I remember watching him play for us about 3 years ago and I thought he was finished by how badly he played for us. Fair play to him for proving me wrong.
It's the first ligue title for Lille in a decade. Last time was 2011. What a team that was. Hazard, Sow, Gervinho, Cabaye, Debuchy, Obraniak, Landreau...
It was huge not to mention the troubles at Sporting couple of seasons ago. They came back stronger than ever ... and who knows, maybe Ronaldo will join them in the next season or another.
Lille winning Ligue 1 breaking PSG’s dominance Rangers ending Celtic dominance Inter winning Serie A after a long time Sporting winning the title ending their 19 year drought Athletico winning the title Turkish super league having a close competition Brondby winning their first title in 16 years For the the whole world the year was disappointing and sad but for European football it was a WONDERFUL season
Lille didn't lose a single game against PSG, Lyon and Monaco, and beat all 3 teams. They 100% deserve the title, despite Parisians claiming they "threw it away".
Thanks for giving props to Canadian international Jonathan David! He had a great run in Belgium which he slowly transferred to France. Additionally, two Canadians won the Turkish league. It’s great to see more and more Canadians thriving in European elite leagues. 🇨🇦
🇨🇦 Alphonso Davies - Bundesliga champion 🇨🇦 Jonathan David - Ligue 1 champion 🇨🇦Cyle Larin + Atiba Hutchinson - Süper Lig champions 🇨🇦Milan Borjan - Serbian champion 🇨🇦Scott Arfield - Scottish champion
Well those psg rejects have gone and have done wonders for other teams, the reason why psg lost cl finals last year was due to this so called psg reject.
Really appreciating these documentaries! Learning a lot of new things and it's great escapism from the current difficulties of life like restrictions, exams etc (albeit small difficulties in the grand scheme of things). Cheers Alfie!
@@joebisexdon8859 yeah I get a bit sick of the ads too but it also helps us get these videos for nothing while help support someone who clearly does his research into the subject.
@@joebisexdon8859 don’t worry about it pal, we all have our days. Don’t get me wrong the adds p*ss me off too but for people who really milk it when putting in zero effort.
Yeah but in 2012 there was still no real powerhouse in Ligue 1, Lyon was struggling financilly as they were building there new stadium and Paris was slowly building up but were nowhere near the team they became in the next couple of years. Montpellier was just the last team of a few very open and crazy years
I agree, I think Montpellier is closer to a fairy tail such as Leicester more than Lille 2011, Lille 2021 and Monaco of 2017. In terms of quality that Montpellier team is weaker than any of those squads. Giroud being the only player who went on to achieve something significant from the 2011 Montpellier. The city of Montpellier has one of the best Rugby teams in Europe, football comes 2nd in Montpellier which made it even more of a shock even for the locals who didn’t believe in the title until late that season.
Burak Yılmaz is an unique striker and he had tremendous seasons at Turkey, he showed his class almost every season he played here. Too bad that he is discovered by Lille at the age of 35 but he demonstrated that he could lead a team to become champions in such a league. Turkish players pretty much written the fate of this season for Lille and I doubt if they can maintain this championship. Well deserved Lille!
@@daniel-cc7bn Losign Donnaruma at any fee is a win for the club, considering his salary demands. Mino Raiola and Jorge Mendez are the cancer of football.
I just put a bet on Turkey to win the Euros and Yilmaz to be top scorer at odds of 2000 - 1. Have been watching him at Lille and with Turkeys current form I can't believe the odds were so high, particularly when you factor in that Greece and Denmark have both won this competition
I wonder which CB pair Fernando Santos will field in the Euros. Ruben Dias has been arguably the best CB in the world this season, José Fonte has been absolutely amazing at Lille & Pepe has been the cornerstone of Portugal's defence for nearly a decade now, he also had a brilliant UCL campaign with Porto. Seems like a pretty sweet dilemma for the coach.
@@fegismcclaren1632 pepe had an AMAZING performance in every game in this euros. our best defender, and even played his part on offence sometimes. our journey is over, but pepe gave his all in this games, and was probably one of the most dedicated players on portugal’s side.
What makes Leicester so amazing is how they have continued to hold form, competing for European spots each year. But the margin for error is so thin for lower budget clubs. A couple of wrong signings, and they tumble back down the standings because it is so difficult to continually find good players for the right price.
Can we please acknowledge how hilariously typical it is of this channel, to start talking about the second world war in a video about how a football club won and managed an upset in the present. I chuckled to myself on 2:04 cause I wasn't sure if Alfie was being serious or self aware 😂😂😂 I love this channel btw
@@archstanton6102 I agree with you 100%, and its become one of the main staples of this channel to shed light on various football subjects with the proper context. I just found it funny to hear that particular line in isolation.
