The Miracle Run Continues

[@aardappelschil12]

After 1 minute I needed to comment. 1 Wellington Phoenix aren’t allowed in the OFC Champions League. 2. There is now 2 New Zealand teams in the A-League. 3. Look into the OFC Professional League.

[@sorrynotsorry8224]

I can excuse the second one since Auckland FC only joined this year and he may not be up to date on that.

[@christianlipohar3267]

Yea I was gonna say I'm prety sure all the Aleauge clubs would play in asia

[@cass2239]

​@@christianlipohar3267I might be wrong, but I don't think the NZ teams in the A-League are allowed in either competition

[@elijahtchilembe-mpovie2715]

NZ clubs can’t play in AFC. I think that’s weird tbh.

[@cass2239]

@@elijahtchilembe-mpovie2715 yeah, you'd think it would be either like Vaduz, who play in Switzerland but qualify through the Liechtenstein Cup for Europe, or like Monaco, where they just do everything in France. Seeing as they don't compete at all in the OFC, they should just be considered Australian clubs, like Monaco is seen as French or the Welsh teams in England (at the moment anyway).

[@johnaarson]

It's not Wellington Phoenix that wins the Oceania Champions League every year, it's Auckland City.

[@d4v1do]

Yhh he’s confused 😂😂😂

[@johnaarson]

@@d4v1do Yeah, I absolutely love Zealand, but I can't let these kinds of mistakes go unnoticed, haha. He has to start playing more in the OFC. And not in New Zealand. He should start browsing around the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, or even... Tahiti! :D

[@StickManFran]

Theres also now 2 NZ teams that play in the A league so yeah, some more research required for when AS Dragon makes the 9th round

[@thogro99]

We shall never forget our wonderkid Leai'i ...

[@Darilon12]

Zealand and his forehead ignore oceania. Oceania can't ignore zealand's forehead. It controles the tides.

[@Daminator1899]

SAN MARINO WON THEIR GROUP!!! NEXT VIDEO HAS TO BE ABOUT THEM!!!

[@brambora]

Next episode of Hidden Grounds leaked

[@phyrsellast7494]

Fun fact : Every year half of the overseas clubs (Guadeloupe, Tahiti, Mayotte etc...) will receive a game in the 7th and 8th round BUT they can only receive clubs who accepted to go overseas. This year for exemple out of the 170 metropolitan clubs qualified in the 7th round, only 22 accepted to play overseas. (Avranches being one obviously) Starting the 9th round (64 teams left), when the Ligue 1 clubs are entering. ALL games will be played in the metropolitan France. So no, you will never see a Ligue 1 club playing overseas. Btw we dont say the s in Avranches. And the "e" is pronounced "eu" A-Vran-cheu Not Avranchès.

[@aaronhurst4379]

Dang it

[@prplt]

I thought the -es wasn't pronounced at all 😂

[@phyrsellast7494]

@@prplt Kinda true, you can say Avranch, pronounced like Crash at the end. Depending on your french accent you say the e or not

[@thefridge3831]

0:33 nope, it's auckland city (an amateur club). came third at a club world cup one time with ivan vicelich getting the bronze ball alongside messi

[@ChemOrSmth]

Can't wait for the san Marino video

[@CentreHalfBack]

WE RIDE AGAIN. Round of 64 draw already made. AS Dragon away to SU Dives-Cabourg of the 5th tier (National 3)... Road trip from Tahiti to Normandy. Cheers - CentreHalfBack.

[@harrybale313]

San Marino just got promoted in nations league after 3-1 win against Liechtenstein 🎉

[@sopel2517]

Fun fact, there are also some Caribbean and South American teams still playing in the cup: From French Guyana: either Mana or Etoile Matoury, winner plays at Home with Thionville (National 2). Reunion: Saint Denis, at Home with Saint-Philbert (non league side). Martinique: RC Saint Joseph will actually play away to a Ligue2 side Pau. Guadeloupe: Jeunesse - Away to Mutzig (non league). Let me know if I missed any please ;)

[@MasterTramsYouTube]

Fun fact about Oceania, according to Football Manager (so therefore, must be at least close to the truth), you earn more money for losing in the first round of Conference League qualifying than you do for winning the entire OFC Champions League. Also, Wellington Pheonix don't win the OFC Champions League year after year. Wellington Pheonix don't even compete in the OFC Champions League. The honour of dominating Oceania goes to Auckland City.

[@jacklang3314]

South Melbourne is still coping about that to this day. They always bring out the OFC Club of the Century title.

[@heichan8657]

A mayotte team (Diables Noirs) also won in the French Cup as well! They played away at France against a 8th tier team but still, great achievement from them as well

[@AttJack_]

I think the giant arrivals sign is a bigger clue that the photo is from when they arrived in Tahiti

[@SuperJNG18]

Semi-related, but as someone who got relatively into Auckland City and even did an unfinished, frustrating FM save with them, I resent how immediately Auckland FC has taken off. They’re great, their stadium is great, the fans are great, and it’s stolen valor, damn it! (And the inaugural Kiwi Derby, which they WON, was a fantastic game and a statement win for them.)

