Top 10 Fair Play Moments of The Decade 2010-2019 - Great Sportsmanship by Alaba, Hummels & Co.

The Bundesliga’s role models for sportsmanship
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Players who uphold fair play deserve our appreciation and respect, acting as a role model with moments we’ll never forget. There are more important things in football than winning, including respect for each other out on the pitch, setting an example for those who watch the game. We’ve picked out the 10 best fair-play moments from the last decade, including top-class sportsmanship from Maximilian Arnold, David Alaba and Mats Hummels. Which moment impressed you most? Let us know in the comments.
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[@veroospierre7882]

I like the respect between Bayern players with wolsburg players.

[@TheUKNutter]

Veroos Pierre Because they know who is going to win and lose

[@jopiedingvink]

@@TheUKNutter be little nice

[@jennyius]

Imagine that they kept on giving the ball back and forth the whole game

[@aarondyer7666]

They say Arnold did it in an act of sportsman ship . But go watch the whole moment. He has no choice as none of his team goes into box. I watched live and Arnold was not happy he had to do that. More peer pressure than sportsman ship.

[@jennyius]

@@aarondyer7666 I also watched live and they decided not to come coz they were going to do that. He may not have been happy but did it anyway Arnold and steffen decided to do so

[@teamg3079]

It takes guts to reject an advantage when your team is down, hats off to those lads

[@themancuniancandidate2744]

I've been to my fair share of away games in Germany, and always been struck with the atmosphere and the fans' behaviour. My first time was away at Schalke, and sitting in a bar with a couple of other United fans when a whole group of local fans walked in. Normally, as we all know, in the UK that would almost certainly mean trouble. They clocked us, and came straight over, and sat down uninvited at our table. They wanted to know why we weren't drinking schnapps, and informed us that we were really missing out, before shouting us a round of schnapps, followed by another. No trouble, lots of laughs. Brilliant night, brilliant fans.

[@itsneel2898]

hofmann : dives also hofmann : sportsmanship

[@ayarzeev8237]

THANK YOU!

[@KN-wi4ns]

Exactl, ridiculous! Do something unethical, then change your mind-everyone goes”thank you, well done”...!

[@josephr185]

Neel sometimes as a player u just fall trying to avoid a tackle or simply just lose ur footing that’s not a dive

[@itsneel2898]

Joseph Rizzotti sure

[@lenoz8442]

@@itsneel2898 if he dived then why did he not except the free kick and told the ref

[@user-gt6cj7hn4u]

You will never see it in La Liga.

[@miguemoreno7949]

True

[@MEZOMEZO2011]

Hard to see in almost any other league tbh.

[@prithirajbarman8436]

@Trisha Madapura Nagabhushan yes who said you that Marcelo is such a nice guy

[@msntcrz]

You will never see Ronaldo do that!!!!

[@janech9539]

True

[@mehdijanati3761]

So like half way through the vid i wondered "why is there so many Bundesliga fair plays in here?" Then i looked at who made the video.

[@megamert2848]

Same, Same

[@michaelgiovanniello3230]

Saaame. I was like, damn those Germans are honest, huh? But really, I think you're more likely to see this fair play in the Bundesliga than Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc, etc.. I'm American and I watch soccer. People make fun of Americans and Americans make fun of soccer. But the thing is: faking fouls and faking injuries is highly dishonorable in our sporting culture. It's beginning to change... for the worse. But if someone fakes a foul (and especially if someone fakes an injury!) in American football, that guy will be in the newspaper for all the wrong reason.

[@cerisambrook7692]

Me too! I was thinking how well mannered the German league is to have so many entries... D'oh!

[@TristanWeijermars]

@@michaelgiovanniello3230 You're right. It seems to be very much a football (soccer) thing. But there are some explanations possible. Of course it is a contact sport in a big field with only one referee and a couple of linesmen, so much can go undetected (compare for example with what goes on under water in a water polo game), a lot of money is involved, and, importantly, there is a limited time that the game lasts, so I can imagine it's tempting. And faking a foul can be quite rewarding, with possibilities to get a free kick, to take the momentum out of the game when the opposing team is in a flow, or even to have an opponent player being sent off. I often compare football with cycling. When professional cyclists fall, they only want to get back on the bicycle and go on. Even when they are injured they first get back on the bike and only then start looking at the physical damage. Hardly ever they would blame someone else for the fact they fell, even if it was not their own fault. Real sportsmanship? I suppose, but then again, what would be the point of faking? They don't gain anything by laying around faking injuries: the race will go on, it only costs time that they don't want to loose and the chance that an opponent gets taken out of the race is very, very slim. Besides, a cyclist trying to take down a opponent takes a real risk to fall as well. So, finally, that is why it is so good that in football there now is the video referee, and that there is a fourth referee keeping an eye on the injury time. A lot of cases of faking things can now be detected and trying to gain (or should I say lose?) time has become a lot harder. Hopefully the next step is that players that fake injuries or commit sneaky, mean fouls will be punished severely.

