Mali XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2021
  • From Premier League, Champions League, and World Cup winning Chelsea midfielder and France international N'Golo Kante, to Wolves and Spain wide man Adama Traore, HITC Sevens takes a look at what the Mali national team might look like if every player eligible to represent them had chosen to do so.
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Комментарии • 219

  • @Halcryder
    @Halcryder 2 года назад +161

    Honestly I love this series, and it kinda proves how global the game is these days.

    • @krish5445
      @krish5445 2 года назад +8

      Which is why african teams are so weak coz all good players are lured by european countries to play for them. Some european countries just open their border to let africans in so that they can get good black players to play for them. Which is invisble robbing of talent. Europe is exploiting africa's income disadvantage to gain success.

    • @leightonsmith4201
      @leightonsmith4201 2 года назад +11

      @@krish5445 That's not why they let in African immigrants lmao

    • @krish5445
      @krish5445 2 года назад +6

      @@leightonsmith4201 That is what is actual reason, why will they tell you the real reason. THe govt always tells the opp of what is true. No surprises. Africa is being kept poor by the west to suck its resources both natural and human.

    • @johnmitchell2269
      @johnmitchell2269 2 года назад +2

      @@krish5445 Cheap labour

    • @HelloThere-uh3ll
      @HelloThere-uh3ll 2 года назад +1

      @@krish5445 unbelievable 😂…those Africans chose to leave shitty environments. They show what people can do in civilized places. They provided a home for these people and you bash them. Wtf

  • @ansh0133
    @ansh0133 2 года назад +28

    I lived in Bamako, Mali for most of my childhood, during an incredible peaceful period, and I left during the 2012 coup. It’s more than an incredible country, and it’s so easy to fall in love with it and its people. They’re also so football crazy there haha, that’s where I started playing football as a kid. Thanks for doing this video!

  • @itdenelll
    @itdenelll 2 года назад +85

    6:07 “So without further Edu…”
    Yes, put a picture of the Arsenal Edu when you say that next time

    • @bentn13
      @bentn13 2 года назад +6

      Without Freddy Adu would be my preference.

    • @miguel_aquatico
      @miguel_aquatico 2 года назад +1

      @@bentn13 already done

  • @nellyb743
    @nellyb743 2 года назад +21

    I feel like at some point you'll have to do a "World Cup" of all these actual starting XIs, arguing who'd win for each match in a lose-and-go-home type of scenario until only one team was left standing. All the teams that you put together look so strong on paper.

  • @FootballDrawn
    @FootballDrawn 2 года назад +27

    Ohhh wowwww....This eligible 11 reminds me of a time when Nigeria and Cameroon had the duopoly of Africa in the late 90's/early 2000's, and were really good candidates for an African team to break the Quarter Finals duck. ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

  • @heichan8657
    @heichan8657 2 года назад +22

    Adama Traore is a great player, not to be confused with the Adama Traore who actually represent Mali, or the Adama Traore who actually represent Mali.

  • @benpalliyaguru2876
    @benpalliyaguru2876 2 года назад +16

    this team is actually brilliant. cant believe you didnt mention adama declaring that he would play for Mali before backtracking on his words and going to spain

    • @calhorning9382
      @calhorning9382 2 года назад +1

      once i played an FM save as Togo manager and Adama Traore on Mali ruined my life

    • @zuhayershadmankhan9870
      @zuhayershadmankhan9870 2 года назад

      Adama even played a match I think

  • @the_one_the_only4651
    @the_one_the_only4651 2 года назад +11

    Alfie can you do a video documenting the rise and fall of Oldham Athletic and how they managed to go from being founding members of the Premier League and having competed in the top-flight at recently as 1994 to now favourites to get relegated out of the Football League altogether here in 2021?

  • @michaelay4900
    @michaelay4900 2 года назад +39

    Day 2: Best XI made of club captains

    • @Johnny_Shikari
      @Johnny_Shikari 2 года назад

      I second this motion. Could make for a very interesting video and team.

  • @skyrothman8651
    @skyrothman8651 2 года назад +17

    You should do an XI of players who could represent strange nations you wouldn't expect. Alexander Isak and Eritrea for example

    • @gokhulmanikandan7689
      @gokhulmanikandan7689 2 года назад +6

      Cristiano Ronaldo and Cabo Verde?