[@skyzaid263]

Tbf no one likes Auckland City anyways, from what I can tell outside of their fanbase pretty much everybody hates them

[@Mebsuta]

5:36 bad comparison. The French 4th tier is not "French league two". I know for a fact that the 4th tier of Spain is not considered to be a fully professional league. Hell; I'm well aware Bordeaux rescinded their professional license last year and there they are: in the 4th tier. Without a professional license. It's not the same as in England.

[@benwilliams8667]

Speaking of miracles, better get recording your next video Z 🇸🇲 🇸🇲 🇸🇲 🇸🇲 🇸🇲 🇸🇲 🇸🇲

[@Smonserratm]

They've been drawn against Dives, a 5th tier team. Maybe they go through to the next round

[@BertoBringsIt]

Good to see someone with a decent audience talking about and being excited about OFC football and it's stories. Even talking about the modern equivalent of Henry Fa'arodo a few months ago. It's a part of the world that doesn't get enough attention. Factual issues? Sure. But I enjoy hearing someone with decent audience excited about that part of the world when they don't really have to, more than focusing on some oversights.

[@iamthebiscotti]

Hey Z, you might want to look into Diables Noirs as well. As far as I can tell they are from Mayotte and also won in the 7th round of this cup

[@anorwegianguy3780]

Hidden Grounds As Dragon?👀

[@Football-Z-1]

Zealand sadly there is a rule that states overseas teams can only host one game, and from that point onwards must travel to france. Also, there is a seperate draw for teams who may go to tahiti, as they apply for an overseas travel game.

[@romercopraij4126]

Waiting here for the San Marino nations league promotion video

[@jennifersharp5160]

@Zealandism you need to talk about San Marino

[@andreatommasi3287]

Just a quick note: not even the 3rd tier in France is fully professional This said, the level is higher than you'd think, and i attended more games of that level that I'm willing to admit. For the rest amazing job as always! I follow you every day!! And...up the Coupe de France, the best competition in the world!!

[@FozzQuaker]

The Coupe de France is one of the top Cup Competitions in the World... Where the FA Cup is the more prestigious, it only accepts around 750 teams a year, The Coupe de France enters 10x more teams at 7k-8k a season, just about every team, no matter how low down in Metropolitan France, get a shot at the Cup along with the Overseas Territories... I also think theres a rule that from Round 7, if teams are drawn together, if the clubs are than 2 divisions apart, the lower ranked team gets home advantage, regardless of how the balls werw drawn

[@alvuigi_07]

Dutch van der Linde was amazing in this game!!

[@anorwegianguy3780]

«Sunshine Buttercup» Z be making me blush

[@joshualiley]

Each overseas team gets at most 1 home tie in the Coupe de France. It is predetermined if a territory will play this, as it alternates every year whether they play the first round vs a mainland side at home or away. Tahiti, French Guiana and Reunion are the 3 territories playing at home this year. Next year, it will be New Caledonia, Guadeloupe and Martinique. Unfortunately that means AS Dragon must now play the rest of their games away in the current competition. On another note, the club from Mayotte, Diables Noirs, also won their tie on penalties after a 0-0 draw away to an 8th division side. That makes the current edition the first ever with 6 different overseas territories represented in round 8, with the Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Reunion representatives entering in this round. Also, this makes only the 2nd season since Mayotte's first participation in 2001/02 that their club has beaten a mainland side (AS Jumeaux de M'zouazia beat 2 teams [7th and 8th division sides] on a dream run to the round of 64 in 2021/22 before being beaten 10-0 by a then Ligue 1 Bordeaux containing the likes of Josh Maja, Mbaye Niang, Sekou Mara and Javairo Dilrosun. FC Mtsapere also made the round of 64 in 2020/21, but due to covid restrictions, didn't have to face a mainland side until that round, beating a fellow Mayotte side in the 7th round and then a Reunionese side in the 8th round)

[@guidoreitsma8149]

Also Papua New Guinea has more inhabitants than New Zealand, so NZ only has about 30% of the inhabitants of Oceania, but definitely less than 50%

[@Archer-qk1ms]

I hear there making a remake of the tv series LOST, rumours are swirling about where to film, apparently that island on Zealand’s head it’s hot favourite for the location

[@EvanBerofsky]

if the google is correct, they got a road draw against fifth-tier SU dives-cabourg on nov. 30

[@Me-ui1zy]

1 minute in, and there have been like 4 big mistakes already lmao Auckland City win the OFC champions league every year, The Nix don't play in it, their reserves do. New Zealand does not have over 50% of the population of the region (Its not a continent), Papua New Guinea has over 3 million more people on its own. The Wellington Phoenix are not the only NZ based A-league team, Auckland FC joined this year (And is topping the league atm).

