Average AMERICAN REACTS To 'European Soccer in Four Simple Steps' (kinda)
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2020
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There's more advertising on shirts and the like because there are no tv adverts during the game, unlike American football
There are but they don't stop the game for it.
it depends on the country, some countries do it in the game and in the break.
That was the single most disturbing thing about american football for me, when I kinda wanted to give it a chance during super bowl. Interruptions every few seconds! Made it unwatchable for me!
Not quite, it also has to do with the whole concept op francising
@@michaausleipzig cricket fans: *laughs in ads every 6 balls (2-3 minutes)*
The cup system is quite nice. I play in the 7th German league (total amateur team, we drink beer after trainings and stuff) and because we won our local cup we were actually drawn against a first league team with some German and French national team members in it. We lost 5-0 but we played in front of 11000 people. And since you get promoted to the next higher league when you become champion it would theoretically possible we play in the first league one day. Our team would of course buy better players but it would be possible.
Hey man, could you share your team and Wich team you played against? It would be very cool to get to know about your experience.
I played for SF Dorfmerkingen a few years ago and we played against RB Leipzig with Timo Werner. Our goalie actually saved a pen from him
@@Paddl897 Nice dude! -- That is why I love how the cup comps work in Europe. They give a chance for the minnows to get a chance at glory.
Don't all Germans drink beer after training? ;-) It's probably not the same now, but I was stationed at Ramstein from 1988 - 1990 and every German that worked on base drank one or two glasses of beer at lunch and one or two glasses again right after work at the beer garten on base before they went home [or to the Beer Hall in Landstuhl that we would all go to after we got into our civvies] ..
@@bradhartliep879 It's a bit of a cultural thing to drink a beer after work but in leagues probably higher than league 6 they don't drink after work since they earn several thousand Euros already. So the teams really expect something from their players.
The advertisement on the jerseys exist for the same reasons the numerous ad breaks on American Sports games exists, because money from fans isn't enough.
Also, European teams are actual clubs and organizations with shares and shareholders. While in most American sports, they use the franchise system. Most American sports clubs are franchises and rich people or companies can buy a franchise. They pay for example the MLS to buy/loan a franchise. It's a really interesting system and I encourage European people to look it up.
This systen is also why American teams switch to a completely different city more easily. A well known example are the LA Dodgers. They used to be the Brooklyn Dodgers and were based in New York. Some teams even relocated multiple times.
@@davey2487 the problem is that all the top level soccer teams are really, really, really old, and were born as sports clubs, like golf clubs today, in a city, created by citizens of that city, so they're the sport representation of that city in a way, or that portion of the city in case of cities with multiple teams like London, Manchester, Milan, Rome.
Moving AC Milan from Milan would cause a riot, as would moving Chelsea from the borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.
and just to hammer down how old these teams are, and how much of a history they have within their respective cities, allow me to make a comparison:
the oldest american football franchise is the Green Bay Packers, founded in 1919
meanwhile, the oldest soccer team is Sheffield F.C. (not to be confused with Sheffield United, 2 different teams), England, founded in 1857, and by the time the Packers were founded, there were already professional soccer championships all over Europe. the Italian Serie A (the highest league in italian soccer) held its first ever championship in 1898, the english Premier League is way younger, but only because there has been some economical misunderstandings in 1992, and the higher league before that was called "First Division" (now it's the 2nd league, named Championship) and it was started in 1888
@@Moribax85 Perfectly said, now multiply that all over the world, even for newer clubs its the partically the same. The suporters have a different relationship with the clubs, it's closly tied to a city and its citezens identity. To move a club to another city its almost the same as creating a new one entirely. Hell, in as you said, in some cases even changing neiborhoods can be a big deal.
The only example I can think of in football is Wimbledon moving to Milton Keynes. It wasn't a good move.
@@jamesherbert7201 Red Bull Leipzig didn't originate in Leipzig either (nor were they called Leipzig), it was a smaller German town (icr the name) until Red Bull bought the team and relocated them.
There are no play stoppages, timeouts and breaks hence no time for tv commercial thats why you see advertisements on Jerseys.
Soccer/Football is a very fluid game, flow of the game matters alot and stoppages are discouraged, one of the many reasons to call it The beautiful game
Which is also why VAR is such a cause of debate(Other than it still being decision based, contrary to Hawkeye, which actually good, quick and reliant technology)
VR is ok in my opinion but implementation and execution can be improved.
Goal line tech is very good
@@fk9400 it seems OK but in my opinion it hasn't really changed anything teams get away with stuff when they should be penalised. But the new hand ball rules are the dumbest ever.
Var is the absolute best thing to happen to football , but the people behind it make it absolutely sh*te
I'd there's a lot of stoppages, throw ins, free kicks, penalties, half time, VAR checks and injuries. But still less than most sports
playing the league and cup and the champions league is too much? wait until this guy finds out about england, they play premier league, fa cup, league cup and champions league.
and maybe the community shield lol
@@thomaswolff14 and the super cup
and international matches
@@timnewman7591 I'm talking about competitions not international matches or a super cup or a community shield, those are one off matches, they aren't not tournaments, the video was about on going competitions throughout the season.
i mean that happens in every league not only in england. u can win 6 trophies in every league in one season
Just to make it less complicated
The League Cup just has the 92 professional teams
FA Cup has had 736 teams in it
The big difference between the US and Europe is that sports in Europe are barely tight to schools and colleges, but to clubs. Every small village in Germany has an own soccer club there you can go after school and play. (The small clubs let everyone in). The local clubs play against other local clubs, the best ones play against other best regional clubs next season and so on. The league system with its relegation is designed in a way that there is a path how my local village club could become the winner of the UEFA Champions League in maybe 10? seasons. It is highly unlikely, especially because you need to fullfill certain criteria in higher leagues like having bigger stadium or a good financial balance, and of cause you need very, very, very good players, but theroetically it is very possible.
And btw, the UEFA Champions League Final has more viewers than the Super Bowl.
The Champions League Final is the most watched sporting event in the world every year unless it's a World Cup year
Actually at my middle/high school (they are the same thing in the Netherlands) in the Netherlands, we had a few sports teams.
