Testing how good WOMEN'S Footballers ACTUALLY Are 

Considering you played the #1 Panna champion you did exceptionally well.

I mean, this seems a bit pointless if you, a single man of above average skill, are going up against two champions and a pro level player in their respective specialties. It´s not going to yield very reliable results, is it? And yet, you did incredibly well tbh.

My father (his mens uni team) once played in uni versus a professional football women's team. His team won 21-0. The women were a lot better in skills and tactic and team play, but the men physically overpowered them. Here you would also see how physical football is. Edit: Why is everyone having an argument in the replies lmao Edit 2: Ok you guys can stop commenting I didnt want to start an argument over this match that happened 30 years ago. Also physically overpower also means: speed and shot-power, not only strength.

I think the best test was when the Australia women’s national team lost 7-0 to U15 boys team or when the USWNT who is almost always one of the top teams in the world lost to U15 academy boys 6-2

lia lewis is absolutely mad at freestyle, very consistent and amazing at blocking. I don't rlly see her doing lowers that much tho. Freestyle is very skill based, unlike football matches which are less technical skill based and require more game iq and physical training. Great video mate

her freestyle was actually insane oh my god? i can barely control a ball like that with my hands let alone with my feet

I play in the over 45 men's div, we are useless at our age but we enjoy playing. I think there's room for everyone to enjoy playing football.

I think it's fair to say that no one really argues that a pana or freestyle comp, there's not much of an advantage at all. But in a football game that's largely based off of speed, strength and stamina (on top of skills), there is no question at all.

It’s only in football where this comparison keeps on being made. We don’t compare women's hockey teams or cricket teams. Physically the best 15 year old male sprinter would make the woman’s 100m Olympic final, but we never say that women's athletics is not as worthwhile or good as men's athletics just because they don’t have the same physical power.

Okay, Lia is actually insane. World Champ for a reason hahaha

Football is not all about dribbling and skills to be good. “Talent is nothing without hard work”-Cristiano Ronaldo

Considering you went up against professionals you did really good. Imagine it would have been pro vs pro the women would have lost for sure, but women´s football has come a long way and gets more and more enjoyable to watch.

Loved the commentary on the freestyle bit. You can hear in your voice how you were slightly disappointed lol. "Yeah, not bad. Then I drop the ball" class haha

9:06 …. Holy fuck that was amazing.. i cannot believe, like that’s probably one of the best freestyle skills i’ve ever seen in my life😳 That girl is insanee bro

I'll never forget when my high school girl's team challenged us(the boy's team) to a game. we put together our teams, or who we thought would be on the team that year, and we played against the girl's team before their season started. we played our JV guys first just to see how they would do. in 15 minutes the score was 3-0 for the boy's. the girl's said they couldnt keep up with us and even though the skill level was probably close to the same we just played so much faster than they did.

Not agreeing your statement on 4:39. There is clearly a difference. The shot on the right is much better if you consider the distribution of the shots. More shots on the outer goalpost in comparison to the heatmap of the left picture, where most shots are equally distributed on the left centre side, which are easy to catch.

Great video, Kieran! Although you were outclassed in the freestyle portion against a world #1, I think your third attempt had some really nice tricks.

Also can we just say that Lia has done freestyle for 2 years like absolutely insane

I love this kind of video, but what I would really love to see is some team testing, even if it was smaller groups like pairs or three on three, the ability for people to work together is a measurable skill. I'm sure you know better than I do what the metrics for that might be.

insane how good lia is at freestyle

A woman doesn't need to be better than a man at football to be good at womens football. The 2 sports just need to be allowed to exist without constant comparisons. This isn't a dig at this video by the way.

Ur videos r amazing man it’s crazy u still managing to come up with ideas

Damn, Lia is the GOAT at freestyle.

Would be interesting to see the comparison on the best males in panna competing with the best females, best football teams of men and women competing with each other, and as well in freestyle. Sick moves in the freestyle by Lia Lewis, flawless ball handling.

