When a Semi Pro team finished 3rd of the World

[@Vanemas2]

It's at the Club World Cup

[@The-joshuaaaaa]

3:30 why did you say 0-0 after 120 minutes when it was 1-1 after 120 minutes?

[@Vanemas2]

@@The-joshuaaaaa i think i may need glasses

[@The-joshuaaaaa]

@@Vanemas2ok

[@thebigblackforehead]

make a video of all the underdogs of each league

[@IronDragon-oh6hh]

@@The-joshuaaaaa no one scored after 1-1

[@gabdie7188]

That was 2014, and I can't believe that was roughly 10 years ago. Auckland City's 3rd place run is still one of the best football stories I have encountered, especially considering that winners of Oceania usually get knocked out of the opening game against the host club. ❤

[@Tataandfarewell]

if they only held up for a little bit longer, they could've beaten san lorenzo and faced real madrid in the final... for a club from new zealand this would've been a monumental milestone. still an unreal journey. finished in pole position, third in the world!

[@Minstel]

That’s a tale many can only dream of

[@Lunaiom]

Only today, 3rd of april 2024, Saarbrucken German-Cup run ended in the semi-final (so 3rd or 4th) as a team from the 3rd division, elimination on their way the record champion and two other very very high rated teams 😂😂❤

[@superadriantosta]

and that team is the team with most participations in club world cup, amazing auckland city

[@berserkscribe]

Definitely not because of all other teams in ofc weak asf DEFINITELY NOT

[@zc6469]

You seem to have forgotten about Raja Casablanca's fairy tale run to the finals and second place against Robben and Ribery's Bayern in 2010...

[@SuperJNG18]

Big fan of Auckland City! Glad to see them getting their flowers here.

[@huntertheboi69]

imagine they played real madrid 💀

[@st0rm_cr0w661]

come on that would just be unfair, the financial advantage Madrid has is insane

[@huntertheboi69]

@@st0rm_cr0w661 ik

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Would have probably felt like in 2010 when Inter, who just won a Treble, had to face off Mazembe in the final@@st0rm_cr0w661

[@Mihara01]

@@st0rm_cr0w661sheriff vs madrid

[@willparrish8474]

Almost..

[@zacblanch]

What competition did they come 3rd in

[@megaphone8653]

I think its the club world cup im not sure

[@Averifiedperson7712]

Club World Cup

[@Twox_Fullest]

Wait Auckland managed to get to the Club World Cup?

[@ilijastrainovic3141]

They won Oceania Champions League

[@Qtr898]

They Always do@@ilijastrainovic3141

[@sambenham1945]

they do almost every single year

[@absontchica6298]

They do every time, as the winners of the Oceania champions league. They’re the best club from New Zealand except from wellington Phoenix but they play in the A-league which is part of the Asian champions league

[@Canas94]

Why do European teams get the privileged of only starting from the Semi Final? Devalues it when some teams play 4 games, whilst others play 2 (if they reach the final). Also less chances to lose. When its better teams in this, which sometimes it is, you want a fair competition. It's too small a competition to care about seeding.

[@hartingtherealone]

Id agree, but i honestly dont know what the format could be, considering that there are 7 teams participating in this. I heard something about adding an 8th club to fix this, but it would just add a second european club, which woukd make it still quite unfair for everyone else, considering how large the gap between Europe and everyone else is in club football.

[@lakebreeze6248]

@@hartingtherealone they are making it way bigger 32 teams in 2025

[@Canas94]

The alternative is to take turns and not have Europe participate as a seeded team in such a small competition. These teams, while smaller. They have achieved a great deal too. Minus South America, it is samller teams. Though upsets happen. Teams don't get the chances to beat European teams if they all knock each other out first. It could cause a wave. A smaller wave. But a wave through other nations that maybe other footballing countries like Saudi, the US, Japan. Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Egypt and so on, actually might have a solid standard of football. We laugh at other nations. Look at the reaction when Jessi Lingaard joined a Korean top flight professional team. People actually acted in mass as if he joined a Sunday league team without knowing a jot about South Korean football. Whilst that nation may have a bad rep and may have bad football. Countries never grow if we all scoff at the rest of them and keep everything to ourselves. I'm an Arsenal fan but all I see is seedy comments from people that can't accept another league lives below the premiership or that the fans can't understand the reality of teams outside the top 5 leagues. I'm 29. I didn't grow up watching football when it was slightly more even. It went crazy right at the end of the 90s when I first started remembering matches. Partly why I really enjoy the Europa League. The fans are beyond brilliant and loyal. I just feel fans in other teams. Bug team. they would jump ship if a team got relegated and had a few bad years. Bolton had a fanbase around the word. It hardly has any fans outside England now. @@hartingtherealone

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Europe and South American teams had the toughest path to get there so they deserve the bye. The two best confederations as well.

[@zytrik1]

Me dueles, frustrazul 😢

[@bitshous]

I think you are missing the explination of why wore they concider a semi pro.

[@Monstrosity993]

“Explination” “wore””coincider”go to english grammar school kid

[@bitshous]

@@Monstrosity993 voy a tratar. Creo que me ayudaría mucho. Thank you for your recommendation.

[@JFrapuchino2727]

cruz azul being cruz azul

[@turkeyman631]

Very similar events when USA beat Spain and were up 2-0 on Brazil and allllmost won the Confederations Cup. I know they arent semi-pros, but compared to Brazil and Spain they sure are , especially in the 2010s when we didnt have so many international players.

[@lucakenny]

whats funny is their junior teams are terrible so they get smacked around by other even smaller clubs

[@momatem]

cool

[@eldromedario3315]

Central America IS North America fml...

[@envatto]

How did they get there?

[@jaygowda69]

Champions of Oceanian CL

[@EnormeEkoH]

​@@jaygowda69as a semi professional thats crazier than finishing 3rd in the og club world cup

[@jaygowda69]

@@EnormeEkoH nah not. The Oceanian champions league is all semi professional to amateur. The strongest is ofcourse New Zealand against clubs from Tahiti, Fiji, new Caledonia, etc.

[@EnormeEkoH]

@@jaygowda69 ah ok lol, how was even legit to let them join the world cup xdd

[@berserkscribe]

I will get the most hate possible ever for this, but they only won 2 matches and y’all be like they won champions…

[@well_i_liked_it]

Fair enough but they are amateurs who beat the best team in CAF, the best team in CONCACAF and only got knocked out by the best team in CONMEBOL in the 93rd minute. They should have lost 0-5 every game at least.

[@kimi9572]

There's something called the journey before a competition... It'd be like Leicester getting into the semi-finals of the UCL (which they almost did in 16/17)

[@Oshikno-oo5hp]

ronaldo's UCL threepeat>>>>>>>

[@xxcoolblue8100]

this is about auckland city, not penaldo💀

[@bluelobterz]

Auckland city were much worse than Real Madrid so getting third is a big accomplishment.

[@RicardoTiglla]

very false

[@poojagoel599]

first

[@Elsandis3]

Congrats no one cares🎉