Eric Cantona's UEFA President's Award Acceptance Speech Decoded

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • Eric Cantona gave a cryptic yet brilliant speech.
    CREDITS: BT SPORT

Komentáře • 580

  • @RandomStuffTutorials
    @RandomStuffTutorials  Před 3 lety +1053

    Relevant.

  • @sumerrana6805
    @sumerrana6805 Před 3 lety +1379

    a man a step ahead is considered intelligent
    a man ten steps ahead is considered insane

    • @davidjones2655
      @davidjones2655 Před 3 lety +22

      Spot on statement about the person who is 10 steps ahead

    • @gordonlekfors2708
      @gordonlekfors2708 Před 2 lety +10

      or you know, he could have gotten the grasp of basic rhetorics and English pronunciation, and actually made the audience understand.

    • @jr5034
      @jr5034 Před rokem +1

      So Ted Bundy is 100 steps ahead of us

    • @Sticktothemodels
      @Sticktothemodels Před rokem +13

      @@gordonlekfors2708 your ethnocentrism is showing

    • @moguscapy
      @moguscapy Před rokem

      @@gordonlekfors2708 you're two digit IQ at best bro

  • @Vikplaygaming
    @Vikplaygaming Před 3 lety +4260

    He diss them on their stage and they don't know about, that the intelligent right there.

    • @cjeyshorty
      @cjeyshorty Před 3 lety +78

      they give an applause for it :D that stupid they are

    • @kazimozel6193
      @kazimozel6193 Před 3 lety +106

      @@cjeyshorty they didnt even know what he meant bro they just applauded for him standing there😂

    • @fgip358
      @fgip358 Před 3 lety +2

      Lol

    • @mebani
      @mebani Před 3 lety +5

      Yet there was some stupid guys there having a mocking smile

    • @alexwood2219
      @alexwood2219 Před 3 lety +27

      Maybe the ones on the stage don’t know what’s he’s talking about but the top dogs definitely know what he’s talking about

  • @tahsanhossain1405
    @tahsanhossain1405 Před 3 lety +3298

    I take back all the times I spent laughing at his speech like an idiot without taking a minute to understand.

    • @blackprior.9976
      @blackprior.9976 Před 3 lety +5

      pathetic

    • @illiasraypanggabean6864
      @illiasraypanggabean6864 Před 2 lety +173

      Aint gonna lie its still funny if u like shut down your brain and just listen to the speech

    • @eddy-5236
      @eddy-5236 Před 2 lety +120

      @@illiasraypanggabean6864 what makes it funnier is the faces in the crowd 😭

    • @rishabhaniket1952
      @rishabhaniket1952 Před 2 lety +42

      You are supposed to do both, laugh and understand.

    • @D-A-A-
      @D-A-A- Před 2 lety +18

      @@blackprior.9976 its not pathetic, I never really understood it but what made me laugh was the faces of some of the audience who was there, even though I didn't get it I never had a facial expression like some of that crowd did 😂😂

  • @Beardman29
    @Beardman29 Před 4 lety +3565

    It's actually a brilliant speech. Thanks for decoding!

    • @RandomStuffTutorials
      @RandomStuffTutorials  Před 4 lety +75

      I agree, it's great

    • @jonathanparmentier232
      @jonathanparmentier232 Před 3 lety +57

      Does anyone think this might be a speech related to in general human nature, wars, crime, accidents. Thank god for football, it diverts the mind away? I think it's more general and not about uefa etc

    • @jamesoconnor9401
      @jamesoconnor9401 Před 3 lety +14

      It’s a great speech if this is actually what he meant

    • @tottenhamhotspurish
      @tottenhamhotspurish Před 2 lety

      @@RandomStuffTutorials - You didn’t decode it.

    • @seanmenheere8719
      @seanmenheere8719 Před 2 lety +1

      It really isnt

  • @jeanpelletier206
    @jeanpelletier206 Před 4 lety +1027

    Cantona will always be an enigma, hard to decipher . That's also why we love him .

