I'll admit it, this brought a tear to my eye. Man upstairs looked down at this fella on his own and said "football chairman irl"

@stupiditiusmaximus

4 ай бұрын

*manager

@Jojo.R.Chipelago

4 ай бұрын

​@@stupiditiusmaximus he wasn't manager, he was the club president which is called the chairman in the UK. Football chairman is a mobile game. It's a really basic version of an fm game where the only decisions you make are the financial decisions, which is what this guy did basically.

@stupiditiusmaximus

4 ай бұрын

@@Jojo.R.Chipelago I know he wasn't a manager, I've just never heard of Football Chairman so I assumed that you meant Football Manager.

@fwrds

4 ай бұрын

As a brazilian who knew the history, i’m so happy that this story did came out of Brazil

@acidbronson9712

4 ай бұрын

God is indeed a Santa Cruz fan

It's kind of ironic how he wasn't there because he was the one superfan that would drive for 2 hours to get to the away match, but that he just happened to live in the city they were playing.

@hugoiwata

4 ай бұрын

A similar thing happened to me once. América-SP was playing at Atlético Sorocaba and I went there to support my hometown club. Sorocaba is much closer to São Paulo (~100 km), the city I was living in, than to São José do Rio Preto (~400 km), the city where América is from. When I arrived at the stadium, the police wasn't prepared for an away fan, and there was no away fans area designated. Then I watched the whole game in the middle of the local team fans, surrounded by some policemen.

@rodrigorodriguesdelgado.9674

4 ай бұрын

​@@hugoiwata tenta fazer isso que esse maluco fez, não sei como seu clube está mas talvez seja uma boa.

@Filippenzen413

3 ай бұрын

​@@hugoiwataLol dont celebrate to much

@ginargent5077

3 ай бұрын

@@hugoiwata as an American, the concept of designated home and away fans like that is so different.

@albo_ar

3 ай бұрын

Driving 2 hours feel so little to be a "superfan".

Dude was playing manager carreer mode in legendary with no funding on low divisions, my favorite type of save 👏🏼

@Xphinity

3 ай бұрын

100

@PUDRETE919

3 ай бұрын

Used to be my fav way to play Fifa, choose a English 4th League Club and work my way to the Champions League; I always wished Fifa had more opportunities like that, to be promoted or relagated, teams that conquered the second division clearly struggling in the first as the average team there is just stronger, have loads of great memories from when I finally was a proper contenter in the Premier League and the big clubs were no longer scary but just a challenge to overcome

@Jorge-cs8sn

3 ай бұрын

​@@PUDRETE919 Exactly what you described is my go-to way of playing, regardless of it being an existing club like taking Morecambe or Grimsby to the Premier, or creating a new club, both are the most enjoyable to me. My most fond save was taking Grimsby to the Premier, took me like 7 seasons, but we managed ⚽

@acorns9162

2 ай бұрын

@@Jorge-cs8sn i only played fifa for one year and i never found out how to do that, i feel like it would make me have fun playing it. How you do that.

@ConCafePodcast

2 ай бұрын

​@@acorns9162career mode. Use Free Agent players and make your way to the top! 😊

Zealand is the best loan fan

@nateyoung189

4 ай бұрын

Beat me to it!

@blinkusfishus2052

4 ай бұрын

You just know he was so happy inside at having to say a club won a cup trophy on the back of loans.

@dlewis1701

4 ай бұрын

Came here to sing this

@jonpaul3868

4 ай бұрын

Genius!

@tyrant_hermit

4 ай бұрын

C+

There is another interesting story in Brazil, a team called Primavera Atlético Clube. The team was founded by a Football Manager player in 2019 and already got in the 1st division of Mato-Grosso and beat Cuiabá (the biggest team of the state). Bruno Manfio - the president of the club - always posts in the brazilian Football Manager community on Facebook and we follow the club making history

@PainKillerEX

3 ай бұрын

@@andrericardo8430 "Football Manager - BRASILEIROS"

@PainKillerEX

3 ай бұрын

@@andrericardo8430 "Football Manager - BRASILEIROS"

@PainKillerEX

3 ай бұрын

Football Manager - BRASILEIROS@@andrericardo8430

@PainKillerEX

3 ай бұрын

@@andrericardo8430 O nome tá como "Football Manager - BRASILEIROS"

@PainKillerEX

3 ай бұрын

@@andrericardo8430 O nome do grupo é "Football Manager - BRASILEIROS"

Being from the UK its easy to forget how big some countries are

@JimTheFly

4 ай бұрын

As an American, the reverse is also true. I visited Ireland a few years ago and we drove across the country from Ballina to Dublin in an afternoon. That's a shorter drive than NYC to Boston. However, I also helped a friend move from NYC to Columbia, Missouri, which is halfway across the country... and about the same distance as driving from Madrid to Amsterdam.

