The Shocking Downfall of Santos FC

[@thecalifornianlimey8748]

There is never a boring day in Brazilian football for better or for worse

[@leandronardi7867]

No, there isn't hahahaha it's definitely not like La Liga where everyone always knew who was gonna win since 1940. Palmeiras and Flamengo have taken high spot in last 5 years, but that can change dramatically based on foreigner money, as we can see Botafogo, Bahia, Bragantino. In that way, the most alike championship is the Premier League, where West Ham, Newcastle will probably have higher protagonism in next years.

[@neideandrade2767]

Para nós santistas o dia 6 de dezembro foi um dia não apenas chato no futebol. Foi um dia horroroso e humilhante

[@nescaulindo607]

kkkkkkk santos só vive de passado kkkkkkkkk timeco ruim@@neideandrade2767

[@otaviofrn_adv]

As a brazilian, cannot phrase it better

[@Bennmoha]

@@leandronardi7867😅😮

[@dereksmith6126]

I actually saw Santos play in 1973 when they visited Plymouth Argyle. Pelé scored a 2nd half penalty. But the mighty Pilgrims beat them 3-2. Back then football was still magical, we hardly saw foreign players except for the World Cup, but we still knew who all these great players were. I miss that.

[@netaji-thebritishslayer]

Damn how old were you when u watched O Rei??

[@LuTzz]

Andres Rueda on football: "I don't understand it, I don't want to understand and I'm angry with those who understand" A REAL QUOTE FROM OUR FORMER PRESIDENT

[@peruano-quichwa---aymara8611]

Even more worse in Peru, bro.

[@s-ts-4348]

Andres Ruedas was Santos' president

[@ricardorazera5547]

Andrés Rueda is the worst president in the history of Santos. He practically scrapped a club that was in the Libertadores final when he took over

[@paraguayhastalavistaysenor9404]

Am Paraguayan and you can make a video about ongoing Paraguayan football crisis. We are now so weak that even a Brazil in crisis can destroy us.

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

The explanation will be the same: money

[@Th3nylo]

8 months later… Paraguay beats Brazil in a World Cup qualifying match! Unreal!

[@brunogripp]

About Santos, growing up as a kid Santos was always that odd team that never competed for anything and was just there. Then they had that fluke brasileirão, the last one with playoffs when they manage to win dispite having the 8th best record in the first phase. This helped them a lot and the new young players in Robinho, Neymar and Ganso really helped them keep relevant. But after 10 years of the departure of Neymar and after the new stadia for the world cup, Santos still plays in a small and woefully old stadium, and teams from other places, like Fortaleza and Cuiabá, really upped their game.

[@Braziliansyrah]

Além do Santos ser o time que ninguém odiava, talvez por ser tão inofensivo. Antes do Neymar, eu lembro que quando a minha família se juntava de fim de semana, a gente colocava futebol de fundo e todo mundo torcia pelo Santos, detalhe: ninguém torce pro Santos kkkk

[@SaudiGod]

That team with Diego, elano, Alex, Robinho that got beat in the libertadores off boca was brilliant

[@peruano-quichwa---aymara8611]

Same with most clubs in Peru. You can't see any difference.

[@valmorjanjacomo653]

Even in second division, Santos is way more relevant than Cuiabá and Fortaleza. And, Santos is planning to build new stadium in 2024.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

​@@valmorjanjacomo653Just after the fan burnt the current one to the ground😅

[@ethandalton6480]

Great to hear that Alfie has such a big following in Brazil

[@jamesthomashtunkyaw5682]

Being a Pele fan it made me sad, Santos was where beauty was born. But at least Santos can still come back. Unlike the tragedy of my country Myanmar however. A video about our Myanmar’s football collapse is worth paying attention, why Myanmar, once a historic giant of Asian football by 1950s and 1960s, is now demising, and understanding the destructive role of the brutal military regime behind its demise.

[@Amber1eaf1]

​@@PnCKSMTRYou seriously think that 90%+ of people wouldn't know that Myanmar is a country 😂

[@davidbowie5023]

@@PnCKSMTR You certainly not heard of Myanmar. Myanmar used to be among the strongest in Asia. Besides, it was the 1950s and 1960s, when Myanmar was at peak of their strength, not 2020s.

