That Time the World Cup Became an ANIME

[@karu]

I foolishly forgot to give credits to Argentina's keeper, Emiliano Martinez, and his godlike performance. Literally, in the LAST POSSIBLE SECONDS of the game, France got a golden opportunity to score, to make it 4-3 and pretty much win the game. But by sheer determination, athleticism, intelligence, and "luck", Martinez was able to save a POINT-BLANK shot by France's Kolo Muani to force the game into penalties, which saw them triumphantly win and lift the World Cup trophy.

[@grayefe]

Ye and hes best celebration

[@juanestebantorre6348]

I was coming furiously to comment this and thank you. You can bet the hearts of one nation stopped for 1 second

[@selvinfernandez11]

Martinez basically did the most important save in all of footbal at that moment and imo the best save ever. Career defining stop for 2 players (himselg and more importantly messi) , his team and his whole country. Bro you simply cant make that stuff up

[@IshaanAliChakraborty]

Respect+ for ya ....was kinda sad when I didn't see ya mention this

[@RBLXCashier]

i was fr gonna comment that

[@TheGielth]

You forget that at the 120+ minutes France got the chance to score the 4th goal, that could've ended the match there, but the GK for Argentina defended it, sending it to penalties...

[@sam_sa09]

Shut up

[@lecheese6190]

the gk is emilliano martinez

[@boy_bawang]

Say the Goal keeper’s name

[@niranx_yt7084]

​@@lecheese6190 overrated keeper

[@lecheese6190]

@@niranx_yt7084 I never said he was good

[@4Rys454]

Cool fact: The argentinian defender that conceded the second penalty, Gonzalo Montiel, was also the last player to kick in the penalty shootout, as if he seeked for redemption. Truly beautiful.

[@Rick_has_no_enemies]

Woah 🤯

[@rukh397]

this WC is really an anime🤣

[@4Rys454]

Might be already too late. But also, there have been a lot of butterfly effects within the ranks of the Argentinian team that made them turn the way they were now. I'll start with Montiel's case again. Gonzalo Montiel is a very young player that came from one fo Argentina's biggest clubs. River Plate. Around 2019 River's main Striker called Borré had tainted River's mark missing 5 or 6 penalties in a row in over a couple of months. The Manager of River, Marcelo Gallardo, decided to replace Borré as the penalty kicker with a young Gonzalo Montiel. He has yet to miss a single penalty since then. This second case is the wildest in my opinion, revolving around Argentina's now well known Goalkeeper Emi Martinez. But this wasn't always the case. He used to be a benchwarmer in Arsenal, the english team, for almost an entire decade. And it was only after Arsenal's main goalkeeper, Bernd Leno, suffered an injury. And this doesn't even stop here. There used to be a big debate wether Martinez was good enough to be picked as the main goalkeeper. Before him, River Plate's main goalkeeper, Franco Armani, was the one that ALWAYS played as the first goalkeeper. But due to COVID of all things, Armani had to step down from playing for the national team. And guess who answered the call? Yeah. This is a fucking anime. Not even gonna mention some other cases like how Messi and Di Maria had previously retired for playing for Argentina's national team, only for Messi to receive a facebook message from a young kid that begged him to keep playing, not to win, but to have fun. That kid was Enzo Fernandez, the midfielder that won the "best youngest player of the tournament" award in this world cup. Or an amateur recording of a 12 year old Julian Álvarez after playing a juniors match, confessing that his dream would be to play for Argentina's team alongside Messi. Just. Truly emotional.

[@robelen9613]

​​@@4Rys454 not only that. Lionel Scaloni, the coach, had a lot of people (including Diego Maradona) against him coaching the national team cause he was inexperienced. For him to be the one that made Argentina win Copa, Finalissima, WC and had an invictus of 36 match. Said invictus was broken by Saudi Arabia, whose coach predicted that Argentina was going to win the WC despite losing their first match. Kun Aguero was the old 9 of the national team until he had to retire of futbol due to a heart condition caused by Covid, and guess who is the new 9 of the national team? The boy in the video, Julian Alvarez. And also the coincidences between '86s WC and '22s WC were crazy. Like losing the first match. Canada classifying to the WC. Brazil losing by penalties in quarters. Nigeria not classifying for the WC. And the fun fact that Ronaldinho, Mbappe and Messi won the WC the next year they started playing for PSG, Ronaldinho started in 2011 and won the 2012 WC, Mbappe started in 2017 and won the 2018 WC and Messi started in 2021 and won the 2022 WC.

[@Lucas-GR]

@@4Rys454 me estan haciendo llorar otra vez loco, basta

[@alyafey69]

Messi’s international career also resembles an anime scenario. From losing everything and retiring early with despair to winning everything possible.

[@nicolaslondon]

i think this guy never watch a single football match in his life. He did the video for get some views

[@asianyeah634]

@@nicolaslondon he seems to be a WC only fan!

