Why is football the most popular sport?

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    Football is the most popular sport in the world. And it's one of the oldest. According to estimates, of the around 7.6 billion people making up the global population in 2018, 1.1 billion of them watched the 2018 World Cup final.
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  • @davidkerr7065
    @davidkerr7065 ปีที่แล้ว +1487

    Urban dictionary said it best:
    'The Beautiful Game' can be played anywhere, on almost any surface, by any number of players, for almost any length of time. And is. There is no country on earth that doesn't play. It has inspired more passion, more courage and more excitement than any other sport in history and dwarfs everything else.
    Football is, without question, the defining sporting activity of the human race.

    • @samarthbagwe1736
      @samarthbagwe1736 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Don't know about entertainment factor
      Many sports challenge that

    • @LouLouPooPoo94
      @LouLouPooPoo94 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@samarthbagwe1736 Where does it same entertainment

    • @flux202
      @flux202 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well some countries can't play it since they're in the fncking desert...

    • @Hubbabubba465
      @Hubbabubba465 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@flux202 well you cant play other sports there either

    • @flux202
      @flux202 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Hubbabubba465 so we can't be holding world championships in a desert.

  • @deckz901
    @deckz901 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Football is a universal language.
    I vividly remember a random guy kicking a ball in the middle of my university's square.
    More and more people joined, barely anyone spoke the same language but we all had fun in a little kick-about.
    Anyone can join in and have fun.

    • @drrd4127
      @drrd4127 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can say that about any game or sport.

    • @deckz901
      @deckz901 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@drrd4127 I can't fully agree with that.
      It's rare to find a sport that is so easily accessible.
      Most other sports require special equipment to experience the sport. Basketball needs a hoop, tennis needs rackets, cricket/baseball needs bats. With football, all you need is pretty much just a football - you can make goals with piles of coats, bags, bottles or even using chalk on a stone wall.

  • @Joeking211
    @Joeking211 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    I like to think it transcends language. You don't even need to speak the same language to have a kick about with someone. Truly universal.

    • @Model_Roe
      @Model_Roe 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's the most accessible out of all the sports anybody of any race any socio economic class any height build can play it's accessibility makes it more marketable to a mass audience not to mention it's the only sport that's played on all six continents and in the islands

    • @alexman8800
      @alexman8800 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Back in the old days of no jerseys, one side play shirtless and the other side any color shirt.

    • @ninjalectualx
      @ninjalectualx หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can say the same about baseball though, the second most popular sport

  • @yazito21
    @yazito21 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    Well-explained. Football at its core is the most simple sports in the world. That's why almost everyone, even those with physical disabilities, can enjoy it. Another reason is because it's a team sport so you get to enjoy it with other people.

    • @galois6569
      @galois6569 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think this is a good point about it being a team sport. Most popular sports are team sports, not just football.

    • @thehearingaid
      @thehearingaid ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i'd also add while a team sport - there are elements you can still do on your own that can be enjoyable, doing tricks or even just using a wall.

    • @ferretchad
      @ferretchad ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I wouldn't say it's the simplest sport, that title belongs to track athletics which boil down to 'run'. I'd say it's about as simple as a game can be to allow for complexity in outcome to arise.

    • @Nico_M.
      @Nico_M. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ferretchad And also, the fact that feet are used for both move around the field and kick the ball, means that there's a factor of dexterity that doesn't happen if the game was played with the hands (i.e. handball), which would be a "more obvious" ball game.

    • @Model_Roe
      @Model_Roe 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly 💯 it's the most accessible which makes it the most popular

  • @engineeredarmy1152
    @engineeredarmy1152 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    In a nation where cricket is a religion, and a state where football is non existent in small towns, once i introduced to my friends. Couple of days later there were 20-30 people calling their friends and playing the game. The ground was earlier used for cricket and cricket only but then there were bricks used as goal posts on either end. But unfortunately, it was during a time when high school ended, all of them moved on to different cities for education and the game died there in the town.

    • @shahir1395
      @shahir1395 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      big ups!

