International Football is AMAZING.

Hey guys,
Today we talk about international football and how it compares to club football. Some people hate the international side of things, but I don't agree. Is one better than the other? What about in certain circumstances? Let's talk about it.
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[@麻理ン]

international football transcends football, it's more about identity, heritage, history, most players and fans would trade any club trophy for a world cup

[@londresparis_1]

That's completely false. Have you asked around in Italy? Spain? Germany?

[@Danigxxiii]

@user-we8lj6us9nwhy do you hate nationalism?

[@jonikasemi]

​@@Danigxxiiibecause all it does is foster hate and conflict?

[@egzonhajdari1734]

@user-we8lj6us9nwhy do you hate nationalism

[@eeli2284]

@@jonikasemi 80iq take

[@lucagorosito3715]

something you forgot to mention is the passion behind most players when playing for their national team, which, to me, makes international football way more fun and interesting to watch than club football.

[@MetalRocksMe.]

Yeah,I thought that. Emotions can run very high in international football.

[@NankitaBR]

This. Players very frequently change teams, but changing countries is very uncommon. Also, a lot os players see it as an honor to represent their country in competitions. It's like the Olympic Games for other athletes.

[@DagnalDiagonal]

I can hear the Italian players yelling their anthem every time it plays

[@YoussefSNageeb]

international football is the only place we see passion these days

[@MERCwtm]

I don’t agree with that.

[@zeeqayum4834]

Bullshit. What are you talking about?

[@MERCwtm]

@@zeeqayum4834 I don’t think he knows

[@YoussefSNageeb]

@@zeeqayum4834 i mean in the players

[@Diogo85]

I disagree. It's not the only place.

[@Torinna_]

I honestly never understood why international football gets so much hate

[@minkverse3045]

The English national team

[@Osama-KIN_TMZ01]

All the international football haters are literally just England lads lol, although add to that list other citizens of terrorism ball countries.

[@idkwho7037]

Too much commercialization of the sports clubs doesn't generate any money from the international matches so fan pages ran by the clubs will launch a propaganda against international matches

[@3dcomrade]

​@@idkwho7037i guess it only happens to leagues that gets lots of money Here in Indonesia. Fan clubs, even those who has history of brawling on the streets and literal assasinations(read: ganging on one) of disliked rival fans banded together for the national team

[@bernadotte4606]

its because the fans of the big countries dont find anything special in qualifiers and friendlies because they qualify every time, where as, people from not so better countries at football like eastern europe love international football because its a rollercoaster ride, thats why there are so many great fans for albania, turkey, romania, serbia, etc

[@kyh148]

Honestly, I pretty much only watch international football

[@apostolosgeorgoulopoulos9909]

Me too (Chris)

[@AponTechy]

Same

[@fishyfish6510]

My parents do that. They wonder each World Cup why Ronaldinho,Kaka don't play anymore😂

[@ddeviddyoung]

Same here... I think lesser international matches makes it more exclusive and important.

[@eduardotorres6108]

Me when I was a kid until C.Blanco showed me his skills & I wanted to see more.

[@mindofshinzu]

Funnily enough, im completely disinterested in club football. I dont have any connection to it, it feels soulless. False loyalty of fans to a club that changes players faster than underwear, international players that know nothing of the culture around the city of a club. A team full of mercenaries with no persistent identity appart from the branding. In international football, people dont just change teams. Good players will be called up for all of their career and the teams always feel more united and familiar. To the non-fanatic who likes football, international competitions are way more appealing.

[@kailashpatel1706]

A manager has to cope with his resources as well at the national level, you can't buy success (not really)

[@aurexify]

Calling them mercenaries is the best comparison I've seen

[@vvetsocks]

You described this so well! I've never been too interested in club football because I just don't know how people find a club to be a fan of. Is it the club itself or the players playing for the club? Will they just stop being a fan after their favourite player transfers? I just always found it easier to enjoy and cheer for international teams as it's easier to connect with them (for example your country's team or that of a neighbouring country) and your favourite players usually keep playing for the same team too.

