NOW WE UNDERSTAND!!! NFL Fans React To "The Beauty Of Football - Greatest Moments"

[@christianraphael3521]

These moments mean so much more when you understand the context, the backstory, the odds, the stakes. Only then does it really feel like a miracle

[@JaeDavies23]

This is very true.

[@metroboomin1070]

facts

[@pabloverdaguer8251]

Agüero's goal is my favourite in that regard

[@dhauz___7855]

Yeah clips would've been much better if context was added. Most of those were decisive goals scored in crucial times, sometimes with backstories stretching back decades, like the Iniesta winner in the World Cup final at 3:44. Holland and Spain were the two biggest footballing nations not to win the World Cup at that point. Iniesta's goal meant Spain won their first ever WC, kick starting a successful era for them. Earlier in the game, Arjen Robben had a gilt edge chance that he missed for Holland that could've won them the trophy. It was a very costly miss. So as fate would have it 4 years later, at the next World Cup, Spain and Holland faced each other in their opening games for that tournament. That's where at 4:52 comes in. Robben scored the 5th goal in a 5-1 trashing of the defending champions to top off a brilliant performance that day.

[@Tizohip]

LUCAS MOURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@callumfrizzell1117]

The Leicester winning their first title clip, they had odds at bookies for 5000-1, loads of folk had “fan bets” on for it, They made a fortune them fans

[@curmudgeon_OG]

I met a guy on holiday in Portugal that January who had a tenner on them and he was trying to sell the docket to me at 100-1 for beer money and I said no (I did get him beers as I was all inclusive lol)

[@DeneF]

@Callum Frizzell For future reference. Always consider who you are talking too when talking! Lol. I wonder? Would 2 Americans know what 'bookies' is? Lolol.

[@jacknorthwood3190]

@@DeneF odds 5000-1 and fan bets is a huge giveaway.

[@wizfox123]

The best season ever. I am a Leicester supporter and get goosebumps every time I watch it back. Still doesn't seem real.

[@andrewwiddicombe3912]

I remember reading about a guy, who's wife had convinced him to give up buying his usual season ticket for that season. I imagine he's used that in an argument since

[@El-nn9wi]

“I was forced to play soccer and that’s why I didn’t play soccer.” That’s the most honest American thing someone ever said..

[@dimitrijensk2845]

I hear that. I personally LOVE soccer / football but if you do not enjoy doing something, you should not do it.

[@jubileu3683]

i'am from brazil, and here we would like, be forced play "soccer" football

[@henryalvarado1526]

Same happened to me but with baseball. I was forced to play baseball and I think being forced is what kills the passion.

[@FCI1908]

In Argentina/Brasil.. Europe and Italy in particular we are not forced, we love football for our DNA. Are you forced to love a woman? for us it is natural. We can also choose whether to follow the other sports or not, but soccer is a commandment for us.

[@alanloera5399]

Any other country in the world, your dad probably took you to a football match.. in America, the kids are the one dragging the dads to the games.

[@noghd2560]

Americans don’t understand what the game means to the rest of the world. Europe, Africa and South America it is literally life for many. The level of athletes and skill involved is also mindblowing

[@zab8228]

They will never, but dont forget asia and Australia and oceania, they are also on a good way. And always were

[@luminouskiwi1104]

Yeah the majority of Americans don’t get it, but it’s growing quickly over here, it could definitely become our most popular sport within the next few decades.

[@formatique_arschloch]

Biggest sport in the world.

[@Alimohamed-dq7zb]

Exactly I hate it when they soccer in here it is like they have no idea about the rest of the world here in canada

[@B-A-L]

India would like to disagree!

[@mrc4545]

Not many other sports can bring grown men and entire nations to tears. It's pure escapism and when played at it's very best, becomes art

[@bryanngassa2132]

Exactly just like 7-1 Germany brasil what a match full of cries for hosting nation

[@tufab3494]

@@bryanngassa2132 BRO DONT YOU EVER REMEMBER ME OF THAT AGAIN 😭

[@po1arz352]

@@bryanngassa2132 also the beautiful part was the Brazil fans at that game were clapping when Germany won knowing that they were the better team and also showing respect

[@ssbashalot7324]

NFL definitely can

[@bryanngassa2132]

@@ssbashalot7324 😂😂😂 nah not any time soon fam

[@chriswhite1417]

Hearing all those languages and teams from around the world, reminds me of the other beauty of football: it's a truely global sport. You can go to the richest suburb and the poorest favela and find something in common through football.

[@danielantunespt]

Reminds me Monaco and Napoli, have been in the two cities (Napoli just this last weekend) and it was immediatly de two clubs I remembered

[@needamap1390]

@@danielantunespt lol Napoli is the complete opposite of Monaco

[@mrrs7340]

@@needamap1390 this is exactly what he's saying mate lol

[@JP-je6jg]

Yes, you can go across Europe, from the bottom to the top of Africa and to the depths of South America an you will see kids on a patch of land, kicking a ball into a makeshift goal

[@headahhboi]

@@JP-je6jg you can come to asia, south asia, east asia, north asia you'll find football all across the world

[@kJ922-h3j]

150-1 is one thing, Leicester City won the premier league being 5000/1 at the beginning of the season. They only just survived relegation the season before that…

[@Stevenc1984]

When Claudio Ranieri became manager the summer before the season started I remember so many pundits saying they really feared for Leicester's survival. I thought it was a little harsh as he was very experienced, but the fact they won the league with a squad of waifs and strays was unthinkable.

[@selfaware3940]

Anything can happen!

[@eddypowell2308]

Gary Linekar had to present Match of the Day in his pants after saying he would if his home town (Leicester).

[@woowee4452]

I live in Leicester. Its shit.

[@pots_83]

@@iamtimmypenny The whole world was rooting for Leicester that season

[@dannyashton6234]

The way they start by saying soccer and start changing to saying football as the video progresses really puts a smile on my face

[@bryanngassa2132]

Me too

[@Heat_t]

Why lmao

[@pepsi-mcrib]

What is a soccer anyway? Handball, basketball, football - self-explanatory. But soccer? What does this word even mean?

[@danielwoods3896]

@@pepsi-mcrib No clue, but we didn't invent it. It came from England and the US adopted it

[@pepsi-mcrib]

@@danielwoods3896 I'm not talking about the sport but the word 'soccer' itself.

[@andrewarnott6106]

Just those few seconds of the 2005 Champions League final in Turkey is enough to give me goosebumps. Every single time. That comeback by Liverpool from 3-0 down is known in England as "The Miracle of Istanbul".