We had a field hockey team, an athletics team and a football/soccer team. Those competed in actual tournaments against other local/Dutch schools and played against amateur teams. Sometimes e even played against a youth squad of a professional club. I used to play in the school's football team and at my local amateur club.
Our field hockey team actually won the Dutch field hockey championship for school teams in 2014 I believe.
Our school is actually one of just a few schools in the Netherlands that actually has sports teams representing the school. Was very cool though and gavr a bit of an American high school vibe. Had a lot of fun during my time at the team.
Every school in Britain has a football pitch too lol and most villages what you talking about
@@Tom-uv7ry About the differences between the USA and Europe. Of cause Britain is similar to Germany. You have left the EU but not Europe lol.
Our pitches are also placed next to schools, but the teams are from clubs, not from the school, like in Britain.
This sort of did happen with Hoffenheim
In America, the teams aren't "clubs" - They're all branches of the same business, like different McDonalds outlets, so financial competition is avoided. Bear in mind "American Sport" doesn't have concept of transfer fees, and the 'Franchise Branches/Teams' have a maximum wage ceiling in order to maximise the profits of executives and owners.
Thanks that's pretty interesting. I always assumed since it's so lucrative they'd just adopt the European system, at least for MLS
The thing I can't comprehend is US teams willingly losing games to get better players next season....in Europe that would be seen as a major sin....
@@TizerisT.because Europe wasn't built on participation trophies and losing is actually punished
Top clubs that involved in multiple tournaments at the same time will often rest a lot of starters in cup games, as its the least important.
Because of Coronavirus, most seasons this year will start in September
To help you a little more in your questions at the end :
Yes it can be chaotic for some clubs !
But that's why each club has at least 23 players. Traditionally for the big teams who play all 3 tournaments (usually the champions league is only reserved for the best 3 teams in each Europe country) they use their substitutes on "the cup" cause the cup is the little one amongst the 3 big competitions.
Also this was not mentionned in the video but what about the 4th and 5th of each country? Well they're qualified for the EUROPA league which is like the little sister of the champions league , it has way less prestige but it's still a huge competition !
And also not said in the video : The winner of the champions league is automatically qualified for the next champion's league. So you can be 10th in your national league , win the champion's league and be qualified. Also the winners of the "cup" (where amateurs are invited) are qualified for the Europe league.
It's very different from USA sports (I only know NBA) but in NBA you have no interest on trying hard if you're bad , cause finishing last means having a better draft pick...in football finishing last means being demoted and lose millions and millions.
Both have their advantage and sadly we don't have draft in football ! The best young players are just bought by the best clubs that's it. The biggest clubs in Europe sometimes buy 10 year old players if they have great potential
In England this is The League Cup as well so 4 events at the same time :)
They can not buy 10 year olds, because that is illegal. There are pretty strict restrictions regarding underage transfers.
In Europe we don't have drafts because all the system is different, in US are the College teams that makes the talents grow up and the League organize the draft for their franchises, in Europe the clubs are not property of the Leagues but every club has its accademy and youth teams where the talents can grow up, also they can sell them to other teams
There is actually nothing like a salary cap in European sports. You earn money through sponsors which you have to find in the first place. Also you get money from the broadcasters and obviously lower leagues get less money. When you are a good team you are obviously better known and find better sponsors.
Well, there IS now Financial Fair Play, which while not as bad or strict as a straight salary cap, at least helps a little
@@abnrgrtr * laughs in PSG and Man. City *
OK, since you've brought up money in football, I'll explain a transfer market (and, youth systems) to you, which is the main way that the money circulates between the clubs. As you are probably aware sports outside of the US work a bit differently. There is no high school/college to pro situations or drafts etc. Instead, every (or perhaps, I should say most) professional teams have their own youth system, where they train future players, then they (the players ofc) sign a professional contract, although they don't always make a team. So, when Team A wants a player from the Team B they can propose a transfer. Team A pays Team B a certain fee to buy him and then the player is allowed to sign a contract with Team A. Of course Team A can offer their player to lower the price, but there is still some cash in contention (simple player for player swaps happen, but there are much less common than in American sports). A player can also have a clause written into his contract with that allows him to leave for a certain fee whithout Team B agreeing on a transfer, however not all leagues have that. And last but not least a player can be loaned from one team to another (loan deals can also involve a fee or something like paying 70% of a player's wage) which is usually used for sending young, promising players out on loan in order for them to gain experience in less demanding team. And of course when a player's contract runs out, he can choose not to enlengthen it and instead sign for another team, which is called "a free transfer".
One thing I always find interesting about this kind of thing is - you say American sports fans just wouldn't like the concept of relegation and promotion. But it seems like it would be more on-brand for the whole "American Dream" narrative of starting small but making something of yourself. Obviously the fans of the team that gets relegated don't enjoy it much, but for everyone else the idea that any team can, if they play well and have a bit of luck, make their own way from the bottom of the pyramid to the very top - that's what keeps people going to matches every week. If you know that no matter how well they do, your team are never, ever, getting out of the third division - why would you bother?
Also we have the Super Cup Clash - Winner of league vs winner of cup in 1st game of the season.
Champions League's Champion moves to Fifa Club World Cup. Every continent crowds one champion and those teams clashes to reach the finals.
Champions League champion & Libertadores (South American continental cup) champion are automatic classified for World Cup Semi-finals. Usually both clashes in finals to become Club World Cup champions.
And every 4 years we have the famous Fifa World Cup held in one country. 32 nationals teams faces each others in a format similar to Champions League.
My BRAZIL has 5 World Cups and we are still the kings of Football!! 🤭😂
Italia & Germany has 4; Argentina has 2 alongside France & Uruguay; Spain, England has one each.
Every four years there is a world cup in summer and that is the biggest event in the sport. The national coaches chose the best players from their countries to compete among the 32 best teams in the world.
Its not the 32 best teams in the world. It really isnt and will never be.
@@Goagubbe79 more or less it is. In the at the olympics there are also just 3 Kenyans and you say these are the best marathon runners in the world so calm down.
Manfred Richter More or less it isnt. You Can’t talk your way out of this because its simply not true. Last world cup didnt have italy, netherlands for example. How many nations are stronger than Honduras, saudi Arabia and so on, well loads.
@@Goagubbe79 if they're not able to make it against Iceland or Sweden, they won't make it against the other teams either.
