NFL Fan Reacts to World's Best Football Fans/Ultras: EUROPE

[@IWrocker]

KZbin MUTED Part of the First Chant/Song due to copyright I guess.. My Apologies. The Rest of the video should work correctly.

[@andreiionescu205]

Werent You suited for nfl? Youre a big dude

[@bulletvivace]

Some teams have a known song assosiated to them, that they always play before the game, and fans sing along.

[@royguthrie9085]

I’m a Celtic fan (the first clip that got muted). It’s called you’ll never walk along. Glad you got to hear it. It feels amazing to be part of it. Football fans grow up hearing these songs at games. They are just passed on to the next generation.

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

Here is an example of volleyball fans in Poland (50,000 people) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqTdqqyaedKah5o&ab_channel=siatkowka24 Erik Shoji, an American from Hawaii, plays professional volleyball in Poland

[@fredericjaumotte2838]

M'y post disapears😭 pilou pilou from TOULON RUGBY OR LENS FOOTBALL LES CORONS are crazy but most crazy supporter are grec and turkish basket kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ3Thp1orZamb8ksi=gh08d-p-Z0tum80W

[@grommeuleur1648]

These crowds aren't there to see a half-time show, and there's no downtime for TV commercials... They are there for their teams and the sport...

[@asjaosaline5987]

What actually is Suprising to me, is that whole world loves football and have truly great fans. Asia, Southamerica, Europe Africa. All have they Ultras and Football traditions and somehow USA misses the boat.

[@chrisnewby9771]

No it's a weekly thing in football. Not an advert. In every ground. My team is in the 2nd league in the UK so a bit shit. The stadium is full of 45,000 people every week in unison chanting.

[@yanceyboyz]

Hmmm kinda a blanket statement, I'm from Leeds but I was recently in Seattle and went to a seahawks game and that was LOUD!!!

[@sunseeker9581]

​@@asjaosaline5987the premier league struggles apart from liverpool perhaps. Flares and choreography is what I love

[@Shelikes69]

@@yanceyboyzSeahawks is NFL, yes ? Bro, it was just loud because they make noise whenever the away team has possession of the egg, so the opponent quarterback can’t communicate with his lines easily. It is just noise and has nothing to do with good stadium atmosphere

[@GiampietroDiSanto]

Football is religion in Europe, it's not just a sport. In Italy there's a saying: "In life you might change wife, job or even country. But the faith for your club will never change". And so it is. It's an imprinting you have as a child and stays with you all your life no matter how good or bad the club is doing, that's a secondary aspect.

[@erikbosansky6540]

The same in Slovakia, it's just not said that way, but everyone knows it. My grandfather is a Slovan ultras, so is my father, and so am I. If I changed the club, it would be a betrayal.

[@Avatar_AnaSofia]

People say the same in Portugal.

[@Cbart23]

With that said. Avoid Tottenham.

[@EmptyGlass99]

Same in the UK. You never, ever, EVER change which club you support.

[@paulaalvarenga1362]

The same in Portugal!!

[@elmurcis1]

When sport is entertainment vs when sport is passion. Main difference.

[@blueintheface]

Yeah. That's why the Super Bowl halftime show is the biggest event in American sports and obviously way more important than the game itself. It's said that there are even more people watching the show on TV than there are watching the game. That speaks for itself.

[@danielabiuz3190]

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[@danielexe6050]

Not sure which one is better, though.

[@dudoklasovity2093]

business vs. passion

[@juliawolna9646]

BIG money versus a few countries where FC (football CLUB!) still has a meaning I highly recommend 😉checking out St. Pauli! YNWA

[@ropeburn6684]

US sports events: music, advertisement, cheerleaders, family event Elsewhere: *tribal warfare*

[@jokerSensei69]

Literally... the tradition comes from the equivalency with the Roman coliseums... that tradition continued on but now with different sports, techs and people

[@lynnm6413]

I lived 2km from the stadium in Hannover, and could hear the chants through my window…lol. Yep, tribal warfare started in the morning with the barbarous hordes taking over the inner city, then the huge police presence everywhere, the cars parked illegally everywhere on the pedestrian/bicycle walkways…up to drunken football fans in the underground and trains after the match.

[@juremaras72]

us sports are just about money

[@imrekalman9044]

Football stadiums (at least in Europe) are built to accommodate the jumping crowd. There were a few incidents, and everyone knows the fans cannot be stopped, so the architects did their job instead.

[@stefanomartello3786]

Yeah, especially after what happened at the Heysel...

[@onnasenshi7739]

if I remember correctly, Eintracht Frankfurt would come later where you can see how the stadium moves when you jump but it could also have been in another video

[@Hartmut-oo5ts]

@@onnasenshi7739 Old Cologne Muengersdorf (not the new Arena) also had the upper ranks jumping by quite a margin!

[@mauguin74]

Furiani….1992…

[@janlas9007]

"architects" do shit... it is structural engineer who must do their jobs in the order to stadion survive fans

[@rosen9425]

an uncle of mine went to Manchester, UK to catch his favourite team Man United live. He was in a jersey and everything. While heading to the toilets during half time he was promptly stopped by two police officers carrying MP5s.... 'mate, that's for the visiting team. might want to reconsider heading down there looking like that!'. Football is no joke in Europe

[@katarinawikholm5873]

Football directs the warring tendency of Europe. 😃

[@readsomebooks666]

American, right? Yeah. Your uncle nearly died.

[@11mousa]

If it was a rival team (like liverpool) you could compare that to going to an arabian neighborhood with an Israel flag.

[@sebbe9843]

@@11mousa And the english are soft. Imagine this but in Poland, Turkey or Russia.

