@@darthbauer5153 same, in most extreme cases I sometimes turn off the TV when we're 1-0 down with 10 minutes left hoping that the lack of my watching will help the boys equalize
How is that a myth? You have to be an idiot to not see that this is a longer term "project" and the young players they bought need a few seasons together to really gel
One ridiculous myth that I’ve seen thrown around a bit too much is Juninho’s having a free kick conversion rate of 44% at Lyon. This comes from a misrepresentation of the stat that 44 of the 100 goals Juninho scored for Lyon were free kicks. An absolutely brilliant free kick taker but his conversion rate was definitely not 44%…
While I like the idea, I feel as if the way the video script is written isn’t necessarily ideal for a podcast, as podcasts often times has co-hosts, fan interactions, multi-perspective discourse, all that jazz. Definitely is a great listen nonetheless, but I guess it doesn’t feel very podcast like
@@T.E.S.S. I’m sorry that my perspective was one that you didn’t share. Maybe many podcasts don’t have these kinds of elements, I just haven’t been familiarized with them in my experience. Cheers for your response!
@@bg22757 It’s alright, everyone has their own opinions and a voice. Not everyone is going to like everything we/I say, and that’s totally cool. Nothing wrong or unhappy with what they said, all they did was disagree. It’s just a bit of internet fun at the end of the day. I appreciate the response all the same, have a great day!
Just as People in England call the defensive midfield role the “Makelele” role, People in Brazil call it “Volante”, also because of a player who mastered it, Carlos Volante. He, however, played in the 1930’s
"2-0 up is the most dangerous score" isn't so much a myth but a good philosophical saying to keep your eye on the prize, ignore the score & focus on playing the game. Don't let that lead change the course of the match - if you're dominate continue pressurizing, if not continue taking calculated risks, if you're under the cosh & the lead is flattering continue weathering the storm. Another example of one of those is "the customer is always right". That's absolute bollox too, but the point of it is to remember the aim is to take their money, not get caught up in irrelevancies like who's more knowledgeable about whatever's being sold to them.
But it's completely, objectively wrong from an actual strategic point of view. This reminds me of a recent video where a guy claimed that because basketball teams score less and concede more when they're ahead on the scoreboard, they were actually playing worse and it was "laziness" or "wanting it less". In reality, if you have the lead you should play in a way that minimizes variance. If you try to blow the game open, keep a heavy press, and try to counterattack constantly, you're creating chaos which gives the other team a much better chance of getting back in the game. You should absolutely be more conservative when you have a lead, because it can be worth intentionally slowing down your offensive production to keep the game more predictable. There is a statistical balance you should aim for based on the size of your lead and the time left in the game that ultimately will mean you are sacrificing your scoring or expected score differential to actually *improve* your chances of winning the game, even though it will look stupid that you'd play in a way that means the final score is likely to be 2-1 and you could get the expected score to 3-0 by playing more aggressively. This is because the playstyle that is more likely to score extra goals also has a much more significant chance of allowing the other team to win. Keeping the pedal down while ahead just gives the other team way more chances to break and find a way back into the game.
@@kylehart8829 Strategically yes, but football (or any sport for that matter) is a psychological game just as much as a tactical or technical one. By changing up the gameplan to be a little slower & more cautious, you're sending a message to the opponent & giving them the opportunity to seize the momentum - and with a two goal lead that's a big risk in football (this lessens the greater the lead is). The key to counteracting this while keeping strategic balance is timing! You can concede the momentum if the clock acts as the pressure source, and depending on the quality of the opposition will determine at what point the clock can be used to your advantage. e.g. in my opinion, the recent game between City & Chelsea, Pochettino had the right idea/struck the right balance but got the timing wrong! Chelsea retreated further & further in the second half, which is fine against that calibre of team, but the addition of the extra defender & then removal of the final attacking outlet both happened 10 minutes to soon. Edit: having reread your comment properly, you essentially said this with less words lol. So yeah I agree.
With the 2-0 lead one, i think it makes more sense that its "The most important goal" is after 2-0. If the opponents score then its 2-1, they're back in the game. I'f it becomes 3-0, then the team is too far ahead. This is similar to tennis with 30-love being the most important point of the gamr
The first goal is the most important, the second one is the second most important and the third one is the third most important, for the exact same reasons described in the video
@@1998CebolaThe 'most important' goals of a given match are entirely contextual. If a team won 3-0 then the 1st goal was the most important as that goal changed the result from a draw to a win - the 2nd and 3rd goals only changed the scoreline, not the result. For a 2-1 victory: if the teams had been tied 1-1 then the third goal was the most important as again it changed the result from a draw to a win. If one team had been 2-0 up however and the trailing team pulled one goal back to end the score at 2-1 then the 1st and 2nd goals were the most important as without those the winning team wouldn't have won and the losing team wouldn't have lost. The 3rd goal was irrelevant to the result. It's purely context.
HITC, I am a goalkeeper coach, I strongly agree with everything you said about goalkeepers. The very idea of the near post myth actually makes me shoot near post when I play striker instead of keeper to much success😂. Nailed every aspect
With that myth, didnt it come about because if you are attacking from an angle less of the goal is visible at the near post than the far post so its more "its harder to score at the near post" rather than being easier to save.
@@T3Draco Not really. The near post will generally be the shortest route to goal which gives the keeper less time to react and also the angle is simpler making the chances of hitting the target higher. So if a keeper places themselves so an equal amount of the goal is shown then most shots will go near post and they will concede most of them. So they place themselves so the near post is more covered as the far post is a harder chance, so a keeper intentionally flips the odds because doing so makes it harder overall for the striker to score
Well I'm a former goalkeeper too and I strongly disagree, you should never ever get beaten at the near post, if it's cut back there's nothing you can do your job is to cover where your defenders can't.
Thank you for tackling one of the many damaging myths regarding goal keeping. Another ridiculous and damaging myths is goal keepers are responsible for clean sheets. For many years as a junior keeper i was to feel ashamed as i failed to achieve this goal ultimately putting myself under so much pressure i failed completely. Later in life and as a club keeper coach i would ask younger keepers "are you responsible for clean sheets" and inevitability one kid will say yes. So i put them in goals and asign 5 other players to be stikers. Usually the keeper will protest that thats not fair to have 5 vs 1 to which i point out that its a teams responsibility to keep clean sheets not a single player. Keepers are not there to keep clean sheets, their job is to make it as difficult as possible to score. An excellent goal is a complement to the keeper. If a team has to score a top goal then the keeper has successfully done their job. Another myth is keepers are over protected. Keepers have the most dangerous job on the field. Its not easy to take the ball from a striker feet by putting your body in harms way. The reason that you cant interfere with a keeper, or any other player in the air, is the heightened chance of landing in an uncontrolled way. This can and has led to spinal injuries. No game is worth that injury. Its also rich coming from strikers who only need to be brushed against who go down for penalty claims. Safety first surely ps that rule exists in other football codes too for the same reasons.
On the Maldini thing, as a Milanista, and an Italian, Maldini played 900 matches in club football, with 400 clean sheets during that period. But, that "record" I could never understand where people got those numbers from lol. remember Milan went undefeated for nearly 3 years, but it was nowhere near anything like that, during the 93/94 season we had an incredible defensive campaign, Sebastiano Rossi kept 32 clean sheets just during the 93/94 season conceding only 15 goals which includes the 4-0 champions league final destruction of Barcelona, but the record is wildly inaccurate.