Congrats Lille!! 👍👏👏 Glad to have seen Jonathan David grow over the season and finally ensuring the championship with a goal and a penalty he provoked. 👍👏👏
Another thing about Lille is that this win is big for CONCACAF. A young, promising American, a young, promising Canadian and a young, promising Mexican is part of the team. The Mexican however didn't play any games, and isn't eligible for a medal, but it still counts, eh?
This just proves what I always say, people give to much importance to money in football, but the truth is, money doens't win championships or games, everything is possible. Being expensive doens't mean you are better, have 11 expensive stars, doens't mean you have a better team.
This achievement is an outlier. Normal service will resume next season when the rich clubs are done scavenging and ripping the team apart. P$G will again wrap up the league by March. You're living in a fantasy world if you think money isn't the king in football now.
@@animeshkhare1769 yup that's how it is these days PSG will buy out the key players in this team and normal service will resume same with Manchester City when they buy Harry Kane in the summer
Congratulations to Lille for winning the Ligue 1 title! Also, really good video. I really like these longer videos and Lille's title-winning team definitely deserves some major recognition.
Well he's right and wrong. Yeah Losc stadium is in a different town, Villeneuve, D'ascq. But the satellite towns of Lille like Roubaix, Tourcoing, Villeneuve D'ascq etc. are part of "Lille Metropole" and are more like suburbs or neighborhood since the satellite towns are "glued" to Lille, no countryside between the towns. Sort of how Wembley, Tottenham, West Ham etc. are in London
Great video! Please do one on Sporting Clube de Portugal winning the league this season too please, we hired a coach that didn't have FIFA lvl 4 coaching and didn't invest nowhere near as much as our rivals (Benfica invested 100M€ and they got no trohpies), we were the underdogs and won the league after 19 years! Also Sporting won the 23rd title, not the 19th.
Great to see a new team win Ligue 1. However some of the teams PSG have fielded this year have been hilariously poor compared to their champions league-best 11.
The weight of having to pay so much money on forwards salaries is showing. They have some really weak rotation options in midfield and defense (This guy called Baker looked like an amateur against city in the semifinals).
@@ciudadano1995 I saw them play a league game earlier in the season and neymar and mbappe we’re out and genuinely didn’t know half of the PSG players and the ones I did know were poor. They ended up losing to Nantes who were bottom of the league if I remember correctly
@@AdamCanavan12 Sorry, Mbappe played against Nantes when they lost 2-1. Having a team in that game of Mbappe, Di Maria, Draxler, Verratti, Marquinhos, Diallo, Perriera, Navas isnt really a team of nobodies.
Really interesting. Ligue 1 is great league. You should do a video on the rise and fall of Bastia, 1978 UEFA cup finalists, who are now back in the second league having been relegated to the 4th because of financial difficulties. I am hoping to visit next season.
Amazingly well researched stuff again. I love these football documentary types. Still waiting for the top seven British managers abroad following on from your critic of English managers the other week.
Yes this video was long but it wouldn't be HITC Sevens without such historical information in all your videos And your videos are really entertaining and educational so keep making them
Always Happy to know an Underdog winning any Championships! Congratulations to Lille f.c. & Thank You So Much to Good Gods & Goddesses , Owners & All Supporters of Lille f.c. 🌷🌿🌎💖🇫🇷
congrats Lille for winning the title. It was an amazing run. As a Mexican fan following Mexican players abroad. Eugenio Pizzuto was signed this season. (I also see him in the championship photos in this video lol) While we hoped that he could debut during this season I definitely understand why he didnt. Couldnt afford to drop any points just to test out a young player like pizzuto. My questions to Lille fans is: Have you heard of Pizzuto before? How do you think he will fit in the team or think he will debut next season?
@of_waffles The Monaco thing was bad luck, as the owner loose half his fortune on a divorce. In Lille's case, they never sorted out their financial problems.
Could you make a video on the Basque country national team which toured Europe, South America, and North America as well coming 2nd the first ever season of Mexican league during the mid to late 1930s. They toured the three separate continents whilst escaping the Spanish Civil War and were raising money for the Basque country.
This team was reformed and exists today with guys who are from that area, but not able to make the Spanish or French teams. The team's ELO puts them from exhibitions between Colombia and Switzerland or a lower end top 16 team.
Burak Yilmaz hasn't been credited enough in this video. He's pretty much carried Lille to the title with all the goals and assists, most notably, vs Lyon where he scored 2 goals and assisted 1 in a 3-2 comeback. Hes easily been their best player this season.