[@rosen9425]

@@readsomebooks666 Nope Nordic country

[@bulletvivace]

The "fires" are emergency flares, or how they are called in English, they are not alloved in the stadiums, but they are part of the culture, and fans are good at getting them in.

[@ultimatebo3noob710]

and no matter how much you police it they will make their way into the stadiums

[@CripticX]

He asked how they carry the huge flags in the stadium ... he should ask what people smuggle inside those huge flags hahaha

[@batluckies]

Same in Germany. But we call the "fires" "Bengalos". It comes from "Bengalische Feuer" (Bengal Fire, I guess.).

[@bulletvivace]

We call them 'Romerlys' (Roman lights/candles) in Denmark. That's why I was in alot of doubt, what to call them in English.

[@Casimir2811]

​@@batluckieswe call them the exact same thing in French : feux de Bengale.

[@cornetto_2806]

It‘s funny that you make me - as a European - realize how impressive the vibe in our stadiums is. We just got used to it. Thank you!

[@_light_catcher]

The songs are mostly written by people from the ultras, some by normal fans and sometimes they are simply existing songs that become an anthem for the team. Why everyone knows the lyrics is easy to explain, every time you go to the stadium you hear the songs - they are songs that have been sung in the stadium for generations. If there are new songs, they are usually printed out on paper and distributed in the stadium. and now to what really impressed you, synchronization, if you look closely you usually see 1-2 people with a megaphone in the first row. They say which song is being sung and start singing, everyone else joins in. And to keep the whole thing on track there are usually 2-4 drums.

[@i_can_c_u_2295]

But most of the times (at least what I notice every time), the drums aren’t needed. The megaphones absolutely are, but the rest is done by the fans.

[@larsmagnusson8580]

we in Djurgården(Sweden) dont use drums, its only crap fans (hahaahahah) that need drums :D

[@garygalt4146]

You’ve never been to the kop have you. No organisation. Just instant synergy. I was there for the first time YNWA was played by 3 week it was our anthem. But we are good at using songs that were in the charts in the 1960s. One time Man City goal keeper went to throw out instead he threw it into his own goal. At the kop end they immediately sang carelessly hands a song that had been in the charts quick witted. And we will always clap the opposite goal keeper when the arrive at the kop end.

[@_light_catcher]

Good to know, I'll tell the guys with the drums next time I'm at the stadium. 🤣 @@larsmagnusson8580

[@vorosjanos77]

songs... 7:55 Lazio's "anthem" is a little different from the others. "Avanti ragazzi di Buda..." is an anti-communist song (about the Russian trampling of the 1956 Hungarian revolution) Since then, Lazio's "anthem" has been sung at every match. It's worth checking out the translation!

[@Brookspirit]

Don't forget we've had stadiums in Europe since Roman times, the Coliseum is still standing, so we in Europe have a long history of this type of thing.

[@GullibleTarget]

As do the Americans who have a eurocentric tradition and ethnicity. As a european(dutch) to another european: don't be pompous. You had no hand in making history so take a seat. One thing the dutch hate: pretentious snobbery. Most football fans can't even spell "Colloseum" but are experts at destroying public property. How civilized. At least the Americans actually sit, eat and just watch the game. Mob behaviour has always seemed lowbrow to me. Like a bunch of demented sheep jumping and bleating on commando...But that's just my opinion, I don't do well in groups and pack behaviour.

[@anglo-dutchsausage344]

Yeah, but that's kind of a mute point. Most Americans share that same history, since they are simply Europeans that started a new country. You're talking about the colisseums of some 2000 years ago, while Americans and Europeans only became a separate over the past 400 years. Edit: grammar

[@Mobo___]

@@anglo-dutchsausage344 well they clearly forgot how a good sports crowd looks on the way over ;P

[@dayoltay]

This

[@musashidanmcgrath]

This is where the word Stadium comes from - Latin word Stadii, the Roman measurement of 660 feet, or thereabouts, the length of a stadium.

[@vn7563]

Football here in Europe is a religion.

[@walkir2662]

I tend to say it's what we replaced most wars with, down to against 'those §%$/§/ on the other side of the hill/river/forest/whatever" considering the low leagues.

[@scar445]

all about that bragging right@@walkir2662

[@mats7492]

@@walkir2662that’s pretty much exactly how football started

[@DonceGT]

Basketball for my country, but yeah

[@acmarques101]

In South America too…

[@thomastschetchkovic5726]

In the US there are crowd animators at sports games. In Europe the officials are trying to tame the crowd down, not hype themup even further

[@sinapilling4647]

im German and went to baseball game in Seattle, I found it incredibly weird, there was huge screens telling people when to cheer and what to cheer, it was more advertisement and superficial entertainment than actually enjoying the game. Definitely not doing that again lol

[@ukdnbmarsh]

in the UK clubs usually hold a minutes silence before games to remember a special person that passed away, for the most part its impeccable from both sets of supporters

[@Kschychooo]

As a Pole in the Legia Warszawa/Poland it was commemorating one of the uprisings in Poland during WW2. And yes we are that crazy. You know there is a game in town miles away from the stadium.

[@ZiobroV]

Most of football fans in Poland think Legia is trash and their fans are morons, but I don't think anyone in the whole freaking country was saying a bad word about that sector commemoration.

[@BlueSunYoutube]

@@ZiobroV The Germans and Austrians are always used to marching and singing under a flag, history tells you that, thats why they have so many of thier teams in this list 🤣

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

You have no idea of the energy of such crowds Been once in Milan to see a famous game between Milan and their "archnemesis" Turin.. The whole STADIUM was shaking ! I felt the litteral stand shake and move under the crowd chants and jumps It was surreal

[@thesc0tsman1]

There is no team called Turin! & Milan’s biggest & fiercest rivals are inter 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@marcgp6927]

He obviously meant Juventus from Turin.