[@martinsell5326]

i went to work in Turkey in 2012 and as soon as they heard i was a liverpool fan, everyone started talking about 2005 champions league final, my translator joked at the end of 6 month that he spent 20% of his time talking about work, other 80% was football.

[@neinsager3236]

It brings tears in my eyes hearing the comentary. It's pure passion. Also, the cheering of the fans, their songs, the atmosphere in a stadium, the history and tradition of the old clubs, that is football.

[@christianraphael3521]

The fans The stadium The pressure The anticipation The tears The loss The transfers The tackles The penalties The freekicks The corners The COMMENTARY THE MANAGERS THE STORIES THE THRILL THE ODDS THE COMEBACKS THE CUPS THE PLAYERS ONLY FOOTBALL CAN MAKE YOU FEEL THIS WAY! THE GREATEST SPORT!

[@Person-gk5ee]

I’m British and I would say the atmosphere and the fans are better but NFL is a better sport

[@matejzizanovic7959]

@@Person-gk5ee NFL is pretty much a broken sport. Way too many rules, that change all the time ( cause its broken ), refs have to watch some crazy angle replays to see what actually happeneed who touched the grass first or whatnot, lasts way too long, way too many people are on each team, way too many pauses for commercials, and i dont even know how youre supposed to play that sport in an unprofessional event, like with friends you cant even play american football? Soccer is simple, every kid can learn rules in 5 minutes, and you can play it with any number of people. Also soccers magic comes from players being let on their own to improvise, rather than coaching staff drawing everything up. Makes it more like jazz, while NFL would be more like an orchestra. And im a jazz guy :)

[@Person-gk5ee]

@@matejzizanovic7959 bro 😂😂😂there’s so much controversy over hand balls in football😂💀 they change the rule all the time. Also are you dumb there’s like 3 VAR checks every football game. Every sport has rule changes and controversy. Ever heard of hand of god?

[@gbz-general8385]

Well said bro

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

@@Person-gk5ee Almost no one watches NFL outside the US. Football needs no fancy equipment like helmets, pads etc. It’s a game of the people and can be played by anyone, anywhere.

[@GuillaumeRx]

16:54 To give more context: That was a World Cup semi-final, in France. France was down 0-1. Lilian Thuram was a defender, he’s not supposed to score much. But there’s an interesting fact which made that moment very special: Thuram is actually the man who has played the most games under the french national jersey in history (142 games in total, a record for his country). In 142 games played for France, he only ever scored 2 goals. Just 2. Both of these goals, he scored in the very semi-final that is displayed in the video. Making his country go from 0-1 to 2-1 in the span of a few minutes. For the record, he was the one who gave away the goal to the Croatian team in the first place, that came from a mistake he made. Thuram, by himself, qualified his country, and France ended up winning the whole tournament. His only 2 goals in his 142 international games/15 year carrer. Sometimes, it just takes one game, just a few minutes, to become a legend.

[@Intrinseque52]

Souvenirs...

[@nightprowler1]

No one expected France to lose. So they barely won. It's not that special.

[@GuillaumeRx]

@@nightprowler1 it was for the player though.

[@MrYomino]

@@GuillaumeRx Bah laisse tomber, c'est un con l'autre, il sous-entend qu'on a acheté la coupe.

[@robydee920]

@@nightprowler1 no one expected Germany to lose in quarter-final but nobody asked Croatians what they thought about it.1998 third(3 years after the end of war of independence),2018 second and considering you can put all our population(4 million)in few city blocks of New York that's not bad.

[@2opler]

Even if you have little connection with the game it gets to you. My mum couldn`t watch the last 15 minutes of the `87 FA cup, she was totally wound up. Her local team in the final for the first time in 138 years. She lay down in her bedroom with her fingers in her ears. "Just tell me if they win`. Then floods of tears as they lifted the cup. She wasn`t even a fan. I tell you...it`s tribal.

[@Londronable]

My mother shouts the entire house down when our national team plays. Don't think she ever watches any other games.

[@helvete983]

I remember listening to Coventry beat my team (Leeds) on the radio en route to that final. Was a tough game, but we certainly cheered on Coventry in the final. Love it when underdogs win. What a team that Spurs team they beat was.

[@2opler]

@@helvete983 Leeds were a team we had no real expectation of beating. It was like a fairy tale. A lot of luck on the way to that final.

[@2opler]

@@Londronable Your mum is fantastic.

[@liammurtagh601]

Was the first FA cup final I can remember, Keith Houchen with the diving header

[@StartPlayFinish]

Football is strength, precision, speed, souplesse, technique, strategy, determination, passion, emotion at both team and individual level. I've had the privilege to have seen multiple greats throughout my life. When you see them, you know.. and its beautiful.

[@andrewbarbarash3116]

As a Liverpool fan for over 30 years... It's a rollercoaster of drama, ecstasy and heartbreak that has been unrivalled. It's never easy and it's worth all the pain for the reward when it finally happens. There are very few moments in life where you can pinpoint the moment where they were, what they were doing and who they were with decades later... But Football (soccer) fans can... We live for those moments.

[@mattycollins108]

Sunderland fan here mate

[@andrewbarbarash3116]

@@mattycollins108 my commiserations 🙏

[@mattycollins108]

@@andrewbarbarash3116 hahaha we will be back soon with the beach ball. Should show these two that video ffs

[@markgrinter3228]

Yanks know nothing about the english game . If they stood on the kop during a top European game . They might have a clue

[@GoPoketheBird]

I've grown up watching liverpool as an american fan, I get up at 6:30 AM for the early games (I am tomorrow morning for the Man City match as well), which is dedication because there's nothing I want to do more than sleep in on a saturday morning... but I have to say that the passion for college sports here in america is also absolutely nuts. NFL/NBA games aren't anywhere near the same as college because the passion the fans have for their universities are so much better than proffessional sports. I'm not wanting to compare the two fanbases and the passion, just know that americans are almost, if not just as passionate for a sport as you guys are for football. YNWA!

[@higgins007]

The real beauty of the Zlatan overhead kick was that in the week running up to the match all the English pundits could talk about was how overrated he is. He scored 4 taht night against England. Beautiful.

[@OyamaBoy]

4? He scored 3

[@higgins007]

@@OyamaBoy he scored 4

[@mrpk1719]

@@higgins007 scored 4 and won the game by 3-4 in there backyard.

[@alan-cl1rj]

@@OyamaBoy He scored 4, I was his right boot

[@mrpk1719]

@Rohan Chatterjee not really but okay.

[@fizzyfish]

I couldn’t explain how ingrained football (soccer) is the culture in most of the world. I’m uk and we played. Watched or spoke about it 80% of the time growing up.

[@Isleofskye]

You MUST have been born in England :) Why did I say that ?

