I Watched EVERY Match of the World Cup... Here's What Happened

[@Dreamer105-6]

that Kolo Muani save in 120+2:43 had my heart skip a beat. its literally the most important save in the tournament. the most clutch moment ive seen of a keeper

[@alexsmith6322]

I’d argue it’s literally the biggest save ever made in the history of the sport

[@Dreamer105-6]

@@alexsmith6322 as importance maybe but from a technical point of view im sure there's more impressive saves.

[@mercamia]

Emi did a 2010 Casillas fr

[@alexsmith6322]

@@Dreamer105-6 I mean yeah that’s literally what I’m talking about is the importance lol

[@unthoughtwords]

Incredible - Dudek in Istanbul, Banks vs Pele tier.

[@tsuyoshi759]

being japanese this world cup was the most emotion ive felt watching football.. the wins against spain and germany didn't feel real while the loss against croatia was agonizing. best world cup ever 🇯🇵❤️

[@martinmaydana2418]

Great tournament by the Japanese team, I enjoyed every match they played and loved cheering for them. Greetings from Argentina!!

[@Plip29]

You guys were great! Hope Japan will be back next time.

[@didntwantmyrealnameanymore]

Don’t forget that Argentina went the other way straight after kolo muani missed, and Lautaro Higuaín headed wide from 6 yards out

[@lilwaffles714]

Lautaro Higuaín 🤣🤣

[@jonolasco]

I don't think I've seen this mentioned but this World Cup had the all-time top scorers for teams like France (Giroud), England (Kane), Brazil (Neymar), Portugal (Ronaldo), Uruguay (Suárez), and of course Argentina (Messi). All in the same tournament.

[@TheTangyapple]

Also Lewandowski!

[@elfaco]

Being an Argentina fan, this World Cup had it all. I've watched it since 94 and no WC has had the emotional rollercoaster that Qatar had.

[@jerryjerry20]

Evil just got a little better of Good... France lost 😔......⚽ps: lol Di Maria

[@dreamcastdazia4753]

@@jerryjerry20 shut up

[@bushidobrown6742]

Argentina Netherlands was the best game until the Final

[@AholeAtheist]

How can you not LOVE both of Argentina and the Netherlands after that game? What a game! Only surpassed by the final. I mean, I might be bias I'm Dutch supporter and a Messi Fan. Also an Arsenal supporter that loves me some Martinez knockout magic. And WHAT A PHOTO he provided receiving the golden gloves!

[@jabogyo]

As you described the final I realized I watched every moment, but it was like some ancient Greek epic that just had more and more, it was Achilles vs Hector. I genuinely can't wait for the documentary, I need to relive it. It's been days and I'm still buzzing because I was able to witness it. Definitely the greatest sporting event ever played.

[@Boxinghotspur57]

Respect to you for your comments regarding penalties. So many fans trivialise them and the reality is that they are much tougher than they look to score.

[@agustincipriano]

I'm from Argentina. You can't imagine the joy that came to us after hearing stories from Maradona or Kempes from our grandpas. Yesterday, we were 5 million on the streets celebrating, hopefully this can unite us into a more stable country for the future.

[@vvventure]

5 millions only in the center of buenos aires. Im sure only 5% of population stay home

[@arturowagner4728]

I'm 51. Watched every World Cup since 1978. This is the best one yet!!!

[@federicorodrigues4451]

Such a great analysis, you really spot on, Zealand. As argentinean, my opinion could be biased but quarter-finals match againts Netherlands and the big final against France are two of the greatest matches of World Cup History. They had everything you want as a football fan.

[@cooperpaddison5657]

As an Australian this is my favourite ever World Cup

[@FxLmgg.]

