The disappointment of your team going down is terrible, but of course, the joy of your team going up is amazing. Relegation and promotion is vital.
@DaxRaider6 ай бұрын
my team went from 1st league and semi finals of europe league and winning the cup vs munich, to now 5th league ... so dude it hurts so much xD
@alinadornieden84116 ай бұрын
also...its not that your team isnt there when you turn on the TV, you just have to turn on the 2nd Division League to watch them from now on :D
@Aliquis.frigus6 ай бұрын
@@DaxRaider which team?
@timpeterjensen23646 ай бұрын
@@DaxRaidermy team went from the premier league and getting points against Bayern M. In the Europa league, to being in the 4th tier. Yeah it can suck, but i will say, that in recent years its been a much more positive story following them.
@deepthrow-jn8ij6 ай бұрын
@@DaxRaiderBayer Uerdingen
@101steel46 ай бұрын
It's not just Europe, its a world sport. The biggest sport in the world. 🏴
@Lostouille6 ай бұрын
Yes they even do this from Asia to Africa and SA. For Oceania I don't know tho
@BlueFlash2156 ай бұрын
Is it? I'm not sure on how big Badminton and table tennis is.
@Real_MisterSir6 ай бұрын
@@BlueFlash215 In terms of how many teams exist, how many active players exist among those teams, and how many specators follow the sport and gather to watch and support their teams - Soccer is so far above every other sport it doesn't even compete. Yes Badminton, Tennis, and Table tennis are played in most parts of the world, but they're no where close to being as big from a player and spectator and price pool pov as soccer.
@knutvoberg42366 ай бұрын
@@Real_MisterSirYou are wrong when it comes to active players worldwide: here is Volleyball by far the #1 (800 Million on a weekly basis; Football less than 500 Million). But when it comes to supporters, no other sport can compete with (european) football.
@liborsysel22346 ай бұрын
@@knutvoberg4236do you know how ridiculous that 800 milion sounds?
@diegocrespo56252 ай бұрын
“Actual football” Respect, this guy gets it.
@MrLaizard2 ай бұрын
There is also Rugby Football in the Americas and the yanks are quite horrible at it
@saltybommel79055 ай бұрын
In Germany there is a saying "The cup has it own rules" - in this year only one 1. division team is in the top 4
@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel66492 ай бұрын
thats what i always liked about our cup, underdogs showing up and then you suddenly become somewhat of a fan of a team you have hardly had hearded about before xD the underlying dynamics are insane, football is the best sport (:
@ohseb.Күн бұрын
Another fun aspect not mentioned in the video is that cup winners get a chance to compete on the European level. So, potentially, a lower div. team can win the cup AND consequently end up competing in Champions/Europa League. Right now, my team, Wisła Kraków is two matches away from hopefully playing in a European league this season (despite being in the 2nd tier of national football at home). It's unlikely to happen, sure, but even a sliver of potential makes every match exciting!
@daneden21726 ай бұрын
Nothing greater than a cup game where a semi professional team knocks out a big team!
@Bjowolf26 ай бұрын
Except when you are a fan of the big team of course - then it's super embarrassing for you 😂 But everyone else will laugh at and scorn the big team a lot - many of them secretly hoping that their big team will never end up in that most embarrassing situation. 😉
@user-bu2ro8vg8b6 ай бұрын
Better still when its an amateur team.....against a tier 1 team and really give the professionals a beating
@willybauer54966 ай бұрын
Yeah, like Saarbrücken kicking out Bayern Munich in this years [German] cup competition☺
@thomastom46936 ай бұрын
And the funny thing is, it absolute possible that an amateur can make it to the final. It unrealistic, but may to many tier 1 team lost against a lower class.
@James_1505 ай бұрын
English FA cup 🍻
@fbiopenup65346 ай бұрын
Luton Town (my friend's favourite team) was in the English 5th division 10 years ago. Now they're in the premier league, the top tier of English football.
@streamtec886 ай бұрын
And they’re playing really good this season. I hope they stay in Premier League next season too
@markpodlesak72046 ай бұрын
As a Leeds follower (2nd level) Luton are my favorite team in the Premier league this season, fantastic story.
@mikeantonio31636 ай бұрын
Used to be owned by Elton John
@kobo-kanaeru6 ай бұрын
Hopefully Lutown is still in the Premier League
@MrWolfy086 ай бұрын
Ironic, rhwy are in the relegation zone
@mikeoxlong55684 ай бұрын
You have found a goldmine here mate. Everyone in the world (except Americans) enjoys watching an American learn about sports outside the US (and realise that they are better)
@SanBorondon14 ай бұрын
Watching north americans learn about sports,outside the US is hilarious😂😂
@ForceOfWill1002 ай бұрын
Not biased at all, are we? I enjoy football (soccer), tennis, and American sports, and all have their pros and cons. For example: you have relegation (awesome system), and we have a salary cap to prevent Saudi royalty from ruining our domestic leagues by drowning clubs in oil money. See? Pros and cons.
@frensj2 ай бұрын
@@ForceOfWill100 Football in Europe also has financial rules, but it's more complicated than salary caps and honestly quite recent. There were basically no rules so they're slowly turning the screws more and more tight. Offending teams are getting punished more recently (punishing is you can't buy players for x amount of time, you can't play European leagues etc...).
@mr.brutus1369Ай бұрын
lmao, he is pandering to your bias and you're lapping it up. the reality is, most americans view soccer as a peasants game. the only people in america that play it are band nerds, immigrants, first or second generation americans and those who couldnt cut it in baseball, basketball nor football. if america cared about soccer, we would dominate that too. sorry to wake you up from your dream! 😂😂😂😂
@randomone4832Ай бұрын
I’m American and I really enjoy his content.
@senseiadam-brawlstars94653 ай бұрын
One thing: Teams in the first 4 divisions in England are considered "professional." (And teams in 2-4 division still have very big budgets / salaries.) The 5th-6th are semi-pro. 7th and lower are the ones that are "Amateur"
@javierv.g.642921 күн бұрын
In Spain only 1-2 divisions are pros. My team, my hometown team Málaga CF, has just promotioned from 3rd to 2nd division and for now it has 23.000 subscribers and going on (limit 29.000, the stadium cappacity).
@christianf.68076 ай бұрын
Bayern munich was kicked out from the DFB Pokal (CUP) by a third division team this season
@finsterforst16 ай бұрын
We in Bremen always lose against third division teams 😅
@user-el8dw6kj6x6 ай бұрын
Ajax Amsterdam also lost from a amateur team Hercules this season...sensational!
@ThomasKnip6 ай бұрын
Not for the first time. ^^
@prouvencau63436 ай бұрын
As a Marseille supporter, i can relate too 😅
@solidsteel36346 ай бұрын
1.FCS 😆
@owenhershey135 ай бұрын
The lack of playoffs during the regular season just means that every single regular season game is that much more important. Matchups between two top teams absolutely have a playoff atmosphere.
@pajo16545 ай бұрын
Not just playoff most of them have a Final's atmosphere
@wads80z5 ай бұрын
more than the atmosphere - they can have have playoff significance. In a theoretical league with two perfect teams that always win, then the season games between them decide who is champion. Then add historic rivalries to that mix and the atmosphere becomes clear...
@christg63015 ай бұрын
But the lack of playoffs at the end is kind of boring tbh
@armaddreadchronicles1165 ай бұрын
@@christg6301naah,, the League is perfect the way it it.