[@efczert6460]

@@nicolaslondon yeah he never mentioned the fairytale ending or the fact it was Messi’s last wc

[@kingshukdas9761]

@EFC Zert yeah man. Was hopping to see more of messi.

[@markaron9356]

​@@kingghidorah6655 I bet he only watched the final and no other Mbappe's match

[@Wrathmikey]

“The story of a team playing for one man, and one man playing for his entire team” gave me goosebumps

[@timuxmess]

Me too

[@ehrinmanuel6804]

Chills, literal chills

[@bmangetsulm6968]

All for one, one for all

[@overfluxx3338]

I understand what he meant, but mbappe was really only playing for his team after 80 minutes of an invisibility potion being active

[@nobletenshi7659]

No doubt, I saw a youtube video between Emi Martinez and Ben Foster, before! the world cup. And Martianez was very adamant about winning a world cup for Messi and to play with him.. Seeing Martinez makimg a huge 1v1 save in the final seconds of the game. Was inspirational.

[@elizang631]

Mad respect to Mbappe - really felt like the final boss in a phenomenal anime arc fr

[@virality9000]

Mbappe will be the next goat now that messi retires from the WC

[@fleta4112]

​@@virality9000 Erling Haaland will challenge him for it tho

[@gginfuser7157]

@@fleta4112 Haaland will lack WC. He will be known as one of the great 9's. The GOAT weirdly comes from number 10's

[@Da_Chop414]

​@@fleta4112Haaland a beast

[@Da_Chop414]

​@@gginfuser7157beacuse he decided to play for Norway instead of England if not he would get a WC

[@jerrydelacruz5190]

4 finals lost, 1 crucial penalty missed, retirement, then coming back to win the Copa America, Finalissima and now WORLD CUP. Perseverance, sweat, blood, tears. Greatest comeback story ever tbh. Messi is like an anime protagonist lol. He was planning to retire after winning it but he changed his mind to continue to play as a champion. He had this incredible pressure every time he ever plays for argentina. Now for the first time he'll be able to enjoy playing for his country without feeling the pressure. Im so happy for him.

[@momogi618]

thanks to the new coach and the new team he had more drive to still compete in the best place.

[@BoundlessEternity_]

​@@momogi618 Yes, 2022 world cup Argetina was a perfect team.

[@theravingtimes9582]

You got to remember how much Messi has suffered in the past decade to understand the weight of this World Cup title. He lost a World Cup Final in 2014 to Germany in extra time, lost two consecutive Copa America Finals to Chile, a 2018 World Cup campaign that ended in the round of 16, Diego Maradona died prematurely and Messi was forced to leave Barcelona due to financial issues. This was a redemption story for a guy who had to play through an 8-2 defeat and blowing a 3-0 lead TWICE in the Champions League.

[@uchihaaozora1035]

It will be like Naruto flashbacks

[@monked6966]

+Copa america final defeat vs Brazil 2007. And fr. that bottle vs Liverpool................. Facing Tottenham in the final, would've literally been a guaranteed win.

[@yassell_102]

Messi deserved it but he didn’t win it fairly, and it’s obvious why he won bruh, also Mbappe played better than Messi, look at the player ratings and Mbappe scored the most goals out of everyone in Argentina but still wasn’t mvp, at least he’s number 1 from the whole World Cup tournament

[@monked6966]

@@yassell_102 😭😭😭😭 Messi was better and won it fair and square. Keep crying tho.

[@gaoaibai6243]

@@yassell_102 Lmao COPE

[@introspection827]

I think you forgot to mention what by far was the most anime plot moment that there was: In his match against Croatia, Julian Alvarez, playing for the first time in a world cup, scored a fantastic solo goal and a second one masterfully assisted by his childhood idol, Messi. He was 12 when he was playing and said his biggest idol was Messi. Little did he know back then not only that he would be playing alongside his hero, would be assisted by him, celebrate together, and finally, win the world cup with him. The story of a kid's wildest childhood dreams come true.

[@robynotyourbusiness]

Brazil-Croatia was more entertaining

[@sk_hermit1809]

Don't forget the fact their international careers are poetic. Alvarez's first world cup and Messi's last.

[@richie_0740]

@@robynotyourbusiness Netherlands-Argentina for me, the equalizer from weghorst is just a stroke of genius, sadly they lost but it was one of the mst thrilling game in the world cup

[@IvanoKing3]

Croatia better than Argentina

[@dragon_tamerzyt1777]

We never forget Japan suddenly turning Anime god mode for half an hour. Or when Ghana purposely subs on defenders when they're 2-0 down to make sure that Uruguay gets eliminated. Or when Morocco shocks us all and becomes an anime story of its own. Or when the WC final becomes a batte of the M10s. My first ever wc experience, and it surely didn't dissapoints.

[@karu]

my anime of the year

[@sam_sa09]

Was my first wc experience too, and as a Moroccan, it couldn't have been better

[@rajji8550]

It was my first experience too and I was so gassed lol, I love football.

