7 Most Political Footballers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ต.ค. 2020
- From former Premier League and Championship midfielder Karl Henry, who is a supporter of Brexit and the Conservatives, to Livorno legend Cristiano Lucarelli who makes no secret of his left wing politics, HITC Sevens takes a look at some football / soccer players with outspoken political views.
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"It's a long shot, but then again, Juninho was always rather good at them."
Damn. Smooth one.
Very smooth. That was so satisfying
The highlight of the video
Glad others appreciated this smooth line too. This right here is why I subscribe to the channel
@@vojislavl6665 Yes.That was poetic.
Never thought I’d hear Ben Shapiro’s name mentioned in a HITC Sevens video but here we are
Never thought I'd here someone as disgusting as AOC mentioned
@@scottishgrumpster175 hear*
@@tonsolerigarcia aye I messed up there thanks for pointing that out
@@scottishgrumpster175 No worries
@@scottishgrumpster175 actual cringe little incel
What about Pique?
Good point
Amazing shout
@Lighter Fluid15 same with ozil. Mofo parties with the dictator leader of Turkey while playing for the German national team, while there are turks in Germany opposing the government.
Why not play for the Turkey national team?
@@AJ-jq3hm He met the guy once. Doesn't mean he agrees with all his political views. Don't be an idiot. And it was the backlash of such an inconsequential incident and the reported racism and hate directed towards Ozil and his family that lead to him retiring from the national team he loved playing for.
@Lighter Fluid15 I'm for Scottish independence, but one of the only unifying areas that I live for is sport. I'd represent GB if I was good enough to in my sport. Pique does not need the money from the national team - it's paltry in comparison to his massive club wage.
You should do a video on Chilean club Palestino, who has roots with Palestine. I think you’d be able to delve into it with great facts due to your research.
That does sound interesting
Copa 90 posted a video about them
Video idea: Ranking all teams who have won the European continental treble since 1967
Bro, good, I really need to see which teams won the treble.
I hope they include the non uefa trebles as well.
So specific
@@AJ-jq3hm that will be a looooong list mate
@@NikoGamingChannel yep
I'm actually surprised that no Canadian player from any club, namely Impact de Montréal has come out in support of the Bloc Québécois and the Quebec independence movement, considering that the Bloc is getting more support thanks to Yves-François Blanchet.
I’m just gonna like and pretend I know what u mean
Because it is not important.
@@roobsh227 I'm not Canadian, but I'm interested in their politics, and I'll summarise it for you.
Quebec: Quebec is a province in Canada which is predominantly French-speaking, and their people have developed a national identity, and have pushed for an independence movement. In 1995, the Quebec government had a referendum to see whether or not their people wanted independence. It was incredibly close, but Quebeckers voted to stay in Canada by 50.58% of the vote.
Impact de Montréal: They're an MLS club that play in Montréal, which is the largest city in Quebec. Unlike other clubs in separatist regions, they dont promote a separatist agenda.
Bloc Québécois: They're a political party in Canada which exclusively run candidates in Quebec, and fight for Quebec sovereignty. Their party was dormant for a few years after the resignment of their leader(I forgot his name). However, the party have been doing quite well since a man by the name of Yves-François Blanchet took over them. They did pretty well in the 2019 Canadian presidential election.
@@SantomPh Kat Canada isu ni memang penting bro. It's a pretty hot topic, but it's less tense than other independence movements, such as the Catalan independence movement.
At least their government does not have double standards when fining people for breaking lockdown, and try to impose a national emergency just so that the Prime Minister can save his job. Honestly in a country like Malaysia, you can never truly trust anyone.
Bloc Québécois doesn’t really run on a separatist agenda right now, more like more autonomy/self governance. Can you direct me towards the Impact’s support for them/separatism?
Petition for Alfie to make HITC Politics where he just talks politics in football
Terrible idea only a person who has never touch a girl will make a channel just about that only a couple videos this isn’t cnn
@@ErosFabbriGk2026 lmao
Day 18:the decline of Scottish football- how teams like Aberdeen and Celtic went from European trophies to struggling to qualify and why the national team has become so poor
Its fairly obvious and straight to the point. Theres no money in scottish football. Other leagues started branding more and making more money. Scotland didnt
Scottish football is fucked because of lack of money from the clubs greed and the collapse of setanta sports, as well as various social factors, along with a style of football and mentality that throws smaller talented footballers to the side if they aren't fully grown men by the age of 16. Countries like Belgium, Croatia, the Netherlands all produce world class players and qualify for tournaments, and are a similar size. Scotlands 2 best players both play the same position 😂 (Robertson and Tierney).
