The Remarkable Truth Behind This Viral Photograph
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2021
- An image reporting to show the son of a Chinese football club owner has gone viral on social media over the last week, along with the claim that the owner forced the manager into starting his son.
However, there's much more to this story than meets the eye, and the rumour being spread online is both incorrect, and not nearly as interesting as the truth.
So in this video, HITC Sevens tells the true story behind the viral photograph, untangles the misinformation, and explores the weird world of Chinese soccer owners who fancy themselves as players. - กีฬา
I'm Chinese and I've been following this closely for the past few weeks. Can confirm, everything mentioned in this video was exactly on point. So impressed at the detailed research you've been doing mate - keep up the great content
Everything on point... except the pronunciations!
Well, he mistakened the time when Zibo Sunday changed their name to Zibo Cuju (should be after their promotion to Yi League/League Two, not before)
@@hanyuzhu7276 Very minor mistake given how far away China is. Id still say he done your country a service by clearing up the misinformation regarding the Chinese league and it’s tiers that is prevalent in western society.
@@RitchieSacramento88 The Chinese leagues ARE terrible, I've been to league one games and they are horrific..... although the super league is not bad, the players are actually good and the games are fun to watch..... friendly people, craft beer after, good memories.....
Can we make it a rule that you can only send video suggestions to Alfie on Twitter, and use the comments section to give feedback on the video.
@HITC Sevens please
He needs to make a video on the AFC Wimbledon story in a documentary type video:-)
@@balham5606 get out
Tbf if people put there suggestions here, he gets more comments which helps with the algorithm
@@canarycatchup this also it wouldn’t be fair on people who don’t have Twitter
Honestly the fact that you did this much due diligence and research is absolutely crazy. Specifically as I believe most of the articles about semi-professionnal and amateur football in china absolutely has to be written in Chinese
Awesome. Now in approximately 18 minutes I will know the remarkable truth behind that viral photograph.
@@ellawingbury280 perhaps
Can we just appreciate how much time and effort this man puts in his videos. Class. Every single one.
Yes, what made you think otherwise?
18mins of bla bla bla when he could have done a better job in say 10 or 7 mins.... mentioned too many fringe issues that are too far from the issue.
Yes but then he wouldn’t have qualified for the ad revenue
@@etiennepace9340 Yep. That's his style. It's kind of the reason a lot of us are here.
@@etiennepace9340 you clicked Alfie's documentary video and you expected it would be less than 10 mins ?
Best football journalist out there. Well educated and doesn’t come up with cringey sensationalist stories.
Great job Alfie !
Alfie a Legend but Tifo Football Journalist a GOAT.
Alfie is the type of guy to ruin my childhood by comprehensively breaking down Spongebob episodes.
Alfie starting beef with awful Football Twitter accounts? I'm bang up for this
So am i
I think it shows the state of modern journalism or editorial priorities that this video is far and above more informative than the S*n and no doubt other newspaper websites.
Main stream media all have agendas to push
I think the highest praise I can give your channel is that I have very limited interest in football generally but yet I’ve watch virtually every mini-documentary style video you’ve made! Really interesting and well researched, keep up the fantastic content it’s really appreciated!
Footy Accumulator you just got seven'd! Good job mate. 👍
i want this to become a recognised term
0:35 Anyhow
*shows a picture of Eddie Howe*
Me : Good one there.
Welcome to the channel
Always has been
Oh, as an aside on this, I was sent a photo of the 2015 Iranian Women's Team, effectively for "Lol, they're mostly men" purposes. But Wikipedia suggests this is not true. But like this story, it plays to MANY prejudices. Any chance?
I can just picture some random Chinese side thinking they were signing Nemanja Vidic and the other Vidic turning up and confusing them
When Bundesliga and other German pro teams had a little run on Brazilian players back in the 1990s, it got to be like a standing expression: "Der hat seinen Bruder geschickt!" ("That bloke sent his brother!") when a Brazilian turned up and was, miracle of miracles, _not_ the next Pelé. I'm not sure there was an ACTUAL case of it though. :D
😂😂😂
@@thtben Giovanni Elber was goat though :))
How about Lucio? Ze Roberto?
