Do a video essay on Scotland on how they went from a consistent qualifier for major tournaments to not qualifying for a tournament for 23 years to now with a young squad of promising potential
As a Canadian, the final nail in the golden generation's coffin was definitely the game that made everyone say "wow, they were really lucky to win against Canada..."
Was nice to see some respect put on Canada’s name in that game even though we couldn’t get the result we deserved. I remember, though disappointed, leaving the sports bar I watched that game at proud of Canada. Yes, Belgium was underwhelming…but you cannot take away from Canada’s performance in that game. 🇨🇦
I thought he had? Either way, I really don't think he should. Maybe some people somehow don't know about it but every TH-camr and their mom has made a chapecoense video and there's literally nothing new to say
He's basically impossible to replace even three years after his retirement from football. Dude's the embodiment of leadership and charisma and Belgium lacks this after his retirement.
Kompany should be Belgium coach in the future once he has enough experience at club level. That charisma, grit and leadership seemed to not have toned down a bit since he had great stints with Anderlecht and now promoting Burnley to the PL.
@@dante6055 Lol no, even this euro campaign we will have a shot at the trophy... Now we have a good mix between old and young players... A new coach and half a new team with youn energetic players (finally).
@@bababababababa6124 We still have a lot of promising young talents it's just that martinez didn't pay any attention to them while tedesco has done an impressive wave of renewals.
Love the legacy of failure series! Here are some ideas: Tottenham (of course) Barcelona (more focused on our lack of success in Europe recently) Netherlands (three lost finals in the world cup)
Belgium just wins every qualification game, unlike other big countries. That's why they aggregate so many points. They're the masters of qualifications.
I would like to add an honorable mention. The 2021 Nations League. They reached the semi-final and met France, who when they last met, broke their dreams in thr 2018 World Cup semi final. This is only the Nations League yes, but it was also an opportunity for revenge against the rival neighbours. They led 2-0 and seemed primed to get their win back and reach their first final in any competition since 1980. And then the collapse happened
As a belgian, I really think that our prime was between 2015-2019, it was the time when we were real contenders. I'm a huge fan of Hazard because this is the type of player who can really make the difference and everybody who really watched the matches can relate to that. Nothing will be the same now , even if I think our current squad can maybe do something in the future
I still stand by that to this day, had Meunier not been suspended for the semi final against France, that Belgium would've won the world cup in 2018. They scored goals in bunches in all other games, and the change in shape for them semi final really threw them off.
Even though we never actually won something, as a belgian I'm still very proud. World cup 2018 were some of my best memories ever and seeing our small country becoming third was incredible to watch. World cup 2022 was awful though...
I think when people look at Belgium national team, they only look at the 2014-2022 generation, but overall in their entire history for a small country in Europe what they have achieved is fantastic.
Well its 100% amazing for a country with 11mil people reaching 3rd place but Coatia had much less money,way worse infrustructure,almost no hype and a population 3 times smaller, a worse and less experienced coaching staff, no centralized system for youth production and way smaller pool of quality players to choose from and achieved way more. So population wise Belgium always overachieve by almost constantly qualifying through the extremely tough european qualifiers but considering the level of quality and depth you guys had? Expectations must have bee through the roof! Still happy for you guys though. Greece has the same populations and apart for euro 2004 they never even qualify for anything...
Gotta admit Belgium had missed the impossible shoots last world cup,even I thought when lukaku was about to score was like,dang it here we go home,but he somehow missed that,like tf
Vincent Kompany NEEDS to become their head coach. With what he’s accomplished in Burnley so far he has proven he has what it takes to creat a cohesive group that will push through all pains and disagreements.
I do think this team have disappointed, but tbf to them there haven’t been in a tournament they were in that they were the all out major favorites. The team itself was at its peak in 2018 but France was still better and more stacked than them. It’s not like Belgium hade the only golden generation in this period. Other than France they have hade to deal with Germany and their golden generation at its peak (2014) Sorry for the spelling, literally just woke up
Don't worry about things not being as on schedule as you hoped! We all get things wrong from time to time as humans, and variables out of your control can change things! This video essay is worth the wait regardless!
as a Belgian, I don't see this last "Golden Generation" as a failure. Yes, we didn't take any trophies, but throughout many years, I have truly enjoyed watching the belgian football at the EC's and the WC's. Details have determined we didn't win any trophies, play the game against France again 10 times and we win 8 of them. EC in 2021, the Portuguese players injured half of the team so no Hazard and an injured De Bruyne against Italy etc etc. For a country of 11M inhabitants, I think they gave us a lot of joy !