    • @skyrothman8651
      @skyrothman8651 2 года назад

      @@gokhulmanikandan7689 ooh that’s a really good one, I didn’t even know about that

    • @kieronparr3403
      @kieronparr3403 2 года назад

      @@gokhulmanikandan7689 that's not weird Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony

    • @skyrothman8651
      @skyrothman8651 2 года назад

      @@kieronparr3403 It's definitely weird, just due to the fact that it's Ronaldo

    • @kieronparr3403
      @kieronparr3403 2 года назад +2

      He was born on Madeira an island off Africa. Just like (and next door to) cape Verde. Madreira is closer to Cape Verde than the Mainland

  • @smileyweb1901
    @smileyweb1901 2 года назад +6

    New drinking game:
    Take a shot every time Alfie says Mamadou Samassa and try to stay conscious

  • @Rumayne
    @Rumayne 2 года назад

    As a baller fan this is BEST vid I've seen so far purley from the amount MJ pics alone 👌🏾

  • @prometheustv6558
    @prometheustv6558 2 года назад +4

    Day Whatever The Fuck It Is Now: Barcelona 2011 vs 2015 Combined XI

  • @12thMandalorian
    @12thMandalorian 2 года назад +4

    Fun fact: Mali were managed by Henri Stambouli, father of former Spurs midfielder Benjamin

  • @LeylandWarrior7
    @LeylandWarrior7 2 года назад +21

    Basically what I learn from these videos is that if you want to be a world class footballer, you need to be born in the suburbs of Paris

  • @danielnoah7719
    @danielnoah7719 2 года назад

    Thanks for the history 😊
    I was looking forward to that

  • @yungmo1854
    @yungmo1854 2 года назад +19

    Day 2: Could you do a video talking about Malaysian legend Mohktar Dahari who is the 3rd all time international top scorer

  • @tejas8719
    @tejas8719 2 года назад +3

    Yves Bissouma and Ngolo Kante in one team will be madness!

  • @dirty_deeds3523
    @dirty_deeds3523 2 года назад

    Another great video! Thanks from the 🇺🇸

  • @yungtrashlord
    @yungtrashlord 2 года назад +5

    lmao i remember giving a suggestion for this very video quite a while ago... also i would like to see a guinea xi if all eligible players declared for them lowkey wanna see who will be playing alongside pogba and naby keita

  • @adameaton45
    @adameaton45 2 года назад +2

    You should do Senegal next. They already have a fire squad, but could’ve been insane if everyone who could have played for them

  • @Fpl_Reyes_
    @Fpl_Reyes_ 2 года назад +16

    Do a vid on a would be starting XI if every prem team started the players numbered 1-11 (since Burnley did it)

  • @dandurrant90
    @dandurrant90 2 года назад +2

    May have missed some players but this is my attempt at an all time what if Mali xi:
    Mahamadou Sidibe;
    Djibril sidibe, Wesley fofana, Souleymane Diamoutene, adama Tamboura;
    Lessana Diarra, N’golo Kante, Jean Tigana;
    Ousmane Dembele, Salif Keita, Frederic Kanoute

    • @malodol1234
      @malodol1234 2 года назад +1

      Should’ve added Seydou Keita from Barcelona

  • @chikowashere
    @chikowashere 2 года назад +2

    It'd be kinda cool if they all got together and agreed to declare for Mali to see how far they can get.

  • @Hilversumborn
    @Hilversumborn 2 года назад

    These vids are among my faves

  • @Dunkelzeitgeist
    @Dunkelzeitgeist 2 года назад

    I legit searched this yesterday to see if you’d made one, and the disappointment was immeasurable, but here you are with the clutch

  • @shawnmason5551
    @shawnmason5551 2 года назад

    Excellent video

  • @misterandrew
    @misterandrew 2 года назад

    Love this series so much, Cape Verde next?

  • @barca29np
    @barca29np 2 года назад +6

    Wesley fofana is ivorian right?

  • @bentn13
    @bentn13 2 года назад +1

    Like Eddie Howe, you should also do "Freddy Adu" for without any further ado.

  • @mrb6759
    @mrb6759 2 года назад +2

    Alfie, I admire your global knowledge. Please do a video on the best team of eleven players that could have played for England.

