lets not forget my country, Mexico, also protested at the World Cup for constantly losing the round of 16 by not making it past the group stage in the first place.

@jmontoyar1985

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha…I mean Ja Ja…yo también soy mexicano…y esta mamada me saco una carcajada.. 😂😂😂

@Sassybella

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@jedross2136

Жыл бұрын

So brave

@twitter.comelomhycy

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@andyistphdhpc2726

Жыл бұрын

Mexico should learn from Italy. Italy hasn't lost a match in the last 2 world cups 😎

Each player could’ve worn 50 armbands a piece, up and down both arms, and it would’ve still paled in comparison to the courage demonstrated by the Iranian footballers, when they chose to NOT sing their anthem in the opening game.

@rayden1387

Жыл бұрын

Sure, you have to be brave to support a foreign based coup agaisnt your own government...

@tombo416

Жыл бұрын

@@rayden1387 yeah you do, what’s the point you’re trying to make 😂

@jcxkzhgco3050

Жыл бұрын

@@rayden1387ah yes Iranians standing with the women against oppression is a foreign conspiracy

@work90

Жыл бұрын

@@rayden1387 well duuuuuh. What you trying to prove?🤣

@ricaard6959

Жыл бұрын

@@rayden1387 What an idiotic comment? Are you stupid? Why am I asking? Of course you are.

"Football is a simple game, 22 men run around chasing a ball, and in the end, the Germans win. Unless they cover their mouths, then they lose, obviously." Gary Lineker's quote, I believe.

@weetabixyeah

Жыл бұрын

In fairness Germany have a 0% success rate at world cups when they cover their mouths

@LauftFafa

Жыл бұрын

its just a fact . their heads are clearly away

@mats7492

Жыл бұрын

@@LauftFafa GEeman team has been absolute shit for 5 years at least

@LauftFafa

Жыл бұрын

@@mats7492 when you are that weak you dont act that way . maybe france or brazil would have sent a message but am sorry this german team for years is playing worse than asian or north african teams and those are ranked 30 to 20 world wide . so yeah those who are weak but still have a big mouth do have a naming . even germans hated them for acting this why while being so weak on the pitch . it made peoples think they were ready to fight for a different cause but not for their national flag colors

@thebelen2359

Жыл бұрын

@@LauftFafa, So you can't stand up for what you believe in because you're not playing good football? What do those things even have to do with each other? The issue they were protesting had to do with human rights. Not anything that went on on the pitch. The only relationship between the 2 is the location. That's it. Their skill is completly irrelevant to their protest. "It made it seem like they're willing to fight for other causes but not their national colors" They put their hands over their mouths for 5 seconds lol. On the other hand they played 3 games over 90 minutes long for their country at the biggest football competition on the planet. The former could be done by first graders and requires zero effort. The latter on the other hand, requires years of practice and sacrifice, and weeks of pre tournament preparation, as well as a ton of physical effort and being able to mentally cope with loads of preassure.

Alfie is one video away from being a wanted man in the gulf region lmao

@londonisforeverblue1022

Жыл бұрын

as he should be,the guy is as annoying as thogden

@darthvader9884

Жыл бұрын

Then why do you watch his videos gang?? Lmaoo

@archstanton6102

Жыл бұрын

​@@londonisforeverblue1022so why are you watching?

@abstraqtphilosophy7357

Жыл бұрын

@@archstanton6102 because he has the right to watch whatever video he chooses to watch, you dummy

@archstanton6102

Жыл бұрын

@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 If you are watching only to whine and complain, them I question the logic of doing that? Where did I say he couldn't watch or didn't have the right to watch. Perhaps you should focus on comprehending English before commenting?

Germany did not get knocked out of the World Cup because of some minor protest gesture. They were knocked out because they were not good enough to advance. Anyone arguing something else it trying to get the situation to fit a narrative that fits their own views. I do agree that the captains of all the teams that were planning to wear the armband should have called FIFA's bluff and worn the armband anyway and walked off the pitch.

@jegerm6752

Жыл бұрын

They are good enough to qualify comfortably, at least on paper. They have recent champions league winners in gnabry, muller, rudiger, neuer, kimmich, havertz, etc. And they have a manager who won the UCL. It’s the players’ attitude on the pitch that cost them. They started well enough against japan, but after scoring, they looked lazy, thinking the game was already won. Just look at rudiger mocking asano in the game against japan. They only started threatening after conceding the second goal. Then they managed to concede 2 goals against costa rica, who had a total of 2 shots in the tournament before facing them, before scoring the 3 goals. They have the quality, just not the right attitude.

@rohithraman6488

Жыл бұрын

These are the same people who keep saying politics and football shouldn't mix, yet they say Germany got knocked out cause of politics. Absolute flip floppers

@1998Cebola

Жыл бұрын

you are trying to reason with people that genuinly think that "sky man said in a book" is a legitimate political argument, you will never win

@sbadrawi2011a

Жыл бұрын

It is very simple: Germany went to Qatar with an agenda, not to play football.

@Number1Camper

Жыл бұрын

True but it’s very possible that their focus on these issues distracted them from preparing properly. Also I am not convinced that every single player on the team wanted to do this because people have very diverse political opinions, so it was actually a bullying tactic of them to pressure them all to do this

What's funny is how football fans mostly have been so defensive of Serbia and Hungary's ultras bigoted behaviors as "minor occurances" and even free speech.. Yet they have been very very dismissive of human rights issues like lgbtq+ rights as "No politics in football". Like maybe just maybe. They do want politics in football. Just only those which they agree with.