@Electricc__

4 ай бұрын

​@@JimTheFly facts

@void_skyy

4 ай бұрын

ever seen how far the travel is in the MLS? "local derbies" are 3.5 hour drives

@rohitrevankar7674

4 ай бұрын

No it's easy to not realise because for wtvr reason you ppl are bloody big headed. Your country is small AF.

@andrelemi5417

3 ай бұрын

@@void_skyy that's why away fans in the mls are almost nonexistent

Missed opportunity at 4:20 to call yourself Brazealand

@lucas-lv8tl

4 ай бұрын

And a "Óculos Oakley Juliet" to truly become a Brazeeland. That wold be so funnny

@kinman3051

3 ай бұрын

This saddens me

@rafaeltrivino4333

3 ай бұрын

As a Brazilian myself, I would be in favor of changing the country's name to Brazealand.

@HamboJim.

Ай бұрын

That would be a "New" Zealand

dude, these documentary style videos are BY FAR your best works

@sm42941

4 ай бұрын

literally just regurgitates the first athletic or bbc article he finds, i enjoy watching them too but please dont confuse that with producing a documentary ahaha

@loduca16

4 ай бұрын

@@sm42941yeah this isn’t the Faroe Islands video. I like it too, but it’s pretty cookie cutter in terms of KZread

@thewags4720

3 ай бұрын

Did you read these works?

Actual football manager.

@C0lon0

2 ай бұрын

There is a dude in the State of Mato Grosso that founded his team in 2019 and is already in the first division of the state, possibly entering the national league next year.

I am from Santa Cruz do Sul, it's unbelievable how famous this story is by now. Santa Cruz is still a very small club, and right now, 2024 it's back to those bumpy roads, but we never lose hope, Santa Cruz will eventually win a world cup! We believe in it

@thatguyluis

3 ай бұрын

Like Chicago Fire winning a world cup?

@guruxara7994

3 ай бұрын

@@thatguyluis Exactly! lol

@DigaDilson

3 ай бұрын

Fifa Club World Cup is highly regarded in South America, he probably means that.

@Zucarino

19 күн бұрын

@@DigaDilson world cup of clubs

something that's not mentioned in the video is that traditionally, club presidents in Brazil are not paid. So when he is talking about taking money from his pocket to put in the club... he is taking money from his pocket for real.

this is my hometown club and i got to meet the guy, the media coverage worldwide didn't feel as insane as appearing on a Zealand video lol. Also good job with the pronunciations, close enough 😉

@viniciuscastro4433

4 ай бұрын

Uma história e tanto pra cidade, é lindo como o futebol age

The format isn't that complicated. Brazil is the size of the EU, each state had its own league before we had our national league. Some of them also have cups. The national competition is basically a Champions League of all state leagues but with 4 tiers.

@mateoleon524

3 ай бұрын

Brazil is NOT the size of the US or even close buddy. Nice way of puffing yourself up😂 Just a little sprinkle of 1,300,000 million square kilometers more than Brazil 😂😂 Also Brazil has 8.5 million, so 1.3 million more is already 15% of your country 🍷🗿

@luccavalentinw.fiorini2302

3 ай бұрын

@@mateoleon524 he said the EU, Not USA. Remember that the European Union is not all europe.

@unnwas

3 ай бұрын

@@mateoleon524 Not only did you misread the whole thing but Brazil is actually bigger than the US if you don't include Alaska lol Though, I applaud the passion for what I assume is your country.

@caualopesferreira7486

3 ай бұрын

Remove Alaska (bought state) and the islands (taken) and Brazil is bigger than US. Not to mention, he said EU but I assume you would not know what that is...@@mateoleon524

@vendedordemacanetas

3 ай бұрын

​@@mateoleon524 Brazil is bigger than the contiguous United States.

I'm a Grêmio fan and watched that game in 2012 on TV. Thank you Zealand for telling the world this fantastic story!