Me too

[@alphanich4210]

Harry Souttar the goat

[@cooperpaddison5657]

@@alphanich4210 Fax

[@Safo776]

Bro its should have been us it should have been us , we were terrible against you

[@spamassist]

i’m so glad i lost sleep for a whole month for all this it was worth it

[@AncientHunter]

dude i watched the game like you and can recall everything you said, but I still felt nerve wrecked just hearing you repeat it all. What an incredible match and moment in sports.

[@luisguterres7747]

A nice coincidence, Messi played his first game with the Barcelona A squad on the opening of the stadium of the jersey you are wearing in the final segment of the video 👍 thank you for your effort over this past month Z This has been great

[@vonhautten]

My boys morocco got 4th place, that should tell you how crazy this world cup has been

[@demonofreason7574]

And everytime morocco beat belgium, spain, etc there way always moroccans making chaos and burning things in those countries

[@teamrainbow7674]

I still get hit with some anxiety thinking about that Kolo-Muani shot in the 123rd minute, in that moment I was convinced that the Messi World Cup dream was over and it still feels unreal that Martinez somehow made that insane save

[@sam-rv8tp]

This was awesome to be around the stream for. I'm dealing with Central US time so I had to be up an hour before you out east even but it was well worth it. I loved the streams watching those often boring but occasionally absurd early morning games. For the games I didn't catch live I would always set the vod to the time in the match as I watched but sometimes it would get spoiled as I could see the score line in the thumbnail unfortunately. I loved seeing Japan play especially in the game against Spain, and being there live for the Saudi Arabia/Argentina game was incredible; the whole stream was going absolutely nuts and really got us all into the feeling of it being a World Cup. That final though, 100% agree, the best sporting event at least I have ever seen

[@aussiemilitant4486]

I hate being in Australia during the WC, you think waking up at 4am is bad, here in AUS all games are after midnight so its basically an all nighter. Im just lucky (in a weird way) that i had a car accident and am suffering nerve damage to my neck/L shoulder and L arm so i was home this whole time instead of working. First WC i was actually able to watch live in 12 years. And Australia surprised the hell out of me, this time in a good way.

[@abesports6076]

As a Brazilian, It is coded in my DNA to cheer against Argentina... But I never forgot 1998 final against France so I cheer against France a bit more. So Congrats messi!

[@uniquepolyglot2022]

Argentinian fans were happy when Croatia beat Brazil in penalties. They were celebrating in the stadiums.

[@oreos922]

@Unique Polyglot 2022 Because, brazil could've beat argentina and were more favorites than argentina. Common sense you bellend

[@abesports6076]

@@uniquepolyglot2022 yeah. I know. some argentina fans also called us Brazilians monkeys. BUT even after all that, I hate France more. =D

[@uniquepolyglot2022]

@@abesports6076 ohh alright. I wanted France to win because I wanted to see back to back world Cup championships but I did not get to see that.

[@abesports6076]

@@uniquepolyglot2022 i get it. it would be cool... just not with France. lol I would be fine with anyone else doing that. But to me, France cant ever win again...

[@iurizur8526]

Best World Cup ever. Best final ever. Won by the best player to ever play the game. This one will go down in history, I’m terribly sorry for whoever thought there was anything better to do than to watch this tournament, no highlights will ever do it justice.

[@GermoDante]

I still get anxious when I see Dibu's save. It was over. That dude is an absolute legend.

[@Sablesuit]

This was such a fun recap! That world cup was awesome. I loved that Argentina won as they were my number two love after usa.

[@defnotatroll]

Always love seeing quality football content from Americans. Subbed

[@wownaldal]

Video idea about scouting 💡Could be interesting to compare how well the chief of scout does finding talent for the team compared to the manager doing it on their own. 🤔

[@robbiecairns1982]

Mate you are a legend

[@miladpoozeshi9712]

I'm actually jealous of past Zealand because he could watch that freaking final without a memory 😍

[@brettgilley]

Kounde's Face at @13:56 Had me dying.