@@Paddl897 I dont agree, european qf is by far the hardest one and should get more spots
A few things to add, some historical, some added information.
1) Some Northern countries play through the summer for obvious reasons. Hard to play on ice.
Same applies to Southern-American who basically does the same thing as Europe but on the Southern hemisphere. So they play through the winter as we do, except of course that's the other way around from us.
So Europe has some Northern countries who go against the flow of Europe because of weather.
The one going against the flow in Southern-America is Argentina, who follows our model, likely to get more lucky on the transfer market(it has been discussed whether MLS should follow the same set up but apparently there is some conflict with other sports, something rather foreign to most of Europe I imagine)
2) It wasn't incredibly uncommon for wins in leagues to be 2 points until I believe the 90's in some leagues resulting in a big focus on defense. Some of the best defenders ever played in this era. It also resulted in some hilarious low goals scored for a league win.
Playing offensively carries it's risks and they wanted to encourage this style of play, resulting in the 3 points.
3) In many countries professional play goes several leagues deep. In England the 5th division is a fully professional league I believe, or certainly the 4th one(skybet 2). Some big(big, not top) teams today might have been teams in the much lower divisions only 10 or 15 years ago.
The entire relegation thing makes it rather entertaining for somebody like me who used to play manager games in the early 2000's and now sees many different teams in the upper leagues and vica versa. Said games also allow you to go from the 6th league of England to the Champions league.
4) Some information on the way the champions league and such is decided.
Every league has a coefficient, based on how well a country does in the league.
You have, in order, the big 5, Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France. Followed by Russia, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Depending on your position in this table finishing a certain spot will result in a place in the champions league or the Europa league.
For example, finishing first in the Greece league might give you a spot in say, the 3rd elimination round for the champions league. Win enough games and you'll get in eventually.
Losing an elimination round here will knock you back to the Europe league, maybe even into an elimination game for the Europa league.. Basically a competition with the same format as the champions league for lesser teams.
And getting third in the Greece league might get you in the elimination rounds of the Europa league.
For England and Spain the top 4 spots get you in the Champions league. 5-6 gets you into the Europa league.
Look, there are A LOT of teams, so depending on league you might not directly make it in. The winner of the league of Luxembourg still needs to be eliminated somewhere. He still needs a change to get to the Champions league. So he needs to lose once in the elimination round of the champions league and then lose again in the elimination round of the European league.
The top spots in the better leagues can often put you directly into the group stages.
Once the 2 group phases(champions and Europa league) are done, the 3rd(out of 4) position in the champions league also brings you to the "play offs" of the Europa league.(those first in the Europa league group stage might get a bey for the first elimination round I think so the 3rd place team face the second placed Europa league teams)
So eventually we end up with the winner of the Champions league and the winner of the European league.
At the beginning of the new season these 2 teams will also play for the "supercup"(a single game)
There will also be a game played between the winner of the league of last year and the winner of the cup of last year. For an additional trophie. Most barely count these trophies obviously as it's just a single match.(Winning a treble, 3 trophies in one year, are about the league, the cup and the champions league, basically the competitions big enough to be talked about in this video, it's rare as hell.
As every confederation holds a champions league style competition these teams can ALSO play each other for the team world cup. Something that's obviously not that interesting. The winner of the Asian champions league isn't going to be that much of a challenge and while Mexico is a decent league in most cases only the South-Americans pose any real problems. Often rookies are send to these. Again, little prestige about it.
Basically winners nationally(league and cup), of the federation(at least in Europe, so Champions league and Europa league) and than globally, each their champions that won the competition between their membership countries(so UEFA, the ones that are for France, Spain, etc. Are also for Israel, so it's not a geographic thing exactly.)
In the leagues you play between 34 and 38 games a season (differs between countries). Those are on weekends. In the Cup you play around 10 games when you move on to the final and in the Champions league maximum 13 games to the final (Cup and CL are played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays in different weeks). So you just play twice a week if you are good. The best players play around 50 games a season.
Guys I think this is time we should tell him now about europa league
😂😂😭
Late but here we go->
The Europa League (ones named Uefa cup) is like the champions League but smaller! Itis held in all Europe just like the champions League but the teams playing there are "worse".
For example in Germany, England, Spain and Italy (maybe France) the biggest leagues best four teams qualified for the champions League! Places 5,6and 7 qualified fore the Europa League! Then the system is the same as in the champions League!
Btw. In Minor leagues like The Dutch there are just two spots to qualify for the Champions League and one for Europa League. How many teams qualify depends on how well the leagues teams did in the last five years. Also you can qualify by winning the countrys cup in some nations.
Now you might think there are more teams in the champions League then in the Europa League but there is another thing!
When the group stages of both tournaments were played all the teams how finished third in the champions League go on to play in the elimination round of the Europa League! Fourth places are eliminated and places 1 and 2 go on to play the elimination round of the Champions League.
In the Europa League places 1-2 go on while 3-4 are eliminated.
Now someone should talk about Europa League and Champions League qualifications or the supercups
😂😂😂 you'll his American brain
6:15 One thing you’ll see a lot with soccer is that teams rotate their squads frequently since you can only have 3 subs per game and 7 on the bench. So if we take the Premier league as an example, at the start of the season a team that is participating in the PL, the Champions League and the FA cup will usually play a good squad in the Premier league because they want to establish a solid spot there early on, a younger and weaker side for the FA Cup since they’ll most likely be playing lower league teams, and a decent side in the Champions league. As the season progresses and teams fall out of the cup tournaments and the European tournaments the rotations will be adjusted. In fact, if a team is travelling to a different country for the European tournaments they’ll usually publish the list of players that will be travelling to that country, giving you an idea of who you can expect to play and who will be rested. This way players aren’t overwhelmed with the amount of games being played.
There is nothing like a draft btw. Every team (also amateur teams) have youth teams from which they can pick talents when they are old enough (like Messi, who moved from the Barcelona youth to the mens team at the age of 16/17)
I like the draft it's a cool idea but In football it doesn't work as a young kid can't just walk in to a team like American football.
Yeeeeees, you're my nem favorite reactor. Next suggestion is "The greatest era of football" it's about how Ronaldo and Messi have dominated the last 15 years. Love from Portugal
Wokie. I cried during that video lmao
Sounds a bit like how Magic Johnson and Larry Bird almost single handedly saved the NBA.
