Liverpool and Arsenal LOSE and Bayer Leverkusen WIN the League!

[@user-um5cp2cs5j]

Get used to the pain, football is at least 90% pain and disappointment 😂

[@aceofspoons8382]

Sometimes I envy all the non-commital neutrals out there. They've got it pretty good tbh

[@angelo2s]

Boy, but that 10% when it happens is special

[@WizzWins]

Well, it is if you’re a Spurs fan LOL

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

@@aceofspoons8382 i dont think they do, they cant get the joy of finaly winning.

[@user-um5cp2cs5j]

@@angelo2s yeh those 10% are usually some of the best times of your life

[@robbpatterson6796]

I love how you aren't a plastic fan. You're legit. You feel our pain. You maybe late to the party but you bought the vodka

[@lukessportsacademy]

*whiskey 🥃

[@robbpatterson6796]

@@lukessportsacademy Try Penderyn; If you like a peaty whiskey, you'll adore it

[@EpicnessYeet]

i REALLY love this new style! its good to hear your perspectives on things!

[@okformadrid]

I m so happy to see you grow Luke 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤, I was with you since the beginning 🤠🥳. Keep going you gonna have a Big impact on the growth of the beautiful game in our beautiful country .

[@melkicastillo3399]

Amazing weekly recap, keep it coming, great job!

[@VillaFanDan92]

Love this new style of video. Unai Emery out-thought Arteta twice this season. One of the best tacticians in Europe right now.

[@oma_gooner]

well if Trossard had scored things couldbe been diff

[@starhunter2333]

unai: "good ebening"

[@tonymcfeisty2478]

@@oma_gooner indeed, goals change games, I've not seen a good angle to say for definite, but looked like there was an offside at the time in the build up, so it may not have counted if he had, but it's academic as a combination of a poor finish and a good save meant it didn't matter, I don't see this as Arsenal bottling it, they played well first half and Arteta tweeked his tactics to create problems for us down your left and they were working, Odegaard was spectacular first half. Emery made changes to counter the tactics and Odegaard, they worked and we gradually took control. That's probably the best Villa have played in 2024. All the best for the rest of the season, fingers crossed for a city slip up somewhere.

[@dufflepod]

Excellent passion. Excellent video. (I now have to go back into my dark soundproof room as I'm a Liverpool fan.)

[@molnarcsani]

Bro I was so angry at the world after that match... I couldn't decide if I wanted to cry or shout🙃 #ynwa

[@lukessportsacademy]

@dufflepod So you’re gonna be in your room … alone? lol jk 😆

[@dufflepod]

@@lukessportsacademy Till the season's over probably. I suspect we're only at the start of one of the biggest chokes in football history. It's gonna be bad.

[@lukessportsacademy]

@@dufflepod well don’t choke too hard, I have a feeling I need y’all to win competitions so I get that final UCL spot from the 5th place 😅

[@RumoSenpai]

That coefficient thing is just some more or less complicated maths based on the performance of teams from the different countries in ALL the European Cups (CL, EL, Conf-L) to find out who gets additional spots. It is a one time thing that happens because of the changes to the Champions League this year. I don't think it's really important to understand all the intricacies of the process. The important part is: 1 additional CL-spot most likely goes to Italy and the second one to either England or Germany depending on their performance in the Cups. (which gives the matches between Bayern and Arsenal (CL) as well as Leverkusen and West Ham added importance!)

[@carsbyml]

Luke thank u for saying Football, really appreciate it

[@kencas828]

Lmao your hopes on harry Kane 😂😂 have me dying

[@julianvivas2895]

Copa America and the Olympics for soccer will decide how big the sport can be here in the USA I think. The usmnt will compete in the Olympics and since a lot of ppl watch the Olympics, it will be important that they do well. If they do well then there will definitely be more love for the game I think

[@KAT-xi3ol]

I love this style of video :D

[@bavodesmet9133]

bro for real love the vids keep up the good work!!! i'm in the same boat, i've been watching the NFL as a cardinals fan for 3 years now. Still learning the game like you are with football! played football myself for 12 years so learning a new sport is exciting!!! love from belgium

[@lukessportsacademy]

Exciting! Cards is an interesting choice but I respect it

[@danielleeskelton]

Spurs will be interesting to watch next season. Wait and see who Ange brings in over the summer, when he can get some players he wants and needs.