I think the fact that he was insane at the end of the season is shadowing the rest of it. Don't get me wrong he was amazing for the whole season but we had a period where Bamba was phenomenal, another one where Yazici and Sanches were producing masterclass after masterclass, Botman was a literal wall, David finally woke up at the right time (when Yilmaz was injured), and let's not forget the work and leadership of Benjamin André and José Fonte without whom the system would fall appart, as well as the importance of Maignan in our defensive record. I am completely unable to point out who is the man of the season (besides Galtier), can't decide between Maignan, Fonte and André
First of all. The thumbnail does not do justice. Lille is one of the big club in France unlike Leicester. They are on par with Lyon, Marseille, Rennes, PSG (before Qatari tycoon takeover) and Monaco. They are quite rich in history and already won the league 4 times including this year (5 if you include the inaugural version of Ligue 1 where one of the predecessor club won it). They are always at least a top-half side (that season where they almost relegated is an anomaly) and normally finish in top 5 even. The 2011 squad is on contention for dynasty if they just more consistent in the battle with Marseille and Lyon after the latter dynasty crumbled. Yes, PSG takeover brings them to whole new level but doesn't mean they are really far away from others like Lyon, Lille and Monaco considering 3 teams managed to win the league in the reign of the Qatari owners (Montpellier in 2012, Monaco in 2017 and Lille in 2021). Lille is one of the touted clubs that can win the Ligue 1 just like Lyon, Monaco or Marseille. It is far away from Leicester magical run. In fact, this squad is not even the best Lille title winning squad. That double-trophy Lille in 2011 has a really bonkers squad. They got Landreau (one of the best backup French keeper and also both Lille AND PSG legend), Debuchy, Rami, Chedjou, Beria in defense, the best all-french combo midfield during 2009-2013 (Cabaye, Mavuba and Balmont) and the most vicious front three we ever see in Ligue 1 (Hazard, Gervinho and Sow). This comment is not demeaning Lille's accomplishment. But they are far away from almost unthinkable 5000-1 Leicester. Not on the same degree (if you look for that kind of achievement, look at Montpellier 2012. That was more comparable).
I think Bordeaux, Nantes and St. Etienne deserve to be in that list of "biggest clubs". They each have between six and ten professional-era titles, while Rennes have none (I don't think Rennes has even been Runners-Up). Granted, Rennes are a well-supported regional club with France's best academy, but I'd put them more on par with the likes of Lens, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse, (etc.) I'd go: S-Tier: PSG (post-takeover) A-Tier: Marseille, Lyon, St. Etienne, PSG (pre-takeover), Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille, Monaco B-Tier: Lens, Strasbourg, Rennes, Nice, Toulouse (etc.)
Great video! I was hoping you would do this. I think a how Sporting Lisbon won the Primeira Liga for the first time in 2 decades would be an interesting video as well.
Champions in 2011, Runners-up in 2005 & 2019, Coupe de France winners in 2011, Coupe de la Ligue runners-up in 2016 and Trophée des Champions winner 2011 ..oh an UEFA Intertoto Cuo winenr in 2004. Hardly comparable to Leceister winning the EPL. Likle has been of of France's top 4 teams for the past 20 years.
Yes, but PSG is far far above Lille. Its the gap between Manchestee United's wages and Sheffield United's. It's made really incredible the same as Leicester because of the incredible digference between PSG and the rest of the teams.
Tim Weah's father in addition to obviously being an African Football Legend is also currently the president of a country, Liberia, but he represents the US instead of Liberia. He is young so I think his father was still the president when he was deciding. That is crazy
Lille really made a stride to break psg's dominance. Well done👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.As a man utd fan, I want man utd to sign sven botman,He can partner maguire and provide an upgrade to this current man utd defense.
Everyone acting like Lille is some amazing, good guy, plucky underdog as if their owners havent nearly bankrupt the club before and are currently picking the club apart because they refuse to give pay rises.
Day (I can't even remember anymore): Do a video on the Seven best footballers who made their senior international debuts prior to their first team club debuts. Like so King Alfie can see 😉
All they needed was a legendary cb fonte A experiencied striker ilmaz And a kid that wants to reborn from the ashes Sanchez Was enough to beat the Arabian oil psg
@Turnips The manager want to find challenges elsewhere，he left on his own. Possibly thinking himself couldn't do better with Lille in the future. Bit shocking to hear that.
This should be a real treat! Oh and I know I have been on hiatus, but you best believe I am keeping track; documentary on Monarcas Morelia Day 9, please!
"how lille won the ligue 1 title in 2021"
*our story begins on september 4th 1944*
Welcome to HITC sevens
Haha
We get there when we get there
I love him
The guy always finds a way to talk about players from 30s,40s,50s AND to mention Hull City
yes old is gold. burak yilmaz made lille champion :D
i am soo happy my fav club became championA
Jose Fonte has been an absolute colossus for them at the back at 38 years of age. Old is Gold.
I remember watching him play for us about 3 years ago and I thought he was finished by how badly he played for us. Fair play to him for proving me wrong.
Sometimes new is... I forgot the word
He's 37 maybe they'll get a decent CL season out of him too.