First of all... as a Brazilian... your pronunciation of names was top notch... one of the best i've ever seen... secondly... this is a story that deserves to be told and you did it like a master... well done mate

@semnome0

3 ай бұрын

As another Brazilian, I agree

I'm not even a football fan, but always admired the unmatched passion of football fans/players, who's fandom is carried IN THEIR BLOOD. This brought me to tears, what an amazing story.

@TornaitSuperBird

2 ай бұрын

You don't get that in the United States.

The thing I love the most about Brazilian football is that you've got to see small teams playing against some huge ones. Santa Cruz, for instance, having only 4 full time employees plays against Gremio and Internacional (both have won the world Championship and American Championship).

@VichnzHCC

3 ай бұрын

This championship is called 'libertadores da america' and not the American championship

@kenedymatiassoportella808

3 ай бұрын

@@VichnzHCC, I know it. I am just trying to use self explanatory terms for those who are not familiar.

I essentially cried as a kid watching this. This is what football IS ALL about.

I'm from the state of Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul. Some people are against state leagues due to scheduling issues, but I think it's a cool and traditional characteristic of our football. In 2017, the team from my hometown (E.C. Novo Hamburgo) won the state league, and it was an incredible moment. Many regional clubs wouldn't exist, and thousands of professionals would be unemployed if the state leagues were to end.

@fuzzyhair321

3 ай бұрын

it would probably do well to become a bit more organized though and this story also made me cry. its a moment that should always be remembered too

Honestly my first thought when I saw that title of this video was "oh my god what a dumb clickbait". But then I was like "waait, maybe he really saved the club? Lets check it out just to see what type of clickbait is that." Turned out it was not a clickbait at all. He literally saved the club. This is just crazy.

At this moment with four matches played in the Gauchão 2024, Santa Cruz is... Dead last. They won their local derby against Avenida, drew once and their two losses were from a single goal down, so it may be a case of making the most out of their matches except Grêmio and Internacional and they will be safe. If it serves as a bit of hope, Internacional got beaten 2-1 by Guarany at Bagé, the team that came up with Santa Cruz last year.

I’m born in that same state and a Grêmio supporter but didn’t about this at all! Great video, Z! And you did good enough with the names. 😄

@dougro87

4 ай бұрын

Everyone who follows football news in Rio Grande do Sul knows that

@fabianmarco

4 ай бұрын

@@dougro87 I don’t live in Brazil anymore, so a bit harder to get to these kind of stories…

@edinan9

4 ай бұрын

Pq vcs tão falando em inglês se os dois são br? Kkkkkkkkkkkkk

@franklinmoura1669

4 ай бұрын

​@@edinan9pois é 😂

@fabianmarco

4 ай бұрын

@@edinan9pro resto da comunidade também entender. Achei que era óbvio.

Me, a random woman in Tennessee, i enjoy hearing about this and im wanting to cheer on this team .i absolutely love the passion and underdog story. O hope they start doing great

Still a legend to this day.

Dear Zealand , please do more videos like this. With the european clubs taking all the media space, we dont get to hear such unique stories. Thanks again for making this video.

@bahadirtuncay192

4 ай бұрын

I agree with that statement. Learning what's happening in clubs outside of Europe is always fascinating for me.

@MKS._____.

4 ай бұрын

Did you guys know there's an "extinct" club here Brazil that played North Korea and drew 1-1 😅 And it is a small team, like Santa Cruz

@largol33t12

16 күн бұрын

I would love to hear about European clubs that are like this: very small and fighting just to survive and somehow, winning a match or two once in a while.

Beautiful story man.. This man deserves his own movie!

@soliniv1411

3 ай бұрын

Played by adam sandler 😂

@kyks6771

3 ай бұрын

Impressive 👍

@dedasalmeida9047

3 ай бұрын

@@soliniv1411 that would be hilarious!😂

@largol33t12

16 күн бұрын

If someone made a documentary about his epic battle, I'd watch it for sure.

This is a wonderful story! Greetings from Germany to my Brazilian Brothers❤

Stories like this will be why I will always love the beautiful game, no other sport can a story like this happen

For Years and Years I was a fan of a horrible american college 🏈 team. I ended up serving a tour in Afghanistan as a US soldier in 2009/10 and go figure this back up QB transferring from some other school shows up and takes my team all the way to a championship. I watched it alone half way across the world at 4AM and I have been chasing that ever since.The feeling of watching people you care about find success while you yourself are struggling deeply can be a profound experience. Great Video War Eagle!