[@gazbradster]

And usually the derby lol

[@Isleofskye]

I used to know someone with your name in the late 1990's/ Small World :)

[@suzannejane1035]

In Glasgow, it's mainly either Celtic (my team) or Rangers and they absolutely hate each other to the point that there are fights and folk getting killed, sadly.

[@alexrobertson1472]

@@suzannejane1035 well tbf thats more to do with the IRA than football.

[@alanelesstravelled8218]

"Football isn't a matter of life or death, it's far more serious than that" - Bill Shankly

[@n.d.miller1543]

You did watch the video then? It's literally quoted in the clip and they read it out aloud.

[@CammyK1872]

True

[@nicoladc89]

Football is a beautiful thing, but never forget it is full of air. (Giovanni Trapattoni)

[@nicolasantinir5878]

Bill shankly and bob paisley always in my heart 🙏🔴

[@gsal22]

I prefere "Football is the most important thing of the least important things" [Arrigo Sacchi]

[@SpiritmanProductions]

11:13 "If I find myself in that position, I've just slipped on ice. There's no glory." - One of the funniest comments I've heard in a reaction video, and, no offence, I wasn't expecting such dry humour from an American. Great stuff! * laughs in British * 😂

[@vansting]

I was in Greece the year they took the cup and man I was drunk for a week and didn’t pay one drink, everything was on the house! The whole country exploded in happiness and celebration!

[@leonbrooks2107]

Straight off the bat, as a Brit hearing the two of you refer to it as “Football” at the start made me check it wasn’t a clip about American Football 🤣 love the effort lads, keep up the good work 👍

[@chrisyates4509]

I also checked that I wasn’t watching a nfl video…🤣 but to stick it to them couldn’t give a hoot about the NFL not even got a team

[@bobburgers4302]

People say that Greece winning the UEFA European title with odds 150-1 was amazing. But how about winning the UEFA European title, without even being qualified for the tournament? In 1992 Denmark failed to qualify, but when Yugoslavia was suspended because of war breaking out, Denmark were called up, to take Yugoslavias place. And they to the title.

[@tylervalenz9692]

That's a great historical moment bro... Denmark shook Europe

[@shadowgunner1526]

Maybe Yugoslavia could have won it, they had an amazing team

[@mrsDenmark1]

Best summer of my life 🇩🇰

[@ZH8050]

I bet 1€ on Greece back then. Won 150 € LOL

[@lameduck3105]

FWIW Denmark won the title the same way Greece did years later. A strong defence and relying on counter-attacks to give them a goal or two. As a Dane it was wonderful to experience but the playstyle, looking back, wasn't really that impressive. The 1986 Danish team was way better and creative than the Euro '92 champions.

[@kewoncrayton2309]

Chicagoan here: never too interested in sports in general as a youth, but I went to high school with a lot of Bosnians and Mexicans who were really excited about the game they played here prior to the w014 World Cup. I decided to ask around and started kicking around with some friends and loved it. Watching that year’s World Cup was astonishing - and having a pitch right around the corner was a real blessing. Been in love ever since. Watched a good amount of these moments live on TV - especially in public at bars and parties - and you’re all just screaming and stunned, having witnessed magic. Even though it all already looks so impressive, once you play and can try to conceptualize the real difficulty and rarity of such goals, especially in-game - it’s truly astonishing. Beautiful game, indeed.

[@realog7231]

👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@masteryoda2300]

thanks for loving our sport 😃 from 🇮🇹

[@williamwilkes9873]

Yeh, spot on!

[@williamwilkes9873]

@@masteryoda2300 something else from the u.k............nice one!

[@steveryan696]

As an Englishman who’s love for football has been for all my life I gotta say that video got me close to tears as silly as it sounds- it’s not just a sport, it’s hope, it’s to celebrate something when you’ve got nothing to be happy about in your day to day life, it’s something to look forward to and more often then not get angry about but that makes the joyous times even more special. Hard to understand for people that don’t like the game but it’s just beautiful to be captivated in it.

[@therunawaykid6523]

One of the main reasons I love football is the whole unpredictable nature of it, anything can happen at any time

[@viggofagerstrom9262]

15:33 its good to note that the team Liverpool faced were undoubtedly the best team in the world. There were several legends of the game playing in Milan and they were heavy favorites to win the match so for Liverpool, a team that finished 5th in the premier league that season with a not so great team to come back after being down 3-0 in halftime is probably the greatest comeback in football history.

[@AdamOBrien29]

Istanbul ❤

[@wyrdstone85]

Except you have to take into account the 2019 Champs League semi-final over 2 legs, Liverpool beating Barcelona. The other Greatest Comeback Of All Time.

[@viggofagerstrom9262]

@@wyrdstone85 I don't think it is tbh mate. Definitely the best comeback ever at Anfield but I think we were better then Barca as a team. Beating them 4-0 was highly unlikely but with the crowd behind the team it still felt possible. Istanbul was such a miracle because we were crap and they were one of the best teams ever assembled.

[@danielsoares6374]

I'm Brazillian, so I guess I can talk a little about football. Football is such a great sport, it touches so many people. It doesn't matter what you're doing, or what team you cheer, but in a world cup everyone comes together to watch your national team play. In Brazil we have this culture, since we are little kids, you play football and most of the time your dream is to become a professional. I had the opportunity to go to stadiums here where I live, and is simply amazing. Even when games finish 0-0, you have the feeling that something good was taken from it. We have a lot of legendary games here, I recommend to anyone reading this, Botafogo X Santos final da Taça Brasil (Both teams were the base for Brazil first three world cup win, and they played the final of a Brazilian cup in the late 60'). The other game I suggest is Santos x Flamengo (Ronaldinho x Neymar) Ronaldinho that day, made it rain, it was unbelievable

[@stefanodanovaro8140]

fuerza Brazil irmaoo de peru 💪🏻💪🏻

[@fixer1140]

Joga bonito

[@leandrogimenez2577]

7-1

[@eduardolopes6652]

@@leandrogimenez2577 Five world cups, the colossus!

[@leandrogimenez2577]

@@eduardolopes6652 cuando no jugaba nadie

[@camerachica73]

That Liverpool vs AC Milan match is one to watch - often called the miracle of Istanbul because it was seen as a no way win to be 3 goals down at half time.