THIS but an Irish version too
@@darraghcodd3575 At club level, clubs did ok considering resources and advertising, the cup winners cup helped a small bit, but if you look at how popular football became under Jack Charlton with the national team, this didnt translate back to club sides who continued to struggle.
LOI teams had high attendances at games during the 1950’s and 60’s too.
Edit: yes it is obvious for us in Ireland, but it’s about telling a story. Like the recent video Alfie did on Ludogrets, if your from Bulgaria, it was all obvious.
Gotta love Charlie Adam roasting Geoff Cameron on his tweet about the US being the greatest country in the replies
10:25
This US is the greatest country in the world
@@thewand3r3r45 Facts
USA is the greatest nation in human history and Geoff Cameron is a Chad
@andrew miller thats funny, last time I checked the USA is a leading world super power and the only nation with enough balls to not deal with China's bullshit. Not to mention that we don't require licenses to own a knife 🤣
Big respect to Juninho
Why? Imagine stop being friend with someone only because he has different political views.
@@vorald4948 I personally wouldn’t be friends with a homophobic, racist fascist but you do you
@@_______2107 lmao
@@_______2107 Kaka the fascist
@@vorald4948 yeah, if you support a fascist you’re either a fascist yourself or a fascist sympathiser, so jog the fuck on
Great quote from Bilić at the end
That awkward moment when none of the players in the thumbnail are actually in the by😂... great video thought. Is there gonna be a part 2?
The guy is named Katidis , he did the nazi salute as a goal celebration. He claimed afterwards that he didn't know what it symbolises , supposedly he did because he thinked it was cool. He was then sacked by AEK and he never played at the top level again.
@Johan Sson He is Greek. I watched an interview of his and honestly he didn't seem to be a nazi , he was extremely ignorant and idiot . And after that he never had a proper career like he could so he definitely has regretted this
Jürgen Klopp would also be a good one to include. He's been on record saying he has left wing political beliefs and is against Brexit.
Thats pretty common, hardly worth an include
proper dortmund guy
@@Sakmento True the Brexit part is pretty common, but there arent that many managers openly saying they are left leaning and believe in the welfare state
Yikes knew I hated him for a reason
@@thewand3r3r45 with a name like Brett that makes sense
I just watching DW Kick Off video about rich and political people ruining football. Now this just pop up.
Noice like waiter just serve food for me.
Thanks i'll go watch
Put your fist up high for socialism ✊
Link please?
@@asheru9254 th-cam.com/video/OMTszkzVSx4/w-d-xo.html
@@zerosuitsamus2340 thanks fam🤝
@ Socialist yet in a Capitalist company while using Capitalist made internet xD
Hao Haidong, record top scorer of China national team but his name now got banned in China
If I'm not wrong, he spoke against the Communist Party?
@@3dsaulgoodman43 Yeah that's true he actually signed for Sheffield United for £1 in 2005 Also
Fuck the PRC government
My respect for Bilic just skyrocketed.
Same. I already liked him a lot too
Dont let that distract you from his dive that got blanc sent off
@@solar6346 Ah yes, modern political views that no one should starve, and everyone should get a shot at a decent life should be cancelled out because, after taking a hand to the face, he overreacted (like 99% of modern players do if someone breathes in their direction).
It was a red card.
Bilic overreacted, but it's still a red.
Why would this even matter in regards to politics?
Because you're as ignorant as he is?
My respect for him just plummeted
hell of an answer from Bilic regarding the socialist question. i don't know if i'm a socialist (hardly know what it means) but i might use Bilic's answer
socialism is a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
@@Max-ek3kf why is socialism considered so bad? I thought most people just associate it with communism but there is a distinct difference right?
He just go right to the most basic yet deep answer
@@moonisusman4072 Communism is basically the utopia of socialist ideologies. Communism means that all people will have their needs sustained to the point that there's no need for the government to control everything. Socialism is like the path to communism. I might be wrong tho so apologies in advance if you'll find anything wrong with my answer.
