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- We are Understanding European Soccer in Four Simple Steps! This is the guide for Americans. Can this American learn the European ways?
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You already know what's up! We've got another reaction video today. So, we're trying to drive home some key steps for me understanding European soccer, like I've never understood it before! We'll see if PenandPaper can teach me some things.
Good Reaction, My Friend. The difference in England between playing in The Premier League and the Second Tier of English Football i.e. The Championship is 240 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY NOT "40- Million Dollars" lol In England, there is also ANOTHER annual Cup called The Football League Cup( known by different Sponsors' names occasionally). This is for the 92 teams spanning all 4 tiers of The Football League. The main domestic Cup is The F.A.Cup which is 135 years old and involves 7,000 clubs until the latter stages when the 92 teams join in. The Yop4 English sides enter the FOLLOWING season's Champions League and the 5th/5th teams enter The secondary European Club event: The Europa League.
Don't confuse THE WORLD CUP Or The EUROS which are NOT for individual teams but for COUNTRIES and both events are held every 4 years so one will be in 2024 and 2028 and the other in 2026 and 2030.
Top Players can play 80 games a season in FIVE Tournaments in England ( THe Premier League/F A Cup/League Cup/Champions League and also represent their Country in either THe Euros or World Cup:)
@@Isleofskye just adding to what you said.... the winner of the FA cup is granted a birth in the Europa League, but if a team that wins it finishes in the top 4, then the birth goes to whoever finished 6th.... just like if an English team wins the Europa League, but finishes top 4, then the UCL (Champions League) birth goes to who finished 5th.... also, with every final, and domestic cup matches, if it's tied after 90 minutes then it goes to extra time, and if it's still tied after that, it goes to a penalty shootout; unlike in League matches and group stage matches where you're awarded 1 point each if tied after 90 minutes
@@Panthera_Leopon You certainly know your stuff P L :)
IT IS CALLED FOOTBALL. PROPER FOOTBALL!
Is called Football not Soccer my friend.. This is why Americans players don't make it in football in the elit European football
To give you an idea of how isolated the US is when it comes to sport:
1) The biggest event in US sports, the Super Bowl, attracted a viewership of 140 million in 2021. The Soccer World Cup attracted 1.1 BILLION viewers.
2) The Super Bowl winners are proclaimed “world champions”, after only teams from 1 country (USA) takes part. The last Soccer world championship saw 32 countries from 6 continents take part. That’s how you define a “world” championship.
Technically about 200 nations participate, not at the tournament itself but just under 200 nations take part in the World Cup Qualifiers
Saw one of those street interview quizzes the other day in which a guy asked a couple of lads on the street in England to identify some international flags - Germany, Denmark, India, Pakistan, Jamaica and Zimbabwe. They needed some clues for Zimbabwe but knew the others instantly. Americans in the comments were saying no way would equivalent American lads be able to do the same and started bemoaning the American education system. But we learn these things like flags and anthems from international sports. Mostly football (soccer) matches but also rugby, cricket and athletics. We love watching these things and they are very international. American sport is a bit more closed off from the world.
@@barrysteven5964 Good point. And proof of what you say would be how many British lads would know flags from Mongolia, Taiwan, Moldova or Kyrgyzstan or Nepal - countries that don’t play internationally on any scene?
Couple of things here...The NBA has more followers than the PL if im not making a mistake. And thats an "american sport"...Then you refered to the SB: Well the SB EVERY YEAR (!) is being played on a monday morning in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia/New Zealand. The only ones that can watch it on a sunday are north and south americans. The world cup final is always being played on a sunday and put on a timeslot in which people in all parts of the world can watch (usually 2:30 pm UK time). If you look at the percentage, more people in the US watch the SB than people in the UK watch the WC Final (unless England is in it). The world cup also is an INTERNATIONAL competition of the POOREST sport ( you dont even need goals or a ball to play it, since you can use a coke-can as the ball and some sticks as goals posts) that exists. Most people worldwide are poor and can not afford to play football, but everyone can afford to play soccer. Thats why soccer is so much more popular. But football is WAY more awesome to watch...And i love all sports and i'm a huge AC Milan Fan, but nothing comes near football in the entertainment industry.