[@yanceyboyz]

He just means Juve.

[@Casimir2811]

Je tiens juste à dire que ton pseudo est exceptionnel 😂

[@SMoggyinski]

Actually there is, in Italian - Torino. ​@@thesc0tsman1

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Now you see why europeans are triggered when US calls football "soccer" ! We are maniacs.

[@biostarstepa]

Interestingly, Americans are no to blame for that... term soccer there came from Brits after abbreviating original name of the game... Association Football to Assoc, then to Soc, and finally to Soccer. In UK term football once back in time was used for what is now known as Rugby.

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

​@@biostarstepaThe problem is Brits has abandoned the term for a long time already, why Americans choose to be British in this particular thing is beyond me!

[@biostarstepa]

​@@f1r3hunt3rz5 We can just guess. Development of football game worldwide through history kinda skipped USA so they haven't adjusted to new terminology. Soccer just got domesticated term there and survived 'till nowadays.

[@LiftandCoa]

@@biostarstepa You are to blame for that since you had almost 150 years to not adopt the outdated word of your literal colonizers. Which you started to shoot at because they werent supposed to tell you how the world works anymore. BEFORE the sport was codified. this is the brits fault is just such a bad take. Either own it and stand by it or dont. Both is actually really fine. But dont play the blame game on something thats 100% on you.

[@stobe187]

In the US, sporting events for most attendees is just a bit of entertainment and you go there to chill and eat some wings while watching the game at the same time. In Europe, people go to the games to really support their team and to enjoy the competition. And many people are literally born into being fans of a certain team, and the passion runs deep.

[@TheTygertiger]

Yeah, like I was only 2 years old when my dad took me to a football match of our local football club for the first time. Much smaller club and much smaller stadium, but known in Finland for having fanatical fans. It made such an impression on me that I fell in love with the game. I still go to matches with my dad when I go back home in the summer.

[@ddguitars1969]

Sunderland til I die....never going to win anything, never going to experience success or glory but I am in it til the bitter end...

[@GullibleTarget]

I prefer the American way. I would love to attend a football match but the feverish and passionate rowdiness just puts me off. Can I just sit and watch the match? That's why it's good they invented television😂 I think I could manage a tennis-crowd. Maybe😅

[@jurgenkersjes2150]

You also must see American vs European Basketball fans.

[@nollienick1121]

Yeha. Saw a Greek basketball clip and was like god damn

[@harjatalonen3467]

And hockey!

[@mats7492]

The chanting and singing in unison comes from the chanting you’d do with your fellow men before a battle.. and some of the matches ARE like battles It’s 2 armies facing each other and that’s the vibe

[@Herzschreiber]

Yes, fan songs are alike a "battle cry", I heard someone say that since we all want to live in peace, but still have our stone ages parts in the brain, football is the "clan vs. clan" battle which satisfies our inner cave man :)

[@marinka424]

Great comment, they sound and look as if they’re going to war. USA look like they’re going to church.

[@necro970]

This video is a great example of the difference between "passion for our favorite club (Europe)" and "clubs that only aim to earn $ (USA)" In Europe there is a huge cult for the Club and a fan never stops defending their Club, this passion is demonstrated by songs to encourage the team and also songs to discourage the opposing team.

[@wykydytron]

I'm sorry but all clubs in EU are in for the money too. Some players earn more monthly then entire cities, they really, really are in it for the money. All sport is about money and money only. And soccer? It's been proven over and over results are often fixed.

[@jakubkotas589]

in this video you clound see a protest against monetisation a football, poland, legia, this one with fat pig

[@Scalvoo]

​@@wykydytron results fixed😂??! What did you drink??!

[@henny1356]

​@@wykydytron 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@rafaelmtoledo]

European fans have no comparison to South Americans. Took my English brother in law for a game in Brazil and he got scared with the craziness.

[@idonotexist3807]

Nice to see something from my club, AIK. And like you said the atmosphere is much better when you are actually there than what you get from the video.

[@MrLarsgren]

there are videos where you can see the concrete structures flex a couple inches. built to handle the craziness . also the fire is handheld flares.

[@Elephanthajsnen]

You get the vibe really well dude! Respect. Many spectators attend every Sunday, so repeating the same chants synchronisation comes naturally.

[@marinka424]

I bet they drink in the pub together too, on another couple of nights in the week. When we had industries in the UK they possibly worked together down the mines or at the steel works too.

[@Scenario8]

It is often said that football has the power to create a community like nothing else in the world. The manifestation of this can be seen in this video.

[@chacaf22]

Yeah,.... don't.... You forgot about teams rivalry than can get really really nasty and gnarly... Football/soccer didn't actually do that... Other sport do, but football never In Rallying for example you can watch fans of another team helping the cars when get stuck, or rivals teams share components during an assistance, or other car have problems, that's simply unthinkable in football/soccer

[@AnnQlder]

Where are the women and children? 🧐

[@Scenario8]

@@AnnQlder on the stands

[@Scenario8]

@@chacaf22 never? what about stuffs like Welcome to Wrexham?

[@chacaf22]

@@Scenario8 what about people get killed by supporting the wrong team at the wrong moment? That's why FIFA it's putting so much emphasis on Fair Play, and love together and try to stopping the rivalry between players and teams, because off the yard things got really nasty, and still happening in 2023...

[@DAZ217]

This is the second video from your content that I'm watching and I love it! I'm from Germany, so sorry for my english skills. The first video was the German beer tasting. You're so open to learn about other cultures in such a friendly way! The Abo/bell is activated! Go ahead like this bro! Best regards from Berlin

[@asokawhite]

Money VS Passion, Beside this game replaced european tribal wars in a way...