CARALHOOO
Stupid video. The greatest era of football my ass.
Lol forgetting about a lot of better eras there, bud.
In US/Ca you have MLS/USL, you have league matches to win the shield, the cup (US Open, Canada Cup), the playoffs to be crowned champion and then can play in Concacaf Champions league.
So that's four pieces of silverware (3 domestic, 1 international) right here.
Big difference is there is no formal pro/rel system. Teams only move up due to finances. I mean my club Football Club Cincinnati was USL, finished top of the table, and is now MLS, but that had nothing to do with it. They had to sign a huge check to move up.
In American sport there are more breaks so they don’t need to have sponsorship on the kits but because there are no adds during the games they where sponsors on their kits
As an example in England (where I am from) you have the domestic league (Premier League), 2 cup competitions (the FA Cup and the EFL/League Cup) and if the team has qualified, either the Champions League, or the Europa League (which is essentially the same as the Champions League but for teams that weren't quite good enough to qualify for the Champions League). There are also several other competitions, usually a domestic "Super cup" or "Shield", which is played between the winner of the domestic league and the domestic cup (or the runner up in the domestic league if the league leaders also won the domestic cup), a European "Super Cup", played between the winners of the Champions League and Europa League, and then the Club World Cup, which is a mini tournament between the winners of the Champions League and the winners of the other continental cup tournaments throughout the world (Asia, Oceania, Africa, South America and North America all have their own versions of the Champions League). I think in England, a team could theoretically play up to 76 games, although that has actually never happened in the modern era. With so many games and the fact that each team can only make 3 substitutions per game, plus the intensity of games, it is extremely rare for a player to play every game (with the exception of a goalkeeper usually), the starting XI is generally rotated to keep players fresh and hopefully injury free, usually it is domestic cups and the Europa League where reserve players get more of a chance to play so the starting XI can rest and concentrate on the more important games (the domestic league and if qualified the champions league, since these competitions are both the most prestigious and carry the most financial incentive for performing well). Hopefully I didn't make it too complicated. If you're interested in learning more I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have :)
This is why having good depth in your squad is important. You need enough decent players so you can rotate them when they're tired from the many games played.
Advertisesing in the usa reaches mostly the 200 milion
Advertising on football shirts etc...reaches roughly 5 billion people.
What we find funny.
When american teams win in their sports...Lets say basketball or football...They crown them self world champions.
But They didnt face any other country at All.
In Europe and with soccer...but also other sports...you have a National title...and If Lucky a european...or Asian etc title.
We dont crown our selfs world champions because we won vs teams in our own country.
Thats silly
They do if they win the Club World Cup
@@tomosprice8136 ...Erh, yeah. But they're playing against teams from other parts of the world, not the same country, so there it's warranted. Same for the FIFA World Cup, where countries from all over the world compete.
That's why sometimes it is annoying , the way american call their champions as world champion was so narcissistic. As we knew the N from NFL stands for national, and why american call the super bowl winner as world champion?
Sorry but the champions of Luxemburg is the Champions of Europe
Maybe because the American sports are played at high level only in USA, ok also the basket is played at professional level in all the world but the NBA has much way higher level compared to the rest of the world
the income of a club is diverse, player sells, shirt sales, sponsorship deals including the shirt and other things, prize money, a share of the rights for streaming the league, ticket sales, etc
Advertisements on shirts/jerseys is actually known as "sponsorship". It's a hold over from old times when essentially teams would get a local company to sponsor their kit for the season, meaning they (the club) didn't have to pay for it themselves. Now of course, it's huge money deals for the big teams.
Very good point about sponsorship. Each team is just a business operating inside the league. Competition is harsh, everyone tries to grab every Euro they can.
My team Rangers FC from Scotland play in a 12 team Premiership (top league), there are 4 professional Leagues in Scotland.
1. The Premiership.
2. The Championship.
3. League 1.
4. League 2.
Rangers play in 3 National tournaments every season...the Premiership (National League), The Scottish Cup (open to every Club team in Scotland both professional and amatuer), and the League Cup (teams from the top 4 Leagues).
If Rangers win the Premiership they qualify for the Champions League play offs (qualification rounds between teams in which the winners reach the Champions League tournament), certain Countries League Winners qualify automatically, while the rest go into playoffs to decide the remaining teams.
Teams that win their national country's cup (for example the Scottish Cup) and the teams that come 2nd & 3rd in the Premiership qualify for the Europa League, Europe's other big club tournament.
The team that wins the Champions League win the European Cup and are named the best club team in Europe.
The Champions League winner then qualifies for the World Club Cup where the winners of the South American Cup, North American Cup, African Cup and the Asian Cup play a tournament in which the winner can rightfully be named the best Club team in the World.
Every 4 years the World Cup is held between Natiinal teams (Countries) in which through qualification for the tournament, the 32 qualified National teams play off to win the World Cup, the greatest prize in World football. The winner of the World Cup is declared World Champions.
There is a National European tournament too called the European Championships, commonly called the Euros, in which through qualification National teams (Scotland, England, France etc) are entered into a tournament to decide which country will be declared European Champions.
Hope this clears things up a little 👍
Club league football is #1 priority for most teams. Champions League is also very important but much less games needed to win that, but the best teams in Europe competing. The American drafting rules are just mad. Also a winner takes all final game is much more exciting than what you do with basketball.
I really enjoy that you’re taking your time to learn about the sport.
My old roommate in college was a baseball player. He didn’t really know much about soccer asides from the World Cup and I kinda knew the basics of baseballl. Like I could watch a game and I know what’s going on but he taught me strategy.
At first my friend didn’t really understand the game and me being the soccer nut I am I would watch soccer all week long weather it was champion league Mexican league, copa libertadores and euro soccer. I started kinda breaking it down to him as we were watching, this was like from 2009-13. a few weeks ago he was watching soccer since it came back on tv, and he texted how thanks to me he can actually understand soccer, like he can see how a play starts to develope based on passes and players running off the ball.. I thought it was pretty cool how know he knows who th el layers are and what positions are.
