The Rise of Finland National Football Team

[@Maqwell]

This is easily one of my favorite video essays I’ve made. So glad to see it getting a ton more exposure. Suomi your story was incredibly captivating.

[@karlomercier7148]

🇫🇮keep this incredible work up bro🇫🇮

[@ahuman2264]

I found youre channel because of this video. I have no regrets, keep it up

[@prypiatshadow]

Hey Maqwell, Great video, Im late, but hey, still worth it! Just a idea, you should do a video about the latvian qualification in 2004! Football in the baltics has been snuffed out by basketball, even tough we were kinda good, and I think it would be a cool video. Anyway, nice work!

[@BCHD]

a eurovision, talk sport and san marino reference, this video deserves a million views

[@Maqwell]

couldn't agree more, no video can be deemed perfect without a eurovision reference

[@BlackDudekOfficial]

@Vidyut Muralidharan san marino all the way

[@kiinanomistaja2402]

6:07 “The Huuhkajat under their new huuhkaja looking head coach” I’m sure many people didn’t catch that but honestly that was hilarious.

[@MichaelTalksFootball1]

Great knowledge about Finland! As a Finnish person, this is our greatest period, and with some young promising players coming through hopefully we can continue this! Markku Kanerva is a great man manager and that's what guided us to the euros and praying for the world cup!!!

[@Maqwell]

Thank you man! It was really fun diving deeper into the story of Finnish football. You guys look promising and I hope to see you in the WC in 2022!

[@MichaelTalksFootball1]

@@Maqwell it's been a crazy 5 years as a Finnish football fan idk what I would do if they qualify for WC 2022

[@Nalleteus]

But why Did he change working formation i dont get it

[@itbelikethat914]

Onni Valakari ✨🔥

[@chrislfc2317]

@@Nalleteus Working formation? There never was a working formation under the other coaches...

[@TuukkaNisonen]

Finland qualifying to the Euros was the best moment in my life. I couldnt get a ticket to the game (since it was played in a small stadium as Olympic stadium was not ready). I went to all of the Euro games this summer though, being 5 days in Copenhagen and 8 days in St Petersburg with thousands of Finnish fans is something so special I will never forget. There were no flights or trains to St Petersburg because of Covid so we all took a 10 hour bus drive and it was magical. I wish I could relive those moments again. Hope we make it to the Euro 2024 in Germany.

[@OPgamer-ju3nb]

I i am finnish🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 I went God mod after it

[@devon6941]

He's from Finland He's what? He's Finnish isn't he? He isn't finished! he's 28!! 😂

[@andriyntfc]

This guy is possible the most underrated football youtuber in the whole world. Great content bro!

[@markusaaltonen3679]

As a finnish person and a Finland fan this was a nice video to watch. Thanks Maqwell!

[@nketiahszn7277]

Moi

[@markusaaltonen3679]

Moro moro mitä äijä. Miten on päivät menny? lol

[@nketiahszn7277]

@@markusaaltonen3679 ok, okei, veljeni, minulla on hyvä olla Jumalan armosta, entä sinä?

[@markusaaltonen3679]

@@nketiahszn7277 that's so fucking funny lol the way it comes out from the translator XDD

[@nketiahszn7277]

@@markusaaltonen3679 i go on holiday to Finland a lot, i only know moi, kitos and Soumi

[@Chalupajuana]

Incredibly well done video. I remember being at their match against Mexico that you pulled one of the pictures from. I’ve always loved following these smaller nations in international football. Brings back 2010 World Cup video game nostalgia.

[@Maqwell]

Thank you man! I really wanna make more of these small nation videos because I'm the same way too, 2010 World Cup game is such a huge part of my childhood

[@teamvichy1211]

Oh, I now got this in recommends. I really appreciate video on my country Finland! I love football so much and when we make it in to Euro 2020 that was one of best moments of my life! Sadly we didnt make it to WC2022 but had decent journey. I remember times in 2015-2016 when it was so bad we was Fifa Ranking like 100. Its very great to see more people in Finland are following the national team and no longer laughing at it. Thank you and you also have great football videos! New sub

[@Maqwell]

Glad to see this video finally getting the exposure it deserves, and also glad you enjoyed it bro! Finland’s story is truly compelling and it was so fun learning