[@gomongio]

Hahaha. I'm not alone then

[@nakulchaturvedi9777]

Truly “football as it’s meant to be”

[@Tryo707]

As an American I'm in awe of the quality and caliber of the Bundesliga. Such mutual respect is usually unheard of outside of children's leagues. People claim to have respect but I don't see them taking such actions as are regularly here on display.

[@rigelark7286]

Klose brought this Bundesliga fairplay with him to Italy when he told referee to annul the goal because he made it with his hand. A true legend. Respect.👏🙏

[@lazyb9996]

The Bremen player at 6:21 gesturing at the ref for a penalty lmao

[@rafiaakter7046]

All the gestures was my favourite, because bundesliga players show the most respect💕💕

[@minminli6248]

Meanwhile, Neymar is still rolling on the grass...

[@dicksonsamuel8815]

Lol 😂🤣

[@Nikolaiwww]

Yep. No fair play there

[@petsunderpillow3441]

😂😂😂

[@frozenwater4026]

im surprised he hasnt rolled of yet

[@antr4004]

Pretty sure he puts it in his sister too..lul

[@SmartBoy-ku7rq]

I remember in Seria A one player admitted that he scored his goal with hands. That player was Klose, who is also german

[@vaniatoldo8432]

This is the spirit of sport : respect " FAIR PLAY "

[@johnhulse4124]

Honor is more lasting and satisfying in life than final scores.

[@piscesman54]

Absolutely. There are two types of football fans (and players)--those who love the game, and those who just love winning, and will do anything for it.

[@ractidfntjqta5508]

Only the Bundesliga players do that , that is why is the best league

[@errorunknown8411]

Pfffttt farmers league

[@joewhite4456]

Did you not see what happened in the championship last year?

[@DarkShadow-681]

@@errorunknown8411 If this is a farmers league, then i don't know what the French league is

[@zoinks9864]

Is the french league a joke?

[@dylanmarshy1689]

Error Unknown most competitive at the top of the table this season

[@Ankitkumar-xe3mo]

The whole world respect you Bundesliga

[@kancfm]

None of this would ever happen in the prem or la liga

[@aokuwa188]

Sad but true

[@ramadhan9072]

Im a big fan of prem, but its so true...

[@pmrzy]

Remember di canio?

[@StrongPinoy]

Too much money on the line in those leagues you mentioned

[@nimamatehkor9613]

True

[@HomeBrewandGardeningAustralia]

All of them. This is how the game should be played!

[@lesterspears2674]

That is how all sports should be played. With honesty and fairness. What a great game and individual players to watch.

[@chiriacvsebastian]

"Do the right thing. It will make you feel good and astonish the others." Mark Twain.

[@maverick5408]

Heartwarming to say the least. Proud to be a Bundesliga fan

[@jackophantom1894]

These are my favorite kinds of videos

[@bhavesha4389]

i bet my life, "sergio ramos" would never be on a list like this

[@halfcastsfanzone1540]

😂😂😂

[@coryburris8211]

Or Luis Suarez

[@jamesdaniels5438]

That's because he doesn't play in the BuLi

[@JerzyFeliksKlein]

Nor Pepe

[@sweden1276]

any real madrid players

[@sugarphantom7837]

Bundesliga is my favorite league and this is one of the reasons why!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@easylyrics9530]

This is what makes Germany great, then and now.

[@annalisetinglerbunkeres4858]

This is what real sport is about. Many great examples to show my students what fair play and honesty looks like in sport. :-)

[@Liebertify]

Honesty is the best policy! So true.🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Diospectre]

6:09 Plot Twist: That foul is actually because of his hairstyle.

[@AB-lq2hm]

Dio Jodianto Probably the worst footballer haircut there is

[@loblit05]

@@AB-lq2hm you have seen nothing!!! Hahaha

[@johnnykwon3999]

ouch.

[@Cinder_3OD]

@@AB-lq2hm that is a nice comment knowing that we have neymar spaghetti hair during WC18

[@nr1pimme]

"He's pointing straight to the spot" xD

[@thegreatpickle1548]

Me 2 years ago: Aw thats nice they're shaking their hands Me now: I renember those days when you could shake hands...

[@TheMrRewo]

Back in La Masia those kind of vids are shown during the "do something like that and you're out immediately" class

[@henrywalsh683]

And at Real, they teach their players, how to handicap players. Ramos, Pepe. Nuff said!