    • @skoch9995
      @skoch9995 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mitooro *So What ???*

    • @pedroks7756
      @pedroks7756 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@skoch9995 he was just asking

    • @ShinigamiInuyasha777
      @ShinigamiInuyasha777 ปีที่แล้ว

      It didnt died. You released a sport virus

    • @Darwinek
      @Darwinek ปีที่แล้ว +23

      This begs a different question. Why cricket is still so popular in like ... 8 countries.

  • @suryawinangun
    @suryawinangun ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I was transfer student back then in elementary. Hard to adjust to new school life, friends and environment. But once the football game played in school yard, I just jumped into it and scored a goal. This beautiful game really helped me being accepted in new school.

    • @priscille1577
      @priscille1577 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is so sweet. Reading that made me happy :) futbol really does bring ppl together

    • @noidea7281
      @noidea7281 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same thing to me

    • @manchesterunited35-2
      @manchesterunited35-2 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yes bro football⚽really does bring people together

  • @will27ns
    @will27ns ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Another reason is that skill and a certain amount of cleverness and required to play the game at a high level. Many other sports place an over-reliance on physical qualities and brute force. This makes soccer athletically democratic, so to speak.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ehh personally i prefer the brutish athleticism like nfl football

    • @psvmjohn
      @psvmjohn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jmgonzales7701 Brutish is a bad way of describing it

    • @dodgydave1053
      @dodgydave1053 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Erm not really, for a ball game basketball requires much more skill and finesse and for sports in general skating requires muuuuch more skill vs physical ability in comparison to football

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Physical qualities and brute force makes it more interesting. Plus the natural skill

    • @maxburmab7962
      @maxburmab7962 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@dodgydave1053if I were to compare these sports like you did, I'd have to say that football has people with highest skill level among other sports. It is because it's the most popular one, and that, if we assume that people in every sport try their best and achieve their maximum performance level, means that the most skilled athlete is probably a football player. But there is another factor - the importance of skill. And in that regard it is also football that is amongst the most skill dependent sports because it's a game. But even between basketball and football, which are both games, football is clearly more dependent on skill due to it's strategical complexity.

  • @dayoki8091
    @dayoki8091 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I live in the philippines and basketball is the most favorite sport of the people here but when i was a kid our school didnt have a basketball court and people didnt bring balls to our school so we played football with a bottle filled with rocks, the kids didnt know how to properly play football all we knew was you had a ball and you had to kick it to the other side of the area where we played. It ended up kinda resembling a football game with a keeper and strikers and defenders, crazy stuff. So i really do believe that this is one of the beauties of the game, you can play it everywhere with anything.

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rugby is the same too. Really easy to play and understand. Loads of fun

  • @cinnamon5083
    @cinnamon5083 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Football is a religion. No other sport in the world unites people quite like this.

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Then why are football fans segregated (like the UK)? Why is there also hooliganism and working class scum causing trouble?

    • @aYTcommenter
      @aYTcommenter 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@crazyforcoffee5950your statement is like :
      Why are there still conflicts between islam and islam or even christian and christian ;
      Everything have conflicts in it.

    • @EvilKicksMoney
      @EvilKicksMoney 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@261i7rugby is also boring but yeah is still more entertaining than football

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EvilKicksMoneyCuz of the new rules which I think is still but still beats soccer any day

    • @PhilBert-sh3nk
      @PhilBert-sh3nk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't want to be united with anyone who believes that

  • @MartinParnham
    @MartinParnham ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Kind of linked to accessibility: Football is, traditionally, a working person’s sport. In lots of countries it’s played predominantly by “poorer” people, for the reasons mentioned, and we’ve heard loads of stories of pros having first kicked a ball made out of bags tied up with laces or something.
    Golf and tennis can be diluted down as well, to a lesser extent (get the he ball in the 🕳) but there is an exclusivity to them and you need a designated space. That’s where class comes in. Many people don’t have access to a tennis court, even fewer have their own one. Everyone has a ball and some space.