@FanOfl4ndo Norri s MY GUY, YOU KNOW WHATS UP FELLA
@@ヤマト-q7x new is poo
It's the first ligue title for Lille in a decade. Last time was 2011. What a team that was. Hazard, Sow, Gervinho, Cabaye, Debuchy, Obraniak, Landreau...
payet wasn‘t there
@@vincenzopacifico Oh shoot, I meant Cabaye.
Adil Rami was there aswell before he left to play for fc seville
Those names started getting less and less impressive as you went on lol
@@vincenzopacifico he actually was
1 point from relegation to 1 point ahead of PSG. Just incredible!!
Monaco did the same
Just different order
Sporting winning the portuguese league after 19 years was also fucking huge
@@str33t3r ligue too
@@str33t3r following that logic why mention Rangers then?
It was huge not to mention the troubles at Sporting couple of seasons ago. They came back stronger than ever ... and who knows, maybe Ronaldo will join them in the next season or another.
After Bruno Fernández left for Manchester United... Wow!!! That's something....
@@mahadbahad9895 bro even the 20th in Ligue 1 are better than the 5th in the portuguese league
burak yilmaz been unreal this season that goal against Lyon he showed brilliant pace for a man aged 36
Im so upset that he retired I come back to this video to reminisce
Lille winning Ligue 1 breaking PSG’s dominance
Rangers ending Celtic dominance
Inter winning Serie A after a long time
Sporting winning the title ending their 19 year drought
Athletico winning the title
Turkish super league having a close competition
Brondby winning their first title in 16 years
For the the whole world the year was disappointing and sad but for European football it was a WONDERFUL season
If only someone ends Bayern's dominance
@Abhirup Nath true but for anyone who isn’t a diehard Bayern fan their domestic dominance is making the bundesliga boring
@Abhirup Nath if you’re saying that because they didn’t join esl, then think again, they can win Bundesliga every season without much competition.
Atletico we’re running away with it from the start so everyone expected them to win
@@prometheustv6558 before the season did you expect them to win?
Lille didn't lose a single game against PSG, Lyon and Monaco, and beat all 3 teams. They 100% deserve the title, despite Parisians claiming they "threw it away".
Thanks for giving props to Canadian international Jonathan David! He had a great run in Belgium which he slowly transferred to France. Additionally, two Canadians won the Turkish league. It’s great to see more and more Canadians thriving in European elite leagues. 🇨🇦
My team Zulte waregem from belgium regret not be able to sign Larin when he was on loan there last year .
A very good striker and teamplayer.
🇨🇦 Alphonso Davies - Bundesliga champion
🇨🇦 Jonathan David - Ligue 1 champion
🇨🇦Cyle Larin + Atiba Hutchinson - Süper Lig champions
🇨🇦Milan Borjan - Serbian champion
🇨🇦Scott Arfield - Scottish champion
Hey bro if you are a Canadian , can you give me some information about Richie Laryea from Toronto Fc . Because Atiba recommend him for Besiktas.
No way you considered the Turkish league an elite league
I really want to know what Fonte was eating since leaving the Prem...
He was only poor while briefly at West Ham, he was incredible for Saints, who were a better team.
In China they feeded him rice :)
Most likely snails.
@@johnbakker4828 or bats
@@jackjude as a west ham fan, I can not deny this
A man once compared lille with Sunderland
Only similarity is that they both play in league 1
🤣
They beat psg with psg rejects 😂
Well those psg rejects have gone and have done wonders for other teams, the reason why psg lost cl finals last year was due to this so called psg reject.
@@vatsalsingh1555 Coman slapped them so hard lol
@@vatsalsingh1555 hey long may it continue you can buy many things but you can't buy class
@@justhuy7960 i came here to say that
Tim weah got more trophies this season than PSG 😂
These transfer results are insane. Absolutely maximum wealth extraction from their sales.
A shame that nobody knows where all the money went.
@@ciudadano1995 Luis Campos' new car fleet?
insane is how little of that money went into the club's wallet
Really appreciating these documentaries! Learning a lot of new things and it's great escapism from the current difficulties of life like restrictions, exams etc (albeit small difficulties in the grand scheme of things). Cheers Alfie!
That’s incredible that the clubs new owners just fired Luis campos like that. Was he demanding a 1000% pay rise?
Way to just kill the golden goose.
That just seems like a stupid financial and strategical decision
Whichever team hires Luis Campos next is gonna be a force to be reckoned with
@@AceTheSkylord luis campos is not a good person for a football club, if you really follow the club you’ll see what he’s doing...
@@tobybecker Enlighten me
@@tobybecker why
Love how in-depth these videos go. Thank you for the hard work!
Some amount of ads but!
@@joebisexdon8859 yeah I get a bit sick of the ads too but it also helps us get these videos for nothing while help support someone who clearly does his research into the subject.