@aidansherry17

Жыл бұрын

^^

@info7603

Жыл бұрын

like UEFA's bigoted behaviour against eastern european teams and nations? why are uefa referees so bigoted themselves? and then we're racists and a nation of racists when a romanian referee said "ăla negru" which means "the black one", and he was almost suspended because uefa can't fucking understand that other languages have different terms. very surprising that we're bigoted apparently against you when you are against us and give us all a bad name

@londonisforeverblue1022

Жыл бұрын

or maybe people and children especially don't want to know about two dudes taking it up the ass?

@bababababababa6124

Жыл бұрын

I have nothing against the message that Germany was trying to send, but you really aren’t gonna get anywhere by protesting LGBT rights in a country like Qatar, it’s unfortunate but I don’t see that country changing anytime soon no matter how hard you protest. I’m more sad at the fact that these players and teams aren’t protesting for the migrant workers that died to build the stadiums they’re playing in

@tombo416

Жыл бұрын

@@bababababababa6124 facts like what is the point of protesting it in the Middle East… I know there are LGBT people there but they probably make up about 0.0001% of those countries populations 😂most people there probably don’t even know what it means 9 times out of 10 you’ll just get mocked for it like Germany did

When Mesut Ozil protested against the oppesion of Ugyurs..the german government warned him NOT to play politics so as not to offend the chinese government and silenced him...And he recived racist abouse by the german fans... WESTERN HYPOCRACY...

@maxmustermann8184

Жыл бұрын

Do ur research mate, before spreading misinformation! Özil stepped down as an international after the 2018 World Cup and spoke out for the Uyghurs in China in December 2019. Arsenal were the ones distancing themselves publicly from Özil, due to their connections to China. The DFB and Germany have absolutely nothing to do with. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I have a theory about why Germany was eliminated: Japan's team just out-thought and out-fought Germany, defeating them on the pitch. Germany then found themselves unable to defeat Spain or sufficiently run up the score on a Costa Rica team that wasn't going to let it happen twice in 3 games, as any CONCACAF observer might have said ahead of time. I happen to love this generation of the German team; they're the first team I called as WC winners 4 years ahead of time, based on their youth and performance in 2010, and watching that show they put on against Brazil was among the 3 most astounding things I've ever seen on live TV (along with 1/6 & Lewandowski's 5 in 9).

@evanerys

Жыл бұрын

My 4 years out prediction about Germany this time: Not sure about the team, but I will not be surprised if Joshua Kimmich gets a chip on his shoulder that drives him to get even better, thanks to his sub-par (for him) play in this tournament, and he comes back to win the golden ball in 2026.

@thecrimsondragon9744

Жыл бұрын

What does 1/6 refer to?

@1998Cebola

Жыл бұрын

man, why are people spreading conspiracy theories about on-pitch performance influencing football results, when it's clearly what the teams do during the team photo that is the defining factor.

@brushark9090

Жыл бұрын

@@thecrimsondragon9744 gonna guess he's referring to the Barcelona comeback against PSG

@MikeP2055

Жыл бұрын

@@1998Cebola Right?! Going around foolishly thinking that complex mathematical theorems predicated on numeric values ascribed to wins, losses and draws will ever be understood by the laypeople. Pffsh! It's like, dial it back a little, Pythagoras, do I look like Will Hunting to you? Just tell me which no-no words they said --- or didn't say --- and we'll get on with our lives.

Germany bans protests & demonstrations that support Palestinians or criticises Apartheid Israel.

@wanderingartifact6087

Жыл бұрын

Ahh you see the problem is, what you’ve just said is bullshit 😂

@wanderingartifact6087

Жыл бұрын

@@osiand9328 I don’t care either way I think that conflict is stupid. I’m just stating the fact that is his comment is a crock of shite

@Abc-me2cx

Жыл бұрын

@@wanderingartifact6087 no but why partial human rights?

I am only 2 minutes into this and you are making MORE sense than any of the British media on this.

@phightinphil25

Жыл бұрын

Probably the American media as well.

@andyukmonkey

Жыл бұрын

I doubt most of the media know anything about football anyway.

@phightinphil25

Жыл бұрын

@@andyukmonkey Certainly true in America, they only care about football when its the world cup. I assume some people within the media elsewhere (England, EU, parts of africa and south america etc.) support teams and follow football it just depends on their role if they get to talk about it.

I am a huge Brazil fan so I was ecstatic when Germany got eliminated because of 2014 😬. But not once did it cross my mind that Germany’s performance would in any way be compromised because of a tiny protest they did. Enjoying a giant slaying in sports is natural but giving it such ridiculous reasoning like what some people are doing is just appalling. At the end of the day, players are human beings who have the right to have their opinions. High time people realize they are not robots

@hmu05366

Жыл бұрын

But what do footballers actually know about these issues? I bet if you actually asked them to articulate their thoughts all you would get is regurgitated cliches and lots of “eeerrrm” They should just focus on playing football and keep politics out of the game, they are footballers after all, not intellectuals

@abtimus

Жыл бұрын

greetings from germany! my money is on brazil in winning the cup this time!

@Sassybella

Жыл бұрын

👏👏

@makisekurisu4674

Жыл бұрын

But germans are robots!

@bloat1235

Жыл бұрын

@@hmu05366 Not sure if you need to be an intellectual to think homosexuality shouldn't be a crime, or that women should be allowed to make decisions for themselves. People say keep politics out of sports but sports have always involved politics.

