How The Favourites Performed At EVERY Euros

[@bababababababa6124]

England being favourites just doesn’t sit right with me

[@Takkks]

They are only favourites on paper.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

They are. Hopefully, they won't win. Anyone, but England.

[@StillAwesome21]

Same, gotta be France

[@MrFreakybeaver]

Probably a smart move from the bookies so punters put money on them with no chance of them winning 😂

[@faeembrugh]

Yes, they don't exactly suit being under scrutiny..

[@ishaandw]

Small Correction: Spain beat Italy 4-0 not 3-0 in 2012 final.

[@adamhitchcock3723]

Small, it is massive!!

[@natanmihretu4532]

I still remember it being 3 because I went to bed once the third was scored😂

[@adamhitchcock3723]

@@natanmihretu4532 How old were you?

[@brokendoll3368]

@@adamhitchcock3723 I mean, I am 33 now and I went to bed during the last Euro's when France scored their third against Switzerland. I felt like "have to get up early tomorrow, there is no way Switzerland make a comeback against France"

[@adamhitchcock3723]

@@brokendoll3368 Ah, I see, I thought it was because you were a minor at the time.

[@markordynamics376]

Can hear Alfie Sweating at trying not to call out Henderson. Get into him Alfie deserves every bit of it !!

[@alexsagert7609]

To be fair, him destroying his reputation inspired a whole video of his a while back.

[@markordynamics376]

@alexsagert7609 aye it should be a 10 part series.

[@bens4602]

@@markordynamics376Nothing the English are better at than putting down their own. Nothing foreigners are better at than putting down the English. He’s got what he’s deserved, plus more, it’s plain boring now. Give. It. A. Fucking. Break.

[@stevencooke6451]

Henderson i a total putz.

[@markordynamics376]

@@stevencooke6451 you spelt cunt wrong

[@rafaelcarvalho9031]

Video idea suggestion: Why has Real Madrid dominated the Champions league so much from 2014 onwards? Let's not forget that they had to wait over a decade for la décima, now they already have 15.

[@sgt.thompson98]

Simple: Jose Mourinho. As much as I dislike him, I can't deny that he had a massive impact on Real in the Champions League. Prior to him joining Real, they were absolutely diabolical in the CL, getting knocked out in the round of 16 constantly. Then he arrived, and in his three years, the team managed to make it to the semis all three times, setting up a precident.

[@molybdomancer195]

Money. Yawn 🥱

[@barringtongilbert9230]

Same as 1962....bribery!

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

There are fewer and fewer teams capable of competing with them. The Italian teams and Barcelona used to get in Real's way, not anymore. The Bundesliga and PL teams are useless, Real is their daddy.

[@tasbhu764]

Adding onto the sgt, mentality and Carlo is another thing. Even when they are the second best team they find a way

[@frankvandorp2059]

3:47 As a Dutchman I have to correct you there, the Netherlands absolutely was NOT a European powerhouse of football in 1957. In the period between the 2nd world war and 1974 we never qualified for a tournament even a single time. Only when Cruijff and his generation came onto the scene in the late 1960s started the Netherlands to become relevant in world football.

[@andrasszabo1570]

Yeah, in 1957 even professional football was a new and novel idea in the Netherlands, let alone being good at the world's most popular sport.

[@abasudoh7459]

It's crazy how many countries were against what seemed like a reasonable idea to play football against each other lol

[@Matthias-ww9hx]

because wherever countries compete it becomes political

[@iamerror1699]

@@Matthias-ww9hx Whenever? Not always the case.

[@benclarkey1412]

Big respect for not making sponsorship deals with those horrible betting companies, refreshing to see. Personally I have no problem with you having companies sponsor you though, especially if it allows you to make videos that usually wouldn't be financially worthwhile for you. Great work once again

[@livwake]

For sure, I’d buy a vpn off the man

[@LeftJoystick]

Virtue-signaling losers don’t sit right with me. Who are you to push your ethics onto someone else? Do you have no self-control?