Suppose you are right, commented that when I was a bit pissed off anyway
@@joebisexdon8859 don’t worry about it pal, we all have our days. Don’t get me wrong the adds p*ss me off too but for people who really milk it when putting in zero effort.
I think 2012 Montpellier is Ligue 1’s version of Leicester’s title
Yeah but in 2012 there was still no real powerhouse in Ligue 1, Lyon was struggling financilly as they were building there new stadium and Paris was slowly building up but were nowhere near the team they became in the next couple of years. Montpellier was just the last team of a few very open and crazy years
I agree, I think Montpellier is closer to a fairy tail such as Leicester more than Lille 2011, Lille 2021 and Monaco of 2017. In terms of quality that Montpellier team is weaker than any of those squads. Giroud being the only player who went on to achieve something significant from the 2011 Montpellier. The city of Montpellier has one of the best Rugby teams in Europe, football comes 2nd in Montpellier which made it even more of a shock even for the locals who didn’t believe in the title until late that season.
@@cm2k-351 Montpellier's rugby team is not that good and football is still the number 1 sport in the city
Somehow i got them confused with Saint Etienne
Burak Yılmaz is an unique striker and he had tremendous seasons at Turkey, he showed his class almost every season he played here. Too bad that he is discovered by Lille at the age of 35 but he demonstrated that he could lead a team to become champions in such a league. Turkish players pretty much written the fate of this season for Lille and I doubt if they can maintain this championship. Well deserved Lille!
Maignan has already confirmed to have moved, €15M to AC Milan to replace Donnarumma. Good business by Maldini.
not really cos he's losing donnaruma on a free.
@@daniel-cc7bn no not on a free but for cheaper than wanted.I don’t mind cos if he’s not fully with the club, I’d rather him not be there.
@@thescoutn2967 his contract expires this summer. why would a club pay a fee for him?
@@daniel-cc7bn it's been a saga for 3 years. They're taking the offensive by moving on. Getting a top tier and young GK for €15M is solid
@@daniel-cc7bn Losign Donnaruma at any fee is a win for the club, considering his salary demands. Mino Raiola and Jorge Mendez are the cancer of football.
I just put a bet on Turkey to win the Euros and Yilmaz to be top scorer at odds of 2000 - 1. Have been watching him at Lille and with Turkeys current form I can't believe the odds were so high, particularly when you factor in that Greece and Denmark have both won this competition
Turkey is a wild card tho
@@themastermind1311 so were Greece and Denmark
@@A-small-amount-of-peas it’s not looking good so far
@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 😂 nope but when you bet £1 at long odds it doesn't hurt so much 👍
@@lankai_ it's a long shot. When you wager £1 it doesn't exactly hurt
I wonder which CB pair Fernando Santos will field in the Euros. Ruben Dias has been arguably the best CB in the world this season, José Fonte has been absolutely amazing at Lille & Pepe has been the cornerstone of Portugal's defence for nearly a decade now, he also had a brilliant UCL campaign with Porto. Seems like a pretty sweet dilemma for the coach.
I’d guess Dias and Fonte, Pepe is good but he is really old
@@fegismcclaren1632 fonte is older though
pepe and dias imo
Maybe he just says "fuck it" and plays all three in a back 3.
@@fegismcclaren1632 pepe had an AMAZING performance in every game in this euros. our best defender, and even played his part on offence sometimes. our journey is over, but pepe gave his all in this games, and was probably one of the most dedicated players on portugal’s side.
What makes Leicester so amazing is how they have continued to hold form, competing for European spots each year. But the margin for error is so thin for lower budget clubs. A couple of wrong signings, and they tumble back down the standings because it is so difficult to continually find good players for the right price.
"Inform Burak Yilmaz is too good!
He makes an ok team BETTER
Infact he doesn't even need a TEAM!
ONE MAN TEAM"
-Old KSI
When did he say that
@@ousmansano21 he didn't say that about yilmaz he said it about akinfenwa when he was at spurs
@@arrachi1309 spurs?
@@roopealho1515 yep
@@arrachi1309 I'm still confused
Can we please acknowledge how hilariously typical it is of this channel, to start talking about the second world war in a video about how a football club won and managed an upset in the present. I chuckled to myself on 2:04 cause I wasn't sure if Alfie was being serious or self aware 😂😂😂 I love this channel btw
It is important to provide context to the history.
WW2 is most defining point in modern European history.
@@archstanton6102 I agree with you 100%, and its become one of the main staples of this channel to shed light on various football subjects with the proper context. I just found it funny to hear that particular line in isolation.
I've seen a lot of this channel and my view is that Alfie is being..... both! Yep, I think he's being both serious and self aware at the same time!
@@wandilemtambo9962
Well it's just to tell how LOSC was born. Without the war, maybe the 2 Lille clubs whouldn't have merged.