[@davidbowie5023]

@@PnCKSMTR And? Are you tired of pamphleting racism and hatred?

[@davidbowie5023]

@@PnCKSMTR I stated history and fact. You have an emotional issue. Football is not surrounded only to Europe nor to a small island. If you think supremacy helps you, go home and seek psychiatrist. Your sentiment is full of hate, just that.

[@olaviooo]

Santos's relegation was expected here in Brazil, we all knew they were going to be relegated in a few years, they almost got relegated in the state league last year.

[@forseti1654]

Great video! Since you mentioned Botafogo, I think a video about their historical bottling after a 13 point lead (I swear, I don't know if they had 14 at one point of the league) with many details as possible because it's a crazy plot worthy of a movie, there's even this quote "There are things that only happen to Botafogo"

[@Crundmama]

You should definitely make a separate video on the historic botafogo collapse

[@chechenknightslaillaillall2047]

A good mention about Russia’s football collapse, its pivoting to Asia, and possible political implication (especially with the like of Central Asian nations) is worth as well. I have read sportswashing and found that Russia and Kazakhstan have engaged in excessive sportswashing and corruption in European football. Now that Russia is banned, Russia is starting to turn to Asia, while Kazakhstan has recently doubled their ties with Asian nations due to AFC is not hostile to dictatorships as seen in UEFA recently. In this context, being a Swede (Chechen origin), I wonder will tensions result in the eventual Kazexit and Rusexit from UEFA due to opposition against these countries and based on context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[@peruano-quichwa---aymara8611]

It's interesting if you put geopolitical perspective. A Russia inside the AFC, if such scenario really happens, will be Kazakhstan's major catastrophe. Russia inside the AFC meant Kazakhstan will be UEFA's furthest member, and separated by a hostile Russia and being plagued by a paranoid Turkish regime helped little. The AFC, full of autocrats as mentioned, is not interested in putting pressure to end a war or an invasion, as seen with what happened in the Iran-Iraq War, or Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Additionally, many Central Asian nations are so weak to even do anything, while China's relations with Russia have greatly improved since 1990s and are now buddies since Putin's war on Ukraine. That also means that if Russia invaded Kazakhstan, using the same context (Kazakhstan-Russia relations are not really harmonious recently, given the past genocide of Kazakhs by Russia) as it did to Ukraine, UEFA could not provide support for Kazakhstan the same way they did to Ukraine, nor even the UEFA could pressure the AFC to do something outside its jurisdiction. Leave alone Kazakhstan's infamous reputation as a despotic nation that used football and UEFA membership for its evil business. I am not surprised why Kazakhstan is searching for alternative solution. As for now, they may need to hope that the UEFA is still tolerant to them first. Kazakhstan should have wished it had not joined the UEFA at the first place. Probably Kazakhstan thought UEFA is NATO, which, probably, its biggest and gravest mistake.

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

Ufa Aren't you hostile to dictatorships? lol Hugs from Azerbaijan

[@otaviofrn_adv]

man, if Russia goes to asia, they are basically locked in the World Cup (after the suspension gets lifted) We all know those states with the suffix -istan are basically client states of Russia

[@chechenknightslaillaillall2047]

@@otaviofrn_adv They will be likely to come together. If Russia is to exit the UEFA, Kazakhstan will certainly understand that its membership in UEFA is counted only by weeks or months. Overall, Kazakhstan has the most miserable geography in the UEFA, not just being the furthest (plus shares similar timeline with India than Europe), but also, it is circled by authoritarian regimes like Iran, China, Pakistan, plus significant influence from Saudi Arabia. AFC, if I remember right, doesn't have a reputation of caring about democracy or human beings like UEFA (something certainly suited both).

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

@@otaviofrn_adv Not exactly, Kazakhstan has American biological weapons laboratories and the other "istans" have approached the European bloc, Azerbaijan for example, which provides the fuel that Israel uses to massacre the Palestinians. But I agree that the Russian team is superior to most Asian teams except Japan and South Korea.

