10 football rules you DIDN'T KNOW existed!

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @unisport
    @unisport  4 года назад +586

    *Check out this video next:*
    Crazy football rules from 1863! ruclips.net/video/VKi7aYGWD1s/видео.html

  • @akriti-drawingsandplants3063
    @akriti-drawingsandplants3063 4 года назад +4139

    Number 10: Goalkeeper should not hold the ball for more than 6 seconds
    Fifa taught me that

    • @CrazedGinja
      @CrazedGinja 4 года назад +28

      Not that it matters in fifa

    • @valorion1188
      @valorion1188 4 года назад +32

      @@CrazedGinja it was a joke man stfu

    • @tixidk2nd86
      @tixidk2nd86 4 года назад +2

      It’s 12

    • @amandabradley2488
      @amandabradley2488 4 года назад +5

      @@tixidk2nd86 it's not

    • @CancelPanyEditz
      @CancelPanyEditz 4 года назад +15

      @@amandabradley2488 ITS UNTILL THE ****** ref comes and gives a red card😅😂😂😂😂

  • @alonsobruni8131
    @alonsobruni8131 4 года назад +4865

    I knew the "you have to have at least 7 player" rule from Fifa. Yes, I tackle hard

  • @AnonymousLurker
    @AnonymousLurker 3 года назад +149

    3:26 i tried that in fifa because i was bored. 5 of my players had red cards and the game ended automatically. They gave me a message saying your team forfeited due to lack of players. It was wild!

    • @um.itsmaka9982
      @um.itsmaka9982 3 года назад +7

      How was a game of fifa against a bot doing something everyone has done before wild

    • @AnonymousLurker
      @AnonymousLurker 3 года назад +38

      @@um.itsmaka9982 stop hatin man if you have negativity towards me go take it somewhere else.

    • @robinmank3158
      @robinmank3158 3 года назад +5

      You also have a mode in fifa (kick-off) that you can play 'without rules', so you can tackle as much as you like! No cards given, whatsoever! It's basically a fight with a ball on a field instead of a football match 🤣

    • @rockwild737
      @rockwild737 2 года назад

      Wow. So wild. So wow. Wild.

    • @AnonymousLurker
      @AnonymousLurker 2 года назад

      @@rockwild737 I know right so wild I f**ked your mom

  • @darylthomas7317
    @darylthomas7317 4 года назад +7310

    I think everyone knows the 6 second rule because of fifa.

    • @TheHitman999
      @TheHitman999 4 года назад +80

      haha right 😂😂

    • @unknown11215
      @unknown11215 4 года назад +26

      🤣🤣👍

    • @masroorahmadbani1712
      @masroorahmadbani1712 4 года назад +21

      Right

    • @Hoop-dd4im
      @Hoop-dd4im 4 года назад +15

      Yep

    • @adam_playz4960
      @adam_playz4960 4 года назад +63

      😅Yup Although the keepers hold it for longer, if it forces me to kick it I give it to my Centre backs and flick it up and head it back to my keeper😅

  • @justinfernandes5017
    @justinfernandes5017 4 года назад +4699

    Who knows about the six second rule from FIFA ?

  • @AzakielRuns
    @AzakielRuns 3 года назад +521

    The GK's hold the ball for more than 6 seconds in almost every game, but I rarely see the opposite team get an indirect freekick because of it.

    • @HolyNEvil666
      @HolyNEvil666 3 года назад +39

      because noone cares about that rule. and it's so disappointing.

    • @patrickmccutcheon9361
      @patrickmccutcheon9361 3 года назад +4

      Saw it happen to an Italian goalkeeper in I think the 1996 Euros.

    • @damyr
      @damyr 3 года назад +6

      I really doubt it's so often like you say. As I have a mild OCD regarding particular things, every match I watch, whether on TV or live, I start counting seconds (in my mind) whenever I see a goalie holding the ball. It's just a thing I do. LOL
      Sometimes it happens they're holding it maybe 6-7 seconds, but very rarely. Few times I saw they overdid it, by few seconds more, the ref was pretty quick to judge an indirect kick. And those few times I saw that happened was in the first few years since the rule was introduced. I think goalies today are pretty aware of that rule and they don't want to risk it.

    • @damyr
      @damyr 3 года назад +6

      @Inigo Montoya Nope. Definitely not when they're holding the ball in their hands and the play is still on. Yellow card happens only when they're reluctant to return the ball into the play during a goal kick, or during a throw-in.

    • @pulguinha682
      @pulguinha682 3 года назад +1

      I think I have seen it happen, but the keeper had the ball for almost a minute before that

  • @dannywolf8100
    @dannywolf8100 4 года назад +3004

    every sunday league player knows the 7 player rule... we had some close calls in the past xD

    • @nightfury8440
      @nightfury8440 4 года назад +164

      Fooking Lenny, always 15 minutes late.

    • @frederickedeh8664
      @frederickedeh8664 4 года назад +53

      No one ever shows up early

    • @reshad3290
      @reshad3290 4 года назад +34

      Danny Wolf we lose 5-4 with 7 vs 11 it was the highest Amateur league in my state

    • @dannywolf8100
      @dannywolf8100 4 года назад +3

      @@reshad3290 thats a close one as well!

    • @reshad3290
      @reshad3290 4 года назад +1

      Danny Wolf i retired 2years now

  • @Zikooo29
    @Zikooo29 4 года назад +2478

    Unwritten rule: the two best could never EVER be in the same team.

    • @balwan4679
      @balwan4679 4 года назад +109

      Oh My Goal posted a video about Messi in Juventus and then deleted it

    • @ElyriNL
      @ElyriNL 4 года назад +8

      Donermeneer je naam is nice

    • @Zikooo29
      @Zikooo29 4 года назад +9

      @@ElyriNL ja toch

    • @haydarmat
      @haydarmat 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/_zteE1ihaF4/видео.html

    • @siyabongasayi7570
      @siyabongasayi7570 4 года назад +1

      😆😆😆

  • @Captain_Mckeggor
    @Captain_Mckeggor Год назад +36

    Here's one I learned in the 2022 Qatar world cup tournament : a coach can also get a red card and has to sit with the audience in the next match as was the case with the south korean coach.

  • @AbhisarRawat
    @AbhisarRawat 4 года назад +1258

    You forgot the most important!
    You are more important than anyone if you have brought football!!