[@ILoveFuty]

Japan got a cheap goal the ball went out and it still counted

[@augustusfreeman4032]

I don't know why people are still pushing the narrative that Ghana was trying to eliminate Uruguay? Their defenders were basically passing the ball to them daring them to score. 😂

[@contizzlethegoo3210]

One of my favorite moments was when the Netherlands tied it up against Argentina. That shit was insane… literally the last possible chance and they scored

[@suryanshbiswas]

that match felt like a dog fight insane atmosphere

[@futcrunch]

As a football an anime fan, this is my favourite video ever, thanks karu xx

[@anasasif3996]

Sup

[@Omega927]

Hi fut

[@karu]

high praise man thank you🙌

[@Football_Gaming06]

Holy crap its freaking futcrunch

[@Kyzl337]

hello fut

[@kairoz1352]

Another for the anime ending, Montiel, the last penalty shooter for Argentina. Montiel was very poor as a kid and used to play penalties for money growing up. River fans knew this because he became their main PK shooter after a bad streak all others had in the team, so when they saw him walking to make the last penalty they knew they were Champions, as Montiel has a 100% accuracy record since his debut. It was poetic to see the kid that used to do penalties for money do the final penalty in the World Cup Final.

[@markaron9356]

You forgot to mention how Argentina managed to win the world cup despite losing the first match against Saudi Arabia (after an undeafeted streak of 36 matches btw), something that only Spain could do before. Also, how Messi in his probably 'last dance' had one of the greatest performances in a world cup, winning the only trophy he was missing with the help of his teammates, wich they literally grew up watching him play since they were children. Lastly, how Scaloni, an inexperienced manager, won every international trophy possible in only two years.

[@DailyPodcastDose1]

Poland lost to Argentina but they could qualify if mexico conceded a goal and in the last minutes of the match saudi arabia scored a goal and Poland qualified bc of goal difference

[@issaseyba2727]

And also the fact that Julian Alvárez won every big competition even tho he was a rookie

[@jazchuuuuuv]

Another thing i want to add is the excellence of the Argentinian team. They truly gave everything for their captain, to see him win and rise with the trophey. The majority of them hadn't played for too long in the Argentina team and, for some others, it was their first World Cup too.

[@mk_annan22]

Don't forget Saudi Arabia ending Argentina's 36 run unbeaten streak which made Argentina's trophy triumph even more unbelievable.

[@Roberto-fg9oj]

who

[@lana9515]

They could’ve beaten Italy’s streak and get the highest winning streak but Saudi destroyed that

[@YohananYGO]

Note that 3-4 goals form Argentina were cancelled by the referees though one of them were millimeters offside lmao

[@Yorqk511]

@@YohananYGO ​ Note that they’re offsides so they technically should get canceled and that millimeters made argentina win world cup

[@lana9515]

@@YohananYGO offside is offside, what r u trying to argue about

[@marianasan2148]

I wish you would have made this video longer. I thoroughly enjoyed it, providing more insight on Ghana and Suarez’s beef, Messi vs Argentinians and him becoming fierce outside the match for the first time. Also Portugal’s loss and Ronaldo’s performance/reaction, Argentina-Netherland’s beef, Luka Modric’s goodbye and cheers for Messi, Mexico’s disappointment, the heartbreak of Morocco, Japan and Korea apologizing to their fans, etc. This world cup was just amazing, it delivered so good.

[@panchuleta03]

Im Argentinean and watched the final on a Park where they streamed the match to thousands of people. People were getting crazy, ive never seen a match so intense in my life

[@polkanietzsche5016]

​@@nafizahmedratul8131why are you anti Argentina?

[@Naahi95]

​@@nafizahmedratul8131 Good for u I guess? But the better team won 😂 🇦🇷

[@Jean210]

🇦🇷⭐⭐⭐

[@momogi618]

​@@polkanietzsche5016 probably ronaldo fans

[@annie.phoenix]

Lo viste en la Plaza Seeber? Yo tambien! Fue una locura. Aparte por cabala tenia que verlo lejos de mi familia así que desde el 3-2 me pasé el partido llorando en brazos de un italiano jajajajja

[@valeriayes4384]

As a Portugal fan I may have been mad the first few minutes after Morocco won but I’m so happy for them their performance was insaneee

[@alhamdulillah23x]

we even did beat brazil this month in a friendly game in Morocco! 🇲🇦 2-1 🇧🇷 love u bro

[@lightsamael7242]

You should've emphasized more on Argentina and Messi's fairytale ending as it's sooo rare for reality to actually deliver on the story lines like an anime but it did.

[@werwinn]

he is a ronaldo fan

[@werwinn]

you can know this for the music he puts!

[@CYRUSX1]

Nha

[@Jashieru-vk9dm]

Bro didnt want to make the video long

[@FEOPXX5]

And also how they lost to Saudi Arabia 😂

[@dariusbrock2713]

The final was one of the greatest storylines you can have. Messi, the old king, vs Mbappe the challenger to the throne. It was a perfect generational matchup.