[@StrongBalloonChris]

"When is HITC Sevens going to make a video about this?" My exact thoughts about most things football 😂

[@vaiyt]

"i am four parallel universes ahead of you"

[@botelhokunawara24]

It is well known, here in Brazil, that Santos' management has been as corrupt as it gets for the past 30y. Btw, a 3am release, mate?! Get some sleep.

[@TheMcCats]

he lives in uk so if he uploaded 3 hours from when im making this comment as it says, it wouldve been uploaded around 1:30-2:00am california time and UK time is way ahead of us so it wouldve been around 10am for him

[@luishernandezblonde]

Dude publish it in the UK, not Brazil.

[@leandrodivera]

This video is so beautifully done. I had no foreign football fans were interested in our teams to this level of detail.

[@giullianosep]

When a big team is relegated it's always a historical moment, but for me, every team will eventually be relegated in Brazil. Even São Paulo and Flamengo, the two remaining ones, had already barely escaped relegation a few times. Santos' relegation is not surprising at all, they've been flirting with relegation for a few years now even in the state championship.

[@yatman6305]

Hi there Alfie. Would be very appreciated from me, for you to make a video on the astonishing demise of Budapest Honved FC. From a club which has won 8 Hungarian cups (most recent in 2020), 14 Hungarian league first division titles (last in 2017), whom the star players such as Puskas, Koczis & Czibor- of arguably the best national football team ever- played for, now finds itself languishing in the abyss of 11th currently, in the SECOND division!

[@franze4]

damn didn’t know santos was actually not that humongous of a club

[@vitorpavani7125]

It is and at the same time it isn't. Having 12 big clubs means that in Brazilian Football even the greatest are victims of cyclic irrelevance from time to time. Every major club in Brazil is prone to this. Palmeiras and Flamengo are the thoughest guys around now, but in the mid 2000's they were trash.

[@xiexie5177]

O Santos é gigante 👍

[@VaultFoxey]

Can you make a video about German DFB Pokal fearful Clubs. For example my Hometown club FC Remscheid used to be a fearful Club in the Cup in the 80s but since the last time they where in the 2 bundesliga in 1992/93 they went down all the way to the 7th division. Today they are hard stuck in the 6th Division

[@MultiAlbertr]

About Robinho's crime: It is not that Brazil dont have an extradiction deal. The fact is Brazil's constitution prohobits The country to extradite its own citizens

[@JoséSette-z9h]

A good look from outside on the state of Brazilian football. One important factor in the relegation battles of big teams is that FOUR teams out of twenty are relegated, unlike European leagues. Congratulations on gratuitous insertion of Brazilian champions Fluminense in 1970!

[@MikaelSalles]

In my opinion the most special club in the world, so unique.

[@ItsPietroFelix]

The saddest part for me isn't even the relegation. It's because after the revival after matchday 27 we really thought it was just over and we could free ourselves once again. But after the 7-1 loss the team entered the pitch more afraid to lose than hopeful to win, and that's when it all fell apart. Some fans were "celebrating" draws because HEY, it isn't a loss! But in the end, those draws were brutal.

[@christianvanneuves9958]

I expected a really crappy video, but you did an excellent job here. Great cinema! Thx, Alfie!

[@DolfoLicks]

Alfie, I am a suporter of santos and was ACTUALLY hoping for this video. Great one, apart from the number of times vasco and botafogo have been relegated, 4 and 3. And some weird pronunciation of names. Hahaha

[@luedgi]

A correction: Bragantino played in the first division before, in the 90's. They were even vice champions in the 1991 season.

[@leandronardi7867]

It is really sad that the best football player in history died last year and then in less than a year his club got relegated...Sad indeed. My dad almost died this year as well and he's also a Santos supporter.

[@b-don7930]

I think alfie would love to look into Independiente, most succesful southamerican club and constantly in crisis for the last 20 years

[@ipodzrock1]

As a Gremio fan, it’s insane how we nearly won the league title despite there being only three teams that conceded more goals than us, and they were all relegated

[@vocenuncavaisaberquemsoueu8830]

Mas só um time fez mais gols que vocês, justamente o Palmeiras

[@BrunoFerreira-rr1tz]

Efeito Luis Suarez...