@@somethingwithultra7231 I wouldn't count the 2014 team as a Golden Generation. Maybe you could see it as a sort of Last Dance of the remaining players from the 06-10 generation, but the Big 4 were already in decline and Van der Vaart even missed the tournament. On top of that some crucial players around them, like Van Bommel, Van Bronckhorst, even the unfancied but solid enough Heitinga and Mathijsen, had retired and been replaced by lesser players. We also had to resort to playing Kuyt wingback because we had zero competent options in that position. As much as the success of that World Cup was overblown, with Mexico still being angry at the manner we got our victory over them and only getting past Costa Rica on penalties, it was still a good tournament for that mediocre side, and I'll never forget the way we caused Spain to collapse.
@@thomasvrielink299 I suppose that's very fair, I guess it just goes to show how one big match like the one with Spain could reignite alot of hope and faith for a team, though. And I truly hope we get to see such similar matches again in the future, since right now we seem very 50/50 even at our best.
I was actually at the hotel Belgium used as base camp in June 2022 (The Hilton Salwa resort). As I was leaving after a 3 day stay, I saw Belgian FA staff but no players or Roberto Martinez. Gianni Infantino was there with them though for some reason. (Also Brazil and Serbia trained a few kilometers away from where I used to live in Qatar)
As a belgian citizen. I was really emotional throughout the video. Hopefully we can win something this decade. Even a Nation League would be good tbh 😢
You almost won nations league. This year, Croatia (my country) has a shot at winning that. I hope we do but there are strong nations like Spain and Netherlands in there.
3rd place at a world cup is something to be proud of and should not be considered a failure, winning internarional trophies is a rare occurance for even the big nations so the fact that our small country achieved that makes it so that i cannot consider them a failed golden generation
Funny vid, but wished you would’ve given a slight recap of their 2021 loss in the Nations League semis. I don’t think any loss quite encapsulated the Belgians’ luck like that one. Yes, it’s a lesser tournament, but it was still an opportunity to win an official trophy. And they failed to do so, despite even being up 2-0 at one point.
Personally, I think an Australian national team essay would be interesting. Truly a unique team and history and recent resurgence in its ability, with finally some good prospects to give hope after our own golden generation
Australia is starting to look good. 2022 was by far our best team since 2006. And the current rankings are australias best since the late 2000s. Not to mention the amount of talent we have now aswell, Kuol, irankunda, jordy bos
@@MaxT4zaChile definitely fell off after that confederations cup, but Germany… All those “Germany’s D team is better than everyone else’s A team” memes did not age well.
You should do a video on Argentina's missing generations: potential teams that could've won the WC in the past and players who should have been over looked during those times. Do one on Italy as well.
Well thats dumb idea. Many videos can be done on teams who could've won the world cup as the possiblities are endless hypothethically speaking. Whether you have the better players isnt always guaranteed you'll win otherwise netherlands wouldve won it plenty of times and belgium as well amd so on. The world cup as many others have said requires a bit of luck as well. Also if youre a country that started in thr world cup or got into football earlier then pthrr nations you'll mot likely be better. No suprise Argentina is great or better then the US my country because thr Argentinians have been playing in the world cup for a lomg time whereas the US only just recently even started to take football seriously. Needless to say football here or soccer is not even pur top 4 biggest sports. Theres actually a video on that . The teams who started to play football earlier amd participate in the world cup longer have better results overall then Nigeria or morocco or US and so on. More experience. Its like if a brought baseball to Argentina and excpected them to do well against the US. We would win easily for obvious reasons
The 2006 team should’ve gone further. 2010 and 2018 were some of the worst, and in 2014 they played a lot better than anyone expected. It was a miracle they got to the final, and almost beat Germany. That team was so weak compared to the 2022 team
Great video as always. A suggestion would be to cover the Portuguese national team and all there short comings and how they themselves are entering into a sort of golden generation!
41:25 I still have nightmares of that counter attack I just realized, the team that beat Japan in the round of 16 beats Brazil in the Quaters, twice in a row
You're the man to put game and anime ost to this football video and I'm just listening to it like a podcast. Man you're the goat. You earned this sub.❤
I bet $100 on Belgium to win the 2014 WC at 500-1 in 2012. I watched every qualifying game and told everyone I know that DeBruyne would be the greatest MF in the world. It’s been fun but also a nightmare
Lmao the sly against cam loved it. Also Max, it's fucking awesome how much you've come. Proud to have been here since you were in the 2ks range. Never feel bad about being Kate with videos. Rather have soemth8ng complete and well made rather then something rushed.