[@Djst-zv1sv]

Rats

[@thequietman760]

Bin dippers

[@OldDevlin]

@@thequietman760 For EtS guys, this insult (bin dippers) comes from the 80s when Thatcher's Tory government brutalised working class communities. It hit Liverpool especially hard, with record breaking numbers of people having to leave their homes to move elsewhere where there were more job opportunities. Liverpudlians really fell on hard times and became some of the poorest people in England. As a result of their poverty, and children going hungry, Mancs went the classy route of declaring Liverpudlians (scousers) as "bin dippers", insinuating that's how they got their food...digging through garbage. So, the supposed "bin dippers" insult is a great example of an insult saying more about the user than the perceived victim. Mancs, using working class poverty and hungry children as something to mock and laugh at. Ironically, Liverpool is doing well for itself nowadays, and is economically better off than Manchester, was Europe's first Capital of Culture, and has lower crime statistics than Manchester, but Mancs being a little slower than most other people, still cling on to a 40 year old insult which is as outdated as their city. One day they'll realise that saying "bin dippers" only backfires on them and leaves everybody laughing at their expense. Welcome to the 21st century, Manchester 😂

[@ktwine7994]

An incredible comeback, that AC Milan squad was absolutely insane.

[@alexcockburn8975]

I was at uni that day and I remember that amazing game. Gerrard's roar.

[@bibiayube677]

This is why we call it the beautiful game, it's hard to explain to others how this game brings out emotions you wouldn't thought you had

[@derekd.4156]

The bergkamp goal has got to be the most insane “turn” I’ve ever seen

[@anabolicmeals2013]

Best goal ever

[@musaajallow3697]

I absolutely agree. I haven’t since something like that since.

[@Wabbit_Hunta]

We were at that Newcastle game, in the Arsenal end and it was stunning watching Denis score that goal. Dabidas dumped on his arse by the spin and turn and the way Denis slotted the ball home, it was a joy to watch. Even Geordies were stunned, and quite a few applauded it too, especially our friends in Newcastle who we stayed with couldn't believe he did that. Then he went and done a similar move in the World Cup in France, I was there for the England games and we were in a bar watching that match on TV, the bar was jam packed and everyone went mental when he scored. Even the French!

[@lowwatthalo1654]

Every major sport in the US can produce endless videos of amazing plays/scores. It's the fact that soccer produces these videos using mostly their feet.... Players like Messi are so legendary not just because of their own scores, but some of his most magical work was in the assists for other players.

[@curmudgeon_OG]

“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.” ― George Best

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Georgie; one of my all time favourite players, back when they played with a real football.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

@@jimmygrieves2909 LOL. Watching him play was poetry in motion. I bow to no one when I say, even now, one of the best ever. AND with that leather ball, sodden with rain. Bugger heading that! It was a shame, his demise. It made me cry. BBC2 once dedicated a whole evening to him, years ago, but I watched every minute. And I'm an Iron's girl, pure Upton Park claret. Luvverley!

[@curmudgeon_OG]

@@jimmygrieves2909 I'm from Belfast and my mother dated him when they were at school. She says it's the only game he played where he didn't score.

[@fatbelly27]

It's a shame that a lot of his football was played before everything was filmed. Nevertheless there are some good compilations on youtube that the guys should watch.

[@TheGrimmCommoner]

"Some people dream of shagging Miss World or scoring a hat-trick against Liverpool. I've done both." - George Best

[@douglasnelson3523]

Love the channel guys and your efforts to "Embrace" stuff outside the USA. From a brit I always think it's a damn shame that americans are only told about american stuff by the US media outlets disregrding almost everything else. I love american football, but I hate the flaw that no one can be relegated if the place last in a division, so there's no risk and US outlets for decades have said it's a world sport, it's not. Football is a world sport with 211 countries competing to play in the world cup which clearly makes it a true WORLD cup. Not slating americans, just a damn shame they don't get info about the rest of the planet and miss so much. Good on you guys for having a look.

[@mjoezic3198]

Why is it a shame? Who cares if Americans like football or not. I dont like American Football. Is that a shame?

[@justenough2326]

Just to counter some of that, the NFL draft serves to level the playing field between clubs somewhat, creating churn and opportunity that rarely exists at the top of the football pyramid except for very rare outliers like this video.

[@アキコ2003]

Who cares. America isn't the center of the world Soccer wasn't on the map only in America. Soccer was always popular on the rest of the world, in europe literally nobody watches American football or baseball

[@KireaPhillips_superj0ka]

@@アキコ2003 Makes you wonder why the Jaguars play in England sometimes.

[@grago]

I feel bad for Americans not being interested in football, but not as a way of criticizing them or something like that, it's more like a "why you won't come to the party?" kind of thing, i feel like they are missing a lot.

[@YeahhDan]

That Liverpool comeback against Barcelona in the semi-final of the CL was the best game I've ever had the privilege of watching live. Being 3-0 down after the first leg against Messi and Barca is something that almost no other team could overcome and they did.

[@sarahblohm361]

The fact that we did it without Salah or Firmino…..absolutely incredible. My dad had zero belief we could turn the semi final around. But as I pointed out to him, when it comes to the Champions League, never write us off if we’re 3-0 down at the halfway point! I’ve lost count how many times I’ve rewatched the highlights of both the Barcelona game & the 2005 final. They never get old!

[@osmanhadzalic9060]

Roma did it too 🤣 Barca got pegged twice

[@fayesouthall6604]

Remarkable comeback

[@lukeoughton977]

What a season that was. Spurs beating city with a super late handball goal after city's goal was dissalowed. Then Liverpool Barca, then Spurs Ajax.

[@Refusedlove]

Well we basically did the same the year before and I watched it live too, so cheers

[@DNOPLAYSGAMES]

I’m from liverpool, and that win after 3-0 down at half time is the best thing that’s ever happened to my city

[@akira-qr4qm]

No, the Beatles were literally born there

[@Ellieandmasonmusic]

Stop chatting shite

[@defeatstatistics7413]

I'm a Crystal Palace fan, so Istanbul for me is half of why football is amazing: the joy and the hilarity go hand in hand. I lost my damn mind watching Istanbul, celebrating Liverpool's win. I've still never laughed as hard as when Crystanbul happened.

[@gizber]

I'm a Milan fan and I still feel pain.

[@gerghghherb880]

In football the crescendo is spectacular, but the journey, how you got there, is what makes those moments so special

[@grantpaterson1016]

Istanbul is one of the greatest games of Football I have ever seen...not even a Liverpool supporter but it was truly like a fairytale Hollywood blockbuster it was that unreal.

[@Monsteretrope]

I agree, It felt like it was scripted to be as hype as possible :P

[@lolloSOXE]

As a milan fan for me was a nightmare, even if we win 2 years after against Liverpool In Athens but today it's though remember that final...

