skitskot]

Massive respect for not choosing one of the so called “big six”. You now have a sub.

[@ajvud7190]

@chiken nugget pro well thats fair

[@AbsoleteAim]

I don't see the issue of people supporting whoever they please, popular or not.

[@skitskot]

@@AbsoleteAim The issue is it’s distorting competition.

[@TheDon90]

Love your content. Your choice of football teams just increases that like :)

[@eastondebolt5569]

El Savador and Honduras played once already in a 0-0 draw about a week ago in which the power went out halfway through lol. In the third round of Concacaf each team plays each other twice home and away. So the next time they play is in January.

[@supersasukemaniac]

isn't third round the Hexagonal?

[@eastondebolt5569]

@@supersasukemaniac 8 this year

[@ChristianSirianni]

THANK YOU! LOVED THAT VIDEO!

[@Nathan-yn2ro]

Been binging and enjoying your videos for a while and it’s nice to see a fellow American who’s passionate about the beautiful game like me, much appreciation from the rio grande valley in Texas! 👍

[@tomboz777]

Not often you see a baggies fan out in the wild outside of the Black Country let alone in the states. I’m from Sandwell originally (Birmingham fan), was surrounded by baggies fans growing up. As long as you’re not a Wolves or Villa fan...we good. SOTV KRO.😁

[@FaNsI-]

By saying “I’m a fan of the Rangers in Scotland” he has pissed off my entire school

[@paratame105]

hahaha poor lads

[@SchroomMetanoia]

dude chill, it's just a game

[@FaNsI-]

@@SchroomMetanoia ikr- people freak out over it all the time and I don’t get it

[@leahfinlay8971]

U guys make football about politics celtics=Irish/Scottish and rangers=British that’s is really only a massive thing in Scotland and Ireland cause England have got their big clubs that they care about, just find it weird how u guys seem to bring politics into everything, can’t just enjoy something simple like a football game.

[@FaNsI-]

@@leahfinlay8971 I know. Coming from someone from Scotland who kind of enjoys football, I don’t see why people bring politics into a game. It doesn’t make sense to me. And if you say to someone that you like the opposite team that they like, you are automatically hated by them

[@mitchellhedden1978]

Great job as always.

[@polumathes9729]

@1:34 we call American football “football” because AF is actually a variation of Canadian Football, which is actually the first Gridiron football code, and itself derives from Rugby, which itself derives from soccer. Technically, Rugby, AF, CF, Indoor Football, and other “football” sports are all different codes (systems of rules) for the same game, though you’d never know it just by watching.

[@InlandEmpiresoccer909]

Yes a reaction video to the history of football would be great.

[@WombRaider001]

Really interesting! Never knew that.

[@supersasukemaniac]

and Rugby it self is split in to two codes, League and Union.

[@polumathes9729]

@@InlandEmpiresoccer909 right? I actually know of a good one too

[@polumathes9729]

@@supersasukemaniac that it is!

[@engrossingwaffles6187]

Wasn't able to celebrate the 200k subscribers but I wanted to say congratulations 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@TerminalSports45]

As I recall reading somewhere American Football got its name by being one of the very few team sports in North America where the athletes played it on their feet rather than on horseback.

[@rjgraddy11]

Not entirely. That comes from England. Soccer comes from association football. Football is a set of codes that have similar traits. American football derives from rugby football. Like soccer, ruggers was the popular turn. American football derived from rugby, just as Australian rules football (Aussie rules), Gaelic football, Canadian football, etc. oddly enough England is in the minority of major/traditional anglo speaking countries that say football instead of soccer

[@joshuawatkin425]

Hey man I’m an United fan like your son but I live 30mins from the Hawthornes and used to work very close to it. Just wanted to say love your content I learn a bit more than I don’t from when I watched the original video so thank you

[@pascalplenge1882]

El Salvador is also the Nation with the most goals conceeded in one game at the world cup 1:10 against Hungary in 1982.

[@hank780]

Wait. Really? I never knew that. (Not that I am an avid football fan. Amd yes, I am hungarian)

[@Chris_H103]

Just came across your channel & I’m loving the content… love history & also a huge soccer fan so this was right up my alley. You should stream the USA vs Mexico World Cup qualifier coming up I’m sure it’ll get a lot of buzz!