[@ScyThe16SketZz]

You need to check out Florian wirtz. This guy is insane. He has been Leverkusens Star Player since he was 16. Then he tore his acl and came back absolutly dominating the League and winning Leverkusen the title as their by far best Player

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

i hope you are right about the increased interest that messi brings to the sport as a whole, but i am very sceptical, the icnreased spectators also happend with pele, they happend with backenbauer, they happend with beckham and more recently with zlatan, so far it always faded once tha star left.

[@juanlui284]

Keep doing these Week's Recap videos 👌👌

[@gideonofori6589]

We here for any type of videos you'll do.

[@davirocha6504]

I am a spurs fan to. love from Brazil. we have a saying here 1% chance and 99% faith. COYS. Love the channel.

[@juliank2442]

As a Dortmund Fan, I dont know how to feel about Leverkusen winning the Meisterschale, yet. It has been BVB chasing Bayern for a little over a decade since we last won the league. Almost winning it last year and choking it in the very last match against Mainz at home. But still it is good for the german football in general and the way Leverkusen is playing football is incredible. Anyway, I cant wait for the upcoming CL matchday and hopefully I can hear your comments about how BVB kicked Atletico out of the CL soon.

[@daniaaal]

Awesome format. I hope more Americans get to learn and appreciate the sport through your voice.

[@RumoSenpai]

You need to watch some more Bayer Levekusen (e.g. their win over Stuttgart in the DFB-Pokal (= the cup)). They just won the League and are STILL UNBEATEN!!! They have not lost a single game in all competitions!!! That's almost unheard of!! They have good chances to win a tripple this year!! It's gonna be great seeing them in the Champions League next year, and if they play there like they have this year, they are a contender to win it! No doubt!

[@jesusmejay7676]

Yess!! Do this more often! You sound like a Football pro already in just a few years!! Happy for you Luke! 👍🏽

[@samwilliams0901]

You could definitely make this a weekly segment, especially coming towards the end of the season when there's going to be a lot to talk about all the time. In terms of views, there may still be value in spinning the "new American football fan" angle (even though I acknowledge you aren't really new anymore given how much time and effort you've invested into engaging with the sport), so I'm sure the Discord could help you come up with a name for the segment that incorporates that in some way.

[@hartshaped]

I’m a Newcastle supporter, hard luck my friend. I highly recommend you checking out and reacting to Eddie Howe’s ‘High Performance’ interview from last year, it’s very insightful into his coaching and mentality to man management, there’s also a great ‘Masterclass’ video where he talks about his tactics when he beat Chelsea (when they were good) with his old Bournemouth team. Also have to say (and I hope this doesn’t sound patronising) but absolutely loving how confident and knowledgeable you now sound when talking about everything going on in football at the minute, you’ve come on massively from your first videos, it’s incredible.

[@NIDELLANEUM]

2:40 here in Italy, that weird coefficient thing is always mentioned, because they say "Serie A is almost certain to have an extra Champions League spot" (with many being glad because it's going to be Bologna, a team that hasn't played in the competition in 60 years). However, what confuses me is how nobody mentions why this isn't 100% certain, nor what is supposed to happen

[@spacelaunches8459]

What team do you support in Italy ?

[@v1ce17]

yeah Serie A is so far ahed they will get IT fore Sure and as it Stands now Bundesliga is going to get the second one

[@NIDELLANEUM]

@@v1ce17 It feels weird to me, like how is Serie A so far ahead of everyone else when all the teams in the Champions League were knocked out?

[@NIDELLANEUM]

@@spacelaunches8459 I don't support a team, but I am from Naples, so as a result Napoli is the only team for which I actually know all the players

[@spacelaunches8459]

@@NIDELLANEUM I actually support Napoli

[@molnarcsani]

5:20 this take is so on point, one little addition tho I hope Bayern somehow wins the CL that would be such a redemption for them

[@qiph]

yes this is good Luke - just a minor interest keep an eye on OUFC until the end of the season COYY ! and it has been an incredible battle at the bottom of the championship

[@otlpharo8646]

Love to see you enthralled with football , been here since you watched the World Cup , a little before that. But it’s cool seeing you in your journey 🫡 Man City Up tho 😘

[@guionesdcine4589]

I love the style of these new videos, they feel like you do have a well documented perspective and it's more interesting to watch for people like me who like your personal take on sports. Keep it up!

