The Strange Death of Eritrea's National Football Team 

Why the world allows such brutal dictators to survive for such a long time? As the report shows, the Eritrean dictator for life leader produces only refugees, poverty and war in the entire negbourhood? More than a million Eritrean refugees are now scattered in Europe, Uganda, Ethiopia, USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Israel Angola, South Sudan etc...making news every day for very heavy conflicts among themselves in many capitals of the world. What is perplexing is a big junk of those who fled the dictator are now supporting the very dictator. This while receiving an asylum status un Europe, UK, Australia etc... The heavy conflict among the Eritreans in many capitals of the world is based on this differences. Why ask for asylum and then support the dictator? Many Eritreans could not understand it and it is creating a tension in the community. This is a big question for the asylum providing countries as well. Very sad story!

I was surprised & delighted as well when he produced this peace of information in regards of our country. Great job Alfie.

Same brotha

True

Theres a community in Switzerland too, very overlooked people

I knew an Eritrean years ago but back then I didn't know anything about the country. Now I always wonder how she managed to get out.

There were Eritrean football fans at Philadelphia last yeqr to cheer Isak and Newcastle United on v Villa.

Many Armenians would argue, myself included, that you guys are governed by a genocidal maniac as well (Erdogan).

They are like the zionists, but without American support 😂

Yeah theres a lot of them in Switzerland , I grew up with a few

They gave us Alexander Isak

Same thing in Sweden with these Eritreans.

​@@bababababababa6124still not a proper sweed cope more

No oil? No freedom for you

It's in the news.. it has always been in the news. What you consume depends on what you search for. I bet you know more about the Kardashians than about Eritrea. That's no one's fault but yours. The person who did this documentary is human just like you but his interests are clearly different from yours.

Good point as he mentions. Eritrea don't have natural resources

Peace and harmony is achieved

@@reritrea Wooow, they are allowed to make calls. What a great country. Just sad, that the country is that porr and authocratic, that it fears to develope internet in order to be able to see a 10 sec video on RU-vid. When the arab spring occured, most Eritreans only knew it from their visting diaspora relatives. In the US slavery times blacks also use to have fun festivals, dance and their culture. But still they were enslaved and suffered, but at least they could talk about it while in Eritrea you will jailed if you open your mouth

@@reritrea I am Eritrean and you’ve never lived in Eritrea. If you consider slavery and Nationalsocialism as an option, then it speaks for itself. The video was correct and also explained the differences in isolation between Nort Korea and erotrea correctly too. When using slavery as a state model it’s not too hard to gain stability. You probably miss also the times when Eritrea was a British and Italian colony

@@reritrea Theory and reality is a difference. You are not too old and allowed to travel and to live your life. I don't know in which country you live, but it is not in position to held you captive for a cheap excuse of cold war, in which the dictator is even able to make the Hamas like behaving TPLF look like the good ones, which should be impossible. Vacation and growing up in Eritrea is not comparable. Oppressing people for a long time will either result in revolts and meltdown after the death of the at least feared dictator or it will remain such a dictatorship forever like China, Cuba and NK. The difference is though, that even this all mentioned three countries made far more developments than Eritrea. This jabbering of "slow change to more individual freedom" can not be switched from one day to another and after 30 years there wasn't even a try of it and the only reason is not the cold war, which could be managed, it's just power obsession and you fall for it. You can't say a damn word bad about the government after 30 years, in your Logic it means, Eritreans are too retarded to learn how to communicate properly, to be able to make decisions and to be peacefully. If you never learn to argue for the best solution, I'd there is no slice of challenge and self thinking, it won't develope. It's only working with a process and the process didn't even start. You could structure the conscription much better and still keep selfreliant. You could give out micro credits as a try for starting businesses. You could implement a justice system. Eritrea could be a fascinating place of a combination between old culture and modern scientific evolution, but no. It's the same state as 25 years ago. In the best case it will ne start a procewe after the death, but then it's the starting point from 2001. Your biggest mistake, and that's the reason I assume you're not older than 30-35 is, to think that the peace in Eritrea and the lack of greed and crime is caused in the politics. It was the same before Eritrea was independent and Isayas has not only managed to get the roses for it by people like you, but to create an amount of hate in Eritrea, which nobody is able to see in Eritrea for people who do vacation. This hate and anger is now so big that it will explode, so Eritrea is doomed forever to keep people and self-developement oppressed. Also don't compare a country like Ethiopia or US to Eritrea. Different history, culture etc, this doesn't make sense and still you prefer not to live in Eritrea or to raise your kids their whole Life there

