@@bababababababa6124 That's not so clear cut; as far as I'm aware there was only one incident (Evra) which was somewhat ambiguous. There were no other people who heard or saw the incident first hand and there was not a clear camera angle on him when it supposedly happened. He was essentially punished because there was no proof he didn't do it rather than any real proof he did. There's also the possibility of a lost in translation cultural thing which was later claimed by people (similar to the Cavani instagram incident) but I'm not sure that was the case given what was allegedly said. There's plenty of reasons to dislike or even hate Suarez but there's very little evidence to support the "he IS a racist" claim even were the Evra incident to have happened in the way it was claimed
It's so strange how Mexican supporters are furious about his dramatic fall in the 90th minute after being lightly fouled by Marquez, but never talk about the much clearer foul on Robben in the 45th minute of the first half where he didn't get a penalty despite being fouled by two Mexican defenders. Even if you say it wasn't a penalty in the 90th minute, at the very least you have to admit that it's balanced out by him not getting a penalty in the 45th minute.
@@Vliegedebroodrooster It was a very light touch, but Marquez stepped on his foot, which was the foot he was just going to lift. The main criticism I have of Robben is his overly dramatic fall, but I don't think any VAR would have overturned the decision.
@@frankvandorp2059 Exactly!! But every time people mention that clear penalty in the comments, the Mexican supporters just ignore it. Most of them are just very salty
Bruno fernandes. And even then - barely. She clearly carried him only by his jug-handle ears until he was 6. And only fed him lemons. That’s why his face looks like that.
regarding the Henri Handball incident, the playoff was supposed to have an unseeded draw but that was changed to a seeded draw when france failed to make the tournament. Head of EUFA at the time Michel Platini. Coincidence? I think not. Also, the deserved the disgrace they had at the world cup.
Regarding France and FIFA..... France has been bombing Mali for over two years, yet FIFA hasn't banned France from FIFA competitions as they did to Russia.
It was unreal how they were able to change that literally before the play offs. Seeding the top teams was an absolute disgrace seeing as it was never done before that
@@mikedon5205 Neither the Referee nor the player in question had anything to do with UEFA's action regarding the changing of the draw from non seeded to seeded.
As a staunch Norwich City fan I agree fully, Luis Suarez is definitely hated by all supporters of the People's Republic of Norfolk capitals club side, and btw, the People's Republic of Norfolk also exists in my head too 🤣
Day 17: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 5 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
@@thecurdy ik but the ones he mentioned were mostly hated for eliminating the other nation one way or another which isn't that much interesting, and in my opinion the fekir case doesn't get enough highlight
@@robhernandez5520 back in 2015 after 2 years of negotiations between him and the Algerian federation, it was officially announced that Nabil fekir will play for Algeria, fekir was a promising youngster and was expected for the next NT list, anyway few days later before the international break out of nowhere fekir changed his mind and announced that he is playing for France and people went confused, the next day the French NT list was announced and fekir was in it, it turned out that fekir only gave his acceptance to the Algerian federation so the French federation would notice him and make a move for him which worked out for him, the FFF contacted him and guaranteed him that he will be in the next NT list and he accepted their offer, he had no shame or remorse for playing with Algerians feelings, what took us 2 years of negotiations France finished in few of calls within couple of days, Algeria meant nothing to him but a pressure card at the end
I got ten: The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Iceland, Uganda, Rwanda, Rwanda, Finland, New Zealand, Marshall Islands, Ireland & Switzerland. This isn't cheating, as this list was written by the hand of god.
Technically, England Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland Iceland Finland Swaziland Poland Thailand And New Zealand also have the word and in their name. But I’m bitter because I thought Turks and Caicos counted as a nation
England, Scotland and Northern Ireland aren't countries. The country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - which does have an "and" in it....
Ireland doesn't have "the" in the name. Republic of Ireland is used in official capacity very occasionally, but the country is called Ireland in official documents and even in the constitution
Marco Materazzi in France; not at the level it was a couple of years ago, but the memory of Materazzi baiting Zidane (whether we believe Zizou should’ve been smarter) into head butting him and getting red carded, still irritates a few French fans, not only because of the eventual loss, but also because it was Zizou’s last match with Les Bleus.
Yeah that one still hurts, but to be completely honest with ourselves, Materazzi being the recipient of our hatred is us being dishonest and looking for anyone to blame but Zizou. Trash talking has always been part of the game, having our hero headbutt an opponent was shameful and seriously broke the heart of so many of us, especially kids like me at the time who just couldn't understand it, therefore Materazzi's name is synonymous of shame and nobody likes to feel shame so we do blame him, somewhat unjustly as if he was responsible for all of it. Seeing Zizou's career end on that note, with him walking off the pitch beside the world which he was about to gift us almost single-handedly was heartbreaking. Good shout.