Another great video from Kieran,keep up the good work

Lia Lewis: I'm about to end this man's whole career Holy fuck she's cracked

IMO: There are many aspects men and women athletes can compare side to side. The difference comes down to the physical aspects, which we see in every video out there comparing men and women sports. This is an important factor that even if you go from semi pro to pro to elite you'll see a good difference. Elite clubs emphasis the physical capabilities: have more gas tank, have a stronger core, and attributes the are key to the role the athlete is playing.

Its really nice to see an unbiased honest opinion on the whole men v woman in sports debate

at 6:57 she did an incredible skill that i had to watch twice

I am not being sexist when I say this, but the mens world panna champion would probably have beaten Harriet, although her skills were insane and I am not trying to take anything away from her.

It’s honestly really nice to see a football channel proving how good women actually are.

WOMEN footballers are good (too answer the video title) but vs MEN it's no competition, we've been through this the only people that deny the physical differences and biology are those extremist feminist who still think men and women are equal (we are not...by far). Does anyone not remember the humiliating Olympics where they put men and women in the same category? The male athletes completely destroyed the female athletes, it wasn't even fair. This is also why we have weight classes in sports like boxing or MMA...even within men we are not all created equal. A light heavy weight and a black belt in Jujutsu is not going to beat a heavy weight who is also as equally skilled, the weight advantage is just too much. Conclusion: Can women play football? Ofc they can, they are also very talented on the ball, the only thing they lack is the physicality and the speed (more power behind the shots) when compared to the mens league. Comparing men and womens football is like comparing apples and oranges, it maybe the same sport but its run on a completely different engine.

F2 should represent average footbal man in freestyle and skill

Kieran brown is a legend

4:03 this should have been a crossbar challenge. 😁

Physical difference between him and Adama Traore are just.... And technical difference gonna be even more between him and Messi/Neymar/Ronaldinho under a 6.3 CB pushing you all the time... The reason is obvious but still a great example anyway.

Bro you got dusted in the freestyle challenge, she got some amazing skills.😮

Great video as always👏👏Keep up the good work you’re almost at 2M!!

The freestyle one at the end was on fire. Damn thats some good control.

"Like, what's going on here" Had me DEAD. She was an insane freestyler. Such skill

That free styling was nuts. She was so smooth

Palace lady’s got battered by the u15

I like the idea, but you cant use Panna and Freestyle football to represent actual football because its very different. In Panna and Freestyle, its alot about creativity and i think there's less physical demand compared to association football. But its good

Something I think could work well if you’re in the Academy is having u15 boys play against the u15 but putting some hindrance on the boys team like only one touch finishing or one touch passing or something similar to that to where they can both improve and fix weaknesses

not a debate really and they only have the same ability as average ytubers

That freestyle was honestly insane

Bro he is not even a professional footballer and his results were no different compare to their💀

The top bins challenge you both were shooting at the post so much😂

This was a very interesting video to make!

this is why sports have to be divided like even in school football even the maguire of our team has to score atleast a hatrick

When I played some younger men in a 5 a side game - I found speed to be the number one factor in my failure to play a decent game with them. Their lightning dribbling skills and sheer speed on the ball and chasing the ball meant I just couldn't get near them. I think this would be the biggest factor if women were to play men at football and would basically mean the ladies taking a serious drubbing even by quite low level men's sides.

1.14 love the little add of adabyo akinfenwa and street panna lol

1954 FIFA World Cup Final- Hungary golden team of technicians against german tanks in muddy conditions, That match changed football forever- players became more and more physical as it gives massive advantage.