As a Belgian, great to go through memory lane again. Great video essay man! First time seeing a video of yours and I liked the mix of seriousness and memes. Keep up the good work and keep an eye out for some of our new talents such as Onana, Bakayoko and Openda ;).
Maxwell you've done it again. Another brilliant video essay. I hate to ask you for another one so soon but I'd love for you to at least consider doing a video at some point on the Mexican national team and their legacy of failure, especially after their disappointing 2022 world cup run. Again though, keep it up dude, I'm always looking forward to your new videos Edit: I saw someone mention The Netherlands and I think they should prob also be considered lol
As always a superb and in-depth view of the state of affairs in football. Maqwell please think of the Croatian story, a footballing nation that formed recently, war toren and the rise to the top.
as belgium/finnish person the some of the comments are kinda disrespectful on belgiums team its a amazing team to think how small our country is belgium didnt impress in the 2022 wc i cried after we went out put we have a new manager and we are improving pls put some respect on belgiums team as in the 2018 wc we beat many big countries and gave fight to france and we deserved better against france
1:53 You got a like just for that reference (Thanks editor) Also the nickname "World Champions of Friendlies" probably still applies to the Belgian team even today, but change friendlies for FIFA Ranking
There is a great documentary about the 1986 world cup from Sporza. We had a lot of problems in the dressing room and even the win against Irak was a horrendous game I mean they had a man less and we only just won it. People got sick too cuz of some Mexican virus. But then we finally got into some good form after putting a young squad on and taking some recommendations from the media. The linesman was horrible in the match with Argentina btw even though Argentina played better the linesman had no clue what offside was.
they pretty much had around 2 tournament's with their golden generation and failed and now they have a completely different team i honestly think they missed their one chance to get silverware
Euro '18 was still the best I've seen our team play. 3rd for a small country like ours is a massive achievement. Still believe 2020 would have been our time, with everyone at their prime playing at their best untill Covid hit. Roberto had to go after Euro 21, all signs were there but alas. Last world cup was a dumpster fire, but with a fit Lukaku we probably would have managed through the group stages. Doesn't excuse the rest though. All in all, the term 'Golden Generation' was a nice PR stunt by our FA. Yes, we had all the talent, but when it mattered we were no team. Looking forward to see how we manage with Tedesco. While we don't have any more world beaters like we had the last decade, there is still talent to look forward too.
And kicking Radja Naingolan out of the team. Does any Belgian football fan understand that ? The only player who actually showed some guts in Euro 2018... Well i think we are still good for the next euro and depending on the result maybe kdb courtois and lukaku wanna try another WC :p . Well the game against Germany was the most entertaining ive seen since brazil at the wc... inbetween those alot of nothing and boredom. ;)
Audre Lorde said something along the lines that instead of denying, fearing, and demonizing difference (in her case specifically homophobia, racism, and misogyny since she was a Lesbian Black Woman) we must instead celebrate and embrace difference. Your thoughts on Belgian diversity made me think of that.
Captain KDB, Courtois, and hopefully rejuvenated Lukaku should be perfect mentors for youngsters and good thing is Courtois is keeper so his cold relation with Kevin has had less than expected effect as they still recognise quality of each other. Now the expectations are gone and team maybe can play for sake of having fun. Belgium lack mentality and if that can be improved we could be in for a surprise
I hope Louis Openda actually starts a game... Lukaku's feat in beeing an attacker, stand at the right place at the right time.... and let the ball bounce of ur foot/head/any other body part in the goal ;). Haha now im beeing to harsh. But any half descent forward would have scored goals for Belgium cos both Eden Hazard and KDB are selfless players when it comes to scoring goals ....
Hazard aged incredibly fast in terms of his decresing skills, De Bruyne is still good as well a Courtois yet they had troubles in performing for the national team and Lukaku turned into Lakaka. Feels like Kompany was the heart and soul of this national team. Once he was gone eveything started crumbling down.
Belgium feel that that employee who you hire straight out of college that you really think has the ability to become at least a board manager given their pedigree and resume... but end up just topping out in middle management.
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Tbf I think all italians agree on saying that Doku against Italy looked like freakin' Pelé, he's definitely the most brilliant talent of the current Belgium team
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Bro, you missed the retarded assistent ref against argentina in 1986. He flagged 2 1 on 1’s that were on
Do a video essay on Scotland on how they went from a consistent qualifier for major tournaments to not qualifying for a tournament for 23 years to now with a young squad of promising potential
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As a Canadian, the final nail in the golden generation's coffin was definitely the game that made everyone say "wow, they were really lucky to win against Canada..."