To your second point about americans calling themselves world champion when they win the world series for example...Well teams from the MLS dont call themselves world champions as far as i know...But football, baseball, basketball and hockey are sports in which one league (the american major ones) completely dominates the other competitions, its not even a contest. So they claim being "the best in the world=world champs". We can debate all day long if thats a smart move, but there is no debate wether those teams are the best in the world or not.
The beauty of it is that an amateur club can potentially make it to the cup final or even move up the division ladder…
You can have a true Cinderella story
David and Goliath the Beaty of this game
@@Jedi_Black In 2000 a french amateur team called Calais made it to the final, sadly they lost 2-1 to Nantes.
Remember when that non league team played spurs on a council estate
that was english football in its purest form
@@t8kabr8km85unnily enough Tottenham are the only club to have won the FA cup while being a non-league side(at least since the football league was founded, before then obviously every club in the FA cup wasn’t in the league)
The CL games, just like the Cup games, are also played during the regular season. So, yes, it's currently going on. We're currently in the semi-final stages of most competitions and the leagues are close to being decided.
#5 There is no draft system. At the start of their careers players are free agents. Free to get contracts with whichever team they can. Contracts aren't very long, and trades (transfers) are frequent. The elite clubs end up with the elite players. Smaller clubs thrive on getting the best out of talented players who are on their way up, and keeping them for as long as is practicable.
Contracts can be long, but it's usual to set a "change" fee in the contract e.g. you can change from club A to club B when club B pays xyz millions to club A. Also the manager of the player will get a transfer fee and the player might get an transfer bonus or hand money.
the league is a points race, an endurance/marathon that will test the team's player management and opponent management. there are leagues with closer races, there are those with more dominant teams winning repeatedly, such is its nature. The Cup are the elimination style one-offs that test the team's form in knockout competitions -- there are big teams who can fall at this stage at the hands of smaller teams who found the perfect timing to beat them, so this competition can be tricky to win. The Champions League is like the reward for your efforts last season -- if you are a champion, and for some countries 2-4th place, you get into the prestigious competition. Also, the winners of the Cup tournaments in the countries are also going into their own Euro-wide 2nd-tier competition called the Europa League (previously known as UEFA Cup), which allows the Cup winners, and league-placers below the champions league slots a chance for a European trophy. 2nd in prestige, but still prestige.
I can't tell you how annoying it can be sometimes, in American sports, when a team just throws a season away for a better pick the next season. Little things like that because there's no fear of not coming back next year. I genuinely enjoy the idea of a points-based system and relegation. Although, I don't think it can work for every sport. It works really well for football/soccer.
@@MewingLlama the reason for it not working in America is I guess the league's are all closed. No franchise owner wants the threat of going down. The soccer systems are all due to a national pyramid systen with top teams at the highest league and it's normal to have 2-3 pro divisions below them and below these are the amateurs and semi pros.
Seems like this is just a brief explanation. So I guess some things aren't clear still. You should definitely check out the video titled "(European) Soccer Explained for Americans" for a more detailed and sorted out explanation.
The best thing imo about soccer over American sports leagues is that there is true progression.
Leicester were a league 3-4 team.
And now they're a middling league 1 team, that is premier league, not the league named league 1 which is the third league. Blame history for that one.
Of course the reverse can also happen. A team can simply fall off and slide down the leagues.
The team that got promoted to the first league here in Belgium will be playing in Europe next season which is just insane.
Antwerp and Charleroi, 2 teams that have been in the second division or were just bad in recent memory have established themselves as good teams in recent years,
etc. etc.
And yea, Champions league happens every year. It's about 5 times as big as the super bowl with over 500 million viewers for the final.
World cup finals clock in often at 2 billion viewers.
My 55 year old mother doesn't follow football.
But she does follow the national team and will watch every one of their games.
It’s football
@@casperselka671 Language is meant to communicate.
I'm talking to an American.
I could be saying "voetbal" and talk in dutch but that wouldn't get us far.