    • @mishaelinho4723
      @mishaelinho4723 Před 2 lety +1

      Exactly

    • @beluwuga
      @beluwuga Před 2 lety +3

      Nah... he’s just bad at English that’s all.. that’s the mystery ure looking for...

    • @VKBOSS2
      @VKBOSS2 Před 2 lety +12

      @@beluwuga his english sounded pretty good to me

    • @mismisimognomo101
      @mismisimognomo101 Před 8 měsíci

      dummy@@beluwuga

    • @excessed_
      @excessed_ Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@beluwugayeah I bet you can go on stage and make such bold references that others will not even be able to understand you and you will be able to get away with mocking them in their own home. The best that a simpleton like you could muster is a "f*ck you"

  • @mrmo2583
    @mrmo2583 Před 4 lety +1663

    Ronaldo:The fuck is he Talking about👁👄👁
    Messi:No entiendo nada de todos modos😂😂

  • @macrumbles396
    @macrumbles396 Před 3 lety +1036

    YOOOO THIS ALL MAKES SENSE NOW, CANTONA KNEW THE SUPER LEAGUE WAS GONNA HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER

    • @sujayhazra949
      @sujayhazra949 Před 3 lety +42

      No, he is not on about the ESL, rather FIFA and the UEFA, go watch guardiola's recent interview.

    • @xxradev
      @xxradev Před 3 lety +15

      @@sujayhazra949 yeah... why do you think the ESL was proposed?
      He was talking about them because they ARE the only one in the world having the role they have. This stuff bound to happen :(

    • @cancerkid1070
      @cancerkid1070 Před 3 lety +1

      Arsene wenger also predicted it

    • @hotdawg6924
      @hotdawg6924 Před 2 lety +3

      There was rumours about the super league like five years ago

    • @orldn_gtf
      @orldn_gtf Před 2 lety +3

      The super league has nothing to do with the speech, fifa and uefa are a lot worse than the super league, but ceferin tries to blind us and try to put us on his side to exploit even more the footballers

  • @manjirosano3692
    @manjirosano3692 Před 3 lety +372

    He spoke about poem, science, sociology and also sport in one speech.. what an interisting man

  • @vaibhavkumar8862
    @vaibhavkumar8862 Před 4 lety +858

    I thought this was going to be a joke! But you actually explained his speech! Thanks!

  • @julianhua27
    @julianhua27 Před 2 lety +61

    Teacher: "Don't worry. The English exam won't be that hard."
    The English exam:

  • @sway670
    @sway670 Před 5 lety +257

    i finally understand what this means, THANK YOUUUU

  • @maxpax7389
    @maxpax7389 Před 3 lety +162

    Wow. The decoding was surprising. I thought he was talking absolute bullshit, but it was actually very philosophical and prepared.

  • @wongpaksum
    @wongpaksum Před 4 lety +129

    thank you for posting this, I'd never know that was actually a brilliant speech without this video. Thank you.

  • @almurray2000
    @almurray2000 Před 11 měsíci +18

    He is beyond. We are all privileged to walk the earth and breathe the same air as King Eric Cantona.

  • @SweetishBros56
    @SweetishBros56 Před 2 lety +31

    Best acceptance speech ever given imo. Short. Intelligent. Impactful.

  • @OmarQuadri
    @OmarQuadri Před 3 lety +72

    Man all this time I thought this guy was high or something. But now I've found new respect for him! Thanks for decoding and sharing his message with us.

    • @gordonlekfors2708
      @gordonlekfors2708 Před 2 lety +3

      it's a nice speech but delivered very poorly.

    • @winniethepooh8766
      @winniethepooh8766 Před rokem +3

      @@gordonlekfors2708 maybe intentional since he was dissing fifa on stage.

  • @Ali-sn1hx
    @Ali-sn1hx Před 3 lety +58

    Wow who’s here at the European super league announcement

    • @fgip358
      @fgip358 Před 3 lety

      @L Loko Loko facts

  • @gibson_az
    @gibson_az Před rokem +48

    3 years later, we have the infamous speech of Gianni Infantino. Only Eric Cantona understand the speech 💀

  • @85milla
    @85milla Před 4 lety +37

    Bro I think he just resumed what the world in general is. Emphazied in accidents and the continuos wars throughout our past, present and future or upcoming wars. Finally declaring his love for football.