[@mateuszstokosa277]

I thought that Poland played a really good game against France in 1/8. They had the best scoring opportunity of the whole game and dominated until France scored a pretty lucky goal at the end of the first half, in the second half the France just used counter-attacks to put more goals in, so I would say they didn't obliterate Poland and I think it was good game not like You described it, that it was easy France win without drama.

[@godseye13k]

Thanks for your vids hope u and the family are well. All the best for xmas and i cant wait for the return of our native peacocks. Stay safe 👊

[@marcoa7263]

Kingsley Coman subsitution was a key one to help France with the comeback. Him and DeMaria had amazing games. Feel bad for Coman re: penalty miss... I happens to the best of them

[@jeffhogg4297]

I ended up watching 57 matches this time. Great World Cup. Never knew what to expect. Congrats Argentina!

[@IMOReviews]

What I liked most about this World Cup (except the greatest final of all time ever) is that it felt like every team had a moment. Even qatar scored their first ever World Cup goal. Cameroon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia walked away with unlikely wins, australia, Japan and Morocco shocked the world. Even Iran got a win over wales which is pretty huge for them 🤷‍♂️ The Dutch comeback, Spain trouncing Costa Rica, it really offered everything. Honestly, apart from Wales, I think every team can walk away with a highlight.

[@macario8836]

I was about to say Portugal also didn't have one, but there was that Swiss game. Apart from that, it was a complete shitshow. Thank goodness they got rid of their manager, shame it wasn't BEFORE the WC.

[@alexalexab]

I’d argue even wales got one with their icon Bale scoring their first World Cup goal in 64 years, every team really did get their moment

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

Actually Iran got 4 points in the previous WC with lesser names and a more difficult group with Spain, Morocco and Portugal.

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

@@macario8836 They found a new striker to believe in.

[@sohaibchelleli2870]

Qatar doesnt suck, i don't remember it doing anything violent, now if you want to talk about countries that SUCK: -Germany killed 30 million jews in WW2 in gas chambers......now that sucks. -Belgium killed 10 million congolese to get rubber.... -What the French, Spanish and English did to expand their empires... -The USA dropping 2 nuclear bombs on Japan...now that sucks.

[@footballwiz1156]

Great video dude big fan

[@FranzFridl]

Vamos Argentina!! 🇦🇷❤

[@gigidasha4475]

VARgentina

[@FranzFridl]

@@gigidasha4475 France got 2 penalties, go watch kriket

[@tillicumbeach638]

@@FranzFridl both clear pens unlike argentina's pen that was bs

[@Kacper-oi5ic]

@@tillicumbeach638 the penalty for Argentina was good, but you have to zoom to see the contact

[@joeLLukeVictoryInJesusYeshua17]

What you said about Spain was very funny great analysis enjoyed it as an England and Argentina fan

[@luisvieira3584]

Great video, great shirt. Best Iberian club outside El Clasico, clear best in Portugal. Love the channel 💙🤍🐉

[@glennaldosf]

03:11 - not to be nitpicky but Qatar didn't beat Iran in the Asian Cup.. they beat Japan, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea along the way... as well as Iraq, UAE, North Korea, and Lebanon but they never met Iran ;-)

[@Godcomesfirst999]

thats just a harder run lol

[@glennaldosf]

@@Godcomesfirst999 not if you substitute Iran for the latter four on that list

[@Godcomesfirst999]

@@glennaldosf yeah but what i mean is in the teams zealand mentioned in the video that is a harder road

[@astralchimp]

Back in the 90's I used to take a black and white portable TV to work for the cup..yes i'm old

[@breelef2441]

I have heard several people be surprised about Giroud. He has been class for some time now and just won Serie A with Ac Milan. When i bet on Milan I always bet Giroud to score and he does 9/10 times

[@benhaney9629]

Certain people have been saying for years that Messi can’t be the goat because he hasn’t won a World Cup. And then he wins one and it’s like most of those same people still say he isn’t the goat. Smh...