I remember we use to play fifa and he use to put defenders in the midfield and wingers as CBS and what not lol but now it’s pretty cool how he’s a fan. Since he’s a ball fan he started buying new era hats with soccer teams on there lol.
There is no second leg matches in UEFA Champion League this season due to Corona Virus pandemic....UEFA have decided to play only one match knockout, like this video said they play two matches one at home and one at away from home but this season they decided to play only one match if you lose match then you out of champion league tournament if you win then you will move to next round.
Just thought I'd add they're being played on neutral ground like the final is normally, so it's fair.
I happen to come across this video, and i appreciate the humble nature of the youtuber into learning of football (soccer for americans).
Brazil is the size of Europe.
Here we have the State Championships (Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Carioca, Campeonato Mineiro, Campeonato Gaúcho, etc.). It runs from January to April. And there are some very good games, watch for example the final of the Campeonato Paulista this year, between Palmeiras vs Corinthians, so you can see what emotion is. (group and play-offs)
Copa do Brasil, from February to September; (just play-offs)
Copa Libertadores da América, which runs from February to November (this is the coolest competition, MLS teams could participate in this one too, as teams from the Mexican league participate). (group and play-offs)
Copa Sudamericana, like a second division of the Liberdadores (as if it were the UEFA Euro League), starts in February and runs through November). (group and play-offs)
Then begins the main nationals, Brazilian Championship (Serie A, Serie B), from April until December. (no play-offs, who accumulates the most points wins).
I like your reactions, it depends about The club that what competition they prefer. The domestic league and The Champions league are being rated The highest, amongst The players and The fans. The cup is not so necessary, usually The bigger teams give their top players a rest and The youngsters Will Be given a chance, Top Clubs dont care about The cup hardly at all.
qzig I wouldn’t say “they don’t care” I understand it’s not as important but to say they don’t care it’s ridiculous. Couldn’t imagine Zidane or pep in the dressing room telling his players it doesn’t matter if they won or lose because it’s a cup. And I feel if a manager noticed that type of attitude he wouldn’t want him on the team. Imagine getting eliminated in the early rounds by a weaker team and then a coach come out and say. “It’s ok because we don’t care, so it doesn’t matter”
It depends. If your team is not doing well in the League, then having a run at the Cup is a way you might win a trophy at the end of the season. If they're in relegation danger, they'll save their efforts for that. And of course some of the bigger/richer sides can put out a cup team and a league/CL team and they're still both very strong.
Just 55 years ago the great Bill Shankly who built the Liverpool Empire said The F A Cup is THE tournament above the leagues and Europe they wanted to win.
How attitudes change.
You can't win a treble without the cup :)
The most trophies a team can win a season is three (their respective league trophy, their national cup, and the uefa champions league) and this is called a treble. The most trophies a team can win in a YEAR is 6, the ones I just mentioned + every nations' football federations also have a supercup which is a single game contested between the team that won the league and the team that won the cup (if the league and the cup has been won by the same team then the supercup is contested between the winner of the league and cup and the other finalist team of the cup), also there is a Supercup competition which is contested by the winner of Champions League and the winner of Europa League (which is second most important continental trophy after the Champions League) and it is played also as a single game, the 6th and last trophy a team can win in a calendar year is the FIFA Club World Cup, it is a competition contested between the winners of the major continental competitions of all continents for example there competes the winner of UEFA Champions League as a representative of Europe, and also winners of best continental competitions for other continents, so the tournament has one team from Europe, one from Asia, one from North America, one from South America, one from Africa and one from Australia & Oceania and it is a one week play-off tournament and whoever wins it is crowned the Champions of the World in terms of club football.
So far only FC Barcelona is the only team who has ever won all 6 trophies in one year (in 2009) and winning all these is called a sextuple.
Some countries have a second cup competition (Carabao Cup in England & Coupe de la Ligue in France) so teams there can actually win up to 4 trophies in a season
the clubs all have a different focus when it comes to the league etc the smaller teams in the league are less likely to win the league meaning the cup is their main chance to win a cup however a bigger team in the league may focus more on the champions league or the league itself as it's arguably a more prestigious cup
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Then when a team win the league, the cup and uefa champions league, they are called treble. The trifecta of the soccer team.
So you asked whether a player would try harder for say the champions league as it’s the technically the best tournament? Answer...no, players need their club to finish high in the league (top 4 in England, Spain,Italy, Germany) for them to qualify for the champions league the year after so they try just as hard. Sometimes the managers of teams put out a weakened team in the Cups however so that they can preserve the fitness of their best players for the league...this is quite common especially for the bigger teams. England have 2 cups instead of 1 so even more games
Portugal also has 2 cups. The "Taça de Portugal" (our FA cup) and the "Taça da Liga" our league cup
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Champions league games are played every 2 weeks on Tuesday or Wednesday from August to December then there's a break until February for the round of 16 and Cup Games are rare maybe every month if the team is qualified but league games are every weeks
It's the FA cup final today if you're interested. Kick Off at 5:30 pm local time
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It ain't Soccer it's Football
American rugby!
That would be even more accurate if you had used isn't instead of ain't.
@@braindump1446 My first language ain't English but thank you for correcting me
@Morbid Angel is better than Death And has never been the name for the game in the UK.
@@helenwood8482 Soccer is the British name given to the game and is used to distinguish Association Rules Footbal (now just called Football) from Rugby Football (now just called Rugby) and the many other variations of Football that existed all over the UK.
I love to see an American wanting to learn about Football.
I’ve been trying to pick up the NBA (something else to be interested in during this pandemic). Learning slowly how the game works and the history etc, but finding it really interesting 👍
We may have advertisements on jerseys but we don’t have anywhere near as many tv advertisements. There’s no advent (commercial) breaks in-between the 45 minute halves.
In terms of Clubs:
There's also something called "triplete" or "treble" which is when a team wins the League, the Cup, and the Champions in one seasson.
There's also the "Europa League" which is like the Champions League, with very good teams too but with the ones who couldn't make it into the Champions, and it is less relevant. 2nd tier Champions League basically.
And each country has also extra trophies like here in Spain for example, the winner of "LaLiga" (TheLigue) and the winner of the "Copa del Rey" (Cup) have a game, and the one who wins gets the "Supercopa".