@@kattharsismic I always cringe when French people blame Materazzi. Yes he is an asshole for what he may have said, but Zidane as a seasoned veteran and one of the most prolific players of all time should've known better than that and kept a cool head, not to mention words never justify assault like that it was just dumb
@@dd867 I completely agree with you, but Zizou has had a history of going berserk throughout his career, still, as irrational as it is, French people are going to hate Materazzi forever I'm afraid.
@@kattharsismic the french aren't as upset like England their first final in 55 year's with only one world cup and Italy defeated them on penalties on English soil at least France has 4 trophies 2 world cups and 2 euro cups
I have a player that should have at least made it to the honorary mentions : Mario Yépes in Cameroon. I am cameroonian, and for those who do not know, during the 2003 international cup, one of our players, Marc Vivien Foé (played at City and West Ham btw) sadly lost his life on pitch during the semis against Colombia. He collapsed after a contact with Yépes and although the intent was obviously not to hurt, let alone kill his opponent, Yépes is till this day genuinely labelled a murderer by the old heads of a whole country, 20years later. I was too young to witness it myself, but since then I saw how much he is hated in the country. People wished death upon him anytime we saw Colombia play at a WC since
@@rohithraman6488 It was right after a contact with Yepes. He of course did have a heart condition, knew about it but allegedly decided to play in spite of it and get treatment after the competition. Such a sad turn of events.
I am a Ghanaian but I don't think Suarez is that hated in Ghana as a matter of fact there are people in Ghana who are Barcelona fans who love him but maybe hold a little grudge against him most Ghanaians blame Asamoah Gyan for the loss rather than Suarez
Personally I think you can blame the rules of football. In other sports such as rugby, if you stop a certain goal (or try in rugby) the referee is allowed to immediately reward a goal. This would be very rare in football as a goal is usually not guaranteed but this is one of the few cases where I think it would be beneficial to give the referee this power.
I'm not Ghanaian, so I have no dog in the fight and I know that no one can account for the feelings of many people in a nation, but I really think that is very unfair to Gyan, he was absolutley immense in that tournament and should be rightly celebrated as a Ghanaian football hero in my opinion. Having said that I'm Irish and many people here still hate Roy Keane for leaving the world cup in 2002, despite dragging us there not single handed, but close to it.
that's nice to hear... Suarez hand has been already settled with the Red Card. That's the punishment for the foul he committed. He didn't break any rule. Unfortunately Gyan who had been incredible during the tournament failed to score. But all that is rightfully kept between Football rules. A different story would have been if the referee didn't show Suarez a red card... and still in that situation the person to blame would have been the refferee.
@@VictorMurp You can definitely blame the rules of football, since it never should have been a free kick to begin with. The Ghana player literally dived, no contact, to win the free kick that led to it.
It's a bit of an oldie, but nobody in Spain has yet forgiven Mauro Tassotti for breaking Luís Enrique's nose in the USA 94 QF that pitched Spain against Italy.
I'm a united supporter and I've never been able to wholeheartedly hate Suarez simply because of how good he was. Also whilst he is objectively pretty awful I've always seen him more as a child than an asshole. Like, when he is celebrating against Ghana after they missed their penalty, or when he is literally biting people out on the field, that seems more like a the actions of someone who is just really really dumb rather than mischievious.
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 Nobody cares softie is happened, What do you say about all the people getting killed because of war, You are a softie crying about a football player when right now people are dying because of hunger, wars, shame on you’re whole familie what a joke they are for raising such a fool.
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 look what happened with Cavani recently. The evra incident was stupid on Suarez' part but I'm dead certain be isn't racist or intended anything racist
As an Irishman, I have to disagree that Rice is hated in Ireland. It's all largely been forgotten about now. We have good young players who would go through walls for the Irish jersey now and that, for me, and a lot of other Irish fans is more important. Thierry Henry is still public enemy #1 in Ireland. It was him going on the big screen in the Aviva that spurred Ireland onto a good result against Belgium.
Of course Thierry Henry, Rice,Grealish, R. (Bloody) Kean are still heated in Ireland. Why would you forgive turn coats. & Handball cheats. Are you ready an Irish man.
@@michaelpower4372 I'm not forgiving a handball cheat (read my comment again). I do take issue with calling Rice and Grealish turncoats. They left having never played a competitive game for us. We didn't develop them. They didn't come from Richmond Park or Tallaght Stadium so there's no loss to us.
