American Reacts to Football Fans and Atmosphere USA vs Europe 

For americans it's just a show. For europeans the pride of the entire city/country is on the line.

Most European, and South American, football fans have been brought up to support the same team that their parents and grandparents supported. It is in the blood, it is passion.

What also makes a huge difference: Every club has a different anthem, so instead of singing the German anthem, you sing the club anthem. This also contributes to feel more connected to everyone around you and the club, as not everyone knows it

I lived in Germany back in the 90s when they won the World Cup. The day they won, the country went into party overdrive. It didn’t stop for two days! EVERYBODY in the country collectively screamed when the final whistle was blown. I have never seen anything like it before or since. IT WAS CRAZY!

As a European, you have my respect for not saying "soccer" once. Edit: I'm amused by all the rebels in the replies 😂

(I'm Brazilian) I see the beginning of the video and he is all excited about Americans cheering... I think to myself: "Oh, that's cute... so adorable"

4:46 the stadium is designed to be able to withstand the entire section jumping by allowing it to move up and down

During the Champions League match the "roar" that came out of the Maradona stadium in Naples reached such high peaks that it activated the seismographs of the Vesuvian observatory...

I was laughing in European throughout that whole USA half

The first European clip, the one with the Borussia Dortmund fans walking down the streets... THAT WAS NOT EVEN IN THEIR CITY... Wait.. NOT EVEN IN THEIR COUNTRY!!!!!! It was through the Steenstraat in Bruges. So, that was for a group stage game in the Champions League.

In the biggest stadiums the chants can be hear from kilometres of distance

I knew we had this when he brought up "bringing drums" as the high point of the USA.. Bruh the England team has a whole band with drums, trumpets and tubas that comes to EVERY SINGLE ENGLAND GAME. Edit: Not to mention that you have to bear in mind, most of the European examples shown were club games, not even national events. By American standards, we basically have a Superbowl-level event every year, if not more frequent.

Look, here in Germany, as a kid you’ll decide in kindergarten which club you like (mostly influenced by father etc.) and then you will protect and feel for this club for the rest our your life!

Most stadiums in Europe / rest of world can handle that jumping, as they are designed/built with that in mind.

In most of Europe, you are born into a club. It will follow you through life, in both good times and bad. It doesn't matter if it is a successful club, a small club, a big club, a poor club, a rich club,....You give everything for those colours. Club Brugge will be my team until the day that I die, it is just the way it is.

Fußball ist nicht nur ein Spiel sondern eine Leidenschaft. Grüße aus Deutschland

"It aint even gonna compare!" That genuinely made me laugh. For Americans, sport is just a show. When Americans go to a game, they look at it as just having some light fun. Get some food, maybe have a little beer, and just enjoy themselves. For us Europeans, (Especially eastern Europe) its literally tribal. You will give your life to defend the honor of your city. You take your kids to the game to bond. For us, its a coming of age ritual that will initiate them into manhood.

Football is a way of life in Europe, not just a pastime like in America.

Praise the engineers who made those stadiums for the fans to cheer at and the teams to play at!

Here’s one of the most powerful quotes ever by the legendary Uruguayan poet and writer, Eduardo Galleano: “in his life, a man can change his wife, political opinion and even his religion, but never his football team.” Says it all really bro. 😎🤟😜

it never gets old, whatching americans getting shocked with how much we love football

World cup 2026 is gonna be eye opening for Americans.

You should also see the choreographies before the games especially during AC Milan games at the San Siro. Absolutely mind blowing! Also make sure to watch the atmosphere in stadiums in Argentina, especially at La Bonbonera, Boca Juniors Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Goosebumps guaranteed!

Man, the fact that I am Romanian and You were awed by the Romanian fans singing the national anthem simply brings me unspeakable joy!

In the US: "I believe that we will win". In Europe, South America and in most of the rest of the world football is a kind of simulation of a warfare. Fans became all together with the colours of the team.

The "Fight and win guy " has become the biggest Meme here in Europe by all of us Ultras

Search also for the Yellow Wall at the BVB Dortmund stadium. Pure madness! 🔥❤️😎

The look of confusion on his face after the Dortmund fans marching was too much 🤣🤣

4:40 Don't worry, these stadiums are actually meant to move like that to absorb the jumping (same goes for most of Europe). If that floor was completely stationary, it would have a high chance of breaking apart.

"I believe that we will win!" is just... cute. All those American fans look like they understood the general idea that they should chant something but they have no idea what it should be. But no worries, they'll get there.

Whenever i got into the civil engineering uni i realised how, whenever people are designing these stadiums, they are calculating the statics taking into consideration that there is gonna be like a good few thousand people jumping at the same time. If the stadium can take lets say 10.000 people, then it is designed in such a way that it can endure the force that is produced by 10.000 people jumping up and down simultaneously. Most people don't even realise this but whenever a big football match takes place, there is a team of engineers somewhere praying they made no mistake. It's insane.

