World Cup Needs To Chill

[@HonestTom1892]

No one can handle the altitude 💀

[@zionmolina3039]

Could the Nepali national team compete with the Bolivians away in Bolivia?

[@reverendroar]

@@zionmolina3039yes they could - because they’ve won there before

[@zionmolina3039]

​@@reverendroar That's impressive for a team like Nepal, we need a altitude rivalry between Bolivia and Nepal.

[@איתןשי]

@@zionmolina3039 the sad thing is that Nepal do not use their altitude... Their stadium is in one of the lowest points in the country

[@BrianStorm742]

Listen, I too see the romanticism in this Bolivian qualifying campaign, but this will actually kill somebody some day.

[@mikkysteaders]

Bolivia play 12,000ft above sea level. Everton are soon to face a 12,000 point deduction. What a time to be alive.

[@Ganganuk]

12,000 point? Ridiculous! It should've been 13,000!!

[@rickybobbylarge1059]

They actually moved to a higher stadium mid qualifiers to a 14,000 ft one

[@wuxiagamescentral]

​@@GanganukEPL favoritism shame!

[@hisham_hm]

something we'll never have but would be hilarious to see: a World Cup hosted in Bolivia

[@chombus2602]

At least we had a Copa America hosted in Bolivia in 90s (and Brazil won)

[@lobanoubm4234.]

They still would somehow not win it

[@isaacjones5687]

@@chombus2602 Sure they didn’t win, but Bolivia were the runners up, when they were the worst ranked team in the competition 😂 They won 5 out of 6 games and the only game they lost was to a very strong brazil side. They thrashed mexico 3-1, and beat the likes of Uruguay, Colombia and Peru. By the time Brazil got to the final, they probably got somewhat used to playing at that altitude. The only Copa America Bolivia have won, was in Bolivia also by the way.

[@baldassodouniversoparalelo6972]

@@chombus2602 Also hosted in the 60's and won it.

[@don-reinoso]

Bolivia and Venezuela both qualifying to the world cup would be fire

[@brunoactis1104]

As a paraguayan, that won't happen.

[@alex-s9p]

im praying we get bolivia and venezuela and not brazil

[@reverendroar]

I hope Peru makes it!

[@MarceloZ2]

​@@alex-s9p as a brazilian, totally agree.

[@rickzaum]

​@@MarceloZ2 Fogo amigo mano?

[@Rutrakpm]

THEY DON'T KNOW THEY DON'T KNOW THE GHOST OF THE ALTITUDE

[@sandy-u7y]

"Altitude and inshallah" - Best tactic explanation ever!

[@magizmo]

Zealand with all due respect, you're absolutely wrong about Bahrain v Indonesia. While it's true that Bahrain was "dominating", what the highlight didn't show you was the (fellow Arab gulf state Oman) referee Ahmed Al-Kaf give too many foul calls for Indonesia (almost 3 to 1 for the benefit of Bahrain) which makes it incredibly hard for Indonesia to regain momentum. While Bahrain can be a lot harsher on their defense and get away with it. Also the whole officiating teams (ref, linesman, VAR) all come from Arab gulf state! Also when Oeratmangoen scored late in the 1st half, the ref willing to spend some time to check the VAR in hope to disqualify the goal. But when Bahrain scored the last goal that could be potentially offside, the ref didn't even allowed Indonesia's appeal to check the VAR and immediately end the match. Also per FIFA rule there was no legitimate reason (nothing going on) during that (already long) 6 additional minutes to prolong the match even longer for additional 3 long minutes. Though we know we're not playing our best, we still absolutely deserved the win and for it to be robbed in such fashion really hurt us as an up and coming aspiring nation. We're so close! So let me say (and on behalf of my fellow countryman) that I'm though a bit hurt but also more than anything else deeply disappointed that you didn't give your commentary (about us) the due diligence it deserved because if you truly do, you'll reached the same conclusion as all of us in Asia (excluding the Arab gulf states) and will called them out on their Arab shenanigans. For the betterment of football in Asia, you have the opportunity to use your big international platform to highlight the corruption & monopoly that fester in AFC by the Arabs. By shining the light on them, more people will know and care then I hope more people will demand change and have Arab's power and influence severely diminished in AFC so other nations can have fair chance to rise. I hope you spend the time it deserved and look into it a bit deeper and make maybe one more video about it that us football fans in Asia (excluding the Arabs gulf states) truly deserved, thank you.