Was nice to see some respect put on Canada’s name in that game even though we couldn’t get the result we deserved. I remember, though disappointed, leaving the sports bar I watched that game at proud of Canada. Yes, Belgium was underwhelming…but you cannot take away from Canada’s performance in that game. 🇨🇦
Ya but if they were in their golden generation they would have easily score 5-6 goals against them
@@bluecane4722stay mad
You Canucks did good, I’m proud of you guys for making it back to the World Cup. Let’s put on a good performance when we host it in 2 years.
🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦
I honestly would like for Maxwell to cover Chapecoense. I feel like it would be a great essay.
I thought he had? Either way, I really don't think he should. Maybe some people somehow don't know about it but every TH-camr and their mom has made a chapecoense video and there's literally nothing new to say
It'd probably be solid to check what happened with Chapecoense *after* the plane crash though.
It’s worth a try at some point
Didn’t realize how important Vincent Kompany was to the Belgium national team
He's basically impossible to replace even three years after his retirement from football. Dude's the embodiment of leadership and charisma and Belgium lacks this after his retirement.
Kompany should be Belgium coach in the future once he has enough experience at club level. That charisma, grit and leadership seemed to not have toned down a bit since he had great stints with Anderlecht and now promoting Burnley to the PL.
If you saw what Kompany said earlier in his career you definitely wouldn’t rate him as much as you do now
@@yolomaster1492 what he say?
@@thatsjuancooldude9409 HE SAID YOU A B*TCH 😭
As a Belgian this was a great video, I think the future will be okay but I don't think we will ever get a better chance to lift a trophy ever again.
@@dante6055 Lol no, even this euro campaign we will have a shot at the trophy... Now we have a good mix between old and young players... A new coach and half a new team with youn energetic players (finally).
@@SL-mj2eq Press X to Doubt
You never know what future generations will bring, in 2000 nobody thought youd end up with the likes of Hazard or De Bruyne
lol as a serbian i promise u ur nation never will have such an team again like 2018
@@serbe3416 what does being a serb has to do with knowing that though
Being a belgian fan is like being a Dortmund or spurs fan: *pain*
Only difference is that Belgium’s team looks like a retirement home
@@bababababababa6124 We still have a lot of promising young talents it's just that martinez didn't pay any attention to them while tedesco has done an impressive wave of renewals.
Dortmund recently won Dfb pokal when haaland is still there. Unlike spurs that hasn't won trophy 15 years from now
i am both so I guess this is accurate
@@uwbollema true germany destroyed
Love the legacy of failure series! Here are some ideas:
Tottenham (of course)
Barcelona (more focused on our lack of success in Europe recently)
Netherlands (three lost finals in the world cup)
None of the teams you mentioned are anywhere near as bad as Belgium
@@tombo416 I never said they were
Not a bad idea
Come on we need an arsenal one for the cl
@@yeloe4479 true,and I think maqwell would have a lot of fun making ot😂
Who's here after Belgium lost to Slovakia?
Edit: Who's here after Belgium got elimiated in the round of 16 by France?
Ur mom
@@itsalex1364 same as Ur mom
Here
@@ameliaszrajber367 yet you are here muslim, but not for long
@@kennethflaming8606 i'm not a muslim
Belgium continues to prove that nobody should take FIFA rankings seriously 😂
They’re really tryna tell me that Belgium is better than Croatia, England, Portugal and Morocco lol what a joke
Belgium just wins every qualification game, unlike other big countries. That's why they aggregate so many points. They're the masters of qualifications.
True lol there still rated 4TH IN THE WORLD .
Belgium is a qualifier and friendlies merchant
World Football Elo Ratings are the true rankings
I would like to add an honorable mention. The 2021 Nations League. They reached the semi-final and met France, who when they last met, broke their dreams in thr 2018 World Cup semi final.
This is only the Nations League yes, but it was also an opportunity for revenge against the rival neighbours. They led 2-0 and seemed primed to get their win back and reach their first final in any competition since 1980. And then the collapse happened
Sounds like a team who has a legacy of failure
@@ajax9923 bro from netherlands the country that cant stop losing finals, sounds like a legacy of failure
@@ajax9923says the dutchie Who has only won 1 final ever
@@user-vr8fs8gg6h at least we reached finals 🤷
As a belgian, I really think that our prime was between 2015-2019, it was the time when we were real contenders. I'm a huge fan of Hazard because this is the type of player who can really make the difference and everybody who really watched the matches can relate to that. Nothing will be the same now , even if I think our current squad can maybe do something in the future
Comparing Belgium's team chemistry to a Windstream internet connection is probably the most SAVAGE criticism I've ever heard!