This dude needs to experience a worflags display at St James Park or Liverpool fans in full voice singing you'll never walk alone.

"How did you bring such giant flags?" 😂 I've seen games where flares and rockets are fired 😂 Pitches covered in smoke and fog and the game goes on 😃 Football is life and war in Europe 😃

I loved the ending with my country's anthem. I'm Romanian and I remember going to a match, Romania - Netherlands and I couldn't get in before the match started, but I could hear our anthem echo from the outside. Tens of thousands of people singing our anthem, like an army marching to war. It was magical. My patriotism went to level 100.

Big respect for showing the greatest atmosphere at a football stadium at one of the most iconic stadiums in the world, the magical San Siro of my beloved team, AC Milan! Then showing the legendary La Marseillaise, the French national anthem before a French national team match. Beyond beautiful! ❤️🔥🤟😎👏

I love how he thought the US Football fans were off the chain! Oh you have a lot to learn young man!

Short and simple: USA = commercial, flags and scarfs given to the fans to make a show out of it, music through the speakers and everyone just npc's through it Europe ( defo also South America and North Africa ) = passion. Its that simple. It's in our blood, it's in our history. There is nothing that compares to the love and dedication a football fan has to his club over here.

Great reaction man! I loved watching your amazement! :D

“Fight and Win” what is that crap! Im crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm french and personally, I don't really care much for nations cup but I love watching international competition, so world cups, euros and nation leagues. It just feels so good to have so many people under the same flag as you, united to support the team. I think football is all about the emotions it can give.

It’s our way of life. You don’t chose which club you support, you’re born with it. I am from Belgium and literally born in a Club Brugge family. My great-grandma was one of the founders of our “Spionkop”, inspired by Liverpool. Unfortunately, she passed away when I was 4, but the club didn’t forget her. The women team is called after her. She had one wish, to be burried being tucked in a flag of the club. My grandpa was a youth trainer, kit manager of the first team and scout. (Not all at the same time) The most famous player he scouted is Thomas Meunier back when he played at Virton. I also could get match worn (or atleast match prepared) shirts of my favorite players. The Saturdays I didn’t had to play, I used to go with my grandpa to the club and chill with the players when they’re done training. My dad wasn’t really into football (more interested in trucks) until I started playing. My parents used to get gifts from the club for the birth of my brother and me.

years of support for team,passion of supporting a team ,growing up with it,having your full heart with team,you cant beat that

Football is not just a sport in Europe, it's a life philosophy, our religion. As Bill Shankly said 'Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.'

Americans will never understand a glimpse of the passion and love us Europeans have for football. For most of us it means everything.

British chants and fans will always be the best

Precisely. People don't show up for the game. They show up for the atmosphere, the community and the fun of it all. Most hardcore fans, or ultras as we call them, spend the whole game supporting their team, don't really pay attention during it, then go home and rewatch the game so they see what happens.

European football fans are just crazy, in the most positive way. (Greetings from Germany)

"The game hasn't even start yet, it's just outside the stadium" 😭😭 Welcome to football outside the USA ❤️❤️!! Join us!!!

im from sweden. my entire friend group just came together when we were 10 years old and everyone picked a club and now everyone has to support the club for their entire lives.

Him: ain’t gonna be anything to compare Also him: 😯😦

You guys aren't ready for 2026 World Cup. Soccer fans are gonna raid your bars and stadiums like it's World of Warcraft 😀

The fact that the Irish fans are singing “harry maguire your defense is terrifying” is 😂😂😂

I was waiting for the flares to come up… would have loved to see the reaction to that😂

Oh my god I got goosebumps. I'm from south Africa used to go to kearsney. These chants just took me bacj

Its different because you grow up with your club, your father and grandpa propably also grew up with your club so you know your clubs chants and songs ever since you were 5 years old and heard them again and again. That's how everybody can be in sync

I would say we in Germany have like one of the best fans in terms of atmosphere. Like imagine playing in the bottom half of the league and still filling your stadium with more than 45000 people. Like Stuttgart, Berlin or even in 2nd division we have Kaiserslautern (who played 3rd division last year) that bring 10000 fans to Hamburg on a Friday evening (which is like over 600km away)

6:36, for all those who are wondering, is the French national hymn. It probably is one of the bloodier hymns there are. "L'étandard sanglant est levée" means "the blood-drenched flag is risen". So, yeah. Well, you could type in "French hymn English lyrics" to get a better sense of that song.

That was the calmest colonge chant I have ever seen usally they use flares and when they played against OG Nice things got real crazy

Fans' culture is inherited in Europe, from one generation to the other, with the songs, unlimited support to the team and savage shouts. Nowadays that major club are defined by investment with international players in no direct relation to the city or country, it is still a celebration of being together. Minor clubs with great tradition can be much more enjoying (Köln, Lens) or savage (PAOK, Fenerbace) than major club (Chelsea, Paris).