[@nicoladc89]

it was an absurd game, there was not a first half in which Milan dominated and a second half in which Liverpool dominated, as it usually happens when there is a comeback. Milan dominated for 110 minutes before and after the comeback, it was literally a notch above Liverpool

[@kirstydthomas]

I'm not really a football fan but honestly, the passion and intensity especially in big games, just draws you in.

[@neilstothard]

Known as the miracle of Istanbul, the 2005 champions league final when Liverpool came back from 3-0 down at half time is worth a watch Liverpool fans always believed in the side but nearly everyone else had them down and out at half time.

[@levivalentinovideos]

I was in London with work, and we went out to watch the game at some pub, my two work colleagues weren’t interested, at half time the loan Liverpool fan in the pub was crying, and everyone was putting an arm round him to console him. When it was 3-3 this same Liverpool fan got picked up and carried around the pub, happy tears this time!

[@ChrisTravelss]

I was with 6 Liverpool fans and they all thought you were dead at half time- -What you on about lol

[@neilstothard]

@chris w put it this way I was watching from home and constantly pacing around , got in trouble after the game as I was so elated I went and got my 6wk old daughter out of her cot and woke her up. Oops.

[@daviebananas1735]

Literally every Liverpool fan, barring a few crackpots thought they were done at half time. That’s WHY it’s arguably the greatest ever comeback.

[@chiefvon3068]

Reminds me of Barca. After the first leg all my United and Chelsea friends were laughing at me. Told them we'd come back. After the 2nd leg, they damn near bowed to me. I learnt never to doubt us in 2005, faced a lot of heartbreak since, but always believed in us.

[@Dimitris-q4z]

Thank God my country got the chance to win a euro Just goosebumps 🇬🇷❤

[@phudoraps3374]

I had a Greece top from holiday before they won with charisteas on the back and when they did I couldn’t believe it and was actually buzzing for yous even though I have little to nothing to do with Greece until now that my beloved club is owned by a Greek owner but I won’t say anything incase you are rival to our sister club 😉 haha ❤️🤍

[@ΠαρασκευηΚωστελιδου]

​@@phudoraps3374 not a problem! Judging from his logo this man is a fan of your sister team but I'm not sure if he's happy about it... His team is a mess this year... 😁

[@phudoraps3374]

@@ΠαρασκευηΚωστελιδου ahh yes you are correct but the photo was different when I commented in my defence haha but yes you are right I don’t think their season is going as expected at this moment in time. But much love to Greece and I hope to be back soon as it has been a long time.

[@ΠαρασκευηΚωστελιδου]

@@phudoraps3374 its been months from your first comment so... Greetings from Greece!

[@Real_GalaxyCat]

11:09 - "controlled chaos". That's a really great description of the entire game to be honest. From the perspective of a Brit, most American sports seem to stop and start all the time, brief moments of brilliance between periods of waiting around (honourable exception of basketball, which I think is great). Football moves, is fluid like liquid and even seems alive at times. That's the beauty of it.

[@milosti85]

Atlanta United FC, they had 68k attend the game two weeks ago. Charlotte FC just had an attendance of 74k watch the match. The sport is growing in the country for sure.

[@joshuademoraes]

😱

[@22faka]

The atlanta has a sort of inspiration in the Newell's old Boys of Rosario Argentina. Can be speculated that the colors of the team came from there, the team has had many of Newell's related players over the years and also their first Trainer and the 2020 2021 trainer came from the same institution, club wich also by chance formed messi when young and had Maradona play for it for a season. For a sport to grow it needs the experience, the feel, the passion. If it feels too commercial it just falls flat. Hope you can grow a good fan base there

[@Jon3sy1990]

This is why it’s the best and biggest sport in the world! It’s the beautiful game so glad I was born in the UK where this is a way of life not just a sport! I can’t imagine not having football on a Saturday!

[@ivanchinchilla6415]

I dont know how and why youtube suggested me this video, but really thank u hahaha. Im from Spain and its quite shocking the way we put so much importance in football in our region (for eg. Europe),while people in America dont even know who is ronaldo or messi. Obviously we dont know anything about baseball or hockey. Great video

[@elpeltys]

Guys, big respect from Scotland. When your videos pop up they are one of the few that get FULL-SCREENED! Praise doesn't get much better than that.

[@EmbraceTheSuck21]

Don't get too comfy with that, can't do that with every piece of content unfortunately

[@elpeltys]

@@EmbraceTheSuck21 LOL - i mean that I put your videos in full screen on my device. Not many videos on YT get the benefit of my full screen dudes, take that as a compliment. Thanks for replying by the way.

[@JoseMartinez-uq9vj]

I cried a couple of times watching this. When you know the context, it is mindblowing.

[@helenchristie6530]

Ah Bill Shankly, wonderful man, my children are his great great nieces & nephew, all of us are Liverpool fans.

[@paulcollinsyoga]

Guys - every sport at the highest level is amazing!!! The thing about football/soccer is that it is the ultimate global sport. Everyone plays it, so the quality at the highest level is insane. The video you watched had some terrific goals, but they were mostly solo goals, or really memorable goals because of their context (lots of the goals in that video were from World Cups). Check out some videos about team/passing goals. That is when the sport truly starts to become sublime.

[@gavlar111]

Football is also incredible because you can be in a different country, not able to speak the language, take out a football and spend hours playing with people you have never met, unable to communicate properly and leave feeling like you have spent hours with friends. Football is awesome! Some people just dont get it though, I hear people saying things like "it is just kicking a bag of wind around a field" - and for them I feel sorry.

[@de4ds1ghtcsgo94]

Or Kevin de Bruyne assists.

[@naniita1103]

I remember watching the Brazil-Germany (1-7) game when we were working. Idk how's in other countries, but most jobs here (Argentina) set up TVs or monitors so you can watch the worldcup while on the clock. We were doumbfounded. Brazil and Argentina have always had this rivalry in football, so at first it was like, lol Brazil's losing! But after the 4th goal we were like, dude enough. Just...leave them be...pass the ball to kill time or sth. It sucked to watch that.

[@juttapopp1869]

Not for a German, lol. Though it's claimed, Löw told the Team to Tone it down after 5 to 0, but Schürrle didn't get the memo, lol.

[@CEOdeVelocita]

@@teacoffee42 in Argentina is strange than a team scored more to 4 goals, is such a not wrote rule, except when is a big rival, or a very little team making a big surprise, in those both cases are accepted

[@anthonysilva234]

Guys like you are what brings more attention to the beautiful sport. Completely open minded and not immediately hating it because it’s not a traditional “American sport”. Loved the video!