Funny then, that Iran - a nation that was very vocal about its own government, being very political in the process - outperformed what was expected of them and was just a single goal away from reaching the round of 16. As for Germany's "protest": A team doing something together actually strengthens the team spirit and morale, so it's usually beneficial to do something like that.

28 minutes of Alfie essentially saying "they're all effing stupid, they're all effing stupid, they're all effing stupid" will never get old

Germany had the biggest gap between xG for and xG against of any team in the groups. Their only failing was in desperately poor shooting, which is likely substantially luck over just three games but can also be blamed on playing without a proper striker a substantial amount of the time. It's not the disaster some would have you believe.

@jcxkzhgco3050

Жыл бұрын

Maybe if they were homophobic they’d have scored their chances, totally it’s the lgbtq agenda that made them finish bad😤😤

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

True... their only and fatal mishap were those 20 minutes where they allowed Japan to score twice and couldn't mount a comeback. The rest of their participation was fine and should've been enough to advance to the knockout stage.

@bagpussmacfarlan9008

Жыл бұрын

They were pretty rubbish in the first game, after that they looked like a decent team. Don't think they need to panic, just need to grow a decent striker from somewhere...still gutted they pinched Musiala off us, he really does look like the real deal

@ColinGLogan

Жыл бұрын

@@bagpussmacfarlan9008 I disagree completely. They were superb in the first half against Japan, had a dodgy 20 minute spell, and finished just as strongly. They dominated most of the game, created a series of good to great chances, and just missed them all. It was probably their best performance, but for the awful shooting.

@ac14cmpunk25

Жыл бұрын

this is happening for 5 Years now This ain't luck anymore Musiala, Gnabry or anybody would have burried these chances for their clubs teams but for Germany they don't have to confidence anymore

What happened to freedom of speech when it came to ozil and being ostracised and criticised by team mates and national leaders the hypocrisy is honestly blinding

@maxmustermann8184

Жыл бұрын

What about him?

@danielsanderson4926

Жыл бұрын

Whataboutism

@samuelvimes5770

Жыл бұрын

freedom of speech is not freedom of criticism, why do self proclaimed free speech warriors not get that?

@chaardoMusic

Жыл бұрын

Ozil never sing the German national anthem while playing for Germany but when he was playing for a Turkish club he sing the Turkish national anthem. Ozil never saw himself as a German he just wanted to play for Germany because they are a better team. Ozil disrespected Germany many times but they took it as granted Ozil don't have a brain why he brings religion into football and there are other Turkish players like Gundogan and Khedira who never complaint about such things in Germany

@marufrahman6437

Жыл бұрын

Well he was told not to bring politics into to football which is fucking ironic 😂😂

Could we get a follow up on the reasons you think Germany actually went out I.E the weaknesses in the squad which resulted in a poorer performance than many expected or just how good are Japan since they did beat 2 European powerhouses. In term of protesting FIFA Japan's second goal against Spain might have been FIFA trying to knock Germany out by allowing the goal to stand but then I am cynical

@96wtfomg

Жыл бұрын

I can do it for you in 3 words. No Center Forward

@the_morf

Жыл бұрын

@@96wtfomg One word efficiency > Shite

@dwinpenny

Жыл бұрын

but the goal stood because the ball didn't actually cross the line.................

@GloryToChina55684

Жыл бұрын

Same reason why alot of teams were underwhelming this world cup. Only 1 week of preparation because it is mid season

@NotMe-Anime

Жыл бұрын

Lack of trust from the coach in Füllkrug and a very shaky defensive line

Germans too focused on "One Love" and get a "One two" then eliminated by a "One Two" too.. lol

@OliverLivesey28

Жыл бұрын

Dead joke

@theredlineonepiece9811

Жыл бұрын

@@OliverLivesey28 Keep crying gays 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Also funny is knowing that Germany national team could beat Qatar over and over whilst doing that protest.

@AreEnTee

Ай бұрын

Duh, armbands don't restrict blood flow

“Haha Germany should have focused on football” Meanwhile fully focused on football homophobic countries like Saudi and Qatar made it to the next round right? Right?

@ASK-ko9qx

Жыл бұрын

Lol is that supposed to be sarcasm. Because it was poor one . I mean Morocco, Senegal etc did qualify or are you dreaming ?

@yacinetaibi5835

Жыл бұрын

Germany : 4 times wold champions being compared to Qatar and Saudi Arabia... Stay off the weed

@jcxkzhgco3050

Жыл бұрын

@@ASK-ko9qxno that was supposed to debunk the point that a small act against discrimination is somehow the reason for Germany’s failure. Anyways Germany played pretty well, just bad at finishing. Were among highest in xG stats in the group stages even

@akshadchavan5528

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to tell you pal but 80% of all countries are homophobic.

I've loved your coverage of this World Cup, both in the build up to and during the competition. Personally, I haven't watched a single second (including the qualifiers), so being provided 20/20 vision to what is actually taking place and the narratives being driven alongside it has been invaluable to me. Thanks for your hard work, as always Alfie.

@michaelmaccrazy

Жыл бұрын

Well, thanks for displaying your naivety. As a guy who in Qatar for eight days for the WC, I can confidently say that Alfie is full of 💩

Your videos since world cup started skyrocketed in quality so much that you easily became one of my top favourite youtubers and the only one whose videos I am actually sharing with friends. Well done mate, keep it up 👌

Another banger Alfie. Your sarcasm is always on point.