[@ryukobestwaifu3319]

That final was literally a final season of a multi season anime all leading up to Messi winning it had it all the drama the power of friend ship (over just mbappe doing it all) the fact that it was also Argentina’s redemption after losing in 2014 World Cup final made it all the more dramatic and saddening if Messi hadn’t of won

[@Dinozor3]

like naruto becoming hokage or beating madara/kaguya when previously lost the battle

[@eltanodelcassa]

The best thing about the Argentinian team is that a lot of the players are young talents, most watching Messi play their entire childhood and looking up to him. Imagine you getting to play with your idol, after watching him suffer defeat after defeat (in a not winning any cups with the argentinian team), and being part of the squad that finally won it all. That must be the best feeling ever

[@tomikasza5198]

11:50 I can't believe that you skipped the save of Emi Martinez that made the match go into penalties. But good video.

[@nintensky7219]

As an Argentinian and anime fan, you have no idea how much of an emotional roller caster this was. I had so many heart attacks during our games. And shii man I mean the other teams were putting a show as well. The best year of my life.

[@tsalv5133]

Que final de mrda me queria arrancar los pelos cuando Mbappe lo empato

[@fouadanabosi2858]

Kolo muani in the 120th minute

[@nintensky7219]

@@tsalv5133 yo casi moría 📉💀

[@Chile-xo6do]

@@nintensky7219 se dice "roller coaster" no "roller caster"

[@Sho7_]

Estaba viendo el partido a las 3 de la mañana desde Japón y joder, vaya partido. Antes cuando era más pequeño vivía en Barcelona y no se que me hubiera pasado si Leo no ganó. Vaya partidazo de verdad.

[@theapplejuiceemo]

I remember watching the Portugal vs Korea and Ghana vs Uruguay in airport restaurant seeing Korea’s goal and the game end was immense, but even more so was watching Ghana vs Uruguay which had a slight delay, looking at the other TV and seeing the entire squad on the field together waiting for the G v U game to end as Uruguay piled on more pressure for 15 minutes after the P v K game ended for one more goal, it was incredible the way that matchday ended

[@MIOrko]

Its even more anime like if you see the journey of Argentina and Messi before and during the World Cup. Winning Copa and Finalisima with an almost brand new team and a new coach, winning every match before the world cup only to lose against the worst team in the group because of too many Offside goal cancel and a blatant false call from VAR putting them in a death match type situation where any lose moving forward is elimination. The fight with Netherlands, absolutely demolishing Croatia who beat them with similar score in the last world cup and facing the strongest team who also knocked them out in the previous world cup. This world cup was absolutely phenomenal

[@nicolaslondon]

this guy showed argentina like an enemy, he mention only the good stuff france did but never mention nothing about messi and how he fights to obtain this. This guy statrted watch football yesterday to do this videos and get some likes.

[@paxindonesiana]

​@@nicolaslondon yeah, ikr lol

[@erichazley4491]

​​@@nicolaslondon exactly 😂. Did he know argentina lost 3 finals in the past 2014-2016. 28 years drought throphy. Hell no its justice for argentina win this world cup. Stupid nerd anime fanboy better shutup if you dont know anything about football. Better shut up if you dont know lionel messi journey. Better shut up if you dont know how much pain endured after lost so many finals with argentine

[@regneva1957]

@@nicolaslondon What are you talking about? He was shitting on France. He was licking Mbappe's foot though.

[@muhamadalfarizi2977]

​@@nicolaslondon fr man if only he chose Argentina pov that would've been better

[@MyChikenDck]

as a moroccan and an anime fan this made me cry, thank you I LOVE MY COUNTRY DIMA MAGHERIB !!

[@sam_sa09]

As a Moroccan, this made me so emotional, thank you so much for doing this. It's probably not your usual content and it might have been hard to get this out. The world cup did feel like a fantasy, it still doesn't feel real, it was more anime than any other anime I've seen haha. Again, thank you so much ❤️

[@francoquispe656]

Argentinian here, I was lucky enough to watch the Japan's 1,8mm kick and I just stood up in disbelief. I also remember watching the last group phase match of Korea while having lunch with my family, it was pure tension and we celebrated Korea getting to the next phase like an Argentinian victory. And finally when Morocco was losing against France they were still fighting like warriors, I remember I was about to go out and a Moroccan player tried a beautiful chilena kick, that day I was talking to everyone about that kick. What a great world cup.

[@B_BEYBLADE]

A part 2 will be amazing! Croatia vs Brazil, Netherlands vs Argentina, And the 3-3 thriller between Serbia and Cameroon

[@Retrodox]

Croatia themselves, (well more like livakovic), went INSANE this world cup. The entire team were mostly new players, as players from the previous world cup retired. But the leadership of Modric, brilliance of Gvardiol, and the insane goalkeeping of Livakovic kept them alive. Everybody counted them out due to the completely new squad, but they prevailed. That is, until messi destroyed their dreams and destroyed MY dreams of seeing modric lift the trophy.