[@casualprogamer7611]

They are Ronaldo fans who can't see the truth. But no matter what they say conspiracy, rigged etc, doesn't matter. Messi is the undisputed GOAT of football now 😍

[@lewisphelan6819]

goat in terms of achievement but it’s a team game can’t judge ability on teams performance

[@jose13neo]

@@lewisphelan6819 7 Ballon d'ors

[@RobaMostarRoba]

great WC and great video

[@MaxiTaxi_11]

ngl, the final was the ebst game of the tournement. germany vs japan was good aswell as cameroon vs brazil. Aswell as argentina vs Saudi arabia. I'm so happy that the ronaldo messi thing is settled . Football isn't just about 2 players.

[@miracledev2656]

The World Cup may be over but the Taunton Town streams start again so not much of a loss

[@LordRicherd]

7:30 Harry Kane's missed penalty vs. France! Update: they are still looking for that ball....

[@ItsMeWhimsy]

Second ever man to score a hat trick in a World Cup final. Put some respect on Captain America Carli Lloyd.

[@sam_sa09]

That went by FAST

[@DarthAnimal]

00:20 good thing the world cup is here lol

[@jamesdm]

The match of Mbappe was average at most. Made 3 goals but 2 from penalty and never was a a determining player in his team's game for the final. Also the last penalty was a handball of Upamecano after the corner. Argentina must win in the extra time.

[@seanbutnotasheeple2090]

Both of my countries did us proud. Australia with a bunch of amateurs compared to their opponents, our most famous player is Ryan, the Goalkeeper who plays in FC Copenhagen... England were actually pretty disappointing, again. 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

[@vidalrodriguez2001]

At least in 4 years it’ll be local time so it’ll be more favorable to you! Haha West coast games are still probably gonna suck though

[@Deacon4105]

I thought this World Cup was going to boring due to heat and humidity and it being sandwiched in the season but wow I was surprised, by far the best World Cup in my history anyways

[@marinkovich87]

Loved your predictions for Croatia and stating that we will have a hard time progressing trough the group stage. Lol, what a joke! 🤣

[@nerdifymusic7322]

Finally!!! Someone agrees. I've been saying it Martinez is the reason Messi has a Copa Trophy and a WC. As Argentina celebrates Messi, they should be building a statue of Martinez. Emi not Second Higuain

[@wesleysimpson-roberts2216]

As a Ghanaian this is the best World Cup I’ve ever seen ( I’m 24)

[@giosanfilippo]

11:33 man I swear I heard "... because the entire country of Morroco was within five feet of KILLING Mbappé?"

[@didntwantmyrealnameanymore]

I’m just waiting for the next euros when Montenegro pull out some insane 4-4-2 terrorism ball with some flashy winger who plays for like cremonense or something and 2 6’7 strikers who should be in the NBA

[@Luuka988]

Hello from Croatia, we enjoyed the World Cup very much :) Give us penalties every day, top mental performance!

[@kyda215]

You say Qatar sucks, but you should worry about nightclubs in Colorado

[@mihaidavici4047]

hey Zealand, nice videos :D gj! do you think that maybe the WC was rigged somehow? I myself(Romanian) was drawn with this huge wave to support Argentina - but I admit this also happened because of very cool argentinian fans, who sang and made atmosphere all the time, you rock!

[@WKogut]

France did not "obliterate" Poland", in the first half we were better, just unfortunate to not score and concede a goal that complicated things. Overall it was our best game this tournament.

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

Poland played well but nobody really was expecting Poland to win it. It would have been a serious upset had Poland won it. Somehow in this world cup 'most of' if not 'all of' the action happened in the second half.

[@LostTouristGanesha92]

didnt expect z to own a safety hat

[@yassinsuleiman655]

He has the head of a little person...

[@aj-np5dg]

The comment about Ronaldo being on his sister's account was pure gold

[@bagera8476]

I will do it again in 4 years!. Well it will be a lot more easy cause it'll be played in USA Canada and Mexico so it's in your timezone!