[@kailashpatel1706]

Bang on..The other thing that pulls me is you can't buy the talent at international level and you can see who can adjust to that critical level...you have to shape and develop what you have in your own country..People talk about Klopp/Pep being the solution to England's problems...the reality is that international competition exposes brutally many English players as not being as good we are told they actually are supposed to be...tactically, positionally, skill or technique..For example, the fact in the recent Euro final that key English players like Saka and Mainoo could not track back and defend..You can get away with that in top Club football because you will likely have a world class player to cover but in the international stage you will get found out..!

[@matej9368]

​@@vvetsocksnah UCL is also good as f..

[@gcp1901]

I just found out there’s people that hate international football. They’re 100% casual fans and premier league stans

[@ProfessionalNonce]

This is real football,Turkey vs Georgia made me feel something that i haven’t felt in a long time

[@thesharinganknight9859]

As someone from US GEORGIA, let's goooo

[@OfficialBillC]

@@thesharinganknight9859real

[@georgzammit1206]

I think people hate qualifiers more interrupting mid season, rather than major International tournaments. However intl football > club football. Not about money, but passion.

[@BKOYO]

Passion of the Players in international football. Prestige have they seen the celebration and crying after defeat. You can love your CLUB but when these international tournaments happen thats where the passion is because of its frequency.

[@basvriese1934]

I think the 'lower quality' actually makes matches more exciting, because it makes the gap between the average and the very best bigger, allowing the very best to do more with what they get and thus everytime one of the best get the ball it's more exciting, because they can surprise you

[@nabri-nfg3262]

Back during the pandemic I live in Boston I played with a Haitian that played professional football in Vietnam and I can tell you his shot was crazy fast

[@nkwan4848]

I'm sorry to break it for you, but that guy is probably joking. Because (as long as my memory) there're only 4 players from Haiti that played for a V-League club. 2 of them played for just 1 year (2016 and 2017), the others only started playing here since 2023.

[@OfficialBillC]

@@nkwan4848who knows. Maybe it’s one of them.

[@ultratronger]

@@nkwan4848 the comment said the haitian played in vietnam, could mean that he did in the past, couldve been one of the 2016-17 ones

[@neil4692]

I prefer International football myself as you don't just have the top-level clubs just buying all the players up. Seeing underdog countries do something amazing with the passion that comes in representing your nation is something you can't really get from Club football (I come from set of people who liked it when a team was made up of the people born from there)

[@mishynaofficial]

Don't you dare come at group E 2024 euros! It was so fun to have the most chaotic group ever and finishing last with 4 points!

[@CharlieyT95]

The last match of the round of 16 is Turkey Austria. That’s the one everyone says will be a great watch, and it’s on tonight.

[@zakaro-899]

Club football will never be as enjoyable to watch as international

[@NatuBea]

It’s so good to watch it live!!

[@HazeBre3]

I like both. I love watching Team USA as much as the smaller clubs as well as one MLS club.

[@encorefootball]

Based. Even amongst the top nations, they may have gaps in their teams (left back and central midfield for England, right back for France, centre back for Spain, striker for Brazil, every position for Mexico etc.)

[@lorenzobuero7115]

Here in south america we love international football (most people like it more than club football)

[@milanponjavic6710]

When people say: “International football is boring.“ they mean that teams produce significantly less chances and exciting moments throughout the match (for example, Belgium and Ukraine match was kinda surprising because Belgium did not win and we saw 2 goals, but match was incredibly boring to watch) due to tactics and significance of every single match. In club competition you have more room for an error and teams played more open football with more goals and chances. That's why

[@heijimikata7181]

I agree. Spain vs Germany is probably the closest thing to club football at the moment.

[@guilhermeroyama8842]

It's all about passion. Most matches are boring, but some have rivalries that make them interesting. Turkey x Greece Sweden x Denmark Argentina x Brazil USA x Mexico Hungary x Romania France x Germany Italy x Spain England x Scotland Egypt x Algeria Just some examples of really cool matches to watch

[@Eesa8]

I like international football tournaments but I don't like international friendlies they are in the middle of club football and are kinda pointless when its not qualifying

[@Cee-fC]

Yes, thank you, it was driving me nuts the entire video...