@ryan11111115555555555 ай бұрын
@@christg6301 You've probably just never watched a league that goes right down to a final game decider, it's boring when the league gets won with 3 weeks to spare, but when it goes down to literally the last game then it gets tense, play-offs are unfair to the team that finished top at the end of the regular season
@okpearce4 ай бұрын
Right now (23.55 hrs) in Spain, we are watchin the "Copa del Rey" (King's Cup) finals, between Athletic Bilbao and RCD Mallorca. Regular time is out. They are even 1-1. So they go to extra time (two times of 15 minutes). Big hug from Madrid! :)
@paulie44505 ай бұрын
The reason it is called "The Beautiful Game" is often down to its David vs Goliath nature. Relegation brings out the best in smaller teams fighting for their lives, vs big teams trying to win the title. Also each country has multiple levels of league, to accommodate all the relegation and promotion. Small town clubs have slowly morphed into underdogs fighting with the big dogs in just a decade, while traditionally reputable clubs have fallen into near obscurity.
@omarsheriff516 ай бұрын
Relegation means you're going to 2nd division, 3rd division etc etc... Your team doesn't disappear, it just gets relegated to a far less prestigious league until they climb back up to 1st league.
@DraigBlackCat6 ай бұрын
Or the team goes bankrupt!
@omarsheriff516 ай бұрын
@@DraigBlackCat yes
@franciscociruela81776 ай бұрын
or the players disband because you are not going to pay them good good just average and you have to rebuild a team with rookies every season because you went 2ns div `1 year 😢
@meko987436 ай бұрын
@@franciscociruela8177 That doesn't happen because they're contracted to the team. So even in the worst case scenario, where all your best players leave, you at least get a lot of money by selling them to other teams which you can use to buy more players.
@j3mixa6 ай бұрын
@@meko98743But when you sell the best players you usually can't buy same level players to replace them. The revenue of the next year will drop dramatically so you'll have use some the money to pay other things than just the paychecks of the players. It will have a big effect on how strong your team is.
@Tommy-he7dx6 ай бұрын
American sports are structured towards entertainment, while the rest of the world (in the main) their sports are structured towards competition.
@kaimodo13666 ай бұрын
Nope they are structed in making money. Competition is only to the point when you get in a too tier team. Than it's over. You have made money for life with your first contract and that's it.
@Tommy-he7dx6 ай бұрын
@@kaimodo1366 That's what i was inferring when i used the word "Entertainment". Entertainment is an industry and like all industries it's there to make money. There is no "Competition" industry. Maybe I was a little too subtle with what I said.
@klepto55966 ай бұрын
Nope, they are a vehicle to make loads of money of advertising . For example , an average American football game lasts 3 hours 12 mins with an actual playing time of only 11 minutes !! That’s over 3 hours of adverts and huddling. I’d hardly call that entertainment .
@Tommy-he7dx6 ай бұрын
@@klepto5596 See my above reply about "Industry". The Entertainment industry goes hand in hand with Advertising.
@pedroh.68866 ай бұрын
The NBA has already changed the rules so as not to make basketball games more boring, the referees allow some mistakes to pass so as not to have to stop the game so many times
@Hurricane2k84 ай бұрын
It's actually very fun seeing your genuine interest in things you didn't know so far. One addition that might be interesting to you as well is that teams in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th division aren't really amateurs either. 2nd division players are most certainly pros, though usually not quite on the same level as 1st division players - but a lot of them actually make the jump to a higher division team if they're really good. And in Germany, even 4th division players are usually paid to play, as in it is their full time job.
@MaxandJacqueline5 ай бұрын
So glad to see such a nice genuine reaction. Sport just brings everyone together.
@MrJoromekiq16 ай бұрын
You are correct. The top teams in Europe play in The League, The Cup and the Champions League simultaneously.
@jasonwales65026 ай бұрын
Many have two cups a FA and a league cup
@trorisk6 ай бұрын
often the best players don't play many minutes in the cup and easy league matches if they have a Champions League match the same week.
@Isleofskye6 ай бұрын
Plus THe League Cup in England.
@TheMightyHams6 ай бұрын
Then the players will often play international games as well throughout the season, be it international friendlies, the world cup, or any of the other international competitions (Euros, Asian cup, AFCON, Copa America etc.). There's always football to be watched somewhere in the world.
@nachosc186 ай бұрын
@@TheMightyHamsor nations league and qualifiers also
@amsiizluerta18376 ай бұрын
As a Brazilian American, it makes me proud how much the sport has grown in this country. I used to have to reach out Europeans or my family in Brazil too be able to just talk about the sport with people
@alvarodeazevedo39335 ай бұрын
Se você é brasileiro, você é americano. O continente continua sendo chamado de América.
@johnbattle75185 ай бұрын
That's because of illegal 👽
@XRioteerXBoyX5 ай бұрын
@@alvarodeazevedo3933He means someone that was born in Brazil but moved to the U.S. and gained citizenship there. That would make him a Brazilian American.
@han55515 ай бұрын
Actually, the Brazilian league is the best in America without a doubt For me watching this league is like watching the premier league Super cool dude
@lemondropzs5 ай бұрын
aww
@GuyChapman775 ай бұрын
Just started really following soccer after the World Cup and I’m learning a lot. Didn’t know any of this. I love it!
@DanielIbanez5 ай бұрын
It is also great that each team and each country have unique styles of play that get to be tested against each other at all levels (league and tournament). The dynamics of the game really come to life as you learn the stylistic goals of each team and how they try to assert control of a such a free flowing game as soccer. Learning the positions and what each player is supposed to do is also crucial to understanding what is really happening on the field. The goals are amazing, but the strategy and build up is equivalent to a boxer landing punches as they work toward a knockout. As you learn the game you feel each attack and counter attack like fighter testing each other. When the goals come they are monumental! The funding of stadiums and financial dynamics are also very interesting. Teams take big risks and there are definite winners and losers. It is fascinating to see a mega club go play a game at a pitch (field) that is not much bigger than a high school stadium when the top teams play the minnows in cup play. There is so much... like seeing a young Argentinian kid getting a chance to play in Europe... and seeing if or how this might work out... the fact that it is a global game with scouts crawling around every field in the world... it is just a magical thing to see all that effort come together...
@fredshred51946 ай бұрын
This is why league games that have a 0-0 result are not really boring if your team is in the relegation zone and you need just 1 point to avoid relegation but you are playing a team at the top of the league. A 0-0 is one roller coaster of a game hoping the top team doesn't get a goal to send you down a league and good bye cash and goodbye to any decent players you have.
@24magiccarrot6 ай бұрын
And conversely the top team that's trying to score getting a 0-0 against a bottom team could be the difference between winning the league or qualifying for the Champions League/Europa, the set up is such that almost everyone in the league is fighting for something. by the end of the season, there are maybe only about 3 teams that have nothing to play for.
@loganleroy86226 ай бұрын
Yes, but that requires you to actual know anything about the teams. If a random American turns in to watch Burnley v Everton and they have no knowledge about the current table, it's very boring. It would be just as exciting as watching a 0-0 finish in the Slovakian First Football League between Skalica and Michalovce. So Americans should be forgiven for thinking the sport of Soccer is boring, because it is, unless you understand the context. It's the same reason Europeans think American Football is boring, they don't understand the league standings or the strategy.