Maybe he is of the Annales school of history. Braudel’s book on Phillip II gets around to Phillip II 1,000+ pages in.
Congrats Lille!! 👍👏👏 Glad to have seen Jonathan David grow over the season and finally ensuring the championship with a goal and a penalty he provoked. 👍👏👏
Another thing about Lille is that this win is big for CONCACAF. A young, promising American, a young, promising Canadian and a young, promising Mexican is part of the team. The Mexican however didn't play any games, and isn't eligible for a medal, but it still counts, eh?
He was eligible for a medal i believe
Good point, clubs in the big 5 leagues can no longer afford to overlook North American players
All thanks to Luis Campos, this guy is a genius! And Galtier is an underrated manager. Hope to see him in the OLyon hotseat
This just proves what I always say, people give to much importance to money in football, but the truth is, money doens't win championships or games, everything is possible. Being expensive doens't mean you are better, have 11 expensive stars, doens't mean you have a better team.
This achievement is an outlier. Normal service will resume next season when the rich clubs are done scavenging and ripping the team apart. P$G will again wrap up the league by March.
You're living in a fantasy world if you think money isn't the king in football now.
money runs football , this was one in a million, if you want real competitive football go and watch your local small team
instead of arguing money doesn't win championships, I think it's better to argue that 'money Alone doesn't win championships'
@@animeshkhare1769 yup that's how it is these days PSG will buy out the key players in this team and normal service will resume same with Manchester City when they buy Harry Kane in the summer
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 thats very different, Kane wants to leave Spurs and wants City to be the landing spot. its not like city are stealing him away
Congratulations to Lille for winning the Ligue 1 title! Also, really good video. I really like these longer videos and Lille's title-winning team definitely deserves some major recognition.
thank you for this! as a lillois it's great to see such a good analysis of my city and my club great job
Truly fascinating season: LOSC, Atletico, Inter, Sporting CP, Rangers all unexpected wins.
Yeah such a great season.
1:20 if I am a little biased I would say that title goes to Brøndby IF
I don't know a lot about Lille, but dang, their club badge is SICK. One of the best in Europe.
Comparing Lille's title to Leicester's is a stretch. good effort tho
This story gives me hope for the future of football
You should do lille 2011 vs 2021 combined xi
At the beginning of the season, I knew they would win.
Allez Lille, my fav club!
I know it’s a stretch, but Can you maybe talk about Brøndby’s remarkable title this year?
crazy how many different champions this season
Are they danish team?
@@jcxkzhgco3050 yes they are
And Mura in Slovenia. Crazy
@@primozledinek8408 wow, was not even aware about that one, crazy
Story of the Underdog! Welldone Lille OSC!
Setting an attendance record playing a "home" game in a different city is a pretty cool achievement.
Well he's right and wrong. Yeah Losc stadium is in a different town, Villeneuve, D'ascq.
But the satellite towns of Lille like Roubaix, Tourcoing, Villeneuve D'ascq etc. are part of "Lille Metropole" and are more like suburbs or neighborhood since the satellite towns are "glued" to Lille, no countryside between the towns. Sort of how Wembley, Tottenham, West Ham etc. are in London
@@TheAvenger62 he is talking about the ligue 1 game at stade de france (in Paris metro area)
Just as I was about to leave a comment about how well run the club seemed to be, you go and mention their massive debts. Brilliant video
Also Sporting winning their league too truly a season of underdogs
Ehh, Sporting are still 1 of the big three in Portugal
Lille has won Ligue Un 4 times, Sporting have won the Primeira Liga title 19 times.
Sporting haven't won the league in 19 years tho. So I'd definitely say that they were underdogs this year
Jonathan David is gonna be a legend
Sven Botman is so underrated by the way. One of the best defenders this season.
Lille won the title with a experienced Turkish striker. That's how Alfie.
Great video! Please do one on Sporting Clube de Portugal winning the league this season too please, we hired a coach that didn't have FIFA lvl 4 coaching and didn't invest nowhere near as much as our rivals (Benfica invested 100M€ and they got no trohpies), we were the underdogs and won the league after 19 years! Also Sporting won the 23rd title, not the 19th.
nobody cares
Great to see a new team win Ligue 1. However some of the teams PSG have fielded this year have been hilariously poor compared to their champions league-best 11.
The weight of having to pay so much money on forwards salaries is showing. They have some really weak rotation options in midfield and defense (This guy called Baker looked like an amateur against city in the semifinals).
@@ciudadano1995 I saw them play a league game earlier in the season and neymar and mbappe we’re out and genuinely didn’t know half of the PSG players and the ones I did know were poor. They ended up losing to Nantes who were bottom of the league if I remember correctly
Not really new as they've won one 10 years ago and 4 titles in total but yeah it's nice to see another team break the recent PSG dominance
@@AdamCanavan12 Sorry, Mbappe played against Nantes when they lost 2-1. Having a team in that game of Mbappe, Di Maria, Draxler, Verratti, Marquinhos, Diallo, Perriera, Navas isnt really a team of nobodies.