[@karlfroberg520]

"... and Maguire in 18" 😂😂😂😂

[@dylonmartinez7946]

I caught that as well but Maguire is the GOAT so 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@stevencooke6451]

That was a nice homage to the missing English central defender

[@BALHAM69]

Videos for you to consider - what on earth is going on at inverness Caledonian thistle From third place and winning Scottish cup to Scottish league one You Haven’t had a Scottish team in this series so you might want to. - Clapton CFC A fan owned team and their story You do like a non league video at times for the viewers - the rise of bashundhara kings How they won last six Bangladesh premier League now - last suggestion would be your q and a video 😊

[@wtorules4743]

Yes, there’s a rich seam of subjects in the Scottish game. ICT being a great starter.

[@BALHAM69]

@@wtorules4743 i understand it is euro’s time Inverness have no chair person as of June 10th It is a bad situation

[@ifan_1234]

a video about the Welsh premier league would be good too

[@DotepenecPL]

I read that 2008 final was the last game for Spain where they had lower ball possession than the opposing side - up until yesterday.

[@FULANODETAL]

and spain won 3-0....xd

[@TheJonBob]

This has to be one of the funniest freddie adu segments

[@rampagoetech7024]

Without any further Adu

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

The without further Adu segue always gets me

[@abdullahaanawaleh]

Always love it lol

[@andymit54]

Respect for not taking the gambling money

[@evinrock5717]

28:49 Jude is Rice’s midfield partner. With Foden in the squad he should be the attacking midfield instead of Jude. They’re both great there but Jude’s also a great CM. I really like Mainoo as well

[@jackhawkins7285]

I feel like England being favourites is only due to it being the most popular bet with English bookies is “England to win outright” Bookies don’t just calculate their odds based on the chance of something happening, it’s also about how many people will win if the bet comes through, hence the low odds

[@stevencooke6451]

i find the English pundits lose their minds when it comes to England.

[@F1Krazy]

17:00 The fact that Euro 92 was Eric Cantona's only international tournament is a travesty. I think I've requested a couple of times a video on the best XI of players never to have played at a World Cup, and Cantona for me would be a shoo-in.

[@SantomPh]

he was always on bad terms with the French FA, and being banned for the kung fu kick in 1995 meant he was banned for a long time and went out of Euro 96, which would have been his "home tournament"". French failure to beat Stoichkov's Bulgaria was also completely Cantona and co's fault. Cantona famously declared his support for his Man U teammates and England instead of England. He also started supporting French Rugby and beach soccer, losing interest in playing for his country. The rise of Zidane and the eventual 1998 WC winning team and 2000 Euros winners meant that Cantona, Ginola, Papin and those of their generation were mostly out of contention for places.

[@mismisimognomo101]

Alfie gang, we here 🖤 Another all-nighter getting better by your surprise uploads, 4:06 AM in here and i needed my last video before bed, ayy

[@AdamKurta]

11:03 Not Czechs, but Czechoslovaks would be more precise (8/11 players on the field were Slovak).

[@EricEscander]

What's the real difference between the 2?

[@AdamKurta]

@@EricEscander just google it bro

[@UnbiasedBayernFan]

​@EricEscander they're different countries now, and back then, had very different ethnic backgrounds in their respective demographics. So, a lot was different

[@callito9846]

​@@UnbiasedBayernFan Arent they also speaking two different languages?

[@SantomPh]

@@callito9846 the languages are similar enough to be understood by each others' speakers, they often joke that "who in their right mind would learn Czech/Slovak other than Slovaks/Czechs"? Ladies tennis legend Martina Hingis , although playing for Switzerland spoke Czech as her mother tongue despite her mother Melanie Molitor being Slovak, and being born in today's Slovakia.

[@raz-x7158]

england will bottle it as always

[@renerpho]

Can't bottle it if you're not favourites. Which is why I'm so happy that they are the favourites.

[@danieleyre8913]

England only ever “bottled it” to English people. The rest of the world never shared those lofty expectations of the England team.