They talk about them being a center back duo. I'm pretty sure Maldini played as a left back during 93/94 season and most of his early career, with Baresi and Costcurta as Center back. But still that number seams a little low.
@@carlorado82 correct, Paolo started at RB, then Tassotti took over, Costacurta and Baresi played in the center most of the time and Paolo shifted out left.
You are by far the best Football RUclipsr/Influencer. Maldini/Baresi is the perfect example for bad sport journalism in today's world. You just can write any stuff you will, and some people will believe you.
Fun Fact: In his 900 match career for Milan, Maldini kept 400 clean sheets in all competitions, and 69 for the Azzurri, taking his total to 467 clean sheets in 1029 matches. When it comes to Paolo this is the record people should be talking about which is absolutely incredible.
@@nikolamitrovic3841 900 match career for Milan, 400 clean sheets for Milan. 69 clean sheets for Azzurri. 469 clean sheets, unless he's rounded it. Quite simple.
Here in Brasil, we have a internet myth that people and social media pages just love to believe It's true, involving Romário and Johan Cruyff at Barcelona. With a certain degree of variability, the story basically goes like this: Romário asked Cruyff if he could take a Holiday trip to Brasil, to celebrate Carnaval. Johan responded that If he score twice in the matchday, he would allow him to go. Romário then proceeded to score two goals in the First half, and then by the end of the initial 45min he would've asked Cruyff to sub him off (some versions say that he intentionally picked up a red card), saying "Mister, my flight leaves in an hour".
Mine would be that Brazil’s historic success is due to their attacking prowess alone. When Brazil have won the World Cup, they have always been a menace to score against. If you look at their team now with, Marquinhos, Eder Militao, Thiago Silva; and Allison, there’s an argument to be made they’re better at defending that going forward. I think the 2002 team with the three R’s is probably their most top-heavy WC Winning team, but even then they had Cafu, Lucio, and Roberto Carlos. The 1994 team had Cafu, Dunga, Aldair, Marcio Santos, and Taffarel, and they only gave conceded three times all tournament, two of which were vs the Dutch.
Another myth is that Brazilians won by playing "free football" , in reality all the best Brazilian teams aristocratically share the responsibility to defend and the freedom to attack.
Chelsea conceded only 15 premier league goals in Mourinho's first season, meanwhile my team (Sheffield United) have conceded more than that in our last 3 home games 😭😭
Brits don't appreciate or deserve the premier league. They should be forced to trade it to the US for the NHL plus the lesser of the two Ultimate Frisbee leagues
Another myth is that the Brazilian teams were free to create without tactical obligations, when in reality the Brazilian teams have always been aristocratically organized between those who attack and those who defend.
One of the biggest myths in football is that the "Miracle of Bern" was indeed that, a miracle. The Germans were not the plucky no-hopers they are portrayed as. Sure, they lost 8-3 to Hungary in the group stage, but that was with a second-string team. They went on to comfortably beat two very decent teams in Yugoslavia and Austria on their way to the final, hammering the Austrians 6-1. Meanwhile, Hungary had to survive a bruising quarter-final against Brazil, before being taken to extra-time by Uruguay. The final was played in heavy rain, which suited Germany far better. Also, the Germans had boots supplied by Adidas which featured previously unheard-of exchangeable screw-in studs. The Germans had the added advantage of being dosed with methamphetamine. The German equaliser should have been disallowed due to a foul on the keeper, and Puskas had a goal disallowed for offside, which by all accounts was a very close call. The Hungarians should have won the match, but calling the German victory a miracle is a bit of a stretch.
Please do a vid on the 7 biggest teams that flopped. Teams that were expected to dominate and yet completely and utterly failed. I think of the galacticos and psg when I imagine this.
Well, England and Brasil almost every WC or Euro/Copa. They are always favourites, but almost always fail(at least Brasil is only so for the last 20 years, but still a lot of 'failed' attempts).
Brother I absolutely adore the tiney tiny bits of social commentary you season into you videos. That's peak political education and based as hell, keep up the great work
The Maldini quote should actually be interpreted as "if i have to make a tackle then myself or someone else has already made a mistake". Which is much more accurate as CBs statistically make much fewer tackles than any other outfield player because they're the final line in defence and relying on them to make a challenge leaves you exposed.
In the German speaking world there is a huge myth/saying that the fouled player shouldn't take the penalty (because he might be in the wrong state of mind). This has also been disproved from what I could find.
It's not said as an attempt to be revolutionary. It's said because that's literally the assertion being made, usually to someone unaware or disbelieving of it (particularly believing that the technology of VAR is entirely counter-productive in improving decision-making).
Being in possession doesn't just grind an opponent down physically; the lack of player-enjoyment in chasing down the ball for long periods can create nervous tension in itself. Man City - in possession, have created a way of winning that Arsene Wenger so badly wanted to do at Arsenal, but weak officiating allowed opposing teams sufficient leverage to thwart 'The Beautiful Game' by foul means. Don't get me wrong; what Man City does WITHOUT possession is nothing short of unfortunate. But in possession, they are something we SHOULD all aspire to, as wannabe athletes, in ourselves...
2-0 might be a myth, but as an Argentinian watching my team giving a football lesson to france in the world cup final until 78 minute i would reconsider
The biggest myth is that finishing ability is the most important attribute of a striker, and that if they’re not getting any chances it’s their teammates’ fault
Great video (as always)! I don’t know if that would make for an interesting video, but I would love to hear your thoughts about the 7 (biggest/best) teams in which their captain was arguably their worst player, since (at least in my opinion) many teams seem to just give their best player the captaincy, especially recently.
7 good teams who suffered huge defeats. Not necessarily big clubs, Barcelona weren't great when they lost 8-2 but sides that are actually good and consistent who conceded 5 or more
@HajjoRere possibly but it's all subjective to what constitutes a humiliation compared to a team of its level. Real Madrid on a 7 match winning streak and top of the League but losing 5-0 to Barcelona in one of the all time great games, is more humiliating and shocking than Bournemouth losing 9-0 to Liverpool for example. World Champions Spain losing 5-1 in the opening game to the team they beat 4 years prior in the final, and then going out at the group stages is huge. As too Brazil losing to Germany in the semi final of their home tournament etc
Before Makalele there was The Diamond, Nobby Stiles behind Charlton and Kidd at 8 and 10 with Best and ashton on the wings. Souness anchoring Sammy Lee, Ian rush and Sir Kenny. Before Makale made it boring (developing ruthless talent to make up for zidane and figo refusing to jog back past halfway for Real) it was the Beckenbaur role, a free sweeper playmaker behind the back four, also favoured by Gullit and Moore and Baresi and Sammer, that only went out with the changes to offside tactics and better pitches and a lighter ball making length of the pitch moves more common moving the sweeper in front of the back four rather than behind (see also Pirlo destroying all before him).
Apart from the usual extraordinary video we are always treated to, I was shocked to hear at the end of the video that YT is trying to shut this channel down. I have 2 Theories: A: Alfie is making one of his remarkable sarcastic comments, would be a perfect fot for a consiparcy related video B: it is actually happening because Alfie talks about topics no one dares to talk about, but that is what makes this channel so unique. I would go with B, and if that's true then I call up on the community of this channel to continue watching the video's and liking them so they get recommended to other football fans.