[@multiplier6526]

I live this type of video i would be looking forward for the next week recap when my barca sends psg home

[@Hyp333R]

I love that you went from your classic american learning about football, to full fletched passionate.

[@camilojaen2211]

I like the new style bro, keep it coming 👊👍😀

[@ralfklonowski3740]

So you're starting to become an actual fan and realise it hurts? Welcome to the World Wide Soccer Fan Community!! Now you're real. As a German football fan, I am very glad that the long Bayern München series in the German championchip is broken, and for a number of reasons: 1) München's dominance was starting to affect the Bundesliga negatively. The imbalance of financial power grew ever greater, and people started to NOT think about the championship so much on the grounds that it was kinda boring, but focussed on Champions League qualifications and the relegation struggle instead. 2) Leverkusen won their first title, but had been runner-ups in the past. Most spectacular so in 2002, when inside two weeks the lost the decisive match for the German championship, the German cup final and the Champions League final. These traumatic events earned them their nickname "Vizekusen". Talk about pain. In a way, they deserved to get a break, and their playing was up to the task. 3) As a Schalke 04 supporter, I still hurt from the Four-Minute championship 2001 that München snatched from Schalke (who had played a fantastic season) in the last second of a four minute extra time. Talk about pain. We are second Bundesliga right now and in no state to get promotion, but I hope and believe that the day of revenge will come for us. Until then, I just enjoy watching the smug, self-satisfied smiles being wiped off the Bayern München management's faces.

[@dilisarcop1573]

this is a fantastic style Luke! Would definently love to see more like it

[@Rolgi]

As a Spurs fan i'd rather drop to 5th spot than Arsenal win the league.

[@drewdemersyt8153]

I love this type of video, reminds me of RabonaTV’s old weekly recaps. He discontinued that series but you should watch his old ones if you want to see how somebody else does it. Also, he just makes incredible content in general. React to his video about Osasuna in La Liga. They’re a fan owned club who has a core of predominantly academy players and they’re upper mid table, even going to the copa del Rey final last season. He talks to members of the club staff and fan groups when he does club profile videos. After watching his video I really started to appreciate watching osasuna and even have a jersey now. Really cool club.

[@vascobatista2132]

Don‘t forget that the USA will host the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. There will be 32 clubs competing for the first time in this tournament. It‘ll be really huge…

[@oma_gooner]

For Arsenal - Its a collective failure. Everyone from the players to the coaching staff to the crowd, everyone collectively threw it away! I am proud of the players tho for competiting till nearly the end, but they look empty in the tank - both physically & mentally now! I have this dreadful feeling that we are going to finish 3rd now and drop out of CL this week. There is a little bit of hope left in the CL for some miracles to happen however it seems quite unlikely.

[@LewisJamieson6]

Love your new style of video mate!

[@sleepycsannel8825]

Love this tyle of vedeo! Keep it up!

[@mannym7849]

Hi Luke, another fantastic video man! Love this style, please go with it, it’s always great to hear your personal perspective and get a recap on what’s going on in the football ⚽️ world at the same time. I think ‘Angeball’ at Spurs will take another season before consistency will be a thing at Spurs, I think there’s a few bumps and grinds they still have to endure yet though. I wasn’t surprised by Arsenal’s 2-0 home loss to Aston Villa on Sunday, we really didn’t play well and deep down I feared that our good run in this calendar year would eventually come to an end at some point. We just have to dust ourselves down and get on with it now and try and not f*ck up anymore in our remaining games and I hope Man City will somehow crack and drop points as I really don’t want to see them Premier League Champions again! If my beloved Arsenal don’t win the PL I hope Liverpool do, although after that unexpected 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace I can’t see how Man City won’t win it from here.

[@JoseNelisParham]

Great new style! I love it!

[@Mumujalego]

Bundesliga champion: Spanish coach. Premier League Champion: Spanish coach. French league champion: Spanish coach.