  • @J-CG
    @J-CG 2 года назад +4

    This team is actually pretty frightening on paper 👀

  • @AbsolutelyFabregas95
    @AbsolutelyFabregas95 2 года назад

    New video idea for this series Wales 👏👏

  • @andrefaria2921
    @andrefaria2921 2 года назад +5

    "What happened to Fabio Paim", the teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo at Sporting's youth team that was considered better than him.

  • @ShmuelMe
    @ShmuelMe 2 года назад +2

    There is actually another Adama Traore who won the best player award in the U20 World Cup, and his career has since died to many many injuries

  • @pa0mafeurtadott777
    @pa0mafeurtadott777 2 года назад +2

    I'm hoping over the next decades the theme of African players playing for European countries will level out due to the period of great migration in the mid 20th century calming down. Hopefully football infrastructure grows and stability in places like Mali can increase.

  • @balham5606
    @balham5606 2 года назад +2

    Pls do a video on the afc Wimbledon story, how the FA allowed their move away and the raise in promotions they had. 9 in 11 years.
    Also how Whyteleafe fc are now gone over a ground problem which ian rush acts confused about.
    How there is a Phoenix club for the fans now. :-)

  • @sbongadlamini388
    @sbongadlamini388 2 года назад +1

    Last year Mali named a squad with 3 players named Adama Traores

  • @idontmakecontent4870
    @idontmakecontent4870 2 года назад +9

    Do France’s best XI without players of African descent.

    • @rithwikprathap4020
      @rithwikprathap4020 2 года назад +1

      He has already done that.

    • @idontmakecontent4870
      @idontmakecontent4870 2 года назад +1

      @@rithwikprathap4020 Not really. The closest thing he did to that was “France’s XI that could only play for France.”

    • @quantum3672
      @quantum3672 2 года назад

      @@idontmakecontent4870 Why arbitrarily remove players of African descent? His videos don't usually cover how a national team would look if players of a specific regional origin and only them were removed.

  • @nikoryan2
    @nikoryan2 2 года назад +1

    Watched the entire video asking where is Naby Keita only realizing he's from Guinea at the very end xD

  • @sidikitraore7746
    @sidikitraore7746 2 года назад +1

    yesssir malian power 🟢🟡🔴

  • @bkah1
    @bkah1 2 года назад

    Energetic? Well that isn't an understatement.

  • @Ariurotl
    @Ariurotl 2 года назад

    Alfie 🤝 Irish Guy
    Dunking on Steve Sidwell

  • @RealMaks07001
    @RealMaks07001 2 года назад +1

    Just for your info, Niakhaté could very well represent Senegal as he's in a similar situation to Ballo-Touré

  • @eddyededwin
    @eddyededwin 2 года назад +2

    that midfield 3 is crazy, no one would be able to win a tackle in that dog fight

  • @boii6569
    @boii6569 2 года назад

    I miss these videos

  • @Jonathanfootball144
    @Jonathanfootball144 2 года назад

    You are very smart

  • @tomaszrock226
    @tomaszrock226 2 года назад

    When I don’t know how to name my manager in FIFA Career Mode I usually use a random name generator and pick a name. I fancied Mali and picked Bailo Sonko. Now I always pick the last preset and give him the name

  • @charlie7466
    @charlie7466 2 года назад

    This would be a really fun team to play with in fifa

  • @1630revelloify
    @1630revelloify 2 года назад

    The rules are that there can only be one Traore in form in the PL. Last season it was Bertrand at Villa.

  • @depekthegreat359
    @depekthegreat359 2 года назад

    I like Mali extremely so much and ever and also hopefully,the national team would develop their squad well and try to challenge with the respective credible national teams,not just with the respective top teams,good friends!!!:-D

  • @hasanramic9269
    @hasanramic9269 2 года назад

    Have you ever thought about making these what if teams in football manager and seeing how they fair in international tournaments??

  • @bowbow1034
    @bowbow1034 2 года назад

    You should do a video on 7 of my longest Intros.

  • @ahmadal-shami2113
    @ahmadal-shami2113 2 года назад

    It is among my favorite nations

  • @joemudd2778
    @joemudd2778 2 года назад

    Updated version of all time greatest England XI last one made 2 years ago

  • @stephen123470
    @stephen123470 2 года назад +3

    What happened to Panathinaikos?