@fredshred51946 ай бұрын
If maybe USA Soccer structured the league on the same basis instead of same teams no relegation promotion ect.. it would be more exciting. That is my point, but your point is valid but an argument with someone else that disagrees with very wise pov. @@loganleroy8622
@voidroad6 ай бұрын
not really bad* they're still boring
@allexanderchristian38734 ай бұрын
Yeah because americans tend to simplify things games, relations everything. To an europeean that local te-am is his ancestors his ancestral home. Us lost this feeling. Mixes of people front worldwide tend to lose that "i fight for my people" to "lets make ut common ground lets .ale IT entertaining". In europe There are borders, customs traditions etc America is a melting pot. And that is viewed in the game@@loganleroy8622
@EvieWillNotDie6 ай бұрын
Always nice to see an American learning about the beautiful game, especially seeing as the copa America will be hosted there this summer and of course, the world cup in 2026 being hosted there too.
@josh-kr1vh6 ай бұрын
the 2020 world cup is what got me deep into soccer, became an fc cincinnati fan (mls home club) and inter fan
@EvieWillNotDie6 ай бұрын
@@josh-kr1vh there wasnt a "2020" world cup tho, so, uhh, you mean 2018? Or?
@telgrupos61436 ай бұрын
@@EvieWillNotDie Or maybe he's referring to the Euro 2020.
@EvieWillNotDie6 ай бұрын
@@telgrupos6143 🤷♀️🤷♀️
@samuelkaindi16 ай бұрын
@EviewillNotDie I agree.
@viniciustib4 ай бұрын
It's like that not only in Europe but all over the world, just the name of the competitions changes.
@igcetra5 ай бұрын
big sports guy here - just discovered this video and dont even knwo what your channel is about.. regardless, im already hooked and your demeanor, energy, reactions are great.. subscribed!
@BodkinArrow6 ай бұрын
Cudos for actually being interested and just learning. Very honest and open minded reaction video right here!
@CahalMcgirr6 ай бұрын
In England more than 780 teams play in the Cup competition.
@youtpfpm60976 ай бұрын
Only ? Are you sure ? It doesn’t seem a lot for England. Because in France, they are more than 7300 in the Coupe de France.😮
@YannLHC6 ай бұрын
@@youtpfpm6097"An application window is open to clubs before entry lists, round byes and scheduling are announced in July. All clubs in the top four levels (the Premier League and the three divisions of the English Football League) are automatically eligible. Clubs from Level 5-9 (non-league football) are also eligible provided they play in either the FA Trophy or FA Vase competitions in the current season. All participating clubs must also have a stadium suitable for the competition and The Association may reject applications at its discretion.[2] Previously, Level 10 clubs were a prominent feature in early qualifying rounds. The gradual remodelling of the National League System to a 'perfect' 1-2-4-8-16 system, with a first phase in 2018-19, a final phase in 2021-22 (which included the promotion of 107 clubs), and played to a full quota in 2022-23 has resulted in a larger number of teams playing in Level 7-9.[7][8][9] Consequently, for the FA Cup, entries equal the number in tiers 1-9 and is cut off to those below.[2] Though still able to apply, Level 10 clubs are used as alternatives "subject to availability" in the event of a non/rejected applicant (with vacancies filled by Level 10 applicants with the best PPG in the previous league season).[2] "
@B-A-L6 ай бұрын
@@youtpfpm6097That doesn't include Sunday League clubs though.
@youtpfpm60976 ай бұрын
@@B-A-L It’s a shame they can’t all participate in the same competition.☹️
@mats74926 ай бұрын
in germany, its thousands!
@christianmiranda85712 ай бұрын
This is how futbol (in spanish) works all over the world, not only Europe. Each continent follows the same pattern, tournaments and cups, they just have different names. .. and.. every four years theres the World Cup where the best national teams of each continent battle it out to become world champion. The first Word Cup was held in South America in 1930 where Uruguay won. My team was funded in 1901 here in Peru .,...This is why futbol is the king of sports....
@polifemo681621 күн бұрын
You're right. Because of what you say and because football is the most beautiful and magical sport that exists. 🤩
@remy28245 ай бұрын
@9:00 this is the champion's league. 2 sub european tournaments exist : the Europa league and the Europa Conference league. Note that this happens in Europe and is replicated over the other continents. The Super Cup then pits all the continental league champion clubs against each other for the year during a tounament.
@IamKvothe6 ай бұрын
Promotion/Relegation system is what makes difference here in Europe with football. It gives the opporrunity to EVERY team in the country, no matter how small is, to reach the top division and play against the best tems. Also the European Championship for big teams is really important, you have to earn your ticket to play against best teams from other countries. Football is something else. "The beautiful sport".
@MatthaisUK6 ай бұрын
To be clear you mean continental club competitions like the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, not the actual "European Championship", which is the competition between UEFA national teams, like the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
@ALKEBULAN6784 ай бұрын
Not just in Europe it’s all over the world
@HenriqueErzinger4 ай бұрын
That’s not an European thing, South America works the same, and I believe other continents do as well. In Brazil each state has its own league on top of that as well, and as we are much bigger and have much more teams than any place in Europe, the strongest ones are as competitive as countries.
@josecrodrjgues6 ай бұрын
It happens all over Europe, sometimes some underdog semi-pro team eliminates a very big team in the Cup, and most of the semi-pro players just go work normal full time jobs the day after 🤣 It’s rare but it happens, mostly because the big teams underestimate and start the game with youngsters (to rest the superstars) and then shit happens 😅
@BobDude655 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXrcl6OPo6tkebc Perfect example from this season. Saarbrücken have now beaten 3 Bundesliga teams (3!!!) to reach the semi final of the DFB Pokal where they play the 15th team from Bundesliga 2, so they have a real shot of making it to the final. This is what football is all about 🤩
@radup.8884 ай бұрын
It's not just that the pro teams starts with the second team because they understimates the amateur teams, they do that because they prioritize the league games and the europe cup games, there are simply too many games and no matter how big of a club you are managers can't use their main players all the time otherwise they'll get exousted at the end of the seson and bottle their main objectives.
@CollideWithTheSlope4 ай бұрын
If you have netflix i recommend watching Sunderland 'Til I Die to further understand/immerse you in the European football culture, especially in the English leagues. That documentary has everything; drama, the passion of fans, the tactics, the derby matches, the club itself fighting to avoid relegation & earn promotion to the Premier League etc. It is such a good series.
@alexxjaa4 ай бұрын
You got a competition at the top for first, a competition at the bottom to not be the last 3 and a single elimination March madness style tournament in between. That's why it's amazing.
@WaldiDA6 ай бұрын
A example for the cup thing with the underdog from lower leagues. In the german DFB Pokal this season plays the team from the city Saarbrücken. They play normally in the 3rd league. In the first cup round, they won against a league 2 team. In the 2nd round they won against Bayern München, the german record champion who were the german 1st league champions in the last 11 seasons! In the 3rd round Saarbrücken won against another 1st league team. And now the are in the quarter final!
@NicholasCorvin6 ай бұрын
*But Saarbrücken plays on a pitch, that is in such a poor shape, they should not be allowed to play on it.*
@Souru_TV6 ай бұрын
@@NicholasCorvin Exactly
@whattiler51026 ай бұрын
@@NicholasCorvin But with the financial reward of winning can't they invest money to improve it? It is certainly a feature of English football that if a low or non-league team has a 'Cup run' and gets to play a big side or two it is great for their fans and their finances.