[@ricardoramos7912]

As a Vasco da Gama supporter, I know and I saw how an awful management can screw up a gigantic and popular team 'till downfall it to oblivion.

[@Berekete89]

Não sou santista, mas a falta de memória do brasileiro é algo assustador. Santos sempre brigou na parte de cima da tabela. Só dos anos 2000 pra cá, além dos dois brasileiros o Santos teve no mínimo uns 3 vice campeonatos, fora a final da Libertadores perdida por um detalhe contra o Palmeiras. Também teve um vice campeonato da Libertadores perdida em 2003 contra o Boca. O Santos está indiscutivelmente no top-3 maiores clubes do Brasil, lembrando que é o único time grande que não está localizado em uma capital, o que dificulta ainda mais a aproximação de novos torcedores. O Santos só pecou pela estrutura precária, um estádio com capacidade de 12 mil pessoas é ridículo. Palmeiras e Corinthians são exemplos disso, começaram a ganhar tudo depois dos investimentos + estádios modernos, coisa que o Santos NUNCA teve. Infelizmente futebol é isso: dinheiro. Tradição não paga salários, hoje um jogador médio prefere jogar no Fortaleza do que no Santos.

[@jeffersondourado1841]

Concordo com tudo que vc disse. e acrescento que há uma mafia de velhos e empresarios que sempre estao levando a maior parte dos jogadores revelados no clube. O dinheiro evapora mais rapido que chuva no asfalto de Cuiabá

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

A coisa do estadio moderno é surpestimada, o importante é ter muitos lugares e ocupa-los. Esses estádios moderno gastam mais do que geram receita.

[@gabrielBmoreno]

I'm a Santos fan, and we are very upset. But we still know that Santos will comeback, and be the greatest brazilian team again.

[@davidbowie5023]

Brazil's current crisis is reflected deeply not just Brazil but the entirety of South America. There are signs that South American nations can't catch up with the new football development, and that Argentina's 2022 World Cup win is more like the last ditch effort to prevent the eventual demise of South America. This is not helped by Europe's footballing policies aiming to disable South America's football strength, such as draining their young talents from early ages, to creating the UEFA Nations League to prevent South American nations from playing friendlies with European teams; the latter alone proved costly as South American nations lost access to European football in friendly terms. Hell that's why a growing portion of South Americans are now in favour to merge CONMEBOL and CONCACAF to one. Historically the idea of merging North and South America was deemed unrealistic because South Americans regarded North America as inferior. Unfortunately, when Europeans are seeing South America the same way, South Americans have bitterly come to realise the only way to regroup and regain strength... is the eventual unification of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL to one. Messi's arrival to Miami, a city where 90% population are Latinos, indicated such a thing, but the road to unification remains long and difficult ahead.

[@Jay-xw9ll]

That thumping of Brazil in Brazil by the Germans was probably the most traumatic night of footy I've seen. I'm still recovering.

[@wpstudart500]

As a Santos supporter, this is an expected death. Everybody (excluding the president and club management) knew, it is impressive how bad this club has been managed. If it was a small bakery, it would have bankrupted a long time ago.

[@amanshukla6122]

THAAAANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ALFIE!!!!!!!

[@1917yee]

I'd love to see a deep dive on Vasco da Gamas wild last few decades

[@eng.joaopaulorodriguesdesouza]

Clarification Redbull created a club in a small city in the state of São Paulo, but they never even played the Serie B of the Brasileirão, second-tier of the national league. So they bought Bragantino, also a club from a small city in the state of São Paulo, in that year was in the Serie B. But Bragantino had played in Serie A a handful of times before Redbull acquisition, and even got to the final in 1991 with Mauro Silva as their star player and a young Vanderlei Luxemburgo as manager, but lost the title to São Paulo. By the way, the acquisition of Bragantino by Redbull has some weird stuff that at the time wasn't showed, but come out in the news afterward.