[@Noobie2k7]

​@@danieleyre8913I also find it hilarious the delusional England fans think making it to a final for the first time ever is somehow bottling it. England fans seem super entitled and want a reason to complain about anything. Be happy Southgate has actuallyngot the team performing and getting the squad to finals over and over. Better than most other better nations manage.

[@danieleyre8913]

@@Noobie2k7 Yes I agree Southgate is not their problem if anything he gets blood from a stone.

[@evenith666]

great video all round but the Napoleonic Wars reference got you a new subscriber here :D

[@alostkoi]

Back in Uni, a classmate said “do you imagine? Eder being the one who gives Portugal a trophy? ahahah no way, impossible”, this was a month before the euros.

[@MatthewCorser-k3v]

Spain beat Italy 4-0 not 3-0

[@ansongawthorpe9077]

It amazes me how fast you realse videos considering the amount of research required. Very impressive

[@hyywe240]

Nobody actually thinks england are favorites do they?

[@businesssecretsofthepharao8901]

No not really

[@FPL_worm]

Englishman's think so

[@businesssecretsofthepharao8901]

@@FPL_worm Really because I live in England and nobody has said we are going to win it.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I do. I'm afraid of it. The English media and fans would feel smug AF and would behave worse than in 2021. Why can't they Brexit from UEFA?

[@StillAwesome21]

I mean they are, but they should be 2nd to France

[@deborahluck539]

Your videos are always the very best! I look forward to seeing them whenever you post! You make my day😊 Hello from Las Vegas (where we are placing our bets for the Euros😅😅😅

[@hugolouessard3914]

Eh when you said "Maguire in 2018" my PC crashed instantly... You can't make that up lol

[@GenialHarryGrout]

I was at the Euro2000 final. A great experience and it was a great French team

[@frankvandorp2059]

The great thing about Euros is that you have the occasional upset with an outsider winning the tournament, somehow this never happens at world cups where the same few boring teams always win.

[@5minutemovies977]

You can't blame the big teams for not losing.

[@frankvandorp2059]

@@5minutemovies977 Good thing I'm not doing that, then.

[@davidalmeida3973]

I think for the 2016 tournament, what people fail to realize is that Portugal already knew going into their final game that a draw was not only enough, but actually a favorable results, which is why when Portugal had a tied scoreline at that game, they put their foot off the gas

[@joachimhovgaardramlau3064]

15:41 Italy reached the WC final in 1994, and got bronze in 1990, so they were not finalist recently at that time

[@parker-ii7fg]

England being labelled pre tournament favourites when we have won less Euro titles than Czechslovakia, Denmark and Greece 😂😂😂

[@dannymerrittmusic]

I'd say France are the real favourites and as much as I hate to say this as an Irish man, England are 2nd or 3rd

[@livwake]

On paper I’d say we are, imo we’ve got three of the best five players in the world

[@vaclavbastl500]

Being a tournament favourite has absolutely nothing to do with history... on paper, England has probably the best teams in the tournament so ofc they are in the run to be the favourite

[@ArturVader]

​@@dannymerrittmusicjudging by France's performance lately I'd be surprised if they even reached semifinals.

[@dannymerrittmusic]

@@ArturVader I'd still argue that France just have a knack for winning these tournaments. It's like how some seasons Real Madrid could be not as good in La Liga but still win Champions League. The thing with England compared to them is England still haven't gotten over the line yet. It could change but I see France just playing their best stuff at the Euros

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 643) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

[@kieronparr3403]

Copying and pasting a boring video idea won't get it made. People have named their lists tons of time

[@samwansbone2790]

I guess England can say they're number one in something.

[@LegitSarchie]

Funnily enough I had a feeling you’d say something about Napoleon the moment you set up the war reference but it was hilarious nonetheless 😂

[@pushon10]

It was so funny when he referenced the Napoleonic Wars!

[@mk_annan22]

The Napoleonic war reference caught me off-guard 😅

[@arthurqampi3239]

Losing by a coin toss must have been painful back then 😂

[@ryanbailey415]

Can you do a show about Barnsley and how their Moneyball tactics helped them quickly rise and then very swiftly disappear whereas Brentford made it to the EPL and are now seeming mainstays!