[@marinka424]

Whilst watching I was just thinking that the attitude, motivation and energy of a country at a football match reveals how they would be going into war. I think the USA would be very half hearted, they seem to lack a basic energy and savagery, which we English and Europeans have just below the surface.

[@stevasteva4982]

U Evropi nema plemena nego starih naroda i nacija

[@LiftandCoa]

It really, really, really didnt replace tribal wars in europe there is more than millienia (almost two) between the timeframe of both these things lmao

[@seevee9057]

Eintracht Frankfurts melody is from a famous swedish childrens film series, also quite known in America called Pippi Longstocking. (Pippi Långstrump)

[@katarinawikholm5873]

Here comes Pippi Longstocking Chola-hop, chola-hei, chola-fa la la Here comes Pippi Longstocking Here actually I come Verse: it’s not too bad I have a monkey, horse, and house A carpet bag full of money, Is also useful to have Come on all people. Every character I know We’re going to create a ruckus* Chola-hei, chola- hopsan-sa The original Swedish ”leva loppan” - live like lice - transfers as being lively, bouncy, and it still has a childish bouncy flavour. It’s also appropriate, being an old term, bc the Pippi books were written in the 1940s.

[@carmenl163]

I love hearing all these grown-up men chanting my favorite children's song. I'm Dutch, and we know her as Pipi Langkous.

[@pavelcerny9803]

Yay, I was wondering for months at this point if you'd react to European fans someday. Happy you did! To better understand, you have to realise some of the clubs are over hundred years old, some (like mine), were established even in the second half of the 19th century (it actually predates my country's independence lol). It is passed from generation to generation, our great grandfathers going to games with our grandfathers, grandfathers going to the games with our fathers, fathers going to the games with us,.. and it goes on and on. What also differs to the American sports culture is ''relegation'', every year the teams on the last three spots of the league get kicked out and are forced to play in the lower leagues. On the contrary, if you are in the lower leagues and play well and end up on the first three spots, you get promoted to the higher league. This leads to intense rivalries, as nobody wants to go to the lower leagues, but rivalries can also be based (and combined) on many more factors, such as the location of the club (their stadium is on the other side of the river for example) or even political history of the clubs. And you can only imagine the rivalries that often do exist over 100 years at this point. The term ''home advantage'' definitely has a meaning in football. The energy of the fans can push you even beyond the limits at high stake games. It's just beautiful.

[@annaschie]

It is a pleasure to start the day with you and a cup of coffee! Warm greetings from Germany 👵👋☕

[@RonnieMachielsen]

It is a great feeling to be part of the crowd, cheering and jumping all together. Does not matter if you support a big or smaller team.

[@chrishunter4673]

Been watching loads of these chant videos for weeks, took my 5 and 6 year old kids to a match on saturday. Was amazing, hadn't been to one myself for years. nearly 9000 in attendance and my guys loved it! good first game for them. ended up being a 3-3 draw so there was loads of action

[@Belfastchild1974]

I have had a season ticket at two of the clubs you see in this video. Ajax from 1997 to 2004 and Celtic from 2007 to 2010. At Ajax I have seen the 'birth' of one of the songs, when we were waiting for the train to an away game a couple of the guys put their heads together and came up with the words, shared it with a few people around them and it was just a matter of time until everyone there knew it and was singing along

[@rigdigwus]

7:33 Eintracht Frankfurt Stadium is quite insane. You can feel the whole stadium, especially the upper ranks, vibrating and shaking when they all jump

[@joonnoo1451]

I dont know if you reacted to it, but US vs EU basketball fans is crazy... :)

[@BjornWiese]

You are absolutely right about the energy. It is incredible when you are inside of the crowd and sign with them. i get goose bumps by watching this. Reminds me of when I was young and regularly in the stadium

[@matthiasbreuer6848]

I love that you have the Eintracht Frankfurt supporters in here. They are the best! We conquered all of Europe in 2022. Nur die SGE!

[@RenanSperendio]

I’m Brasilian and have been to a fair amount of games watching my team, the sound is so impactful that so many people cry experiencing it for the first time

[@Tommy-he7dx]

I heard it once described that: Fandom in America is an individual thing, while the Fandom in the rest of the world is a Collective/Community thing.......Look at Me Vs Look at Us Hence, that's why everyone knows the lyrics to the songs/chants

[@benekrieger1653]

You got it totally right. Being part of such a crowd is the best feeling there is. It's hard to describe, you have to experience it in person. It's what I live for

[@vanesag.9863]

For me there are two kinds of football spectators: fans (the ones that jump on the stadium and chant in synchrony, making noise and being in party mode) and ultras (the ones that light flares and attack the other team ultras and broke things). Here in Spain had years ago lots of ultras but we had an incident on the stadium: a 12 year old boy watching his team died when a wild flare impaled him. Everybody was angry, including the football asociation and the teams that abode ultras in their stadiums got fined with money and closures of the stadium (making them lose points at the competition). This incident curved our more agressive fan base. We have "risky" matches (Barcelona/Madrid, Madrid/Atlético de Madrid...) but the police makes ring checkings, fan points in oposite parts of the city, put more police between the stadium and the meeting point of the fans, escort the more rowdy groups (ultras) and make them enter the stadium by different gates... All to try not to get an agressive enviroment. I think it makes it more enjoyable for the fans. By the way, my father doesn't eat when his team loses a match and years ago I gifted him a tour at his team stadium (he lives at 600 km from the stadium and he never goes to the home matches) and I saw him nearly crying. He said it was the best birthday gift of his life. This is the level of a fan in Europe.

[@ErikBricks]

Nice Video, in Germany there is a song where people sing that they don't want to be forbidden from setting off pyrotechnics. Everyone knows the song, we always sing it when we play our own firecrackers

[@mcstaal]

In US, you join a miitia. In Europe, you join your local soccer club.