[@brianfornaro5]

Awesome video, I always love to see you make videos about the Brazilian league and Brazilian teams

[@lamjianhua2884]

To be fair Santos is a club whose supporters are all in the retirement home.

[@Xdtjknd]

tells us more !video game boy

[@victorrodrigues5268]

São Paulo and Fluminense staying mid table is kinda common. Especially because both focused in other tournaments (São Paulo with the Brazil Cup and Fluminense with the mentioned Libertadores). As Brazilian teams don’t have as strong squads as known European clubs, they tend to prioritize one tournament and survive on the others. I am a São Paulo fan, and even though in 2023 we stayed mid table because we prioritized winning the Brazil Cup, it’s been kinda normal for us to miss out on the Libertadores 😅 At least we are back this year!!

[@RdeCGaming]

This is what normally happens in brazil

[@Luckymag-if4dw]

The thing is Santos do have about legit 5 million total fans, but a lot of then are spread around Brazil, which makes it difficult to generate as much money as when the fans are in your city. Add that to the fact the city itself isn't a big commercial centre and you understand why it is harder for then. They still have good numbers in tv audience due to having fans around brazil but the money these fans generate is less than almost all of the other big 12. Add that to the fact 10 of the big 10 all play in stadiuns from 40000 to 80000 in capacity and you get the difference. Heck, Brazil has the highest amount 50000 and 40000 stadiuns in the world and Santos, one of the giants have a sub 20000 stadium. Totally bizarre

[@FoxStar99]

Major trophy cup win then relegation Corrupt hairdresser owner sent to jail Self destructive manager sackings Mystery and faceless owners Half the stadium gets closed Points deductions Training ground burns down Supporter protests Tom Brady investing And amongst all this, producing what could be of the greatest players of all time in Bellingham Surely there must be a video on Birmingham City soon?

[@mchandler15]

I think we can all agree that there are far too many sponsors on those shirts. They look horrible!

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

Sponsorships here do not pay the same amounts as Europeans.

[@tonyantoniou9271]

Aston Villa [Division3] 2 Santos [Pele and all] 1, during their guest tours, I needed to mention that.

[@MrSdasf]

Sad to see my santos feature here for these reasons. Keep up the awesome work, alfie

[@canald0tobi229]

Hey, i am a fan of the Santos Futebol Clube, I was very sad about a relegation of my team, but I believe we can return to the first division of national football, and we will return to being at least a portion of what we were before. So that's it, my English isn't very good, but I hope you understand.

[@jonnyso1]

While it is true that this trend of outside investment like with Bragantino and Bahia made them more competitive, this is a relatively new trend. To me all the big clubs were relegated for their own mismanagement, Vasco has been a mess for years, Santos had that comming for years, Cruzeiro managed to mask it with some success on the field but was also a time bomb. In Brazil due to the finantial disparity between states, especially São Paulo and Rio compared to everyone else, and also very uneaven TV deals made clubs that by all righst should be thriving to struggle, but things are changing. Clubs like Fortaleza and Bahia are from huge cities, have huge stadiums and are finally starting to tap into their potential, not to mention the really promissing work that clubs like Ceara and Cuiaba have shown. Brazil is huge, and if CBF ever got their s*** together and figured out a better league that doesn't just favour the clubs from the Southeast of the country, it could be a real revolution, there is a lot of sleeping potential on the lower divisions.

[@queenzoroark]

Being relegated when it was almost impossible to happen, losing a game with the only goal your biggest player never managed to do in their whole life, in the championship where it pays homage to that said player... oh god, I can feel the pain and I'm not even a Santos fan.