[@khaledzaki11]

Bro I really love your content

[@robertdodd6561]

Tom Hanks will be happy.

[@gustavolanata1019]

You have acquired the sickness of being a true supporter, welcomed. You may want to watch the film "Fever Pitch", both films are great but the football one will tell you that you have arrived to the club again welcome. I love Messi but do not forget what Pele did for the game back in the 70's.

[@JNics23]

Ah Luke we feel the pain so we know we are alive #coys

[@marcelo_vrda4589]

good video style, keep it up

[@cerahashraff3888]

That Arsenal april bottles for the 2 seasons

[@Yonatan_Haimovitch]

And Cold 🥶 Palmer scored 4 goals against Everton while u uploaded this video

[@lukessportsacademy]

😲

[@Yonatan_Haimovitch]

Next year u should try to play PL fantasy. I'm so happy I captioned Palmer this gameweek it was the highest point performance this year​@@lukessportsacademy

[@oskarstobinski4522]

Leverkusen finished in style. Unbelivable. Also a hattrick by Wirtz. The Bundesliga is going to be wild next season in europe. Stuttgart, Leverkusen, Bayern are going to be strong. Also there is still Dortmund und this stupid energy drink thing

[@ethan-db9wc]

This is a nice format

[@soulsleep31]

Great vid buddy!

[@michaelgriffiths7603]

Hi Luke, have you ever think about doing a podcast ? For example every week you do a 1 hour live stream in which you talk about what happened during the week in world football, your thoughts on the big games, etc. ? Of course you need to have the time to do that, but I think it would be very fun.

[@FranciscoGarcia-ze5hg]

Xabi Alonso has a bright future ahead of him. Great player, coached by great coaches. I am not a Leverkusen fan, but I am a fan of well played football.

[@darrenfearon4288]

Liverpool and Arsenal carnt handle the pressure because Man city is relentless, they do that to teams because they just keep on wining with little fuss and Liverpool and Arsenal knew that they have to win every game to win the league.

[@carsbyml]

I hope you can meet the other big content creators in Europe for your further success. Take care

[@ricardomarqueztello1419]

Amazing! good job, from a Culé!

[@okiewendiawan]

I'm rooting for Aston Villa for 4th place, A one time Champion's League Winner finally made their way back to CL after a long time.

[@morniclegreen3534]

Dude don't even listen to anyone that thinks the US falling in love with the game is a bad thing. It's a beautiful thing and will 100% elevate the game in the long term

[@ricewater4003]

Arsenal giving away points to Villa so Spurs won’t make top four, Arteta masterclass😎

[@otlpharo8646]

Leo Messi is Left footed so saying Left footed skill like that made me laugh , like it’s more harder than the right foot for him 🤣🤣🤣

[@olifoet4]

Hi Luke, I have a question for you that might be useful for a video essay/comparison. Football fans have MANY competitions to follow, practically all year round. In American sports, each sport individually has practically only one competition per year (except for the NBA and the IN-season tournament, which in my opinion was a total success), but they are so well synchronized that in reality you can also see them as multiple competitions throughout the year. I understand that for your compatriots, and even for yourself several months ago, it may be confusing to understand the number of tournaments and the importance of each match. However, this year you have been able to follow English football and the Champions League, as well as keeping an eye on other tournaments. What do you think?

[@czarhead]

Yup. I like this kinda style video

[@oskarstobinski4522]

Harry is probalbly going to do it. I do belive in Bayern. We might see Dortmund and Bayern move through

[@NIDELLANEUM]

imagine a Der Klassiker final. Kane VS Reus, finally one of them winning something

[@oskarstobinski4522]

@@NIDELLANEUM Dortmund is not going to go that far. Yes they might beat atletico. But whatever waits there in the semis is going to end that journey

[@skarpio2000]

Why would you give-in to your inner masochist???? I love the way you said BOTTLE.

[@Infinitedubs]

I wish you started watching football years back. The players of today aren’t as good as players just a few years ago.