I watch about 90% of your videos and this one is one of my most favourite, as I respect nothing more than a huge smartass and this is the perfect video to represent this; let alone how informative it is about why I'm so disappointed that this was the location of the first World Cup that Canada qualified for since 1986.

Alfie ............YOUR BEST VID and there have been many !!! greetings and merry Christmas from Portugal

People also say that Japan won through the power of anime and friendship. Why not make a whole video on that

@mahmoodali2437

Жыл бұрын

It’s almost as if it was mocking because people expected Germany to win too.

@kevinb9830

Жыл бұрын

lol, and you believe that do you?

@alexw5042

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinb9830 r/whoosh

Deutschland is the laughingstock of this World Cup 😂

In western media, I have seen more news about the LGBT flag invader than the Palestinian flag invader. I have seen less people in support with that too. It seems People really wants to drag politics into sports but only the things that they like it 🙄

@gb2983

Жыл бұрын

Lgbt is a bigger topic in every day western world, than Palestine. Why wouldn't it get more attention?

@aligatore9214

Жыл бұрын

@@gb2983 exactly, because for the west, lesbians and gays not being able to makeout in public and drink alcohol is much more important than children dying in plaestine for no reason.😂 Fucking hypocrites man😂😂😂😂

@gb2983

Жыл бұрын

@@aligatore9214 I dont make the rules man. Lgbt rights is western culture. Being anti lgbt is an attack on that. Human kind throughout history (all of it not just the west) values its culture, generally above its people, and even moreso people outside of it. In that sense its only as hypocritical as everything anyone else has ever believed in over something else.

@SufDam

Жыл бұрын

that wasnt even an lgbt flag, it was a peace flag

@kaloraxshapnil232

Жыл бұрын

@@gb2983 Yea man, establishin the rights of 2 guys fukin each other is more important than people getting killed. Why y'all were so sympathetic with Ukraine then? Shakhtar Donetsk's owner even wanted Iran out because of their countries government. But the Iranian players gave the bravest protest in this World Cup

How about wearing an armband that just says CAPTAIN on it? Just saying...

@londonisforeverblue1022

Жыл бұрын

thats too normal for these weirdos,they rather prefer supporting two dudes taking it up the ass

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

That would be redundant.

Germany lost against japan because they underestimated japan. Japan was great in that game, but germany allowed them to be. Look at rudiger clowning asano with that stupid run and then laughing about it. I like germany, but that attitude is unacceptable, and they rightly lost the game. The other players might not show it, but they were equally guilty of underestimating japan. Musiala was the only one who seemed to work hard in that game. I dont believe the hand in mouth thing caused them to lose, but if they’re preaching love, they should start by respecting their opponents.

"We need to talk about Germany's protest." No we don't. Qatar have done nothing wrong.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

Except being the worst team on the tournament.

@lulu-vl6gn

Жыл бұрын

except the thousand dead immigrant workers, the humuliation of basic human rights... yeah did nothing wrong those qataris didnt they

@scipioafricanus2212

Жыл бұрын

@@soundscape26 touché 😂

Germany are signing a 15yr deal to buy energy from Qatar. That’s all you need to know.

@Chros7362

Жыл бұрын

Two very unrelated things, but ok

@caesar-dynastysports

Жыл бұрын

Which player on the pitch was part of negotiating Germany's deal to buy natural gas from Qatar? People are not their country's government.

@Lgx-ie4if

Жыл бұрын

What an incredibly dumb comment

@adamowen6226

Жыл бұрын

German Hypocrisy.

@pinkblossom1516

Жыл бұрын

Qatar should punish them and stop selling to Germany any gas

Gotta say I have been loving your handling of this World Cup. While it’s been a thrilling set of games and it’s so easy to just ignore the underlying reality and enjoy good football, at the end of the day we can’t just pretend like the pitch hasn’t been a stage used by fifa and footballers for political protest. Having that privilege taken away in favor of satisfying the ultra wealthy is honestly disgusting. Thank you for making this video.

THANK YOU 😭😭 I hate when people say that about Germany it was a five second protest it didn’t cause any player to randomly play horribly so much excuses other KZreadrs have been saying that the hand thing literally caused the whole team to crumble 🤦🏾‍♂️

Let’s be honest, most of the ones complaining about the protest were people with conservative or far right sympathies

@jpbenavides4969

Жыл бұрын

your point?

You keep dropping banger after banger of a video. Never stop, Alfie!

What rant! Shame that a huge stage like a World Cup is used to promote ANYTHING but sports.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

I think the World Cup promoted football itself in the Middle East.

A beautiful video. I say all this in my head when scrolling through Twitter.

@smittenthekitteninmittens2679

Жыл бұрын

World Trade Order???

@wtorules4743

Жыл бұрын

@@smittenthekitteninmittens2679 nope, family initials.

Absolutely! Players, teams and local FA's need to realise that they give FIFA the power that it wields against them. They have the upper hand in the long run.

One of your best videos mate. Love the harsh cynicism and downright brutal analysis of these clownish arguments.

Everything Alf said about the ridiculous allegations against Germany for their small protest was so correct, but especially what he said about the clowns at FIFA - the biggest clown of all of course being Infantino (doesn't his name mean "childish" ? Spot on, Karma!). Him cheerleading at rhe FIFA congress in Qatar, by demanding "Qatar, Qatar, Qatar" and "FIFA, FIFA, FIFA" from the delegates, was so unbelievably moronic I just couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing! Talk about selling your soul for money - he has sold his brain as well !