[@Rafale01]

Football*

[@HrLBolle]

And I, as someone well outside the football bubble, have the distinct feeling that if clubs made the call to come to the armies aid in defending their country, a great number of fans would readily heed that call

[@yanceyboyz]

*association football (soccer) Not to be confused with Rugby Football (England RFU... rugby.... football.... union) All names invented by us here in England.

[@zooziz5724]

​@@HrLBollepretty much that's what happened in Ukraine in 2014, football ultras went to defend country since military and part of government was compromised by russians.

[@draganazivanovic1406]

🦶🏻+⚽️ = FOOTBALL

[@Devonshirejackdaw]

Its just the purest kind of passion and it starts in the streets before ❤ great reaction 👍

[@raoulv]

Good video, funny to see a normal American react to the football ultras, but honestly most matches it goes even further, especially during a derby or Champions league match, love your content and how you try to broaden your worldy views! My club was Ajax at the start, we had some crazy moments, let's forget last year.

[@carmenl163]

The first Ajax clip was filmed in the parking garage, right?

[@raoulv]

@@carmenl163close, but no, it's under the bridge at the entrance that leads into the parking garage.

[@BriKzerT]

The flags are usually stored inside the stadiums in designated stoarge rooms for the different Ultras groups.

[@Schmokkie1984]

I am very happy to be European (German). First of all " I have a lot of respect for every fan of his team (city). You live and love it. In our beautiful country Europe, rivalries, fights and pride have always played a big role. So also in soccer. It's beautiful hehe

[@RAC_Hoellenkind]

for rb leipzig to ?

[@katarinawikholm5873]

My dad played for a Swedish club, before his health prevented his further carreer. We the siblings, and my kids, support the same team. How could we not?

[@AllroundSwizzy]

Sind wir schon soweit, dass sogar Deutsche Europa als ein Land bezeichnen?

[@Andrei-ui1cw]

We are lucky to pe european

[@aleisterc]

Dont´t call it soccer! It´s Football!!!@@Andrei-ui1cw

[@adalon378]

One thing that might not be obvious: this is the perspective from outside, so it sounds unreal. But when you're there in the middle of it, there's people around you that you can hear clearly enough, so it's easy to keep up. You hear the background effect of course, but what stands out more is your surroundings while looking at the stadium to see the effect. So usually you know exactly what to do and catch up easily. Most of it is started by the ultras (we don't need cheerleaders :P) who typically fill a section of the stadium designated for them. Ultras are basically a fan club of the team, with membership and everything. It's not the majority on the stadium, even though it might look like it. They start and it propagates quickly. What you see in the beginning in france, is one part of the stadium saying something and the other part "replying", which makes a cool back and forth. In my experience, this is started by a speaker in the stadium, that instructs people to specifically do that and guides them. It happens usually during the break or more often in the beginning, to pump up the crowd and because it's a lot of fun (and funny).

[@rogerk6180]

Stadiums nowdays are specificly built for accoustics in europe. To boost the chants of the crowds troughout the stadium. It really roars..

[@eleonoredelcourt3481]

USA : We have earthquakes Europe : (Building stades against earthquake) WE HAVE FOOTBALL FANS!

[@HrLBolle]

8:23 that should be an actual air raid siren from back then, or at least a very clear recording and playback

[@kamilosowski3889]

It is an actual air raid siren but not from back then. These are emergency sirens we still use in Poland. Although, nowadays these are used mostly only to honor soldiers and civilian victims of the Warsaw Uprising. It's a tradition that on 1 August at 5 p.m. all such sirens in Poland sound for like a minute cause that's exactly when the Warsaw Uprising started in 1944. Often entire cities stop to a halt.... And I mean pedestrians, cars, people in shops and offices etc. It's a minute of basically standing still in silence and honoring the victims. And then everything goes back to normal. I think this particular match was supposed to start at 5 p.m. on the Warsaw Uprising's anniversary so the sirens you hear are not part of what the fans were doing but rather a background sound because that's all you hear in Warsaw at this particular moment.

[@psibiza]

comparing actual passion and actual chants with "I believe that we will win"

[@MokumHVB]

😂

[@TheCornishCockney]

One of the cringiest things I’ve ever seen or heard. They have absolutely no idea of what the rest of the planet feels about football. Truly the world game. Compare Super Bowl audiences to a World Cup final,or champions league final,the audience figures are in the billions world wide.

[@user-em1ig7xo9d]

At least they’re trying😂 they’ve gotta start somewhere, I don’t know how the US could ever develop the footballing culture we have tho. I’ve been to MLS games it’s incredibly cringy, I’ve been to MLB games too, at all these sporting events the home and away supporters just sit together drinking and eating, people turn up to watch wearing random jerseys of teams not even playing, it’s super weird. There’s no energy or passion, you don’t feel any tension or anyone’s soul in it. It’s very much a pastime, an entertainment. Especially at the baseball, people arrive late, spend half the game at the food bars, people wandering around the merchandise stores inside the stadium during a game, people leaving early. It’s no surprise they just don’t get the footballing atmosphere, plus they’re raised in this culture of having to pause games and have time outs etc to show commercials.

[@psibiza]

@@user-em1ig7xo9d Exactly. Americans believe they are entitled to be entertained. They don't gather, they individually go to stadiums to eat stadium food, drink stadium drinks, see halftime shows, cheerleaders, eat more stadium snacks, kisscams and eventually watch some sports. Atmosphere is not created by eventually showing up and eating deep fried food. Atmosphere is created by every single visitor. If there were chanting fans in the US they would quickly become part of the entertainment program that American visitors expected to happen. And this is why the "best" chant that will ever be sung and heard in a US stadium is "I believe that we will win"

[@peterkeijsers489]

And you haven't even seen Liverpool chanting "you'll never walk alone" (yes, the 60s song)! THAT ONE is REALLY impressive!