[@masterofthemoose1712]

Brazil v Cameroon would be great too

[@7futez]

@@Retrodox If there are winners there are losers, but don't worry I can say that even if we won 3-0 Croatia was a worthy opponent and nobody underestimated Modric's team.

[@cristianokiki1486]

@@7futez you guys got revenge for last world cup lol.

[@aatroxporo6997]

Serbia 3-3 Cameroon still hurts my soul, but we deserved it cause our mentality thought we had won already (Yes i am Serbian)

[@turooru]

really surprised you didn't talk more about Emiliano Martinez. Guy's story is as anime as they come tbh. Also just an all around lad and shithouser I love him.

[@-TEST-0]

new info for me that the two japanese players who assited and the other scored were CHILDHOOD FREINDS and in the SAME SCHOOL!!!? it even got MORE ANIMED.

[@alexamderhamiltom5238]

the one who gave the asist, mitoma, he declined a professional contract and went to uni studying sport science. his thesis was " dribble ".

[@ardiansach3290]

Childhood friends from same neighborhood become a world cup hero for an underdog team - was the most anime thing ever!

[@yumfi4083]

Argentina ark is literally an anime script started many years ago argentina had been for more than 30 years without winning any titles, they've lost many finals, in his whole career messi came to so many finals 2014 was a wc final lost, but 2018 was the lowest point, when an unorganized team got to the wc for argentina, one of the worst the massive failure got us into the introduction of one of the key characters: Lionel Scaloni Lionel Scaloni was literally criticized by everyone in argentina, saying he wasnt fit to be a DT, but he reorganized the entire team getting new talent and finding players with almost no name at the time like Dibu Martinez and it eventually paid off, with the "Scaloneta" (a name given to Scaloni's team) getting finally the first title for argentina in more than 30 years, the Copa America 2021 playing finals against argentina's most fierce rivalry, Brasil in the Maracana. that was huge, and Scaloni just started to stomp over everyone, Argentina got into a 36 games streak without losing, and the world cup came, everyone thought it was argentinas turn to win but then... argentina lost to the literal worst team in the entire wc, Saudi Arabia, many people lost their hope, but Scaloni took a gamble and it paid off, he changed the team, putting many players from the bench as titular, mostly youngsters like Mac Allister and Enzo, that ended up being key players at the wc it did seem like argentina was on the brink of losing, the match against mexico was the lowest point, the first half was bad, but in the second we got the win Polonia was a breeze of fresh air and Australia too, it almost seemed like argentina was starting to get everything right, and then came Netherlands, a match so intense, with an equalizer literally at the last minute of overtime, that almost had argentina losing... but argentina got through with a big its goalkeeper and got to croacia, a match that was won easily the final was already talked, but this wc set the stage for a new generation of argentine players, and the end of the career of some legends like Messi and Di Maria

[@1x0YT]

Huh why is Saudi Arabia the worst team

[@tuff9486]

@@1x0YT They are the second worst team after Qatar.

[@Light-at-Dawn]

Finding out that Japan's duo that scored their qualifying goal for the last 16 were childhood friends who played together in school, was just mind blowing

[@Sereolol]

as a korean, i usually see less attention on our journey through this world cup despising us getting destroyed in the r16. Glad you mentioned how dramatic the group was after korea won against portugal. Good video 👍

[@AnasNayyar]

Yes i watched that match against Portugal i couldn't believe that last minute goal

[@grc3rb]

I’m Mexican and I cheer for South Korea every single time!

[@justmii4887]

amazing video, im an argentinean and this world cup was crazy. as much as wee suffered the final, in my experience, argentina vs the netherlands was way harder to live through. fantastic.

[@aaquibtayyabi]

plus messi having so many failures previously with national team makes for an insane build up literally the most anime thing ever

[@yasserdecimo]

As an anime fan and a Moroccan, I will hold this video as a precious treasure in my heart.

[@AyitianZoe]

As a haitian-african, morrocco made history and I love it. Morocco finally showed Africa some justice. Thank you morroco❤

[@sam_sa09]

Thank you for the support ❤️

[@alhamdulillah23x]

love u bro

[@ghosty.ri.z6859]