  • @mad576wastaken
    @mad576wastaken Před rokem +14

    King Eric is certainly one wise dude, he's like everyone's grandpa

  • @Tai91827
    @Tai91827 Před 3 lety +20

    19th April 2021 - The death of football and creation of this monstrous super league.
    Cantona speech make sense now.

    • @paradox_monke7338
      @paradox_monke7338 Před 3 lety

      He didn’t say this because he knew the ESL was coming, he said this because he was trying to point out that UEFA and FIFA are corrupted as heck, why getting relegated in the Premier League give you more money than winning the UCL?

  • @IfemideOlusola835
    @IfemideOlusola835 Před 3 lety +20

    What he said is exactly what is happening now

  • @wanawamungu9166
    @wanawamungu9166 Před 3 lety +14

    In my opinion I think he wasn't talking about Football, He was talking about the struggles of this world to survival and existence and even though science(he thinks) will do us a great service to our survival to eternity yet we would still die because we kill one another.

    • @RandomStuffTutorials
      @RandomStuffTutorials  Před 3 lety +6

      Hmmm...yes I guess it is a more of a broader take. I thought that it was more UEFA/FIFA-directed but it could be directed on authority as a whole too.

    • @abdulsegs
      @abdulsegs Před 2 lety +1

      @@RandomStuffTutorials for me I think it’s both, the quote can be used in both ways.

    • @demystify2022
      @demystify2022 Před rokem

      @@RandomStuffTutorials i think there are multiple possible interpretations - hard to know what he was actually implying. Another idea is that the science and less aging could be him relating to footballers being able to play for longer and maybe even more games. But bottom line is that Fifa don’t really care about footballers as much as money.

  • @harryroberts2403
    @harryroberts2403 Před 3 lety +18

    Genius..!! on so many levels
    Overused word 'Genius' but in Eric Cantana's case it's definitely justified and true..
    ..from a true Leicester City fan.. 1977 to present 💙🦊🇬🇧🏆🏆🏆

  • @footywhiz
    @footywhiz Před 2 lety +2

    Its so unique which is what I love about it. Great job for the decoding

  • @lindilebangose7667
    @lindilebangose7667 Před rokem +1

    Age is a beautiful thing. To think this is the man that once kicked a fan shows how we can continue to reinvent and become better versions of ourselves.

  • @rlkj9223
    @rlkj9223 Před 3 lety +70

    I swear...with the esl stuff going on,it would not be wrong to say that he predicted the future

  • @debapranborgohain3779
    @debapranborgohain3779 Před 3 lety +11

    Now it all makes sense.

  • @harveysmith100
    @harveysmith100 Před 2 lety +19

    The two greatest footballers of their generation watch on in awe, knowing their talent is nothing compared to Eric's wisdom.
    The greatest man to have ever graced a football field.

    • @alexjames5103
      @alexjames5103 Před rokem

      Wisdom doesn't lead u anyway kiddo

    • @harveysmith100
      @harveysmith100 Před rokem

      @@alexjames5103 Only with experience can we appreciate experience.

  • @herrschendemeinung2546
    @herrschendemeinung2546 Před 2 lety +19

    Well done! I also think its interesting, that he said only "accidents, crimes and wars will kill us" and then in his next sentence he didnt mentioned the accidents, because there are no accidents, meaning that the Gods (Uefa/Fifa) plan and control everything in this business.