@shanwyn6 ай бұрын
Something else to be considered: in Europe all teams are local based. And often when certain teams play against each other, old rivalries, often which had nothing to do with football but are rooted in historical facts, give an even heightened emotion. I grew up in Zurich, Switzerland, and there are two teams in that city: FC Zurich and the Grasshoppers Zurich. When those two play against each other, most fans don't even care about the league, it is all about beating the rival. And you can see those all over europe. And that is on the local level, but you can scale it up to the national level. When a french team is playing a spanish team, a dutch against a german or simply england against everyone else in the UEFA Champions league. On the darker aspects of this are the hooligans. Violent team supporters who love to beat each other up before and after certain games.
@mariokuppers56866 ай бұрын
You are Swiss so your Rivalries don´t count they are to peacefull. They are nothing like Lazio vs. AS Rome, red Star vs. Partizan Belgrade, Cologne vs. Mönchengladbach, Shalke vs. Dortmund, Ajax vs. Feyenoord, Legia vs. Polonia Waarsaw, Napoli vs AS Rome, Athletico vs. Real Madrid and all the others the international one not even countet. Your Grasshoppers vs. FC is there Miles behind. Even the Faroe Islands have hotter Rivalries than Switzerland
@knutvoberg42366 ай бұрын
@@mariokuppers5686Dude, Barça was founded by a swiss guy - that's global football history. Show some respect! BTW: I'm not swiss - but know that ...
@leaderofthegang37716 ай бұрын
Not only hools my friend. The political left Ultras are very aggressive too.
@loganleroy86226 ай бұрын
In American sports the comparison is to our college athletics. All the critiques I hear Europeans make about American sports "lacking passion" is because they don't understand how important college athletics is. They only have a frame of reference for professional leagues and expect the way fans at in American professional sports to be the same as the way Europeans act in their professional sports. Of course Europeans only seem to care about Soccer and maybe Rugby or Handball, but in the US the sports cycle gives you a Football, Soccer, Baseball, Hockey, and Basketball team to support over the course of the year. College sports have been around since the 1880s, so some rivalries go back a long time. Especially compared to the professional leagues which are much, much newer by comparison.
@JPindanga6 ай бұрын
Sometimes beating your rivals are more important than your league final position.
@andresj3615 ай бұрын
As a MASSIVE soccer fan my entire life, thank you for this video. Finally a great breakdown so Americans can understand. Thank you!!
@hexusG4Z5 ай бұрын
I always love seeing these videos, I am sure after learning to read and write and tell the time, this may have been one of the first things I learned as a kid.
@krzysio53a6 ай бұрын
Ian, for you as an American I would strongly recommend watching a Disney+ show " welcome to Wrexham" , it's portraits the level of enthusiasm and importance for the local community and what it means to be at the bottom and have a chance to grow up.
@monicacarolina64806 ай бұрын
Disney? I boycot them for many years, my kids don't watch woke Disney shit😂
@Rasarel6 ай бұрын
You could watch coach Lasso instead 😂
@timpeterjensen23646 ай бұрын
@@monicacarolina6480you USians are so weird with your cult behavior.
@cecilialeitet27946 ай бұрын
It is a VERY good show. On top of learning a lot about football, you also get an understanding of why it is such an important part of society, especially in smaller towns across the world.
@natelung6 ай бұрын
It’s on Hulu in the US. Not Disney+
@montxogandia6 ай бұрын
You should watch the TV documentary series "Welcome to Wrexham", where Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought a 5th division british team to promote it as far as they can. 2 seasons already, it's a reality show, and it's very good to understand how football works in europe and where the passion from the community comes.
@johnberry52966 ай бұрын
Came here to say this
@maxg18346 ай бұрын
It´s good to understand England-football. It doesn´t really show how it works here in Germany, as we have 50+1 which makes a club way more dependent on its on-pitch-performances (apart from a few rule exceptions like Hoffenheim or RB, which kinda destroy our football culture).
@simplyyellow62406 ай бұрын
12-0 against US female FB team. They get Wrext
@blessingoni3426 ай бұрын
@@simplyyellow6240wait a minute, those women, are they professional US national team players??
@adergas15 ай бұрын
LOL🤣@@simplyyellow6240
@johngaudy4 ай бұрын
On the non top tiers, there actually is also a promotion playoff where the 3rd through 6th place teams do a 4 team playoff to determine the 3rd and final team to get promoted into next tier, which does occur after the regular season ends. The top two teams gain automatic promotion. Some leagues at top level also have an elimination playoff for one of the spots. These are legit and tense games!
@Yankee-Football5 ай бұрын
Really great reaction. We need more content of Americans reacting to football, its a great sport and I think many would love it if they gave it a chance!
@finsterforst16 ай бұрын
There is also the Europa League, which is often referred to as the losers' cup. There, the third-placed teams in the Champions League group stage are relegated and play with some seeded teams from the various leagues until one ends up winning the cup and, you guessed it, getting a parade
@arthur_p_dent6 ай бұрын
this "parachuting" bas been abolished, though. The current season is the last one where this was the case. Starting next season, instead of 16 teams advancing to the CL round of 16 and another 8 parachuting imto the Europa League, 24 teams will advance to the CL knockout stages; 8 straight into the round of 16, the other 16 into another KO round whose winners progress to the Last 16.
@definitelynotatroll2466 ай бұрын
Then there’s the conference cup lol
@philipmcniel49086 ай бұрын
@@arthur_p_dent Wow, I knew about the CL restructuring (I'm not a fan unless they use an _actual_ Swiss system where matchups are decided by point totals, in which case I'm *kinda* OK with it), but I had no idea about the impact it would have on "parachuting."
@philipmcniel49086 ай бұрын
The Europa League was the thing this video was referencing at 7:50 when it said that Europe has its own version of the NIT.
@arthur_p_dent6 ай бұрын
@@philipmcniel4908 an actual Swiss system would mean that the fixtures of the next matchday are only known after the current matchday is complete. That isn't feasible for tournaments like these, you normally want more than 2 weeks of notice in advance. Plus, it would cause major problems in case a match needs to be postponed for some reason. however, the system as it is isn't all bad. Teams are divided into 4 pots and everybody gets to play against two different teams from each pot including their own. The advantage is that teams in Pots 1 or 2 no longer have an intrinsically easier schedule because they will avoid some of the stongest teams, while Pot 4 teams have no chance of playing against some of the weakest teams. So everybody has the same chances pre-draw of getting a strong or a weak schedule irrespective of which pot they're in and that's a good thing in my book. Of course, they also play more matches than before (8 league stage matches instead of 6 and then an additional KO round for most teams) and that sucks. At the same time, more matches is exactly why the new format was put in place to begin with.
@control2XS6 ай бұрын
4:25 so a small correction, you said "the next year you're watching, and they're not there?". They aren't there IN THAT LEAGUE, but they do still exist, they just drop to the league below. With that comes smaller crowds, smaller teams, smaller revenues etc etc etc. Imagine being a Raiders fan, and after a dismal season you CAN still watch the NFL, but if you want to keep watching the Raiders you have to travel around the country watching them play in small towns against local teams. And yes, "small" teams in lower leagues can absolutely claw their way up (although usually it takes a lot of money). If you're interested in those kind of stories I would HIGHLY recomend the documentary series "welcome to wrexham", which follows the story of the Wrexham team that was bought by Ryan Reynalds and Rob McElhenney. It's a great way for Americans to start learning more about football (not just the sport, the whole culture!)