@@moonisusman4072 yes they are both different, socialism is usually considered bad by some because it has failed in some places but it also needs to be said that it has been successful in other areas and some socialist policies have been successful.
me personally I am a social democrat which involves socialist and capitalist ideas
www.thoughtco.com/difference-between-communism-and-socialism-195448
Tories : 🤮
Ur thinking of the wrong party mate
@@Greninjia no he isn’t
@@glennb6020 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Greninjia no ones your mate Tory dick head
Kid comes from nothing, born to Left wing voting parents. Make a bundle of cash and not only do they Vote Tory they become Tory poster and choir boys, wtf.
What about James McLean
What's he said??
@@darraghcodd3575 mad lad
Day 5: what if lewandowski signed for blackburn
mens on his way to score 50 goals this season xD
Can u put this on hitc sport as irish guy makes these kind of videos
More of an Irish guy vid on the HITC Sport
Good grief, between Zidane and Lewandowski, Blackburn have missed out on some real talent over the years.
He would have had one or two good seasons then have been snapped up by a bigger club
Za dom spremni has been used for hundreds of years and means “for homeland ready” which was chanted before battle before the ustaše was even formed so that doesn’t mean he is a nazi. Also there’s many ethnic Croatians that live in Herzegovina so it’s not that confusing that his parents are from Bosnia.
I was thinking about the same thing. This guy doesn't know what he is talking about. Why would a slavic person be a NAZI when the Nazis hated them as much as jews
Je glup taj amerikanac ovdje
I was gonna ask for a video ages ago a bit like this along the lines of:
Left XI v Right XI
With Cantona, Neville Southall, Maradona on one side for example and Di Canio, Reina, possibly Ronaldinho on the other with the imperative being it would have to be pretty far left and far right so that it could be more easily differentiated between. Problem is, its such a vaguely qualitative thing to assess im not sure where you would draw the line, basically I was trying to get the point across of how ditched footballing talent often is from things like politics as you have amazing talent on both sides regardless of if they are arseholes.
Your format makes a lot more sense tho, great video!
If you keep making these I will keep watching. It is great to see you cover these politics and football topics as the two are usually intrinsically linked especially when it comes to the world cup
Really interesting video man. I'm shocked the video about players who became politicians was 3 years ago. Keep making the kind of football content we can't get anywhere else!
Chris Hughton once wrote an article for the Morning Star.
I am a supporter of the yellow-black team in the intro with the player doing the nazi salute. The club is AEK Athens and I was at the stadium on that day. AEK is a refugee club, neither the fans nor the administration support fascism, on the contrary we have done many actions helping the refugee children in Greece. We later broke that player's (Giorgos Katidis) contract, threatened him many times and now he's at the Finnish 3rd division. Wish him much failure.
AEK fans are awesome
Nazis were not fascist tbf
@@xgh1288mate
Alfie! Can you please make a video on the Lisbon Lions. Keep up the amazing videos👍👍
Juninho cutting ties with 90% of his family due to political disagreements tells me what a person he really is
a great human being who rightly hates facism
If anyone in my family voted for a racist, sexist homophobic, I wouldn't speak to them either.
Yeah! Someone with a fucking spine who stands by righteous values, even if it means losing a lot!
@@EnforcerX71 hahahahahhaha
@@lollol9772 buffon is nazi
Best suriname xi of all time if all players declared themselves for them
Day 14..... 7 signings from the championship that made an immediate impact on the premier league!
we love the videos keep up the work
My problem with politics and football is that the main demographic is working class men spending their money to watch their team play and to be preached to by a bunch of multi millionaires. By all means have political views outside of football.
Oh yes the “celebrities aren’t allowed to be political” debate. I.e. “I don’t agree with their politics and I wish they would stop”. I’m sure if their views were more in line with “working class men” you wouldn’t have an issue with it
@@tomzknight7412 i couldn’t care what they think. Football is meant to be there to get away from politics. After all there’s enough of it on the news, internet etc.
@@georgemather9082 but you clearly do care what they think otherwise them being political wouldn’t bother you. People go to football matches to watch football, not “get away from politics”.