    • @fouadhusnain907
      @fouadhusnain907 Před rokem

      Especially now that there will World Cup every 2 yrs and club World Cup every 4 years etc etc etc . He was right about the crimes multiplying

    • @andrewnix6480
      @andrewnix6480 Před 9 měsíci

      “I didn't think about the speech, really,” Cantona explained. “I was reading in the morning an article about an exhibition in Paris on Francis Bacon, and I read that he used to like this sentence, from King Lear, Shakespeare. I started doing that.”
      This whole decoding thing is just in everyone’s imagination

  • @reachsss
    @reachsss Před rokem +2

    Its so well done, and says actual real problems. With that we can see how better was the football at his time, no problems as bad as now

  • @ziya2593
    @ziya2593 Před 3 lety +7

    I think his meaning of eternal was for the great players in football history whose names are still alive in football World

  • @TheFERD1NAND
    @TheFERD1NAND Před 4 lety +3

    We love football too ...thats why we love you.....cause you are football Eric you Will live forever

  • @Kishishev1903
    @Kishishev1903 Před rokem +2

    Only Cantona could speak gibberish and like a genius simultaneous.

    •  Před rokem

      You mean speak gibberish and be aplauded and praised. I agree is the power of "charisma".

  • @Mambac3
    @Mambac3 Před 2 dny +1

    Cantona is a genius

  • @mithunim
    @mithunim Před 3 lety +5

    For a guy who is used to taking the direct approach towards the opponents, this decoded speech was surprising

  • @stephenbarbaro8864
    @stephenbarbaro8864 Před 3 lety +17

    Talk about falling in love with the guy just like that

  • @michaelclark1330
    @michaelclark1330 Před rokem +2

    Look at the expressions on the 🐐 faces 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TheOnlyleroy
    @TheOnlyleroy Před 3 lety

    This needs to be seen by everyone so they can understand, thanks for the subtitles

  • @RCGemblung
    @RCGemblung Před 2 lety +1

    your are true decoder. bravo!

  • @sampahumeoli
    @sampahumeoli Před 3 lety +2

    thanks for the translation

  • @nikhilsony7668
    @nikhilsony7668 Před 3 lety +3

    Mate you're on a whole another level😂😂!!

  • @ajaysinghnegi2668
    @ajaysinghnegi2668 Před 3 lety

    Wow!! Now I'm on my way to make some indirect coded speed for my graduation day.
    Thanks to Eric Cantona and this CZcams pal.

  • @nickbarnes4798
    @nickbarnes4798 Před 2 lety +2

    This ‘analysis’ reads like a GCSE English paper. He was not talking about corruption in football, he was just making an incredibly vague political speech that can be applied to anything remotely relevant if you stretch it far enough.

  • @sakariyyahtolani1191
    @sakariyyahtolani1191 Před 4 lety +4

    You are a poetic genius man

  • @aldren707
    @aldren707 Před 3 lety +3

    Well this is the comment from the future, warning yall that the gods have fallen!

  • @Okaybudde
    @Okaybudde Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks, never would have understood it.

  • @tyreesehd7226
    @tyreesehd7226 Před 3 lety +6

    well look's like that has come true.

    • @dummymandj4606
      @dummymandj4606 Před 3 lety

      Lol no that was just an experiment. Soon the league will rise .immortal players

  • @alexisleon3769
    @alexisleon3769 Před rokem

    Great thinker and great person. A friend from Greece

  • @ayushcr7314
    @ayushcr7314 Před 2 lety +3

    That's why Man United still love him so much true legend 👍.

  • @samueldemeijer794
    @samueldemeijer794 Před 3 lety +6

    Who's here after they announced the Super League?

  • @manneredchimpanzee100
    @manneredchimpanzee100 Před 3 lety

    thanks for decoding! now im crying because still dont understand

  • @freefire804-r6r
    @freefire804-r6r Před 8 měsíci

    thanks, we needed it....

  • @Omariau
    @Omariau Před 3 lety +19

    You're reading too much into it.
    This is not a speech about what's gonna happen to football.
    This is a speech about how little Football matters even if he still likes it.
    It's a disservice to his speech to say he was worrying about UEFA or any football organization, or any football ceremonies and awards, or about football as a whole. The whole point is football doesn't matter rather it's time to focus all that energy on humanity threatening challenges coming ahead.
    If you know Cantona you'll know he doesn't care much about football anymore, and is more concerned with societal issues, ergo humanity.
    They ask him what's on his mind while receiving the award, and ironicaly he coded his speech in a very poetic way to say he doesn't give two fucks about any football award actually.
    Very deep speech.