[@Zamppa86]

Man this video brings memories. I was around 8 years old when Litmanen was at the peak of his career with Ajax, around 11 when that horrible game against Hungary took place in '97... I have always loved football through all my heart even though our national team had never qualified for the major tournaments. For me the summer games of FIFA WC and UEFA Euro have always been the highlights for me. My own games with my small city local team along with the great festivities of the major tournaments. The full summers of football... When Finland finally qualified for the Euro 2020(2021) back in November 2019 I literally cried. It was a mixture of happiness and sadness. I was extremely happy to see my country finally making through the qualies but at the same time I was sad because my father, who had past on a decade earlier, wasn't there to see it. Although I wanted to believe he was actually watching, sitting on a cloud next to our Lord.

[@OC_EDITS]

As a norwich city fan, Pukki is insane

[@KR-KR]

Really good stuff. Both professional and entertaining. Keep going max

[@Maqwell]

Appreciate it!

[@StartTheJoust]

If anything, it is not boring to be a fan of Finland national team. I just wish there was few more happy memories lol. Awsome video man!

[@Maqwell]

Thanks man!

[@ericwang1036]

Football has yet to be the dominant sport in Finland, i believe one day that day will come

[@Maqwell]

like and black yoshi will give finland the energy to beat belgium

[@milandebruin2649]

almost 7k pooooooooog

[@emmettshea]

Nahhh 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪

[@milandebruin2649]

congrats on your 7k man

[@HockeyJokerit]

As a Finn this was a combo of laughter, misery and bravery. Great video!

[@kamara12432]

Great video, greetings from Finland🇫🇮 OI SUOMI ON!

[@Maqwell]

Appreciate it bro!

[@RespectTheJeff]

Great stuff my man!

[@Maqwell]

Appreciate it uncle Jeff!

[@vjollila96]

.... and now finland is leading their euro24 qualifier group how have times changed

[@RonaldinhoTheG0A1]

Another upset unfortunately for us Finns

[@albinjohnsson2511]

Antti Sumiala was my childhood idol for a year when he played for IFK Norrköping in the Swedish 2nd division! He scored a hattrick in his first game and went on to score 20 goals in 33 games. Surreal to hear him mentioned here lol

[@jerenousiainen7685]

Nothing but love from Finland❤️ I love your videos, especially this one🔥🔥 OI SUOMI ON

[@sijibomiodimayo9248]

What a story of miracles,faliure,grief,despair the list is so fucking long

[@rohanthapamagar561]

Hey man great video! Love from 🇫🇮❤️

[@daanbloemen138]

Almost 7k subs let’s goo!!

[@karsta3915]

Awesome video and great knowledge of Finnish national football team!

[@Alvaro_Litti]

Thanks so much for this coverage! ❤ Fun Fact: Finland is the best ever team in the world to never have qualified for a World Cup tournament.

[@kailehtinen5972]

Dont really know much football but i enjoy learning about fun sports stories and all the yakuza references = new sub

[@ogy19]

Late to the party but i just have to say how impressed i am that an American knows so much about european football and europe on itself, especialy eastern europe. Cheers mate.

[@FletcherJet]

Living for the Patback cameo

[@longlivepatback]

YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@osku22]

Fun fact: Pukki is a word in Finnish and means "Goat"

[@oivaviitamaki5628]

No vau

[@maonparas]

@@oivaviitamaki5628 No on se aika kiva fakta. Teemu Goat

[@justaravensfan43]

My first ever FIFA Manager Mode was one with Arsenal. Finland were the first ever national team I coached in FIFA. They’ll always have a special place in my heart. I know most of the present-day players you mentioned, and Teemu Pukki will always be like a god to me. Amazing video.

[@rizka7945]

Those were good times. Unfortunately we are shit again. I'm still thankful for witnessing us in a major tournament, once in my life.

[@potatohead826]

Am I the only one who notices how good Pukki is in FIFA 23? Like, whenever I have Finland as an opponent Pukki scores, or if it’s a tournament he’s almost always top 5 goal scorer.