[@khoaduong4428]

Thats why i always love watching Bungdesliga than any other league.

[@mr.traphil5663]

2:45 Kevin Kutschke 3:05 Stefan Kutschke ⁉️

[@farbodpoorvash3278]

I looked it up and it seems like both are kinda his names?

[@sspproductions9579]

Maybe they’re long lost brothers?😝

[@valentvresk17]

Remember when last season Sterling kicked grass and that was given penalty for Man City against Schalke.... Sterling would never do something like this

[@fingmoron]

Sterling dives every game at the slightest touch, of course he never would.

[@chinteshwarbabu9165]

Yup

[@homersimpson6585]

f same can be said for mane

[@Torrado11]

Against Shakhtar Donetsk

[@ivannikolic3638]

Worst part was, city had a good lead, that penalty goal meant almost nothing. He missed consequence free fair play action, the cheating muppet.

[@pososviki1]

Parabéns! Exemplos de profissionalismo!

[@kapgin873]

This is the reason why I love Bundesliga

[@jirayuboonsomsnong9133]

Very beautiful moments, They are really gentlemen...👍❤

[@Gabriel-FTW]

Love these videos

[@rodgeyd6728]

The last one , so unlucky to hit his hand. Fair play to him 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tripzville7569]

Beautiful. If we cannot be honest in our sport we cannot be honest in other areas of life. And humanity needs honesty more than ever now.

[@morskaj]

If only all players were like this, football would be so much better to watch and more people would be fans of the sport.

[@MIGU3L2K]

You love to see it!

[@a.christydjoko7773]

World need those players...respect!!

[@EpiclyYeeted]

That's very wholesome. I need more.

[@stevejh69]

Great video, thanks for posting. Fantastic to see sportsmanship at its best. Shame more is not made of this for our kids to follow.

[@nicolasdubos2797]

If there was more of that, i would be still watching football, and history of that sport would have been soooooooo different. So many injustice in football. Respect to all these great professionnals and ... human being who don't wana win that way.

[@sachleather]

Big respect!!

[@tobytomlinson814]

Borussia mönchengladbach showing up multiple times on the list. Very respectable club

[@rageagainstmyhairline5574]

This stuff makes me glad to be a football fan. Just wish it happened more often and more in the Premier League.

[@lrimmf]

I could watch videos like this all day!!!

[@tytn9978]

ALL 10 of these impressed me, but # 1, the hand-ball goal, was definitely # 1; to let go of a goal is real sports-person-ship,

[@jamalgivens9373]

I love the Bundesliga

[@frogfeelings7659]

If “understandable, have a good day” was an entire football league

[@SteveyZee2012]

Not a fan of soccer, But a huge fan of good sportsmanship. Cheers to those players for being stand up guys .

[@alesito_cc4]

Nice video, thanks for that

[@EnterTheNameHere_Bohemian]

One thing I love more than football is fairplay.

[@ukknightrider]

I love this, God bless to all involved in such great sportsmanship 🙏✌️

[@vascomunista]

this video is AMAZING

[@liammcfadden47]

Great to see!

[@nasky1337]

2:59 “I slipped on the grass” Boi that was a clear dive 🤣🤣

[@elvedinkrlic8969]

Something Neymar needs to learn from

[@horsesense6173]

Nothing speaks to how far we have fallen as a society than having to celebrate rare honesty and decency.

[@kierankelly1252]

Great stuff,not sure this would happen as often in the EPL

[@alangoattt]

plot twist: Plea sabotages the goalies laces

[@zizozain]

great video .. we need more from all leagues. i fed up with fighting, name calling and racism

[@piscesman54]

It would be very hard to make a video like this from other leagues. It just doesn't happen, especially not in South America.

[@McRocket]

Great stuff.

[@beechproduction220]

Best official football channel. Period.

[@OhJaniceWhyOhWhy]

10 fair play moments in 10 years.........that says all you need to know about soccer/football.

[@isaiahK0V]

The teammates were probably pretty mad at some of these, like “just take the penalty”

[@bronzejourney5784]

Are you playing football or are you just trying to win?

[@SyrianHch]

@@bronzejourney5784 lol most of these are unknown teams and players fighting relegation. There is a reason why you don't see this in the Champions League or the World Cup. The stakes are much higher and players just wanna rip each other apart. I mean, you've seen those same "sportsmanship" Bayern players disrespect barca last year. Lol they were playing like they were losing even when it was 7-2

[@loblit05]

This rarely happens in any other of the big leagues: Spain, England, Italy, Argentina, Brazil.