    • @RandomStuffTutorials
      @RandomStuffTutorials  Před 3 lety +4

      I guess that's a broader interpretation, that may as well be

    • @YDizzly
      @YDizzly Před 2 lety

      Disagree, it can be about that and would agree with you that it's *just* about that if it wasn't for the first part, he's clearly talking about footballers being indispensable and setting that as the context. It's poetry so it can be about humanity in general with football symbolising it

  • @apersonfromtheinternet3444
    @apersonfromtheinternet3444 Před 4 lety +18

    🙏I though he was high on something!! Lol!!

  • @daymeon9759
    @daymeon9759 Před rokem +1

    Messi, don't understand English well: confused
    Ronaldo, understands English: more confused

  • @omerbabikir5277
    @omerbabikir5277 Před 3 lety +3

    Omg, it all makes sense now 😱😱

  • @sprinter5698
    @sprinter5698 Před 6 měsíci

    Long live Eric. The human race badly requires philosophers like you.

  • @viratkohli6591
    @viratkohli6591 Před 3 lety

    You are brilliant man , cheers.

  • @fallen-zc9uj
    @fallen-zc9uj Před rokem +1

    I think in the second part of a speech the part about people becoming immortal is a metaphor for FIFA becoming stronger and stronger and having more and more control over football. (And it will use this power to put down more "walls"). It doesn't seem right for such a brilliant speech to have a second part so direct

  • @CH-wn8sq
    @CH-wn8sq Před 3 lety +2

    he was high af

  • @franciscadena6111
    @franciscadena6111 Před 3 lety +2

    This makes soooo much sense now flippin hell

  • @niko.t56
    @niko.t56 Před rokem +1

    A great example for his speech is World Cup 2022

  • @HP-pn8jr
    @HP-pn8jr Před 8 měsíci +2

    He is clearly talking about match fixing and gambling mafias that control football nowadays. And it will keep on multiplying and destroy many many lives.

  • @Aarush
    @Aarush Před 8 měsíci

    long live king Eric Cantona

  • @munmunjana4594
    @munmunjana4594 Před rokem +2

    Some time back i was laughing at him for this speech......now i realize he is 10 thousand universes ahead of me and i regret my past actions.....thanks @randomstuff for decoding the speech....it's actually quite a bold and ironic speech by eric cantona

  • @abhimanyuagarwal4822
    @abhimanyuagarwal4822 Před 3 lety +3

    He was talking about the ESL and we didn't understand then...

  • @barkuern5410
    @barkuern5410 Před 4 lety +8

    my man is writing a poem

  • @JESUSisComingBackSoon-ue9pc

    After watching ur video, Leo still didn't understand.

  • @iwasborn8470
    @iwasborn8470 Před rokem +1

    This should be taught in school's!

  • @urmilajain6297
    @urmilajain6297 Před 2 lety +2

    Eric Cantona is a genius

  • @hypexg1330
    @hypexg1330 Před 2 lety

    People don’t understand that the war, football brought us together that reference is to do with multiplying war only the love of sport can bring us together he is more intelligent that one meets the eye

  • @thekickanoragm8559
    @thekickanoragm8559 Před 10 měsíci

    It's certainly an interesting view, but i doubt Cantona had any prejudiced against the system when he delivered that speech
    1:04 this is an underlying interpretation of deeper meaning behind a message rather than decoding. He only stated that the science will increase longevity of people's lives, however did not nessecarily point out to how UEFA will manipulate it.
    1:25 This one os true, however it does not nessecarily apply to footballers in specific. I also think he meant that the wars would multiply because human concept of age would extend and hence human resource would widen🤔
    Overall tho, it's a very interesting perspective and i think his inner motivation and point of view was not too different from this decoding. I love football. Thank you!

  • @ayodeleabdul-lateef6863

    Wow..Thanks for this explanation 👏🏾

  • @vithiyarupannanthakumaran9813

    Thank you bro 🙏 🙌

  • @gavindmonte591
    @gavindmonte591 Před 3 lety +1

    He is the man....no doubt about it

  • @marko6947
    @marko6947 Před 2 lety +1

    Some clowns think he was talking about Super League. We need it.