Alfie pointing out the truth is always a dodgy thing and is potentially a problem for him. As you say we MUST protest if it happens. Mass media has areas it simply will not touch. 1 example. As an Everton fan, i have said for years regarding Usmanov's links ruining us and Moshiri was a puppet. Andros Townsend on BBC 5live Monday NIght Club brought this up that its not Moshiri's money anyway: he would know since he played for us. What followed was a brief silence followed by Rory Smith making a jokey remark about lawsuits and it was never brought up again. Alfie has covered it in his Everton video. He is touching on stuff Mass Media simply stays silent on and he is rightly preparing for the worst.
So the near post "truism" was taught to me when playing goalkeeper and I never questioned it but it passed the smell test for one reason: like Alfie says, your job is to make it as hard as possible to score. By positioning yourself solidly against your post you're forcing either a cross or a shot in a more complicated angle than just a straight shot into the bottom or top corners of your post. The difference is not enormous, but you're giving your defenders a chance to cover a cross and you're still giving yourself a chance to dive to the far post without conceding the easy angle. Not sure if any of this makes sense, but my point is, I don't think of this as a 100% myth, there's some truth to it, I feel.
Day 22 of asking a "What Went Right for Stade Brestois?" Video This is currently, by far, the best season in club history, one which could result in their first ever qualification for Europe in over 70 years of existence. There's a fascinating story to tell, from going bankrupt and slowly climbing back, to various great names that played there such as Ribéry, Makélélé or José Luis Brown, to the story of the Brest president going up against the Colombian drug cartel. Plus, you can have a lot of Brest related puns. And hey would you look at that, you just talked about Makelele
Not only Brest this season, but Lens last season too. Maybe a "Rise and Fall of Lens"... Though that does feel harsh considering Lens are still 6th in the table...
@@mastertrams I dunno, I think Lens is still doing good. They are 3 points away from 3rd spot. A win against Brest and they are right back into Champions League contention
Alfies not replying as he's secretly working on the video for your suggestion..in a week or so we will see what went right for stade brestois? on our youtube feed, thus mak8ng it a nice surprise for you.
You are my favorite channel on RUclips. Thank you for your consistent, original, and phenomenal content. I root for Hull in their matches because of you ❤
In Czechia we have a "rule" called 'Csaplár's trap' which means that leading 2:0 at half time (not any other time, just after the first half) isn't going to win. Don't know how successful this theory is though, but I would say it is bigger percentage than which you presented.
Cool! I guess the losing team has time to think things through and plenty of time to get back into the game. If they could then pull one back early in the second half it's game on!
Ref are definitely not against any singular team in particular. But there's a tendency of seeing a team getting a wrong decision either via referee or VAR, and proceed to wrongly get an advantageous decision for them the next game. And the cycle repeats for the next team.
On the goalkeeper bit "He made that save for the cameras" is one that does me. Utterly stupid and there's never another way the keeper could have saved it 🤦🏻♂️
A particular manifestation of the myth in #1 place is that Argentina had the World Cup rigged. Some people just can't stand the idea that Messi won the World Cup while also being the best player in said competition.
The 2-0 one might come from the times of away goals - you lead 2-0, and just 1 goal makes the difference between an awesome home result and a tough 2nd tie
I think its more a statement about mentality rather than a statistical fact its become. At 2-0 mentality wise its hard to get the mentality right. You know that if you can get the 3rd the game is basically dead so you might want to go for that 3rd but you know that leaves you exposed and if they exploit it and it gets back to 2-1 suddenly its all to play for again. But if you go the other way and defend the 2-0 lead you invite them on an it can increase pressure and make conceding more likely.
The weird thing I learnt from this hat is that from 2-0 up you're more likely to lose than draw It probably won't go wrong but if it does it'll probably go really wrong
"you'd think football commentators would know" If there's any one thing I've learned by watching football matches, it's that absolutely NO ONE knows less about football than football commentators on TV. It's kind of insane.
I know the 2-0 score is a bit of a myth but I will say when I actually played, there was something really unsettling when we went 2-0 up and then we just couldn’t break them down again, and you could feel them building the momentum and if they grabbed that goal to make it 2-1 it was a either that shock that got us back on track or it really deflated us and let them get that opening for the equaliser. So I would guess that is a similar idea as to why that myth came about.
maldini's quote about tackles is real. It is tho a sentence in a more complex conversation. If i remember correctly he meant that slide tackles are the very last options and sometimes a defender must do one in order to cover a previous mistake
I like Maldini's alleged quote "If I have to make a tackle I've already made a mistake". I would prefer my defender to "read" the game and intercept rather than make a tackle. Such genius exists in only one or two sports people in history, waiting for the ball, instead of running after it
The ref being biased might sound ridiculous, but I don’t they are anywhere near as clean as what some people think, particularly when it comes to big teams in basically every league
I think the "2-0 is the most dangerous lead" thing is really more accurately phrased as "it's the most DECEPTIVELY dangerous lead." a 1-0 lead is obviously, blatantly precarious, to a point where it's a given that it is the most ACTUALLY dangerous lead, by far, and throwing away a 3-goal lead is a SUBSTANTIALLY rarer event than a 2 goal lead. meaning that 2-0 hits that sweet spot between not being OBVIOUSLY dangerous in the way that a 1-goal lead is, but not being statistically safe to anywhere near the degree that 3-goal-leads are. the key point being that it's disproportionately dangerous relative to HIGHER leads and not as comfortable as it might appear.
Hi Alfie I’m a huge fan of your content and for that I thank you a lot. Are you planning on doing a video of the recent scandal of corruption by Benfica ? Big shout out from Portugal 😁
Paul Scholes being misused by England and regularly played on the left. Or just the myth that Paul Scholes was some kind of all-time great on level with players like Modric, Pirlo and Xavi.
#4 is a weird take to me because if you were to build the perfect soccer player in a lab, from a physical and athletic standpoint, you'd probably build someone that looks a whole lot like Cristiano Ronaldo
@@needfoolthings presumably the myth that Messi was just born to be a perfect football player, since at a glance Ronaldo's physique looks more suited to it (and therefore you might assume that people would be more likely to think that he was the one born with the advantage, not Messi). Of course Ronaldo's physique is largely of his own making and Messi's short stature has helped him to be such an incredible dribbler with a low centre of gravity (and anyway both of them have worked really hard for decades to get where they did and so either way it would of course be a myth).
Been asking this for years, please TRY to make a video on FK Qarabag of Azerbaijan. Ghost town club who had been playing away from home for over 30 years because of war and with almost no budget but still qualifying to European Group Stages for 10 years in a row including once into the UCL group stages. Became arguably the closest team to beat Bayer Leverkusen this season TWICE. Please at least consider it. Thank you.
I will add two that I've seen plenty of times, and ridiculous to say the least. 1- Messi's childhood treatment turned him into a super human athlete, thus should be stripped off his awards. 2- The most powerful and obscure people from the football world and media are against Ronaldo, and he is battling them in the shadows. I mean, could you imagine? One of the most recognizable and marketingable faces in the world, that have spent most of his professional days playing for both the biggest club in England and the biggest club in Spain, and nowadays is the biggest name in Saudi Arabia's sportwashing apparatus, while enjoying benefits and commodities that no other of his colleagues has, that guy, somehow is being plotted against by "The powerful" ?