    • @kjn3350
      @kjn3350 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Tennis is difficult to dilute. That's really a sport that requires courts and racquets (of some sort), and the balls can't get too old or else they're virtually useless. You could use other sorts of balls, but that makes things harder. Golf is conceptually easier to dilute, but still isn't great. Even basketball needs a hoop of some sort, volleyball needs a high net. Cricket needs a lot, rugby's too rough and big for a street sport, so you come to see that only football and perhaps handball are really so accessible. And for whatever reason, handball isn't that popular. But that's probably down to excitement.

    • @iameverywhere8551
      @iameverywhere8551 ปีที่แล้ว

      Football is played by poorer people only in Africa ,Asia ,south America
      European football is played by rich class mostly

  • @timlamiam
    @timlamiam ปีที่แล้ว +46

    the simplicity of it all makes it beautiful. You can literally explain the rules in 30 seconds to a newcomer and they will have fun.

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s boring to play and watch

    • @Arejen03
      @Arejen03 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@crazyforcoffee5950 you definitely coming from the US do you

    • @someguy5487
      @someguy5487 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@crazyforcoffee5950 not really now go back to watch that insignificant sport that they rugby.

    • @j.k6456
      @j.k6456 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@crazyforcoffee5950 it's boring to watch while it's hella fun to play

    • @INTJ791
      @INTJ791 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@crazyforcoffee5950 if you not interested in strategy aspect like posession, formation, yes it can be boring

  • @drfox96
    @drfox96 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Couple of bricks as goal posts.. Anywhere to play.. I remember playing on the street.. Paved streets on late hours when cars are scarce.. I even played in corridors in apartment buildings.. You didn't even need a ball.. A tennis ball.. A plastic bag full of old clothes.. Even a small roundish rock or a bottle cap..
    You make friends and enemies around your block..
    Such a beautiful sport

  • @Q0Q1
    @Q0Q1 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    football is not just a game its a need for many to live happily.thats the reason its the most popular game

    • @MrEssexRay
      @MrEssexRay ปีที่แล้ว +10

      wouldnt this just be a symptom of its popularity, and not why it is popular

  • @anthonycokoye
    @anthonycokoye ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Once again, another lovely video addressing a simple, yet complex, topic. Been following Tifo Football for over a year now; hoping to see the fellas start a 'Tifo Baseball' channel - I am pretty sure the viewership is out there.

  • @Sizdothyx
    @Sizdothyx ปีที่แล้ว +20

    At its core it's really just three rules
    1. You have a ball
    2. You can't touch it with your hands
    3. Who scores more goals wins
    It's so mindbogglingly simple. American sports, for the most part, have these weird rules and starts-and-stops that they're essentially institutionalized.

    • @Model_Roe
      @Model_Roe 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      American sports have too many commercial breaks depending on the person that can be annoying football is pretty straightforward and not super long 90 minutes

    • @ninjalectualx
      @ninjalectualx หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can say the same about baseball though, the second most popular sport

    • @nsh1772
      @nsh1772 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ninjalectualx Isn't cricket the second most popular sport?

  • @thechriscrowing
    @thechriscrowing ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The accessibility of football is certainly one part of it, but I feel that the reason why association football specifically the #1 game in the world has a lot to do with how association football was popular in the UK during the 1800s-1900s and the British empire and trading network took that around the world. The number of prominent clubs founded in places like Italy, South America and elsewhere by ex-pat Brits shows this. So, football became global as the first sport to really become so, and then things like global radio and then TV embedded that.
    The accessibility aspect is probably why football gained prominence in places that were merely connected to rather than part of the Empire - see how the prominent nations in rugby and cricket both correspond pretty closely to the commonwealth to this day (with a few exceptions) and theres maybe a class element there - guys working on ships are more likely to play football, and a pick up gamer on the dock side is more likely to get locals involved and hooked but posher folk putting down roots in their colonies are more likely to establish cricket/rugby clubs etc.
    Similarly, those sports that developed in the US ended up being stuck there during the period of US isolationism before WW1 and by the time they could gain a wider audience, football was already established elsewhere (and in general, is more accessible so why change?)