Many worked out just fine or even great, of course! ;-)
“Not everything you read on the internet is true” - Napoleon Bonaparte.
"Exactly as napoleon said" - Shrek.
😂😂😂
I swear Alfie deserves a statue, the guy is a legend of the journalism and a inspiration, I even started college in journalism because of this channel. Greetings from Brazil.
Alfie, this is such a high quality video that I'm actually glad these tweets brought us another one of your well-reserched documentaries!
Excellent video. Topical, multilayered, interesting and entertaining. A window into a world few of us know anything about. The quality of your work is consistently outstanding.
Alfie, you're a legend. Love these documentaries. Would love to know how you started the research to this, how deep you had to go and how long it took. And to anyone reading this comment - have a great day.
Your in depth videos are the best content on your channel, and this one is no exception. Not only do you thoroughly debunk the viral story, you present the true story about what's happening at that club and top it off with other eccentric owners. That's class.
If I am to bring a bit to critique to the video, I think you spend too much time in the beginning going through some Twitter stuff without saying much. Otherwise, great video.
Another brilliant video. Thanks for all the effort you put in. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love these sort of videos. They have a certain charm to them. Sandwiched between the ever so common football listicles. Can't find these anywhere else but here.
Some of your best investigative work Alfie 👌 👏 🙌
Alfie you are my favourite football TH-camr. Your videos are the most well researched and interesting. I have been subscribed for a very long time and you keep getting better.
This was a great video as usual! I never saw the photograph but some social media accounts exist just to make followers. They make exaggerated rumours and post baseless truths which are often found out to be lies. Even media houses like the Sun are like this. Someone like you who researches well and only then posts videos should be well applauded and encouraged. Thanks for putting in the effort and keep going!
Thank you so much for clearing this up~!
Another quality video, thanks Alfie you’re always my go to for accurate football information.
Excellent journalism, great video!
Sensational research and coverage as ever. Shame that, as you say, lies and half truths are so readily accepted and shared by so many on the internet.
Man, I really love these vids Alfie! Not gonna lie though, I have had to learn to be patient when it comes to the appearance of some pictures in your docs. Was wondering what the pic of Buffon was leading to. Never disappointed.
Brilliant as always mate. Real journalism.
When you said the truth are more bizzare than the fiction, I was really not expecting that kind of bizzare stuff. Great video, Alfie!
I had seen that picture, Thank you for Clearing that up.
Once again truth proves stranger than fiction.
brilliant research into this video, love this channel. can’t stand all these Twitter and Facebook pages that just post any old thing they hear just so they can get likes and retweets
Thanks for the video Alfie and updating us on the comedy level of Chinese football
Great and informative video. Thanks
This is why this channel is one of the best on TH-cam.
A very informative video, loved it!!!
Im glad they shared the original miss-information just so I could hear your very interesting detective work. I was gripped through out, excellent piece of journalism, thank you
Omg, thank you so much. Much research effort put into a single video, very commendable.
Kudos to HITC Seven for doing the proper research and investigation 👍
We really have to appreciate this guy ..Alfie you are amazing
I remember your voice from the Academy of ideas. Amazing contents man!.
Alternative title: Alfie destroying social media accounts that don’t fact-check
Amazing vid. The best yet
Cracking video Alfie! 👍
Brilliant video! Thanks!
It's me!
hello
Get him to buy you shirts and make you a mystery box
You are the fat kid?
You’ve been eating too many pork pies mate, you wanna get out and get some exercises
Mystery ellis🤣❤️
Alfie: feet and pounds make more sense when measuring the human body
Also Alfie: so 126 kg is more or less 20 stones
Well done!!! Excellent video.
Love Your videos alfie, They make me very happy, keep it up 🤗
Can’t lie this video is quality can tell a lot of time went into it
Great video Alfie!
Those who could read Chinese would already know that the viral photo caption is nonsense straightaway.
On the top right, the competing teams are 吉林百家 (Jilin Baijia) and 西安大兴崇德 (Xi'an Daxing Chongde) and not Zibo Cuju (淄博蹴鞠, pronounced more like "Zuh Boh Choo G")
I appreciate your video's more everyday, thank you for this amazing content!