[@ssrogerzz]

I really enjoy your content man, I am honestly shocked you don't have more subscribers. Keep up the great work dude!

[@nikedox1]

I like the fact that this specific tournament (Euro) has the most owngoals scored ever in a tournament EVER. Thats a crazy thought to have in mind. There are more goals scored like that than NORMAL goals...

[@Shinkx0]

Its so entertaining. I dont understand how people think that degrades the joy in watching international football.

[@bloody_sais]

The fuck do you mean "this specific tournament (Euro) has the most owngoals scored ever in a tournament EVER"? There were 11 own goals in Euro 2020 and only 9 so far in Euro 2024

[@balsis_ch6217]

​@bloody_sais you beat me to it, this guy got his facts from tiktok or something 😭

[@ManOfTheWeek596]

"More goals scored like that than normal goals"? where the hell do you get your facts from, the euros so far had 93 goals, and 8 were own goals, that's not even close. Yes it is an usually high number of own goals but not nearly as many as normal ones

[@nikedox1]

Compared to players alone*

[@TheYourmama56]

Babe wake up,Dagnal uploaded

[@themachoechidnaugandarandy7583]

I like when nations do crossover club matches. I friggin love those

[@ZanManTheFanMan]

I think it might have something to do with how on the club level you can support a club with virtually no connection but in international football you kinda have to have a connection.

[@leopoldbouin8909]

As a French person, I’m not that much of a club football fan but damn does our national team playing unite the country. Seeing Paris after wining the 2018 World Cup, during the 2016 finals or any other international competition the vibes were immaculate. With the rising racism in the country, seeing every ethnicity celebrate and unite in such a divided country is amazing.

[@martinacaminosbaez5183]

here in Argentina we are literally crazy about football. we don't have that "lack of connection" with our national team because all of us carry the same passion for this sport. i genuinely think that the hate people feel for international football is because they see football purely as an entertaintment. here, football is everything and everywhere

[@Hymn_]

honestly international football been crazy this year. indonesia proceeding to the round of 16 of afc asian cup, canada at copa america semis, italy fumbling, england back to back euro final, english or spanish final, etc

[@counterclockwisefilms3814]

Football has evolved it’s not at all what it used to be and I will say these past few years seeing what we just saw in the Euro, Copa and the World Cup, I’m very pleasantly surprised. There were countries that NO ONE expected to do great, and ended up overachieving. And the pure passion behind those players when they stand in front of their countries to play, it’s so powerful.

[@tommyher6694]

Pure passion like Croatia making it to final 4 in back to back world cups. As opposed to playing with basically the same guys year round like a day to day job, international tournaments force players to come together and give it their all in short period of time. Like how Argentinian players leave more on the field than they do for their clubs.

[@RasenRendanX]

Seeing Canada make the 2022 Works cup filled me with so much pride. Now I hope Jamaica makes the 2026 WC

[@moonmatex]

As an arsenal fan, I personally like club football more just because I’m from bolivia and well. yeah. but I can say watching bolivia every game is exciting whenever they miracously play well, that is amazing, but that’s why i prefer club football, because I have a better connection when my club because I have never had a good country to support

[@darklex5150]

I'm from Argentina, my case is the direct opposite of you.

[@danonthestrings]

2:55 this is exactly the guy I was thinking of when you were building up to it 😂

[@shawarmaboy777]

I love international football because I like seeing my country play and win especially qualifying for Euros for first time as a Georgian ❤🇬🇪

[@matiasirusta587]

International football is way more exiting because: 1. The epic of a war between countries 2. The tournament elimination format 3. The scarcity and low frequency 4. The randomness and chaos

[@javiazar]

I fcn lost it at Brazil winger regen factory 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@therani1326]

9:47 yes

[@henrygaming7863]

Wilfred Nancy Columbus crew is fun to watch

[@lexezlao]

I genuinely only care about football when it comes to international football, like i would definitely feel like I'm interested enough to be a fan since i care for it more than the average random person, but you could not get me to care about clubs and leagues

[@thaisgregorio2734]

Honestly, I find club football a little boring because it can be very repetitive. I'm from Brazil and I used to watch A LOT of club football when I was younger (both from the Brazilian league and European leagues), but nowadays I mostly watch international football. I fond it much more exciting

[@C0rNG0d674]

International football is the first football i got into, and its my favorite. I love club football, but International football is just something else... you can catch me watching Wales vs Monte Negro, and ill be hooked, meanwhile in club i only stick to watching top 5 clubs, rarely youll catch me watching a relegation battle.