The last anthem gave me chills.It’s called “Desteapta-te Române” and is the Romania national anthem. I’m romanian 😘

I live four miles from a football grounds and can sometimes hear the cheering from my garden. I used to live just over a mile from another and could hear the singing, dogs nearby howled along with it!

This video was so funny 😂 Appreciate it😂

Last one is the Romanian national anthem, and as many previously said, over here and South America, it's a culture, it's more than just 22 people kicking a ball.

Welcome to outside of USA, where we are super passionate about everything and likewise in sport

This man got schold this are true fanes and as a Romanian i love to see that we made it in

I've never been into football, not now, not in the past, but in my senior year in high school our hometown team managed to make it to the highest national division and not only that, but started there with 2 back to back wins. 3rd game was home turf. The entire week before that it was like New Year was coming. On the day of the match the entire city took a day off. Nothing was working, except the shops right next to the stadium. The match was to start at 17:00, at 14:00 THE ENTIRE CITY flooded the main street. No one drives to the stadium, it's a march to there. Flags, flares... it's was like people were going to war with smile on their faces. The stadium was small for a small town and could only fit 20 000 ppl, but there were probably 10 times that because i remember NO ONE stayed at home. Even my mom came to the game. In the blocks around the stadium there were people on the balconies and the roofs. And i know the atmosphere is the same across entire Europe. There is no chance that there is a game in the town you are in and you staying unaware of it.

...when marching to the stadium in europe is even louder than an entire us-fanblock... ❤😍

It is our pride, all our families belong to the same team and from the moment you are born you are part of that team, it is all a matter of pride and tradition.

Thr face change at 3 mins was epic 😂

I recall one World Cup match (I think it was the last time it was held in Germany). Some of the fans in the upper tier had set off road flares and were dancing around them, chanting for their team.

„I believe that we will win“.. 😂😂😂

They are not braking the stadium, it's built to do that 😂😂😂😂

Thanks for the video ❤️ But you should do a second one and check for Greece, Turkey, Serbia. You didn't show the craziness believe me. This was the cutest part.

You make a great point, many of the fans of the great clubs thought the world (mainly Europe and South America) turn the game into a club scene ❤🎉

Those are essentially war chants from the Middle Ages.. You’re fighting an enemy and chant with your battle companions… That’s who all of this started hundreds of years ago

Colognes and Milans chants were very atmospheric. Malmö, Frankfurt and Ajax do have some nice Chants as well :D

Your face when you saw the entrada, sooo funny! Anyway, you got a new subscriber, I like your vids! Greetz from Amsterdam,Netherlands!

That was such a cool video. I can feel the energy and want to see a game in Europe so bad. That is one of my dreams. Thank you for making and sharing this video.

8:20 the guy on the pole bro 😂💀

In Europe, football is a way of life...for some it is literally life and death! These teams have been around for ages!

Appreciate you saying football. Much love

I love how Greece never fails to be shown in these type of videos.

I love his reaction. Europe football fans really open his eyes 👀😉

Football in Europe (and most of the world) is life. We live it everyday, we sleep it, breath it. It's like a religion. And the love and passion for a team is mostly passed down for Generations. Starting as young as just born tbh😂😊 this ain't a game for us, this is Life!

9:35 that is the romanian atmospere in football, just check the balkans atmosphere, it is amazing ❤

Football in Europe is not just a game, it is life and death

i love the one of milan with the song that was fire i am going to watch the next match against milan

In America football is for entertainment in Europe football is literally LIFE

you see we support our club team like its a tribal war...that's just the way it is...we (ultras and normal fans) are there to defend our colours... ofc, relegation and promotion play a big part on this urge and when it gets to Uefa Champions League or Europa league it becomes not only about your team but sometimes about you country's main football league prestige/quality

The song that you heard in Frankfurt was pippi langkous

We don't have barbecue in the carpark, we don't have halftime entertainment. We go for the football.

The clip of the street march that's been circulating in the last few months of the Chemie Leipzig fans is so crazy, I wish this was in the vid. It's insane.

If you ever visit Germany, come to a game. If it happens to be go to a "Derby Game" were two rivaling Clubs play against each other like Schalke 04 and BvB 09 . It will change your perspective of fandom.

In 8:30 they singing in Swedish "Framåt Malmö Heja Di Blåe" - in English is "Forward Malmo! Come on The Blues"

So great that we have soccer in common. Damn how much we love soccer over here. Best to all from South Germany

The classic “ I believe that we will win” Driest chant of the century 😂

Here in Europe football is massive and not a show. That’s why the atmosphere in Europe is unreal

I laughed out loud when you were happy with the US fans at the start

in Europe we don't go to the game. We are going to war. It's an honor. You go there and represent your city. You die for your club and city.

His face when the first european clip was shown was priceless!