WHAT???? I'm sorry this is total BS. You take Leicester as an example? Where are they now? Should i show you who won the 5 major national competitions in soccer the last 10 years? Instead of seeing 40 different clubs you might see 6-7 different clubs. Im sorry this is ridiculous! There is no thing more borring than the structure in soccer. Rich teams gettin richer, teams with a sheikh (or whatever "profession") owner invest insane amounts of money like in a video game on playstation. No regulations. Teams that reach a CL quarter (!) final get like a 100 million from UEFA, whilst teams that WIN the EL or ECL get like 20-25 million. European soccer is in a deep coma and its gonna take a lot to wake up. Forza Milan per sempre ❤🖤
Then you say a CL Final is 5 times bigger than the SB? On which planet please? Have you taken a look on how much money the SB makes in revenue compared to the CL? If you are refering to the world wide TV audience...That is only an estimation since in most countrys in the world its not an exect sience to find out how the TV ratings were. The other thing: The SB is being played on a monday morning almost everywhere in the world (exept north and south america), whilst the CL Final is being played on a saturday or a sunday morning worldwide, which ofc is better for the worldwide TV Ratings. If the NFL would finally move the SB to a saturday, the TV Ratings will go off the wall, but they love their traditions to much...
Champions League Quarter Finals just ended, you should watch the semi final.
Those will be in two weeks, correct?
@@MewingLlama yes, for the meantime you could check the Barca game tomorrow in the Europa League, it's sort of like a 2nd division champion's league.
@@MewingLlama you can live stream those if you want
@@MewingLlama Semifinals will be 26 and 27 april and final in may
@LEOMESHI And they lost... Bwaahaaa!!!
Actually domestic league is more important than domestic cups that's not the other way around that's why big name players rest in cup games unless against smaller teams until they reach semifinals. Not many people actually care who won the domestic cup but everyone remembers who won the league and be the champion club of the country. Then there's champions league when all the top clubs from European countries compete to be the best of the best.
5:47 they do, but only if they are tired or injured. Most players dont play all competitions cause it's too much but, they will play most games and most minutes.
Games that are not part of the (country league) are usually played during the week (tuesday,wednesday,thursday)
Each country in the world has its own league not just Europe. Also, each continent has their own version of the UCL and the Cup. No one cares as much for those unless you are from one of the other continents But of course all the world watches european football because its the best.
Exactly, just like all basketball talent from around the world end up in the NBA. In the same with footballers and Europe.
5:50 well that depends on what the club prioritizes... For example I know that winners of Croatian cup get the chance to compete in the Euroligue ... so a team that is in the middle of the board in the croatian first ligue might opt to focus on the cup and keep their best players rested for the cup
Also a Ligue winner (and in some countries first 3-4 clubs) also play the uefa champions ligue the next year while some of the runner ups go to the Euroligue
European football across the world has a similar season structure to a College Basketball season. You have your domestic league which is like conference play during the regular season of college basketball. You have domestic cups, which are like the conference tournament. Except, the domestic cup games are played during the season and in the middle of the week to not interfere with the domestic league which is played mainly during the weekends. Whilst the conference tournament is played after the regular season. Now, all of this leads to the Champions League for football and March Madness for college basketball. The Champions League is also played in the middle of the week simultaneously with the domestic league and cup. The Champions League final is always the last game of the club season and is played on a Saturday. Usually the last Saturday of May or first Saturday of June. The thing to remember about the Champions League though, is that the teams participating in it are from the prior seasons results, for example the top 4 teams in England last season where Man City, Liverpool, Man United, and Chelsea. We saw those teams compete in the Champions League this season.
Us football fans woyld never call anyone an idiot for trying to learn more about the beautiful game, hope you enjoy the matches more and more as you learn more about it 💪🏼
Great video! keep pushing out football content and you will grow faster than you can imagine😁👌
You booed when it was mentioned there was a point for a draw. That one point has saved many a team from relegation. It ensures the league is competitive until the last game. The top 4 clubs in the Premier League go onto the Champions League cup. However the teams from 4th- 7th go forward to lesser European cup competitions. As you can imagine this creates huge interest and engagement throughout the season.