[@malcolmswiftfoot9881]

Love your interest in Football. This weeks results are the reason why Football is the World Game. Iran v. USA , ? Only in Football mate.❤

[@linkash4167]

If Spurs get 5th, might need to rely on Arsenal to progress in the CL to up the English coefficient for that CL spot lol

[@lukessportsacademy]

I just came to this realization 🙃

[@caldrissian8178]

Alright, there is a lot to comment on this video. - First, yes this is a good format, having a weekly video with a theme, make viewers more invested in the channel because they're waiting for this specific video. - As for the negatives emotions toward your club, well it's when you have them that you know you're really invested in it, one week I feel joy, the next anger and maybe the next one disappointment but I always comeback to my club and I will always support it. - I don't think Messi is doing more than the others legends who came to America, it's just that he's there at the right moment, I feel that Americans have been more invested in football for the last past 5 to 10 years and he just happen to be here at the right time. I like Messi but I don't think he's the only reason Americans are starting to be invest in this sport. For example, on KZbin, a lot of American football channels have pop-up since the last 10 years. - As for you're journey in the football world, you should watch more than the Premier League and Champion's League, because there are so much stuff happening between the differents leagues, national cups and the 3 european cups. I'm French so I'm watching first and second division, sometimes the third one, the French Cup but also matches in England, Italy, Germany, Spain, also I'm keeping an eye on Portugal, Netherland, Belgium, ... Obviously I'm watching Champion's league but also Europa League and Europa Conference League. Well I'm not watching every matches in Europe but I check at least on all these competitions from time to time. Well the more you watch, the more you understand the sport, the culture and everything around football. - And to finish, a big congratulation to Bayer Leverkusen because they just did something big. Good luck to them in the final of the German Cup and the League Europa as well as keeping their invincibility this season.

[@memax_music1608]

Tottenham have one match in hand I guess they will be in top 4 ☝️

[@wodmatte]

fun fact if arsenal win cl 5 place in pl get also a cl spot

[@IshavedChewbacca]

The Crystal Palace thing is actually not surprising at all, Palace has been Liverpool´s bogey team for a while now. DW Kickoff has quite a good video on bogey teams (teams your team should easily beat, but somehow almost never does), if you want to look into the topic

[@loganleroy8622]

It’s funny you guys call them Bogey teams. We’d call them trap games.

[@danielaguiar7756]

I like this style of video from you but you don’t have to do it every week. You can save it for weeks like this when a lot of things happen/big shifts in the table. I like the mix of reaction and original perspectives

[@charlottehardy822]

At least Spurs wasn’t as bad as Everton tonight 😏 as for Liverpool and Arsenal…

[@marcelo_vrda4589]

CHELSEA, CHELSEA CHELSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA!

[@RudyCantGame]

Let me know. I'd love to talk to you about sports as an Arsenal fan and your esteemed mod

[@tsinjorakotoarison6346]

Like, you forgot about Wrexham's back to back promotion 😊 they got promoted again to league one

[@lukessportsacademy]

I mentioned it for a split second at the end of the video. It was my bad, I forgot to put it in the script so I added an extra word at the end

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

"luke: the europa league spot is in reach but we were sloppy in attack and got cooked on the counter attack" oh how far he has come......seriosly this one is the video that removes the "new guy trying to learn" status from you once and for all.

[@sehu1291]

Leverkusen best team in Europe

[@loganleroy8622]

I always find it interesting that Americans tend to use American football as a way of teaching their kids that if you’re persistent and stay loyal to your team, one day they will have success and you’ll be rewarded for not being a bandwagon fan. Europeans seem to use Soccer as a way to teach their children that life isn’t fair, how to deal with disappointment, and that some people will always have more money than you.

[@faterskai]

This kind of video is good, just put some images and clips in it

[@amekgomo5250]

The prem is not competitive

[@24burnaa74]

You do know if Arsenal gets knocked out by Bayern Munich it reduces the chances of the premier league getting that 5th ucl spot just saying 😂😂

[@jzv56j80]

Bro why are you deleting my comments?😢

[@lukessportsacademy]

I don’t delete comments. Sometimes youtube holds comments but I don’t delete a comment unless it’s truly awful.

[@azzfr33]

Yes we like this kind of content and you should ignore the people who say that they don't want usa to become a football nation. It's the world's game so the more people get into the sport, the more beautiful it will become