Great stuff man! Was fun (though painful) to watch! From Belgium 🇧🇪
Thanks man!
I still stand by that to this day, had Meunier not been suspended for the semi final against France, that Belgium would've won the world cup in 2018. They scored goals in bunches in all other games, and the change in shape for them semi final really threw them off.
props to the editor for using the greatist piece of musical art at 51:16
Even though we never actually won something, as a belgian I'm still very proud. World cup 2018 were some of my best memories ever and seeing our small country becoming third was incredible to watch. World cup 2022 was awful though...
I think when people look at Belgium national team, they only look at the 2014-2022 generation, but overall in their entire history for a small country in Europe what they have achieved is fantastic.
Well its 100% amazing for a country with 11mil people reaching 3rd place but Coatia had much less money,way worse infrustructure,almost no hype and a population 3 times smaller, a worse and less experienced coaching staff, no centralized system for youth production and way smaller pool of quality players to choose from and achieved way more. So population wise Belgium always overachieve by almost constantly qualifying through the extremely tough european qualifiers but considering the level of quality and depth you guys had? Expectations must have bee through the roof! Still happy for you guys though. Greece has the same populations and apart for euro 2004 they never even qualify for anything...
@@Alev-ri9lr exactly!
Gotta admit Belgium had missed the impossible shoots last world cup,even I thought when lukaku was about to score was like,dang it here we go home,but he somehow missed that,like tf
My man
Vincent Kompany NEEDS to become their head coach. With what he’s accomplished in Burnley so far he has proven he has what it takes to creat a cohesive group that will push through all pains and disagreements.
This, as always, was brilliant. The amount of research and time that goes into these video’s really come through in the quality- keep it up.
Much love man!
I do think this team have disappointed, but tbf to them there haven’t been in a tournament they were in that they were the all out major favorites. The team itself was at its peak in 2018 but France was still better and more stacked than them. It’s not like Belgium hade the only golden generation in this period. Other than France they have hade to deal with Germany and their golden generation at its peak (2014)
Sorry for the spelling, literally just woke up
Also were coming in right after some other generations like Spain and the Netherlands' were fading out/not participating at all in the latter's case.
A great and well documented video as usual. I hope you continue to make videos of this high quality forever.
Thanks!
Don't worry about things not being as on schedule as you hoped! We all get things wrong from time to time as humans, and variables out of your control can change things! This video essay is worth the wait regardless!
as a Belgian, I don't see this last "Golden Generation" as a failure. Yes, we didn't take any trophies, but throughout many years, I have truly enjoyed watching the belgian football at the EC's and the WC's. Details have determined we didn't win any trophies, play the game against France again 10 times and we win 8 of them. EC in 2021, the Portuguese players injured half of the team so no Hazard and an injured De Bruyne against Italy etc etc. For a country of 11M inhabitants, I think they gave us a lot of joy !
The long videos are by far the best you have. I loved this one and the San marino one!
Thank you the official ajax TH-cam channel
If I could only watch one TH-cam channel for the rest of my life it would be this one. My dopamine receptors are going insane right now
i’m so glad that you’re finally gonna talk about chinese football. it’s frustrating that every club i cheer for keeps collapsing in china 🤦🏻♀️
Can U do one for Holland? They bottled 4 golden generations from 1970-2010!
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@@somethingwithultra7231 I wouldn't count the 2014 team as a Golden Generation. Maybe you could see it as a sort of Last Dance of the remaining players from the 06-10 generation, but the Big 4 were already in decline and Van der Vaart even missed the tournament. On top of that some crucial players around them, like Van Bommel, Van Bronckhorst, even the unfancied but solid enough Heitinga and Mathijsen, had retired and been replaced by lesser players. We also had to resort to playing Kuyt wingback because we had zero competent options in that position. As much as the success of that World Cup was overblown, with Mexico still being angry at the manner we got our victory over them and only getting past Costa Rica on penalties, it was still a good tournament for that mediocre side, and I'll never forget the way we caused Spain to collapse.
@@thomasvrielink299 I suppose that's very fair, I guess it just goes to show how one big match like the one with Spain could reignite alot of hope and faith for a team, though. And I truly hope we get to see such similar matches again in the future, since right now we seem very 50/50 even at our best.