You're bang on about Footyaccums and I don't think they get called out enough about their inaccurate and viral-baiting tweets. Their transphobic tweet about rumours surrounding James Rodriguez was disgusting.
wanted to say thanks for this wonderful video and your research efforts
You just earned an additional subscriber. Great video.
Fantastic video as always. Was trying to guess the players name based on your pronunciation but did not expect it to be 何世华! 华 is not "Who-a" but one smooth sound "huar".
Still some work to do on your Chinese skills!!
Respect for the amount of time and energy spent researching this!
Have just happened on this visit by chance. It’s actually one of the most interesting things I’ve seen in years.
I’m seriously impressed. Thank you! ...
Another excellent video.
What a trip this video was, started out weird then just kept going. Absolutely brilliant
Alfie. I think it will be a good story talking about my country "iraq" in 2007 winning the asian cup
I think it will be a interesting story if you look for it
hes already made one I believe
Tifo did one already
@@derrick73 nah he made one when the iraqi team was abused by the president son it will be cheerful if he made this one instead of that it's a very sobbing and emotional story i recommend everyone looking for it
Tifo made a video already didn’t they
@@mustafa_alomary Yea I was confusing it with tifo football
Just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed this video. It's great content in more ways than just the football angle. This story is so typical of today's internet in general.
Brilliant! Love the deep dive
This is truly bonkers! Not so much the stories, but the research involved!!
Fantastic video - well done
I actually went off after I watched this and watched coach carter for the first time and I must say it’s a brilliant film thanks @hitc sevens👊🏾
I can’t bear some of sports news sites out there. They just make entire articles from a single tweet and don’t even check the accuracy, it’s so lazy. Alfie puts them to shame
Talk about some detective work!
i can read chinese and neither of the 2 teams on the scoreboard are zibo cuju, it says jilin bai jia vs xian daxin chongde (from how the words are pronounced in chinese anyways)
Love this. Good detective work pal
incredible work mate
Wow! I never thought I'll get an explanation for this photo.
Excellent work.
Ah Detinho, I would never imagine he would come up in a HITC Sevens video, but I must say I am impressed, he is such a legend in Hong Kong.
I’m liking this quality over quantity shift in this channel’s content. It has motivated me to subscribe. Don’t stop researching interesting topics there Allie
I like your introductions, they're way smarter than they have any right to be.
Fat shaming, forrin corruption, the fictional tale has it all. Good work for outing the truth
Your journalistic integrity deserves all of the awards. Best part by far was the Eddie Howe joke
Great video Alfie.
An idea for a possible future video: "managers who sign the same player at every club"
Actually haven't seen the img yet, gonna watch this anyway
Yes i live under a rock
Bulgaria's prime minister has also played professionally when he wasn't... in great shape
I hope you go viral with this
Shout out to big Ellis Platten from away days. Quality channel!
Respect alfie who made this video , he deserve much appreciation for his work
I gave up. I'll never know the truth behind the lies. I just couldn't bear it being spun out any longer.
Ah yes. An hitc sevens documentary. Let's enjoy a gem.
Keep up the good work.
Excellent video❤️🔥
You cease to amaze me with the absolute madness you find everyday.
Are you going to stop watching now?
never cease surely!
HITC 7s delivering relevant, life changing content aka just another Thursday 🤷🏿♂️
Thanks for clearing that up, and spreading the truth
Really interesting video and some odd stories funnier than the ones spread arpund
I am playing FM21 while watching this and as Changchun was mentioned they declared interest in one of my players
Wow, really interesting stuff. Just goes to show: don't make up stories about Chinese football because the truth will always be even more bananas.
Excellent video as always!
Where the hell did you get all this info Alfie?
Respect!!! for trying and researching. I know most people are like nah I don't care. but I respect of the drive the give accurate information.
I found it funny that "2019" is clearly visible in the bottom news text of the pic yet nobody pointed it out.
At least make up the story that the game took place in 2019 but the Chinese government were so ashamed of it they censored it for two years ^^