[@helloScuffed]

10:47 That footballer is Polish national team member and former Borussia Dortmund player Jakub Blaszczykowski. Jakub had a very tragic childhood. His mother died as a result of domestic violence. She was attacked with a knife by her husband and died in the street, holding her 11-year-old son in her arms..... Jakub's father was sent to prison, and he was placed in the care of his grandmother. Kuba found in football an escape from the trauma he endured and become one of BVB's most iconic players.

[@lindylou7853]

7th grade was too late - kids in the UK are starting at 4 years’ old. ‘Signing’ to clubs at 8.

[@Londronable]

Yea, that's like waay to late. I was scouted by a first division team and training with them by that age.

[@snakeplissken6649]

The Miracle of Istanbul, widely regarded as the greatest comeback in the history of The Champions League. If not football in general. Until recently when being 3-0 down after the first leg in the semi final against Barcelona in the return leg at Anfield Liverpool went on to beat Barcalona 4-0 & then subsequently defeated Spurs in the final to lift their 6th European Cup. The words "Corner taken quickly" will haunt Messi & the rest of the team & their supporters forever.

[@smoothcheeky8910]

Definitely between istanbul and 99 for the greatest comeback

[@lordgemini2376]

@@smoothcheeky8910 99 takes the edge, both goals in extra time

[@chrisrobbie8675]

The game that reveals all the cracks in FC Barcelona Today, they are broken to pieces . . . is also the one that will hurt Messi to his final breath

[@alejandrosoto5588]

@@chrisrobbie8675 Nah dude, it’s that goal from Götze that will haunt Messi’s mind forever. But for us (Barça fans) that Anfield comeback surely is something that we maybe will never get rid of. In livestream it was just horrible to watch.

[@SlimJim3082]

Lol Penaldo fans cackling here

[@iDropPhats]

That’s the beauty of football to the rest of the world.There are professional players, and then there are the best of the best, and those guys are the closest things you can get to superheroes. For the top tier players, it’s crazy how a single man can have the support of an entire country or entire cities or regions of a country, the support of all age groups, young and old. They’re looked up to by tens, if not hundreds of millions of people who see these players as their heroes, and it’s no wonder they’re treated as such.

[@TommyHax]

Watching this video gives me chills. I remember watching the majority of these games live. It takes you to a place nothing else can

[@murder13love]

Greece winning Euro 2004 was one of the most outstanding days of my life, my cousin played for them, missed the tournament through injury, but helped them qualify with Spain in their group. Fun fact, he also played for Newcastle and is the player near the start of this video who gets put on his arse by Bergkamp, also considered the greatest premier league goal of all time, to this day he has said there was nothing he could do to stop him. Bergkamp was a hell of a magician on the ball. 👌

[@baadjames9630]

In football everyone can win everyone can lose and that’s what makes football the greatest sport of all time

[@Person-gk5ee]

Isn’t that every sport 😂 also ever heard of a draw

[@therunawaykid6523]

Reasons football is the beautiful game to me: Amazing goals The fans Pinpoint passes The skill The anthems The chants Different techniques and styles of play Unpredictable nature - anything could happen at any time

[@B-A-L]

In football only one team can win actually otherwise what would be the point?

[@vickyexton3566]

I'm a Liverpool fan and the game where they came back from 3-0 down to win 4-3 against Barcelona in Rome will remain with me as my favourite, followed closely by their comeback from 3-0 at half time to win the 2005 Champions League. Really enjoyed this guys 🏟⚽️

[@LFCliid]

In Rome???

[@paul39a]

i nearly wet myself that night...lol

[@neildo2025]

Celtic fan, this is still one of my fave nights of football ever and I was at celtic 2-1 barca. Out fucking standing.

[@aldisley6565]

@@SimSim-zf9if Were fans and we seek glory, ya nob.

[@willrichardson1809]

Showing my age, I remember beating Borussia Mönchengladbach and Roma in Rome, but not Barcelona. They were numbers 1 and 4 in our incredible haul of 6.

[@digitalcassette5]

I'm italian canadian. My dad loves soccer. Watching the world cup / euro cup with my dad and sister are some of the greatest memories that I'll always cherish. Running outside playing soccer with my neighbors, Italians, Greeks, Portuguese, Argentinian - there's something beautiful about these world events esp in a multicultural place like Canada. Seeing everyone with their flags proudly. I still remember the streets of lil italy in 2006 in montreal, great memories

[@RusherVaLorant]

you Italian than why say socc*r. Its football

[@digitalcassette5]

@@RusherVaLorant cause in Canada we say soccer.

[@FeliciaElsa]

Yeah sis', the memories from 2006... A nightmare! But that's because I'm French lol *crying emoji*

[@onorioneto3798]

Yeah, its been a tough decade for the italians, not even qualifying to the cups

[@therunawaykid6523]

You mean football 😒

[@kiffar]

This video always brings me to tears. SO much more than just a sport. It truly is the "beautiful game"

[@katieoliver2469]

As a n English gal through and through, I had to sub. Love how we can all just appreciate other cultures, countries, have a laugh, and get on with shit without creating major beef. Good stuff, guys!

[@FilterHQ]

Liverpool have had some amazing comebacks...teams know that even being 3-0 up..they can still get beaten by them lol

[@thereverendoffunk]

This is a quote from Sir Bobby Robson What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.

[@thiagomuniz8607]

It is beautiful man

[@matteosoncini9627]

I'm an Italian guy and last year I was able to see my national team triumphing at the European championship, I would say unexpectedly. All wonderful, but never like when in 2006, when I was twenty, I saw Italy win the world championship, you can't what you can feel, if you haven't had the good fortune to live such a moment, the collective joy, the mass delirium of an entire nation that no longer goes to sleep because you can only celebrate all together, eternal moments!!!

[@therunawaykid6523]

Unlucky about not qualifying for this World Cup !🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@damn_jaz9895]

This compilation is just images representing the history of football trough his masterpieces (it's like going trough an art history book and being stunned by every piece of art ) ( of course,if you know the backstories, and the cultural consequences of each one of those moments,you can't do nothing but smiling and thinking about the beauty of this sport (the same applies to basketball for me too). By the way,Messi's goal against bayern munchen it's for me the one of the greates goal ever. He sat down one of the best defender of the decade (and back then,the greatest defender of the world) and make a lob with his weak foot(the right one) and beat one of the greatest goalkeeper ever (the best in the world back then ) .