[@KingAlanI]

That is a feature of relegation - the once mighty can fall, they don't just get to keep coasting on past glories

[@Zoltanlouis2009]

Excellent video...... there are some big problems in Brazil (football and wider society). I went past the Portuguese stadium in São Paulo last year, but had no idea the size of it on the inside until this video. I'd so love to see a match there (and at the Santos ground), but I'm advised that safety can't be guaranteed in São Paulo, any time but particularly on match days....... that really made me sad as I would love to visit those two grounds and Corinthians and Palmeiras (i did the stadium tour of the latter) 😕

[@LucasOliveira-tt2ll]

there's also a constant meme among football fans in Brazil that Santos always mess up things when they got a hold on money. That was quite clear when Neymar moved to Barcelona, they were supposed to receive a big sum of money, but Neymar Sr and Sandro Rosell managed to embezzle most of it, while Santos thought it was all great by losing 8x0 in a friendly against Barça, and then it started the shopping spree. There's also the curious case of Jean Chera, a very talented academy player that fell victim of his own dad who started asking for pay raises when he was still 15 and Santos had to terminate his contract because they couldn't agree to his father's demands.

[@diogomelo7897]

and there's the Leandro Damião transfer, which is probably the worst transfer in the history of brazilian football

[@dionesilveira9918]

Como é bom ser Brasileiro!!❤

[@UnlimitedSwordMagic]

Ngl, they always had problems when they didn't get some good players from their youth teams. At the beginning of the season I was like "they're terrible, they'll probably fight against relegation this year"

[@seandelap8587]

Yes the former club of Pele so basically the Man Utd of Brazilian football and one of the few South American clubs that I've always been aware of so this is certainly a big deal

[@olm8829]

Man United’s downfall is Bad of course, but nowhere near as bad as Santos’. Man Utd are shite, but they are not in the relegation battle

[@seandelap8587]

​@@olm8829I was simply comparing the stature of the club in their country compared to others not directly comparing the current sitation of both clubs

[@11kusanagi]

We need more videos like this

[@guilhermeandradedaveiga5605]

The Red Bull franchise only managed to play Brazil's fourth tier national league, never playing top flight football before merging with Bragantino, which played some seasons in top flight before the merger, even going national runners up some thirty years ago. Bragantino was at the second tier by the time of the merger with the Red Bull team. Thankfully, Bragantino's stadium is still renowned for the sausage sandwiches.

[@Thomao]

I've been waiting for this one and alas!💥💥💥💥

[@charismaticadventurer8448]

We need a video about botafogo’s downfall and palmeiras winning the league. Incredible story

[@vitorpereira8821]

Traduzindo: O Santos vai jogar a série 🅱️🅱️😏😏

[@zefrauzo]

E mesmo assim só quem é grande merece um documentário internacional!!

[@leandronardi7867]

Best Santos documentary in ages!

[@MonTube2006]

22:09 Interesting terrain

[@tonirrolquimiguitau745]

Finally a video about Brazil! This 2023 season was the best and most entertaining season in the history of the sport. YOU MUST COVER Vasco da Gama escape from relegation. We had only 9 FUCKING POINTS before Ramon Diaz, Dimitri Payet, Vegetti, Gary Medel and other players arrived. YOU MUST COVER! It was the best relegation battle ever. The table changed 7 times during the last games.

[@chibifirestorm]

I knew this was coming as soon i saw they got relegated

[@richardmingoti4567]

The 4-1 victory for Bahia was unexpected. However, Atletico Mineiro was already qualified for the Libertadores, with only a 0.00001% chance of winning the championship. Meanwhile, Bahia, playing at home, needed to win to avoid relegation.

[@feliperippel2310]

4:16 and Fluminense

[@chaosu64]

Great video but there is some unrelated thing you said that triggered me. I'm a red star supporter and the club is not and will never be red star Paris. I get that most don't know the club but we're a club from the suburbs and we're proud of our own, non parisina, identity, Which is why I wanted to point that out. It's either Red Star, Red Star 93 (93 being our region code) or Red Star Saint-Ouen. I know most don't care but I was triggered

[@mortalvombat66]

Pretty sure Brazil has more professional football players than Croatia does citizens

[@kou9031]

But the quality is 000

[@bananaslamma35]

Should be noted that Fluminense beating Boca Juniors is by no means an achievement. It's honestly disgusting that Boca Juniors even got to the final, and they took the spot of a more competent team, we only got there thanks to the sheer absurdity that was Romero's penalty performance, because Boca Juniors had its worst coach in several years. Generally speaking, South American football, and especially Brazilian and Argentinian football, is infinitely more competitive than European football because the playing field is vastly more level. Even the richest and wealthiest clubs aren't so mcuh richer than everyone else that there's no competition. The biggest clubs in Europe are so unbelievably and fabulously wealthy that the others simply cannot compete. But that's not the case for South America, where the richest clubs would be considered straight up poor in Europe.