You wrong in both, 1 would messi be who he is today without injecting growth hormones?No he would be even shorter and a lot weaker but I know it was a must for him to get injected or else he wouldn't have been able to play.no one asked to be stripped. 2 maybe you too young to remember but Ronaldo was hated since day 1 by media,I remember as a kid buying sport newspapers every day and you would have articles everyday saying he is partying too much he is a coke addict he is a womanizer he is not training he will fail soon he is a one season wonder,he proved them all wrong nd he is still to this day hated by mainstream media(skysport ESPN cbs etc)he was the biggest star since Beckham nd the media hated the fact that he didnt give an f about playing ball with them.we fans dont say it's powerful governments going after him,just the media nd it is so obvious how biased they are against him.
@@bansenpy5553 How am I wrong tho? I'm not talking particularly about you, or about what you think. Or are you a representative that speaks in the name of all the persons that believe in myths? 1- So what if he couldn't have played without the treatment, what does that prove to you? Do you understand that he did not obtain any advantage for undergoing it? His body wasn't producing HGH as it should do, so was given it in a dose that would correspond to the normal presence in blood for a human without his disease. 2- So he was criticed, something that literally every high profile player goes through. Saying he is hated by the media while they consistently show his success is a conspiracie teorist's thought. There are literally posts from ESPN about Ronaldo in their RUclips channels that put him in a good light also. Last one is from 4hs ago.
I just love all of the topics you have chosen so far and that is a rare feat, so:👍👌👏 and ❤! Please keep on doing your excellent work, enhancing the world of football, but so much more, with your incredibly funny, deep and intelligent comments.
2-0 is a dangerous lead, if there's still time left in the game of course. I'm sure a lot of the 2-0 results counted by the researchers would have been 1-0 wins converted to 2-0s to 'kill the game' later on. Not the same concept as the myth suggests tbf.
Players should play for the love of the game and if they sign a contract that ends up hurting the billionaire owner they should be willing to take a pay cut.
@@somethinglikethat2176why are we scking dick for billionaires? THEY are the one giving out those "hurtful" contracts. Its on THEM. Not the player. wtf is this
the 2-0 thing was said by Carlos Salvador Bilardo. The dude knew stuff so I think it's a bit disrespectful to just call it a myth. Some Europeans never see that here in South America we were light years ahead of them in football
Everybody knows biggest myth in football is that your team lost purely because you were to confident,or you didnt watch the game
Na mine is because I did watch the game. We would have definitely won if I didn’t try to watch in the victory in action. Lol
fr tho everytime i watch a barca game we lose, like i watched the bilbao game both clasicos the game against shaktar, stuffs crazy@@darthbauer5153
@@darthbauer5153 same, in most extreme cases I sometimes turn off the TV when we're 1-0 down with 10 minutes left hoping that the lack of my watching will help the boys equalize
I heard the opposite myth "They always loose when I watched".
I always feel like we lose when I watch
Another pretty big myth is that Chelsea is just having a “rebuild season”
Billion pound "rebuild", they've actively spent an absurd amount of money only to downgrade their first XI and squad
@@gurururuwarararara8164”b-b-but it’s a rebuild we’ll be back 😢🤡” 😂😂
How is that a myth? You have to be an idiot to not see that this is a longer term "project" and the young players they bought need a few seasons together to really gel
If rebuild means preparing for 4 relegations in a trot in the next 5 years, that is not a myth.
The same is happening at United for a whole decade.
"Paulo Dybala doesn't exist" really caught me off guard
Favourite current player. Have the same tattoo as him. Honestly need to look further into the “he doesn’t exist conspiracy”
😂😂😂
@@evinrock5717 Are you Dybala?
Yeah, I thought he was listing myths, not facts
If this caught you off guard, wait till you discover he does not exist (insert x files music)
One ridiculous myth that I’ve seen thrown around a bit too much is Juninho’s having a free kick conversion rate of 44% at Lyon. This comes from a misrepresentation of the stat that 44 of the 100 goals Juninho scored for Lyon were free kicks. An absolutely brilliant free kick taker but his conversion rate was definitely not 44%…
His conversion rate was in the low teens, still a crazy conversion rate
It was 12 percent I think
Maybe that was in direct kicks at the goal? "Conversion rate" doesn't even make sense in normal free kicks.
Alfie why don't you upload these as podcasts to Spotify? These talks are the perfect stuff to be listening to on your commute
While I like the idea, I feel as if the way the video script is written isn’t necessarily ideal for a podcast, as podcasts often times has co-hosts, fan interactions, multi-perspective discourse, all that jazz. Definitely is a great listen nonetheless, but I guess it doesn’t feel very podcast like
@@kavoorz379 yeah, and often they don't have any of that. what a silly take.
@@T.E.S.S. I’m sorry that my perspective was one that you didn’t share. Maybe many podcasts don’t have these kinds of elements, I just haven’t been familiarized with them in my experience. Cheers for your response!
@@kavoorz379i wouldn't bother responding to him, he seems like an unhappy person.
@@bg22757 It’s alright, everyone has their own opinions and a voice. Not everyone is going to like everything we/I say, and that’s totally cool. Nothing wrong or unhappy with what they said, all they did was disagree. It’s just a bit of internet fun at the end of the day. I appreciate the response all the same, have a great day!
THAT Evra clip caught me off-guard.
Exactly 😂
Same
Yep
It was when he said "well done" in a patronising tone to a female pundit that got me
I was not ready for my eyes to be violated like that 🙂
Just as People in England call the defensive midfield role the “Makelele” role, People in Brazil call it “Volante”, also because of a player who mastered it, Carlos Volante. He, however, played in the 1930’s
is volante any different from segundo volante?
@@royelteathe 1st volante has a more intense deffensive role, and the 2st volante has a more constructive role
@@matheusmota8807 thanks, due to football manager i was aware of segundo volante but never regular volante
In Holland we call it "Stofzuiger" which means vacuum cleaner.
@@seffbergkamp4877 Roy Keane The greatest holding midfielder ever.
"2-0 up is the most dangerous score" isn't so much a myth but a good philosophical saying to keep your eye on the prize, ignore the score & focus on playing the game. Don't let that lead change the course of the match - if you're dominate continue pressurizing, if not continue taking calculated risks, if you're under the cosh & the lead is flattering continue weathering the storm.
Another example of one of those is "the customer is always right". That's absolute bollox too, but the point of it is to remember the aim is to take their money, not get caught up in irrelevancies like who's more knowledgeable about whatever's being sold to them.
That... is not a bad interpretation of that statement at all...
this makes sense because whenever I'm playing and go 2-0 I think of that myth and it stops me getting complacent lol
But it's completely, objectively wrong from an actual strategic point of view. This reminds me of a recent video where a guy claimed that because basketball teams score less and concede more when they're ahead on the scoreboard, they were actually playing worse and it was "laziness" or "wanting it less". In reality, if you have the lead you should play in a way that minimizes variance. If you try to blow the game open, keep a heavy press, and try to counterattack constantly, you're creating chaos which gives the other team a much better chance of getting back in the game. You should absolutely be more conservative when you have a lead, because it can be worth intentionally slowing down your offensive production to keep the game more predictable. There is a statistical balance you should aim for based on the size of your lead and the time left in the game that ultimately will mean you are sacrificing your scoring or expected score differential to actually *improve* your chances of winning the game, even though it will look stupid that you'd play in a way that means the final score is likely to be 2-1 and you could get the expected score to 3-0 by playing more aggressively. This is because the playstyle that is more likely to score extra goals also has a much more significant chance of allowing the other team to win. Keeping the pedal down while ahead just gives the other team way more chances to break and find a way back into the game.