[@TintinR_]

Argentina throwing 2 goal leads in the last 10 mins twice in the knockouts just to win it anyways is what somehow makes this workd cup for me.

[@NIDOKING]

Spain lost because they used their grandmother's bathroom curtains as shirts. Such disrespect.

[@gigidasha4475]

Besides Italy, i missed VAR on this WC.

[@figs7]

Bro my time zone is PST had to wake up at 2am during the group stages

[@M7Hart]

first time in my life when my home nation of canada even made it in

[@matriquess]

it was a crime not having Brasil x Argentina on the semifinal

[@zladam9445]

On pitch the best WC I've ever watched

[@HTWrestling]

Is that an Adidas FC Porto Shirt? I’m shocked

[@TheChosenFailure]

Zealand watched 100+ hours of the world cup.

[@aseq2]

It was one of the most spectacular world cups...but in terms of good football, not a good one at all. Lots of teams were trying not to lose too much energy, would sit back after a 1 goal lead. Teamplay was average at best, goalkeeping was great, defence was decent. Oh, and reffing was subpar at times.

[@Kinta8888]

9:03 thank you, it needed to be said.

[@teukka623]

Did it in 2018 unfortunately didn’t have time this year😢

[@alby89foto]

final, what a game

[@toastywozzy]

Didnt watch a single minute of the cup so this is helpful

[@Skolizard]

You didnt miss much , to me it looked extremely rigged in favor of Argentina , referees were very in their favor and Im surprised nobody is even talking about it, looked like a bought tournament for them. But other than that it was okay and congrats to Argentina either way :)

[@Kappaking-mh3zh]

@@Skolizard you're delusional

[@danielsantarosa101]

Dang it, you missed one of the most entertaining WCs I've ever watched, and I've been watching since 2002

[@toastywozzy]

@@danielsantarosa101 as silly as it sounds, i wasnt feeling world cuppy, thats down to the time of year. I associate world cup season with beer garden weather. Plus felt like if i watched it then i am approving of qatar and their lack of ethics

[@aronaranyossy]

France was never gonna win the penalty shootout. By that time there was noone who had good penalty records on the pitch, half of the team has never had a penalty before. Plus Martínez is clearly better at saving pens compared to Lloris

[@joeDaal]

Zealand don’t worry you’re not the only that watch all games

[@gandalf_thegrey]

Me dream was very simple: Laugh about being bad since 2016 (German) ignore the WC watch Final This entire thing felt like a pre season tournament, hence why I really didn't not care. But my Argentinian Grandpaps surely loved their victory!

[@jose13neo]

German with a grandpa from Argentina? Oh dear.... /j

[@chargehardsdg1674]

this was the first worldcup since 1994 i didnt see a single game

[@joaofranciscocunhaandre1334]

Hi from Portugal. Could you do a video were you talk about what's next for Ronaldo?

[@Billboswaggings]

He should retire goat debate is settled

[@hadoukenpait7572]

walah talai fc in saudi probably

[@Juani_lol]

Saudi Arabia was the only team to beat Argentina this world cup 💀 So technically Saudi Arabia world champion

[@IAmThatBit--]

Who could have predicted that Argentina would switch off after 60-80 minutes, not once, not twice BUT THREE TIMES THEY FORGOT TO DEFEND FOR 90 MINUTES?! Like with Natherlands, Argentina did so well against France in the Final but both Weghourst and Mbappe showed they are a team which can be gotten at and scored against

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

Honestly, while watching the first half of the Final, I was telling everyone that Argentina are going to struggle in the second half. They never had the bench depth and both Emi Martinez and Angel Di Maria being on the field was what was keeping that team in the hunt. Both France and Netherlands had bench depth for days, Argentina was a mix of Young and Old and most of the Young did not have experience or the required mental fortitude. I have been kind of a Messi fan for years now and I never thought Argentina would make it to the final but they were a little bit lucky that they faced a weaker French team and Messi deserved a World Cup to his name.