  • @seif136
    @seif136 4 года назад +2033

    One more rule: you must wear shinpads during the match

    • @j7sportvideo24
      @j7sportvideo24 4 года назад +39

      kroos wasn't wearing any vs sweden in world cup wasn't he?

    • @maartenclercx4720
      @maartenclercx4720 4 года назад +179

      @@j7sportvideo24 small ones, high up his shin. They served no other function then following this rule.

    • @bodyer2120
      @bodyer2120 4 года назад +7

      Jack Grealish of Aston Villa never wears shinpads.

    • @seif136
      @seif136 4 года назад +54

      @@bodyer2120 he does but the smallest posible

    • @fenianlewis
      @fenianlewis 4 года назад +74

      Yep. It doesn't specify material, size or anything else. So there's a famous incident where a Scotland player(Ian Durrant) did not expect to be called off the bench, so he hadn't prepared his shin pads. Well, he got game time and needed them so he grabbed 2 Mars Bars and put them in his socks. Totally legal and within the rules.
      So for players like Kroos with "no shin pads", they just wear a very small thin piece of material under some tape and call that their shin guard. In all practical sense it isn't a shin guard but according to the rules, it counts.

  • @Filsantos86
    @Filsantos86 2 года назад +33

    There was a match in Brazilian second division between Gremio and Nautico, in 2005, where four players of Gremio where sent off during the match, so commentators started to explain that if one more player of the team was sent off, the match would have ended. Curiously, Gremio won that match by 1x0, and they scored when the four players were already sent out.

    • @AmirBrooks
      @AmirBrooks Год назад +1

      There's also the infamous Battle of Bramall Lane where the home team (Sheffield United) had 3 players sent off and then had 2 players injured but they couldn't replace them as they had already used all their substitutes. This meant they ended up with 6 players on the pitch and the ref had to abandon the game. The away team (West Brom) were leading 3-0 at the time, and the league allowed the result to stand.

  • @alessandroalbani8793
    @alessandroalbani8793 3 года назад +910

    im italian and i remember that in the italian minor championship a team named PRO PIACENZA didn’t have money to pay their players, so the players stopped to play for them and they couldn’t play for 3 or 4 games and they had to forfeit all of them. then it was decided that if they missed another match they would have been automatically relegated. And to do not relegate they played with only 7 players, and the players were the sports massagers, the coach and some unknown persons who they paid to play that match😂

    • @nimascolari1508
      @nimascolari1508 3 года назад +35

      I remember this.

    • @antoooa8664
      @antoooa8664 3 года назад +3

      😁😁

    • @Plectognath
      @Plectognath 3 года назад +18

      That’s awesome.

    • @revonfyll
      @revonfyll 3 года назад +41

      Arent you supposed to have an official license of some sort to be able to play a game? Can a team just assign random unregistered people to play a match?

    • @Plectognath
      @Plectognath 3 года назад +38

      @@revonfyll According to the laws that the referee is under, all he needs is a roster, and a minimum of 7? players to start a match at any level. I believe the team has two hours before kick off to submit the roster. Now in this case there may have been some sort of insurance thing so they chose to use their own employees as opposed to selecting amateur players.

  • @0ookii0
    @0ookii0 3 года назад +1680

    This is a rule that 99.99% of players don't know: You can't fake an injury to get a free kick.

    • @DogeSargeant
      @DogeSargeant 3 года назад +190

      "No shut up, you can't stop me from faking my injury"
      -Football players, probably

    • @finnxc8055
      @finnxc8055 3 года назад +109

      @@DogeSargeant neymar lol

    • @nataliamemo6190
      @nataliamemo6190 3 года назад +8

      #neymarfails

    • @HolyNEvil666
      @HolyNEvil666 3 года назад +81

      It used to be a yellow card... sad to see everyone fakes it nowadays. so disappointing to see them fall because another player breathed in their direction.

    • @chriscurtain1816
      @chriscurtain1816 3 года назад +29

      Player feels a brush of the arm. Goes down holding his face.

  • @sylvesterlalzahawma5983
    @sylvesterlalzahawma5983 3 года назад +71

    "You can start the game with 7 players". Tell this to Fifa career mode

  • @Mission_Hope
    @Mission_Hope 4 года назад +399

    If the football is yours, you are the rule (Childhood rules)

    • @gamerboyss5310
      @gamerboyss5310 3 года назад +1

      you make the rules

    • @aimanharith1248
      @aimanharith1248 3 года назад

      😂😂🤣

    • @cartercartwright6849
      @cartercartwright6849 3 года назад +20

      It was the worst feeling when when you brought a football but someone else also did and they say the other kid’s football was better

    • @chriscurtain1816
      @chriscurtain1816 3 года назад

      Jumpers for goalposts.

    • @Mariusss100.
      @Mariusss100. 3 года назад +10

      if you are fat you are the goalkeeper

  • @ali12dbz
    @ali12dbz 4 года назад +1345

    another RULE ; ZLATAN DOESN'T FOLLOW RULES , Rules follow ZLATAN

  • @Trev359
    @Trev359 3 года назад +87

    Most of these we've know for years. I remember when the six second rule for goalkeepers was brought in. It was widely talked about at the time. Before that goalkeepers could hold onto the ball as long as they liked but could only take four steps. Because they delayed so long the six second rule was brought in and the four steps rule was removed. I remember because I was a goalkeeper at the time.

    • @helvete983
      @helvete983 2 года назад +4

      I remember there was a bit of a fuss when it was introduced, and recall seeing Neville Southall punished for breaking it playing for Everton against Leeds at Elland Road.

    • @johnjim6793
      @johnjim6793 2 года назад +2

      The rule was applied during the Euro 1988 opener, as I recall, when Germany scored from a free kick that was given because the Italian goalkeeper held the ball too long.

  • @jaroncadogan4950
    @jaroncadogan4950 4 года назад +768

    funny how neymar immediatly gets up when he realizes the red card is given 2:02

    • @curiouscat9
      @curiouscat9 3 года назад +94

      It's not even funny, it's a regular occurrence in football. Such cheats should be banned for at least a couple of games, otherwise this farce will never stop.