[@101steel4]

Man u?

[@ignatiuskhan]

You meant Liverpool 😉

[@peterkeijsers489]

@@ignatiuskhan Oops sorry. Yes, Liverpool

[@davidmalarkey1302]

You mean Liverpool or Celtic FC .

[@jeffconnors407]

YNWA is better known as the anthem of Liverpool FC, it is even spelled out their crest. the song was written by Rogers and Hammerstein back in the 40's for the movie Carousel, in 1963 Gerry and the Pacemakers a legendary band from Liverpool did a remake of YNWA and it was played at the start of the games at Anfield and from there it was adoped as their anthem. Other clubs more notable German club Borussia Dortmund and Scottish club Celtic FC also have it as their anthems but when sang at Anfield there is nothing like it.

[@EmilBöttcher]

I'm from germany and it's pretty normal for large groups of fans to trigger small earthquakes, causing the stadium to bounce. So stadiums have to be built earthquake save. The pyrotechnics is normal to but it's actually forbidden. Now when I have written it down it sounds insane to me to😂

[@crabLT]

This is what true cultural understanding and unity is like.

[@jillybrooke29]

Worked at the old Wembley at the Cups and England matches, you could not hear yourself think!! The chants go on and on.

[@AndorFazekas]

7:53 The Official Lazio song name is: Avanti Ragazzi di Buda (Budapest), (Előre budai Srácok). This song was written to revolution the 1956 struggle for freedom against communism in Hungary, and later became the official song of the Italian Lazio fans. Forward boys from Buda, Forward boys from Pest, Students, laborers, operarians The sun does not rise in the East. We've been awake during the night The night of a hundred months, maybe more Dreaming of the glorious October's dawn, The dawn of Hungarian youth. I remember you had a rifle Bring it to the square, I'm waiting for you, Hidden among my school books I'll also take a gun. Six days, six nights of glory This victory of us lasted By the seventh day they arrived The russians and their tanks. The tanks crushed our bones, No one is going to help us. The world has just watched On the edge of our ditch. Girl, don't tell my mother Don't tell her I'll die tonight But do tell her I'm going up the moutains And shall return by the spring Comrads, we are doomed Our revolution is lost Soon we'll be blindfolded And placed in front of a firing squad Comrad, the squad advances, The first and second one have fallen down already Our vacation is over, The honour of the world has been buried Comrad, hide the rifle The fountains will sing once again And on this day, close our ranks So we shall come back from the mountains Forward boys from Buda, Forward boys from Pest, Students, laborers, operarians The sun does not rise in the east.

[@bluntedshit3563]

NaziO* Italy's smallest and coldest team

[@CristianoDrumond-k5t]

It is a shame that that revolutionary song was taken by the right-wing Lazio fan base.

[@laziojohnny79]

@@CristianoDrumond-k5tHungarians don't seem to mind at all, quite the contrary ...

[@laziojohnny79]

@@bluntedshit3563 If believing that makes your tiny wiener hard then sure mate, whatever floats your goat.

[@CristianoDrumond-k5t]

@@laziojohnny79 it really depends which Hungarian you ask... isn't Johnny?

[@CristianoDrumond-k5t]

No pyro, no party.

[@ned_1963]

You're born with this passion, it's totally tribal! You live & breathe it. You ARE the team. ALL other teams are the enemy. It's that simple, really. 🇬🇧🥊🇬🇧

[@seijika46]

There are a lot of funny chants too like "You're Nothing Special - We Lose Every Week" and "We Are Millwall - No-one Likes Us: We Don't Care".

[@AlbandAquino]

9:20 It's funny to see you react to those. And yeah, there's a reason they're called the "Ultras". The closest I could related (to my knowledge of the current US) would be the Bills. Wifey is from WNY 😏

[@Robson7788]

Bro the stadium vibrates you can literally feel the vibration on your whole body you fell ready to fight a war is a crazy feeling i recommend

[@kevinstubbs9169]

Liverpool Vs Dortmund you'll never walk alone. Can't beat it

[@kevinstubbs9169]

@@UltraCasualPenguin 😂😂😂

[@inscopehd4858]

Im sorry as a german Football Fan is really sad for BVB to have such a lame song copyed and didn’t creat their own song

[@krystofdoutlik6756]

Echos of warrior spirit in Europe💪battles centuries ago here held the same vibes

[@Kelsea-2002]

A current example of German fan culture. At the moment, massive fan protests are taking place in every professional game in football. Thousands of tennis balls fly onto the courts, which always leads to interruptions in play. Most recently, a match even had to be interrupted for more than 30 minutes because the fans staged a continuous bombardment with tennis balls. In the U.S., this would probably trigger a massive police operation.

[@xXGamerXx71]

Well, it would trigger a massive police operation over here too, but everyone knows what will happen if they dare to enter the stands. Not saying the german police forces couldnt win that battle in the end, but the price for that would be too high. We will never take a single step backwards!

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

​@@xXGamerXx71 germann police is there to de-escalate and mostly make sure people are safe. As long as there is no threat to safety they will mostly stand by and try to keep crowds calm. American police seem to always be looking to escalate and for a reason to bring out their big toys.

[@Kelsea-2002]

@@xXGamerXx71 Divided in colours - united in the cause 💪💪👹

[@El-Schnorro]

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 apart from most of the time German police does nothing but escalate and generate violence when they are in the stadium like at St. Pauli vs Hannover or they harrass fans like they did at Wolfsburg vs Werder.