duude i loved all of the video ! thank you for taking the time to make and recap the WC of last year ! it's true the whole experience was just waw, i still smile just by remembering it, the whole month everyone was just so happy and would say hi and hug you for the smallest reasons. As a Moroccan, the crazy story started even before the WC, some players weren't comfortable with the coach (considering they left their official teams to play with their country and i think most will agree the one who probably suffered the most from this was ziyech who got a lot of backlash and anger ) but just a few months before the WC, the old coach was paid and kicked from the team and "Regragui" or as we call him "ras l'avocat ("avocado head" because of his baldness) came in, he set a better atmosphere, the players preffered him, reguragui brought new values to the sport and brought the team together like a family. The word cup started, at first not all moroccans watched the game (as they say they don't want to get false hope, watch and get mad) but personally with some friends we bought the moroccan team jersey and decided to watch and cheer on the team even it's just the first matches, the match was broadcasted in our university and hey we won, we were so fricking happy, then the wins started to roll and we went crazier by the match every time we celebrated, we run in the streets holding the flag, people go out with their cars with the flags, songs and everything, locals do their folk dances, people use small fireworks, the king went out in his car too !!! and every time there were more watchers, with time as the team progressed, you realize people from Africa and the Arab world is supporting you and celebrating with you. And then there were the players ! ooh they were dedicated to their matches and then from time to time we would get glimpses of their happy moments behind the scenes or during interviews and it was just such feel good moments, all of them were killing it, hakimi, ziyech, aguerd, boufel, nesyri, bono making goalkeeping look easy, amrabt that beast bro left the hospital during treatment to get back to the game and all the other team members did a good job, then came the Morocco Vs France with the two friends playing against one another (Hakimi and Mbappe) and France won, but honestly they were good ! and later on both parties put on a good match during the next game, well ! you already made a great summary of the next match (argentina Vs France). I hope we can get better and play again ! Finally, in the last chapter of this world cup, the players came back and were welcomed like heroes ! The whole team, coach and staff were fabulous, they made us dream ! and we're thankful ! And thank you for the video i enjoyed it !

[@jarrodbautista5521]

Isn't mitoma the guy who has somewhat of a degree in dribbling 😂

[@karu]

he did his university thesis on it yeah LOL

[@pettikeagathekovalan3861]

Bro forgot to mention emi martinez save @ last second 💀 which was one of most anime thing i ever watched in real life

[@statsy150]

I am Italian and the day Morocco beat Portugal the streets in my city were filled with people celebrating and the cars couldn’t even pass by. It was such a sweet moment where the various minorities that always get discriminated here got a chance to celebrate and i’m so happy they got that moment

[@jmipraimundo]

If you are italian you know how football works...😊

[@altruisticRadar]

that's so sweet

[@alhamdulillah23x]

love u bro

[@theseer2626]

why is ur flag djibouti then lol

[@gregorytheblackkitten9422]

As a Moroccan and an anime fan . This is nuts😂 best WC ever . And we are still going we just defeated Brazil in a friendly match 😊

[@alhamdulillah23x]

yes frrrrrrrr

[@vardrids]

Yeah in a friendly, you're lucky Brazil wasn't trying ☠️

[@sleepystuff1516]

@@vardrids oh they tried HARD 😂 but still lost

[@vardrids]

@@sleepystuff1516 no they didn’t 💀 it was a friendly, you think Brazilians care about a friendly?

[@sleepystuff1516]

@@vardrids in that case I think they didnt care about the world cup either 💀

[@kiranrv1766]

The way he explains just gives me goosebumps and brings all those memories back !

[@agentstarkgaming5547]

9:21 "a team playing for ONE MAN and one man playing for the whole team" literally gave me goosebumps 🥶🥶🥵🥵😬😬so true man soooo true

[@AruReviews]

As a Moroccan. Watching the WC this year was the most insane thing that happned in morocco in a long time. Proud 🇲🇦

[@karu]

congrats to you guys man! was so entertaining to see

[@axhan_playz9196]

Maybe next wc they will go onto the finals with MAYBE france

[@noobbutbetter]

@@axhan_playz9196 I don't think France are getting in the finals next WC honestly

[@swanthezone6182]

@@noobbutbetter Nah. Its so likely that they even win it. They have so many young talents that are going to hit their prime at that time.

[@sepil2227]

@@swanthezone6182They have so many Africans its crazy

[@retamago]

Once again, this World Cup was the greatest of all time! We had our exams and we were ready to fail just for the sake of watching every single match.

[@juanignaciocasares3593]

The Brazil-Croatia game was incredible too

[@ZakaZaRayo]

as a moroccan anime loving football fan this Video starting off with the explenation of morocco´s Unbelievable dream of reaching ATLEAST THE SEMIS Brought tears in my eyes, and i couldnt agree with u more on the fact morocco´s run, was only to be dreamt on by an Anime. thank you for making this video

[@alhamdulillah23x]

omg so true and so do i

[@saad12386]

as a moroccan i can confirm that the second half of our game against portugal was the longest and most stressfull 45 min of my life

[@ambatukam51]

Men balls

[@stanleyssuperstadium4473]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@senaydaniel5860]

Factos 🤯🔥🔥🔥

[@badplayer88]

Cap

[@Cokesfabriek]

@@badplayer88 what is blue lock

[@sam_677]

@@Cokesfabriek *what*

[@sunnyflower6917]

" In a story, in which the team played for 1 man,and 1 man played for the team" Beautifully placed

[@Figothrough]

bro forgot the greatest save by emi martinez at 123

[@karu]

AHHH I DID! i realized too late! that was mb

[@francocapdevila7711]

Lets talk about the 6 minutes where not only Japan classifying first, but laso Costa Rica being 2nd and eliminating the two biggest threats, that day, except from japan being 1ft, those 6 minutes where the most talked thing, this world cup was incredible, so many surprises, and also, MUCHAAAACHOOOOS

[@RaimeRedeemer]

What makes the korean story better is that in last world cup they were in a similar situation, not only they had to win against germany, but also some external factors had to be fulfilled. They won against germany but they didnt pass to the next stage

[@Angevlogs]

Beautiful, I would added the fact that Argentina surprisingly loosed their first game against the host

[@greencat822]

I'm really passionate about football and this cup was an overdose of incredible games and sensational stories, too bad my Brazil didn't go beyond Croatia.