    • @darylthomas7317
      @darylthomas7317 3 года назад +10

      That was a tackle the defender missed, didnt get the ball was too slow, tripped neymar in a goalscoring position. Is he supposed to stay dead? Its abt who gets to the ball first, if he had gotten the ball even if neymar rolled over 50 times he wouldnt get the foul. Stop bitching

    • @honsou1978dk
      @honsou1978dk 3 года назад +40

      Unfortunately that's how football have developed because of the insane amounts of money involved: players act like they've been SHOT even when they are barely touched. It's sad.

    • @davidjr4903
      @davidjr4903 3 года назад +12

      divemar

    • @Alex-qd7ly
      @Alex-qd7ly 3 года назад +6

      Cuz he’s a big faker

  • @chrisnoskillsexperienceday9421
    @chrisnoskillsexperienceday9421 4 года назад +1029

    Rule 1: a player must put his foot on the ball and say “dead ball” when a car comes up the street

    • @pizzariya544
      @pizzariya544 4 года назад +5

      Mayda Streiff maybe it was meant to be tackling

    • @zakyalfarel4004
      @zakyalfarel4004 3 года назад +7

      Accidently got flashback lolz

    • @seanmacguire.
      @seanmacguire. 3 года назад +25

      Where I'm from we just yell out car

    • @jacobzosangliana8443
      @jacobzosangliana8443 3 года назад +22

      Rule 2: If a team gets 3 consecutive corner kicks and concede another fourth, it becomes a penalty kick.

    • @jackkenefick2696
      @jackkenefick2696 3 года назад

      hold ball

  • @TheBazino
    @TheBazino 3 года назад +56

    Yeah the 6 second rule is - unfortunately - almost never enforced. That would totally change the game.

    • @ribbonsofnight
      @ribbonsofnight 2 года назад +1

      On the other hand have you ever seen it get far beyond 6 seconds since that rule. It has definitely reduced the amount of time goalkeepers retain possession. A time limit for goal kicks would be a much higher priority.

  • @allenescalante2858
    @allenescalante2858 4 года назад +392

    Only Sunday league players know about the 7 player rule😂😂😂😂

    • @romiarkan450
      @romiarkan450 4 года назад +2

      @ZorX 07 Basically if your team don't have a minimum of 7 players on the pitch during the match, you will be declared forfeit. Final score is 3-0 to the winning team.

    • @Miraj1006
      @Miraj1006 4 года назад +4

      @ZorX 07 did u watch the video?

    • @avalentin763
      @avalentin763 4 года назад +1

      That reminds me my High school team 😂

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi 4 года назад +2

      @@romiarkan450 in FIFA if you get five red cards you lose 2-0.

    • @bokicinosmeh
      @bokicinosmeh 4 года назад +1

      I've been knowing that
      the
      That

  • @mandilakhemfoboza9432
    @mandilakhemfoboza9432 4 года назад +309

    In addition to 10 Rules: A player has to change a TORN or BLOODY jersey during the game.

    • @noodlesthe1st
      @noodlesthe1st 4 года назад +16

      also bleeding must stop before the player can continue. Have had this apply in one or two games.

    • @akewlen2888
      @akewlen2888 3 года назад +5

      I remember the game that gave us that rule. Sweden v England WC qualifier 89.
      Terry Butcher (suiting name), split his head open, got patched up a bit and kept playing. His shirt was more red than white after the game.
      Also remember refs made us tuck our shirts in , when I played as a kid.

    • @Networth99
      @Networth99 3 года назад +2

      This is an obvious rule. This episode covers rules you never knew existed

    • @footyfan569
      @footyfan569 3 года назад

      Who didn’t know that

    • @presentationclass6414
      @presentationclass6414 3 года назад

      This is one rule for you because you obviously don't know the game well enough: They aren't faking injury; they're making sur the ref sees they've been fouled. And of course, some will pretend they're fouled when they aren't.

  • @dmitriym1153
    @dmitriym1153 3 года назад +17

    Even some pro players forget this rule. When you doing a penalty kick, after you kick the ball you are not allowed to touch the ball again before other player touch it. So if you hit the post from a penalty kick and GK didnt touch it and ball bounce back to you, you are not allowed to touch the ball and score.

    • @juliohernanz5871
      @juliohernanz5871 3 года назад +4

      Exactly. This is because a penalty is, technically, a free kick and follow the same rules.

    • @SangerZonvolt
      @SangerZonvolt 3 года назад +5

      Another one for penalties: You arent required to shoot at the goal, only to kick the ball forward. You can technically kick the ball forward 1 meter and someone else coming in from behind can shoot now. Of course this is risky, usually not worth it and rarely used, but there have been examples of this strat being used in pro plays.

    • @helvete983
      @helvete983 2 года назад

      I don't think they forget the rule I think it's a split second reaction.

  • @Ixvybobo
    @Ixvybobo 4 года назад +354

    Weird rule: You can’t place 1 hand behind the ball with a throw in, but the referee isn’t allowed to disapprove it.

    • @brandonmcandrew4859
      @brandonmcandrew4859 4 года назад

      @Robert Owen Nope that is a rule most refs at most age groups will let it slide though

    • @Erri_17
      @Erri_17 4 года назад +1

      @Robert Owen Also both foot should be on ground, meaning you can't jump while giving a throw-in.

    • @delj450
      @delj450 4 года назад +1

      I've been taught that since I started (2.5 year old) the rules refs may let slide for young kids are stepping over line and lifting foot. At the level I play (high school varsity) as soon as you break one (really rare) other team gets throw in

    • @Erri_17
      @Erri_17 4 года назад

      @@delj450 yes, didn't want to sound angry. Sorry if I did. I just wanted to add something you didn't mention.

    • @lukecliffe7096
      @lukecliffe7096 4 года назад

      @@delj450 that's the same with every senior football, there's no need to brag about how long you have been playing, I've played 10 years and I'm playing with men 7 years older than me but I don't brag. Trust me when people with less experience sometimes tends to know more yet have less experience

  • @andr392a
    @andr392a 4 года назад +17

    I'm a goalie myself and knew about the 6 second rule. I once played against a team with a keeper who would continuously waste time by holding the ball in his hands. Towards the end of the game I started counting to six loudly and was bookee for unsportsmanlike conduct. I did not know about this rule.

    • @pedromata133
      @pedromata133 4 года назад

      When our team would be down and the opposing keep took long I would count the seconds to try and get a free kick out of him. Lol

  • @nepsu4775
    @nepsu4775 3 года назад +22

    I’ve actually played in a match with the other team only having 7 players. It was the last game of the season and we won like 14-0 or something and went from 2nd place to 1st place.