[@BenBebbington]

Little old Baarnsla?

[@SantomPh]

Brentford have unlocked the Crystal Palace formula- win 10 games including one or two upsets, gather lots of draws, finish from 11th to 15th, rinse and repeat

[@BenBebbington]

So many of the earlier tournament "Semifinalist" outcomes essentially mean that the favourite got knocked out in the first full Finals Stage game

[@adamhitchcock3723]

18:04 Well said, Alfie, well said.

[@benitofranklyn4237]

Me being from Switzerland, I'm always happy when they make it into the tournament, since up to USA 1994 they didn't qualify for anything for 30 years. Roy Hodgson from England was the coach back then, our whole nation is still thankful for him, since then the team has made all the Euro's and the last 5 World Cups. But with all the international players we have now, they could start performing up to potential once, we may need another British coach to teach us some more football.

[@jinx8624]

ws aren't thw favourites in final and have had a rough tournament but hey we did make it to the finals 2 times in a row

[@Lavassin]

Alfie try not to overrate England every year challenge (Impossible)

[@ROKIE13]

13:27 the GOAT Maguire strikes again 🐐🐐😂😂

[@s0uldr4ke]

Sometimes it is crazy when you forgot how good some of your own national squads were in the past and the players that played together at certain times. Due to the fact you don't grow up watching the players you sometimes know the names and their legendary status but rarely can imagine the whole squad. This can lead to you thinking that the current squad is the best. However thinking back that we once brought a team starring Sepp Maier, Beckenbauer, Breitner, Schwarzenbeck, Hoeneß, Boonhof, Vogts, Netzer, Grabowski, Heynckes & Müller there is no doubt in my mind that this is the best German national team of all time.

[@suwfe29]

24:14 spain beat Italy 4-0

[@kapskutowykutodaktyl]

Are you willing to keep that pace, Alfie? You're working like a dog, Cheers!

[@popajajkula2930]

24:12 it was 4:0 alfie, damn it you handsome devil

[@SpringsteenRecordings]

24:14 this final was actually Spain 4-0 Italy

[@anotherguy3082]

Being called favourites in 2024 is very different than in the 1960's & 70's. Theres only 4 teams in the actual tournament so youve a 75% of getting on the podium

[@OfficialFingazMC]

After the Iceland game, I'm not too confident, I hope I'm wrong... And please give me grief if I'm hopefully wrong!

[@duncanself5111]

"Kuntz!" 😢

[@phillipnoetzel7637]

That 72’ West German team could take on any modern nation or club even today. Super stacked!

[@Hyde_Hill]

Not sure if you covered it in possible corrupt games, which you did do a video on, but there is strong suspicion malta got bought of by Spain so that Spain qualified for 86.

[@SantomPh]

not sure if Malta would have been able to beat them anyway though

[@okonalbert]

Please do this for the world cup too

[@Kaigu_b.f.2508]

"England are the favorites" Ah shit here we go again...

[@iamekid]

Eder being one of (if not THE) worst players to ever score a final wining goal made it so much better

[@eddyjolo]

I think England may have been a favorite a few months ago but after these last few performances I can’t say that anymore, despite their star-studded team it just doesn’t seem to translate on the pitch.

[@Joseph-ld8um]

why didnt you show the goal van baasten scored?

[@jackmellor5536]

The CIS even lost to Scotland

[@JimmyS.25]

A Napoleon reference in an alfie video? I did truly not expect that.

[@070Jun070]

Some timestamps to mark the end of the intro would be the cherry in top of these great videos

[@danieldickens250]

We need to somehow get Freddie Adu to appear on the channel so it can finally hit its peak

[@BenBebbington]

Slipping in a reference to the Napoleonic Wars? Now that's soldiering!