@@DarrenBates It dose not matter they still turned there backs on Ireland so there are turn coats. If they weren't poached by them. They would have played for the senior irish team. But when they showed interest they were gone in a flash.
there is also Ahn Jung Hwan korean player hated by entire Italy... At that time he was playing for Perugia in the Italian Serie A, and the harassment and hatred he suffered was such that he had to flee that country.
There is one more country whith "and" in its name, not a very particularly well known one, but you might have heard of it: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
As a Mexican, I am very happy that you included Robben, it really disappoints me because I really liked him as a player but that day made me loose all respect I had for him.
Only that Robben should have had a penalty in the first half and that the penalty called in the 2nd half was the right call. He embellished but the defender clearly stepped on his foot.
At a lower level, for a second list, Tussuf Poulsen in Peru shoud be included. Despite qualifying for a World Cup after 36 years, in the first game of Russia 2018 the peruvians were already "by logic" disqualified when Poulsen led Denmark to a narrow victory against the south American. In Peru, you here "Poulsen", and you have a headache for the rest of the week.
Ehh.. . Not even close to dislike, most people in Peru used the phrase “Cueva choncatumadre“ which would translate to "Cueva you motherf****r" because he failed the clear penalty that would give the team the advantage during that match and that hatred for Cueva increased over the years until 2021 when it stopped mostly due the madurity showed by the player on the last two years.
That game against Serbia was so fucking funny, I lost it when Lichtsteiner did the double headed eagle as well lmao. And we're playing them again in Qatar...
I like all the respective countries daily and ever in this world and other planets and on behalf of France legend Thierry Henry sir,I am extremely so sorry for the nation of Republic Of Ireland for the massive controversy which made us to be qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which we were rightfully backfired in the group stage itself of the tournament,good friends!!!🙏
For years, the Irish (and the other Celtic nations for that matter) mocked England with Maradona’s Hand Of God goal. So I do find the Hand Of Henry particularly amusing. Serves then bloody well right.
Both my parents from Trinidad and they've barely ever mentioned anything about Tobago. Actually none of my relatives or people that come over from there ever mention Tobago. Its almost like it is in fact a different country to them at least lol
Without Google or the vid: 1. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2. São Tomé and Príncipe 3. St. Kitts and Nevis 4. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina 6. Antigua and Barbuda
I remember that day like it was yesterday, Robben had a great performance, and us Mexican fans are the only ones who were affected by his acting. To this day
If you remember it so well, don't you think it was somewhat deserved because of the not given penalty in the first half, where two (!) mexican defenders fouled Robben in the box? The game would have been over with two red cards for Mexico.
Great shout, he's about the nastiest b'tard I've ever seen in 40+ years of avidly following football. I think there was another really nasty fullback (who was possibly an Aussie too!) around the same time.
@@KingChaddi but yet they are under a single authority, single monarch, have a single foreign policy and are legally one singular country called the UK. They are recognised as such by every major international organisation of political importance. This includes the UN, the EU, WTO and IMF. If you doubt me I challenge you to find an example of where England (currently) as a single nation is a party to a treaty. Show me where Scotland or NI have their nameplates in the UN general assembly. If they were a country (by the international legal definition) then they'd have one. The UK's constituant nations are more like US states which also have different flags and different leaders.
I got Antigua and Barbuda at the last second right before you announced the results and now I can claim that I got a perfect 5 out of 5 in the "Guess this answer to a pointless question that Alfie will reveal at the end of the video" lessgoo we take those
The nations I know with and in it Trinidad and Tabago Saint Kitts and Nevis The french and south antarctic terratorries (not sure if counted) Bosnia and Herzegovenia Antigua and barbuda St Vincent and the grenadines Edit: yep Terratorries dont count forget Sao Tome Principe
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 312) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
What do you mean, I love Kevin Muscat i guess that might be because i am a Victory Fan, also as a Australian i can say most football fans from a generation hat Gennaro Gattuso for diving in the 2006 world cup round of 16. Also the only other country i know with and in it is Antigua and Barbuda which is because i like their flag and Bosnia and Herzegovina
As a Serbian, I can confirm that those two clowns are hated here. Mitrović is on point there, if they loved their so called homeland, why they don't play for it. They are just clowns, even as professional footballers.
I'd love to see a list like this about players hated in THEIR OWN countries. I was disappointed to not see guys like Chris Wandalowski in the US or Rob Green in England for their monumental mistakes in similar world cup matches
Fun Fact about Robben: when Max Verstappen won the F1 Championship, there was a dutch sports TV Show that embraced and admitted the #NoEraPenal as a sign of respect for Sergio Perez regarding his role in the last races of the season and even invited Mariachis to play live.