Best part of the point system is consistency you have to be the best for the whole year a small misstep can cost you the title
Great reaction 👍🏻👍🏻 greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
Great stuff man! U should definitely react to Kevin De bruyne: when football becomes art
So as an American, if you're really wanting to get into European football, your best bet would be to watch some Premier League games.... they're probably the easiest to watch here, compared to the other leagues, and they come on on Saturday and Sunday mornings.... from there, find out the UCL schedule (which those games are on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons), and watch some of those (which you will need Paramount plus for).... going back to the Premier League, those games come on either Peacock, USA, or NBC..... also, while every country in Europe might have a League of their own, there is a "top 5" leagues, which are the English League (Premier League), Spanish League (La Liga), German League (Bundesliga), Italian League (Serie A), and the French League (League 1)..... like I said earlier, your best bet would be to find an English team and start following them, because it's probably easier to watch them here in the states; but if you do have Paramount plus, the Italian League can be watched there, so you could find you and Italian team to follow.... anyways, best of luck to whoever you decide to pull for
There is also a video follow-up with exceptions. You should watch it also.
Dude I've stumbled upon so many Americans reacting to this video, and you are definitely the guy who actually GOT IT. I respect you actually paying attention and using your brain 😂 next step, encourage you to watch cricket videos....
Only for Europeans the Champions League is the most important competition at the club level, for South Americans it is the "Copa Libertadores de América". In the "FIFA Club World Cup", the winners of the Libertadores, the Champions League, the AFC (Asia), the CAF (Africa), Concacaf (North America) and the OFC (Oceania) face each other. The "FIFA Club World Cup" is really the most important competition at the club level.
Nobody but South America gives a fuck about the Club World Cup at all.
It's unimportant trash only there to press out that little bit more money out of the athletes and clubs. It doesn't even has a financial incentive and is ALWAYS an inconvenience in the season.
There was a reason why fans, clubs, players AND the press didn't want this huge ass expansion of this unimportant conglomerate of friendlies.
@@gandalf_thegrey Yes, you are absolutely right, no European team plays the Club World Cup with enthusiasm, that is why they do not prepare to play it, nor do they put their best players in those matches, nor do they celebrate that cup if they win it and European fans do not watch the matches .
Unfortunately, Europe has a rich league where the best non-European players play, even in their teams are made up of non-Europeans. The leagues of each European country are not competitive, before starting each season it is already known who will be the champion, they are always the same champions, zero competitiveness.
The Champions League is really the only competitive thing in Europe, the only thing that stimulates them and is competitive because of the economic power they have.
If you want to see what competitiveness is, come to South America to see any league of any level.
Did you see the World Cup final? It was Argentina against an African team that represented France and by extension Europe.
League games are on the weekends, the cup games are midweek
Neat reaction! FYI, the Champions League Final is on May 28th: Liverpool -v- Real Madrid. I think it will be on CBS.
Real Madrid won 1-0 vs Liverpool
Why is it so hard for americans to listen to the whole thing and then starting popping up questions. Learn the basics and then drill down to the specifics.
Tbh the narrator chose a complicated league to explain relegation but yeah that’s basically how it works and in its essence.
5:47 no, this is club (team) level, not international. A club will play both the league and the cup. Sometimes players are forced to miss national team duty or club duty because of conflicting schedules but it is not a major occurrence.
Example: Messi plays for club PSG in France (league and cup) but also for Argentina in international duty.
The Bundesliga is incredibly straight forward when it comes to relegation.
3 relegation spots, 3 promotion spots.
Last and second to last get relegated.
First and second get promoted.
The other two play one game at home one game away to determine who is in the higher league next year.
You could remove these games, sure, but where is this complicated?
3:27 Well technically only the bottom two and top two of the next league are switched the third to last and third of the next league play two games and the winner stays or gets in the top league, depending on which of teams wins.
i like how american started to involve in european football, and in football in general
Yes the Champions League is happening this year and it happens every year regardless of whether there's a World Cup or not. But this year the World Cup is in November and December and not June and July like it usually is because its being played in Qatar and its too hot to be played in the summer in Qatar.