    • @user-rc6uq4jb3j
      @user-rc6uq4jb3j 3 года назад

      Win trade?

    • @trenkys9327
      @trenkys9327 3 года назад +4

      I was officiating a U17 match where the visitors arrived with just 7 guys because of 'rona. They lost their previous 2 with a score of 14:0 and 12:0, home team let them borrow 4 of their guys so we could play 11v11, ended up beeing a really nice game, home won 6:1 😂

    • @christopherborum6551
      @christopherborum6551 2 года назад

      I coached my son's team last year and we played a few with 9 and 8, but never 7. We had to be careful, though!

  • @stonebanks6521
    @stonebanks6521 4 года назад +156

    3:04 this actually happened to my opponents's team once

    • @unisport
      @unisport  4 года назад +18

      Crazy! Never experienced that in my career, haha.

    • @coleashby2465
      @coleashby2465 4 года назад +1

      This happened to our social team twice last season🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @toapologise825
      @toapologise825 4 года назад

      Happened to me as well, as it was a 7vs7 game 😁

    • @Ialoveslr
      @Ialoveslr 4 года назад +2

      Happens all the time on Sunday league here in the usa

    • @sotiris9874
      @sotiris9874 4 года назад +2

      @@toapologise825 Haha u are very funny 🤦‍♂️ *not*

  • @maugt0567
    @maugt0567 4 года назад +182

    Goalkeepers are the only ones that can say "mine"

    • @brandonl4914
      @brandonl4914 4 года назад +4

      Not necessarily true. As long as it isn't used to trick an opponent, it's fine. A keeper can technically get a card for yelling it too, but it is rarely called and a keeper isn't usually doing it to deceive opponents.

    • @JoeToebe
      @JoeToebe 4 года назад +3

      @@brandonl4914 wut, where did you get this information? Players aren't allowed to say mine in any scenario and goalkeepers actually have to, to protect themselves. Speaking from my own experience with referees in my matches btw. Don't know the exact rules.

    • @NowImInOverMyHead
      @NowImInOverMyHead 4 года назад +1

      Up until about 2017 - no player is aloud to say or words to the effect of ‘mine’ according the fifa rule book. GKs are no aloud to either in the uk gks are taught to call ‘KEEPERS’ or your name preferably keepers. I don’t know if it’s been changed since then

    • @dannyboy4411
      @dannyboy4411 4 года назад +3

      Not a rule

    • @richmorton2052
      @richmorton2052 4 года назад +3

      dannyboy4411 Calling out ‘mine’ is ungentlemanly conduct

  • @stylishlyheartless979
    @stylishlyheartless979 2 года назад +5

    As a ref there weren’t any i didn’t know, but it was interesting, especially getting a refresher for some of the FIFA rules since a lot of them aren’t used in local and state comps that I’m usually involved with. But it was a good video and nice and informative all the same.

  • @doguozdemir9789
    @doguozdemir9789 4 года назад +34

    7 Players Rule is very well known in Turkey for two reasons. There had been a Derby Match between two archrivals in which one team had to start the game with 7 players and won the game. A more recent incident took place in 2003-2004 season where 5 players of a team were sent off and that caused immediate termination of the game.

    • @johnmelton4940
      @johnmelton4940 Год назад

      Hello Doğu, which match is it in the 2003-2004? Can you write it here?

  • @Guest-vm6uw
    @Guest-vm6uw 2 месяца назад +1

    Congrats 🎉 on hitting 5 million subs unisport :) your my favourite channel. My favourite moment is when you helped us all learn 45 skills it has helped me and are some amazing skills

  • @unisport
    @unisport  4 года назад +124

    What are the *most hilarious football rules* you know? 💬

    • @riyanrahim2112
      @riyanrahim2112 4 года назад +54

      offside coz i cant explain it to my gf

    • @manikkarmokar5863
      @manikkarmokar5863 4 года назад +2

      Come at Bashundhara kings

    • @ghg4601
      @ghg4601 4 года назад +7

      offside I hate that thing

    • @amarahmed4931
      @amarahmed4931 4 года назад +13

      If u shoot or pass and ur shoes got off, the other team will be rewarded a foul. That's why every player make sure that he/she has their boots tight on to their legs.

    • @ordinarydoge8559
      @ordinarydoge8559 4 года назад +2

      offside becuase i hate it

  • @nerdygal-
    @nerdygal- 4 года назад +218

    3:50
    "Number 6. No attacking players closer than 1m from the wall."
    ...
    I thought attacking players wasnt allowed in the first place.

    • @dfw4866
      @dfw4866 3 года назад +1

      Me too

    • @masked_kwd5
      @masked_kwd5 3 года назад +3

      It means that it your team has a free kick they shouldn't mingle with the wall

    • @MixR700
      @MixR700 3 года назад +11

      @@masked_kwd5 r/whoosh

    • @OzanBurada
      @OzanBurada 3 года назад +1

      Well, they couldstill stand next to wall. Now they can't.

    • @danielgagnon2355
      @danielgagnon2355 3 года назад +5

      thats why now days refs have those spray cans

  • @thefoe76
    @thefoe76 3 года назад +91

    Strange rule: player has no obligation to be substituted. Player can ignore couch in this matter!

    • @damagon123
      @damagon123 3 года назад +39

      Until the wife gets upset at night then he must face the couch.

    • @monarkal2924
      @monarkal2924 3 года назад +31

      This is kepa’s favorite rule

    • @flparcj
      @flparcj 3 года назад +19

      Look for Santos x Santo Andre, final match of Sao Paulo State League in 2010. Santos' player Paulo Henrique Ganso refused to be substituted, and just stayed on field. He ended up as the hero of the team in that game.

    • @thedictationofallah
      @thedictationofallah 3 года назад +1

      kepa did that

    • @smallworld707
      @smallworld707 3 года назад

      I don't have a couch so the joke's on you...