In terms of national teams we mainly have:
The Eurocopa, just like the Champions but with national teams, and its variants like the Eurocopa Sub21 and Eurocopa Sub19 Eurocopa's (players under 21 and 19 years old)
The Copa América, like the Eurocopa but in America (I don't really know much about outside Europe, but South America is really relevant in football)
And of course, the Munidal or World Cup with its Sub21 and Sub17 variants this time.
I forgot about the Olympic games, but I think no one cares about them that much in football.
TRI CAMPEONATO in portuguese.
The video didn't mention what happens when there is a draw (a tie as you call it) in a knockout stage. So if there is a draw in one-off knockout game, there is an extra time (I guess Americans would call it OT) which lasts 2x 30 minutes. And if after that the games (or rather the match) is still all square, you go to a penalty (in case you don't know a penalty kick is something like a free throw in bball, where there is one player trying to score and a goalie on the other end) shootout where the first team that scores 5 times advances (or wins the whole thing if its a final).
Important bit about prioritizing different leagues as a club, unelss you win the champions league your performance in your national league and cup determine if you get to compete next year. For really big clubs that are dominant in there country this is less of an issue but clubs with more domestic competition and in a country with less tickets balance is a strategy in and of itself
about sponsors - in US there are A LOT of commercials brakes in sports. in footbal, there are only a halftime, so sponsors are on a jerseys, around a footbal field
You think that's chaotic? Wait til you find there's also the Europa League.
And from next year or so? there will be a Europa League II xd
And how teams from the Champions League get "relegated" to the Europa League. For example : Manchester United 2020-21 LOLOLOLOL
There is a second video like this called the 5th step which talks about transfers which u could check out😃
In Germany only the two Last Teamer are directly kicked out of the in the loser league. The Best of the three in the higher league and the least best of the lower league are playing in the Relegation. The exchange between the leagues in General is called Aufstieg and Abstieg.
About ads:
American sports doesn't have lots of ads on the kits. But there's a LOT on TV. In football, there's not that many ad breaks. Just 1 at halftime.
About the many simultaneous competitions:
In England, there are 4. They have 2 cups. One of them, the FA Cup is the oldest and it's pretty big.... okay.. it's actually HUMONGOUS. Almost 750 teams every year is a playoff style single game elimination competition. So, the perfect space to some semi-amateur teams to shine!
I think there's more advertising in one game of NBA than in 10 games of soccer 🤣
Most teams favour their league or champions league over the cup so in cup games they tend to play a weakened team to rest the regular first team players, teams could play up to like 60 games a season
its so funny cause to understand how the playoff system in football works is much harder to understand
Cup games in England can be played on weekends, the Semi Finals of the FA Cup are taking place this weekend, Arsenal vs Manchester City today and Manchester United vs Chelsea tomorrow
it missed one part, usually at the end of the season (or the first game of the new season in England) the winner of the League, plays against the winner of the Cup, for the "Supercup title", that one is a great game. I love to see that in NHL: The Stanley Cup winner (NHL) versus the Caulder Cup Winner (AHL).
August to May is true in most cases, but certain leagues does have Calendar Year tournaments, usually from March to November/December
It's not always August to May that the season is played that's just the most common.
I got two things to add. In KO games there is 30 minutes of extratime in case of a draw after the regular 90 minutes. If the game is still drawn after that there is a penalty shootout to determine the winner. Also in the German league at least, the worst two teams out of the 18 total are relegated directly and the 16th place of the Bundesliga (1. League) plays the 3rd of the 2. Bundesliga in two relegation games. Mostly the team from the upper division wins these games but there are cases that the underdog has won, for example in 2019 Union Berlin won the games against VfB Stuttgart (my team).
The structure of the cups and tournaments can actually lead to problems for some of the biggest and most successful teams and leads to some interesting matchups due to the amount of games they have to play. In addition to the 3 tournaments detailed in this video, there's also a bunch of other invitational tournaments that teams partake in. Take Barcelona for example. A player like Messi will run on average 10+ kilometers (6.2 Miles) per game. Add in practices and maybe a midweek game for the Cup and other games for Champions league, managers actually have a lot of work to decide who is going to play, who needs rest, substitutions in game (once a player is taken out of a game they cannot go back in), etc. For some of those bigger teams you see how sometimes they will prioritize a tournament game (playing all their star players), vs a league game that weekend (playing mostly subs) because of tactics and needing to keep players fresh.
less players are used in each game compared to nfl for example. there’s a lot more lineup rotation when it comes to the different competitions. reserve players are often used in the cup (seen as much less important) to rest the main players.
It's not necessarily because the cup is less important then the league, but because the teams can meet much easier opposition then in the league.
Each league has different advertising rules, there are usually some big sponsors that league might divide between teams but each teams can also get their own deals, more deals means more money, so that’s why you might see so many advertisements on shirts
There are no commercial breaks in soccer ( maybe 5 or 10 seconds ones) that's why there are so many sponsors on shirts etc
In England, the top 4 teams get automatic qualifying to group stages in the European Champions League, so that's where all the energy goes. Not only the prestige, but also the quality of the football: I enjoy a champions league game many times more than a national game. Who remembers Liverpool vs Barcelona semi-final 2019(both legs) ? I support United, but Christ those matches were amazing. And the year before, Liverpool vs Roma, Salah scored come amazing goals in the Champions
One great thing about the cup is that the lower teams that take part get a much needed funding boost if they do well and get to cause an upset by knocking out a big team
You’re pretty spot on with your instincts about jersey sponsors. In European football, teams are much more individual entities. The league does distribute TV rights, some league sponsorship money, etc among the teams, but for the most part, each team is a distinct entity that has their own separate sponsorships, product tie ins, etc.
In American sports, the main product itself is the league and the individual teams are franchise instead of fully distinct companies / entities. It forces a much more even distribution of money.
There’s a lot more risk in European football for the teams. You have to find a balance between remaining (or gaining) competitiveness (I.e. buying players, managers, facilities, etc) and maintaining revenue. You see a common problem where teams will overspend on players to try and get better, but if that doesn’t materialize into higher league positions and more revenue, they can go bankrupt.
It’s also why you see some mega-teams; they’ve got global reach and recognition, so their revenue streams dwarf other teams. They can take on more salary and buy higher cost players to maintain their elite positions - it doesn’t always work, but it is an advantage.