[@JoeMercersWay]

Zealand doing due diligence and being informed won't happen anytime soon, just watch his City legal video.

[@darkjudge8786]

Mate, no-one cares about your country or its world cup aspirations. Maybe focus more on not committing genocide in West Papua.

[@nikolaifomin3507]

Well said 👏

[@Parthian6]

Iran 🇮🇷 stands with Indonesia, we know all too well how the Arabs peddle their influence to rob games. Shameful.

[@rickybobbylarge1059]

Womp Womp

[@jamesdrummond7684]

6:00: Sounds like Zealand's getting that sweet, sweet oil money. 🤣

[@OrlovKruskayev]

I'm old enough to have seen Chillavert, Gamarra, Arce and at this point you have to actually accept that playing defensive terrorball is their tradition. The italy of South America

[@reverendroar]

Big up Peru for not being last and also having an opportunity to qualify for playoffs. I believe in you Peru! Let’s drive on those llama’s in World Cup 2026!

[@awepen1596]

6:09 a Bahrain team who fell down as easily as we breath... yeah no pal, you need to watch the whole match to understand why we indonesian called it rigged...

[@kleptrep94]

On an unrelated note why does he see a 6 team group where every side has to play 10 games, sees that every side’s played 3 games and came to the conclusion that 5-3=1. I don’t think Zealand passed Kindergarten dude.

[@Me-ui1zy]

Tbf, Indonesian football fans call everything that ever happens rigged. If something doesnt go their way its because its rigged/everyone is out to get Indonesia. Watch football games. They have extra stoppage all the time. Especially when there is so much time wasting

[@darienilham]

@@Me-ui1zylol did you watch this match? There was nothing to justify the extra 3 minutes on top of the 6

[@encorefootball]

​@Me-ui1zy but where did those 3 extra minutes appeared?

[@IqbalMunahar]

@@Me-ui1zy extra stoppage all the time. Until when? Until the corrupt country scored? 50% of extra time is crazy, 1 minute is understandable, but on those 6 minutes nothing really happened

[@Mr_Gerry]

Now imagine if Nepal could build a stadium on the top of mount Everest and play their home matches there

[@supersambat7989]

if you watch the full match between Bahrain vs Indonesia. you'll be astonished by the amount the game stopped due to minimum contact to Bahrain players, also if you watch the "6" minutes of extra time given, the game didn't even stop that much, there's plenty of chance the ref could stop the match but he didn't, even the live commentary said he didn't sure where those extra minutes comes from.

[@the3aboud]

As an Iraqi, your great knowledge of our recent football history really made me happy. Haven't smiled so widely in so long!

[@dead1zed886]

The issue is the gulf teams look after eachother at the expense of other countries. Indonesia were undoubtedly robbed, it was similar when Bahrain played Australia (although admittedly Australia should still be good enough to beat Bahrain even with obvious favouritism). The Arab states don't like Indonesia developing because it means less spots for them, they don't really want Australia in AFC because it means less spots for them. If you look at a gulf state team verse a non-gulf team, with the game being refereed by a gulf-state ref - it's obvious favouritism; players are allowed to go down easy and waste time, while their opposition are carded for the slightest offences (and inconsistently); it is a clown show, hard to watch, and why people won't take Asian football seriously.

[@Me-ui1zy]

Lmao, these kind of cry baby excuses for draws is why people dont take Indonesian footballs seriously. The come up has been crazy cool to see but anytime something goes slightly wrong there is a giant conspiracy out against Indonesia. Like jesus christ. The game went 3 minutes over extra time that happens extremely often in international football. I get the suspension of the gulf states, they have played fast and loose with rules. But like, in this instance there is straight up nothing to your argument other than "Wah my team didnt win wah"

[@CuginosPizza]

@@Me-ui1zy 3 minutes over 6 minutes (50% more!) without any time-wasting or major stoppage in those 6 minutes, yeah right. How was that justified?