What was the point of Panna? That is nothing like real football.

if you were asked to hit the post and bar that many times I don't think anyone would be able to do it, unbelievable scenes

Top video. Good footballers all round. Lia Lewis's skills are a bit special, though.

i think womens football would be more interesting if they play on a smaller pitch n goal post

Would be interesting to see pro women and men panna/football/freestyle against eachother

Omg Lia is a freestyle beast

Its actualy crazy, the number 4 female freestyle footballer trains at my gym. But she says that the best men freestyler are so much better because of power moves

Thing is though Kieran is a youtuber whilst they were professionals as well

moral of the story: If you're technical you'll do well in technique based games if you're physical enough you'll do well in physique based games Football is not an even ratio/spread of technique and physique dependency. You'll need to be more physical than technical but once you reach optimal technique it's impossible to lose it whereas you will lose physicality overtime.

to start off...my dude really enjoy the content on your channel good stuff ..the topic at hand through....personally I have not really kept up with the women's game as much as I should considering that i really enjoy watching them play...now this is where alot of people may disagree and I welcome any comebacks but....the women's game is played better....yes men as you stayed are faster stronger so forth..but let's be honest...it's rare to see creativey and just amazing vision...every class so far for the men have proven to have a few that have those magical qualities but over all the women's side every single class produces those qualities even with players whom are that mobile or even physically strong...again don't get it twisted..I grew in eastern Europe in the 80s..got to witness magic from maradona's hand of god to that magic German run in 1990 to the U.S keeping pace with Brazil in 94....and yes I have touched a pitch or two in my prime Incase your wondering....from a coaching aspect the women's game while slower in pace provides opportunities for players to be more creative... defenders in the men's game have gotten bigger faster and remarkably well balanced....90s and previous this wasnt the case..very rare a lcb rcb or cb or for that matter a sweeper had enough in the tank to keep pace with players such as Micheal Owen...at the end of the day it really doesn't matter who plays the game as long as it's played beautiful.....

Its got nothing to do with the fact that "women cant play sports" or that their skill level is lower, its just simply because phyically they are slower than men ; however they skill level is insanely high. I would recommend watching the FA Cup Womens Final. City v Chelsea. Amazing football. As a female city supporter who went to the game and also wants to be a footballer when i grow up, the outcome was devastating :(

This man is straight up a post magnet, I feel ya

Her freestyle was next level.

I would like to say, that was crazy what that girl did with free style. I would watch that. Just absolutely mesmerizing. It was actually pretty telling the competition you had. Skill level it depends on experience, practice, and just God given abilities like flexibility. But in terms of average power and speed men are just stronger. I think you did a fair comparison.

Remember when the Australian national women's football team got beaten by some local under 15's team?

I come in after practicing football, and this guy makes me want to go right back out!

I feel on a technical level of play men and women can remain pretty close to where it comes down to practice/skill. Where things change is the physical side of the game (sprint speed, shot power, aerial height, and strength). For actual gameplay this is the bigger difference where my comparison is taking a MLS(US league) team to play against any major league in Europe.

Shot shot accuracy one was like a bar challenge

Technically speaking there should be no problem in a mans national team vs womens national team in any country. Stamina speaking however you notice women run much shorter distences during 90 minutes and cover less of the pitch during press which means that man run surcles around them not really because they have better technique or better team play but because their legs are longer and can run 11-15 km per match while that would be an insane feat for a pro woman footballer - again cuz their legs are shorter. May seem irelavant at first but those meters stack.

Usually men are stronger, taller, faster so they have an advantage when playing professionally

Tbh I think Kieran and the women's footballer hitting the crossbar consistently instead of the goal is actually pretty impressive.

skills,freestyle - women (they are pros to be fair to kieran) physical - kieran, in a real game he'd probably win cuz efficiency is key in games

Comparing men to women is like comparing a diesel engine to a jet engine. both are equally important and very different and serve completely different things. we can overlap in certain things but we basically two half that complete each other.

Lol the first and last test were so obvious for the women, you are facing world class specialists, it is really just about physical stuff which is a nice chunk of football. Great video the tests with the women college player were really interesting.