The Champions League is now at the semi final stage and is between Liverpool from England and Villareal from Spain in one semi final and Manchester City from England and Real Madrid from Spain in the other semi final.
The English Premier League is the biggest and best league in the world and is broadcast to over 4 billion people every week. This is mainly because England invented football which means there is the most history and also its the most competitive as any one of 6 or 7 teams could possibly win the league eg Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester City or Tottenham Hotspur , although Tottenham haven't won the league for many years. Whereas in the French and German leagues there is one team that dominates every year eg Paris St Germain and Bayern Munich respectively. In the Spanish and Italian leagues two teams tend to dominate eg Real Madrid and Barcelona and Juventus and Milan respectively. England also has huge TV deals which broadcast to over 180 countries around the world. All the best players and managers are also playing or managing in England so all of these things put together make the English Premier League the best league in the world.
England also has the oldest clubs the oldest stadiums, the oldest Cup competition (the FA Cup) which stands for the Football Association Cup, the oldest international fixture, which was between England and Scotland and England invented the modern league structure and the size of the pitch, goals, penalty box etc.
The World Cup this year will be interesting as England and the USA have been drawn in the same group.
We don't say "tie" in football we say "draw" btw.
1:55
It gives me great joy that Americans are so confused about Sports abroad.
The question "every country?!" totally shocked is funny to me because it basically translated "Sovereign countries have their own systems?" lol
Because the thing is: American sports is highly "socialized" there is no way of getting removed from the league, being unfortunate and performing bad gets rewarded with draft picks, most sports have a salary cap and enforce a minimum wage etc.
While we Europeans - having real life social policies for at least 100-150 years just have ruthless capitalism and meritocracy. If you suck you get relegated, if you overspend nobody is gonna help you (IN THEORY you get punished for it haha), you could potentially pay a football player minimum wage (he just wouldn't accept ;D) etc.
There are domestic league play off
Not all relegation have three automatic spot and Germany doesn't, it has 2 and 1 play off with the team in the league below.
What we need playoffs for though... 'Hey, after a whole season and 40 games you are first. But it doesn't matter, you will have a playoff now that can invalidate all you did the whole season."
I enjoy soccer / football.
I support Aberdeen FC in Scotland.
Football is easy to understand.
Must Europeans hate the idea of not having relegation.
Which is one of the reasons people hate the idea of a European Super League.
Facts
I want to clarify this is just for fun and to try and expand on some of the simplified things in the video if you or anyone else is interested and I know the video is meant to simplify things so don't yell at me for correcting or more so just expanding on some of it ;)
Great video, both you and the video you reacted to, obviously its quite simplified since for example the number of teams getting relagated veries and for example the german league as he showed, its techically not the bottom 3 that goes straight down, the way it works in the german bundesliga is that the bottom 2 goes straight down whilst the team that finishes 3rd from the bottom enters a playoff against the team that finished 3rd in the 2. bundesliga where the winner gets the spot in the bundesliga whilst the looser takes the spot in the 2. bundesliga and that is just germany other countries have different variations of this relation system
Another thing would be the thing about the teams playing each other twice in the league once at home once away, this is true for most european leagues however in countries like Belgium and Denmark its a bit different, in Denmark where I'm from the league contains 12 teams each team will play each other teams twice like normal in the regular season, however once those 22 games are played the league then splits in 2, with the top 6 going to the champions stage and the bottom 6 going to the relagation stage. Here each team again plays each other team twice like before so another 10 games total at which point the bottom 2 teams gets relaged. In belgium I believe its slightly different in that its only the top 4 that goes to the champions stage and I believe they even cut the point in half to decrease the gap and make it more exciting.
believe me, even this is somewhat simplified since it doesn't explaing anything about the way in which those qualification spots for the Champions League as well at the 2 other continental competions the Europa League and the Europa Conference League works, since its a mix between league placement, cup winners and even playoffs between some team in each country depending on where you are, and with the teams in the 2nd tier aren't owned by teams from the top flight, that is also mostly correct, since in The Netherlands for example several B teams play in the second tier like Jong PSV, Jong AZ and Jong Ajax
I would honestly love to see a more long format video going more in dept with how european football works even though I would like to think im at least somewhat knowledgeable about it, who know I might try to do it myself at some point since it would be fun and even I have stuff to learn about the way the different leagues work.