    • @mangopudding5979
      @mangopudding5979 ปีที่แล้ว

      Football is originally Aztec sport.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว

      which is weird, im filipino and normally i hear people argue the reason we don't play football or its not as popular here is because we barely have space or its not as acessible. weird reasoning.

    • @thechriscrowing
      @thechriscrowing ปีที่แล้ว

      @jmgonzales7701 I guess if you don't already have parks/pitches it's not so easy in an urban environment. I'd guess basketball is the go-to then? Probably the team game needing thr least space.

  • @Mr_Blacksmith
    @Mr_Blacksmith ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Brilliant video. Reminds me of when we used to play on the streets when I was younger, we'd lose track of time and get a whooping from our parents when we got home. There were no phones back then so you'd grab a ball, we take off our shoes and go play. Sometimes if we didnt have a ball. We'd steal some plastic bags, put a handful of sand into one (that would make the first layer) and wrap as many as we can to make a ball and play until it was tattered.
    I remember when I get older, my parents would get me the Fifa/Nike/Adidas Size 3 ball. I was a King in the neighborhood. I remember how I lost the first 3. One landed in a yard with 3 dogs; they tore it up, Second was run over by a car and one was stolen when I took it to school. Football holds some dear childhood memories. This was around 20 years ago and my father and father in law tell me about their footballing escapades back in their day!

  • @dylonmartinez7946
    @dylonmartinez7946 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I finished growing up watching the NFL and since I started watching multiple sports, Football/soccer is just about to take the number 1 spot, only difference is I live in the U.S and I have Way more people to talk NFL about that soccer, most people I work with can’t understand how popular soccer is world wide

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s the same here in Australia where AFL and NRL are king. Nobody talks about soccer unless it’s the World Cup. I’m a rugby union fan and soccer to me is a wussy sport

    • @ArsenalIsTrash
      @ArsenalIsTrash 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@crazyforcoffee5950nobody care about your rugby Aussies

  • @Drunken_Master
    @Drunken_Master ปีที่แล้ว +92

    When I was a kid we liked basketball better, but there were limited playgrounds with hoops, which were usually occupied by older kids or even adults, so we mostly played football.

    • @joeleuer1842
      @joeleuer1842 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I never thought of that with basketball. I guess in the US you don't because there are hoops everywhere. Multiple ones at parks, playgrounds, schools, people's houses, and when in a pinch monkey bars or some trash cans will do.

    • @toanbui6354
      @toanbui6354 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@joeleuer1842beside hoops, you need a ball that can bounce well, while in football all most any kind of ball can be used,
      When i was a kid it was a litte hard to buy a standard football ball, so we played with plastic ball, rubber ball and even volley ball (volleyball were popular in my place that time)

  • @caseyimiller
    @caseyimiller ปีที่แล้ว +19

    A sport that truly tests your athletic ability and doesn’t give you a break in any sort of way makes for great entertainment compared to many sports that are diluted with way more commercials

  • @EmilShroder007
    @EmilShroder007 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    There's just something beautiful about the game that I can't explain. If you love it then you know it.

    • @Model_Roe
      @Model_Roe 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Football is very elegant it kinda looks like a ballet I think that's why I prefer it there is more artistry and it's just beautiful to watch

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would rather watch paint dry

  • @pavel228
    @pavel228 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I guess in your specific community the percentage of people who were alive and watched it is even higher than in the entire Population. We are here for our love of football and your amazing content regarding that topic after all.

  • @jpswaddle7899
    @jpswaddle7899 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    You forgot the most kicked football of modern times, the humble paper covered in parcel tape football. This football at some point has some how made its way into every work place in the World.

    • @KingsOfRugby
      @KingsOfRugby ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In school we used to use a tin foil ball from our sandwiches and we'd play some panna, and when I was at home I'd use my dog's toys for a little kick around, as the living room and dining room linked with an arch. The dining table was the goal 🤣

  • @florentpumu9517
    @florentpumu9517 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One important aspect not mentioned is about entertainment.
    I watch many sports games in different places.
    Football is immensely entertaining as game with different aspects of play:
    Goalkeeping, defending, dribbling, attacking, etc.
    It is not like motorsport or tennis.