You were clever with those tests - you mostly picked tests in which its all about technicality, and I believe that between genders, technicality (and mental attributes) has no bias, except natural talent and hard work/long hours practicing. It's when you start getting to the more PHYSICAL aspects of the game (tackling, sprinting, strength, stamina etc, etc) that men will beat woman of the same skill - now, this is not to say that it will happen every time, because humans are not a monolith and we are all different so yes there will always be exceptions to these rules but by and large you know what's up. Would you say that women could beat a men's team at American Football? It's a game that relies way more on physicality than technique hence why you don't really see any arguments like these in that sport. One last thing, if you put a RU-vidr vs The Best In the World At [insert thing here] I think usually the one that is the best in the world will probably win, regardless of gender - plus you're playing them at THEIR game or specialty.. I'm not trying to knock thee girls down though, I'm very glad that Women's Football is on its way to get the respect it deserves in the international community.

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There is also the factor popularity and time / quality of training and matches. When there are for example 10 million men interested in a game that has been developing for ages with fans that live football and with top clubs taking all best measures "the best of the world" is by far better than when there are a couple of thousand women with leagues in development of which only a few have the ambition to be a world class player. It is really hard to pin numbers to it but in a similar way a 1934 star is not comparible to Messi. But I think women's football might produce even better players when football becomes a "dna-thing"

Fair play for trying to test this, but we all know league 2 men's players would be prime Ronaldo at the women's game.

Girls are good in football but we all should know that the challenge was not fair because if in panna match was Jack Downer the match will end differently the same thing would be for freestyle and football challenge if in freestyle was Erlend Fagerli and in football a pro footballer!😁🔥

We can see that in the technical side both can be almost equal, but men have the physical advantage and in the sports category (almost every sport) that is a really decisive point. also men are always willing to take stupid risks

I love how he is using the stuff from the 1000 dollar mystery football box challenge

My friend who plays in a high amateur u16 team played the first Ajax woman’s squad, they beat Ajax with 5-1…..

this video is scarily inaccurate, number 1 kieran is literally just a football youtuber while he is facing proffesional women footballers and world #1. (And still beats most of them) And the other problem is that kieran is going against people who they are playing their specaility. for example kieran goes against the world champion women panna player while it is not kieran's speciality. it just all seems that kieran set himself up.

Idea for the next video. Get professionals at each area and see how they fair against each other?

and considering he is playing that good with them being top 1 is very impressive

I think as physical attributes like speed can be balanced by decreasing the dimensions of play area for women’s football match I thought of it to be beneficial as most football fans who don’t watch women’s football always say that it’s slow (indicating natural speed issues) Thought?

I once played vs. the VFL Wolfsburg Women (former Bundesliga and Champions League Winner) I was playing in the second least League in Germany. I was 16 or 17 years old. My teammates also were in that age. (SV Dannebüttel) We won 6-2. You can't compare it to men's football.

very impress im speechless with the ball tricks.

Nice video bro exceptional performance against people who have actually been to championships and won. Maybe if you work hard then you can be like them and maybe even beat them in the future

Great video Kieran! Not sure if you saw my comment on your last video asking you to do a freestyle battle with Lia or not. But either way you made the video so I'm happy! Keep up the great content! :)

I think it would be right to assume that a footballer is quite an alround athlete. Male or female. I was one at the age of 14. I’m over 50 now, and my fitness is intact

2:20 my guy trolled me with that 5 secs

I think this is a good video, you are being very honest with yourself and the girls are being honest with theirselves too, but as much as I enjoyed watching this video you can base all the boys off of one, or all the girls after one girl, people need to understand this

The small gap in the tests you did was because you were performing at, maybe abit over Sunday league level footy. Even an average active player would do better than that. I coached a girl’s HS team and coach u8 boys and when I get them to play a scrimmage it’s like the boys are in highschool and the girls are u8 😂

Womens footbalk would massively improve with the introduction of smaller goals, smaller pitches and shorter games. But they will never be brought to the women’s game because it admits there is a physical difference between men and women which many aren’t ready to admit

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Remember you're going up against pros and dominators in the women's league and you're just better than average mail footballer. If the professional females went up against the professional mails I think we know who would win