[@Dinosruletheearth]

True

[@zakarif1992]

Hey bro, really amazing videos you've got going on🙌🏼. Have you considered looking into the rise in the Algerian national football team? Really underrated and not many people talk about it

[@jamiekallio893]

Great video love from Finland❤️❤️

[@finnishculturalchannel]

You definitely got the story right-also emotionally. Although there was goal scorers also before Pukki, such as Litmanen and Forssell, but then there didn't seem to be defense good enough on those final crucial moments... But that's all in the past now. The bright future awaits.

[@jimsu-whls-1686]

Nah mate look at how the nations league is going. Sad af

[@finnishculturalchannel]

​@@jimsu-whls-1686 I don't know if Nations League can be taken that seriously. Seems more like practice games..

[@jimsu-whls-1686]

@@finnishculturalchannel but we had our best lineup. Our midfield is a wreack and our centerbacks are unreliable because Arajuuri and Toivio retired.

[@hullcitynoah]

My teacher would love the description u used at the end XD

[@suomisportyt4202]

Finland have great young stars like Forss, Valakari, Skyttä

[@dietzraimonds69]

Also Antman

[@bosha5911]

Fire tunes on this vid, good sh*t bro!

[@SGTStubble]

Great video dude, good story

[@stevenalmeida5716]

This is fantastic brother

[@dariogutierrez6716]

Good choice of music. Ping pong the animation has some godly ost

[@milandebruin2649]

vid 23 of asking maxwell to make a new san marino career.

[@phamlong4210]

Cool video. Keep up the great work 🙌

[@futmash]

Best video ever

[@ivrishcon-abarth38]

Having been to that infamous Finland-Hungary -game. To add to the injury, Hungary should NEVER had the corner, Hungary player kicked the ball over the goal line from faaaar away, and everyone in the stadium except blind defecation-eyed referee bernd heynemann saw and knew this, the hungarian players among others, they were dearly surprised. I don´t remember whether the goal came immediately from THAT corner kick, or was THE corner kick first cleared to another corner kick, from which the equalizing goal was spawned. Hungary then lost 6-0 to Yugoslavia in the 1st leg, 2nd leg was maybe 0-0 or 1-0, so we probably would´ve lost as well, but had Hungary qualified from there, we wouldn´t have had taken it lightly: After the game My friend said to me then "let´s go murder the referee" and I thought it was an excellent idea, but we were too high up in the stadium to get there in time. But we´d gone and vendetta´d him from Antarctic if necessary, had Hungary qualified. I went through ALL the shit Finland had in football in my lifetime, thank God Liverpool was very, very successful in the 1980´s, or I would´ve become some sort of very evil mass murderer and serial killer, and also probably a cannibal. Anyway, there was probably a period from 1987 and 2005 or thereabouts, when I didn´t miss one qualification home game of Finland, plus then some friendlies and away games. With some friends we also went to see most of the Finnish clubs´ Eurogames, starting from Kuusysi-Steaua Bucharest. The thing that´s changed the most are the fans. In the beginning me and few of my friends and some people who´d escaped from insane asylum were the only ones to try to chant and do more than give applause or shout quietly if Finland scored, which we almost never did. Now it´s more or less full force crowd from start to beginning.

[@Robert-pn3cq]

*smiling through the pain*

[@jeanpierrecastro4872]

Good soccer video. I was wondering if you could please make a video about the Israeli soccer team in the future

[@Rei-zt2rr]

I would love to see an essay about the Panama miracle for World Cup 2018

[@HemmoFM]

26.6.2023 northen-ireland vs finland 0-1 16.6.2023 Finland vs Slovenia 2-0 and today San Marino vs Finland 0-6

[@Fartcraftoffical]

And lost to denmark 3-1 last match is Kazikstan

[@radyabarata]

SHEEESSSHHH 3 videos in a week?

[@Maqwell]

I try

[@black.sasuke.uchiha]

11:23 gotta love Ken Blast

[@somethingwithultra7231]

Off-topic, but to be fair I'm still in a state of like difficulty regarding the Nations League. I'd much rather just have some friendly matches otherwise, but I also just find it handy. As the problem with normal qualifiers (see Netherlands EC first Qualifiers 2023) is that you can sometimes get an incredibly awkward estimate of your national team's performance in the long term. Since it's still similar to clubs with selections & managers during their first matches. Only the difference is that you may have to weave together players of vastly different levels, and get a few matches to truly test how well you're performing with it. Kind of like being given new great shoes, but being instantly told to do a marathon parkour with it.