Sorry to upset you but a one love armband means NOTHING for football. Get it outta here.

One of the things that people loves to see more than seeing an underdog rising, is seeing a Titan falling. Germany is the unfortunate one here, and probabbly their act of protest is going to be overshadowed by their failure in this worldcup, let alone, people overblowing the fact that they lost because they covered their mouths in protest (even thought that's a very stupid argument since Germany has been in the gutter for years when it comes to their NT performance). However... my respect goes to the Iran's player that refused to sing their national anthem while the Iran govertment was more than willing to harm their family members if they refused sing it again. Those guys has more bravery in their toes than the entire teams participating in this tournement.

Holy crap, dude. I was already enjoying the content lately, but this video was just savage. How savage? I watch yt mainly on Xbox. I got out of bed, opened my laptop and came here to like, comment and subscribe. Thank you.

An awful lot of Qatari and Arab people are slamming Germany and using the argument that the local culture and laws should be respected. I can only assume these same people are more than okay if European countries implement laws to restrict the use of hijabs, niqabs and burkas, because in European culture it’s important to show one’s face and hair. Freedom of speech and expression is also part of the culture in many Western countries, so next time someone makes insensitive remarks about Islam, defaces a Koran or insults the Islamic faith in some other way, I don’t expect to hear a peep out of these people. If Middle Eastern countries want to host global events and be a part of the world, they have to accept the scrutiny which comes with it. My country, Australia, along with New Zealand will be hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup next year. No doubt some media agencies may run features on indigenous disadvantage and the plight of asylum seekers. As far as I’m concerned they will have every right to do so.

@andithanoj8372

Жыл бұрын

Western countries claim to be multicultural and have conceded any sense of "our culture" through their rampant colonisation. Qatar is a strict Islamic state that while having mostly expats (altho not citizens), does not acknowledge itself as a multicultural state. Hence it is stupid to ban such items of clothing.

@cbh14

Жыл бұрын

i’ve never even thought about it like that, thank you. that’ll be an argument i’ll bring up when people try to justify their blatant homophobia by masking it with religion

@phightinphil25

Жыл бұрын

@@cbh14 I am wondering why religions evolve in the ways they do and why certain religions always seem to get defensive about clearly wrong actions. Anti LGBTQ and womens rights for Islamic faiths and Invading everybody they view to be inferior and forcibly converting/demonizing other religions and peoples for Christianity.

@ronmastrio2798

Жыл бұрын

The thing is half of the people in Western countries think their own rules are racist and shouldn't be respected. It's not a one to one comparison when the values of one culture are deliberately being undermined by idiots.

Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity Alfie

i genuinely don't think i've ever disagreed with anything in a hitc sevens video, best football channel by a million miles

@BrianStorm742

Жыл бұрын

I haven't either, aside from the part in this video where Alfie paints Japan's LGBTQ record a bit too favourably.

@ClaudeFeller

Жыл бұрын

Agree. This discussion about One Love etc is ridiculous. It's here to divide the society. I have been socialized 40 years ago, we gave a shit about gay or whatever.

@shaqtaku

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you are living in a social media bubble, just saying

@rodycaz8984

Жыл бұрын

He thinks homophobia is wrong (which yeah, it is) yet fails to mention the elephant in the room: Islam and homophobia go hand-in-hand. His outrage feels fake AF until he states clearly that Islam and Western values are simply incompatible and clearly cannot co-exist.

@DB-uf6md

Жыл бұрын

Go outaide, alfie isnt laying out anything abnormal or groundbreaking. Once you see a couple of vids you realise its all colored and extremely biased towards his political/social/life views and its defenitely not TRUTH OMG HES SPITTIN FACTS

I love your content Alfie Please don’t ever stop🙏🏼🙏🏼

German here. While it was not undeserved we are out (albeit kind of unlucky regarding the Spain:Japan match), it is funny how Qatar and Belgium (well, Hazard) made and make fun of the protest, while one team is one of the worst if not the worst performing host nation ever and the other is out as well.

@abrahamvenegas252

Жыл бұрын

Love that Hazard has to eat his words now. That was really assholish of him make such a dig against Germany especially Belgium performance getting knockout.

@theredlineonepiece9811

Жыл бұрын

The Nazis can now go back to Gaymany and suck anything they want. Nobody cares.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The rest of the normal world is happy you mentals are out.

@Namorat

Жыл бұрын

@@theredlineonepiece9811 Very good, did you come up with that yourself or did your stepdad tell you this after he left your bedroom?

@theredlineonepiece9811

Жыл бұрын

@@Namorat Sorry, but we are a normal family. I am not an abused gay like you.. Nyahahahahahah!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@manofwar2354

Жыл бұрын

Qatar is bad team even qatari know that but compare this to germany who become literal fuilare Germany become a meme and laughing stoke espicially in eastern countries eastern europe even in w. europe and america 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Nail on head stuff! Well played Alfie!

I know Alfie is ranting here but; didn't he actually big up the Qatar team (not country) because of who they brought in and the training and all that stuff and said they might actually be okay. But you're letting anger get the better of you. You're just like the rest of, you've let your anger at this idiocy make you grief the footballers of that country. Yes, you're a hypocrite and so am I and everyone on the planet, but mate you're a public figure (to a certain extent) so you have to actually be careful about this stuff.