In American sports, that’s a lot harder because of salary caps, draft picks, league distributed funds, etc. That’s why I think the Patriots franchise is one of the most remarkable franchises in sports. They figured out a way to remain dominant over a long period of time in a system rigged for equality (or at least ebs and flows of power).
This has gone on long enough, but let me know if you’ve got any more questions! I’ve lived about 50/50 of my life in Europe and America.
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The games can be very chaotic, in the 2013/14 season, Wigan Athletic played:
In the Championship (the English 2nd division) (46 games)
The Championship playoffs (2 games)
Europa League (6 games)
Community Shield (1 game)
EFL cup (1 game)
FA cup (6 games)
Not including the pre-season friendlies, Wigan played a total of 62 games in 9 months, which was insane for a team not in the Premier League, but still managing to make the FA cup semi-final and the Championship playoffs. Unfortunately things went really downhill after that season.
to break it down based on the English league:
there are 4 'tiers' of football
premier league
championship
league 1
league 2
below that you have what are called 'non league' divisions which are the equivalent to amateur teams making up a division in your local area and competing against similar teams across the country.
Focusing on the premier league only here:
season lasts 38 games (august>may), most points wins the league and is crowned league champions 3 lowest scoring teams are relegated, however unlike in the video the way the 3 teams from the lower league get promoted up is slightly different, the champions and runner up of the lower league get automatically promoted with the final spot (3rd place > 6th place so 4 teams) fight for it in a 'play-off' mini tournament with knockout rules where the winner gets the final promotion spot.
During a season all teams take part in both the 'league cup' and the 'F.A cup' both are similar to what is described in the video but each serves a different role which i'll refrain from mentioning here suffice to say that in England there's essentially 2 cup competitions and not just one like most other nations, and as described these knockout matches are played alongside the regular seasonal matches usually midweek or during international breaks.
the 'champions league' was described slightly in the video but there's another competition with the same structure called the 'europa league' which is made up of teams who are just behind the best teams of each nation and is not as prestigious as the 'champions league'.
46 games for the Championship, League 1 and League 2, plus the play-offs.
In the Scottish premiership, there are 12 teams, who play each other 3 times, then spilts into 2, everyone in top 6 play each other and bottom 6 play each other once making 38
12th gets relegated
11th faces either the 2nd Vs 3rd/4th in league below them.
The Bundesliga also has a promotion relegation play off.
Yes the 3 competitions can get tough on teams as they will have to rotate their lineups depending on how they’re doing in their respective competitions. Teams want to win all 3 known as the “treble” but only a few have done it.
a lot of the time; teams with more players in their rosters end up allocating players for certain competitions.
So taking Manchester Utd as an example (because i like them)
Their starting Goalkeeper (David De Gea) will play every weekend in the league;
In the cup, games are only every month or so and they play their substitute (Sergio Romero) as their starting keeping.
Rotating them lets players rest and especially at the start of the cup when you are playing semi amateur teams, its great practice for your youth signings.
the league games are usually scheduled on weekends while UCL games are scheduled mid week (tuesday and wednesday). teams play UCL games once every 2 weeks while league games are scheduled once a week normally.
There are three top tier domestic football competitions in England - the Premier League, the F A Cup, and the League Cup.
The Premier League is made up of 20 teams, so each team plays 38 games (19 home, 19 away). Teams get 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw (tie) and 0 for a loss. The title is decided on points scored over the season, however there can be a 39th game for the top 2 teams in exceptional circumstances. If they have the same number of points then it goes down to most number of wins. If they have the same statistics then it goes down to goal difference (goals scored for minus goals scored against). Only in this almost impossible scenario would the 39th game be needed.
The League Cup is held over 7 rounds as a straight knockout except for 2 leg semi-finals to eliminate home advantage, and a single game final. The games are held mid-week in the evenings except for the final.
The F A Cup (Football Association) is an annual knockout competition open to any eligible club down to Level 10 of the English football league system. In 2011-2012 a record 763 clubs entered, higher ranked teams enter in later rounds so the minimum number of games required to win is 6. Because of entering the cup earlier, if one of the lowest ranked teams was to get to the final they would have played 14 games in the competition.
In England the top 4 teams in the Premier League qualify for the next seasons Champions League against the best teams from each of the other national league championships. The top 32 teams are divided into 8 groups of 4 teams and progress after a round-robin of 6 games each. Each group winner and runner-up goes through to the knockout phase with the final in May or June, giving a total of 13 games played inj all.
So if a Premiership team was to qualify, and reach the final of each of these competitions they could end up with a 65 game season, with 27 games having to be played midweek in between the 38 regular games in the season.
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I think you are ready for the 10 minutes of " Ultras-Our Way Of Life" which will give you an idea of how much Football means to Europe....lol
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The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a knockout cup competition in men's American soccer. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States
Great video. I have never understood why American sports generally do not have relegation and you hinted at this in your reaction to this. Hopefully you'll expand on this in a future video. Keep up the excellent work, consider me a new subscriber.
Hey - I know the whole American reacts to football/cricket etc. is a crowded market and cause I watch them occasionally they get recommended in my feed - I gotta say though, you are the best example I have seen, you pause and ask sensible questions and seem genuniely interested - gained a sub! In answer to your questions, which might already have been answered, yes, Premier League teams at the top end (with realistic hopes of playing in Europe) heavily prioritise the league over either of the two main cups. Teams lower down will want to go on a cup run both for money and glory.
Where I think English football especially really gets interesting is in the next division down - The Championship, it is heavily heavily competitive, more than the Premier League where the top 3 or 4 teams are much much better than the bottom 3 or 4 teams. This results in really close exciting finishes at both ends of the table and far more unpredictable results - don't write off the lower leagues for entertainment I guess is my point.
In answer to your surprise about relegation, it can be really devestating but also give great stories and excitement in itself. The team I follow, Leeds United won the old English top division (before the Prem League) in 1992, finished top 5 for 5 consecutive years in the early 2000s, got to the semi-finals of the Champions League but then went bust, got relegated to the next division, got relegated again to the division below that and then 16 long years later just got promoted back up to the Premier League for 2021/22, its been a long road - but eventful.