[@robynotyourbusiness]

Croatia MENTALITY MONSTERS

[@LIES1988GNR]

You missed the most important thing in the whole WC. Messi, after losing 4 WC, even a WC final in 2014. The player who is for many people around the world, the best player who has ever existed in the history of this sport, was competing in his last chance to win the WC and set the debate once and for all. A man who was heavily criticized in his country for never winning a trophy for Argentina. Now is seen as a messiah. If you're talking about anime, Messi has the best anime redemption arc in sports history.

[@Kev_Editz.CC1]

In my opinion the finals was the most epic match I might've ever watched

[@Jayden_YT672]

5:41 LOL THE PERSON WITH THE ANYA COSPLAY 💀

[@durlov2343]

You definitely missed the most accurate anime scene from the final 🙂 Dibu's saves against Kolo Muani 💁‍♂️ The guy (Kolo Muani) still get nightmares from it

[@marwann1]

Man this should go viral !! I absolutely love it ❤

[@luciver3222]

you forgot arguably the greatest save on the history of football by Emi Martines on minute 123 of the match

[@robertthe_1]

Love the Beastars theme in the background!

[@skymine8787]

Before the world cup 2022, I and most people didn't aware about Morroco. We thought Morroco was getting grouped. But after I watched their matches, I am truly satisfied by their amazing technique and teamwork. They beat Spain and Portugal to the semi finals and made history. The Morrocans along with their great sportsmanship will truly be in my heart. THANK YOU MORROCO🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@jmipraimundo]

Fool people. I know b3fore the games who gonna win...thanks to FIFA 😉. I didn't bet money but i won dinners from my friends 😂

[@abinashacharya7]

Argentina vs France: a team playing for one man vs one man playing for his team. Perfect summary of the players' mindset in that match.

[@gojo514]

The Netherlands vs Argentina match was insane

[@matias5924]

The messi thing was like an anime, because his dream had always been to win the world cup with his team. In the past he was close to getting it but he didn't get it by being very close. At that time, Argentina depended on Messi, on his individual performances and he didn't get it. Then in his own country they unfairly criticized him and Di Maria, and that affected his family but they still went ahead and now an Argentina that did not depend on individualities, but on the whole team was the one that triumphed and won the cup of the world, because Argentina worked as a team from the beginning of the new stage

[@aaa1601]

That final game was the craziest final

[@meryemtanji6936]

You also forgot to mention that the coach of the Moroccan team joined 3 months before the worldcup and that's the time he had to put together a team and prepare 😄 And they still managed to reach these results! Perfect anime script haha

[@tyrone_234]

I was waiting for Argentina-Netherlands and Kolo Muani's miss at 120 :(

[@karu]

argentina-netherlands was a whole ass fighting scene. Ahhh i forgot to put Martinez' save in the script

[@Soraaacchi]

Best world cup ever in my opinion, almost every match brings a chill down my spine, especially the finals.

[@najwagaffoor3741]

9:20 I got goosebumps from this sentence

[@Blan-C-g2f]

Fr

[@yanndjoumessi7130]

I literally had goosebumps with the music, the scenario

[@GogetaBlue-e7y]

The world cup final was legendary,Especially Emiliano Martinez

[@syedrafay1641]

4:35 man this scene is literally Reo's shot in the 23rd ep of blue lock and how Ego described "at the right place at the right time" fits so perfectly here as well. Its legit straight out of that episode of blue lock😭

[@akio0701_]

Reo?

[@u-arts]

This world cup gonna be in my mind forever

[@patriciofernandez2711]

Man, Ghana vs Korea was so intense. The Argentinian commentators were kinda messing around at first and joking about how half of the Korean team were called Kim, but then shit got serious and the tone of the commentary shifted. I remember thinking how high level international football is right now

[@jerm090]

that pass at 4:46 was the most beautiful pass ever

[@annie.phoenix]

Here in Argentina it really felt like it was written by the best screenwriter in the world. From the actual suffering in the matches to every single person repeating routines in order to have as much luck as possible. We saw signs of the universe EVERYWHERE that told us maybe, just maybe, this would be our time. I still cry to this day if I think about the cup for too long. I think we all thought the same when Mbappe scored that 3rd goal: of course we were going to lose, we Argentines are made to suffer. Great video my man.