[@daniloalmeida4837]

O santos é uma religião para nós!!!

[@giodhuha6771]

Yo what on earth is happening in Sevilla?

[@cassiosilva6301]

What a Sad thing happent to Santos fc, but we are gonna comeback stronger! I Hope so!

[@b-zoneonroku2020]

To be fair refball was abound in favor of Santos throughout the Pele era. Non unlike how David Stern Rigged the NBA in the MJ era.

[@michaelq5501]

Make more South American content plz it’s very underrated

[@Fanaro]

26:47 What's the source of that table?

[@rupamaditya0]

Day (lost count +53): The despicable despotic president of Bangladesh Football Federation

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

Every federal president is despotic, the difference is that the Europeans have good marketing.

[@DygoKnight]

I just hope Diniz doesn't win the Club World Cup

[@BALHAM69]

#thepeopleschannel a video on the Bangladesh premier league and the rise of Bashundhara kings would be good A team who went into the top flight after promotion and won the last four league titles now! Are they the next Newcastle? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

[@danielkarmy4893]

Who's the lad stood next to Graeme Le Saux in the photo at 32:10? You know, asking for a friend...

[@concernedcitizen2766]

So basically Santos FC is Brazil’s answer to the NFL’s Green Bay Packers?

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Alfie, could you imagine Santos getting relegated and Brazil not qualifying for the world cup, FIFA would loose out on millions of dollars, but it wouldn't come as a suprise, what I cant stand is poor to adequate countries qualifying for the world cup and good European countries not being able to qualify, because of this, is the Copa Libertadores the equivalent of the F.A Cup? this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@Denver_____]

Pele’s locker actually exist in the santos dressing room, and it’s locked to this day ( true story) no one knows what’s in there to this day. After santos got relegated they open the locker and found a big B

[@monwabisinondyola7476]

HITC Sevens: What on earth is going on at Cape Town Spurs😢😂

[@6TheButcher]

This is funny because a Free Santos Neymar Came out in pes

[@e-money9251]

30:11 so basically chelsea

[@justinlariviere]

how bout most hated player from each of the 7 continents

[@dwblurb]

Thought for a minute this was gonna be about George Santos being expelled from congress.

[@Blizzardfire]

27:50 Nowhere is safe for Chelsea fan 🤣

[@ieatbatsdude8271]

The Green Bay packers of Brazil

[@RoyMatzem]

1st president: Corrupt 2nd: Impeached 3rd: Arrested Drug dealer "But dont worry, the 4th is the worst" Holy crap, like we say; "Brazil is not for amateurs"

[@daveUK1066]

Richarlison is their No9 thats how far the have fallen, and instead of Cafu and R Carlos , they now have Emerson Royale and some other mug

[@unitedtillidie8579]

Ngl i never thought in my life time i would see santos relegated .

[@CKDELAS99]

VASCO DA GAMA

[@dylansreviews8231]

5:55 is that a taylor swift reference

[@juliocatao]

Poor sardines😢😂 but yeah, Santos recent history is crazy even by brazilian standards

[@jucalebre7540]

Mataram o Santos kkkk

[@mashiah1]

Can you please make "How did Botafogo suceed to lose the championship when they led the table with 13 points gap?"

[@mnm5165]

Not sure if anyone will tune in to that video

[@Hackspit]

"Bottlefogo or Botafraudo? The Botafogo story"

[@Kuddochan]

@@mnm5165 It was a pretty popular ongoing story in the last few months on social media due to how unbelievable it was so there'd probably be interest

[@dr6124]

"succeed to lose"? ..... Just say lose.

[@dr6124]

I could probably answer this; drop at least 15 points due to corruption in Brazil.