[@ajtbn8663]

The player you mentioned Andres Escobar was actually killed by a drug cartel as they had put a lot of money on the Colombian team to win the World Cup

[@triplecap4307]

That was a fun video. Re concacaf qualifying, our two combatants actually play twice (like everybody in the last 8). They had a scoreless draw in El Salvador on 9/5/21 and, as you said, will play again in Honduras on 1/30/22. I think it is highly unlikely either team finishes in the top 4 but who knows.

[@bradyolson4690]

That playoff spot seems to be up for grabs this year. All you need are some timely wins and a playoff against the OFC team and you have a very good shot

[@thegoosegaming4337]

On the topic of sports there’s one incident in hockey where at the world juniors during the Cold War a brawl broke out between the Canadian and Soviet teams. Literally everyone was involved and it was so violent they turned off the lights and expelled the two teams from the tournament.

[@benwilliams8488]

American football is called football because in the original rules, the field goal aspect, or kicking part of the game that gives you points gave you more points than what we today call a touchdown.

[@flataspaper]

brilliant video like always

[@Melia_67]

I love your content man!

[@jimdock9]

Never expected you to be a West Brom fan 😂 big man utd fan from Ireland here absolutely love this channel been watching your videos on the way to work all week!

[@kaiserwilhelmii5393]

Quality content, as always.

[@Hudcrudder]

Respect for supporting west brom. Honestly wouldn't think any Americans would support them

[@michaelrobb4387]

Hey now, as an American Aston Villa fan who was college roommates with a Newcastle a United fan, I can tell you that there are plenty of surprising allegiances over here. Relegation be damned

[@franklind.roosevelt3984]

@@michaelrobb4387 I am Italian and I support an Italian club, but in PL I like West Ham United

[@michaelrobb4387]

@@franklind.roosevelt3984 wow, I guess I just assumed you were a United States citizen this whole time… I bet that made WWII a little more difficult for you. All kidding aside, we don’t get a lot of televised Italian football in the states unless it’s champion’s league

[@franklind.roosevelt3984]

@@michaelrobb4387 Italian football was far better many years ago, but it’s still one of the best to watch

[@georgewba6245]

I had a convo with him before and his family are from tipton I think I remember him saying

[@stevengalas7355]

Congratulations on 200k!

[@bellehogel8665]

In Canada we mostly call it soccor too, but there is a mix. I think we only do because of proximatity and interconnectivity of sports program to the US.

[@joeshufelt]

The term "football" likely comes from describing the types of team sports. They had two primary types of sports, one being the sports of the aristocracy, who played on horseback (horseball), and the sports played on foot by the peasants (football). One specific type of British football was known as "mob football", which would have two huge masses of people clashing and trying to move an inflated pig bladder by 'any means' to the markets at each end of town, as long as it didn't lead to killing someone. In Orkney, Scotland, they still play a version of this game, called "Ba game". From the mid 1500s to the 19th century, a ball carrying game known as "Campball" or "Camping" would have a somewhat organized system of play that was very similar to Rugby, though far more rough and violent. 17th century through the 19th century, another similar game was played at Rugby School, with the rules being adjusted by the students with the class intake. They codified the rules in 1845. In the 1860s, the rules of football varied wildly at different schools. . So in 1863, the Football Association was formed, and they attempted to unify the rules of Football with "Laws of the Game". Though they couldn't come to an agreement, and officially caused a separation. This effectively would formed the two sports of Rugby and Football/Soccer and both would quickly spread far and wide. Rugby like games were played in the US at College of New Jersey (Princeton) University in 1820, though it was still very much a "mob ball" like game. Yale ended up banning it because it was too violent. In Boston, 1862, a prep school in Boston formed the Oneida College

[@mastertrams]

Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football is an annual game descending from that original mob football. Unfortunately there was a fire in the 1890s that destroyed our records of the history of the game, but given the records that survived that fire go back to ~1667, there's common belief within the town that it is the oldest surviving example of the medieval game. And it's pretty much like a second Christmas for all people who've ever lived in Ashbourne.