@@kylehart8829 Strategically yes, but football (or any sport for that matter) is a psychological game just as much as a tactical or technical one. By changing up the gameplan to be a little slower & more cautious, you're sending a message to the opponent & giving them the opportunity to seize the momentum - and with a two goal lead that's a big risk in football (this lessens the greater the lead is).
The key to counteracting this while keeping strategic balance is timing! You can concede the momentum if the clock acts as the pressure source, and depending on the quality of the opposition will determine at what point the clock can be used to your advantage. e.g. in my opinion, the recent game between City & Chelsea, Pochettino had the right idea/struck the right balance but got the timing wrong! Chelsea retreated further & further in the second half, which is fine against that calibre of team, but the addition of the extra defender & then removal of the final attacking outlet both happened 10 minutes to soon.
Edit: having reread your comment properly, you essentially said this with less words lol. So yeah I agree.
It's "the customer's always right in matters of taste"
With the 2-0 lead one, i think it makes more sense that its "The most important goal" is after 2-0. If the opponents score then its 2-1, they're back in the game. I'f it becomes 3-0, then the team is too far ahead. This is similar to tennis with 30-love being the most important point of the gamr
The first goal is the most important, the second one is the second most important and the third one is the third most important, for the exact same reasons described in the video
I feel the same, but given the circumstances in which that line is said it has already lost it's real meaning as most things do.
@@1998CebolaThe 'most important' goals of a given match are entirely contextual. If a team won 3-0 then the 1st goal was the most important as that goal changed the result from a draw to a win - the 2nd and 3rd goals only changed the scoreline, not the result. For a 2-1 victory: if the teams had been tied 1-1 then the third goal was the most important as again it changed the result from a draw to a win. If one team had been 2-0 up however and the trailing team pulled one goal back to end the score at 2-1 then the 1st and 2nd goals were the most important as without those the winning team wouldn't have won and the losing team wouldn't have lost. The 3rd goal was irrelevant to the result. It's purely context.
@@1998Cebolathe importance of the goals regarding a final scoreline is dictated by which team scores them, not how many goals are within a game.
Immobile has never scored a goal when tv is turned on
😂😂
Xavi & Iniesta didn't exist outside 2008-2015
@@Metalton95 bro thats 7 years lol
Champions league against Bayern
Dude for real. I don’t remember him ever scoring while I watched.
HITC, I am a goalkeeper coach, I strongly agree with everything you said about goalkeepers. The very idea of the near post myth actually makes me shoot near post when I play striker instead of keeper to much success😂. Nailed every aspect
With that myth, didnt it come about because if you are attacking from an angle less of the goal is visible at the near post than the far post so its more "its harder to score at the near post" rather than being easier to save.
@@dayle6427 If less of the goal is visible on one side compared to the other, then the goalkeeper is out of position, no?
@@T3Draco Not really. The near post will generally be the shortest route to goal which gives the keeper less time to react and also the angle is simpler making the chances of hitting the target higher. So if a keeper places themselves so an equal amount of the goal is shown then most shots will go near post and they will concede most of them. So they place themselves so the near post is more covered as the far post is a harder chance, so a keeper intentionally flips the odds because doing so makes it harder overall for the striker to score
Well I'm a former goalkeeper too and I strongly disagree, you should never ever get beaten at the near post, if it's cut back there's nothing you can do your job is to cover where your defenders can't.
All I gotta say is 2-0 down is the most dangerous scoreline for the Mexican national team when they're facing the USMNT.
Dos a Cero! 🇺🇸>🇲🇽
When i play mexico in fifa as the us i wont score more than 2 as long as they have 0
June 25 2011 Gold Cup Final
USA 2-0 Mexico in the 23rd minute. Remind me of the final score?
@@lleyo6894 my point was Mexico being down 2-0 not up 2-0 lmao.
Mexico were 2-0 down in that game (and won 2-4), that’s literally what he wrote.
I can't unsee what Evra did to that raw chicken, thanks Alfie🥶
WTF???
Thank you for tackling one of the many damaging myths regarding goal keeping. Another ridiculous and damaging myths is goal keepers are responsible for clean sheets. For many years as a junior keeper i was to feel ashamed as i failed to achieve this goal ultimately putting myself under so much pressure i failed completely. Later in life and as a club keeper coach i would ask younger keepers "are you responsible for clean sheets" and inevitability one kid will say yes. So i put them in goals and asign 5 other players to be stikers. Usually the keeper will protest that thats not fair to have 5 vs 1 to which i point out that its a teams responsibility to keep clean sheets not a single player.
Keepers are not there to keep clean sheets, their job is to make it as difficult as possible to score. An excellent goal is a complement to the keeper. If a team has to score a top goal then the keeper has successfully done their job.
Another myth is keepers are over protected. Keepers have the most dangerous job on the field. Its not easy to take the ball from a striker feet by putting your body in harms way. The reason that you cant interfere with a keeper, or any other player in the air, is the heightened chance of landing in an uncontrolled way. This can and has led to spinal injuries. No game is worth that injury. Its also rich coming from strikers who only need to be brushed against who go down for penalty claims. Safety first surely ps that rule exists in other football codes too for the same reasons.
What football players have spinal injuries
@@dondamon4669 clearly more than you think
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704654/
it’s easier to score a goal than to defend a goal
@@lucaspintoocwrong
Definitely the “6 second rule” it’s never enforced
On the Maldini thing, as a Milanista, and an Italian, Maldini played 900 matches in club football, with 400 clean sheets during that period. But, that "record" I could never understand where people got those numbers from lol. remember Milan went undefeated for nearly 3 years, but it was nowhere near anything like that, during the 93/94 season we had an incredible defensive campaign, Sebastiano Rossi kept 32 clean sheets just during the 93/94 season conceding only 15 goals which includes the 4-0 champions league final destruction of Barcelona, but the record is wildly inaccurate.
They talk about them being a center back duo. I'm pretty sure Maldini played as a left back during 93/94 season and most of his early career, with Baresi and Costcurta as Center back. But still that number seams a little low.
@@carlorado82 correct, Paolo started at RB, then Tassotti took over, Costacurta and Baresi played in the center most of the time and Paolo shifted out left.
You are by far the best Football RUclipsr/Influencer. Maldini/Baresi is the perfect example for bad sport journalism in today's world. You just can write any stuff you will, and some people will believe you.
Myth seven: 2:46
Myth six: 5:52
Myth five: 11:31
Myth four: 14:14
Myth three: 16:42
Myth two: 19:39
The Myth King™: 22:36
Thanks!
Fun Fact: In his 900 match career for Milan, Maldini kept 400 clean sheets in all competitions, and 69 for the Azzurri, taking his total to 467 clean sheets in 1029 matches. When it comes to Paolo this is the record people should be talking about which is absolutely incredible.