As a Brazilian, thank you! I had never heard about this team nor their history, I bet most Brazilians haven't heard of it. Awesome

@foggyless

3 ай бұрын

Verdade, não sabia não kkk

Great story, class storytelling, editing and presenting again Z

This story would make a good common man movie😂 especially a scene about thiago running back and forth for hotdogs

@Tangerin4r

4 ай бұрын

I agree!

@jestertheslacker

Ай бұрын

Right? I was thinking the same! It’s a slam dunk AND it’s a true story!

as a Brazilian I just wanted to correct a few things: 1. The Copa FGF is a state cup which teams with "no calenday" play in (teams not in the 1st to 4th national divisions), so big clubs like Gremio and Internacional do not play. Another one is the Copa Paulista in Sao Paulo 2. I'm pretty sure that the winner of the FGF Cup gets to choose if they want top be in the 4th division or the Copa do Brasil, idk but ik thats how it is with the Copa Paulista. And why did he choose the Copa and not the 4th division? Money! It pays more money, Thus with the money from the Copa do Brasil they were able to invest in getting promoted!

@Paulo_Sabino

2 ай бұрын

Além do dinheiro que paga, é muito mais caro jogar uma série D, que voce tem que rodar pelo BR inteiro. No fim é mais barato jogar a copa do brasil.

Is nice to remember that here in Rio Grande do Sul we have an Supercup tournament called Recopa Gaucha, this tournament is played between the Campeonato Gaucho winner and the Copa FGF winner. In 2021 the Recopa Gaucha was played between Gremio vs Santa Cruz, making the history more interesting. Sorry for my english btw

@brx8983

4 ай бұрын

also Suarez debuted for Grêmio on the Recopa Gaúcha match and scored a hat trick lol

I love to see this type of content! Especially in Brazil! I would recommend also you to take a look at Paulista from Jundiaí-SP. Jundiaí is a great brazilian city (second best city to live in Brazil according to some research), and its team, Paulista, won the 2005 Copa do Brasil (national cup), won 2-1 against River Plate on 2006 Libertadores, but now sits on 5th tier of the state championship, something like 9th tier of Brazilian football

I absolutely love these football stories you tell, one of the best things not just on your channel, but on all of KZread

💁‍♂️ Huge soccer fan. Love Brazil team. Thank you for this. ♥️⚽👍🏆

These are the vids i love the most on your platform. I watch almost all of your content on here but these real life stories are amazing. From the Faroe Islands to this one and more. Keep this style of content coming. It's fantastic. Well done Sir.

Great story well told. Also really glad you linked the video Alfie from 7s did on this two years back. Classy touch.

I love this kind of content, great work!

Onlyfan saves a team

@DeadBallSpecial

Күн бұрын

haha see what you did there😂😂😂😂

You're an incredible storyteller man - keep these coming!

Hi! I'm Brazilian, and I would just like to congratulate you for the amazing job you did breaking down the league in my country. Also, great pronunciation all around! Haha Never seen your videos before, this was the first of many from now on! Thank you for spreading that amazing story! Wish you all the best for your channel!

Love it! Thank you for sharing!

Amazing job on the video. Trully a joy to see storys like that.

Beautiful story! TY!

love that for him, seems like a nice, chill dude who just loves his team

Excellent video! Thanks for all your hard work.

Next save: Start with Santa Cruz, and win the Libertadores.

You're a good storyteller. I don't even care about football yet this had me on the edge on my seat.

MEU GRÊMIO APARECEU NO ZEALAND.

@romuloreck

4 ай бұрын

and i think to myself... como isso afeta o grêmio

@4rthorario459

3 ай бұрын

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ​@@romuloreck

I do appreciate the seamless ad plug And it's something that's about the topic

Amazing video Zealand! This is the type of stuff that is fan in the uk of lower league teams dream Of! Keep this great content coming!

What a great story and terrific storytelling!

Oh boy...you trigger some good memories of mine. This is my hometown soccer Club and I have to thank you for doing this videos with such a good quality. Thanks lad.

Muito legal esta nossa história chegar ao exterior. 👏👏👏

Really great video, telling the rich story about our small clubs 🇧🇷

I has learned this story from HITC Sevens' video 3 years ago. This video is a reminder of an amazing story and their further successes years after. Thank you!

Awesome video, dude. Thank you! ❤

wow, I´m Brazilian and I didn´t know about this drama. I remember the lone fan shot, but that was it. How nice to know about this.