[@MatiasDypala]

@@arjunsatheesh7609 Oh dude, you´re so wrong. ¿Argentina dont have bench depht? Dude, Argentina was the most tactically acurated team in all the tournament and have a huge bench depht.

[@malcoerazo4213]

@@arjunsatheesh7609 terrible take, as expected from an indian

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

@@MatiasDypala Nope, their bench was one of the weaker ones. Lautaro Martinez missed all in-game shots and scored one penalty in the shootout vs. Netherlands. Julian Alvarez was a known name but not someone who was the first choice for Argentina's coach (for some reason). It is easy enough to see why Argentina struggled against Australia, Netherlands and France after the 75th minute. If they did have the 'tactical' bench depth as you say, it didn't manifest on field. Both France and Netherlands subbed on players while Argentina had to sub off their better choices due to injury and tiredness and both times the subs changed what was otherwise a 2-0 lead for Argentina. You maybe right in your mind but on field Argentina lacked bench depth.

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

@@malcoerazo4213 Your comment history shows that you have been trolling people on comment sections of various football videos and none of the points you made showed any serious discussion of football. You have been consistently taking people's regional backgounds and calling them biased. So have fun, I guess. 👍🏼

[@EXTREMESEAMAN69]

wait so if you plan to wake up every day at 4am for the next world cup... does that mean youre GOING to every game?

[@6worthy]

king

[@janmazur3111]

See you in 4 years

[@リンゴ酢-b8g]

he didn't even mention Morocco beating belgium!

[@AndreyChichagov]

I love that Mbappe proved you right and he still has possibly 4 more world cups

[@lukebigmore9231]

I'm still on Brazil vs. Croatia..

[@TrainerAQ]

Yea Belgium and Canada were killed off when they were drawn into that group unfortunately.

[@OddlySpecificGaming]

“Here’s what happened:” “I stopped uploading FM content”

[@TAHATAKHZANT]

bravo

[@jga7887]

You keep saying Qatar sucks and stuff. Ok they have been corrupt and stuff. But please can you stop mentioning it every single time. You literally having QATAR made merchandise. You could have brought other ones. I like your content but your acting like Qatar was the only World Cup host to have some problems in their country

[@roberttoni4335]

Omg - yeah .. that was someting - this world cup was amazing from the beginning to the end - SHEER HEART ATTACK 🙌 Although I was cheering with all of my ❤ for Portugal and Ronaldo to finally win their / his first world cup title, I was really happy for Argentina at the end 💙 And Croatia won bronze (for their second time) and Senagal, Australia and Switzerland went through (Serbia 😅😜) .. we had 2 nerve damaging matches with Argentina against Nederland (and France) in the final - after 80 minutes of Argentina's domination over their apponent .. .. to sum it up - can't wait for (I believe) even bigger manifest of the greatest sport of them all and I'll fly over to your side of the planet 🌎 to wintess it in the flesh 🎆🎇🇨🇦🇺🇲🇲🇽 So, thank you Zealand for this entertaining videos and the intersting facts that you provide us - you made this tournament even more amazing, joyful & fun 🤩🙏 And if I could recommend something - DO IT ALL AGAIN in june of 2024 when we'll have the Uefa EURO in Germany 'cause (as you probably know) is almost the same exciting tournament as Fifa World Cup 😉 .. and hopefully SLOVENIA will be there too 😊🥳🇸🇮 (after our only participation on EURO's in 2000 & our last participation on the internation tournaments in 2010 (South Africa) - IT IS TIME 😁🙌💪

[@melodic_ez0657]

YOU DIDN'T WATCH THE 3RD PLACE PLAY-OFF!!! FRAUD!!! jk

[@thenorseguy2495]

You won’t have to get up early to watch the next World Cup becouse it’s in your country.