  • @VydeoGramesJunk
    @VydeoGramesJunk ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When i was young we were so broke we had a hard time finding money for food. I would play after school until sunset outside with my friends right next to a trash dump, we didnt care that we had a a hill and being on top was a major advantage. Now i still own a fancy world cup ball even though i havent played in years, just cause football means so much to me and the fact that i can buy this ball now ans feel proud of where i came from. Football is more than just a game.

  • @aritradas8420
    @aritradas8420 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It is more than just a game. It is life. You win or lose but you enjoy it..

  • @Evemeister12
    @Evemeister12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Accessibility and team ethos are the dual important things here. They can speak to the aspirations of people around the world, as anyone with talent in football can get some chance of success/glory. With golf, tennis, horse racing or rugby you can't get the same feeling.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว

      which is weird, im filipino and normally i hear people argue the reason we don't play football or its not as popular here is because we barely have space or its not as acessible. weird reasoning.

  • @footballph2707
    @footballph2707 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great video Tifo! I love learning Football!👑⚽🏆💯✨

  • @rivi117
    @rivi117 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    In Football you dont need a partner or other people to play with, you can just play alone just you and the ball anywhere in the world, you see thats the beauty of it

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same with rugby, cricket

    • @josebertel7000
      @josebertel7000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@crazyforcoffee5950 yeah the only difference is that Cricket is boring and Rugby isn't

    • @Z71990
      @Z71990 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josebertel7000 this happens when u know nothing about cricket and bark the stereotypical comment

    • @EvilKicksMoney
      @EvilKicksMoney 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@crazyforcoffee5950cricket 🏏,☝️

  • @luisg.m.garcia6972
    @luisg.m.garcia6972 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hey tifo are you doing tactical previews for the world cup groups? Those were great for the euros and 2018 world cup

  • @王铭泽-v4u
    @王铭泽-v4u ปีที่แล้ว +15

    beautiful game with no bounadry or language barrier❤️

    • @eksortso
      @eksortso ปีที่แล้ว

      There's only one language barrier. When the most avid British and American fans talk to each other about it using only words coined in England. Let the fun commence.

  • @samconstantinou2335
    @samconstantinou2335 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It’s quite popular in England, I know a few people that like it

  • @Heelo_0
    @Heelo_0 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tifo are a blessing to football community

  • @davidcontreras1451
    @davidcontreras1451 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Simple- Football is life❤

  • @adhnaanahmed5029
    @adhnaanahmed5029 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    the beauty of football is its simplicity of the game,just take the ball,kick the ball.and it is affordable game for poor people.and another factor is its short duration of the game.

  • @tamanautar6765
    @tamanautar6765 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful vid! I spotted however a typo: 0:57, the map says Kazkahstan instead of Kazakhstan.

  • @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693
    @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video brings back some of my favorite childhood memories!Me and my friends used to make balls of plastic bags and kick them and we would sometimes play in the local tennis court since there was no field

  • @MikeGonzalez-d1t
    @MikeGonzalez-d1t ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just gave a speech about this topic in class, and this video helped me out a ton. Thank you guys for the assist!

  • @juliantsenkov1585
    @juliantsenkov1585 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Football - more than just a game.

  • @BOABModels
    @BOABModels ปีที่แล้ว

    2:44 Jumpers for goalposts! Small boys in the park? Enduring image! Isn't it? Marvelous!

  • @PHDiaz-vv7yo
    @PHDiaz-vv7yo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I was very young- I didn’t get it while other kids darted around the playground. When I was 11 I was the smallest, skinniest kid blown away on a full size pitch and the last to be picked in the team. But when my love for the game emerged outside of trying to play it, and away from that social hierarchy- I relaxed, enjoyed expressed myself and even scored a few on my left peg.
    I’m now 47. Did try a bit of seven a side pre covid infection and was roasted despite the cries of man on. No matter, I’ve got good memories of playing some matches- but even better ones of talking a good game.