[@yothou12]

5:30 no need to rub it in dude its already painful enough😭

[@BoringExtrovert]

Tahiti hosted the Beach Soccer World Cup

[@AntisthenesOfAthenai]

A.S. Dragon has a dope logo!

[@thomasfriesejr.9198]

Zealand eyeing up his next trip.

[@nathanb286]

I can't believe san marino actually got promoted in the Nations League

[@maileleven]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined that you would overlook my hometown club, Auckland FC, as being part of the A-League (since this year) AND currently topping the league. Up the port!

[@stephendenis3855]

Can someone make an FM save where I can qualify for Europe through the French cup???? (even though im playing in tahiti?)

[@stephendenis3855]

i bought the editor but couldn't figure out how to do it

[@kshitijsethi1549]

Great showing from AS Dragon but I am disappointed in my FM team US Avaranches.

[@maxl.b.m.y.g.5918]

Auckland City snubbed

[@MaxLC69]

To anwser a question about how this trip is funded well a few lower div clubs volunteer each year to be the one to go away to the overseas territory, no club is forced to do so (avranches is one of the clubs who has traditionally voluntered the most) And the the volunteers pay for it

[@MaxLC69]

Also the e and s at the end of avranches are basicaly silent

[@stevenwinnie6501]

Odd little thing from the women’s champions league, halfway through the group stage and not a single draw. Feels like an interesting example of the haves/have nots in women’s football even at the highest level.

[@lukee7442]

there’s a crazier miracle run for san marino!

[@luc0601]

Next game 30th November: SU Dives-Cabourg vs AS Dragon, a team from the 5th level, let's keep dreaming!

[@alexlau2669]

unfortunately AS Dragon did not finish inside the top 2 of their league so the earliest chance they could return to the OFC Champions League (pretty self explanatory) and challenge the 12-time Champions Auckland City is 2026 (Wellington Phoenix is not allowed to compete as someone in the comments already pointed out, their reserves do but they aren't really that good in the league)... also Tahiti teams tend to underperform in the Champions League (at least a few years ago when I followed the comp regularly) so they may have a better chance winning Coupe de France first 😂 also according to my limited knowledge, beach soccer is really big in Tahiti and they hold World Cups there so there is an argument that, despite football's popularity, this wouldnt be the largest sports event in the country

[@pedroribeiro5101]

Acording to FM 1st division teams only enter in the 9th round, so we gotta pray for another miracle

[@M1KisCool]

FORZA TITANI!!!!!!

[@scythian12]

Avranshhhh

[@amirilan4435]

Man, if they get Lyon or Bordeaux it would be a nice consolation prize for all the finantial headaches they are in

[@footballfraud23]

zealand: no one takes any notice of the tahiti clubs me: in my secodf season in div 2 of tahiti and the only reason i joined tahiti was to try and make the coupe de france

[@DAMMO23]

Oh z the 1st 1:14 is a Clanger sir- it’s okay all best gks make mistakes- still trust you with my life for daily content

[@edwardbrewis9040]

something for another video if croatia had not equalised against portugal, that would have left scotland and croatia on the same amount of points, same goal difference, same amount of goals conceded and goals scored, same number of wins drawe and losses, meaning croatia would have gone through only as they beat scotland 2-1.

[@mohammedsaeedalderei7933]

2nd in TAHITI league is crazy man...

[@leomendoza450]

morning sunshines o7

[@lkrnpk]

It is an issue with French amateur or semi-professional clubs going to play in Tahiti as it may as well happen that they start to treat that more like a nice vacation than a game. Then I realize this French team is not even fully amateur... and then I saw the picture of French club going to Tahiti in the video :D Yeah still is is an issue

[@jamesgreen2120]

Win the French cup with a team from Tahiti on FM 👀

[@teaspoonsofflavor4871]

Ya mama

[@elijahtchilembe-mpovie2715]

Auckland City runs the OFC.

[@Dharcness]

Does Zealand sits in a room full of tvs and monitors where he views football news from all over world?

[@davidyg11]

Whenever I see vague click bait title I don’t bother checking what it’s about

[@Skelig]

🗿

[@mistakesweremade5786]

Oh she ahnia not oh see ahnia

[@lilbaa8381]

A-league teams have two nz teams Auckland fc Wellington phoenix And they cant qualified for ofc competition because in a afc league man

[@Tomhockman]

Auckland City win the OFC CL Wellington Phoenix can't compete in the OFC CL

[@orlogskapten4161]

He listed a bunch of overseas territories but forgot to mention Réunion where im from. Unsubscribed.

[@footballfraud23]

zealand zealand zealand your oceania ball knowledge is falling off.... the mighty wellington phoenix are not in the ofc champions league.... you will be thinking about auckland city

[@Neurboy]

We all fall short of God and we are all not worthy of Heaven but are worthy of hell but Jesus out of pure love for us died on the Cross and was tortured so we didn''t have to suffer, repent and turn to him before its too late.

[@3nrique3815]

0:05 you are my sunshine my only sunshine you make me happy when skies are grey Legoat influence is crazy 🥲💪