[@maddiesanabria5047]

watching you guys smile and your jaws drop while you're watching these guys plays, brings me a lot of joy. I wasn't a soccer fan until I met my husband almost 9 years ago, but it was an immediate and whole obsession. It's awful, and it's painful, and it's just pure joy. There is no inbetween x)...also if you're in the South, Nashville and Austin are both really good teams and have great fans

[@ljcm1750]

As a Tottenham fan that come back against ajax and Lucas moura’s hat trick was the best club football moment I’ve ever experienced. Me and my 8 year old brother were watching together, 6 minutes into injury time and Lucas smashes the ball in to send us through. My brother did not mind the fact he got thrown 9 feet across my living room 🤣❤️ great vid you guys

[@gazf09]

As an Arsenal fan im sad to not see all the Thierry Henry goals wiping the floor with you game after game. But even more happy that we won the league at shite heart lane ;) mwah :*

[@ljcm1750]

@@gazf09 can’t even lie I ain’t reading all that but my uncs was first to play for Spurs and Arsenal so I don’t really hate Arsenal all that much lol

[@gazf09]

@@ljcm1750 bantz my good man 😁😁

[@kalkidanlulu3495]

Stfu Tottenham had no memorable moment....it is a team of constant failure

[@carolineford8951]

I'm a Boro fan (North East of england) and this showed all the reasons why I love football (underdogs winning, epic comebacks, epic goals, passion, pride)! Bit emotional watching actually

[@starbug12121]

I’m a wednesdayite and can’t wait for our sleeping giant to wake up biggest club outside of premier league

[@vinnyfurlong6845]

@@starbug12121 You're joking right? 😁

[@ScottBlade1889]

@@starbug12121 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@starbug12121]

@@ScottBlade1889 bigger club than you’ll ever be pal

[@ScottBlade1889]

@@starbug12121 Ok, explain to me how SWFC (an irrelevant league one team) are bigger than SUFC in 2022? You won a few more trophies than us like a century ago ffs. You haven't even averaged 30k for like 50/60 years. Enjoy playing the likes of Accrington Stanley. mAsSiVe 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@willrichardson1809]

You should look up Bill Shankly, there will only ever be one of him and some of his quote were brilliant. Any one who played for him has some amazingly funny stories about him. Footballs Greatest Managers - Bill Shankly, is on KZbin

[@davidbirchall832]

YNWA

[@MARSHALL20216]

Only 2 great teams in Liverpool bro 😉

[@Djst-zv1sv]

He was a helmet

[@HisDudeness316]

Plenty of brilliant Scottish managers of that period. Shankly, Busby, Stein et al.

[@Jimbob_sc]

@@MARSHALL20216 liverpool and liverpool reserves

[@manrajjohal2697]

It’s difficult to score in football, that’s why every moment is tense

[@barto4686]

Wow, we kids in Poland back in 80s and 90s and so on we'd just play ball all day long

[@black_rabbit7445]

The Belgium Japan Worldcup match is one of the most insane recent comebacks. Def worth checking out.

[@bruh-ok5ks]

oh definitely

[@Jorgejtrdr]

What a game Inui played really undeserved the elimination

[@kJ922-h3j]

Unfortunately there isn’t a channel, I’m aware of, that makes videos and compilations that really properly explains the exact situations and significance of goals as if it’s people watching who don’t know at all. Somebody is missing a trick there, they could have a very successful channel with that

[@highpath4776]

I suppose so much footage is in the control of the FA/Sky so on.

[@Steve-qy6yk]

I was thinking the same thing - the goals mean more when they're placed in their context

[@SavageIntent]

Both the USA and Canada have so much great young talent coming through. I think, given the size of your population and how much you guys love sports in general, and how football is gaining in popularity, in 20-30 years you guys could be a world beater.

[@daviel6595]

USA have good young squad Canadians have few good players

[@remigonzalez8219]

They late 100y in tactics I don’t see them filling that gap

[@ianpodmore9666]

The big step for the US is getting players playing for the big European teams in the Champions League.

[@Shrasha]

My nephew fell in love with the game and has lived it and breathed it his whole live. At 13 he’s been asked to try out for a professional team’s reserve team with plans to keep him on until he’s old enough to play for their main team. Southampton to be exact. He hopes to do it and dreams to play for Leicester City one day. He is known by the team as an avid fan with Hamza Choudry even being a friend of his! He even drove to his house (my sister’s place) to drop his old training shoes complete with autographs to inspire him!

[@livealittle1100]

15:30...i was 10 at that time and die hard Liverpool fan since 2002. I still remember me and my brother watched the game in TV at 3am morning. I literally cried. I didn't know what was going on. My brother die hard Manu fan were saying Ruben Liverpool won.. Liverpool won the biggest Cup. I couldn't even comprehend how big Champion league was. I couldn't understand English back then because I'm from Malaysia. English was the language we talk least at that time. The sheer happiness I had was infinite. Furthermore my mom always wakes up at 6am to wake us up to get ready for school. It was a nightmare. We turned off the TV and pretend like we were asleep. I will always cherish that moment and will pass down the memories to my kids.

[@sammason5178]

The MLS for men is now a 28 team league, but lacks promotion and relegation. It has teams in most big cities and Canada. Now established, academies are bringing through many young players. Quite a few of them now play in Europe (e.g. Christian Pulisic). The newest team is Charlotte FC, they expect a crowd of about 70000 for their first home match. They are away to DC United in their first game on Saturday.

[@Jorgejtrdr]

I think USA should have promotion and relegation, is really beautiful part of the sport games that USA is missing

[@sergiora23]

Can't wait for derbys. LA is already spicy

[@frankiejulianov5976]

13:52 thats right bro! Now you understand how passionate this sport really means to the entire world

[@fedup3449]

@12:50 Every Englishman over a certain age, though I can't remember what age that is, knows that the Maradona goal was plain cheating - he hit the ball into the net with his hand. He was 5'6" tall and Peter Shilton was 6'4" ish. England were knocked out of the World Cup by a cheat and some decrepit officials.

[@strangelyjamesly4078]

Maradona's 1st game as Argentina manager was against Scotland in Glasgow. He got the biggest cheer of the night. You still see the number 10 / Maradona shirt worn in Glasgow (Celtic fans). Rangers supporters wear the Three Lions. Legend.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

That still makes me so mad. SO mad. Karma's a bitch though right, Diego?

[@ianpodmore9666]

Just as bad was Lampards phantom goal against the Hun in 2010. Everyone in the stadium and watching could clearly see the ball was 2 yards over the line, the only people on planet earth that didn't was a referee and linesman.

[@fedup3449]

@@strangelyjamesly4078 So, celebrating a cheat is good?

[@fedup3449]

@@DawnSuttonfabfour Ha yeah. He got into drugs, so no doubt lost much of of his ill gotten gains. Shallow people. You gotta laugh.

[@Cani33ia]

The great thing about Football ( I refuse to call it by the S word) is that two kids, with a tennis ball, in a hallway with doors for goals at either end, can play a close approximation to the full game.