[@jbaggaz]

I'd like a video on how England have gone from having Terry, Ferdinand and Cole along a back four to having absolutely zero defence in 2024. It's fascinating that players don't seem to want to be defenders anymore, and how top heavy our England team is. Arguably one of the best attacks in the world paired with one of the most average defences. I do rate Walker, Pickford and Stones, but it just FEELS like we have no depth in those positions

[@GamerFlair]

Walker is gone imo. His been a steady decline all season. Stones is quality, but his never fit. Like, ever. He missed nearly all of this season, and missed over half of the last season. Pickford is solid but there nothing in front of him. People seem to think england are nailed on favourites because they have like, 24 world class 10's.

[@jamesg9468]

England's defence isn't *that* bad. It just looks like it in comparison to how strong the front and mid is.

[@brolindres]

Alfie, every tournament cycle we go through this. I’m begging you to make copa america copa america content

[@jib4222]

*adu turns on the new hitc video* “without further adu” *closes video*

[@tsybze]

"it's about the journey, not the destination"😄

[@Nchinnam]

I can confidently say Argentina and brazil have0% chance of winning the Euros.

[@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 Six league titles now! Are they the next Newcastle? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

[@salvino6699]

I Remember a great Irish team in 1988

[@Thomas-jl8xr]

Netherlands at a big tournament either loses the final, a quarter/semi on pens, demolishes great teams before bottling against underdogs, gets grouped with 0 points or doesn't qualify at all. It can't go normal with us Dutchies

[@matthewedwards9423]

Most people completely misunderstand what bookie odds mean. They certainly don't reflect the probability of an event happening. They reflect the betting patterns of the punters. So if England are favourites, it's because there's more money on England to win it than anyone else. That's a reflection of the delusion of the punters, not the probability.

[@cimmugabo8768]

Alfie you are evil for this 13:20 🤣🤣🤣

[@andyleary2727]

Favorites reach the final is what I learned

[@nyanrxenawang]

Alfie casually dropping a Stormlight reference

[@Carpinchismo]

It's the euros, i was expecting more than one war reference joke

[@diomuda7903]

France's flop in 2020 was the strangest one. It had a squad with superior disposal and somehow lost their campaign.

[@molybdomancer195]

The bookmakers’ odds just represent how many people are backing the teams. If everybody backed a complete outsider the bookmakers would adjust the odds to make sure they wouldn’t lose too much money if that team actually won. There’s a reason you hardly ever see a poor bookmaker

[@gingerwoods616]

Spain won 4-0 in the 2012 final

[@stephenkountourou8657]

Please do a video on Greece winning Euro 2004 Alfie, if you haven't already 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

I'd honestly take the older format of the tournament, at least before the era of travel packages for overseas fans, having half the confederation qualify seems to dilute the qualifiers a fair bit

[@grabynko936]

Alfie, just one correction. Saying "Czechs" in context of 1976 is incorrect. The country that won was Czechoslovakia (not Czechia) with 7 out of 11 starters being Slovaks. Next time please be so kind and use correct terms. Other than that good video.

[@RsgNoise]

But czechia has the title now, eastern Europe is complicated

[@BenBebbington]

​@@RsgNoiseEastern Europe is complicated, and if you don't know that Czechia is in Central Europe maybe keep schtum?

[@depekthegreat359]

Never underestimate any national team in this tournament even if the tournament favourites would win it or not,good friends!!!:-D

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Don't give in to advertising, then after the Adu joke an add for F'ing Temu starts playing!!! Don't worry Alfie mate I know you have to have YT adds...