[@nakoochann]

the guy who started watching football for the world cup:

[@ЛеонидЗаводовский-ы4к]

MAN you gave me goosebumps with your speech, I don't even watch football except last two World Cups

[@bcabralfarre]

Great vid... I guess that if you look at the final from argentina's perspective its even more epic and anime like since they had to win 3 times as a team to be world champs. Whats more, the whole argentinian run it's an anime if u think about it. Lost the 1st match and all groups games ended up being death matches despite the good results. Then, the australians almost surprised the in the last minute... After that, the thrilling Netherlands stunt them with a 100' minute tactical goal, taking a 2-0 game to ET and PKs (a sign of what would come, great foreshadowing by the author). Finally, revenge against Croatias 3-0 in Russia 2018. And the final game against France, Messi's chance to finally win the WC after Brazils 2014 final against Germany with Diego Maradona watching him from the stars...

[@Luleph]

Sweden 2018, only team to bet france, knocked out netherlands, knocked out italy, knocked out germany, 3-0 mexico, almost reached semi finals

[@Rei-zt2rr]

The last minute of that world cup almost gave me a heart attack

[@SownVisuals]

you should really make more videos like these i really enjoyed you discuss football

[@ItsShaz1]

Congrats on 10k Karu!

[@karu]

thank you shaz couldnt have done it without you and everyone else!

[@Lui_Fern]

Excellent video! Loved every second of it. Well done!

[@yakeru3116]

We need an anime champions league edition. 10/10 video🔥🔥

[@karu]

thank you my man

[@whatsausername9149]

@@karu just dont do 18/19 cl pls, it hurts

[@yakeru3116]

@@whatsausername9149 Madrids last season run would be fire vid ngl

[@cooperroy]

@@yakeru3116 I feel like the 2005 ucl would be the best, just because of the final.

[@thetrain47539]

It's called Erling Haaland, you'll have to wait for june for the story to be finished though.

[@xebas7511]

This video shows why the World Cup is the most important and attractive tournament. Who could imagine an anime channel explaining the WC itself.

[@OK-fo5tm]

10:28 literally the same goal as Isagi against Team V

[@karu]

factual

[@NicoW17]

fr

[@realmarwy]

@@karualie

[@rafaelcante5731]

Should’ve talked abt Argentina vs Netherlands that game was more insane than the final, you got the beef and the the goal Netherlands scored literally in the last second and the penalties which were harder for them to beat than France

[@syedrafay1641]

Literally just reliving these moments through your video brings chills to my spine😭❣️. Thank God i watched it all live

[@itryen7632]

If 2022 was an anime, 2014 was a snuff film.

[@ramu7421]

This is the most anime world cup in history

[@Malake5909]

here's Morocco's national team full story pre-world cup for those who dont know: idk if Morocco is the underrated MC , or the villain with a sad backstory . 2018 WC Morocco had the "lucky" chance to be in a group with both portugal and spain , they tied with Spain 2-2 and lost to potugal 1-0 , i'm not sure about the details but the terrible referees in these two specific games led to morocco leaving the competition last of the grp. and what made the unfairness even worst to Moroccans is a player (Soufian Amrabat's older brother) who ran away from the hospital that night to play their last game against portugal, almost died on the pitch. it was a bloody world cup for Morocco. It wasn't over .... the previous Moroccan coach,who was already disliked by the players, had an argument with Mazraoui and ziyech, as a result he stopped their activities in the national team.Ziyech even announced to the press that he ain't playing for morocco again. chaos ,anger, confusion, lack of cooperation and balance in the moroccan national team becuz of the coach and his decisions, they even missed the African cup after losing to egypt on a quarter final game 1-2 in 2022. Morocco qualified for the wc, without ziyech and mazraoui, but it wasn't enough for Moroccans to forget that they share the same blood and nationality as ziyech and mazraoui, especially that ziyech was hated on in the past by the Netherlands' press and fans becuz him choosing Morocco's national team over netherlands'. and OOP the coach was kicked out, a sudden change, Ragragui is now the new coach , less than 3 months before the world cup starts , he had to try and bring back ziyech and mazraoui , study every player's potential, capacity, limits , he had to come up with the best possible lineup and most importantly bring back peace to the team. Morocco got their revenge from Spain and portugal and honestly WHAT a journey they had this wc, but then .... two clear penalties ignored, and France president's satisfied smile after attending a wc semi final for no fucking reason like they didn't just win a wc in 2018 is all i can remember clearly from that game, a colony should stay a colony even in football, and that's how Morocco left the 2022 WC . btw after that game i heard that the Qatari Prince who attended EVERY morocco game to support the only muslim country left, was no where to be seen during France game ....(suspence lol). We moroccans are stills so proud of them and their hard work and DIMA MAGHRIB Here's the link of Ziyech confirming he retired from the team: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4uXi5WflN50Zsk i didnt find eng subtitles videos of that coach (Halilozic) but he literally said "Morocco stands no chance to qualify to the world cup" at that moment he was still the coach , wow so not toxic

[@aminebelghiti8760]

I honestly think this WC was the greatest ever all those stories and twists in one month 🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@funlearningwithkatari4799]

suarez blocked the ball giving us a penalty and he then paid the one taking it to miss