[@1individeo]

You've just made the best description of what it feels like to make a bicycle kick: it's a mix between "yeah!" and "ouch" which you feel more depends if you score or not. Its the kind of moves you only try when the ball is involved, you dont drill it, you just do it. Still huge risk for the same result as a tapin

[@badvock1]

12:50 "The hand of God" was a handling goal scored by Argentine footballer Diego Maradona during the Argentina v England quarter finals match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. It still hurts, to this day!

[@stephenhodgson3506]

I was told "practice makes permanent so you'd better get it right or you will become an expert at doing it wrong." You said how good it must feel scoring a goal or winning goal in a world cup final but how about scoring three in a world cup final including the winner and knowing you are the only person in history to do it. You'll know football has really taken off in the States when there are local leagues made up of local bars playing in nearby parks all playing for the love of the game. Throughout the world that is where the majority of the game is played. The guy you saw scoring at 13:01 was released at the age of 16 by his club. He then got a normal job but played on a weekend for a local semi professional team earning £30 per week. He was spotted and sold to a low league professional team for £15,000 and gradually worked his way back up the leagues and finished up winning a league title an FA Cup (where he became the first player to play in every round of the competition including the preliminary stages) and playing for his country. Stories like his are why the game is so popular throughout the world.

[@gavlar111]

oooh...Danish friend!

[@nndimitry]

When I see the clip snd there you have Eusebio, Zidane, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Roberto Carlos, Milito, Inzaghi, Pirlo and many other, for those who never seen football these are legends one of a kind footballers that made their names so well known through sweat and blood.

[@southj89]

The fact that so much football is routine draws or 1 - 0 wins or the superior team cantering home to an easy win… it really makes some of the crazy moments that much more intense. Aguero scoring the goal that won the league in the last second, or last year’s World Cup final which was just absolute bananas

[@marcosmagic1983]

As an ardent Football fan all my life watching this compilation I had goosebumps over & over again because I remember most of them since 1990 but actually have contextual memory towards the older videos as I know my football history, great video, honestly you guys should pick a Premier league side, mine is Tottenham and just go with it for a season try and catch every game, by the time the World Cup arrives in Nov this year your both gonna be ready to support the USA side with everything you have, I guarantee it .

[@gie8366]

12:38 FYI, at that time, even supporters from the opponent team stood up to applaud that goal. It's that beautiful.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

I'm glad I found this channel! it's refreshing to see Americans willing to try to understand and appreciate 'the beautiful game'! Football is ingrained into the culture in the majority of the world, it certainly is here in England! :) It's full of fascinating tales and passion and it becomes easy to see why it is a religion to many ("football isn't life and death. It's far more important that that!" (sic)). I've been a Manchester City fan for 34 years now and while many will know them as the club that got rich and famous from Arab investors, I remember us being relegated twice in the late 90's, the passionate rivalries with United through the years and never once thinking we would ever be successful in my lifetime. That's just one of millions of stories that make this such a special sport :)

[@tommyxbones5126]

In context there are thousands of televised minutes of football every week & some of these goals are truly a rarity & don't come all the time , if you are lucky enough to witness a top class goal it's a lifelong memory for a fan.

[@DoggVlogs]

I’m from the UK just came across your football reaction vids, really enjoying em

[@ripsnort8194]

So much passion ❤️ in d game

[@danwill]

That’s why we call it the beautiful game ⚽️ (LFC)

[@imo098765]

You know whats one of the weirdest parts, its almost like the person who made this video doesnt like United. United winning the treble is not one of the beautiful moments in football but a Stevie G long range shot is one, like we've seen him and Scholes hit those so many times

[@glyngasson8450]

To put things in perspective, there are 32 NFL teams, so the team that wins the Superbowl are better than 31 other teams. In the World Cup there are 207 nations. So the winners are better than 206 other nations.

[@rorz999]

Lolwut? There aren't even 207 countries in the world

[@GilTheCohen]

@@rorz999 There are 210 national teams listed in FIFA

[@Denathorn]

@@rorz999 You've got to remember places like, say, here in the UK, yeah, we are one country, but it's a union of 4 nations... England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland... All of them eligible for the World Cup [And Euro's]. And there are many countries the same, so the figures do indeed sharp tot up!

[@glyngasson8450]

@@rorz999 You can find the full FIFA listings on Google

[@cornishbluebird]

As a Welshman, Wales beating Belgium in the European Championships, was one of the greatest wins in European football.. Especially as we came from behind to do so, and then progress to the Semi-finals for the first time in our footballing history... Gareth Bale is a god

[@scotthill1600]

Americans which I am from NC, always think the Super Bowls important most not knowing the World Cup or maybe the olympics are but pretty sure World Cup is the most watched sports event in the world

[@mrsuperger5429]

I'm a Rangers fan from Scotland, and we've had some amazing players from the USA in the last decade or so, Claudio Reyna, Maurice Edu, DeMarcus Beasley, and currently James Sands.

[@GKitz211]

I've played for thirty years and can tell you that the feeling, when you realize the ball you played goes into the goal, is the best feeling possible. It's a shot of endorphine you only know when you once score for yourself.

[@vinnyfurlong6845]

9:07. I was at that game. Coventry City v Everton. Willie Carr and Ernie Hunt, for Cov, my team, performing the 'donkey kick' free kick. At the end of that season the 'donkey kick' was ruled an illegal free kick. Something you guys might not know and may explain why football fans are so passionate about their clubs is the History. The Oldest recognised club is Sheffield FC, founded in 1857. The oldest recognised club still in existance is Royal Antwerp FC, founded in 1860. My club Coventry City FC was founded in 1883.

[@holydiver73]

While we sing together, we will never lose! PUSB my friend.

[@vinnyfurlong6845]

@@holydiver73 PUSB!

[@Loki1815]

Leicestershire odds of winning the Premier league was 5000-1. It was a big deal to even make it look like it was possible. I was in a Portuguese Bar and they turned off an Italian game to watch the Leicester game! So it was even a "thing" in Portugal!

[@woowee4452]

Leicestershire 🤣🤣🤣

[@Loki1815]

@@woowee4452 Kin' autocorrect!

[@rorz999]

If you liked this, you *have* to watch a compilation of Matt Le Tissier's best goals! Most underrated English player ever. A goal-scoring genius

[@vortexathletic]

As an American, soccer is my favorite sport to both play and watch. To put it in context to other Americans, the passion that soccer fans have around the world is comparable to SEC college football fans but 5x (Also the word “soccer” originated in England, and the sport was exported to America that way; so y’all can stop blaming us for that)

[@matei963]

Love you for calling it 1st football and the way you said it, "we call it soccer"