[@arwenbella6829]

incredible video, would be cool to see one on macedonia!

[@TouringCarsAndStuff]

Maqwell can you do The Rise, the fall of the northern irish football team (please I wanna hear someone talk about our country’s national team)

[@thegoldenone2685]

Let's go Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@villekyllonen8941]

Oi suomi on

[@BluesFancfc]

Awesome 🇫🇮

[@rioniart24]

1:35 I feel so bad for Moilanen though, imagined your whole team barely made history and fail because of your mistake.

[@nameit2014]

1:44😂 by the way im finn love from finland

[@oscarcastillo2890]

This story is similar to Panama’s World Cup attempts. They finally qualified for the first time in 2018.

[@black.sasuke.uchiha]

Kanerva looks just like every high school math teacher. Heck, I had one in high school that looked just like him, plaid shirt and everything.

[@villekyllonen8941]

4:20 it is Sami Hyypiä no sami hupia🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shofa0609]

The evangelion music 😭

[@charlie.3872]

Maqwell knows ball

[@jakubros1931]

Please do Albania qualifying for Euro 2016

[@j2hyperzone764]

I can’t believe pukki had so much hair

[@megamysteryguy1234]

Monogatari music? Yea this video is goated

[@polishadamtv]

In which part of Finland Kamara was born ?

[@hrodebrt]

Tampere

[@eihelvet3]

Nice video

[@Evan_10_2_07]

Nice yoshi

[@Maqwell]

thank you

[@eliteeeeedits]

antti niemi is also the name of a finnish hockey goaltender

[@Cheddarhead7]

Subbed!

[@canadamntfan5476]

You should make a rise of Canada. it would be good and they finally are better than they always were

[@aquila3744]

try looking into Syrian football / National team If you are looking for heartbreak, see if this is an interesting topic

[@eliteelliiz9485]

Can you do a vid on the rise of Scotland pls?

[@fegismcclaren1632]

I’m surprised there was no mention of Roman Eremenko, he was a quality player before his ban

[@EscudosdeTimes]

If i made this video: 5:50: *curses out everything*

[@FootballFinlay]

*Proud Country Moment*

[@jonatanantikainen1227]

You know the nickname Huuhkajat komes from that owel (a huuhkaja)

[@Maqwell]

Yup, I made it an intention to only start using the nickname when i reached the campaign the owl was involved in

[@d.a.bolyos9340]

All the best to Suomi!

[@darkhouse66]

You should make a vid on Serbia, they’ve been improving quite a lot recently

[@officialmyzterybeatz]

make one about portugal, czech republic and argentina

[@lkrnpk]

Latvia Euro 2004 is even more crazy and unlikely...

[@Jiih00]

Great vid, but I wish you didn't show that hungary goal. I was 5 years old then, but I remember the look on my dad's face. He was just quiet and stared at the tv in disbelief

[@ARYANJCE]

Evangelion start

[@ouie-fl4qo]

yesssss dad

[@ouie-fl4qo]

ok i actually can't watch, my ear buds are tripping more than fucking drug dealers

[@waterxz7]

I'm from Finland! 🇫🇮 Sauna, OI SUOMI ON! ❤️🇫🇮

[@aldo1871]

1:38 so tough

[@villekyllonen8941]

PERKELE

[@joonasrenfors9052]

3:04 💀💀💀

[@noahhutchinson781]

bro whenever jamaica has their rise make that vid

[@Maqwell]

You got it Chief

[@Momoi9455]

no idea why this is in my recommended even tho i dont even watch football that much or is it that im finnish

[@nilonen]

The Paatelainen era was horrifying. I still have flashbacks of him trying to force tiki-taka on a team that had no business trying to play like that. And most traumatic of all was the christmas tree formation.

[@Jamiedrfc]

can you do a AFC Wimbledon And MK one?

[@audacities_]

Make a video on el tri pls

[@casper6405]

Petition to let messi change his nationality to Finnish so that he can win the Euros with Finland so that the goat debate truly can end

[@villekyllonen8941]

1:36 taranslate: ai ai ai looks awful and oh god

[@oratilemaunatlala6201]

7k subs?

[@Maqwell]

close very very close

[@joelkysenius4442]

I'm from finland, the best country in the world!