[@MrRbirdy17]

Where is the OFC qualifying love?

[@jonandrews6299]

Bolivia's only WC appearance - 1994 in the USA. History repeating itself?

[@moloko5]

Can't have a World Cup in the US without the weird green Bolivia team. Can't have Bolivia in a World Cup anywhere else.

[@baldassodouniversoparalelo6972]

Bolivia has 3 World Cup appearances, 1930, 1950 and 1994.

[@KevinKambey]

Thats what i thought making judgements from extended highlights 🤣

[@Aldiyawak]

1:08 Indonesia robbed.

[@sandy-u7y]

Legend says Han Kwang Son was subbed 2 mins after missing a pen because their beloved dictator couldn't stand him anymore so he called the coach immediately to take him off or his family would be doomed forever

[@rmmvw]

That's the most FM thing to go ngl

[@johndoliver8233]

People quick to forget Bolivia actually beat chile away. And were one man down since the 20th min for the colombia game. They cookin cookin.

[@CrescentCitySweaters]

Chile’s national team is absolutely washed

[@wisefelipe]

Bolivia is not as bad as he makes it seem. BUT, that win against Chile was mostly Chile's fault..

[@lobanoubm4234.]

Chile is so washed nowadays tbh

[@TheShruik]

A controversial decision in favor of an oil state at home. Never seen that before!

[@MinkesSM]

Talk about the OFC qualifying!!!@

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

Two days later, Japan draws against Australia, 1-1, and the fun thing is that both are own goals. (Also lots of upsets and surprise draws in Oct 15)

[@candym0nz826]

Bolivia is the ultimate expression of South American dark arts

[@kleptrep94]

The beginning of this video reminds me of when I printed off the entirety of the 2002 Fifa World Cup Qualifying Campaign for school homework and for the life of me I forget any extra context.

[@SuperJNG18]

International football is also how I got into this sport so I’m with you, Zea. I’m a pig in slop during the international break.

[@Damian_1989]

Regarding Paraguay, it probably helps that they're being coached by a master of Terrorist Ball named Gustavo Alfaro. That guy makes Diego Simeone look like an offense-driven coach. Also, i would've loved it if you mentioned that Bolivia's stadium, El Alto, literally translates to *The Tall*

[@tonyguyan9559]

Jose Mourinho about Paraguay: Football Heritage

[@CuginosPizza]

I disagree with your Bahrain vs Indonesia take. You can't just watch the extended highlight if you want to analyze what happened. Many here have mentioned other calls in the first 90' of the game. I'm not going to go over those. But just watch the injury time in the 2nd half. Won't take you more than 10 minutes. +6 was given. It was the minimum, yes, but for that to be extended, something had to happen. Injuries, time wasting, major stoppage, etc. None of those happened in the +6' of extra time. In +7' and +8', there were opportunities for the ref to blow the whistle. Whistle was not blown. The goal at 90+9' was not checked by VAR, even though Oratmangoen's goal was checked by VAR and both had potential offside. I agree that saying the game was "rigged" from the beginning is too far. Indonesia could've defended better and went for the corner flag when they had the goal in +8'. However, you can't disregard or deny that the referee was biased in his decisions. Also, Bahrain's FA posted on their official IG account that the goal was scored at 90+6'. Zealand, just take the 10 minutes to watch the end of the match. Come back then. I've seen you put a lot more efforts into smaller and less inconsequential (albeit fun) topics in your videos.

[@CSLucasEpic]

15:50 Bolivia has been to the WC three times, not one. 1930, 1950 and 1994.

[@Yorrrrrrrrrrrr]

judgements from highlights, is wild 😂

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Oh shit it’s getting real now?? Halfway through the CONMEBOL gauntlet!! Waiting for that CAF drama in June. Gonna see what Qatar is made of very soon! Copa America doesn’t have any qualifying matches so that’s why World Cup qualifying is so early for them.