For the big clubs the efforts are concentrated on their respective national League, and the Champions League. And during the second half of the season, depending on their standing in the two tournaments, a team can decide to prioritize one or the other, or try to go full in on both. The Cup tournaments take backstage. For the smaller teams though, the Cup is a good way to earn some glory.
In the Cups, there are no ties. There’s extra time (two halves of 15 minutes) and then penalties. For the Champions League, the Champions of each national league and the 2nd and 3rd best placed qualify automatically. The 4th, 5th, 6th play the Europa League which parallels to the Champions League best a bit less prestigious.
European soccer if like NCAA basketball, except each the competitions all occur thought the season. In NCAA basketball you have the regular season conference champion (league champion), conference tournament champion (league cup) and NCAA tournament (champions league)
The advertising on shirts works as a pateociner. Every club has many of them, tho bigger clubs often have a kit brand (Adidas, Nike, Puma, etc.) and a single patrociner/sponsor/partner.
It's a good system because it keep the top teams busy and gives their players less rest. While the teams that didn't get in get more time off between games. Also making teams decide which people they are gonna use. Imagine playing in the cup against a team you shouldn't have an issue with but 3 days later you play against your league rival who also might have to make those dicisions.
In the case of the English Premier League, the main revenue is from the league selling broadcasting rights internationally. Some of this revenue is divided equally amongst the 20 teams. Over 800 million people watch this league actively. With over 1 billion watching it occasionally. When a team is relegated to the Championship (2nd division) their income from TV rights drops from to about 10% of what it was. The team will therefore have to sell many high earning players to balance the books.
Other than the competitions said in the video there is also the Europa League that is for all the teams that arrived under the positions that give you the access for the Champions League, every year the winner of Champions and Europa league play a match before the start of the season that is called Supercup, who win it win the European Supercup, the same thing also happen between the winner of the league and the winner of the cup of every league (national supercup), furthermore some country play more than one national cup with different access roules, every year than, in January, the winner of Champions league play a small tournment against the other champions of the other continents, that is the Clubs World Cup, also we should count the national team matches during the year (qualification tournment, nations league, friendly matches) yes is a little bit a mess
They not only play league games, cup games and Champions League games but some of them has a Super Cup games and even national qualifiers in the same season sometime
Generally the league is the most important competition, sustained success in the league system is the most significant factor in order to keep the club financially stable. This is because (in most countries) the league is the entity that holds the television licensing rights and also do larger sponsorship deals than what (especially the smaller) clubs can do on their own. The teams will get allotted money from these league wide deals so staying in as high a league as possible is what keeps revenue going. Success in other competitions such as cups is generally considered more of a bonus except for the largest clubs where success in the champions league is at least as important as success in the domestic league. (Mostly because these teams basically don’t risk relegation in any shape or form)
I like to compare the way European soccer is structured to how college basketball is structured, kind of. Domestic League games can be compared to conference games, Domestic Cups can be compared to conference tournament, and the UEFA Champions League is like March Madness where you have teams from different conferences face each other. In this case is teams from different leagues/countries. Although in college basketball, the conference tournament and March madness is after the regular season concludes, whilst in football they all take place all at once. On way to keep track with football and figure out what competition is going on, it usually depends on the day of the week. On weekends, is usually when domestic leagues take place, although sometimes they have games midweek, but 90% of games are played on weekends. Champions League games are on weekdays, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s with the final usually being the last Saturday of May or first Saturday of June, it all depends on scheduling (this year was obviously different). Cup games are also usually on weekdays as well, the final is also on a Saturday, usually a week after the domestic league concludes.
Games and the attrition aspect of footy is what it's all about for traditional fans like myself. some players and most managers don't agree with me. it used to be a tough thing to compete and win on multiple levels and in multiple competitions. so, for example. an English club could win a quadruple. Premier league, League Cup (Only open to the teams playing in the 4 league's. premier league, The Championship, league 1 and league 2. ) The FA Cup. open to every registered club in England, regardless of size. The UEFA Champions League.
this is late but yes some teams prioritize. the cup is the least important trophy. so if u have a cup game midweek against a not so good team, you might rest your starters to keep them fresh for the league game on the weekend. the champions league is usually on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, so you have 3-4 days of rest before the league game on Saturday or Sunday.
One small addition, the Scandinavian countries have April - October season instead of August - May
I'd say, for most of the teams, that's not even an issue, because they couldn't qualify anyways. So they can focus on their local league and the occasional friendship-match with any other team.
The teams that battle for champions-league titles are usually the same bunch and they are usually the ones with the biggest fanbase and budget.
when it comes to the sponsoring, you need to remember that it's a lot of clubs from partially small cities with more than one team. The total fanbase for each team isn't as huge as the football-teams in the US have. Many US-Teams, football and basketball, have fans world-wide, who buy there stuff. With soccer, that usually only happening with the champions-league teams.
2:50 yes, each club must take care of it's budgets, there are no salary caps, no draft, you must have great academy to get young talents or make good transfers or loans and also great coach to put the team together with tactic good enough to win the league or at least stay in it.
In some countries such as England, Scotland and France there are two main domestic cups, a national and a league (professional teams) so some teams compete on 4 fronts therefore some teams put weak teams for the cups to focus on the league and European competition (there are two soon to be three).
For the England back in the day the FA cup final was our equivalent of the super bowl as teams would always rather win that than the league.
Most mid-table teams prioritise the cups because they are more likely to be able to win those as they are more chaotic and rely on a good run of games rather than consistency. On the other hand the big teams don't really care about the cup until the quarter or semi finals as they have their eye on the league which require more consistency to win.
This video didn’t say anything about the play off system that we have, the top 2 teams in the league get promoted automatically but then 3rd to 6th have a play off tournament where the winner then gets promoted as well
not all championships do that tho... Italy does, but i don't know who else
Some leagues (Switzerland and Germany, for example) have relegation games. For example, at the season's end, while the winner of the 2nd highest league gets automatically promoted to the 1st (and the loser of the 1st goes down to the 2nd highest league), the second to last from the 1st league plays the 2nd of the 2nd league in two games (home and away) to find out who gets to play the 1st league next season. (It just happened today, and the underdog advanced to the upper league. To make things more complicated, it's FC Vaduz, a club from Liechtenstein, which is a neighbouring country, competing in the Swiss leagues.)