[@gabrielvogas9770]

Just a small clarification: Bragantino really was a small club without RB acquisition, but it has competed before in top level. Actually, it was Serie A finalist in 1991, losing the title to São Paulo. But, confirming that it was small, it is a good candidate for the most underdog finalist ever.

[@axxessmundi]

Guarani 1978?

[@cauedantas]

​@@axxessmundiNope, Guarani was BIG at the time (they also reached the final in 86 and 87). I'd say Portuguesa in 1996 or Fortaleza in 1968

[@axxessmundi]

@cauedantas Nope...Guarani were not considered big as the Clube dos 13. Guarani never won a estaddual either. You're welcome

[@gabrielvogas9770]

@@axxessmundiGuarani may not be a G-12 or G-13 club, but was (and still is) way bigger than Bragantino ever was before RB. Same goes for Fortaleza and Portuguesa. My top three underdog finalists would be Bragantino, Bangu and São Caetano (they are not listed in a particular order).

[@axxessmundi]

@gabrielvogas9770 Again Guarani were and still considered a 2nd tier feeder team.

[@giulianocantadore6739]

I'm Brazilian but I have lived in Portugal for the past five years, and I always used a sentence to describe how thrilling Brazilian football is: "over there, the league is so competitive due to the sheer number of "big" clubs that by the end of one or two bad seasons you will be relegated, since you cannot put a trophy that you won a couple of years ago to play as a striker or a midfielder. If your club doesn't get relegated after two awful seasons, you're a Santos supporter." I guess I'll have to find another example hahahaha

[@MarloSoBalJr]

So, Santos is the Los Angeles Chargers of football

[@FeeOLimA]

São Paulo ou Flamengo irmão, os únicos a não cair (Cuiabá nao conta, muito pouco tempo na série A)

[@giulianocantadore6739]

@@FeeOLimA não foi isso que eu quis dizer. O São Paulo teve aí uma época de vacas magras mas só um ou outro ano correu sério risco de rebaixamento, num desses anos só não caiu porque o Hernanes veio pra salvar a pátria. A questão que eu quis levantar foi que se um time brasileiro (grande ou pequeno) faz um, no máximo dois anos de um péssimo trabalho, ele corre sérios riscos de cair. Só para dar um exemplo, fiquei um tempão ouvindo sobre a "crise do Sporting" e o pior que aconteceu foi jogar a Liga Europa, eles nem cogitavam ser rebaixados. Por fim, Flamengo rebaixado em 1995 e São Paulo no paulista de 1990. Reclamações disque @RaíSouzaVieiraDeOliveira e @TelêSantana.

[@noivatco]

Ah sim, Flamengo e São Paulo são Illuminati.... Só nessa tua choradeira já deu pra elevar um tanto o nível do Atlântico....

[@downthebanks]

Did you just quote yourself?

[@ottomanosman2463]

Man, when we talk Pele, Santos came to mind. Sad to see them collapsed. I hope they will return.

[@Bielgv1]

That's one of the reasons why i say the brazilian league IS more entertaining than any european league, Santos fell, yes, but so did Palmeiras, Atlético Mineiro, Corinthians. Atlético Mineiro won the libertadoras in 2013, Corinthians won the kibertadores in 2012 and beat Chelsea at the CWC final in that same year, and palmeiras won two libertadores and 2 brazilian championship Série A in the few years, no one is immune tô relegation in brazil, Vasco beat Manchester United 3 - 0 in 2000 and since then was relegated 4 times

[@Xdtjknd]

@@Bielgv1 todos os times ingleses tbm já foram rebaixados ..

[@ilgattoparddo]

Pelé said that his team is Vasco da Gama, though he played most of the time in Santos.

[@Xdtjknd]

@@ilgattoparddo when he was a kid , vasco minha rola

[@murilofurlan3479]

@@ilgattoparddo No he said that his team was, and has always been, Santos, he did on some occasions express sympathies to Vasco, even calling himself a 'fan' of the team, but the truth is, Pelé will always be associated with Santos, and no one can change that.