[@JaneSmith-rx6kx]

The Fans von by the way.🎉 They managed to Stop a big Investor from joining the DFB, they want IT to be about the Sport,and the Fans...Not profit

[@daverodb]

You should watch something about Barras Bravas in South America... That is passion

[@TheGrooveboxx]

Nice, to see an American reacting to our Football-Culture :-) You have to look up a performance of the Ultras of Borussia Dortmund ;-)

[@dnarislan]

Eintracht Frankfurt fans are legend!

[@mariusolivaric3262]

those are eintracht ultras. the fans are well sitted and comfortable lol

[@inscopehd4858]

@@mariusolivaric3262 nah they are harder to catch during the game but they are Alternate singing with the ultras and they support very good in comparison to other clubs

[@mariusolivaric3262]

@@inscopehd4858 the other day eintracht ultras refused to even enter into the stadium as a sign of complain cuz police beat them. guess what ? the atmosphere was ZERO, sounded like boring anfield or old trafford. NO ULTRAS NO PARTY

[@flatt3r]

Like BVB fans

[@Joliie]

10:10 you can get banners in, it's usually not a problem to have them, it's the fireworks that is not allowed.

[@tobiwahn7472]

Ultras are like "biggest fans". They plan the choreographies, they create the big banners, they do the chanting. Some kind of next level of an ultra is a hooligan. These people literally fight for their clubs. The ultras kind of believe that their club belongs to them and that they should have a voice in the decisions of the club. I think sometimes they have a special access to the home stadium to place the banners.

[@Vyti777]

yeah most big stadiums have a fan room for the ultras where they can have meetings and store their stuff;)

[@ManelzinSwag]

''Are people ok''? 😂. You are the greatest man!

[@jurgenkersjes2150]

Football is not a sport. It is political in Europe. Ultra our way of life. (10.000 subscribers special) explains you more.

[@dlovink6655]

👍

[@dizzydiana73]

Just a point of clarification songs like these or other chants will be during plays and throughout the full game. There may be some pausing during intense moments, but it wont be silent for any real length of time even when its small clubs playing. From the moment the fans leave their houses and meet other fans until they return home after a match they basically sing or chant continously. Most of the larger clubs will have an "official" song of sorts that basically every fan will know off by heart some clubs will have a full songlist of 12 or more. back in the day when tapes and cds were still pretty regular you could buy from fan clubs a full cassette or cd of the official songs you could be singing on the way to a match, the way home or at the match. I am not sure how it all works now I have not been to a game in many years due to health reasons.

[@zumpic7695]

You miseed the best imo belgrade Zvezda and Partizan are the wildest .. btw what kind of trucker do you got it looks very good greetings from Czechia.

[@IWrocker]

By trucker do you mean my cap 🧢 or hat? If so it’s the NFL team Chicago Bears official fight cancer hat, thus all the colors representing the different cancer ribbons.

[@zumpic7695]

@IWrocker I meant that yeah 😅 actually looks very cool unfortunately I can't buy it here .. keep the content 👌 love the videos especially the škoda ones ✌️

[@ObradPopovic-cs8if]

@zumpic 7695,thank you bro you mention it.Here is a chant from Zvezda fan,oooo Uefa mafia,Uefa mafia,Kosovo je Srbija.Peace

[@Jcava5]

The visual art and demonstrations like in Poland are before the game, the chants happen both during the game and after, they will chant to support the team during the game, and like in Napoli they will chant afterwards a city/club anthem in celebration of an important win

[@camiloromero1475]

Congrats IWrocker for this video!!! amazing stuff, football is such a beautiful thing. Would be great if you react to South American crowds!!! same pasion, same noise, same devotion but....just different from the rest of the world!!! Brasil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Perú, Ecuador... Too many countries and clubs to see! Greetings from Colombia :)

[@fisch6852]

Soccer enthusiasts in Europe are deeply passionate about their teams. They express their support through chants, flags, and scarves. Some fans are critical of club management and seek greater influence. They aim to shield the sport from excessive commercialization and globalization, striving to maintain its traditions. Among these supporters are groups like the Ultras, celebrated for their elaborate choreographies and vocal backing, as well as their commitment to combating racism and discrimination. However, there are also aggressive fans who frequently engage in confrontations, particularly with supporters of rival teams. Despite these differences, all soccer fans share a fervent love for the game and wish to experience and celebrate it together.

[@biancawichard4057]

i lived a 15 minutes walk away from the Johan Cruijf Arena, its the homebase of the footbalclub Ajax Amsterdam. during big matches (top of the national league, champions league, european cup ) the glases in my cupboard were tingling after a goal from the shockwave of the sound. (the polish one with the banner about WWII was on or very close to memorial day

[@biancawichard4057]

@iWrocker i don't know how to use the telegramm app but im interested in being in contact with you

[@biancawichard4057]

@iWrocker I don't know how to work the telegramm app but would like to be in contact.

[@styrianboy]

So great...the car license plate in the background is from Graz, Styria, Austria 💪🏻 you are my man 😂🥳

[@Zotrax1946]

Hope it will get to Liverpool fans singing “you’ll never walk alone”🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. Nothing else like it.

[@Isleofskye]

That USED to be the case but with so many Tourists there now,you only see a handful of scarves yet ALL Celtic's 60,000 fans hold scarves aloft AND they cut the P A System 1/2 way thru' and it is just the power of the crowd where Liverpool drown the crowd with the tannoy.

[@liammc433]

Still, even the Liverpool "tourist" can still be loud. Check out the YNWA in Australia for example.

[@Zotrax1946]

@@Isleofskye man, I first heard it in 1985. Not many tourists than..

[@Isleofskye]

@@Zotrax1946 If you put "Liverpool F C-The Kop Crowd" from 1964 and watch 28,000 behind the goal swaying and singing in the 3-minute video, you will soon see that THAT was The Kop,my friend.