Salute and respect to that man the dedication of being fan

I’m brazilian and got to know this story through your video! Thank you!

What a fun story. Almost brought a tear to my eye seeing tiagos dedication

Congrats Z for the one million views! Keep up the great content

I knew this story, some things are destined to happen, simple as that, cheers from Brazil.

What a history! Even made me a bit emotional, believe me if you don't 😅 I am brazilian but never had a encounter with this storie. Thank you Zealand for this video, it's quite motivational in a way. Please keep making these kind of videos. They are too good. The one in the island is very enjoyable as well 😊

This is such a epic underdog story, I wish they made a movie about it.

I flippin love these videos!

This needs to be made into a movie. Absolutely inspiring.💯

What an awesome story, thanks for telling it!

Amazing storytelling and video! As a brazillian I just wanna say that your pronunciation was great, and thanks for the video. Keep up!

seeing these famous stories from my state told by someone from outside my country is an incredible feeling

I'm amazed. I live in Porto Alegre and I cheer for Grêmio since I was a kid (although I don't follow it that much nowadays) and I've never heard about this story. Thank you for sharing. I'm now considering Santa Cruz as the second team I cheer for.

Z you’re so friggin good when you go down this route. I love you, I love this sport, I love good humans

As a Brazilian (and someone who lives in this state) watchig this I must say the explanation of the leagues and geography was spot on. Good job!

As a Brazilian, from Rio de Janeiro, gotta praise your work. I didn't know his history, i just knew he brought a small team from the outskirts of Rio Grande do Sul back to the top state division. Nice work man. This is the 3rd well structured video i've seen in this channel, which means, i must sub. Cheers!

Congrats on the video Bro, ur brazillian accent is great, keep it up! Cheers from Brazil!

This is the kind of story that we should hear. Its a story of faithfulness, dedication, and perseverance. He was not only devoted to the team but is devoted to Santa Cruz. Giving everything he has not once but twice! Not everyone is granted success but those who never give up will find theirs eventually.

Love these type of videos

Might be your best video yet, great story

Z, thank you for highlighting this story and just the overall magic of Brazilian football (plus how complicated the pyramid and state tournaments can be). Also, as it's been pointed out by quite a few folks...BraZealand was right there!

Omg, what a story. It certainly deserves a book or a film of its own. Would be a masterpiece

Zealand I’m a lifelong Grêmio fan as it was my father’s Team and his father before him. You’re pronunciation was not spot on but made me a Brazilian from Rio Grande do Sul (the state this all took place) proud ❤️ That’s insane, I’ve actually found out I have ancestors from Santa Cruz do Sul! So this story is awesome for me. I’d like to thank you for being an awesome FM KZreadr, I got into FM last year with FM23 (after watching Ted Lasso and years of wanting more from fifa manager mode) and now I’m currently sitting here at home in Utah, anxiously waiting for FM25 😂 and dreaming of one day hopefully being able to work as a manager of a football club. Thanks Zealand 💪🏽

great vid! and appreciate the references. very responsible.

Great content. Let’s go 🇧🇷 ❤️

This would actually make an incredible Disney movie. Would love to see it. Rags to Riches, feel-good, amazing.

Shout out from SANTA CRUZ - RS !!!! This is a true and amazing story ! Tiago is a monster!! GO GRÊMIO!!! GO SANTA CRUZ!! AND GO AVENIDA TOO!!!!

Someone should make a movie on this guy. He truly deserves it.

This story is awesome. THIS is why we love football

Your videos are aways great Zealand!

I am brazilian. And a Gremio fan, and was watching that game. For you to know, being in the Copa do Brasil for this small clubs is a huge thing, because the clubs that qualify for the first stage of the Cup receive 950k to 1,5 milion reais, just for qualifying for the CUP. And as you can imagine, the small team that dont have a big revenue during the year, this money is a major deal.

This was a heartwarming story.

Greetings from Brazil.

Good story Ze, I enjoy these kinds of videos.

What a legend! Man i need to meet this dude.

What a beautiful story... someone will make his story into a movie.

Yes, you have to visit and make a video Zealand!

E esse ano, caiu denovo para a segunda. Junto com meu Noia. Baita pessoa o Tiago!

Coming to Cinemas in 2026 "The Lone fan" A story of triumph over adversary. Staring John Bradley as Tiago Rech

Proud of my state in brazil!!