[@paulmcdonald6051]

Always back Venezuela and Bolivia when at home.

[@holyhawkakastevenhawks]

17:08 there are too many clips on this channel that just kill me man wtf 🤣

[@angelom7572]

As a Chilean, it still hurts losing to them... At home

[@arekzawistowski2609]

6:45 oh yeah totally. China played 3 matches with 4 different opponents and that's why they only didn't play Bahrain yet.

[@tpd1399]

I still listen to Eric prydz- and do you feel scared from FIFA World Cup 06 ps2

[@ninjalectualx]

I never knew he was in fifa, good for him

[@ramicane1671]

Everyone talking about Bolivia's altitude, but no one talks about the state of the venezuelan stadium in the Argentina match, they might as well had been playing in a pool with the amount of water that it had, the ball couldn't even bounce, hilarious on one hand, but on the other it shows that Conmebol can't be trusted to enforce any kind of basic standards

[@Argenswiss]

That Argentina Venezuela game should not have been played in those conditions. The pitch was a literal swimming pool, they couldn't run 5 meters or give a 10 meter padd without the ball stopping dead on its place. It is a miracle we didn't lose given that Argentina plays possession football and Venezuela just long ball it to rondon for 90 minutes with the ball never touching the ground. It was the perfect conditions for Venezuela and the worat possible conditions for Argentina

[@igor.pasichnyuk]

Hey Zealand just letting you know in case you didn’t that Asia qualifying has two games vs each teams so there’s a lot more games to come

[@brunoactis1104]

They're cooked unless they cam carry a mountain to the US. Don't get carried away, they have few games at home remaining.

[@DaCaLsTa7777]

They'll be finding ways to turn Coors Field into a football pitch asap

[@meefdesu3597]

Ecuador drawing 0-0 is the most embarrassing result we've had so far. if we had gotten "the job done" we should've won 2-0, or at least have that penalty awarded, but I guess the ref hated us

[@FDeeKay]

Which highlights are you watching the Bahrain Indonesia match? The official AFC ones? If so then of course it'll favor Bahrain being the more dominant one. I urge you to watch the full match and see for yourself that even though Indonesia did pretty poorly on the 1st half, Indonesia was way better in the 2nd. Highlights would also absolutely purposely not show those wrong referee calls cause itll just make them look bad

[@benjinho126]

I don’t Bo-livi-a (believe ya)

[@Z.A.N.E19]

😂😅

[@ninjalectualx]

Wow thanks for explaining the joke, that always makes it finnier

[@benjinho126]

@@ninjalectualx Bolivia sounds believe ya, so I said I don’t Bolivia, or I don’t believe ya

[@WuCSquad]

You need to Chili

[@pablocalderonmusica4939]

OMG jajajaja

[@theknightolympia]

Now i know the reason you can't judge a match by only watching highlights, even extended highlights 👀

[@McPilch]

Impossible, but I want to see a World Cup hosted by Bolivia...

[@SeyrenaKatsuragi]

Z dripped out af today the hat goes so well with the shirt^^

[@iker5villa418]

Vamos Bolivia got to see them in Chicago when Mexico played them in a friendly. Mexico won but they did really good.

[@sundew_ii]

mexico played their under 21s :/

[@alexespinosa497]

Thank you, please do the European club.. conference league etc.. the deep dive updates (as an American) where I hear the true underdog stories

[@Joule-b3k]

wow, ada indonesia coy!

[@andrefiliks]

The altitude is horrible, it's not just running out of breath, players actually develop altitude sickness, it's borderline torture playing there

[@nachocuria4421]

Bolivia actually played in 3 world cups, not 1, they played in 1930, 1950 and 1994

[@17Se7enteen]

where's OFC recap z?

[@gezblair]

“Iraq’s got more problems than Jay-Z”. Yeah. Yeah, I think that’s fair. 😊

[@kolportiroas-red983]

International football is so cool

[@lintangbyanthara507]

Just please watch AT LEAST just the 2nd half, and I'm curious what's your thoughts. Also, during the "stoppage time" please refer to Laws of the Game. Then you might understand why we feel "robbed"

[@waynekeebler6755]

Bahrain vs Indonesia? I don’t think I’m going to fly out for that one.