@@reritrea I've literally written a novel as answer and it got deleted... I'm too lazy to repeat it, but: - vacation is not comparable to growing up there. A cold war does not make it ok to held you captive until you're too old to do something. - Oppression leads to hate and anger, which nobody would ever admit in Eritrea. You won't hear anything like that in Eritrea due the fear, but open your eyes. Watch the graffitis at the walls. Remind you the brutally shut down demonstrations which happened and i don't mean the Muslim ones - 30 years! Cold war as excuse for power fetishism. And lack of political competence. Because he doesn't know how to lead a country of self thinking people. He himself thinks that Eritreans are too retarded to be peacefull, patriotic, and able for challenge. -30 years! China, Cuba and even NK had much more development after 30 years. - the myth of "building foundation before more freedom" is a myth, because once you start you still have to learn how to discuss opinions, to challenge, to build up an economy etc. So in the best case they will start after dictatora death. But... - if you opress people too long, hate and anger grows and it will either explode or you have to keep it opressed as it is. Isayas has doomed Eritreas future, the peace you can see now is only a surface due fear - You're not older than 30, perhaps 35. Otherwise you would know that the reason of the strong Eritrean mentality is not created by the system, but despite the system. He has managed to brainwash diaspora Eritreans and even young Eritreans, who eventually flee anyway, that he is the reason for all good things. And the old people don't care because old people always want peace, so they ate fine with the slavery of the Younger people - Eritrea could be a great example of cultural and high modern developments, the potential was higher than now. Now it looks like it is, Russia has to be begged for food, no science, no own cultural development, no economic development, not even knowing how to have opinions and to argue. That has to be learned by people self over decades. But this would mean that people has to be trusted and how you can trust people who developed hate and feel of revenge for not just wasting nearly two generations of life, but for having their brothers, sisters, kids and friends tortured and jailed just for having another opinion. Which you would excuse, since you apparently think, that is somehow needed - if you read history, you should know how hard Oppression goes... but nonetheless, don't take it personally when i don't care for a "good" image when something like fearing for having a sports team causes fear for th dictatorship because of the image of the country🙈

You and me brother

The whole country is systematically under genocide while the whole world just watching like a circus.

I actually had noticed looking through wcq, saw Eritrea had withdrawn and they weren't on the rankings and I was curious why.

I'd noticed that they were listed below san marino and looked into why and discovered they not played a game in ages

We are all in the same situation.

just add western sahara or some shit lol

​​​@@alexjones9038Their (unrecognized) team actually played a game against Algerian side MC Alger last year. They lost 6-1 but scored a wonderful goal.

@@gts1300 well thats something, might get hammered 10- 0 all games against the other African nations but marswell chuck them in there

Sadly there are plenty of Eritreans murdered by their govt.

​@@alexjones9038 eritrea was in Morocco's group

Aren't they all pretty long?

That makes no sense, especially given the fact this team enjoyed a huge success in the international stages, winning the Euro 2022 at home soil and even playing in the World Cup Final for the first time since the men's side did so in 1966.

Brought plane Tickets to Agadir for nothing

In many parts of the world, authoritarianism is the default. A vaguely functioning democracy has never been on the table. If you have never known any other type of government as even a possibility, isn't it understandable that the only aim would be to be top dog?

The case of Eritrea is quite strange and unique. I do recommend you to research it further if you want the answer to your question. It is more that I could write in this comment

​@@fresagrus4490Yes bro , no one understand us in the world

This video is more explaining the death of football in that country. Tbh, their population size (3 Million) is actually enough to make a functioned national football team and federation.