  • @joeymacpherson5365
    @joeymacpherson5365 4 года назад +47

    6:48 why does his face look purple

  • @TYTHEOWL
    @TYTHEOWL 4 года назад +84

    The rulebook states 6 seconds, but as a referee, we're advised to allow anywhere from 6 to a maximum of 13 as long as we take the situation and context into consideration

    • @jasonm456
      @jasonm456 4 года назад +6

      Why don’t they change the rulebook to say that? This rule seems to never be enforced no matter how long a keeper holds the ball

    • @cowboycurtis2229
      @cowboycurtis2229 4 года назад +28

      @@jasonm456 because if they change the law to say "anywhere from 6-13 seconds", then referees would be advised to allow up to probably 20 seconds. The extra allowance is what we call a trifling offense... it doesn't really impact the game, so we let it go. Of course, it all depends on the context of the match... if it's early on and no one cares since it's 0-0, then we don't insert ourselves into the game. But if it's late in a 1-0 game and it's obviously a time-wasting tactic, then we'll call it, but otherwise, no harm no foul.

    • @adams5468
      @adams5468 4 года назад +1

      once i got yellow for counting out loud after goalie caught the ball.
      clogging the play by holding the ball does influence it by favouring weaker physically team or the team leading

    • @kithutchinson6819
      @kithutchinson6819 4 года назад +1

      @@adams5468 You should have gotten a yellow card for dissent. Most of the time when players do count aloud, they are counting too fast.

    • @kithutchinson6819
      @kithutchinson6819 4 года назад +2

      It was put into place to prevent time wasting. If a team is behind, let them waste time. They are only hurting themselves.

  • @davidnelson158
    @davidnelson158 3 года назад +62

    Yellow card for removing shirt is due to sponsors getting upset players were taking off the shirts when they are likely to get the most tv coverage (straight after a goal).

    • @HeiBwitch
      @HeiBwitch 3 года назад +8

      Is that so ? :o I always thought it was about some decency or so...

    • @garethcrandon2312
      @garethcrandon2312 3 года назад +11

      @@HeiBwitch it is. David just made it up for attention!

    • @serathaevistille995
      @serathaevistille995 3 года назад +6

      If that's true then I think it's even dumber than I already thought it was.

    • @Life-Sky
      @Life-Sky 3 года назад +1

      @@serathaevistille995 Players would sometimes use different shirt under with messages or just do innapropriate celebrations without the shirt, I think it's a good rule.

    • @brisden
      @brisden 2 года назад

      Denny, I was told it was so the player could be identified by number. When you see the entire team take off their shirts this is a prelude to an all-in brawl!

  • @truefadi2717
    @truefadi2717 4 года назад +265

    Who knew rule number 10 from fifa 😂

  • @superhoney5397
    @superhoney5397 3 года назад +195

    Fun fact: I got a goal disallowed because one of my teammates was sent off just as I scored

    • @BranMan10
      @BranMan10 3 года назад +11

      Foul in the build up play, no goal 🙅‍♂️

    • @andrewsmith9174
      @andrewsmith9174 3 года назад +18

      Then you didn’t score, there was a foul and play was stopped before you scored. Play cannot resume until the booking is completed. In the case of a fast restart following a cardable offense, the booking is made when play is stopped again.

    • @100percentSNAFU
      @100percentSNAFU 3 года назад +1

      I've seen that happen. Happened once to my team when one of our forward players picked an opposing defender and knocked him to the ground right as the shot was being taken.

    • @JedForge
      @JedForge 3 года назад +2

      My best goal ever, that I was more proud of than any of the other 3 (I was usually a defender or defensive mid) was disallowed due to one of my teammates getting tangled up with the opposing gk on a corner. It was kind of a late call, though in retrospect the correct call. Of the 3 that counted, my first was one where my first touch was too heavy (ala Lukaku), but as I ran to chase it, the smaller kid on defense was intimidated and didn't play the ball which allowed me to continue and take the shot. The goal keeper managed to get an arm on it but it still went in. Even at that age, I felt bad for the other kid so never really felt like I earned it. My second goal was off a corner where the ball found its way to me. I settled and took the shot, but instead of going directly to the open goal spot, it went through a ton of other players and found the other side of the net. It may have looked good from the sidelines, but wasn't what I had intended and was really lucky to have not hit another player lol. My final goal that counted was more a "clean up goal". My teammate who had the ball on a breakaway steal collided with a defender trying to make a tackle. The ball bounced to me and I took the shot. The goalkeeper got a hand on it, but it had enough power to trickle into the goal. Ah the memories ... and to think I let one bad game make me quit for good (until pickup games in college anyway). One of my biggest regrets.

    • @lestermount3287
      @lestermount3287 3 года назад

      how does a player get sent off while the ball is live?

  • @r0se_Aryan
    @r0se_Aryan 3 года назад +1

    Love these videos bruh

  • @silviomp
    @silviomp 4 года назад +4

    Some cases are so rare that I had never heard of most of the rules mentioned in this video. Thanks!

  • @machelvet9594
    @machelvet9594 4 года назад +6

    5:28 This is probably the most confusing one, since it had been recently changed to "choosing the side only!" in 2015/16 and now 2019/20 it's changed back to be able to choose the side or the ball.
    the team that wins the toss of a coin decides which goal to attack in the first half OR to take the kick-off (from Laws of the Game 2019/20)
    a coin is tossed and the team that wins the toss decides which goal it will attack in the first half of the match (from Laws of the Game 2015/2016)

    • @delj450
      @delj450 4 года назад

      machelvet if you win coin toss pick sides because the sun and wind have effects on the game

    • @machelvet9594
      @machelvet9594 4 года назад +1

      @@delj450 In general that would be the wise choice except you know about or have special circumstances.
      E.g. If you know the opponent's keeper is half asleep at the beginning of the game, or always starts the game at the edge of his penalty area. Or the opposing team has not all the players on the field yet because they are late etc. There are sometimes reasons to choose the ball (in Sunday leagues).
      But in general I share your sentiment.

  • @noblezarkon
    @noblezarkon 2 года назад +6

    Refereeing a junior match I sent off one of the captains for an obscene gesture at the coin toss!! In that circumstance he can be replaced by a substitute.

  • @Dr.Reactor
    @Dr.Reactor 4 года назад +11

    2:09 That was super

  • @Moribax85
    @Moribax85 4 года назад +25

    Robbie Fowler taught me that you can't snort the border lines during a game :D

    • @karldyke5029
      @karldyke5029 3 года назад

      Do you know the story behind that?

    • @iank2615
      @iank2615 3 года назад +1

      @@karldyke5029 Everton supporters were spreading rumours he did cocaine, so when he scored against them he pretended to snort the goal line.