Definitely eyeing something to do with the Dutch and their World Cup failures in the future
@@Maqwell Hey no shoo, none of that in here! Not today! 🔫
I was actually at the hotel Belgium used as base camp in June 2022 (The Hilton Salwa resort). As I was leaving after a 3 day stay, I saw Belgian FA staff but no players or Roberto Martinez. Gianni Infantino was there with them though for some reason. (Also Brazil and Serbia trained a few kilometers away from where I used to live in Qatar)
FIFA has to help reserve hotels for the teams, since they have to cover part of the cost. That’s likely why Infertino was there
@@m.c.martin good to know
As a belgian citizen. I was really emotional throughout the video. Hopefully we can win something this decade. Even a Nation League would be good tbh 😢
I feel you bro. Got emotional in the vid where he talks about the US not making the 2018 WC
You almost won nations league. This year, Croatia (my country) has a shot at winning that. I hope we do but there are strong nations like Spain and Netherlands in there.
3rd place at a world cup is something to be proud of and should not be considered a failure, winning internarional trophies is a rare occurance for even the big nations so the fact that our small country achieved that makes it so that i cannot consider them a failed golden generation
Awesome video. It has been great to learn about Belgium, the ups, the downs and creamy middles. Really well made. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
Funny vid, but wished you would’ve given a slight recap of their 2021 loss in the Nations League semis. I don’t think any loss quite encapsulated the Belgians’ luck like that one. Yes, it’s a lesser tournament, but it was still an opportunity to win an official trophy. And they failed to do so, despite even being up 2-0 at one point.
Yeah looking back it woulda at least been good to mention that tournament
Maqwell is the only TH-camr that can make me watch an hour long video all the way through
Personally, I think an Australian national team essay would be interesting. Truly a unique team and history and recent resurgence in its ability, with finally some good prospects to give hope after our own golden generation
Australia is starting to look good. 2022 was by far our best team since 2006. And the current rankings are australias best since the late 2000s. Not to mention the amount of talent we have now aswell, Kuol, irankunda, jordy bos
Love this style of documentary type videos!
Thank you bro!
@@Maqwell No u! You're my favorite football youtuber and you have good takes on twitter ✌
you're a great storyteller man! didn't believe i'd watch an hour long doc and be upset when it was done lol
Thank you so much!
The rise and fall of the Chilean National team would be great to watch
Wait Chile is actually having its rise?
Now we're on the falling part. The rise was in 2010- 2017. The fall started on the now late Confedarations cup
@@MaxT4zaChile definitely fell off after that confederations cup, but Germany…
All those “Germany’s D team is better than everyone else’s A team” memes did not age well.
@@MaxT4zathe Confederations Cup should have never been abandoned.
Bro I didn’t expect a one hour Belgium review. Great work with the video essay keep it up. 💚
Thanks!
Seriously amazing production, love football video essays like these. Thank you, Maqwell
No, thank you my man :)
You should do a video on Argentina's missing generations: potential teams that could've won the WC in the past and players who should have been over looked during those times. Do one on Italy as well.
Well thats dumb idea. Many videos can be done on teams who could've won the world cup as the possiblities are endless hypothethically speaking. Whether you have the better players isnt always guaranteed you'll win otherwise netherlands wouldve won it plenty of times and belgium as well amd so on. The world cup as many others have said requires a bit of luck as well. Also if youre a country that started in thr world cup or got into football earlier then pthrr nations you'll mot likely be better. No suprise Argentina is great or better then the US my country because thr Argentinians have been playing in the world cup for a lomg time whereas the US only just recently even started to take football seriously. Needless to say football here or soccer is not even pur top 4 biggest sports. Theres actually a video on that . The teams who started to play football earlier amd participate in the world cup longer have better results overall then Nigeria or morocco or US and so on. More experience. Its like if a brought baseball to Argentina and excpected them to do well against the US. We would win easily for obvious reasons
The 2006 team should’ve gone further. 2010 and 2018 were some of the worst, and in 2014 they played a lot better than anyone expected. It was a miracle they got to the final, and almost beat Germany. That team was so weak compared to the 2022 team
@@chrislouis7913 2006 every national team was stacked as hell sweden,portugal, Germany,france,spain,italy, Ukraine,brazil, Czech republic, England
Man you really make the best football content out there so glad I found this channel
Appreciate it bro!
Great job man! Never disappointed to watch whole 1 hour video
Thanks man!
1 hour of Maqwell, what can possibly go wrong?
Also Team Fortress 2 music in this essay thats class
Just started and already know it’s gonna be a banger!!!
There it is! Enjoy it everyone!
2018 Belgium squad was peak greatness. Best team at the Erik’s cup and very unlucky against France
Great video as always. A suggestion would be to cover the Portuguese national team and all there short comings and how they themselves are entering into a sort of golden generation!