@edmundoboyle68225 ай бұрын
Also important to note, he calls the 'small' teams amateur. There are teams in our second division that are absolutely not amateur and would beat most MLS teams easily.
@youngmarius58755 ай бұрын
@@edmundoboyle6822not just that but in England 4th division is still considered pro.
@reececlarke48135 ай бұрын
@@youngmarius5875majority of 5th division teams are pro these days as well
@Floxxoror3 ай бұрын
i apprechiate your enthusiasm. my team will go down to league 4, but soccer will forever be the greatest thing ever.
@hen-double-r5 ай бұрын
it's so much more fun once you understand the tactics of the game so you know when moments in a game are important. As in what could have been if a player would have just made that one pass, if the defender would have done one little thing differently, or if there was more pressure on the opposing team what could have happened. Understanding the tactics makes it much more fun to watch rather than just watching without knowing. Hope you enjoy the sport!
@KingoRichie19906 ай бұрын
My club (Blackburn Rovers) were once Premier League champions, now we're struggling in the second tier.
@markaitcheson32125 ай бұрын
Football is crazy, the tension is 2nd to none, relegation battles and underdogs beating pros in cup tournaments is some of the most intense sports you will ever see, go watch Leicesters story, they came up from the league below to the top league, nearly got relegated again but pulled off 2 miracles, first they managed to stay in the league and then at odds of 5000-1 they went nuts and won it, craziest underdog story of all time.
@siviunative52414 ай бұрын
Yup, from my part of the world i wske early in the morning to watch their matches and they won the league
@FSousA7X3 ай бұрын
Kinda like Leverkusen this year, but Leicester feat is very hard to beat
@jorgeotero31813 ай бұрын
Best underdog team ever, winning the most difficult league in the world, what a team with vardy, mahrez, kante, all in their prime
@lizrobins855 ай бұрын
There are games being played almost every day during the season: national league games, usually on a Saturday or Sunday; national cup games, usually midweek, and, for clubs who have qualified, UEFA league games, also usually midweek.
@jamessaunders79315 ай бұрын
Looking into the roots of football, you will see the difference between US sports and football. Its driven from local teams where some have grown over the many years and some haven't (or even dissolved). Because these teams represent a community, town or city or just groups of friends - There are lots of passionate fans - But also a requirement that there needs to be a full ranking system from bottom to top... there are 40,000 clubs in England.
@albertstevens48966 ай бұрын
My local club Maidstone United who are a SIXTH tier club (semi professional) are on a run in the FA Cup, the English cup competition. They are in the last sixteen and have beaten I think, one fourth tier teams, a third tier team and a second tier team. At the end of the month they will be playing another second tier team to see if they can get to the quarter finals. If they do, there is a good chance that they could be playing a Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United or Liverpool who are first tier teams
@LM_280355 ай бұрын
Coventry fan here, just want to say I’m impressed with Maidstone especially when they beat Ipswich and hope you come up in the leagues
@albertstevens48965 ай бұрын
@@LM_28035 I have a confession to make! Maidstone are my local club, but I actually support Gillingham (I live about half way between them, slightly closer to Maidstone). I am not a bitter Gills fan, and they have done well there is no doubt about that. The irony of it is that George Elokobi the manager had been hoping during their cup run to play Wolves, because he had played for them in the Premier League. You beat them, and who do you have next in the cup - Wolves!!!!
@KaitoSchmidtOfficiial6 ай бұрын
i am a Hungarian but the Team i support is Betis Sevilla from Spain. Became a Fan as a 13 year old back in 1998
@Cinetrivial6 ай бұрын
VIVA EL BETIS
@samirasamira11866 ай бұрын
I bet Denilson was your favourite player
@AlexRome845 ай бұрын
Honor
@karadanos28835 ай бұрын
Viva el Betis manquepierda 🇳🇬🇳🇬
@ceb27385 ай бұрын
This must be some kind of masochism, they are called the "elevator" team, allways Up and down in first and second division
@jorgeperalta97805 ай бұрын
As a southamerican. Is linda funny how all this is New to you. Good video!
@arbootieoaks4 сағат бұрын
When he corrected to American football, and then said football as actual football. Endeared himself to the audience immediately
@sharonesdale16376 ай бұрын
Hi Ian - I’m a new watcher of your channel. I’m a Tottenham fan (premier league in the English league} A few years ago we were drawn against Marine FC. We are in the 1st tier and Marine are in the 8th tier. We beat them 5-0, but they earned £500,00 in FA (football association) revenue and a further £300,000min virtual tickets sales ( coronavirus epidemic). My name is actually etched in one of their stands, where the Tottenham fans paid for the tickets to help them raise money for the club
@thepurplesband6 ай бұрын
As a Gooner I bought a £10 ticket for that match too. BTW - as a spurs fan, did you understand that part about trophies ?
@finchyan6 ай бұрын
@@thepurplesband😂
@sharonesdale16376 ай бұрын
@@thepurplesbandoh dear, a typical Arse supporter bringing down the tone 😁
@wesleylang1726 ай бұрын
Hahahaha @@thepurplesband
@Cbart235 ай бұрын
Stay away from Tottenham lad.
@hansmeiser326 ай бұрын
4:41 "you could claw your way into the big time" yes, this is possible but of course you need money to do this and the higher you get the more money you need. Nevertheless, here in Germany TSG Hoffenheim 1899 is an example of this. In the season 90/91 the played in the Kreisliga (9th Division, there are thousands of teams playing on that level here in Germany). In the season 08/09 they for the first time played in the Bundesliga (1st division, 18 teams in the Bundesliga). So in less than 20 years they managed to rise through the ranks from the button to the top.
@denniskrenz20806 ай бұрын
Of course this wasn't alone about skill or talent, but also about a billionaire who wanted his own football team. Its similar for the VfL Wolfsburg, which at times felt like a department of Volkswagen. Without a good sponsor, going into a higher league is actually a bad and short thing. If you don't, your best key players get bought by richer teams and you get handed down. Which is good for the players, less for the team.
@leri7222Ай бұрын
Mad props dude, your enthusiasm about learning the game is great to see
@simpsmith4219Ай бұрын
Fun Fact : Every country in the world have their own football team and league. Football is the greatest sport. It doesn't discriminate people. You can be tall, short, fat or skinny but you can still play.
@lowy9413 күн бұрын
It is also very accessible. You juste need a ball, a bunch of friend and a few sweaters to mark the goals.
@markjones1276 ай бұрын
in 1992 4th tier Wrexham knocked first tier team Arsenal out of the FA Cup, it was amazing, they were about 72 places apart in the league at the time, everyone loves a giant killing, except for the losing team of course! That match is on KZbin. Wrexham had a bit of a rough time dropping into the fifth tier, and got stuck there for about 15 years, but Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought them and got them promoted back into the 4th tier where they're now in fifth place and fighting to be promoted yet again, it's a real rags to riches story and there's a documentary called 'Welcome to Wrexham' on FX following their progress, they're gaining lots of fans in the US because of it and are even nicknamed Hollywood FC in the UK now, the documentary explains in detail how the leagues and cups over here work.
@Isleofskye6 ай бұрын
Not a Gooner(hate them) but that was never a free kick for Micky's winner lol Watch it again..