[@djamalsylla4959]

LETTSSSS GOOO

[@djamalsylla4959]

oh yea- go run or something

[@twakilon]

Bro, how did you miss Venezuela V Argentina was a Water Polo match

[@Steadysoldier6]

I thought you were from NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿

[@JamesSant1]

Ive heard of Josef Martinez from his days for Torino

[@egarmorales2036]

He also scored a shit ton of goals for Atlanta United some years ago

[@encorefootball]

Indonesia v Bahrain had 6 added minutes. But where did those 3 extra minutes appear? The Arabs are in the business of using brown envelopes.

[@encorefootball]

It's not about who's the better team. Germany dominated Korea and Japan, but lost lol

[@hmmmdead7810]

BAHRAIN MENTIONED 🐪🐪🐪🐪

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Han Kwen Son is still alive Not after that penalty miss 😂

[@AdmiMiasmin]

i dont care if bahrain was the better team, indonesia was robbed and thats a fact. if that had happened with Man city instead of bahrain you would have been all over it

[@wuxiagamescentral]

It is a crime that Nepal doesn't play their home games on Mt Everest

[@BrianStorm742]

Paraguay's goal difference after 9 games is actually insane 💀

[@SirL33Ts]

Bolovia isn't cooking anymore? :(

[@supersambat7989]

Oh and, AFC President is Bahraini

[@ginooti9515]

1 nil with the Paraguay

[@nordicdrow]

Im watching this just as China wins 2-1 vs Indonesia.

[@saturnz428]

My disappointment when Zealand finished the reviews without talking about Africa is unmeasurable

[@mikeybarrett429]

It’s AFCON qualifying this week. This video was for world cup qualifying

[@alejandrogambardella4168]

mbappe would not even touch the ball in bolivia

[@benwilliams8667]

El Salvador 1-2 St vincent.... concacaf nations league needs to chill a little bit as well?

[@jjj8317]

Over 4100 meters* not feet.

[@HikariKengo]

Zealand, I think you're completely missing the point on what infuriates Indonesia on the Bahrain match. No, the match isn't rigged (it would be a little bit too extreme to say that), but the ref's decision on the second half's injury time is questionable at best. The AFC Channel should have the full match VOD, so you can watch what's going on during that time window. Fun Fact: On Bahrain FA's post, they said that Mahroon's equalizer came on 90+6 instead of 90+9. Make that up to your will.

[@MichalZajezierski]

Maybe afcon update next?

[@JoeMercersWay]

Serious question for the South America watchers. Why have Chile, Paraguay and Peru dropped off so much in recent years?

[@freopt]

Chile and Peru are extremely old, Paraguay has never been that great. Ecuador has had a big come up the last 3 cycles, Venezuela is good this cycle, someone has to be last.

[@Sebas07761]

@@freoptrecently Chile and Peru have actually stopped calling up most of their old players. Especially Peru they got rid of Guerrero, Carrillo, Cueva, etc. In fact the only reason why they won vs Uruguay was because of the 22 year old Piero Quispe put in an amazing cross to Miguel Araujo. With Paraguay and Peru right now they have some positives that they can be proud of. Chile doesn’t have much or any positives and they play against Peru in Lima next month and then Paraguay in Asunción next March….they will finish last it’s obvious.

[@JoeMercersWay]

​@@freoptwhy are Chile not producing young talent like the next Sanchez, Vidal, Salas etc? Paraguay used to make World Cups with Gamarra, Santa Cruz etc...

[@freopt]

@@JoeMercersWay theres not a simple answer to "why doesnt this country produce talent". It's not like Chile has a lack of interest, or bad (on paper) youth development, or obvious corruption. You do see it in the results, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador send a few teenagers to Europe every transfer window and the rest of CONMEBOL isn't there.