[@captaindelta43]

This is love . This is true football ☺️

[@whitehair8824]

Great to see this

[@JAH9495]

Why can't other leauges show the respect and sportsmanship like this, these are role models

[@khalidsparrow101]

PL & la liga: We don't do that around here.

[@HoboTurtle]

khalid ali serie A: 🤷🏽🖕🏼

[@JR-mk6ow]

Idk, in the Premier there are still some players with respect. But surely not in La Liga. Maybe Puyol would do that 10 years ago

[@user-vc7mq1fn4o]

Respect and congratulations

[@NatanielBTeixeira]

Que legal. Que assim seja em todo lugar. Saúde e sucesso sempre à todos!

[@cattycats4]

Remember Barcelona a few years ago who would practically mob the referee with half the team if they didnt win a throw in....

[@jinxblaze]

Chelsea vs barca....

[@MA-so1uv]

I saw this comment and it reminded me of Chelsea Vs Barçalona 2009 Disgraceful

[@kait2972]

Football, where a the simple human act of honesty is considered sportsmanship.

[@nischalregmi9866]

There should be an award for best fair play.

[@s1a1u1d00]

This is why i love Bundesliga ♥️♥️♥️

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Players "worth" over 100 million: "Watch me dive and lie in 4K"

[@olliespencer9807]

This would never happen in the premier league Germany is the land of fair play

[@Jimmydb]

Suárez y Neymar miren estas jugadas! Son grandes no necesitan hacer teatro! Saludos desde el Perú!

[@Mohammed-oc6qi]

Great to see

[@gntrihg]

I have a much greater respect for the German league. Such good sportsmanship and real respect

[@26.johanesmarco52]

Meanwhile neymar : They're a joke

[@SO-lq9vj]

This Is Our Football ❤️

[@m.rezkaermanda2560]

this life must respect each other and must not hurt

[@gylfiisgod]

well clearly his teammates didn't appreciate that 2:25

[@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE]

yeah Christensen and Vestergaard were not impressed lmao

[@user-oo7pg6ss9w]

3:00 he didn’t slip he dived but fair play to him

[@joshuaburkhalter9414]

If you watch in a slower speed you can clearly see that he miss stepped and immediately got back up and chased the ball, obviously not diving to try and get a foul, but tripping and trying to make up for it

[@user-oo7pg6ss9w]

Joshua Burkhalter he didn’t lose his footing he dived, no one falls over like that if you slip or lose your footing. Kane does that every time when trying to get a foul call.

[@piscesman54]

Another cynic. Go see an eye doctor, or better yet, a shrink.

[@minuteman747]

All of them .

[@doresca1634]

This is why I support a team in the BuLi, even though I’ve the choice of many London teams! - the fact that it’s 1. FC Köln... well that’s another story. Sometimes I wish they were not as nice 🥴 20+ years a fan and it has been painful at times 🤕

[@lolzmanytime]

I wish Malaysian Super League was like this..so beautiful..

[@ane7hud]

Meanwhile in the PL there is leg breaking tackles every week.

[@joseantoniozunino8489]

@VGV Tomato i watch every single bundesliga game, and most of the time, it is indeed fine and jolly :D

[@nottsoserious]

This is why I watch the bundesliga

[@deasetiawan8462]

Big leaugue. Big match. And the heart even bigger ❤❤❤respect

[@kimhkm]

Notice that respectful players featured here plays for clubs from the Northern Germany and Rhine areas.👍

[@harveyholmes9533]

Find it weird when someone dives and then gets cold feet

[@jaykayhooray]

@Harvey Holmes i think what it is is that they went down knowing there’d be contact which honestly helps u avoid injury from the incoming challenge. But once they realized that the tackle missed and didn’t make contact, they admit that they went down without contact. Half the time a challenge comes in, the dribbler can tell if the tackle is gona make contact and be a foul. When theyre wrong, at least Bundesliga players admit it. Thats why i wouldn’t really call it a dive. A dive is more so when you know there’s not gona be a foul but still go down anyway. But the guys in this vid are foreseeing the contact so they go down but they admit if theyre wrong. I feel like there is a philosophical difference.

[@ezriderzzr7104]

@@jaykayhooray So still cheating then.

[@shrey5423]

@@ezriderzzr7104 kind of even if it's cheating at the end they do the right thing so it's good.

[@ezriderzzr7104]

@@shrey5423 Not really, it's like getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar and saying sorry, still makes you a thief.

[@colsey6542]

I had to scroll down a long way to find the comment I agreed with.

[@tommyragil7948]

Respect

[@omermowaffaquejaigirder8889]

Bundesliga: Football, as it's meant to be

[@LommeMann1]

This stuff doesnt happen in any other league

[@errorunknown8411]

Sigurd Ryan cuz all the others are actually competitive