@@tomzknight7412 oh my god what I mean is keep it off the pitch. Outside the game they do what they want but keep if the pitch.
@@georgemather9082 except whether you like it or not, sports will always be political to shine extent. If you don't like it, don't watch it
The chant ‘za dom spremni’ isn’t facist. Its true that the fascists abused this chant but his roots you can find back till the 16th century. It means that you are ready for your home country and there is nothing against other people or cultures
While I don't have a clue with this particular scenario, words and symbols often get associated with these sorts of regimes, so for example, führer is not an inherently bad word (and German doesn't really have a replacement) but still has Nazi connotations and the swastika was a symbol of peace for a long time but is now very taboo. That may well not apply to this particular phrase but I'm guessing some people think it does orherwise their wouldn't be a story
Nemojmo se lagat.Svaki povjesnicar ce ti rec da se taj pozdrav nije koristio prije drugog svjetskog rata.Mozda je postojao al nije bio koristen,sto znaci da ako ga sad koristis pozivas na ustase.Trebao bi biti ilegalan kao sto je u njemackoj zabranjen njihov nacisticki pozdrav.
The Germans have similar problems. Things that are centuries old are now frowned along due to the nazis hijacking it
@@rorybessell8280 Swastika is actually auspicious and a symbol of wealth and prosperity in Hindu culture.
@@rorybessell8280 also when you think about it, corona isn't really that incoherently bad as a word (it's literally Spanish for crown) but now the only connotation that word gets is the virus named after it.
Back at it again with the video I didn’t know I wanted
Great video thank you for bringing awareness to the football community my brother
Im not sure you can call rashford political because he's quite apolitical considering he said let's put political alliances aside and get this done
Yeah other people have made it political
I just can't tell you enough how much I love these type of videos. the ending was just awesome and as always a well informed and interesting video. Keep it up Alfie!!!!
It's funny how many Brazilian black players affiliate themselves with right-wing politics. Actually it's rather tragic and naive. They get given loads of money and believe that automatically makes them having to align with the establishment. Lots of respect for people like Juninho, Socrates, Bilic, Klopp et al for not forgetting their roots. Also, it's quite interesting how many British managers have considered themselves Socialist: Clough, Busby, Shankly, Sir Alex, Peter Taylor to name a few.
Alfie can you give the link to your video that your mentioned at the intro??
This is an excellent video, wish we could have these kinds of videos about football and social-politics in the future. Thank you for this Alfie.
He makes them pretty often ya know
Ole Gunnar Solskjær spoke at the norwegian labour party congress a few years ago
Aren't most Scandis left-wing?
That Charlie Adam reply. 😂😂
It's @ 10:30
Geoff Cameron is still right tho 😂 USA is the best country in human history
@@bjehulk he's an american immigrant complaining about immigration to america. he's not right, and neither are you
@@Chigz10
He’s a legal immigrant in England though, not to mention that he’s a fully functioning member of English society. Are you actually aware of the immigration situation here in the USA?
@@bjehulk it’s not even bad
@@bjehulk USA is the best country? 😂😂😂. You must be joking 🤣🤣🤣
Glad to see Lucarelli getting a mention. The Livorno legend is a hero of mine
He is a commie clown
@@Lshadows13 being a communist is very good
@@Lshadows13buffon is a nazi
@@lollol9772 noting good about it, and the only good communist is a dead communist
Honorable mentions- Megan Rapinoe, Pique
Yes thank you! This is what i suggested, and a great video as always. Football is a great platform to tackle political issues and i think more players should speak out against them
Many on the list seem to be against justice and fairness.
I'm shocked by the fact that Maradona doesn't appear in this list since he even had che Guevara's face tattoed on his arm. Even in his final days when he was coaching Gimnasia in Argentina he used to wear the classic communist hat
Don't think Maradona rly quite had the grasp to understand what all that actually meant in a political way. He saw himself as a rebel, but not a political one. He just liked being an underdog.
Big Nev Southall would have been great for this.
Also, doing a video on what's going on at Swansea city with the current ownership would be good.
can you do a video explaining some british politics even if it’s not soccer based i would find that extremely interesting
Coulda mentioned Cameron’s former teammate Alejandro Bedoya who has been outspoken on and off the field
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Radical left wing socialists footballers: I think everyone can be fed and I care about all
Radical right wing footballers: *does hitler chant*
You could do follow up video of 7 British current/former players who are political and see if you can spread across the uk ie northern Irish debates, Scottish independence etc
Great Video as always!!!