[@Thisisadream17]

England always tell themselves they have the best squad on paper yet they lose everytime and barely ever make it far😂

[@GamerFlair]

Why are England favourites? We have a world class striker (who also has a world class trophy curse). We have one of the best right wings in the world. We have one of the best DM's in the world. And we have about 500 amazing 10's. Like seriously, people seem to think we are an amazing team because we have 750 really good 10's, but you can only play one 10 (maybe 2 at a push in the right system). We literally have an amazing player in 4 out of 11 positions. Thats nowhere near enough. Yes, Stones is quality and so is Shaw. But gran has played more football then the pair of them combined in the last year, and shes been dead for 20 years. Walker has been on a hard decline for the last year. There are some talented players, but Mainoo has barely played a professional game for each year his been alive, Wharton is the same. Eze and Gordon are solid on the left, and could be fantastic, but its all if buts and maybes and neither has proved anything yet. International football is all about the defence and WE HAVE NO DEFENCE. And its barely an injury crisis imo at this point, Stones has barely been fit the last two years at least, Luke Shaw has been injured so much for so long that I think Mainoo probably has more total United appearance then him now. England is a bang average team at best, with a few absolute stars, most of who all want to play in the same part of the pitch and therefore don't work well together.

[@damianduguid6253]

if someone has been born and raised in England then England have been the favourites for every tournament.lol

[@terry9819]

Didn't think it was possible but this lowered my opinion of Southgate. You describing how hard it was to qualify for old tournaments really does hilight how easy a task Southgate had in comparison and how meaningless the "most successful manager in x years" line is.

[@jamesduffy7549]

Southgate derangement syndrome

[@esior8284]

Literally only English pundits and bookies have England as favourites. No one in Europe takes this team seriously, especially over France

[@TheHunter2]

1964 was indeed a weird one. Why did LUXEMBOURG received a direct qualification to the round of 16 on that one? 😅

[@christiansimbarashe]

ah yes, yorkshire man. Now I read football posts on twitter with your accent now

[@archstanton6102]

He is from Humberside not Yorkshire.

[@BenBebbington]

​@@archstanton6102 North East Lincs?

[@archstanton6102]

@@BenBebbington He is an Hull City fan so i assumed.north of the Humber?

[@BenBebbington]

@@archstanton6102 that's Yorkshire then, if so

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

It would have been equally interesting to delve into how teams that did well in pre-tournament friendlies performed in the actual competition. Because there has been heaps of pointless analysis this week about the bad results of Italy/England and glowing praise of Netherlands/Spain for beating zombie teams.

[@bens4602]

Italy were WC semi finalists in 1990 not finalists.

[@balisracing4378]

Still no video for Olympiakos, the first ever Greek team winning European cup

[@ArturVader]

Not much to talk about, conference league is basically cup for rejects who couldn't qualify for UCL or even Europa league.

[@balisracing4378]

@@ArturVader European cup like uefa cup and cup owners cup, and the biggest success ever for a Greek team my dear friend , clearly you are panathinaikos fan and your pain is animaginable

[@petesmart1983]

Conference league is hardly relevant cup, fiorentina who struggled to finish 8th in Italy in the final , a cup made for Uefa to make more money for average teams

[@balisracing4378]

@@petesmart1983 Another fun of Panathinaikos I supose hahahah, you have an iternal pain my friend

[@balisracing4378]

@@petesmart1983 Tell this to Unai Emery and the Aston Villa fans

[@danieleyre8913]

How on earth are England any favourites for Euro 2024?! Their defence is weak, Southgate has them playing safe, they’re not very cohesive and they only have one really exceptional player (Jude Bellingham). As far as I see it: They’re no more favourites than the Netherlands or Italy,

[@procsorted]

England are the same as ever aren't they? Several world class players and obviously a good team but tournament winners? I still don't see it.

[@renerpho]

Iceland aren't qualified, so England has a chance.

[@dogmuncher_69]

@@renerpholmao

[@imemine8605]

U seemed to forget sbout 🇧🇪 at the start lukaku stop scorer in qualifieing

[@joachimhovgaardramlau3064]

Day 4: 7 harshest sackings of all time

[@dreadful_name2924]

I swear he’s done more than one video about that.

[@joachimhovgaardramlau3064]

@@dreadful_name2924 you are probably right, my memory is crumbling

[@Wladislav]

I would pick France, Portugal, Germany, and Spain over England in terms of being the favourites for the 2024 Euros. The team is not as balanced than last time. My dark horse pick is The Netherlands.

[@stevec6232]

I can't see past France or Germany as 2024 winners...