  • @DerKiesch
    @DerKiesch 3 года назад +9

    Back in the day when I played football, we actually once started a game with just 7 players, since otherwise we would have had to pay a fine.

  • @ruymenezes4940
    @ruymenezes4940 4 года назад +24

    number 10: I've never seen a goalkeeper holding the ball for less than 6sec.

  • @shortclips1939
    @shortclips1939 4 года назад +39

    Well I think every1 know rule 8
    5:29

    • @Miraj1006
      @Miraj1006 4 года назад

      Not me, what do they mean by attack the goal?

    • @juanka96jv
      @juanka96jv 4 года назад

      XMGX basically, you get to decide which goal your team tries to score in the first half.

    • @shortclips1939
      @shortclips1939 4 года назад +2

      @@Miraj1006 it means if you won the toss
      It's your wish to choose weather you take the ball and start or you give the opponents the ball and choose the side you want to score..

  • @codingisinteresting
    @codingisinteresting 3 года назад +7

    "You can be stopped from playing even before the match starts if you behave like a complete fool." This got me alright.

  • @JoseSilva-qf3my
    @JoseSilva-qf3my 3 года назад +3

    1:32 you actually can be sent off at any time as soon the player list for that game is made official. Even after the game is finished you can see a red card. In the Portuguese league it is actually not unusual, after a big derby, too have players seeing a red card by fighting in the tunnels or in the dressing rooms.

  • @ericedwards3055
    @ericedwards3055 3 года назад +3

    2 additions to these:
    As for number 3 if you get sent off BEFORE the game then you can not play, but your team does NOT have to play short. You can also get sent off for punching a teammate.

    • @trenkys9327
      @trenkys9327 3 года назад +1

      Yep...also according to the rules you should be booked for insulting your teammates just the same as with the opponent

    • @geoffreyhooker9005
      @geoffreyhooker9005 2 года назад

      and if he hits you back, you are both sent off

  • @kensavage7657
    @kensavage7657 2 года назад +21

    1:30 - As an addendum, you can also be sent off AFTER the game ends.
    The authority of the referee begins when he enters the game area and only ends after he leaves. This is why you'll, normally, see referees standing, in the middle of the pitch, at the end of the game. Part of the referee's remit is to ensure the safety of all players. So, they're meant to hang around until both teams have, safely, departed the field of play. During the entire time, they have their full authority and disciplinary powers.
    In practical terms, we (referees) rarely bother issuing cards for after game incidents. Every red card issued requires a document to be filled in, and submitted, explaining why the red card was issued. We can also fill in incident reports - which is what is preferred when dealing with after game incidents.

    • @toddrf
      @toddrf 2 года назад +1

      As a fellow referee, I thought about this as well.

    • @larrymorin4841
      @larrymorin4841 2 года назад

      Well, the ref might dish out a red card, but he/she cannot "send off" a player after the game has ended. Any negative effect of the red card would have to take place at a later game(s).

    • @karlrovey
      @karlrovey 2 года назад

      When I was in college (no longer playing, but still attended some games), the opposing keeper threw a sucker punch at my college's keeper following a season ending loss. He got a red card, but I don't know if there were even any consequences (this would have been the case if the keeper was in his final season of eligibility).

  • @youknowwho9203
    @youknowwho9203 3 года назад +8

    It’s hard to believe that the last two are rules, cause they’re never taken seriously and the referees don’t even bother.

  • @Shorts-yw6rh
    @Shorts-yw6rh 4 года назад +83

    First:you have to be in a club

  • @youngkwokching8379
    @youngkwokching8379 2 года назад

    Thank you, this is very informative

  • @paystation4pro15
    @paystation4pro15 4 года назад +16

    Thank god you put an arrow in the thumbnail. I was so lost before I saw it.

  • @danielfelix3927
    @danielfelix3927 4 года назад +29

    If you're fouled and get assistance from the medical staff, you have to leave the pitch. However, if the opponent who fouled you gets a yellow card, you can get medical aid without having to leave the pitch afterwards

    • @MrMattbiscuits1
      @MrMattbiscuits1 4 года назад +1

      Only if its quick

    • @loohpjames
      @loohpjames 4 года назад +2

      And if you are a goalkeeper you don't have to leave the field in any chase after a treatment

    • @youknowme3311
      @youknowme3311 4 года назад

      I think you leave the pitch only if you get medical aid when the game was not interrupted by a foul. For example, the referee stops the game or the opposition throws the ball out in fair play, just so the player can get medical aid.

  • @roydonhall9901
    @roydonhall9901 3 года назад +2

    Great Video. I thought however that Football had Laws and not "Rules"

  • @seanpeters5039
    @seanpeters5039 3 года назад +7

    Hehehe when he says “ I’ll give you a bit of time”, with his accent it sounds like “ I’ll give you beat off time”.

  • @adeshmishra3502
    @adeshmishra3502 4 года назад +80

    I just wanted to know that if I shout for pass when opponent have the possession and he thinks me as his teammate and passes will it be a foul or just against the spirit and fair play ?

    • @davidkwasi2306
      @davidkwasi2306 4 года назад +25

      The game will just continue 😂

    • @flixmincraft4405
      @flixmincraft4405 4 года назад +13

      And then imagine someone on the person with the balls team intercepts the pass and the other guy slide tackles the guy on his team LOL

    • @taliyy_
      @taliyy_ 4 года назад +13

      Its called speech play, ur not allowed

    • @kwanare
      @kwanare 4 года назад +15

      It is the same as shouting "leave it!", it is deceit & goes against the spirit of the game. Indirect free kick is awarded to the opposition.