Bruh, have you done meth instead of math, cuz it don't add up my guy
@@nikolamitrovic3841 900 match career for Milan, 400 clean sheets for Milan. 69 clean sheets for Azzurri. 469 clean sheets, unless he's rounded it. Quite simple.
@@Veskar01 if you read the original comment you can see the math error
Here in Brasil, we have a internet myth that people and social media pages just love to believe It's true, involving Romário and Johan Cruyff at Barcelona. With a certain degree of variability, the story basically goes like this: Romário asked Cruyff if he could take a Holiday trip to Brasil, to celebrate Carnaval. Johan responded that If he score twice in the matchday, he would allow him to go. Romário then proceeded to score two goals in the First half, and then by the end of the initial 45min he would've asked Cruyff to sub him off (some versions say that he intentionally picked up a red card), saying "Mister, my flight leaves in an hour".
I've heard this story
Yup that's some fake bs right there
i actually believed it 😭😭
@@godgamingmaster770 me too 😭😭
@@mlenzi5476 I'm having an identity crisis now. If that was fake, then what is real? 😭
Mine would be that Brazil’s historic success is due to their attacking prowess alone.
When Brazil have won the World Cup, they have always been a menace to score against. If you look at their team now with, Marquinhos, Eder Militao, Thiago Silva; and Allison, there’s an argument to be made they’re better at defending that going forward. I think the 2002 team with the three R’s is probably their most top-heavy WC Winning team, but even then they had Cafu, Lucio, and Roberto Carlos.
The 1994 team had Cafu, Dunga, Aldair, Marcio Santos, and Taffarel, and they only gave conceded three times all tournament, two of which were vs the Dutch.
Another myth is that Brazilians won by playing "free football" , in reality all the best Brazilian teams aristocratically share the responsibility to defend and the freedom to attack.
Chelsea conceded only 15 premier league goals in Mourinho's first season, meanwhile my team (Sheffield United) have conceded more than that in our last 3 home games 😭😭
Suffering with ya there brother
It could be worse. We could have conceded more. (I'm trying to cheer myself up here - it's not working.)
hey, at least you're well on course for having a record-breaking campaign... in goals conceded
correctly flagging goals for offside?
GAMES GONE SOFT🇬🇧👑
It's political correctness gone mad!
Political Madness gone correct!
Madness of correctness gone political!
This is all Superleague's fault
alfie exposing the average brit ball knowledge 💀
They don’t know ball 😂😂😂
Brits don't appreciate or deserve the premier league. They should be forced to trade it to the US for the NHL plus the lesser of the two Ultimate Frisbee leagues
@@nmarcus7233like at all
That Patrice Evra clip is deeply unsettling!
This is completely right, however minor addendum, that last point isnt true for my team. It is a myth for everyone else though. Good vid
"We play better with 10 instead of with 11" Helenio Herrera.
Another myth is that the Brazilian teams were free to create without tactical obligations, when in reality the Brazilian teams have always been aristocratically organized between those who attack and those who defend.
Had no idea that I'd be watching a video of Patrice Evra gently licking a raw chicken today, yet here I am 😂
Also, the myth that it was easy for Dixie Dean to score as many goals as he did because the offside rule didn't exist
The offside rule did exist, it was just made significantly easier for forwards a few years prior.
Very similar to the myth of Pele being overrated, either because offside wasn't a thing/he didn't play in Europe...both are false.
There has been an offside rule for the entire history of football.
Begs the question why nobody else was doing it.
One of the biggest myths in football is that the "Miracle of Bern" was indeed that, a miracle. The Germans were not the plucky no-hopers they are portrayed as. Sure, they lost 8-3 to Hungary in the group stage, but that was with a second-string team. They went on to comfortably beat two very decent teams in Yugoslavia and Austria on their way to the final, hammering the Austrians 6-1. Meanwhile, Hungary had to survive a bruising quarter-final against Brazil, before being taken to extra-time by Uruguay.
The final was played in heavy rain, which suited Germany far better. Also, the Germans had boots supplied by Adidas which featured previously unheard-of exchangeable screw-in studs.
The Germans had the added advantage of being dosed with methamphetamine.
The German equaliser should have been disallowed due to a foul on the keeper, and Puskas had a goal disallowed for offside, which by all accounts was a very close call.
The Hungarians should have won the match, but calling the German victory a miracle is a bit of a stretch.
LOOOL
Day 4: 7 greatest seasons before Retirement (like Cruyff’s season with Feyenoord)
I need that. We need that.
@@xernecraft everyone needs that.
This is the one!!
Please do a vid on the 7 biggest teams that flopped. Teams that were expected to dominate and yet completely and utterly failed. I think of the galacticos and psg when I imagine this.
PSG are still a very young football club, in the global sport's long history. Otherwise, they'd have won the 'top table' by now - FFP or otherwise...
Well, England and Brasil almost every WC or Euro/Copa. They are always favourites, but almost always fail(at least Brasil is only so for the last 20 years, but still a lot of 'failed' attempts).
You're missing out if you've never had Greggs in the Andromeda Galaxy
“2-0 is the most dangerous scoreline in football for Everton”
i can't even watch a 6 month old video without being reminded of how shit we are
Thanks for including a picture of Ed de Goeij (the guy next to van der Sar) in the goalie bit. Made my day (not really, but you get what i mean)
I honestly thought Ed deGoey was a really good goalkeeper!!
Brother I absolutely adore the tiney tiny bits of social commentary you season into you videos.
That's peak political education and based as hell, keep up the great work
The Maldini quote should actually be interpreted as "if i have to make a tackle then myself or someone else has already made a mistake". Which is much more accurate as CBs statistically make much fewer tackles than any other outfield player because they're the final line in defence and relying on them to make a challenge leaves you exposed.
Is it a real quote though?
In the German speaking world there is a huge myth/saying that the fouled player shouldn't take the penalty (because he might be in the wrong state of mind). This has also been disproved from what I could find.
As an English man i would add that an ENgland player shouldn't take a penalty when facing Germany
@@rspjfrost1400Ad Portuguese, I would say English players shouldn't be talking penalties. 😂
My favourite is when people say “it’s not VAR that’s the problem, it’s the people using it”.
Like how did nobody think of that, you truly are a genius
You realise there's plenty of people who want to abolish VAR as a whole
It's not said as an attempt to be revolutionary. It's said because that's literally the assertion being made, usually to someone unaware or disbelieving of it (particularly believing that the technology of VAR is entirely counter-productive in improving decision-making).
Another one I see way too often is ball possession being a clear indication of which team were the better and/or deserved to win the game.
Being in possession doesn't just grind an opponent down physically; the lack of player-enjoyment in chasing down the ball for long periods can create nervous tension in itself. Man City - in possession, have created a way of winning that Arsene Wenger so badly wanted to do at Arsenal, but weak officiating allowed opposing teams sufficient leverage to thwart 'The Beautiful Game' by foul means.
Don't get me wrong; what Man City does WITHOUT possession is nothing short of unfortunate. But in possession, they are something we SHOULD all aspire to, as wannabe athletes, in ourselves...
Fortunately that one seems to have faded in recent years.
this
How much possession a team had in the final third may be a better indicator?
Every video of yours I just keep waiting to see what you have to say about Freddy Adu and I'm never ever disappointed.