Also 1 last thing, the leagues run from August till May, again its mostly correct and yes (I know the point is the video is simplified don't yell at me for writing this I'm, just trying to teach him a few more things if he or anyone else is interested) a few countries like Norway and Sweden do not do this the Norwegian "Eliteserien" instead runs from April to November rather than August to May
apologies for the essay
if you do players, do some of the big names now, and from the past, but also do some hidden gems (ask comments for them) because too many reactors just react to the same players, and there are so many greats , the sport is so old and everywhere in the world plays it so the talent pool...well its the deepest talent pool for any sport...EVER!!!
And just like in Europe, every other continent has its won big league and their countries with their league and cup to qualify
Every year they have the winners of every continental league to play the clubs world cup, usually won by an European (only Europeans and south America clubs have done it, with only Europeans winning since 2013)
pls keep reacting
A successful English premier league team can potentially take part and possibly win these competitions in a season but i don't think anyone has ever wone more than three in a season. (If iv missed any comment what iv missed or fucked up)
The premier league
The FA Cup
The champions league
The super league
The Club world cup
The carabao Cup
The community shield
Some of these come with the requirement of winning some of the other competitions and some require placing within a certain position in other competitions such as top 4 of the countrys top league to enter the champions league. There are other competitions but they are for teams placed lower than the ones who qualify for the champions league.
World Cup, Europe Cup and Olympics are country league tournaments, rather than club tournaments, which this video doesn't cover.
Liechtenstein doesn't their clubs play in the swiss league but they do have the Liechtenstein cup; AS Monaco fc play in the French, but monaco aren't the club in Monaco there is 64, who play in 3 domestic Cup tournament and Monaco national squad, who are part of VIVA.
I might be a bit pedantic but clubs dont get thrown out of the league due to relegation but do get dropped to a lower division within the league
Every Country in Europe has its own League and the best teams from all those countries compete against each other in the UEFA Champions League
As an European I have one huge tip:
It's NOT European football as it is "American football". It's either "Football" (soccer if you insist) or you have to call it "World(s) football" if you want to specify the region.
But that's a "crime" (lol) the video you reacted to has done as well
Because this isn't a USA and Europe thing, this is a USA vs the World thing. When an American crosses the southern border to Mexico he already is in a world dominated by Football - not Rugby with protection.
Yes, it originated here and yes it spread like a wildfire due to the power Europeans hold at that time (late 1800s) over the world. But that doesn't make it "our" stuff, not 150 years later. It's a cultural phenomenon way beyond its origins.
Look at South America and tell me it's "European" Football ;)
They love the beautiful game just as much as we do, we are equally passionate. We are both born into our clubs, having slept in bedsheets that proudly present the clubs badge etc.
This was about Europe not the Rest of The world it was about club teams not countries
The cups were for club games in each country
The the champions league was is for club teams from all over Europe
A league that doesn't do relegation promotion? Now that's weird TO THE REST OF THE WORLD! 😂😂😂
There is a benefit for relegation as well some teams that struggled for years they relegate and use it as a resting period to rebuild their teams . Often the lower 3rd of teams relegate and ending up playing the same teams they played before in the highest tier league of the nation . And those clubs are quite equal and have some real rivalrys going.
There's a video expalining European soccer in greater detail, made by TheOnDeckCircle: czcams.com/video/6winTSyOePg/video.html
Champions league semi finals are taking place right now and last week we had one of the great games of all time man City vs Real Madrid, they meet again this week, either tomorrow or Wednesday for the 2nd and deciding what leg, if you can find a way to watch, do it!!
Try zlaran ibrahimovic dude
try : (european) soccer explained for americans
Jessie. We have to Cook !
Yeah, science!
What's the MIT?