  • @bipss5h
    @bipss5h 2 года назад

    I went to the QPR v/s Leicester Pre-season game ... Fofana was easily the best player on the pitch including the likes of Tilemans, Vardy and Barnes so it makes me sad that it was the last game he would get before his injury

  • @kanserholicgaming4068
    @kanserholicgaming4068 2 года назад +1

    Now do a philippines xi if they are eligible

  • @barca29np
    @barca29np 2 года назад +20

    Mama África has been robbed of her talent for years. Mali has been historically since the 13th century a power house in Africa but sadly the colonialists have destroyed it. If the players had any ambition and or pride they'd play for mali and not France, but many choose the easy way out. Mali is a very good example and Senegal. Even my nation Morocco too and Algeria dz.
    I'd love to see another video on another north west African nation whether it be from the Maghreb or west Africa. Cheers

    • @jeivii
      @jeivii 2 года назад +1

      They learned skills in Europe...

    • @areebsiddiqui758
      @areebsiddiqui758 2 года назад +6

      You can't say all of those players would have become as good had they played for a nation with far less footballing pedigree and infrastructure, coaching, academies etc. as Europeans nations. Many of them were born and grew up in those European nations and associate themselves as citizens of those respective nations rather than the nation of their parents.

    • @monkeytennis8861
      @monkeytennis8861 2 года назад +1

      They weren't even born in Africa, you clown. They're Europeans.

  • @anant1462
    @anant1462 2 года назад +1

    Do the same for some of the big European national teams!

  • @crunchtimewithcetshwayo4933
    @crunchtimewithcetshwayo4933 2 года назад

    I tweeted about this and I'll ask again. Please do a Zimbabwean XI next.

  • @jordantrainsuk8608
    @jordantrainsuk8608 2 года назад +1

    Diaby is class
    Kante is class
    Bissouma is amazing
    Fofana is quality
    Adama Traore is quality

    • @areebsiddiqui758
      @areebsiddiqui758 2 года назад

      Adama Traore is an overrated baby oil and pace merchant.

    • @rikut9220
      @rikut9220 2 года назад

      adama😂😂😂

  • @connortaylor3863
    @connortaylor3863 2 года назад +1

    6:15 your welcome

  • @chriswoodtoarsenal
    @chriswoodtoarsenal 2 года назад +3

    Day 22: where would a team of Alfie Potts Harmer lookalikes finish in the premier league?

  • @trollz4568
    @trollz4568 2 года назад +1

    Day 4, 7 Best hattricks of all time (based on both quality and occasion).

  • @danielayik8113
    @danielayik8113 2 года назад

    CANADA XI if all eligible players declared pls. There are the stars that Canada has but players like Tomori, Bounou, Cristante, and Kadioglou can push them over the line in becoming an amazing team.

  • @shyamsundar4264
    @shyamsundar4264 2 года назад +1

    Could you do the India XI next?

  • @yeetpotatoes69420
    @yeetpotatoes69420 2 года назад +1

    Can someone explain Niakhaté(the one at CB)? All the information I can find on him is he's actually Senegalese and not Mali?

    • @kieronparr3403
      @kieronparr3403 2 года назад

      There's two moussa niakhates. One plays in Bundesliga, one in Ligue 2. I think....

    • @yeetpotatoes69420
      @yeetpotatoes69420 2 года назад +1

      @@kieronparr3403 I'm talking about the CB

  • @runegrnbk5322
    @runegrnbk5322 2 года назад +1

    Do france XI if they could only use players born in current day france.

  • @hermsfresh9066
    @hermsfresh9066 2 года назад +1

    Do Cameroon

  • @kindmulberry7196
    @kindmulberry7196 2 года назад +1

    Day 2: The rise and fall of Chievo Verona

  • @MikeFinnley
    @MikeFinnley 2 года назад

    Try a new series; Best XI for each continent (Asia, South America, North America, Africa, Europe and Australia. You can leave Antarctica out ;) )

  • @mparmpaben7289
    @mparmpaben7289 2 года назад

    Do Greece next

  • @razerow3391
    @razerow3391 2 года назад

    TBF Traore was BORN in Spain so it's not like he is fucking over Mali. If he picked Mali he would be playing for a country that isn't his actually nationality and a technicality.
    It's so weird that because I had a postman with a friend that once met a woman with a Brazilian personal trainer it means I can now play for the great Brazil national team!