[@doctorsam5771]

Now that Messi has mostly retired from Club football l stopped watching club football altogether. Its almost always the same with the same handful of team dominating smaller teams. International football on the other hand has a sense of unpredictability that grips you from the start. Anyone can beat anyone.

[@okfinn1]

The one thing I will say about the quality, is that club teams play year round together and you can see the teams have better chemistry. I notice national teams are a bit scrappier and play to the strengths of their best players more, whereas teams like man city and Real Madrid have crazy tactical systems that you never see in international matches.

[@kailashpatel1706]

Agree its so annoying..If Pep got the England job he would have so many issues getting England players up to standard...He would not be able to use that system at Man City..

[@almalayuwiyyah2512]

international football can exposed who truly the best player. cause you need to adapted

[@ManDude601]

The only ones who don’t enjoy it are from the countries that didn’t even qualify for those tournaments in the first place

[@EndritBajramiEshte21]

international football is the most Exciting , more excitement than any leagues and even more than champions league

[@dylanprice5397]

I always see people say would you rather win an international trophy or a major club trophy? And my answer is always I don’t know, because I haven’t experienced either, as I am a Tottenham fan from Wales, I have no idea which would make me feel better

[@heijimikata7181]

That’s tough. Good on you, mate.

[@zadarthule]

Club Football quality is better because they have much more time to train and get familiar with each other. That's why national teams usually get better during a tournament.

[@jum4092]

I like international matches more because it is easier to decide who to support. I didn't really grow up in a big city with a important club, so supporting any club feels kind of fake. On the other hand, supporting my country is really easy because I have a direct connection to it. The tournaments are also more concentrated so they can be my entire personality for a month. I usually have a couple of weeks of depression afterwards but the next qualifying matches or nations league are usually not far away. I also watch the women's national team of my country so I can have a big international tournament every year.

[@super-morio]

International tournaments are more dependent on player quality. Club football is more reliant on tactics and strategies.

[@klicclak]

Bro trying to equate Vinny Jr and Jude to the reason their national teams had lackluster draws when Vinny has actually been the best performing player at Copa America, while Jude also just scored a windergoal to save England. Really feels like a cheap shot to put all of England's many problems and issues on Jude. Also this is the least talented Brazil team like ever... Yet Vinny is still world class AND performing well

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

Mf he scored 2 against Paraguay, my man is allergic to playing with the yellow

[@yaboinoah3636]

Couldn’t have said it better

[@boop53]

i have no affiliation with any clubs but i loved to follow the euros this year im not reslly a football fan but have found myself watching games not involving my country e.g Austria v Turkey, Scotlands group stage games, Germany v Spain, Spain v France, Turkey v The Netherlands

[@kSupremeYoutuber]

Since i was a kid the only thing i wanted to watch was international football and i never liked football that much but it was still interesting watching the best of best.

[@mk_annan22]

Being a Cricket fan 🏏 is the reason I watch international Football ⚽. The stakes are far higher, because it's about national identity and representation of your country on a global level apart from passion. International cricket 🏏 is frequent, countries play bilateral series of matches against each other, like friendlies in Football ⚽. In cricket, the national team is bigger than any club team; a player can play for multiple clubs in a year, but that player plays more matches for the country than club.

[@mismisimognomo101]

lmao at the Tottenham shade, as a Tottenham fan myself we clearly can't catch a fucking break 😹

[@Zekiyeah]

I think you kind of misunderstood the point with “people hate international football”. People don’t hate international football as the Euros, Afcon, Copa America and world cup provide the most historical and intense moments. I think all the “haters” agree to this. People hate international football because of the high number of meaningless matches. A two year international qualifying campaign, additional Nations League matches and on top of that a bunch of unnecessary friendlies cramped up in an already overfull calendar with more important matches being played for the club level. I love international football! But only the matches that matter in the tournament in June. I want to watch matches for the prizes not for the filling of the calendar

[@fishyfish6510]

Club football is more tactical International football is more passionate and individualistic

[@fernandoerbin6751]

I honestly am baffled that after last WC (and its insane final) people would say international football is boring. Yeah, the Euros and the Copa weren't great (though they had their ups and downs), but judging only by what happened this year is shortsighted presentism.