2-0 might be a myth, but as an Argentinian watching my team giving a football lesson to france in the world cup final until 78 minute i would reconsider
There was also the Netherlands game in the qfs which was basically the same thing but until the 83rd minute
The most dangerous score in football is being 1-0 up against Uruguay
The biggest myth is that finishing ability is the most important attribute of a striker, and that if they’re not getting any chances it’s their teammates’ fault
Great video (as always)!
I don’t know if that would make for an interesting video, but I would love to hear your thoughts about the 7 (biggest/best) teams in which their captain was arguably their worst player, since (at least in my opinion) many teams seem to just give their best player the captaincy, especially recently.
I wasn't even aware that people thought Makelele invented the concept of a deep destroyer midfielder, what?
That has ALWAYS been in the game.
Absolute top tier video!
7 good teams who suffered huge defeats. Not necessarily big clubs, Barcelona weren't great when they lost 8-2 but sides that are actually good and consistent who conceded 5 or more
So basically you mean 7 biggest defeats incurred by highly inform teams.
@rsen507 effectively. I mean, maybe the video has been made and I've missed it 🤣 but every now and then you get an unexpected humiliation
A 5-0 El Clasico and certain 7-1 will be surely in the list XD
Seven biggest humiliations would probably be the best title
@HajjoRere possibly but it's all subjective to what constitutes a humiliation compared to a team of its level. Real Madrid on a 7 match winning streak and top of the League but losing 5-0 to Barcelona in one of the all time great games, is more humiliating and shocking than Bournemouth losing 9-0 to Liverpool for example. World Champions Spain losing 5-1 in the opening game to the team they beat 4 years prior in the final, and then going out at the group stages is huge. As too Brazil losing to Germany in the semi final of their home tournament etc
Before Makalele there was The Diamond, Nobby Stiles behind Charlton and Kidd at 8 and 10 with Best and ashton on the wings. Souness anchoring Sammy Lee, Ian rush and Sir Kenny. Before Makale made it boring (developing ruthless talent to make up for zidane and figo refusing to jog back past halfway for Real) it was the Beckenbaur role, a free sweeper playmaker behind the back four, also favoured by Gullit and Moore and Baresi and Sammer, that only went out with the changes to offside tactics and better pitches and a lighter ball making length of the pitch moves more common moving the sweeper in front of the back four rather than behind (see also Pirlo destroying all before him).
Apart from the usual extraordinary video we are always treated to, I was shocked to hear at the end of the video that YT is trying to shut this channel down. I have 2 Theories:
A: Alfie is making one of his remarkable sarcastic comments, would be a perfect fot for a consiparcy related video
B: it is actually happening because Alfie talks about topics no one dares to talk about, but that is what makes this channel so unique.
I would go with B, and if that's true then I call up on the community of this channel to continue watching the video's and liking them so they get recommended to other football fans.
Alfie pointing out the truth is always a dodgy thing and is potentially a problem for him. As you say we MUST protest if it happens. Mass media has areas it simply will not touch. 1 example. As an Everton fan, i have said for years regarding Usmanov's links ruining us and Moshiri was a puppet. Andros Townsend on BBC 5live Monday NIght Club brought this up that its not Moshiri's money anyway: he would know since he played for us. What followed was a brief silence followed by Rory Smith making a jokey remark about lawsuits and it was never brought up again. Alfie has covered it in his Everton video. He is touching on stuff Mass Media simply stays silent on and he is rightly preparing for the worst.
So the near post "truism" was taught to me when playing goalkeeper and I never questioned it but it passed the smell test for one reason: like Alfie says, your job is to make it as hard as possible to score. By positioning yourself solidly against your post you're forcing either a cross or a shot in a more complicated angle than just a straight shot into the bottom or top corners of your post. The difference is not enormous, but you're giving your defenders a chance to cover a cross and you're still giving yourself a chance to dive to the far post without conceding the easy angle. Not sure if any of this makes sense, but my point is, I don't think of this as a 100% myth, there's some truth to it, I feel.
Day 22 of asking a "What Went Right for Stade Brestois?" Video
This is currently, by far, the best season in club history, one which could result in their first ever qualification for Europe in over 70 years of existence. There's a fascinating story to tell, from going bankrupt and slowly climbing back, to various great names that played there such as Ribéry, Makélélé or José Luis Brown, to the story of the Brest president going up against the Colombian drug cartel. Plus, you can have a lot of Brest related puns.
And hey would you look at that, you just talked about Makelele
Not only Brest this season, but Lens last season too. Maybe a "Rise and Fall of Lens"... Though that does feel harsh considering Lens are still 6th in the table...
@@mastertrams I dunno, I think Lens is still doing good. They are 3 points away from 3rd spot. A win against Brest and they are right back into Champions League contention
Alfies not replying as he's secretly working on the video for your suggestion..in a week or so we will see what went right for stade brestois? on our youtube feed, thus mak8ng it a nice surprise for you.
@@truthoverlies1820 Nah if he is ever making the video, it's probably after the season is over tbh
Always great content man, keep up the good work!
Alfie posts I watch, Alfie cries I cry, Alfie mad I'm mad. Love you bro keep it up.
You are my favorite channel on RUclips. Thank you for your consistent, original, and phenomenal content. I root for Hull in their matches because of you ❤
In Czechia we have a "rule" called 'Csaplár's trap' which means that leading 2:0 at half time (not any other time, just after the first half) isn't going to win. Don't know how successful this theory is though, but I would say it is bigger percentage than which you presented.
Cool! I guess the losing team has time to think things through and plenty of time to get back into the game. If they could then pull one back early in the second half it's game on!
Ref are definitely not against any singular team in particular. But there's a tendency of seeing a team getting a wrong decision either via referee or VAR, and proceed to wrongly get an advantageous decision for them the next game. And the cycle repeats for the next team.
you DID NOT need to include that Evra clip 😭😭
Even more coming from a youtuber who only does photos and not videos
Everton saw Alfie trashing the idea of 2-0 being the worst lead decided to teach him a lesson
On the goalkeeper bit "He made that save for the cameras" is one that does me. Utterly stupid and there's never another way the keeper could have saved it 🤦🏻♂️
Bob Holness of Blockbusters fame played the saxophone on Gerry Raffertey's Baker Street
Would love a full video on those daft conspiracies if you have the time, that Dybala one sounds like great fun!
A particular manifestation of the myth in #1 place is that Argentina had the World Cup rigged. Some people just can't stand the idea that Messi won the World Cup while also being the best player in said competition.
"I had someone try to convince me that the refs are conspiring against Rotherham
I mean why?"
That really caught me off guard
Apparently the hardest thing in football is to score a goal..personally I think keeping a clean sheet is much harder. The stats back that up.
Can’t believe this is how I learned that goldfish don’t have two second memories
The 2-0 one might come from the times of away goals - you lead 2-0, and just 1 goal makes the difference between an awesome home result and a tough 2nd tie
I think its more a statement about mentality rather than a statistical fact its become. At 2-0 mentality wise its hard to get the mentality right. You know that if you can get the 3rd the game is basically dead so you might want to go for that 3rd but you know that leaves you exposed and if they exploit it and it gets back to 2-1 suddenly its all to play for again. But if you go the other way and defend the 2-0 lead you invite them on an it can increase pressure and make conceding more likely.