Hands down the best football analysis channel on YT, TIFO alright, HITC sevens ok, Football Iconic good, Maqwell god tier
Thanks bro!
I'm really enjoying these documentaries, you should make more 💪
Thanks! Always trying to get more out as much as I can!
The Lewis Dunk POV had me crying for real, great vid my guy
Haha appreciate it!
41:25 I still have nightmares of that counter attack
I just realized, the team that beat Japan in the round of 16 beats Brazil in the Quaters, twice in a row
You're the man to put game and anime ost to this football video and I'm just listening to it like a podcast. Man you're the goat. You earned this sub.❤
Do a video about egypt's downfall won 3 afcons in a row 2006-2010 and haven't won one since and lost 2 finals recently
I bet $100 on Belgium to win the 2014 WC at 500-1 in 2012. I watched every qualifying game and told everyone I know that DeBruyne would be the greatest MF in the world. It’s been fun but also a nightmare
Great video Essay. As a Belgian you are spot on with the team dynamics problem
Appreciate it!
Lmao the sly against cam loved it. Also Max, it's fucking awesome how much you've come. Proud to have been here since you were in the 2ks range. Never feel bad about being Kate with videos. Rather have soemth8ng complete and well made rather then something rushed.
2k was so long ago man so I couldn’t be more grateful for you sticking around and seeing the growth!
As a Belgian, great to go through memory lane again. Great video essay man! First time seeing a video of yours and I liked the mix of seriousness and memes. Keep up the good work and keep an eye out for some of our new talents such as Onana, Bakayoko and Openda ;).
Welcome to the channel man! Also definitely excited to see what the new crop can do in 2026
New to this channel and did not see that Cam Newton reference coming, but always glad to come across enjoyers of both footballs
As a broncos fan living in NC, I never let people hear the end of it lol
You deserve more subscribers than T-series. You're the CR7 of video essayists. I love you. Literally, I have a parasocial relationship with you.
I love these essays so much Max :)
this is such an excellent video. well done.
Appreciate it!
this is about to be the greatest hour of my week
Maxwell you've done it again. Another brilliant video essay. I hate to ask you for another one so soon but I'd love for you to at least consider doing a video at some point on the Mexican national team and their legacy of failure, especially after their disappointing 2022 world cup run. Again though, keep it up dude, I'm always looking forward to your new videos
Edit: I saw someone mention The Netherlands and I think they should prob also be considered lol
Much love man! Yeah mexico has been highly requested for quite some time so I’ll definitely conjure something up in the future
As always a superb and in-depth view of the state of affairs in football. Maqwell please think of the Croatian story, a footballing nation that formed recently, war toren and the rise to the top.
as belgium/finnish person the some of the comments are kinda disrespectful on belgiums team its a amazing team to think how small our country is belgium didnt impress in the 2022 wc i cried after we went out put we have a new manager and we are improving pls put some respect on belgiums team as in the 2018 wc we beat many big countries and gave fight to france and we deserved better against france
Uruguay is mega tiny and has 2 World Cups, only excuses remain for the Belgian lie
@@MrRanaVenenosa uruguay is still bigger than belgium and they won it in 1930 and 1950 when the world cup was way smaller than it is now
another video which ill always watch before ill go sleep, great work man
Much love man!
@@Maqwell is there any chance of a video about Romania being done? I ask because you responded some time ago that you'll add it to the list 😭
Nujabes in the background was an excellent choice 😭💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻
I’d love to see the rise of Croatia as a national team
@@dante6055 what ?
But Belgium 🇧🇪 is better than Croatia 🇭🇷 😏
@@dante6055 Whats your prediction with Belgium? Will they win any titles in the foreseeable future?
@@dante6055 Hahaha im joking as well, I really hope we get a World Cup trophy one day :)
@@dante6055 as a dutchman I'm hopeful but sceptical we had 3 chances to win it
1:53 You got a like just for that reference (Thanks editor)
Also the nickname "World Champions of Friendlies" probably still applies to the Belgian team even today, but change friendlies for FIFA Ranking
There is a great documentary about the 1986 world cup from Sporza. We had a lot of problems in the dressing room and even the win against Irak was a horrendous game I mean they had a man less and we only just won it. People got sick too cuz of some Mexican virus. But then we finally got into some good form after putting a young squad on and taking some recommendations from the media. The linesman was horrible in the match with Argentina btw even though Argentina played better the linesman had no clue what offside was.