Karl Henry is a complete Bellend
Geoff cameron as well
Nah. Henry and Cameron the ones who are correct
@@bjehulk so you're a xenophobe like Cameron? Nice self own, man
@@joeboyes7567
How am I a xenophobe? 😂 I’m literally a first generation immigrant lmao. Stop throwing around labels that you don’t actually mean
@@bjehulk and yet you agree with Cameron and want to cut migration? Interesting
You're delusional if you think being a first generation migrant means you can't be bigoted towards foreign people or xenophobic.
Livorno football manager save coming up
The irony about supporting football manager
@@LolLol-ch7sl what's the irony? Genuine question
Love your vids, always well researched
These are the kind of videos that I like!
Great video! I would easily watch a part 2
(For those outside of Brasil, yes Bolsonaro really said those things)
I am not surprised. The guy used to be in the army when Brazil was controlled by a fascist dictatorship
@@Agee1 and also in his speech when he voted in the 2016 impeachment against Dilma Rouseff, he praised a coronel who tortured her during the military dictatorship in Brazil
didn't he deny medical aid water supply to indigenous villages and communities during the pandemic as well? or something like that
@@David-qq9bk yes, and most recently he tried to destroy our public health sistem (SUS) in the middle of the covid pandemic.
Even with his flaws SUS is what keeped most people from simply dying in this times, and to be honest for the last decades in Brasil.
How can someone justify voting for him
Good video, as always, but I do think you have overlooked one of the most overtly political footballers of the past decade - and who without a shadow of a doubt gets the most amount of abuse for it with little media sympathy. James McClean.
Great video!
Documentary on the Colombia/Drug Cartel era please
Slavan Bilic is the Bernie Sanders of Croatia - you can't help but love him for what he does
Christiano Lucarelli sounds based
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That Karl Henry one was a shocker
Day 14: Final East German League teams, where are they now?
as a New Englander, I'm sorry about Geoff Cameron.
Lol. Revs fan?
@@3dsaulgoodman43 Teal Bunbury > Lewandowski
I clicked on this video thinking "Ah yes, finally a video Turkey can shine." But no, Turkish football lets me down again. I gotta settle with Melo and Bilic
Özil does not tweet enough. Are there other footballers, which might have been considered?
Do the top 7 most underrated players
Was that meant to be a pun ‘symmetry’ shows a picture of Simic
Day 64 : Ranking every barca signing since Neymar's sale
"nazi puppy state" is my favorite moment in any youtube video ever!
The coreo of the hammer and sickle was actually from Omonoia Nicosia fans just saing🙂
thank god for this channel
A political video ended in apolitical point..... Nice bro..... Well done
They started with a shitty Croat and ended with one of the greatest ones. I'd hate to find out that Modric is a fascist.
Ahh Josip Simunic..
As a croatian i can tell you that for Croatia he was a very reliable defender..
But i still dont know why he yelled what he yelled... I watched that game and saw it as it happened and still dont understand why he felt the need to do that 🤦♀️
It's pretty much the reason given in the video, due to the fact that Joe's from the diaspora he felt the need to pander to the fans so they would see him as a real croat. ZDS is a subject of debate and people used it as an old historic greeting rather than associating it with the ustasha regime. It's a sensitive subject, but the neo nazi allegations against Šimunić are absurd.
Jer zds nije ustatski pozdrav...
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Should do a video on how political and religious divides destroys Scottish football. With more people supporting teams due to what religion they are. And how this affects smaller clubs like motherwell Hamilton Patrick thistle where what should be decent fan bases are decimated by it
Im so happy that u actually showed ppl how bad Bolsonaro is, i am a palmeiras fan and i HATE bolsonaro.
Valeu, tava procurando alguém assim nos comentários
@@arthurlhenaff9589 tem nem como não ser assim cara, o bolsonaro é péssimo e sendo palmeirense tenho vergonha de ter esse cara na torcida do clube todos os dias kkkkkk
@Juan José Oñate growing?
About what universe you're talking about? Brasil ain't doing any "growing" for the last 6 years.