It's good to know that Patrice Evra probably has spectacular diahorrea on the regular. Needed that knowledge.
The weird thing I learnt from this hat is that from 2-0 up you're more likely to lose than draw
It probably won't go wrong but if it does it'll probably go really wrong
It's not that Football and Politics don't mix, it's that Football and Politics shouldn't mix. Politics ruins everything it touches. Everything.
"you'd think football commentators would know"
If there's any one thing I've learned by watching football matches, it's that absolutely NO ONE knows less about football than football commentators on TV. It's kind of insane.
What I freaking love about this channel is the unapologetically sarcastic tone of voice lmao
I know the 2-0 score is a bit of a myth but I will say when I actually played, there was something really unsettling when we went 2-0 up and then we just couldn’t break them down again, and you could feel them building the momentum and if they grabbed that goal to make it 2-1 it was a either that shock that got us back on track or it really deflated us and let them get that opening for the equaliser. So I would guess that is a similar idea as to why that myth came about.
maldini's quote about tackles is real. It is tho a sentence in a more complex conversation. If i remember correctly he meant that slide tackles are the very last options and sometimes a defender must do one in order to cover a previous mistake
I like Maldini's alleged quote "If I have to make a tackle I've already made a mistake". I would prefer my defender to "read" the game and intercept rather than make a tackle. Such genius exists in only one or two sports people in history, waiting for the ball, instead of running after it
The ref being biased might sound ridiculous, but I don’t they are anywhere near as clean as what some people think, particularly when it comes to big teams in basically every league
Myth: David Bentley's restaurant/ pub never existed
Well that was aggressive mate, and I loved it 😂
I think the "2-0 is the most dangerous lead" thing is really more accurately phrased as "it's the most DECEPTIVELY dangerous lead."
a 1-0 lead is obviously, blatantly precarious, to a point where it's a given that it is the most ACTUALLY dangerous lead, by far,
and throwing away a 3-goal lead is a SUBSTANTIALLY rarer event than a 2 goal lead.
meaning that 2-0 hits that sweet spot between not being OBVIOUSLY dangerous in the way that a 1-goal lead is, but not being statistically safe to anywhere near the degree that 3-goal-leads are.
the key point being that it's disproportionately dangerous relative to HIGHER leads and not as comfortable as it might appear.
Hi Alfie
I’m a huge fan of your content and for that I thank you a lot.
Are you planning on doing a video of the recent scandal of corruption by Benfica ?
Big shout out from Portugal 😁
Paul Scholes being misused by England and regularly played on the left.
Or just the myth that Paul Scholes was some kind of all-time great on level with players like Modric, Pirlo and Xavi.
One of your best to date, loving your snark
Excellent content like most of you videos, keep up the good work Alfie 👏
always love your vids, Alfie. Don't usually comment on vids but here's one to boost the algorithm .
That Evra clip went on for an uncomfortably long time
Thank you so much for mentioning the Ronaldo/Messi one. Drives me mad every time I hear it
#4 is a weird take to me because if you were to build the perfect soccer player in a lab, from a physical and athletic standpoint, you'd probably build someone that looks a whole lot like Cristiano Ronaldo
Which is the weird take? The myth or the debunk?
@@needfoolthings presumably the myth that Messi was just born to be a perfect football player, since at a glance Ronaldo's physique looks more suited to it (and therefore you might assume that people would be more likely to think that he was the one born with the advantage, not Messi).
Of course Ronaldo's physique is largely of his own making and Messi's short stature has helped him to be such an incredible dribbler with a low centre of gravity (and anyway both of them have worked really hard for decades to get where they did and so either way it would of course be a myth).
2-1 is the worst lead whoever scores next is most likely to win
Been asking this for years, please TRY to make a video on FK Qarabag of Azerbaijan. Ghost town club who had been playing away from home for over 30 years because of war and with almost no budget but still qualifying to European Group Stages for 10 years in a row including once into the UCL group stages. Became arguably the closest team to beat Bayer Leverkusen this season TWICE. Please at least consider it. Thank you.
Your content is so enjoyable, and it's just still images for video. Testament to your writing.
Despite the simple concept, this channel and Alphie just seem to get better and better with age, just like a fine wine! Unbelievable work Jeff!! 😂❤
I will add two that I've seen plenty of times, and ridiculous to say the least.
1- Messi's childhood treatment turned him into a super human athlete, thus should be stripped off his awards.
2- The most powerful and obscure people from the football world and media are against Ronaldo, and he is battling them in the shadows. I mean, could you imagine? One of the most recognizable and marketingable faces in the world, that have spent most of his professional days playing for both the biggest club in England and the biggest club in Spain, and nowadays is the biggest name in Saudi Arabia's sportwashing apparatus, while enjoying benefits and commodities that no other of his colleagues has, that guy, somehow is being plotted against by "The powerful" ?
You wrong in both,
1 would messi be who he is today without injecting growth hormones?No he would be even shorter and a lot weaker but I know it was a must for him to get injected or else he wouldn't have been able to play.no one asked to be stripped.
2 maybe you too young to remember but Ronaldo was hated since day 1 by media,I remember as a kid buying sport newspapers every day and you would have articles everyday saying he is partying too much he is a coke addict he is a womanizer he is not training he will fail soon he is a one season wonder,he proved them all wrong nd he is still to this day hated by mainstream media(skysport ESPN cbs etc)he was the biggest star since Beckham nd the media hated the fact that he didnt give an f about playing ball with them.we fans dont say it's powerful governments going after him,just the media nd it is so obvious how biased they are against him.
@@bansenpy5553 How am I wrong tho? I'm not talking particularly about you, or about what you think. Or are you a representative that speaks in the name of all the persons that believe in myths?
1- So what if he couldn't have played without the treatment, what does that prove to you? Do you understand that he did not obtain any advantage for undergoing it? His body wasn't producing HGH as it should do, so was given it in a dose that would correspond to the normal presence in blood for a human without his disease.
2- So he was criticed, something that literally every high profile player goes through. Saying he is hated by the media while they consistently show his success is a conspiracie teorist's thought. There are literally posts from ESPN about Ronaldo in their RUclips channels that put him in a good light also. Last one is from 4hs ago.
That Evra clip….i….i dunno 😵💫
I’ve heard that 2-0 nonsense from hockey commentators as well. Although, strangely, I don’t think I’ve ever heard it said by a basketball person.
What would be the equivalent......75-50 is the most dangerous scoreline? 95-75? 110-90?
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2-0 is a dangerous lead, if there's still time left in the game of course.
I'm sure a lot of the 2-0 results counted by the researchers would have been 1-0 wins converted to 2-0s to 'kill the game' later on.
Not the same concept as the myth suggests tbf.
Surely the biggest myth is that clubs are more than just businesses and fans are more than just customers
Players should play for the love of the game and if they sign a contract that ends up hurting the billionaire owner they should be willing to take a pay cut.
@@somethinglikethat2176why are we scking dick for billionaires?
THEY are the one giving out those "hurtful" contracts. Its on THEM. Not the player.
wtf is this
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the 2-0 thing was said by Carlos Salvador Bilardo. The dude knew stuff so I think it's a bit disrespectful to just call it a myth. Some Europeans never see that here in South America we were light years ahead of them in football