Finally a Belgium legacy of failures
And it’s an hour long ☠️ that’s how bad they are 😂
@@bababababababa6124 surprised he could fit all their failures in one video
@@oskarchomicz1517 I was expecting it to be 5 hours
@@bababababababa6124 its just because he talks about the entire history and every tournament they were in lmao nothing to do with ‘how bad they are’
@@user-vr8fs8gg6h bro don’t cry I was joking. They are bad though 😂
Very nice cover and especially all the sources where you found things like Guardian Eurosport etc etc etc
Great video as always maxwell !!! Your Hardwork deserves more rewards 👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much man!
Love your video essays keep producing 🙏🏼❤️
Thanks!
Another great video essay maxwell. Really looking forward to the next one on the Chinese super league. Keep up the good work mate 👏
Thanks Tom!
Brillisnt choice on using Kakyoins theme at 40:50
As a Belgian, it pains me that my other nationality (Greek) won more
That’s not true bro
they pretty much had around 2 tournament's with their golden generation and failed and now they have a completely different team i honestly think they missed their one chance to get silverware
Yo bro i like how you put so much work into those Essays,maybe you can make a Video about the downfall of the german national team
Potentially, but nonetheless thank you for the nice comment!
It's a great day when Maxwell uploads a video essay
I would love to see a video like this for another big nation like Argentina, France, or Brazil 🤩
Fun fact: if you insult Maradona in Naples, you will not live to see lunch.
As a belgian great video, I wouldn't underestimate the new belgian talents though.
Love the intro 💯💯, taught me loads bout Belgium
Glad you enjoyed it!
You should do Netherlands and their failures in the World Cup next
As a dutchman I'm getting my tissues
Been waiting for this one since the group stages ended.
Euro '18 was still the best I've seen our team play. 3rd for a small country like ours is a massive achievement. Still believe 2020 would have been our time, with everyone at their prime playing at their best untill Covid hit.
Roberto had to go after Euro 21, all signs were there but alas. Last world cup was a dumpster fire, but with a fit Lukaku we probably would have managed through the group stages. Doesn't excuse the rest though.
All in all, the term 'Golden Generation' was a nice PR stunt by our FA. Yes, we had all the talent, but when it mattered we were no team. Looking forward to see how we manage with Tedesco. While we don't have any more world beaters like we had the last decade, there is still talent to look forward too.
And kicking Radja Naingolan out of the team. Does any Belgian football fan understand that ? The only player who actually showed some guts in Euro 2018...
Well i think we are still good for the next euro and depending on the result maybe kdb courtois and lukaku wanna try another WC :p .
Well the game against Germany was the most entertaining ive seen since brazil at the wc... inbetween those alot of nothing and boredom. ;)
Audre Lorde said something along the lines that instead of denying, fearing, and demonizing difference (in her case specifically homophobia, racism, and misogyny since she was a Lesbian Black Woman) we must instead celebrate and embrace difference. Your thoughts on Belgian diversity made me think of that.
Captain KDB, Courtois, and hopefully rejuvenated Lukaku should be perfect mentors for youngsters and good thing is Courtois is keeper so his cold relation with Kevin has had less than expected effect as they still recognise quality of each other. Now the expectations are gone and team maybe can play for sake of having fun. Belgium lack mentality and if that can be improved we could be in for a surprise
I hope Louis Openda actually starts a game... Lukaku's feat in beeing an attacker, stand at the right place at the right time.... and let the ball bounce of ur foot/head/any other body part in the goal ;). Haha now im beeing to harsh. But any half descent forward would have scored goals for Belgium cos both Eden Hazard and KDB are selfless players when it comes to scoring goals ....
A maqwell chiringuito reference had to be the best thing I've ever heard
The boos haunt theme from Mario 64 when a team is bottling always kills me🤣
Hazard aged incredibly fast in terms of his decresing skills, De Bruyne is still good as well a Courtois yet they had troubles in performing for the national team and Lukaku turned into Lakaka. Feels like Kompany was the heart and soul of this national team. Once he was gone eveything started crumbling down.
They've done it again 💀💀
thank you for making a lot of quality videos, you are very underrated youtuber B-))
Thank you so much!
Why is Maqwell so so good at making these video essays? Good job
Haha thanks man!
56:32 Can't believe Romelu Lukaku would also miss the air and hit the glass :(
Belgium feel that that employee who you hire straight out of college that you really think has the ability to become at least a board manager given their pedigree and resume... but end up just topping out in middle management.
This video was definitely worth the wait
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Tbf I think all italians agree on saying that Doku against Italy looked like freakin' Pelé, he's definitely the most brilliant talent of the current Belgium team
Finally!!AFTER 84Years, it has arrived