@Juan José Oñate someone's drinking the alt-right Kool Aid
@Juan José Oñate no, I just believe alt-right is alt-right. You can also be a wishy-washy liberal or libertarian, but Bolsonaro most definitely fits more into a fascist category.
Hope saying the word "fascist" doesn't trigger you, I know you right wingers cry whenever that word is used
i don't think you can separate the two, football and politics, but as a fan and someone right of the centre, i don't think you should make videos on both and try to be objective, because you clearly have your thoughts on politics and it's really hard to be objective about politics when you have a pre-established opinion about different ideologies. still great video.
by the way why do some italian clubs share stadiums
2010 worldcup goalscorers, Where are they now?
I don't know what's worse. Geoff Cameron's politics or his defending. I take that back. It's for sure his politics.
Hes a fucken idiot lol. Ben shapiro is not smart. Ben shapiro losses all credibility bcs all he uses is anecdotals from his jewish lifestyle. Dude is agaisnt so many shit just cs of religion. I honestly believe aoc would shut him up with facts. She’s genuinely smart. Shapiro would just bring up religion
@@suuwooski6416 You and AOC are also idiots.
@@smallshaq8062 No you are easily duped by a grifter like Trump.
Last time I was this early özil played games
Rather than upsetting the CCP
Love this video
How can you NOT mention Paolo di Canio?
he was
Controversial Comment: VOTE CONSERVATIVE!
Nah
@@eminkirac4712 Oh, you must be a benefit scrounger 😂 ps. I'm only having a laugh, don't take it to heart
@@kingkitchener in fact for communist work is the most elementary important thing.
This „communist want everything for free cause they are lazy “ ow whatever is just a false right wing propaganda narrative. Nobody believes in that expect maybe a few teenage girls who watched a stupid video.
For communist the important point is
That it’s not Everyone gets the same
Its. Everyone has the same startingpoint. And the goal is to get that startingpoint to a high level. But for everyone!
The extremely fortunate starting point of idk a grandgrandson of a slave owner, a son of a royal or a son of a fabric owner who exploites the shit out of his workes shouldn’t be that high on the expanse of thousands of peoples direct exploitation’s
@@kingkitchener I hope it gave a better representation of communism/ communist Ideologie than red scare propaganda
@@kingkitchener if u want to learn more u can read „principles of communism“ by Friedrich Engels Its a Short FAQ like Book by him it’s not long or what ever but it answers a lot of important question one could have.
U can find it online for free by Googling it’s name and „PDF“
Now I know why I've always loved bilic and hated melo
Any update on the United stand video
what united stand video
Lol daylight savings got me fucked up
Best current players in Europe that never played in the champions league
I don’t think football and politics should be mixed
Cheeky one
Banging vid
Really wanted to hear the story of James Mclean here, surely he makes the list?
Kaka and Ronaldinho lost my respect today ... seriously
7 Footballers who are metalheads like De gea and Rosicky
I NEED THIS VIDEO
(pre watch comment) hoping to see Weah as a short honorable mention as 'hes literally now the leader of a country, hes quite political
A little suggestion for a new video:
7 Player, who are accused to have a major impact on football rules. 1 example could be Walter Frosch, who is said to be guilty for Yellow Card suspension, after he saw more then 20 Yellow cards in just one season.
there is nothing wrong in loving your country
Correct. But if that also leads to hating other countries then it becomes an issue
@@archstanton6102 this.
There is if it means hating and discriminating against minorities
@A 31 some people who say they love their country hate minorities of course the majority who say they love their country are not like that.
@A 31 because the minorities have backgrounds in other countries
James McLean should've been on this list
Is sectarianism counted as political? If it is then James McClean deserves a spot
@@3dsaulgoodman43 def is
@@bri1085 Then he should have been at least an honourable mention.
James should 100% have been mentioned in this video
How is wanting your country independent sectarian? @agent p
Great video, I'm currently uploading a footballer origin story video!
Could have referenced the Portuguese squad in the 1920s or 30s (don't remember the exact date), during a fascist salute to Salazar, our fascist crony, one of the players did nothing whilst anothet pulled a communist salute as a rebelling act. They were fine since Belenenses, their club, had the power to save them there (being a top flight club and all).