They have silenced Mesut Özil for standing up against Uyghurs, of course you don't mention this in the video

@Darwinek

Жыл бұрын

Standing up for Uyghurs is not so trendy, unlike standing up for LGBTQIABC+- people apparently

@maxmustermann8184

Жыл бұрын

Then guess why he didn’t mention it. Because it’s bs. Arsenal where the ones publishing a statement in which they distanced themselves from Özil, because of their strong connections to China. This incident took place in December 2019. But Germany or the German FA have absolutely nothing to do with it, because he already retired from the national team after the 2018 World Cup. Do your research and use the internet for sensible purposes, bozo! 🤦‍♂️

@drsurtur3240

Жыл бұрын

@@Darwinek people with mental disabilities are more important than people who die because of religion, and that's a problem

@echiebai

Жыл бұрын

Never happened. You’d think a Chelsea fan wouldn’t be for misinformation.

@maxmustermann8184

Жыл бұрын

@@drsurtur3240such a clear case of double standards… 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Players "protesting" in the same WC they gain millions from it, Hyprocasy at best

The best video on the internet, Alfie you managed to put all my thoughts into one video. Well fucking done.

Can't wait for the world cup to be over so we all can forget Qatar even exists until they buy the Olympics or something.

@ivaneurope

Жыл бұрын

Be careful what you wish for, because it's only a matter of when, not if Qatar (or Doha in this case) will host Summer Olympic Games (and Winter Olympics, because Saudi Arabia will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games, so why not Qatar) - over the past few years many people particularly in Europe and the Americas oppose their cities hosting an event for which billions of $$$ will be spent on when there are more pressing issues to tend to (e.g. education, healthcare, hosuing, inflation etc.). And this opens the door for either über rich countries (like Saudi Arabia or Qatar) or authoritarian regimes that look to legitimize their position on the international stage by hosting such an event (examples are plenty). Perhaps it's time for the IOC (and by extension FIFA as well) to look at why cities/countries that on paper are tailor made for hosting such events (e.g. Olympics, FIFA World Cup etc.) just don't have the willingness to candidate anymore. Maybe if they don't demand from the host(s) to build bespoke brand new facilities or extensively re-building existing ones for billions of $$$ just to have all the new bells and whistles as well as decreasing their own share of the income (e.g. income that comes for ticket sales, merchindise sales, broadcasting rights etc.) maybe we will see an Olympics or World Cup in traditional countries.

Thank you, that was necessary Great video!

One of your best Alfie.

One reason you did not mention was Spain throwing the game against Japan. You saw how they started running once Costa Rica was up 2-1 for a few minutes.

The sarcasm from 11:00 to 12:12 had me cracking up 😂 brilliant video Alfie!

It amazes me how Qatari's assume this WC was so great, chances are there wont be another world cup hosted there EVER regardless of the bribes due to the consistent lies and controversy

@AreEnTee

Ай бұрын

2034 World Cup: Saudi Arabia

You say Germany protests had nothing to do with Qatar but with fifa not letting them wear 1 love armband but can't you see the irony in it.....Because 1 love arm band is against Qatari laws and their beliefs.....instead if playing football the German national team has no rights of being a moral judge and push a political matter that hurts the host country and their beliefs

@lilianas3770

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand the issue because Germany didn't wear the armband and so, they followed the law perfectly. The covering mouth gesture is part of freedom of speech and wasn't prohibited by the law or is there no freedom of speech in Qatar?

They protested so hard they left the World Cup early💀

I always come back to this point, won’t it be a better protest if the the countries didn’t show up to the World Cup and instead play friendly against each other or act like they’re no World Cup and continued their league system. It’s a bit idiotic to show up to the thing youre protesting. As Qatar wins, they wanted eye balls on their country for hosting the World Cup, imagine if country didn’t show up or refuse to play qualifiers, fifa would be more selective with their wc host. FIFA now knows if the select a controversial host, they will have to deal with little protest but the viewing numbers and fans engagement will be around the same levels. You can’t have it both ways, you hate watching something still counts as a view, it’s not like there’s a different category for hate watching or your view doesn’t count. The only way change happens if you let your money and time do the talking.

@phightinphil25

Жыл бұрын

I agree completely, but I think most fans want to watch the matches no matter how much they don't like Qatar or any one individual issue.

I so miss the days when the only thing that mattered was the damn football and you didn't have these pointless political gestures dominating everything can things return to just being about the game itself please

@caflorero

Жыл бұрын

So… what days are you talking about? Because politics has always been deeply involved in football.

People who say they lost because of their protest are so dumb! Of course they came there to play football. They decided to also take the opportunity to protest against anti-human law, which some people call "culture". And it only took them like what? 5 seconds? Based on how many hateful comments I read after that gesture, I can only say that this protest made sense. Anyway, Germany's team is still work in progress. They need to rebuild after so many great players retired from international football. This is normal, it's what every great team must go through. But they already have promising players (Musiala!). Just wait and see. They will add another star to their jerseys;)

Thanks for the great content you have me used to in this channel!

how can a child be lgbt? I don't really understand

@lollipopsaresmelly

Жыл бұрын

I think people don't like the idea of children/teenagers developing self identity and sexuality. But people don't just develop sexuality at 18 believe it or not... Think about it, I'm sure you started fancing people aged around 8 or 9. Why would it be different for gay people?

@maxmustermann8184

Жыл бұрын

U really need to attend some sort of psychology workshop or something to learn about psychosexual development. A quick research on the internet does the job too 😉

@ed-hf5bn

Жыл бұрын

@@lollipopsaresmelly that makes sense. im not hating lgbt or anything. I've just never met anyone knowingly from the community. its not common where im from and not really talked about in a positive light. you are right you don't just develop overnight so I don't see why it'd be any different based on your sexual preference. thank you

There is news already about German players not welling to protest but they were pressured by Neuer and Goretzka Take it how you want but that German team was devided imo, specially against Japan. Also it doesn't help when the fans booing you every game.