[@chesterparish3794]

I love this video. I love oversimplified.

[@personalpersonal5483]

This is one of my favorite channels

[@peymanrasapanah6240]

Finally, you did it. 😂😂 I'm looking forward to watch your reaction on emu war sir

[@literallynapoleonhimself5417]

Fun fact. This was the last war that saw air battles with piston engined fighter planes. Both sides’ Air Force consisted of WW2 era P-51 Mustangs and Corsair fighters

[@scottdobson1276]

The best thing about oversimplified, is that it is named incorrectly, it's simplified just enough.

[@Atlacatlgames]

My grandfather fought in that war . He was drafted in 1969 at the start of the war .

[@faithful2thecall]

Colombia was one of the pre-tournament favorites for the 1994 World Cup in the US, even being picked to win it by Pele. After already having lost their 1st match of the group stage the pressure was on Colombia when they played the US in their 2nd match, which is when Andres Escobar redirected a cross into his own goal in a match the US won 2-1 leading to Colombia's elimination in the group stage. After returning home about 8 days later Escobar went to a bar against the advice of his friends (and if I remember correctly also his fiance). In the parking lot he was shot several times. I'll add my voice to those mentioning ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary "The Two Escobars" about Andres and Pablo Escobar (who were not related) being a good documentary for those who want more information about that story.

[@LM-pt1rr]

1:30 in italy it's called calcio which means directly translated kicking. Italy is one of the few nations where football isn't called a variation of foot and ball, but it's called after the verb of kicking because you are kicking the ball.

[@renato809]

been waiting for this since aprilll

[@georgeadams3214]

I love how you’re an football fan! Makes me like your content even more!

[@Crisfer39]

Colombian here. Yes, the name of the player was Andres Escobar. He was murder because some criminal organizations were betting hard on Colombia for the World Cup, the team was in great shape.

[@aviator3042]

I started watching you when you had a few hundred subs!

[@cmoncmon4136]

the fact he watches football makes me love this man so much more

[@artembentsionov]

The term “football” originally referred to any ball sport not played on horseback, so it can technically apply to American Football

[@jaycutler1407]

The reason why American football is call Football is because the ball is a foot long which is a little dumb but oh well

[@Chooopy]

@@jaycutler1407 That's not true at all. American Football is called football because it's a derivation of other football games like Rugby Football and Association Football. But since it took form in America, it's called American Football.

[@InlandEmpiresoccer909]

@@Chooopy yes the story about the forward pass is what makes American football different from rugby

[@artembentsionov]

@@InlandEmpiresoccer909 yep, the game was boring until then. And it was technically a violation but the judges let it slide because the crowd was actually interested for once

[@shadows-josh-2535]

Was just scrolling through my home page and found you, clicked and saw you were wearing an Albion shirt, ive subbed and followed on Twitter because you support West Brom but also its a good video

[@TheThoughtAssassin]

My grandmother actually served as an army nurse during the war, and it helped contribute to my family’s still lingering hostility against those “guanacos.”

[@aaron199]

Just dropping in to say I’m a huge AC Milan fan. And I’m really happy to see Milan and United getting back to the top of competitions again. Can’t wait to see one of the two of them start winning silverware again.

[@hiderz]

Inter and man city >>>>>>>>>>

[@dankdanny9883]

Mexico’s Club America smashed Paraguay’s top team Olimpia 8:2 . after that game it was reported that an Olimpia fan set himself on fire and died. A lot of people are really passionate about this sport it’s scary sometimes.

[@mwwq1]

4:00 was about to say "Like the war on drugs and the watergate scandal" but I did a quick search and saw that the war on drugs was declared before the watergate scandal came out.

[@zainmudassir2964]

Another good one sir!

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

Something that this video reminds me that I'd like to see: a piece on the history of the United Fruit Co. and Standard Fruit Co. Some of the things I've read have been pretty horrifying; it'd be interesting to get your take.

[@reillyclements1673]

I will take this opportunity to shamelessly plug Sam o Nella's banana Republic video

[@aquilleswinkler5051]

"I will provide historial context and not just say WOW, or amazing! all the time" A thousand fake ass reaction channels just exploded into dust as they are unable to compete with this man.