    • @dansmolenski2159
      @dansmolenski2159 4 года назад +6

      In Law 12. A play must be cautioned for unsporting behavior if they "Verbally distracts an opponent during play"

  • @TheBoxingGuru0o0
    @TheBoxingGuru0o0 3 года назад

    Love ur vids 🔥🔥

  • @franzfriedrich4477
    @franzfriedrich4477 3 года назад +38

    The 6 second rule is pretty well known as far as I know. There is just no referee that calls it

    • @thewaterdraken7836
      @thewaterdraken7836 3 года назад

      It's only called if they hold for a really long time like 15+ seconds but if it's like 7 or 8 it won't get called

    • @franzfriedrich4477
      @franzfriedrich4477 3 года назад

      @@thewaterdraken7836 technically it has to be

    • @mbw4444
      @mbw4444 3 года назад +2

      @@thewaterdraken7836 Or if the Olympic Committee wants to boost their ratings so makes sure the US team benefits from it ; )

    • @ericedwards3055
      @ericedwards3055 3 года назад

      I've called it as a referee once or twice. It's usually a situation where keeper is taking 8 to 10 seconds or more and it's a really important game and the keeper that's wasting time is winning by a goal or it's tied.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 3 года назад

      It cost Canada the game against the U.S. in 2012 women's Olympic semi-final. Which resulted in a free kick, which resulted in a badly called hand ball, which resulted in a penalty, which resulted in a goal, which resulted in a tie, which resulted in extra time, which resulted in a U.S. goal, which resulted in the U.S. winning. 😂

  • @dantetbf
    @dantetbf 3 года назад +3

    3:13 "If for whatever reason"
    Yes I know, it has happened several times now

  • @MasiKarimi
    @MasiKarimi Год назад

    Thanks a lot for the info!

  • @yohamulugeta
    @yohamulugeta 4 года назад +27

    I think everyone that has fifa know abt the 6 second rule 😂

  • @wenguyu
    @wenguyu 3 года назад +15

    I'm watching uefa euro final right now. In the 86th minute, Pickford used his hand to hold the ball for more than 6 seconds but nothing bad happened to him.

    • @eriknetherlands3678
      @eriknetherlands3678 3 года назад +4

      Its not that harsh. Its just a way to make sure theres no time wasting

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 3 года назад

      They rarely enforce that rule. The one about attacking players not being allowed less than a metre from the wall isn't enforced, either. Denmark scored against England in the semi-final doing exactly that.

    • @SelvesteSand
      @SelvesteSand 3 года назад +3

      @@Revelian1982 No, Denmark players were a meter in front of the England players. They just looked like they were standing side by side from a head-on angle.

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 3 года назад

      @@SelvesteSand Fair enough.

  • @khaldoonaljerian8452
    @khaldoonaljerian8452 2 года назад

    Regardless of the content...This guy is confident...like a boss...and his accent...gives authenticity...awesome 😎

  • @PedroCruz-uu4be
    @PedroCruz-uu4be 4 года назад +6

    i wish refs were more strict with the last rule, like in futsal
    in futsal, if the keeper holds on to the ball for longer than 4 seconds, the refs call it out immediatly and an indirect free kick is given to the opposing team

    • @brandonmcandrew4859
      @brandonmcandrew4859 4 года назад

      I have never seen a keeper that has not broken the 6-sec rule no you may not want to see that

  • @davey2487
    @davey2487 2 года назад +4

    The third rule actually happened to me once. Got into a fight with one of the opponents during warmup and was sent off. He was sent off too though, for what he said to a teammate of mine (which was the reason for me to get into a fight with him).

  • @jennym7649
    @jennym7649 3 года назад

    You are the best!!!🔥🔥

  • @chazmaru9583
    @chazmaru9583 3 года назад +3

    Damn, I am old enough to remember when the 6 seconds rule was added and how big of a deal it was at the time. The idea that this would now somehow be an old forgotten rule is quite a kick in the nuts...

    • @100percentSNAFU
      @100percentSNAFU 3 года назад +1

      I am so old that rule didn't even exist until after I played. In my day it was the 4 step rule for goalkeepers and handling back passes were allowed.

    • @helvete983
      @helvete983 2 года назад +1

      Yeah I remember being at a Leeds game vs Everton and Neville Southall was just taking the piss, so the fans behind the goal started counting, and he got booked.

  • @phantomgold3255
    @phantomgold3255 4 года назад +4

    I didn't know unisport make these kinds of videos, for a second I thought this was *oh my goal's* video

  • @RixtronixLAB
    @RixtronixLAB 3 года назад

    Nice video, thanks :)

  • @manueltramarin4111
    @manueltramarin4111 4 года назад +5

    5:55 "the goalkeeper must not be moving" Joe Hart in 2016 vs Italy be like

    • @vlahell
      @vlahell 4 года назад

      They= the net or the post, not he, the keeper. The keeper can move as long as it is on the line. Ready more careful

  • @maastomarkku4107
    @maastomarkku4107 4 года назад +51

    Who else knew the 8th, because they are a captain

    • @akewlen2888
      @akewlen2888 3 года назад

      I knew it because I played in a club as a kid, but it's not a new rule, it's been around for decades. We or the opponents switched sides a lot of the time in the 80s and 90s, mainly to have the wind on our side.
      Not seeing anyone commenting on that made me feel like I somehow switched to an alternative timeliness, until I asked my dad who said that the rule's been around forever.

    • @MrJonny2324
      @MrJonny2324 3 года назад

      I know because I watch football. 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @RLom
      @RLom 3 года назад

      I don't believe that you have to be a captain. I think anyone who played soccer asks himself why the captains meet the referees before the game starts.

    • @paoshangne154
      @paoshangne154 3 года назад

      We self invented this rule and back then there was no Captain when we played as kids. Both teams gathered in circles and watch the toss.
      Don't ask me "how we selected the team without Captain"? We did lemon/orange 2 by 2... All orange one team, all lemon one team

    • @vonskyme9133
      @vonskyme9133 3 года назад

      @@akewlen2888 the rule for selecting sides has been around forever, what's new is that the winner of the toss can now choose to take the kickoff, and let the other side pick direction (although why they'd want to is beyond me).
      Previously if you followed the Law to the letter the side which lost the toss ALWAYS kicked off. At least, in theory - any losing captain who declined to choose direction if the winner offered it was mad!

  • @DartsGondel
    @DartsGondel 3 года назад +6

    As a kid, I played in a small town in Germany. We often simple only had 6 or 7 kids available so we all knew about that rule. When we started with 7 players, no one was allowed to risk a red card 😂

  • @yournan8636
    @yournan8636 3 года назад +8

    6:33
    Is it just me or is his face purple😂

    • @AbdulQaadirAllie
      @AbdulQaadirAllie 3 года назад

      The one right under u is from almost a year ago and it is the exact same as your one from a week ago idk bout u but it looks like ya copied

    • @HL_B3NNYSN1PZX
      @HL_B3NNYSN1PZX 2 года назад

      Oh yeah

  • @vrizkvrizk3401
    @vrizkvrizk3401 4 года назад +14

    Rule 11 : you'll get a red card by kicking someone chest, except the player you kicked is Materazzi

  • @tomsmith5584
    @tomsmith5584 2 года назад

    3:03 On November 28, 2021, Belenenses started a Primera Liga match against Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal with just 9 players on the pitch because of COVID. The match was abandoned shortly after halftime with Benfica leading 7-0 when three of the Belenenses players left "injured" and no one could substitute for them.