I just read the tittle and didn’t even start the vid and immediately told my brothers “hey did you know this whole soccer team died ! Like the whole starting squad ! 🤡🤡” Lol. I’m out here giving false information within seconds 😂

Yes very effective click-bait

Totally relevant, as he explains how they really escaped death.

Typq shit I'd do😂​@@hoodie5004

FIFA sanctions really hit them hard i would say, Indonesia football was not a powerhouse but at least we are middle ranking teams in Asia but after the chaos of local football since 2012 and sanctions for like 2 years i think, the spirit of football here is dropped significantly, only since last year our national team can bounce back(qualified to asian cup since 2007, 4th place in U23 asian cup) but the league and clubs standard still pretty poor compare to pre 2012. Kuwait itself (cmiw) was not as great as Saudi for example but they're competitive, hope they can become great again.

Now it is crazy. A potential scenario of Israel facing Iraq, Saudi Arabia or Indonesia at the group stages will be unthinkable if not say unbelievable.

I’m honestly not surprised by Indonesia knocking out South Korea. The national team has been on the rise in recent months, and the Indonesia U-23 side is basically the Indonesia senior team given how young all their players are

@@wangsengsin2527 It's not about eliminating South Korea. It's the possibility of facing Israel if Indonesia continues this dream run. With the Gaza War ongoing, the Palestinian cause ran to the blood of many angry Indonesians, meaning that winning the trophy could bring rather risks instead of triumphs.

Isn't the U-23 Asian Cup also having Uzbekistan participating? Israel also got a draw with Mali. Both Uzbekistan and Mali are Muslim nations if I read right.

@@peruano-quichwa---aymara8611 Uzbekistan practised a different form of Islam that is deeply influenced by Turkic and Timurid mysticism, which found more common with their cousins Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey - also Turkic Muslim nations but similarly have diplomatic ties with Israel, so literally Uzbekistan isn't associated much with Palestine. Simultaneously, Mali practise a variety of Islam called Suwarism, which emphasised on pacifism and more into African nationalism (and sometimes included anti-Arabism), which mean Malians could care less about Palestine. Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Iraq practise a far more orthodox version of Islam.

As an African, I'm not sure what your point is. He hasn't lied about anything he's said. If you are 'disappointed', it should be with incompetent and oppressive leaders in Africa and the Middle East. There's a reason why many Africans, including middle-class people with jobs, are running to live in the Western world. Meanwhile, you don't see people from other parts of the world desperately running to live in Africa and the Middle East. So there's clearly negative socio-economic issues in these regions which should be tackled. The truth is bitter sometimes.

I’m a 6’5 Eritrean but my parents always promoted school over sports, which is understandable. But maaaaaaaannnnnnnnnn I feel like I could’ve done some type of sport 😭

Are you wrong or deliberately saying that 90% of Eritreans live in exile? Eritreans in Ethiopia make up less than 1% of the total Eritrean population. The worldwide population of Eritrean refugees is also less than 20% on average, although research is needed. More than 30% of Ethiopians migrated at home and abroad. So don’t pass on misinformation.

@@eriboy62833 I don't think you know math, must be eritrean school educated. Only able to read and write

​@@eriboy62833more than 30% of ethiopian live abroad? ethiopian population is 120 mill in your opinion there are 40mil ethiooian diasporas lol. there are atleast 200thousand eritreans in ethiopia if not more. eritreans are everywhere in addis i feel sorry for the situation abt your country but this is the truth

yes please

Zealand made 2 vidéos about it if you are interested

He's American ​@@MaxLC69

No

Yes, the Vatican does have a team, but they very rarely play. The Vatican teams have usually just been made up of Swiss Guards and other Vatican employees. They’ve mostly just played against the Monaco national team (also not fifa-affiliated) and other microstates, tho they did once play a match against Palestine. It’s funny, Vatican City is so small that their national team doesn’t even play in the country, but quite close by in Rome (tho u can see the basilica from the field)

Earthquakes shout ❕

Nice fellow met him in 2019 in namibia.