[@Zotrax1946]

@@Isleofskye great

[@Trinidad413]

Football is such a big part of our culture (I'm from Latin America btw) that when there's an important game happening, especially if it's the national team, people gather in restaurants, shopping malls or pretty much any place with a TV to watch the game. In schools, we stopped classes for the day and gather in the playground in front of a big screen to watch the game. It's so good to sing and jump and scream in excitement when our team scores.

[@sebastianmarkiefka4499]

That’s Not Fire that are Flares

[@solmyrarkana573]

It's important to understand that clubs have a history spanning several decades, and some have been in existence for over a century. People identify with their club as they do with their town, they defend the club as they would the reputation of their town, it's a historical identity. There are also political commitments and historic rivalries between cities. It's a popular fervour that touches people's identity. Even small clubs have committed supporters, even small stadiums have an atmosphere that is specific to their history. In France, RC Lens is a small town with 20,000 inhabitants, but the whole region supports the club and the atmosphere is intense. The stadium alone has more people than the whole town.

[@solmyrarkana573]

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[@ileana8360]

Did Ian ever react to the NFL game in Munich when Brady was there with Tampa? This shows, how Europeans bring quite a different energy to a game without any aggressive undertones like in Europea sports like football, baketball etc.

[@mariuspuiu9555]

You have to be in the stadium to understand just how much energy there is those crowds and chants.

[@MrChelseaDan]

I was in NYC recently and watched the Super Bowl at a sports bar. Can’t say I’ll be watching it again. So commercialised, breaks every 60 seconds for more adverts and more focus on Usher and Taylor Swift than the actual game. Just makes me appreciate the beautiful game even more, despite its flaws.

[@EmaMariaOndruskova]

Also, the drumming. That’s coming from the crowd too. 😂 there is always this one guy in the crowd with a drum and him and everyone in the stadium knows that his role is to keep the rhythm and start the chants. No one knows where this guy is from, how he ended up doing this, if he does it just for fun, if he’s hired to this, it is simply given that there is that one guy with a drum every time. You enter the stadium and immediately start subconsciously looking for him to be able to keep an eye on him to know what to shout next. 😂

[@lsvlestudiovaillant5223]

Please IW rocker, Make us a video where you react to the supporters of AS Saint Étienne, in France. These are the best

[@JokerFromHell]

You missed Frankfurts camera shaking ;) there's several clips going around where you can see the actual stadion move up and down when the crowd is jumping.

[@control2XS]

I'm a Leeds fan (6:13), and are home atmosphere is (usually) great, but where I think we are truly shine is our away fans. If we aren't louder than the home fans than we haven't done our jobs for the team.

[@Zachhhx]

12:12 Lol, as an American that's what I've tried to explain to other Americans. They say "Looks like an ncaa game" I try to tell them "No.. An ncaa game is just the student section and they get tired after a few minutes.. for many of these European teams, it's the whole arena, for the whole game. It is not comparable." Here's to hoping more Americans get on board with MLS or just fan culture in general. I grew up on NHL and NFL and later went to football matches in Europe. If I had to pick between going to an NHL, NFL or European football game, I would pick European football every time.

[@bobburgers4302]

8:53 It was about the club getting a fine from UEFA, for fans using pyro, and this was their responce.

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

The singing, the movement, the co-ordination of banners and flags all together are usually referred to as a 'choreography'

[@Roy-ln1rn]

The songs come naturally after 15 Beer 😂 Greetings from Ajax amsterdam .. also go niners!! 🔥

[@cruxyo5526]

What you said about energy was spot on! Yes, you feel it in your chest but not only the vibrations of the roaring but also the emotions! That's why it's in sync and it just happens!! Nothing you see online will even closely prepare you for what you would experience if you go to a proper game! Feel free to contact me if you want to go and watch a german derby ;) The DFB Pokal is also just about to happen wich is Germanies Cup Final if you remember from one of your Videos

[@KyleHanky]

In the Besiktas game, where the guy shushed the crowd, they were chanting and jumping like that...during the warm up! The game hadn't even started yet.

[@SirTheobald]

to answer the 'how do you teach that' with a bit of context: the AC Milan supporters used to put out lyrics for every new chants or even leave leaflets on the seats (this was like 20 years ago). with social media now it's easy to spread the new chants, and since we use a constant (but always expanding) range of songs, some stick around for decades so you have most of the stadiums singin along cause everyone knows them. they also tend to be pretty simple and catchy, most based on famous songs or adapting other chants (infamously, the 'popopo' from the white striped song became a world wide anthem from 2005 to 2010ish), so they catch on very quickly. Argentina had this beautiful, poetic chant in the world cup, a pretty long one too, which AC Milan adapted in a very good chant that they now sing about 4-5 times per game. when we won the league 2 years ago, we had a chant for our coach based on 'freed from desire' and you had DJ touring italy playing that all the time, with the crowd singing the football version instead of the actual lyrics. it's THAT feverish guys, Ultras might still be rough in some countries but they are the heart and soul of football

[@riccardocoletta2398]

Minute 6:03 - No one teach chants to no one. You go to the stadium and you learn them... After 3-4 matches you know the most common chants. Few more matches and you know them all. Don't forget that we sing them for 90 minutes... Not 100%, but probably 70-80 minutes of chanting and 10-20 without chanting

[@dooshunv.7429]

There are two things I wanna say: I am watching you for a long time it never occured to me that you have a beautiful heterochromia (like Tim McIllrath from Rise Against) with that striking blue eye, holy man that is so rad. And the other thing. You are so cool with everything un-American. I know you are proud of your country, but still you can be impressed what other nations do. Not in the "we do it the best'" way but "holy crap this is amazing I wish we would have here". Pure respect!