  • @christex3143
    @christex3143 4 года назад +6

    Let’s see what I remember from being a grade 7 ref 8 years ago.
    Edit: did not know the new ones.

  • @noahnightking
    @noahnightking 3 года назад +3

    It’s weird to think these rules could actually slip in pro matches because there’s a chance nobody will even think they existed

    • @HarryMaguire69
      @HarryMaguire69 3 года назад

      @england vs denmark. Eeeehm damsgaard free kick hhhmmhmmh

  • @gonzalotapia1250
    @gonzalotapia1250 2 года назад +1

    Before the 6 second rule, the goalie could keep the ball for as long as he wished, but could only make 3 steps. This is the behavior in FIFA 99 and around

  • @noahheath1442
    @noahheath1442 4 года назад +53

    Me: *reads title*
    Also me: ronaldo getting a yellow card is an unknown rule

  • @cristinaarnold700
    @cristinaarnold700 4 года назад +12

    I knew about the coin toss rule and the 6 second rule but the others I didnt know

  • @leodona3110
    @leodona3110 3 года назад

    i love how u explain everything with every little detail

  • @clivethereddevil3178
    @clivethereddevil3178 3 года назад +3

    5:37 why were the centre spots so big ?

  • @daniroze4157
    @daniroze4157 4 года назад +22

    One more rule: If all your outfield player celebrate a goal outside the field, the opposition can start the game back immediately

    • @Nicolas-sn4vt
      @Nicolas-sn4vt 4 года назад +1

      Partly true.

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi 4 года назад

      @@Nicolas-sn4vt It's totally true, but it doesn't even have to be all of them. If your defenders are behind the half way line, and everyone else is outside the field, they're allowed to take the kick off.

    • @dramirhussainsb986
      @dramirhussainsb986 4 года назад +1

      They can restart the game from 00:00 time. Right?

    • @dramirhussainsb986
      @dramirhussainsb986 4 года назад

      @@Jivvi but why this rule? Also why these two rules?

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi 4 года назад +3

      @@dramirhussainsb986 The rule is that you can't kick off until everyone is onside. All of your own team in your half, and the other team in their half. Anyone outside the field doesn't count, which is always the case in the offside rule (that's why offside traps work).
      There isn't an actual rule about staying inside the field after a goal, it's just a product of the rule about kick-offs and the offside rule.

  • @DennisVlaanderen
    @DennisVlaanderen 3 года назад +1

    HEre's another fun one.
    During a penalty kick-out there can no substitutions made. The players that are on field at the end must finish the kick-out. This means that if a goalie gets sent off with a red during penalties another player has to act as a goalkeeper in his stead. The opposing team will not have to reduce the amount of penalty-taking players.

    • @vonskyme9133
      @vonskyme9133 3 года назад +1

      All correct but the last bit - if someone is sent off during penalties the other team must reduce their penalty takers too (the relevant wording says 'or during' the shootout).
      This is actually a benefit for the team having to nominate someone, as they can choose their weakest kick.
      As a bonus info - yellow cards from the match do not carry into the shootout. You need two yellows in the shootout itself to be sent off.

  • @mille-
    @mille- 4 года назад +8

    4:44 my home in the background LoL its in denmark

    • @blackhokage1744
      @blackhokage1744 4 года назад +1

      wow rily?

    • @mille-
      @mille- 4 года назад +1

      @@blackhokage1744 YEP

    • @kuba1-m7i
      @kuba1-m7i 2 года назад +1

      i live in denmark but i’m mostly from russia

  • @sudeeppoudel6663
    @sudeeppoudel6663 3 года назад +3

    0:56
    Anyone here after it happened to ronaldo?

  • @technologyinformation7959
    @technologyinformation7959 2 года назад

    Very informative

  • @tn8430
    @tn8430 3 года назад +4

    5:14 the player scoring the own goal in that clip is Lee Dixon. Fifa 21 players know who it is

    • @chrysk226
      @chrysk226 3 года назад

      u mean FIFA players👌🏼

  • @joselizano7608
    @joselizano7608 2 года назад +3

    I once watch the first match of our local championship, it was 2 low ranking teams.
    Through stupidity one team earned 4 red cars and was down 3+ goals.
    After the last goal, the losing team (C.S Cartagines) did the kickoff and one guy grabbed the ball with his hand, earning the 5th card.
    Since the match was kind of cancelled, the result ended up being 2 - 0 due to a rule.
    Sounded like a good move but it had a downside. If they had the same points as another team, they would still be set lower on the chart regardless of goals (I could be wrong about the goals)
    I never thought I'd learn al much from the worst match I've ever watched.
    But I didn't know it was because of the 7 player minimum!

  • @Peppino_89
    @Peppino_89 3 года назад +2

    Second rule happened 2/3 years ago in Serie A
    Marek Hamšik broke the corner flag as celebration and got the yellow card, then the goal got disallowed due to offside

  • @bala-mt5hs
    @bala-mt5hs 4 года назад +15

    Rule no 11: Sir Alex Ferguson's watch controls when to end a match

  • @AndreaXV
    @AndreaXV 4 года назад +6

    Nobody:
    Not a single soul:
    Unisport: G H E N N A R O G A T U S O

    • @Ssfgs
      @Ssfgs 4 года назад

      Tutti lo leggono così a parte noi italiani

    • @AndreaXV
      @AndreaXV 4 года назад

      @@Ssfgs Sì appunto ahah, fa ridere se sai come si pronuncia

  • @Doug7RM
    @Doug7RM 3 года назад +1

    Rule number 1.
    Don’t piss off the owner of the ball.
    If he gets angry, game is over

  • @Tabsit_Academy
    @Tabsit_Academy 4 года назад +9

    One more rule: you must have a number on your jersey ^^ xD

    • @momoslayedtbh
      @momoslayedtbh 4 года назад +2

      😂🤣😂🤣👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 LOL (but its true!)