As a fan of Lille watching us ne champions of Ligue 1
The season of big surprises. Sporting also won in Portugal and Brondby won in Denmark
Really interesting. Ligue 1 is great league. You should do a video on the rise and fall of Bastia, 1978 UEFA cup finalists, who are now back in the second league having been relegated to the 4th because of financial difficulties. I am hoping to visit next season.
Amazingly well researched stuff again. I love these football documentary types. Still waiting for the top seven British managers abroad following on from your critic of English managers the other week.
-Inter
-Atletico
-lille
3 surprising title wins in the same year
You forgot Rangers in Scotland and Sporting Lisbon in Portugal...
and Brøndby IF in Denmark...
Yes this video was long but it wouldn't be HITC Sevens without such historical information in all your videos
And your videos are really entertaining and educational so keep making them
This is really great look at look at both the on and off field success
I do enjoy your history videos of football clubs, leagues and other football related stuff. Please keep it up, and thank you.
They have a great squad and great coach , I would not be shock if they do it again next season
Yes you would be shocked, don't lie
Really enjoyed this video, feel free to make more videos looking at the great clubs or even they’re not so great clubs in detail. Paragraph
Always Happy to know an Underdog winning any Championships! Congratulations to Lille f.c. & Thank You So Much to Good Gods & Goddesses , Owners & All Supporters of Lille f.c. 🌷🌿🌎💖🇫🇷
congrats Lille for winning the title. It was an amazing run. As a Mexican fan following Mexican players abroad. Eugenio Pizzuto was signed this season. (I also see him in the championship photos in this video lol) While we hoped that he could debut during this season I definitely understand why he didnt. Couldnt afford to drop any points just to test out a young player like pizzuto. My questions to Lille fans is: Have you heard of Pizzuto before? How do you think he will fit in the team or think he will debut next season?
Shame Galtier left and the squad looks like it's going to get torn apart
Lille in the transfer market will be like an orange in a farm, picked to pieces.
@of_waffles The Monaco thing was bad luck, as the owner loose half his fortune on a divorce. In Lille's case, they never sorted out their financial problems.
Very nice done! Love the effort and quality u bring to the youtube game!
Could you make a video on the Basque country national team which toured Europe, South America, and North America as well coming 2nd the first ever season of Mexican league during the mid to late 1930s. They toured the three separate continents whilst escaping the Spanish Civil War and were raising money for the Basque country.
This team was reformed and exists today with guys who are from that area, but not able to make the Spanish or French teams. The team's ELO puts them from exhibitions between Colombia and Switzerland or a lower end top 16 team.
4:42 that's definitely proof that Florian Thovan is immortal. If you spot him, good for you.
Thanks you for these documentaries
also as a canadian im happy to see David do well. Hopefully he can score when Canada hosts the world cup
Canada has some nice talents coming up with Davies and David
Fantastic job on the video. That's how to do a comprehensive presentation.
Burak Yilmaz hasn't been credited enough in this video. He's pretty much carried Lille to the title with all the goals and assists, most notably, vs Lyon where he scored 2 goals and assisted 1 in a 3-2 comeback. Hes easily been their best player this season.
I think the fact that he was insane at the end of the season is shadowing the rest of it. Don't get me wrong he was amazing for the whole season but we had a period where Bamba was phenomenal, another one where Yazici and Sanches were producing masterclass after masterclass, Botman was a literal wall, David finally woke up at the right time (when Yilmaz was injured), and let's not forget the work and leadership of Benjamin André and José Fonte without whom the system would fall appart, as well as the importance of Maignan in our defensive record. I am completely unable to point out who is the man of the season (besides Galtier), can't decide between Maignan, Fonte and André
Gotta say: love the research on the football club's histories! Great job!
Great video Alfie, as always. Keep up the good work
Would love to see a video on Rumilly. V getting to the semi finals of the coupe de France
7 greatest "lightning in a bottle" seasons
Boubacary Soumare's set to join Leiceter City , Alfie..
Two great run clubs to play for 😉
Very nicely done!
Great content! Keep it going!
Great video Alfie.
Great video 👍 I need to get that Campos as a scout in FM 21 😂. Will be interesting to see where he ends up next
Quality video
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First of all. The thumbnail does not do justice.
Lille is one of the big club in France unlike Leicester. They are on par with Lyon, Marseille, Rennes, PSG (before Qatari tycoon takeover) and Monaco. They are quite rich in history and already won the league 4 times including this year (5 if you include the inaugural version of Ligue 1 where one of the predecessor club won it). They are always at least a top-half side (that season where they almost relegated is an anomaly) and normally finish in top 5 even. The 2011 squad is on contention for dynasty if they just more consistent in the battle with Marseille and Lyon after the latter dynasty crumbled.