MIT is basically the least popular tournament in any sport
Without playoffs every game matters, right?
No idea why Scotland has Celtic, Dundee and .... ? Easier to just do celtic rangers, aberdeen/hearts/hibs.
First thing to learn, is not Soccer, its Football, your sport is American Football, sorry for those who dont like it but facts are facts.
Good Reaction, My Friend. The difference in England between playing in The Premier League and the Second Tier of English Football i.e. The Championship is 240 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY NOT "40- Million Dollars" lol In England, there is also ANOTHER annual Cup called The Football League Cup( known by different Sponsors' names occasionally). This is for the 92 teams spanning all 4 tiers of The Football League. The main domestic Cup is The F.A.Cup which is 135 years old and involves 7,000 clubs until the latter stages when the 92 teams join in. The Yop4 English sides enter the FOLLOWING season's Champions League and the 5th/5th teams enter The secondary European Club event: The Europa League.
Don't confuse THE WORLD CUP Or The EUROS which are NOT for individual teams but for COUNTRIES and both events are held every 4 years so one will be in 2024 and 2028 and the other in 2026 and 2030.
Top Players can play 80 games a season in FIVE Tournaments in England ( THe Premier League/F A Cup/League Cup/Champions League and also represent their Country in either THe Euros or World Cup:)
No such thing as effing Soccer. It is proper FOOTBALL.
Why the title European soccer ? It is simply the worlds biggest sport, except in the US.
I love that the American sports system is communist. Hilarious
Not soccer. Its name is football.
Playoffs are stupid i can lzerally loose only 1 game a hole season and not win. Because u lost the final
If you're playing a sport - be it amateur or professional - you play to win from second one of the first game of the season. All the way to the last second of the last game of the season.
Anything else is bringing shame to those who've gone before you, and tainting your legacy for those still to come in following generations.
Get out of the sport if you're not playing to win.
I can very much so get behind this opinion. Basketball is becoming a very lazy sport because of the playoff system. Guys aren't *trying* until it's crunch time, and it's because they don't have to
@@MewingLlama Yeah. It is one of the biggest reasons I stopped watching / lost all interest in basketball and football.
It wouldn't surprise me, but was it always like that? Does make you wonder though as to what (if anything) will happen if viewership at home and game attendance numbers drop too much.
First step, don't call it soccer, please!! You kick a ball with your foot... hence Football! Thanks
Playoff is for weak
czcams.com/video/duBBL5XFJxI/video.html
26th May 1989
This was perhaps the best football game I have ever been privileged to watch "live'.
The final match of the 1988--89 English Football League season between Liverpool and Arsenal, held at Liverpool's Anfield stadium. Call it timing, luck or plain sheer coincidence, this match was between the top two teams in the First Division : Liverpool were first and Arsenal were in second. Both teams were close enough on points for this game to act as a decider for the First Division Championship (now of course its the Premier League).
Arsenal needed to win the game by at least two goals to take the title, while Liverpool enjoyed home advantage and had won the FA Cup the previous weekend. Despite the odds, Arsenal won 2--0, with a last-minute injury time goal scored by Michael Thomas, giving Arsenal their ninth First Division title and denying Liverpool the championship.
I will never forget this match for as long as I live. And I support Manchester United.
I would say it’s British football not European when the game is a British game we invented football
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26th May 1989
This was perhaps the best football game I have ever been privileged to watch "live'.
The final match of the 1988--89 English Football League season between Liverpool and Arsenal, held at Liverpool's Anfield stadium. Call it timing, luck or plain sheer coincidence, this match was between the top two teams in the First Division : Liverpool were first and Arsenal were in second. Both teams were close enough on points for this game to act as a decider for the First Division Championship (now of course its the Premier League).
Arsenal needed to win the game by at least two goals to take the title, while Liverpool enjoyed home advantage and had won the FA Cup the previous weekend. Despite the odds, Arsenal won 2--0, with a last-minute injury time goal scored by Michael Thomas, giving Arsenal their ninth First Division title and denying Liverpool the championship.
I will never forget this match for as long as I live. And I support Manchester United.