[@skaughtsmith]

I love international tournaments. I do not enjoy it when my favorite team is on a winning streak and all momentum is halted for an international break though.

[@rafihexa]

The other reasons: you can talk about international football with someone who isnt really into football. Neutrals usually only watch international tournaments. I can talk with my sister about the Asian Cup and watch the match together, or with my online friend where we had a talk about Euros for an hour.

[@TheJoku1604]

Depends on what are you watching football for. If you're watching purely for entertainment then yes, international football is better in some aspects. Club football though does have the appeal in its big names, big clubs, tactics, nuances and it being the highest level of football there is. Also some people think its boring when they are not familiar with the nations and don't recognize the names managing and playing. But in my opinion combination of both is the best. It's fun to look at the same players playing for clubs and their nations and how players known for their club football who don't usually play with each other play. Example of this is England in the euros right now who have so many big names in club football is so interesting to look at how they are playing together. For me the storylines involving big club stars playing for their nations are very interesting and they make international football very entertaining.

[@mrmr5580]

Only thing i can think is a lot of us are so attached to our clubs, that an international break kind of gets in the way of our precious domestic football, it was worse when it was just friendlies, your club has 2 weeks off because of a friendly, a world cup (or Euro) qualifier ill watch, or major tournaments ill watch, but ive got no interest in international friendlies

[@1cachorito9]

I loved international football. Now is just mid case of watching some of the matches. The underdogs most of the time get unfavorable treatment. Some teams, for some reason, dont have the motivation to win

[@HandleMSR25SudahDiambil]

Indonesia football fans (and the mainstream) right now : "Please bring more International Tournament. We didn't want to watch our club national league"

[@Fumes_007]

I absolutely adore internationals man, literally watch all the games too like how can you say you hate internationals when they are honestly this good?

[@brianrusberg647]

I only have a problem with international football when it's mid-season because it can ruin chemistry, or key players from your team can get injured

[@alpacamale2909]

I don't think there's a drop in quality. there's actually a distribution of quality. Take france and spain leagues for instance. Most of the quality gets distributed between the first 5 or 6 teams. The rest are basically at the level of bad national teams. if you add the passion for playing for your country it turns the sport into a better competition.

[@PACourtesy]

Club football also has the benefit of players training with each other day in, day out. International football would benefit from moving to a proper "season". Club season = 6-7 months, International season = 2-3 months and 2-3 months for players to rest across the year.

[@gamerparuhwaktu]

I get boring with club competition since 5-7 years ago. With rich club almost always dominate competitions, I enjoy a lot lower league since then, for clubs national competition context. For international football, I enjoy national teams competition than international clubs competition like UCL.

[@davids.m.710]

i wonder if this is an american thing now that they are getting into football, but ive never heard of anybody disliking international football till now

[@geronimocochise2033]

International football is better. For example, you cannot buy yourself success, like the English do. They have successful clubs and an unsuccessful national team

[@Iomomozoe]

I only starting watching club football as an adult. International football is the main reason I love football.

[@Labeau92]

After witnessing the Scaloneta as an Argentinean I will never talk shit about international football again.

[@saman_pradhan]

Moat people in Asia only watch International football like me. Football is not the most popular sport in India but during International tournament it starts peaking.

[@ocdopiedpower]

Mai Tou serf world cup our Kuch important ucl games dekta hon 💀🇵🇰

[@veldrensavoth7119]

Is pep ball boring or can your team just not beat it, or does your team not have the talent it takes for it to work? I don’t see what the problem is and I’ve been a fan of ball for decades

[@limajose4010]

the thing is with club football every club is part of the same country i dont understand why people get so mad when they lose to their city rivals its the same exact people

[@smudgerstyle]

I am fan of a Championship Club and it means way more to me what England does. Not that I don’t support England but it doesn’t get me in the feels like club football does.