  • @dipeshjaisipoudel9543
    @dipeshjaisipoudel9543 Před 2 měsíci

    “‪When a goat follows his hero in his car 🐐, it’s because the ruler on the race track returns. The legend is back.‬”
    Goat = ManUtd fans
    Hero = ManUtd players
    Car = Old Trafford
    Ruler = Manchester United
    Race track = Title Race
    Legend = King Cantona 👑

  • @salmanahjum-mathee9055

    This was great thanks for interpreting it

  • @platoonutzeyz88
    @platoonutzeyz88 Před 13 dny

    And to say it in front of the very people who are exploiting the beautiful game, what a man.

  • @stevemathew906
    @stevemathew906 Před 3 lety +20

    cantona knew what was happening. look at the new super league

  • @GunslingerAlGilead
    @GunslingerAlGilead Před měsícem

    When Cantona came to England journalists asked him who was his idol. He replied: Rimbaud (French poet). Tabloids then reported that Cantona’s idol was Stallone’s Rambo. People just don’t take a minute to understand or question own comprehension

  • @Marco-sm9bu
    @Marco-sm9bu Před 2 lety

    People can say any random thing, and some person will find a way to make it make sense and find the hidden meaning, even if there isn't one

  • @ericcantonakicksfan449
    @ericcantonakicksfan449 Před 2 lety +2

    Get this man an academy award

  • @wayneessien3674
    @wayneessien3674 Před rokem +3

    “ A pessimist is a well informed optimist “ Mark Twain . As a pessimist I understood every word he said . The paparazzi aimed the camera on the specific two he was dissing 😂

  • @bishalgurung5323
    @bishalgurung5323 Před 3 lety +2

    Bro, ur a fucking genius.

  • @NoDoubtsss
    @NoDoubtsss Před rokem

    It's a speech with a deeper meaning but a true genious knows to adapt his speech to the crowd that is listening. If nobody understands 2 cents of what you are saying, it just sounds like some gibberish. Especially when you bring it as nervous and rehearsed as he did. The fact that this needed an analysis, is just an indication that it was not fit for the circumstances it was brought in.

    • @viggostraton5609
      @viggostraton5609 Před rokem +2

      Dumbest thing I've read. If he adapted the speech for the crowd he wouldn't have been able to talk shit about Uefa. He would have been brought off the stage. This way he gets through the censorship and still gets his opinion out there for those interested. It's a great speech.

  • @bk-tr2es
    @bk-tr2es Před 11 měsíci

    🐐 never forget who hosted the “Nike Secret Tournament”

  • @sigmartyr
    @sigmartyr Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent breakdown

  • @vertigo10yearsago25
    @vertigo10yearsago25 Před 3 lety +2

    This man is so smart

  • @ippinekebe3238
    @ippinekebe3238 Před rokem

    When you smoke a joint and ur homie asks if you want a glass of water

  • @14bqdonk
    @14bqdonk Před rokem

    Thank you!

  • @DaniMrtini
    @DaniMrtini Před 3 lety

    00:56 when you fart but actually end up sharting in public

  • @johnbrady3369
    @johnbrady3369 Před 3 lety

    i hadnt a clue what he was on about until this video , thanks

  • @mansur_ali
    @mansur_ali Před 2 lety +1

    The speech is golden, and so are the faces of Cristiano and Leo. Lol

  • @maxmoyer
    @maxmoyer Před rokem +1

    Hopefully this can destroy the algorithym and everyone will see it :)

  • @MuhammadImran93
    @MuhammadImran93 Před 6 měsíci

    Speech of the Century

  • @sungkarcityzens5555
    @sungkarcityzens5555 Před 3 lety +4

    I don't understand what Eric King Cantona had said , Could someone translate it in English plz ?

  • @kr6productions
    @kr6productions Před 2 lety +2

    This is insaane 😂🔥🔥. Amazing speech