@markjones1276 ай бұрын
@@Isleofskye Micky's freekick wasn't the winner, it was the equaliser, Steve Watkin scored the winner, did you watch it?
@Isleofskye6 ай бұрын
@@markjones127 The reason I remember the equalizer that dragged you back in the game was that 32 years ago I was having a ridiculously long argument over years about the OBVIOUS benefit ALL home teams enjoy and I said watch this weekend's MOTD Highlights and you will see examples and I remember saying to him that this was a perfect one. lol
@almostyummymummy6 ай бұрын
Not gone. In a division below the one they were in. And even if they were relegated, you'd still support them. Because they are your team. England's top four tiers (of a 24-tier system) are all full professional teams. 5th/6th tiers are semi-pro officially, but most of them are also professional. 7th tier down are semi-pro to amateur. With 40,000 clubs in England alone. Germany has 25,000. Spain has about 13,000 (if i recall). The relegation aspect has been overly simplified here. England 2nd tier (Championship) the top two teams gain automatic promotion to the Premiership. Teams 3-6 have a mini-playoff. 3 plays 6. 4 plays 5. The winner of 3/6 plays winner of 4/5. The winner of that match gets the third promotion spot. In slightly more detail, OnDeckCircle has a video explaining the game itself to a decent degree. Some mistakes, misinterpretations, but a fairly decent thing to watch.
@user-em1ig7xo9d6 ай бұрын
Video doesn’t mention that countries have more than one national cup tournament. Often some kind of super cup for the winners to compete for an extra trophy. Europe has the Europa and Europa conference alongside the champions league. And a super cup for that too. Then of course the very exclusive Club World Cup, which is often overlooked but it surely has to be the hardest competition to qualify for in world sports.
@thestonegateroadrunner73055 ай бұрын
This ist how soccer is organized everywhere on the globe - except in USA.
@anejodohojonukpe66424 ай бұрын
Well, nothing brings out the love for the game as much as seeing an underdog thriving from deep to rule the top division. #LeicesterCity2016
@motionpictures66296 ай бұрын
My hometown Club Fortuna Düsseldorf went from the first division down to the fourth division and back up to the first division in the last 30 years and is now in the second division. The ups and downs are what makes soccer special. BTW, we are in the cup semifinal this year as a second division team.
@Isleofskye6 ай бұрын
. One team LUTON in The Top Division has done THIS for over 25 years.....1st then 2nd then 3rd, 4th OUT to 5th BACK to 4th, then 3rd then 2nd, and FIRST again! lol
@bikash89846 ай бұрын
You beat St. Pauli to get semis, I love that❤️
@Azabaxe806 ай бұрын
When I was a kid there used to be a show on Public (non-commercial) Television called "Soccer Made in Germany" that showed shortened Bundesliga matches. For someone like me, it was the only European ball that I could watch regularly in the US. For some reason I found myself liking Düsseldorf a lot (FC Köln as well, don't ask). It helped that two German kids spent a year in my high school as exchange students and they were both from Düsseldorf. Years later, as an adult and huge fan of the English band Bauhaus, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the club was sponsored by something called BAUHAUS, which one of the German au pairs we had told me (in between giggles) that it was a kind of a German Home Depot. Anyway, for all those weird reasons, I still love Fortuna Dusseldorf, regardless of whatever division they're in.
@anatoliypankevych48536 ай бұрын
@@bikash8984der echte Norden? 😅
@zu_lo6 ай бұрын
You should watch the Ted Lasso series. A great comedy about an American who knows nothing about football (soccer) and comes to coach a club in the top English league (Premier League).
@user-em1ig7xo9d6 ай бұрын
It’s not really a proper insight of the game tho, they made all the crowd chants and fans very cringe and Americanised. The show steers from the sport to more relationship and crap storylines too. If he wants a comedy, watch it. If he wants to actually learn about football then don’t.
@robertmcmurtry62526 ай бұрын
Was that jesse marsch?
@zu_lo6 ай бұрын
@@robertmcmurtry6252 😂😂😂
@gesucastello19864 ай бұрын
Lame show: All the men are goofy and weak while the women are super smart and all powerful. Is not about football. it is more of a lame soap opera
@user-em1ig7xo9d4 ай бұрын
@@gesucastello1986 not to mention the race mixing propaganda that is a requirement in all mainstream shows. Like you say, weak dumb men that need strong independent women to guide them. Gay man comes out and the intimidating black guy becomes the gentle understanding one. Strong rich old woman falls in love with young african boy. Super popular celebrity girl is a dumb white w***e and turns down two men to have fling with another woman. The shows a cesspit of propaganda.
@viccasebolt87993 ай бұрын
As an American who loves European football, this was cool to watch. You understood it all really well and hit the right points. It’s so much more exciting and dramatic than American sports, and I grew up a huge baseball and football fan. I hardly watch American sports anymore
@jeremyhndy4 ай бұрын
In England when a lower league team beats a team that is significantly more prestigious, it is refer to as a “Giant Killing” which is pretty badass.
@MrJonas19956 ай бұрын
Its always amazing when lower league teams kick first league teams out of the cup tournament. You see pure joy in the players and fans faces. Fun fact: in a lot of countries the cup winner qualifies for an international tournament for the next season (there are 2 other international tournaments beside the Champions League). Usually (in the big countries) about place 1st-4th qualifies for the Champions League, 5th and 6th qualifies for the second best international tournament called Europe League and 7th qualifies for the third tournament called Europe Conference League (which is relatively new). So yes indeed it is possible that a second league club qualifies for an international tournament (which already did happen)
@suffern636 ай бұрын
Luton Town, which is in the Premier League in England this year,was in the top division in the 80s then dropped all the way down to the fifth tier before gradually making its way back up.A journey like that gives football fans a great appreciation of the good days,they game easily disappear.
@ItsLucha-tt7ec4 ай бұрын
The world of football is MASSIVE there’s still more to mention and talk about
@TheAymeric513 ай бұрын
4:25 Yes, but you can have the inverse effect, The big city near where I live arrived in top league 10 years ago from a 30 years dark period and now we can easyly see top league match .
@Prof.Dr.Diagnose6 ай бұрын
Footbal really is a sport you've got to get into, but once you're in, it doesn't let you go. One of the biggest legends in football history, Bill Shankly once said: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." And he was absolutely right.
@Bisstoro5 ай бұрын
one of the biggest legends?? wtf you smoke man, that random is not even top 5 british imagine the whole world xd
@rairei6 ай бұрын
This was Soccer in Europe (city teams based). #5 would be worldwide, country selection vs country selection. Each 4 Years World Championship appears, within the 2 years before selecting the country teams who will join. And the other 2 years the same, but on local level, for Europe > European Championship (as well all 4 years). Yes, some players are quite busy during the season, and the audience too 🙂
@LaptitedemАй бұрын
Hey there! It actually happened in 2000 in France where Calais Racing Union FC got to play against FC Nantes at the Coupe de France final. FC Nantes was 1st division while Calais was an amateur club made of teachers, dock workers and so on. Calais surprisingly defeated big 1st division teams such as Lille, Strasbourg and Bordeaux, and were actually fighting for their team survival, as they lacked sufficient founds, and their team was threatened to be liquidated by the end of the season. They lost against Nantes in the end, but they surely won a huge support from the whole country and got some money. Eventually, the team dissolved in 2017.