[@egarmorales2036]

​@@JoeMercersWaynormally if you aren't Argentina, Brasil or Uruguay you don't get back to back great generations of players, you do get good players but a whole team is less likely

[@Slvrbuu]

🫁🫁

[@schoolonstagemuziekeducatie]

Who hopes that venezuela can qualify

[@broskiqu]

90+6=99

[@isaacjones5687]

Which 5 year old dressed you for this video

[@SrSteve404]

wallahi if Brazil doesnt qualify I`m never watching this sport again

[@JamesSant1]

You realise every country in Asia plays each other twice right ?

[@mafiousbj]

When Mbappe bitched about the South American football...man....I so wish he had to come and play against Bolivia in the insane height, or Ecuador that plays lower but still at altitude. Or Colombia or Brazil with tropical climate where it's so wet your body has trouble sweating 😂. Or just play in the conditions Argentina had to play to other day vs Venezuela. Fully flooded field but CONMEBOL says show must go on 😂 Our World Cup qualifiers used to be the hardest in the World before the expanded qualification spots.

[@marianolemos908]

jajajaj ni miro el partido, sino hubiera mencionado que la cancha estaba inundada

[@lagavulin7194]

Have France play Bolivia or Ecuador everywhere on this planet and they would still be the clear favorites. Just because it hurts, doesn't mean he was wrong

[@mafiousbj]

@@lagavulin7194 he proceeded to loose a WC final with a South American team. And with the same logic you can make Argentina or Brazil play Hungary or Romania (lesser European teams) and be favorites. Big teams are big teams everywhere. Colombia isn't one. Mbappe plays and speaks for money and has little to no passion for his national team (just watch his little escapade to Sweden this week while wearing a mask and beanie knowing full well he was in the wrong) after Deschamps vouched for him publicly. Ronaldo and Messi got us used to spotless professionalism so current crop of stars feel more even more like party animals like Neymar 😂

[@sebastianbal1008]

@@lagavulin7194 it's hard to even run when you can't breathe, recently bolivia has started playing his conmebol matches in an stadium 500 meters higher than the one in la paz, in that stadium they could win against any team

[@abubakr13340]

Indonesia robbed

[@nameanteater4772]

It’s always a Bolivian

[@WuCSquad]

Should have called it World Cup Needs To Chilli... just saying.

[@trayschmeelk4739]

No views in 16 seconds, Zealand fell off

[@ryebails1687]

Neeeeeed Palestine to at least get close to WC qualification

[@juancarlosortiz6756]

I hope Yisra'el can qualify ♥️

[@mrmr446]

This is why I couldn't celebrate Saudi beating Argentina in the last world cup, not convinced the result was decided on the pitch.

[@kleptrep94]

I didn’t celebrate it because I detest Saudi Arabia also I knew that the result wouldn’t matter.

[@ChillLee24]

Classic humiliation ritual for the eventual winners

[@mwgaming5167]

So Argentina scored 3 disallowed goals on purpose?

[@kleptrep94]

@@mwgaming5167 Argentina shouldn't have even BEEN in the World Cup in the first place, them and Brazil should've been disqualified for the time when they played 5 minutes then both walked out over nothing. But then again they ARE Argentinian and they're all bereft of humanity.

[@milaninter2442]

I would absolutely love to hear why you would think that. Messi being a corrupt little man would be quite a story

[@sebz019]

Bolivia needs to host the World Cup 😂 underdog tournament

[@aestusmaximus5219]

First

[@Sgeeeeeee]

Omar Marmoush!

[@PoliAstroN]

The fact that ‘palestine’ has a National time when it’s not an actual Nation is quite embarrassing for football.

[@RaffiPrima23]

Shitreal lose and never win 💩.stfu

[@kleptrep94]

Palestine’s a nation dude it’s not like Puerto Rico or Gibraltar or Virgins where they belong to another country.

[@KaptenMalaCh]

What about Hong Kong? Chinese Taipei aka Taiwan? Macau? Puerto Rico? Gibraltar? Faroe Islands? Bermuda? Montserrat? US Virgin Islands? British Virgin Islands? Guam? New Caledonia?

[@mikeybarrett429]

Yea there’s dozens of examples of national football teams not being countries dude