[@itsyaboii6783]

Nice intro and graphics (the stuff that was black around the edge) bro :)

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

I got to see the USA-Canada game live in Nashville! Pretty good seats, too! The 1-1 result was disappointing, but to see the atmosphere was plenty of reason for excitement.

[@chrislfc2317]

How is drawing Canada a dissapointment, they're the best in NA

[@teoteo3966]

Rugby and "soccer" are both variations of the game "football." The version which became popular in the US was more closely related to Rugby. The rules evolved (with contributions by Teddy Roosevelt Era Washington, DC) This is my oversimplification, I'd love to see an actual historian delve into the parallel evolutions of the multiple sports under the "football" umbrella. (Bonus points for referencing the roots of Basketball)

[@tannerwilson4843]

Right now, Honduras and El Salvador are both in the 2022 CONCACAF World Cup Final Round Qualification. Alongside with Mexico, USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Panama and Jamaica. Top 3 will automatically qualify for the 2022 World Cup and the 4th place team heads to an international playoff.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yeah. I said all that in the video. :)

[@tannerwilson4843]

@@VloggingThroughHistory My prediction right now is USA, Mexico and Canada to finish in the top 3 to qualify for Qatar. I originally picked Honduras to finish 4th in CONCACAF and make the Playoffs. But that’s not looking to good right now.

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

To anyone more interested in the Andres Escobar story, watch The Two Escobars, a phenomenal documentary about the Colombia captain who shared the same surname as Pablo’s who was shot dead because that own goal cost them the tournament.

[@Nilphinho]

The Two Escobars 30for30 is an excellent documentary

[@aidannyc2090]

Love the vids, could you make more videos about England?

[@brunoandrespadillanavarro8923]

i'm not completely sure, but if i remember what my dad told me about it, Colombia lost the match thanks to an own goal that the dude made by accident, and i think the other more "infamous" Escobar was probably somewhat involved with his asssassination... that particular world cup is famous in my country too because we made it there, and we had a good chance of advancing a lot because we had a really strong player, but unfortunately, he was injured in one of the first matches and we didn't advance further...

[@georgewba6245]

Love the top fella

[@vizithejawa7821]

As I've seen said already, "Soccer" comes from "Association Football", I guess as a bit of a mashup. "Football" is a category of sports, and comes from referring to the fact that it's a sport played on foot and not, say, on horseback, like polo (so it's an old definition and seems odd to us now.) A lot of popular sports nowadays are technically a football sport. Soccer, American Football, Rugby, Basketball, (maybe Hockey, I can't remember). So the name doesn't come from using your feet on the ball, but from playing the game on foot.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Gridiron Football, as it's known internationally us called Football since it's based directly off of Rugby Football.

[@Dryltd]

You saved me from having to say it. Lots of different footballs.

[@LuciferVonCarstein]

The foot in footbal refers to the fact that the sport is played on foot, as opposed to on horseback like polo. To be precise, football is any team sport played on foot in which the objective is to put a ball into a goal of some sort without the aid of a stick-like object.

[@cristobalocampo1406]

As a colombian is sad to hear the Andres Escobar thing. I wasn't even born when that happened but I remember that my school's soccer field was named after him since he studied there when he was a kid.

[@benjaminjankowski4488]

Nice to see an American west brom fan despite the fact that I'm a QPR fan and we will both be fighting for promotion this season

[@refowen]

I remember going to the Romania:Colombia match in the Rose Bowl. First football match I saw live Also, I remember watching a documentary about Escobar. He was shot outside a bar in Colombia…by cartel members he got into an argument/fight with.

[@madguitarist63]

Check out the 30 for 30s "The Two Escobar's" about that world cup. One of the best 30 for 30s ever made

[@TheElectricCherry]

There's a series on Netflix called "How to be a dictator" or something like that. It shows the steps you need to take and talk about people like Hitler, Stalin, and etc.

[@razvanmazilu6284]

I think this was the last war in which WW2 era piston driven fighters engaged in air combat. I believe Honduran F4U Corsairs engaged El Salvadorian P-51 Mustangs.