@@wilhelmdietz4023 That's never a penalty in a top league, contact was not concrete and barely touched the shoes, also keep in mind that was in Robben's diving peak, not even referees were buying that in Bundesliga. Also yes, The Netherlands was a much better team than Mexico, no doubt about it, yet they were also a much better team against Costa Rica and they went all the way to penalties, that's football, you can be better but if you don't score you don't win, and Van Gaal was all about ball control and not so good goal scoring (as a Man Utd fan I perfectly know his style), so your argument of them being better and thus having it garuanteed to win is beyond stupid my friend, no offense, football doesn't work like that, and Van Gaal's Netherlands team lacked goal conversion (although they had a legit bid to become world champions, unlike us).
Oh, come on! Evra called Suarez ''sudaca'' and that's wasn't considered a racist insult? And about the Ghana incident: 1) anyone who has ever played football, probably would've done the same. Moreover: he was punished, as was red carded and couldn't play the next match, against the Netherlands; 2) the play from which Suarez intercepted the ball with his hands, came from a ''ghost'' foul charged agaisnt a Uruguayan player, who was a meter from the Ghanian player.
might be a bit of a longshot, but what about "7 obscure clubs who might be the next rags to riches story". when you mentioned "bohemian", i thought of Prague's Bohemians FC, & the rumours I heard that they were in the sights of an Australian conglomerate to purchase the club & try & elevate it into a team that was capable of trying to get some sort of foothold in European football ... Given the longstanding trend of purchase & massive cash injection into lower tier / underachieving English clubs, one wonders how many 'off the radar' instances in other lower European & possibly South American leagues might make for interesting stories? ...
Great job Alfie. Would've liked to hear your breakdown about Ireland's view of Rice and Grealish. BTW, regarding nations with the word "and" in them, what about the "United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Northern Ireland"?
I've been watching almost every video of this channel for the past 3 to 4 years. From the first 7 greatest ... of all time series and 7 best pl players of all time to recent documentaries. As you pointed out youself in one of your recent videos, your style of speaking and the quality of your audio has changed a lot and I approve and enjoy that a lot. With that being said, the videos have reached a length that I don't consider enjoyable anymore at times. Youre earlierst videos were about 5 min long and over the years they gradually became longer which is fine. But a 23 min video for a top 7 is just not the extend I am enjoying. Of course this is your channel and I dont know how other viewers fell about this change, but I much prefered videos around 10-15 min length for the usual top 7 and only documentaries in this length. Nonetheless still a big fan of your video style and my favorite football channel on yt:)
yeah, I'd put both Thierry Henry and Jack Grealish above Declan Rice... easily. Though I speak from a different perspective as a dual-nationality, Irish/Englishman. Henry's brazen bit of cheating offends me far more than Grealish or Rice and is far harder to justify. I can at least sympathise with the pair, as the FAI's mismanagement of Irish football in general has made our national team an increasingly less-tempting prospect, in terms of facilities, coaching staff and much more. being part of the current England set-up would be far more tantalising, while I don't like what they did, I can respect it to some degree. though Grealish ruins it by also being a fucking idiot off the pitch and a smarmy, smug bastard on it. placing him above Rice for me.
I'm from Northern Ireland and we lose the odd player to ROI but if I was ROI I don't think I'd ever forgive Grealish or Rice. Being from the north it's obvious to me that ROI defines itself by its historical relationship with England and the UK. For an Irish citizen like Grealish or Rice to turn their back on ROI and declare allegiance for "the enemy", is far worse than what Henry did. Henry did what he did for his country whereas Grealish and Rice turned their back on their country, making them pretty much traitors and mercenaries.
@@Pax_Veritas Unbelievably, I'm well aware of the fraught history between England and Ireland, and how Ireland have been on the receiving end of English bullshit for centuries. but You're oversimplifying, you're talking about two lads who were born and raised in England, to English born parents. they deserve some definite criticism for taking the Irish setup for a ride, but they were always as much English as they were Irish if not more so. it ultimately was down to decisions made in their teenage years for both of them, deciding between divided country loyalties at a young age. both chose the Irish setup in their very early teens, and left it at the ages of 19 and 21 respectively. it's a complicated decision, ethically, I feel they did some wrong but it's a complicated matter. Cheating, is not a complicated decision, it's binary, and Henry chose to do so as a man well into his damn 30s...