@caseycoggan

Жыл бұрын

What are you on about fans boo footballers all the time and given i suspect they were not expecting the crowd to be in the majority regardless of the opponent in qatar you are talking out your behind.... i guess you are right the fans booing England at the Euros did nothing to help them win the final....so you must be right, pull your head in numpty! LOL

@ah21111988

Жыл бұрын

@@caseycoggan Now read my full comment before you answer I said "it doesn't help" I didn't say it was the only reason. Why do we have home and away games then? You answer me 🤷🏻

Holy crap, this video broke my sarcasm meter machine

Tired of his snarky little baby attitude for the world cup, give it a rest already. You're like 25 bro

Lets here more virtue signaling from the morally superior and always right alfie.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

Yes, his views are consistently good from a morality point of view.

@metaphortheg7248

Жыл бұрын

@@soundscape26 Am bad at writing sarcasm, the comment was meant to be sarcastic. He's views are mostly European hypocrisy and frankly sound like they are being said by someone who knows nothing about the world except the one where his country are the morality police. yeah the righteous brits.

As a Muslim I hope everyone saying “respect Qatar’s culture” will be okay with the hijab being banned at the next Olympics because well it’s France’s culture and my fellow Muslims who are defending Qatar will be hypocrites for criticising France

The true heroes are the likes of Italy, Chile and Colombia. Boycotting this corrupt tournament altogether

I think it’s shocking what Germany did. I bet they were practicing that for hours when they should’ve been training. Maybe then they might’ve made it out the group! For clarity, in case there is any doubt (which I would hope there isn’t), this was sarcasm

@kevinb9830

Жыл бұрын

It's always a good thing when virtue signallers fail.

11:33 I just want to imagine Flick telling Kimmich and Goretzka to watch Broke Back Mountain a night before the game

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

That whole sequence in the video was top sarcasm.

@ronmastrio2798

Жыл бұрын

Goretzka was too busy doing steroids cause he's such an upstanding young man.

I find it hypocritical that Europeans tell migrants to follow their culture when they come to Europe yet they don't want to respect the culture of countries they go to. this has been an issue in the UAE for years. if you don't like it don't go there. it's called the world cup and you're not the only ones in it.

@rexmfalme9781

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Instead of talking about it so much, be true to your values and do t go to Qatar. Because everything else has just been empty words and protest. Nothing will change in Qatar

@chawkichalladia1812

Жыл бұрын

@@rexmfalme9781 but why do you even want to change someone culture to conform to yours ? that's my issues with those protests. all I kept hearing is them whining about gay rights and alcohol in stadiums while there was a lot of things wrong even by the cultural standards of Qatar like the treatment of the workers and corruption. it only make sense that if a place does not align with your values to keep away, not go and make them conform to you.

@phightinphil25

Жыл бұрын

@@chawkichalladia1812 You're missing the point where you share a planet with the "other", so of course you want them to be more familiar. Alcohol I couldn't care less about but the other issues even if some were introduced by England and Christianity should be done away with like the kafala or completely criminalizing people who have no choice in what they are despite what some people would prefer.

@phightinphil25

Жыл бұрын

Heck, I can understand the difficulty of changing a tradition based society to whatever its natural next step is, especially if your leaders are being propped up by the same people criticizing you. Ideally and the world is not ideal and never has been, accepting the existence of LGTBQ even while not in any way supporting or condoning it would make a difference.

@chawkichalladia1812

Жыл бұрын

@@phightinphil25 that only works if it's both ways. right now a women wearing a hijab can't find a job in a lot of European countries. also you can stay 3 weeks without the need for public sexual activities which is banned for everyone not just gays. if that's too much to ask then stay home the same way a lot of people don't go to other countries because they're uncomfortable with their culture or way of life. as for the kafala system, I already said that it was the real issue and they were put aside for rainbows and booze.

I think your direct and honest approach were always gonna make this a good video.

You listing down their campaign just made me realize, the Qatari NT has got to be one of the most forgettable teams (let alone host teams) at a World Cup.

@lucaslonchampt613

Жыл бұрын

Nah I don't think we will forget about them, for better or worse

I really enjoyed this, not just for exposing the trolling behavior of the Qatari government and journalists (and bad-faith Twitter types) but for how you brought it around to other athletes who want to use their power and popularity for more than just self-promotion.

Another great video Alfie. FIFA are a completely corrupt organisation and the protests from the Iranian and German players should be applauded . The spineless responses of the National FAs to FIFA's sporting sanctions threat shows that words are cheap but "meaningful" actions (however minor) are too much to ask.

Video idea: Ranking the Premier League Walkouts (songs and what not) from worst to best.

whats your stance on the ozil issue

I already wondered why I get this video recommended specifically after I've watched a video about the US becoming more and more facist. The first 1:30 explain a lot of things lol. Edit: As a German I'm actually quite glad we went out already. I was boycotting the WC either way, now with Germany out I at least don't even have to pretend I care. Also this was a nice reality check that not everything is sunshine and roses already, just cause we now have Hansi Flick instead of Löw, and a semi-young Squad. From here on out it can only go upwards, looking forward to 2024 when the Euros are here in Germany.