[@mix3k818]

Perhaps that's why the logo and your suit have that football/soccer style.

[@steakismeat177]

I would highly recommend you watch Lost in the Pond. He discusses the history of the little anachronisms between the U.S. and Britain. Our football is from Rugby Football and Soccer is old Oxford British slang for Association football

[@littlekuribohimposte]

I remember I was talking to some friends in a discord call, and sports game up. And when we began talking about football, one of my Swedish friends said "I'm talking about football, not Hand Egg." We all just broke because it's so true

[@symn00]

As a Brazilian i know how fanatical people can be, there are many cases of deaths and extreme injuries committed by football organized crowds, from ganging on a single person who couldn't get away to fighting each other with improvised weapons

[@Ash_Shaw]

Please Oversimplified 3 Kindoms reactions soon! Love the content!

[@darthwarspite8544]

That ones gonna be a good one. That video is kinda the one I watch the least from Oversimplified. It’s a good video but,even the oversimplified version is extremely confusing lol.

[@sarahellie4113]

Me: sees the video *Celebration starts playing*

[@mrtowers18]

Watching this old video got me thinking about the power of the banana companies from the USA. Now that you were talking about Colombia, we have a pretty bloodie history with this companies. Back in the 20's of the 20th century, many of the workers from the "United Fruit Company" started protesting because of the unfair labor conditions that they had because of the company and the colombian government policies. In one of those protests, the government decided to shoot the protesters with rifles and machine guns. The events are not clear today, but the most pesimistics estimates say that over a 2000 people died in what we call today "la Masacre de las Bananeras" or "Banana Companies Massacres". Making a huge jump to the early 2000's the Chiquita Brown Company was also in the middle of a HUGE scandal because they have being paying bribes to the paramilitary groups, all of this behind the colombian government back, ande the money the paramilitary groups had from this bribe, help them finance many massacres in the Caribbean coast.

[@colombia3552]

Holy crap you actually remember what happened to Andres Escobar by memory?! I used to think no one outside of colombia remembered that

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I had a good friend who was an exchange student in Brazil at the time so that got me paying attention to the World Cup for the first time.

[@herbertbisdorf2717]

I'm German, and I remember him too.

[@rjgraddy11]

There’s an espn documentary called the tale of 2 escobars that cover it. Highly recommend if you have the chance

[@jomoee4123]

Football is an old term meaning a sport played on foot compared to what rich people played which was on horseback. The reason Americans call it soccer goes back to WW1, when the British had recently taken the term soc from the term "association football" and added cer because its a common term of speech. Since the troops were spending so much time with British troops they picked up the term and when they returned home it made things simpler so it stuck, whereas the British eventually just returned to football instead of soccer.

[@justinwatterson3008]

Backstory on the andres Escobar who was killed after the WC. He played for medellin’s team that was owned by Pablo Escobar and most of the Colombia national team players were raised in communities that Escobar helped fund so they felt loyalty to him and visited him during his prison stay, they arrested the 1st choice keeper prior to the WC because he wouldn’t stop visiting Pablo when they told him to. During the WC they were bombarded by calls at the hotel and voodoo curses. They were told not to come home and stay in a safety house till it calmed down by andres Escobar being the captain and responsible for the OG refused and went out to face the people. The brother that killed him were Pablo Escobar’s rival cartel.

[@cincyorangeman1672]

The history behind the term football and soccer is interesting. Basically sports played on your feet were called football as opposed to equestrian sports played by upper class in England on horse back. Early on there weren't many standardized rules but eventually groups came together to set out rules similar to how baseball had different rules set such as the Massachusetts Game vs New York game made by the knickerbockers. The two most prominent football rules were rugby football and association football. The term soccer was created by the English and used for a while there as it is short for association. American football got its name from rugby football with the similar play style especially before forward passing was introduced. There are many other types of football as well, such as Australian rules, Gaelic, and others. Some other countries also use the term soccer, such as Canada, Australia and Ireland (Ireland uses both because of Gaelic football). There's a lot of really fascinating history behind the spread and standardization of sports.