  • @sukhdevr3489
    @sukhdevr3489 2 года назад

    That midfield is ridiculous. No-one is going past that.

  • @yungtrashlord
    @yungtrashlord 2 года назад

    2:20 that is the senegal flag iirc

  • @ww1593
    @ww1593 2 года назад

    You should try Congo, they would be stacked. Lukaku, tielemans, etc.. almost every black person for the Belgian team.

  • @sagnasswe2114
    @sagnasswe2114 2 года назад

    That's quiet a team you picked.

  • @pogoprojay4586
    @pogoprojay4586 2 года назад +5

    Don’t always believe Wikipedia, Wesley Fofana isn’t from Mali he’s Ivorian.

    • @perspii2808
      @perspii2808 2 года назад +3

      He has both Malian and Ivorian ancestry

    • @pogoprojay4586
      @pogoprojay4586 2 года назад

      @@perspii2808 where you get this information

  • @ScotisticDad
    @ScotisticDad 2 года назад

    Request: Was the 1954 world cup final fixed?

  • @kaindow455
    @kaindow455 2 года назад

    Best pre-Pelé South American players

  • @marcelchalobah7946
    @marcelchalobah7946 2 года назад +1

    Senegal next?

  • @Tarteh
    @Tarteh 10 месяцев назад

    How about a video about a team ...with a twist. All players are either 6ft4 and above or 5ft7 and below, best XI of 35 yr old plus players, best XI with players all sharing either the same forename or surname etc

  • @joemudd2778
    @joemudd2778 2 года назад

    5 a side team from
    Every premier league club (doesn’t have to have a goalkeeper)

  • @bestianegrafcbayernmunchen5454
    @bestianegrafcbayernmunchen5454 2 года назад

    Chelsea ucl final 2012 vs Chelsea 2021 ucl final combined XI

  • @DEATHSTARER
    @DEATHSTARER 2 года назад

    The top 7 most successful English football club Managers who succeeded
    an equally successful Manager at the same club.

    • @MrBenjigee
      @MrBenjigee 2 года назад +1

      1. Bob Paisley.

    • @DEATHSTARER
      @DEATHSTARER 2 года назад

      @@MrBenjigee That’s the most obvious one.

  • @ysal6570
    @ysal6570 2 года назад

    A lot of these players chose not to represent Mali because Mali had nothing to do with their evolution as a top level athlete.

  • @thibautvoumard5762
    @thibautvoumard5762 2 года назад

    U17 Swiss Side that won the world cup where are they now

  • @lucasvickmann6972
    @lucasvickmann6972 2 года назад

    Please make a guadeloupe xl

  • @ElliotMclean
    @ElliotMclean 2 года назад

    My Girlfriend is half Malian so I’m watching this feeling pride

  • @jimbob-robob
    @jimbob-robob 2 года назад

    Do best team under 5 feet 6 inches...

  • @abrarmuhtasiim6612
    @abrarmuhtasiim6612 2 года назад +4

    It took 7 months for this to come out, ffs😂😂😂

  • @melvingameryt9386
    @melvingameryt9386 2 года назад

    Do it but for Sweden

  • @dhruvmistry4626
    @dhruvmistry4626 2 года назад

    Do the DRC

  • @lawrence1565
    @lawrence1565 2 года назад

    Day 25 of asking : ranking the managerial careers of Alex Ferguson's ex players (alt titles - 7 best/7 worst)

  • @alfiemcmaster7372
    @alfiemcmaster7372 2 года назад

    Please do Albania Alfie

  • @mabm4310
    @mabm4310 2 года назад

    it is true though. most top african players born in africa show no allegiance to the country of their birth, the all go and play for european countries. it should be a rule where you have to play for where you are born.

  • @jmiie8475
    @jmiie8475 2 года назад

    2:24 Senegal flag?

  • @abutimelanin
    @abutimelanin 2 года назад

    Algeria next?

  • @zuhayershadmankhan9870
    @zuhayershadmankhan9870 2 года назад

    Interesting how this series is basically African nations.