Yes, PSG takeover brings them to whole new level but doesn't mean they are really far away from others like Lyon, Lille and Monaco considering 3 teams managed to win the league in the reign of the Qatari owners (Montpellier in 2012, Monaco in 2017 and Lille in 2021). Lille is one of the touted clubs that can win the Ligue 1 just like Lyon, Monaco or Marseille. It is far away from Leicester magical run.
In fact, this squad is not even the best Lille title winning squad. That double-trophy Lille in 2011 has a really bonkers squad. They got Landreau (one of the best backup French keeper and also both Lille AND PSG legend), Debuchy, Rami, Chedjou, Beria in defense, the best all-french combo midfield during 2009-2013 (Cabaye, Mavuba and Balmont) and the most vicious front three we ever see in Ligue 1 (Hazard, Gervinho and Sow).
This comment is not demeaning Lille's accomplishment. But they are far away from almost unthinkable 5000-1 Leicester. Not on the same degree (if you look for that kind of achievement, look at Montpellier 2012. That was more comparable).
I think Bordeaux, Nantes and St. Etienne deserve to be in that list of "biggest clubs".
They each have between six and ten professional-era titles, while Rennes have none (I don't think Rennes has even been Runners-Up).
Granted, Rennes are a well-supported regional club with France's best academy, but I'd put them more on par with the likes of Lens, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse, (etc.)
I'd go:
S-Tier: PSG (post-takeover)
A-Tier: Marseille, Lyon, St. Etienne, PSG (pre-takeover), Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille, Monaco
B-Tier: Lens, Strasbourg, Rennes, Nice, Toulouse (etc.)
Great video! I was hoping you would do this. I think a how Sporting Lisbon won the Primeira Liga for the first time in 2 decades would be an interesting video as well.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful explanation 👏👏👏
Champions in 2011, Runners-up in 2005 & 2019, Coupe de France winners in 2011, Coupe de la Ligue runners-up in 2016 and Trophée des Champions winner 2011 ..oh an UEFA Intertoto Cuo winenr in 2004. Hardly comparable to Leceister winning the EPL. Likle has been of of France's top 4 teams for the past 20 years.
Yes, but PSG is far far above Lille. Its the gap between Manchestee United's wages and Sheffield United's. It's made really incredible the same as Leicester because of the incredible digference between PSG and the rest of the teams.
Great video!
Awesome video.
Tim Weah's father in addition to obviously being an African Football Legend is also currently the president of a country, Liberia, but he represents the US instead of Liberia. He is young so I think his father was still the president when he was deciding. That is crazy
Lille really made a stride to break psg's dominance. Well done👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.As a man utd fan, I want man utd to sign sven botman,He can partner maguire and provide an upgrade to this current man utd defense.
What an underdog story 🔥
Great video
Video idea: Seven footballer duos who surprisingly share a mutual teammate. E.g. Lilian Thuram and Weston McKennie through Buffon
Given that Gerard Lopez is interested in buying my club (Southampton), this video is really interesting, nice work as always!!
maybe a top 7 of the most surprising champions in Europe this season - or in the world if you like - because there has been a lot
Everyone acting like Lille is some amazing, good guy, plucky underdog as if their owners havent nearly bankrupt the club before and are currently picking the club apart because they refuse to give pay rises.
Day (I can't even remember anymore): Do a video on the Seven best footballers who made their senior international debuts prior to their first team club debuts. Like so King Alfie can see 😉
I thought you were going to go deep into the club's tactics and players, you surprise me everyday...
Waiting for this type of video for Sporting
10:13 Kamil Glik takes the term "Sore loser" to a whole new level.
All they needed was a legendary cb fonte
A experiencied striker ilmaz
And a kid that wants to reborn from the ashes Sanchez
Was enough to beat the Arabian oil psg
3:57 this is a shot of Quai Belu in Amiens. Nothing to do with Lille or Lille metropolitan area you are talking about.
Lille are in a difficult situation with money and had to sell their players. What an achievement. Sad to hear the news that the manager will leave.
@Turnips The manager want to find challenges elsewhere，he left on his own. Possibly thinking himself couldn't do better with Lille in the future. Bit shocking to hear that.
Well he is more known as a "firefighter" like Alfie said, he likes to rebuild teams rather than maintaining them at their peak
@@MaxLeCnkerant but it's hunger
This should be a real treat! Oh and I know I have been on hiatus, but you best believe I am keeping track; documentary on Monarcas Morelia Day 9, please!
It looks like this was a great year for the former teams of Eden Hazard.
Proud Lille supporter here, I'm not Lillois, or even french, and I'm not very good at football, I just have cousins from Lille