@@Omnipotentmonkey OK I take your points which were eloquently put I hate cheating but I still feel it's a lesser evil than turning your back on your country for fame and fortune. Grealish and Rice could have fabulous careers and be amazingly wealthy either way but they chose personal glory over national loyalty Sad we don't get to see them play for ROI as they could achieve great things like a Leicester or Greece type situation
Bosnia and Herzegovinian is one. sao tome and Principe is two. Antigua and Barbuda is three. saint Kitts and Nevis is four. saint Vincent and the grenadines is five.
I am still firmly on team Suarez. He did not cheat. He deflected the ball with his hands, was sent off for it and the opponents got awarded their penalty. Everything went according to the rules. The fact that if Gyan had converted the penalty, Suarez would only be a faint memory in the minds of Ghanaeans, really makes you think.
It took me to reach no. 5 to remember all the other 5 countries with an "and" 😂: Antigua and Barbuda Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Bosnia and Herzegovina ... (and the one I kept forgetting) Saint Vincent and Grenadines Hopefully I'm right 😂
Although not hated, Maradona is not well regarded by many Brazilians. Speaking of Brazil, I think it was here and not in Qatar that Emerson received the nickname Sheik.
I managed to guess the 4 of the 5 countries with the word “and” in their name. Unfortunately I forgot the most well known country of them all (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
12:29 Holland were dirty as hell in 2014, their match v Brazil had the most fouls in the history on the world cup, their final v Spain was crap because of the spoiling tactics of the dutch.
Just wanna say Alfie that I've been watching for some time, like a couple years maybe? I love where your on screen personality has developed. The dry wit is right up my alley, it's a far cry from the days you'd complain about views and your boss man. Keep it up, dude
Oh i remember that luis suarez block, lmao I thought theres no way he just did that. Then when they missed the goal, I said holy shit dude is a genius lmao.
Let me disagree with the Irish hating Thierry Henry. I can only speak as a Frenchman living in the States. All Irish i have met here hate everything about France now. Thank God i don’t live in the North East as most are there. Every time i hear an accent from the British isles which i don’t differentiate beside maybe for Scottish, i hate asking their country because if he tells me Irish i know it’s coming and being French we don’t take any shit either. For a Frenchman to root for England now during an England-Ireland game takes a lot but its me now. This does not concern Irish Americans WDGAF! Get over it!
Harold Schumacher should of been number one for being hated by the French..He almost killed Patrick Battiston and knocked out 2 of his teeth..Plantini actually taught Battiston was dead because he was in response of..and Schumacher wasn’t even sent off for that and no penalty given and Schumacher goes on to save 2 penalties in the shootout and stop the french from making it to the world cup final were the could and should of beaten the Italians..some of these guys done nothing compared to what Schumacher done to the french.
There's another complicating factor that played a part not just in the reason why Maradona was so hated in England, but also the national rivalries between England (in particular, though the UK more accurately) and Argentina in a football context. The "Hand of God" goal occurred in 1986, just 4 years after the Falklands War was fought between Britain and Argentina over the disputed Islands ~500 miles off Argentina's Coast. Many in Argentina at the time felt some sort of vindictive pleasure at getting one over on the English, as they were still raw with the defeat in the war in 1982. To this day, unfortunately, the football rivalry between England and Argentina has little to do with football and more (it seems to me) an offshoot of the dispute over the Falklands
@Salty Spoon clearly you didn't ask ALL England fans as the ones I was around definitely did NOT want Argentina to win. One of their players slamming the ball right at the Dutch Dugout only seemed to harden their negative views of them. I guess your opinion is based on a romantic view of Mesi finally winning a World Cup?
the hatred was always there really, given that England treated south american football for the longest time as "inferior" (and held quite the racist view of us) and played a rather infamous hand in the 1966 world cup when the argentinian team captain was sent off just because "he had a mean look on his face" add to that the declarations of the British coach calling us "animals" in lieu of the outrage and well it was a matter of time til something triggered that dormant feeling
lmao the africans just being dūm suarez didn’t cheat he got sent off he just committed a foul in the heat of a moment in which any other player would do that for their country the one who utterly PATHETICALLY screwed it was the random penalty dude that’s the guy these people should hate 🤣 just accept it already dang…
I always liked Suarez and still, would defo do the same as him - he gave Ghanians a penalty, and their player failed to score it; England (Maradonna) or Ireland (Henry) didn't get half of that chance to recover
As an Englishman I definitely can’t say I hate maradona and if anything I admire him for his talent. The other goal he scored against England is one of the best seen on a pitch, even if he scored the hand of god in the same game. What a player
@@michaelahern6821 Alfie sort of explains it in the video. But the T&T fans we spoke with hated that Crouch had pulled on the defenders dreadlocks/hair. They felt that was really unfair.