@wild4fp5 ай бұрын
It's pretty easy to understand the game and the league and cups. It's called the simple game but also the beautiful game.
@Jee1231236 ай бұрын
In the knock-out cups, there's also the financial benefit to a club from a much lower league facing off against a top club. in the past the smaller club would give up playing at their home ground (if the fixture was drawn up that way) to play at the bigger clubs larger stadium so that the smaller club would get a much bigger gate receipt.
@iferid586 ай бұрын
I love your cat in the background. Also I love how openminded you are.
@nuudelz37115 ай бұрын
Football (soccer) in Europe is actually way more capitalist than Americans could ever dream of. All major sports owners are protected in the US and have power to sway the league. Love this game
@kevinb.36564 ай бұрын
lol, I’m learning so much about The NFL watching you react to this football. The NFL sounds like the most American sport ever.
@dwarfbard6 ай бұрын
I love watching your videos. If you don't like something or say that it's not for you then what actually matters is that you always keep an open mind. This makes your videos enjoyable to watch. For some reason this quite a rare quality these days. And this is something I value in people,
@craigoliver87124 ай бұрын
Well said sir,i 100% concur
@vfifty91826 ай бұрын
The 1. FC Kaiserslautern raise from second league to First League and won the championship in the same year. Famous Trainer Otto Rehagel which later trained the Greek-Football Team who won the European Championship in 2004. He was called King Otto after that.
@finsterforst16 ай бұрын
In Bremen we have called him king Otto since we won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in '93
@CosmicGate1846 ай бұрын
He was called Rehakles (in relation to the old-greek god Herakles)
@arthur_p_dent6 ай бұрын
and 2 seasons prior, Kaiserslautern got relegated fro Bundesliga 1 and then won the Cup a week later. Incidentally, as of right now, 28 years after that cup triumph, Kaiserslauern are AGAIN in the cup semifinals, and in serious danger of relegation from the league. Except they are in the 2nd division and could drop to Liga 3, if they don't start winning a few more league matches.
@Apolo810Ай бұрын
To understand football, we need to see it through the eyes of those who created it, or rather, those who laid its foundations. In summary, the first to formalize football were the English around 1850. It is not exactly known who invented football, but in the United Kingdom, tournaments were already being held, each with different rules. Then someone came up with the idea to formalize it and create a competition called the FA Cup, officially the oldest tournament still played today. That tournament was more of a knockout competition. Over the years, they decided to create a league, and that's where the essence of football was born. Unlike sports in the USA, football is more passionate. It’s not so much a spectator sport, but rather what matters is fairness. That's why the league, in theory, is boring: everyone plays against everyone, and the team that scores the most points becomes the champion, just like that. And this has been maintained until today because it is the essence of the tournament. Other major countries began to create their leagues based on the English one, like Germany, Spain, France, and in South America, the Atlantic countries like Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. But other countries also started playing, like Chile and Peru in South America, and Russia, Austria, Poland, Yugoslavia, etc., in Europe, all copying the English system. Let's go to Europe, where football is at its highest level, although South American leagues were once as good as European ones, but that's another story. In Europe, the idea of creating a great European league with the best teams came up, but for various reasons, it never happened. Finally, in 1950, the Champions League was created, but rather than being a full league, it was a league with few matches. In fact, to become champion, only 14 matches are needed, and you can be eliminated in 6. In theory, it’s a few matches for a year, but that’s how things happened. Many times, there have been attempts to change that by adding more matches and making it more like a European Super League, which makes sense since Europe is quite small. However, it didn't happen. In 2025, the Champions League format will change to include more matches, but it’s a significant change, and most football fans are against it. There is also something called the World Cup, meaning each country has its league, each continent has a kind of league, and at the global level, there is also a kind of league or club cup, but only the champions of each continent play, a total of 6, and the level is quite uneven. In fact, in the beginning, only the South American champion and the European champion played, and although you might not believe it, it was quite even; anyone could win until money appeared. Nowadays, the Asian league has grown a lot. I would say that at this rate, it will surpass South America. In fact, I believe that's the reason why the USA did not improve its football, as it was never part of a great federation. In North America, except for Mexico, there is no other decent league; they aren’t even bad leagues, they are amateur leagues, excluding Mexico and the USA. And the league in the USA only exists since the 90s, meaning for 100 years it was just Mexico. In fact, they played the club cup in South America but withdrew. The USA also played a couple of seasons at some point, and FIFA has insisted that the USA and Mexico return to play in South America, but it seems it will never happen. You have your continental league, but as I said, except for Mexico, there is no other country that competes. In fact, they created another similar tournament just with Mexico, meaning they play two continental tournaments: one against all the other amateur leagues and another just against Mexico. In summary, a disaster. But well, in 2025, something that has been planned for years will take place: the Club Super World Cup. Instead of being played every year, it will be played every four years, like the national teams' World Cup, and instead of 6 teams, 24 will play. But it won’t be like a league because it would be economically impossible; rather, it will be like a cup in a neutral venue, which will indeed be the USA. All the best teams in the world will play there: the 13 best from Europe, those from South America, Asia, Africa, and even Oceania, which will bring a team of amateurs. But well, I suppose they couldn’t discriminate against them and leave them out. To top it all, the largest country in Oceania plays in Asia, which is Australia. They will only bring one team. In summary, that’s club football: each country has its league, each continent has its league where fewer matches are played, and from 2025, every four years, a super world league will be played with the best teams in the world.
@nils94132 ай бұрын
You have no idea how good it feels to see your team save their ass on the last second of the season after having struggled for 33+ matchdays
@kevanwillis45716 ай бұрын
Soccer comes from Association Football the game rules set in 1863. English Public schools, which are actually expensive private schools, referred to football as soccer and rugby as rugger.
@Robalogot6 ай бұрын
Relegation is brutal and amazing at the same time. When you go down, you literally have an entire stadium in tears.
@emptyfueltankАй бұрын
People in my hometown still talk about the time we, a 3rd division team, played against Olympiakos, arguably the best Greek team of all time in the cup. We lost but seeing people you grew up with challenge the top players in the country is something special and can't be replicated
@jordirafecasventosa5862Ай бұрын
Quite often it's far more exciting the fight to avoid relegation rather than the fight for the championship itself
@jsauraes6 ай бұрын
Hi! I just wanted to take the time to thank you for your content and to put some thoughts. I'm a 32 year old spaniard who grew up playing football since I was at least 5, and since then has been continuously following it. I think im not alone when I say that it's great to see someone discover something you already love and that makes me appreciate these kind of videos a lot. I want to start by saying that the greatest thing with football, and I guess this is true for any sports, is your personal emotional connection to it. Many times I find myself being down without knowing why and after reflecting on it I conclude that: "Hey, it must be because "we"(it' s always we when we talk about the team we follow) lost this weekend". Its also true for that lingering feeling of euphoria you get when "we" get good results. In my opinion there`s two key elements that make football such a thrilling sport. First, because of the system in place with relegation, the fact that wins are 3 points, and the fact that its a low scoring game, the stakes are always high in almost any moment of any game. This is true not only for the teams but also for the players. Being in a team that gets relegated can start a downwards spiral that takes you out even of pro football. And secondly, the fact that there's thousands of teams per country if you count down to amateur level and all of them are part of the same league system. Sure, there's a big number of tiers (I think in Spain as an example it`s around 11), but having the sense of progressing if a club does well is encouraging for the players and gives a sense of connection with the whole sport, up to professional level. Also playing as kids you are part of a team with multiple squads (normally 1or 2 per age group for the smaller clubs) and you can be called to upper age groups if you do well, giving the possibility of quick improvement for those really talented.