@@DanielGooaaall they're all nice people!

sk braannn is my dream club to play for

Italy's attempt at invading Ethiopia was a real embarrassment

@@AntoniusTyas That was in the 19th century. In 1936 however, Italy succeeded in conquering Ethiopia and annexed Ethiopia into its territory, meaning only Liberia stands as the last African nation to never be colonised (albeit because of a hilarious reason connected to the USA).

Italy successfully colonised both Eritrea and most of Somalia during the late 19th century, during the Scramble for Africa. Their rule over those territories only ended in 1941, once the Allies conquered the italian colonies in East Africa during WW2. Thus, Italy has had about the same impact over Africa as, say, the UK or the french over their own, considering most nations in Africa were decolonised shortly after WW2.

@@luishernandezblonde Ethiopia was never colonized. What are you yapping about?

@@FlamingBasketballClub Do you learn history? It was conquered in 1936. And what did you learn?

And they are arguably right. Whilst the Italians occupied Ethiopia after the end of the second Italo-Ethiopian war in 1936, this really an occupation and not colonialisation. The Italians never controlled all of the territory, resistance persisted for the whole next four years and by the latter half of 1941, the Allies and the Ethiopian Exile government had deposed them.

And if you ask 30 percent of the United States, the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from Donald Trump. People are delusional everywhere in the world.

Reminds me of a persian proverb: A mad man sees everyone as insane.

Because they weren't colonized well unless then you can say Germany colonized France?

​@@blackinton2526this was in my mind😅

That's one of the dedication I saw, pal. Don't give up 🙏🏻

Bro really is dedicated 😂

YOU ARE THE MAN OF FOCUS, COMMITMENT AND SHEER WILL!

You are a person of formidable will and resilience. You should probably run for president!

I wonder what your interest in specifically german players in the Premier League? Why not Dutch for example that were very prominent in the 2000's? Just curious

Interesting. Would you consider the political stance by the TPLF towards Eritrea similira to the stance of Hamas to Israel? I always wondering about how not accepting the existence of a state can became a heritage of a culture

Eritreans are generally very civil socially speaking. When it comes to politics though that is another matter.

The same here as a Swedish fellow. Eritreans are nice people.

As an Eritrean in Germany grown up i agree totally! Wether in Germany or for some years i lived in Greece i felt always close to Albanians. Probably because of some conceptions of outsiders, the need to defend themself without outter help against bigger countries and the diaspora culture, which is probably only similar to Chechenien people. Love to Albania ♥

Absolutely! Fiago once made a video about a b team ascending to the latter stages, I think final of DFB Pokal, it was really nice!

@@Punk_Tovarisch Yep, Hertha B! Plenty more interesting stories too.

Indeed :D I also hoped he would make a comparison to the judaic people front and front of Judae regarding the ELF and EPLF ^^

He couldn’t if he wanted to lol

😂​@@gidehabtay

😂😂😂😂😊

3-1. Eritrea Was leading for a few minutes. Henok Goitom scored

Why aren’t the players allowed to just go to other countries to play? I Remember when céspedes had a very arduous journey to oakland after he left Cuba then Mexico on his way to mlb. Just curious

@@Aeolus_ca I think it has to do with the governments sadly though I do remember a few years ago I think the MLB themselves tabled a resolution for a better immigration policy specifically for baseball players from cuba looking to go to the states but the trump regime didnt allow it to pass but I dont quite remember so my details may be off

That’s sad. I remember the the athletics announced Cespedes, fans started calling him the ‘cuban missle’ 🤣

North Korea also. Much unlike western propaganda, NK has good Youth training system, players playing and living in Europe or Japan, prior to the total sanction.

@@afcHalifax-xy5uu I'm not sure which western propaganda claimed that NK has bad football development systems. The issue has always been with Kim's oppressive leadership. His love of sports is well known, and it is logical that he would invest in areas (such as football) which can bring 'glory' to the republic.

In fact I believe Cuba now allows foreign based players to represent the national team (USSR and Poland allowed that in the 1980s).

Here in the Netherlands the Eritrean regime have a lot of supporters who are harassing a lot of Eritrean refugees.

​@@TSnake1982deportation is the solution