[@يحيىوائلثجيل]

Me who been only watching international football for the past 5 years 😎

[@onepieceenjoyer5326]

I don’t think pep made the game robotic or “boring” minus the previous year yearly City have played pretty nice football fairly consistently and no need to mention his Barcelona sides which are without doubt the best teams the sport has seen. What HAS made the game boring at times are managers trying to adapt philosophies like his but without the personnel to make it work imo, but it would disingenuous to not bring up a certain conservatism that his style has somewhat brought about at times I guess lol

[@idkwho7037]

A draw in a international tournament is different that a draw in club football

[@idkwho7037]

And players in copa have more Passion than euros (especially england)

[@thabo3866]

Club football itself is not pooping like it used to...even the Champions League

[@sliut1]

International football is the most important thing for a football player.

[@gragnesemeally924]

Not getting your notification even though it's on

[@basilimobioh1850]

Copa America isn't boring at all

[@cuebal]

The wonder kid from Indonesia example is not true at all. They won't get visa to play in top EU teams without the Indonesia football team not being in top 70 FIFA ranking or something

[@mr_0n10n5]

What I learnt from this video is if there was more international football, it would be better than club football

[@thomasedwards9450]

The only thing I’d disagree with is say the quality of international team is worst because of the player selection. England on paper has the best and most expensive team in the world but they lack the mentality

[@souhailmoorish796]

Afcon is a whole other level of madness😂😂🇲🇦

[@LeZylox]

One reason is nationalism

[@tarik6990]

I've always much prefered international football to league football.

[@super_perez_RPP]

International to me just feels more unique the chance of winning something comes 1 every 4 or 2 years, and the build up to it and watching the teams evolution feels more natural, compare to club where you need to cross your fingers so your team dosent get butcher by the trading season or maybe they screw themselves by paying for inflated players or sacking the manager over 1 lose and hire someone worse

[@norduisball]

2018 world cup was a better world cup than the 2022 one, change my mind

[@GeneralSov]

nah i aint cuz i agree

[@idkwho7037]

Only france was a dominant team in that tournament they were the clear favourite from the start because spain's golden generation was fading away Brazil has not recovered from that 2014 incident Germany lacking major players in major positions Portugal had never won a major title apart from the 2016 euros and they were lacking squard dept argentina was just had one tactics defend and give the ball to messi england has the English media always hyping them but we all know the end product and Belgium was Belgium Croatia was the finalist that year so you can already see the issue here, you just can't digest argentina's heroic campaign lost 1st match to a nation that never won against a team above 80 ranking messi saving Argentina from mexico while being motm in every single game a classic wc match Argentina vs Netherlands, best revenge against Croatia and then france you are just a nostalgia merchant, change my mind

[@norduisball]

@@idkwho7037 wdym i cant digest Argentina victory, i just said 2018 was better than 2022, 2018 had massive underdogs, massive scores, atmosphere was electric and if 2018 had the same type of hype as the 2022 one, cuz messi and ronaldo last chance for a world cup, it would have been the best tournament yet. Plus, a Ronaldo hattrick, Messi saving Argentina from elimination and a new prospect called Mbappe was just too good to be good, 2022 final might have been better but overall 2018 was better

[@Guizambaldi]

Much better, even though the 2022 final was phenomenal.

[@patheticapple2680]

2014 probably the best one imo. Netherland’s revenge on Spain, every attention was directed towards the host Brazil, as they were the favourites to win on their home soil, and we didn’t notice Germany in the background destroying every single opponent until the unforgettable 7-1. Great final at the end too

[@hellothisisirina]

Argentinians love their national team more than their own country

[@franze4]

i still wonder if i watched a different france vs netherlands match than everybody else. to me that match wasn’t boring, it was just frustrating that nobody could finish but because it ended 0-0 (netherlands were robbed) people quickly wanted to say it was the most boring match. the most boring matches were all the ones england played😴

[@JohnClancy-d4e]

My country means more to me than my club 🇮🇪

[@TonyDiaz.]

Give me the World Cup, the Euros, Copa América and the Champions League and I’m a happy man.