@AFNacapella6 ай бұрын
on the top end: each nation selects players for their national teams which are sent to the international tournaments. nationality counts, not which team they play for. the world cup qualification for example is also played during the season, so these players have to train, travel and play for their national teams as well and might be missing in the league. that usually happens in stronger teams and their teammates are often happy they get a chance instead. on the lower end there're the local teams which have county and regional leagues and where the battle is often to _not_ be promoted to the higher league because that means longer travels for less fun playing and these are mostly working people who want to play the next village for fun.
@antoniopacheco8642 ай бұрын
The competiveness of football (because you use your foot not your hands) is so strong, that actually the rivalry, gives to the sport a sense of life and death, literally. If a team can't be relegated what's the fun in that. That's why in America you have lots of boring games, and you can't feel that intensity. There's always next year.
@jeffjohnson23485 ай бұрын
You DO NOT leave your team if they get relegated; you continue to support it in the lower division. You pick your team from an early age and stick with it for life.
@davidrobinson9706 ай бұрын
I have a family link to football, where a distant cousin played in goal for Tottenham Hotspur and England! His name is Paul Robinson, and did give me a buzz of pride to see him playing.
@TheAlexmata16 ай бұрын
Paul Robinson, I remember him, buzz cut, great goalkeeper
@flo26776 ай бұрын
Paul Robinson? Really? I remember him he was OK
@gallo1626 ай бұрын
did he play for leeds aswel? he lived near me when i lived just outside York.
@Obi-J6 ай бұрын
I live just down the road from his home town of Beverley, East Yorkshire.
@MrLarsgren6 ай бұрын
biggest health risk in football is calling it soccer. unlike america we dont have a sponsor called world or worlds to make sport events sound like you are king of the world.. our world championship is a genuine world championship with teams from around the world competing.
@gallowglass26306 ай бұрын
In ireland we call it soccer all the time to distinguish from gaelic football
@DraigBlackCat6 ай бұрын
The name soccer is a diminutive of Association and it originated in England to differentiate Association Football from Rugby Football . Many teams include the term Association in their official name, like Sunderland Association Football Club so you will often see names written like Sunderland AFC or an abbreviation like SAFC. After ~1900 we started calling the two sports Rugby and Football, so the term Soccer disappeared from our everyday UK vocabulary
@filipburic51946 ай бұрын
@@DraigBlackCat that is technically only half right. The term was first used in public schools, mainly Oxford in 1880, where it remains in use to this day, it was indeed initially a differentiation from rugby, but that was very short lived, by 1888, most of the working class called it football. Back then, towns were usually footy towns or rugby towns, on the occasion they have both, football clubs used the AFC tag to distinguish themselves from RFCs, but most people never called them "association clubs" or even more, used the word soccer. Whereas public school boys still say sockers or "ruggers" for rugby.
@MrUberGolfer3 ай бұрын
Yes, everything is within the same season, August through May. On top of this, each country have it's National Team, and the international matches are also played throughout the season (typically two games played, during a 1-2 week international break in the local leagues).
@Exodon20206 ай бұрын
4:28 - Relegation just means being demoted to a lower league. Being relegated from First to Second Bundesliga doesn't mean the team disappears. It'll just play in a lower League Division for the next season and if they are among the top three, they'll get promoted back into the First Bundesliga. But of course this system does allow for its very own kind of heartbreak. My local team, Holstein Kiel, narrowly missed promotion into the top-flight twice within a few years of one another. Schalke, a team that has been one of the main contenders for the Championship only a few years ago, was first relegated, then promoted back, then relegated again and is now on its way to be relegated out of 2nd Liga, too. Germany's league system is organized into 12 tiers with the top three ones being considered Pro and being Nationwide. Therefore, getting kicked out of 3rd Liga is usually a much bigger deal than being relegated within the big three. Also, since 3rd Liga marks the entry point into the Pro-Area, entry requirements (like stadium upgrades and generally professionalizing the club) can be a challenge for first-time promotees.
@philipmcniel49086 ай бұрын
Yeah, but in the USA, leagues outside the top tier are essentially sixth-tier leagues in terms of media coverage, because they're behind five first-tier leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS), so relegation in _any_ American sport would mean the end of TV coverage. It's hard to picture it being different in other countries unless you've actually followed the sport.
@gustavgustav26706 ай бұрын
It is theoretically possible in the UK in the FA Cup for a pub team comprised of a bunch of overweight 40yr olds to play all the way through to a final against say Manchester City and win.
@101steel46 ай бұрын
Sounds like the superbowl 😂
@UKJesterVids6 ай бұрын
that'd take care of paying for the beer for a couple of years :)
@jamesdignanmusic27656 ай бұрын
I'd love to see that. Especially against Man City.
@alexanderabata89574 ай бұрын
Man this format is happening in the whole world! Each Continent has their own Champions League, Libertadores soccer is a real passion🤯🤗
@Ohlsemann6 ай бұрын
The leagues are strongly regulated independent organizations, not owned by club owners. In the big European countries first, second, and most third-tier clubs are professional. The UEFA Champions League has a second tier too
@pbuxton6 ай бұрын
Great job. Getting into watching sport is really all about what the stakes are - and the stakes of promotion/relegation are so huge that it gives every tackle, shot, pass, free kick massive meaning (if you support one of the teams involved). The other bit missing from here is the international competitions, the qualifying games for which also take place during 'the regular season' with tournament finals taking place either during or at the end of the season depending on the competition. This means the top players in the top leagues will all head off to play for their countries in both regional (e.g. the European Championships) and global international competitions (i.e. The World Cup) on a regular basis. And those games obviously have the added meaning of national/cultural pride. By the way, if your team gets relegated you don't/shouldn't start supporting a different team - you follow them whatever league they're in. Last, this isn't just the way Europe does football/soccer, it's how every country does it with the exception of you know who ;)
@eddiecorado16352 ай бұрын
A good example of this right now is Wrexham. They were national league(5th tier), got promoted to EFL League 2 (4th tier) and this season they got automatic promotion to the EFL league 1(3rd tier), last they got the 4th end of the FA Cup in England(Last 32 teams in the competition), they were literally the lowest ranked team left in the competition. They eventually lost to a Championship or 2nd tier team last season and this season the same happened.
@ptotheetother3 ай бұрын
For example in England. The top4 teams goes to the Champions League playoff the next season. You don't qualify and enter the playoff the same season. This 2024 season in England, it all came down to the last regular season game to decide who won the full season. Manchester City was ahead with only 2 of Arsenal and was forced to either draw or win to make sure they won the league. Those games are played simultaneously. So even though a whole season can be a dragged out process, it's still as exciting as a playoff. Teams at the top tend top follow each other. So even if there isn't a regular season playoff it can all come down to the last dramatic weeks of play to decide the winner.
@joelewis96276 ай бұрын
Ian Real Madrid is the biggest team in the world . And its Santiago Bernabeu stadium will host the first NFL game in Spain. It will be spectacular!
@Obenfiquista816 ай бұрын
Here in my hometown, we have a very small team in the 4th division. In the last 10 years, we had 2 1st division teams come here and play against us for the cup. There is even one team which was at the same division as us, that is now in the 1st division! Cool, right?