What I find most shocking is Japan losing to Qatar in the 2019 AFC Final.

@paulorocky

Жыл бұрын

Japan sent an Under-23 side to the Asian Cup.

@twitter.comelomhycy

Жыл бұрын

@@paulorocky That explains it.

@hennersucks

Жыл бұрын

They did also beat South Korea to be fair, with from what I gather, was a full strength team, Son included.

I can always count on Alfie to talk about the most important topics of football. 😂Seriously though mate, thank you for bring light to a lot of this shit that is going on a this world cup. I feel bad for whoever wins it...

I don't think that anybody actually believes that Germany lost because of the protest. They just want to be homophobic.

Ok I think I'm going to piss off most people on here, but - the right place and the right time to protest against quatar was when they won the bid. Now it's too little too late. Quatar perceives westerners, as was to be expected, as meddling outsiders who ostracize them. Which is counterproductive for genuine social change that has to come from inside the culture - as has been the case in Iran for the last couple months. "No politics in Football" also doesn't necessarily mean "no politics I dislike in Football" as you and other commentators try to insinuate. It Just means "talk about the Game, disregard everything else" .

@RoyMatzem

Жыл бұрын

Yes! All that its just PR move, to win naive minds

If they really honest about freedom of speech in football, it should go in both ways. They should allow pro lgbt protest as well as protest against lgbt. Since there are also lot of players not accepting lgbt.

Great video!

Fifa already said that any yellow would have been given in the dressing room before the game. You would get no visual.

Mesut Ozil x Germany, discuss

Anyone who''s been watching Germany play these past 4 years won't be too surprised they didn't escape the group.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

The first game went bad but all they needed was for Spain to at least draw with Japan.

This channel only gets better, keep up the good work mate.

DAY 43: Hey Alfie, could you do a video on the life, career, controversies and tragedy of Justin Fashanu. It'd be your best video yet and it's a criminally underheard story. ❤️

Thank you for this video 👏🙏 Sadly, the narrative pushed by Qatari officials surrounding the protest are very much deliberate (They feel their Shariah laws are being mocked lol, the irony) and this is fuelled by far right extremists/ homophobics. And I say this confidently cause I am from Islamic background living in a muslim majority country and unfortunately, we can ignore even the most violent crimes but when it comes to LGBT issue, all hell break loose

@MazeA-fj8bq

Жыл бұрын

It's not that they felt their Shariah laws were being mocked, its because they felt germany didn't respect thier laws by staging a protest, so they thought of sharing how they felt about it when germany got knocked out. I mean, wouldn't you feel offended if you thought someone didn't respect your way of living?

the attempt and failed protesting by certain UEFA nations was absolutely embarrassing. i dont know what else you can describe it as considering the noise that was made about making a statement in Qatar, even if I strongly supported it. 2026 will see players be able to freely protest if they choose to

@simplesimonhadapie

Жыл бұрын

Fifa threatened to ban them from the tournament easy enough to make the m behave with red cards for captains and yellows for players for wearing it and thats only whats come out

@ethandalton6480

Жыл бұрын

@@simplesimonhadapie the players and teams should have called FIFAs bluff and worn the armbands anyway. It would have made FIFA look even more of a joke than they already are if they were shown to be booking players for supporting the LGBTQ community.

@jeremyforbes5244

Жыл бұрын

@@ethandalton6480 thats what i was trying to get at. as correct as i think their stance was on these issues, they ultimately still buckled when actually faced real consequences. it just makes it look like they dont actually care and were just being pretentious

@archstanton6102

Жыл бұрын

Fifa threatening to fine Mexico for homophobic chanting seems somewhat hypocritical.

@faisal6329

Жыл бұрын

They won't, will they?

It is hypocritical , their nation did sell weapons to Russia even after that was banned. Didn't see the German team up in arms

@jimbob-robob

Жыл бұрын

Different...this was a protest against FIFA disallowing positive civil rights armbands...not against Qatar...

@faisal6329

Жыл бұрын

@Jimbob Robob they wanted it to wear the armbands against qatar's laws. It's a holy than thou attitude. They got shut down and threw a hissy fit.

In Germany, you put people in jail for criticizing a government official online.. What part of free speech are you protesting?

The purpose of holding the WC in Qatar was to "change" their image and be more tourists friendly... what a Fail

@georgetapia1010

Жыл бұрын

Spot on. Alfie said as much in a previous video. Unlike Russia, Qatar's approach to their WC has been shambolic and now even less people will be inclined to visit, methinks.

@leylamohamed7950

Жыл бұрын

LMAO that's not necessarily true..The Qataris are interested in attracting foreign investment in technical industries like software, finance and education, than recreational tourism.. They're using the FIFA world cup to show the business world that Doha's is a good place to leave their cash as hong Kong, Shanghai & Singapore.The bonus being unlike those other cities Doha has virtually no crimes or political unrest.... unfortunately for him, there's no "moral Capitalism" in the world & for that, they have successed at hosting a tremendous WC.

They had over a decade to decide if they wanted to protest - as soon as they boarded the plane to Qatar, all their protests lost meaning.

I can imagine though that the rightful attention in the media discussing all controversies of the tournament, especially peaking around a day before the game because of that last minute attempt of FIFA to stop the statement, can distract from your top focus at a World Cup. Of course not the protest that they did at the game, but the lead-up can be distracting right? It’s not the sole reason they went out (the ones you mentioned and also just dumb lack of luck with two offside goals and that japan goal against spain), but it probably also doesn’t help.