  • @adobotravels
    @adobotravels ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Futbol is the world’s sport because you don’t need to be the biggest or tallest to play it. All you need is skills and passion. Just a ball ⚽️ find a net and shoot. No need for fancy gear.
    Futbol is the most inclusive sport from a poor man’s country to a rich man.

  • @apzn1170
    @apzn1170 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some of my fondness memories ever are playing football with my classmates between classes or when the teacher was late.
    We would just push all the chairs to the sides, two chairs on each end of the classroom were the goal. 2v2, winner stays on and the ball was made out of paper and tape. That was it. Simple. But it would get crowded by people from other classes. Just waiting for you to lose so they get a chance to play.
    You had to be alert because an inspector may be around and would take the ball. You had to be quick to get all the chairs in order and start drying your uniform all messed up from the sweat under the fan on the ceiling. Good old days.

  • @kennymichaelalanya7134
    @kennymichaelalanya7134 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Whoever said football Is the beautiful game was a genius

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautiful? No chance 😂😂

    • @EvilKicksMoney
      @EvilKicksMoney 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@crazyforcoffee5950football is becoming an irrelevant sport and also is declining rapidly

    • @Thecomebackkings
      @Thecomebackkings 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@EvilKicksMon joke of the year 🤡 here take the L

  • @michaelbruch8600
    @michaelbruch8600 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To simplify this sport
    It can be played by anyone anywhere no matter the numbers or the field side. We all got potential and can show our own creativity

  • @KlassicLoL
    @KlassicLoL ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:27 funniest animation I’ve seen in a Tifo video lmao

  • @tomboz777
    @tomboz777 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think along with this, the sensation of kicking a ball is (for whatever reason) a far more enjoyable sensation than most others…your feet *are* the bat, the club, the racket.

  • @stevestryker
    @stevestryker ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's the easiest game to understand. Kick the ball into your opponents goal. Make sure you do it more times than they do within the allocated time.

  • @healthdios
    @healthdios ปีที่แล้ว

    My neighbors and I used to play it in the vacant lots behind our houses. We'd be cleaning the place in the spring when all those weeds started popping out and in the fall, right after my uncle harvested his corn or wheat we would be playing in his crop field. Pick-up football games were my childhood entertainment.

  • @mdk1325
    @mdk1325 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Football is being human, inclusive adaptable , dynamic and competitive

  • @coastalbrake8886
    @coastalbrake8886 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Football is popular because football can be popular. Mind blown.

    • @Model_Roe
      @Model_Roe 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's the most accessible so it appeals to everybody anybody of any race height socio economic class can play that's the difference

  • @wissamhouchaime4984
    @wissamhouchaime4984 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Too bad watching it now on tv has become a financial burden that many people can't afford

  • @cpfc4prem
    @cpfc4prem ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The simple answer is that it is so simple. Anyone can play a form of football as long as they have a ball of some sort.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i would argue nfl style football is even more simple, problem is the gear which involves padding and helmet. But carrying a ball to the other end is more simple than having to kick a goal.

  • @Arejen03
    @Arejen03 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    becouse everyone can end up on top no matter the background, wealth or place of birth. No other sports creates such emotions

  • @Olando89
    @Olando89 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My excuse is that I am Brasileiro and I have loved the sport due to all my life due to it being a big part of my culture.

  • @monsieur1936
    @monsieur1936 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's ironic that here in India people prefer to play Cricket rather than football while playing in a confined space. And almost every house here has a bat. Cricket played on streets is called Gully Cricket, but there is no gully football.
    So, you don't need to be simple in order to become most popular sport in any region, all you need is cultural acceptance. Despite being extremely long and difficult to understand game, cricket in India has become a parallel religion.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its because of culture. Same goes here in the Philippines, a lot will say we cant play football because we don't have that much space or its inaccessible. Football wouldn't be the most popular sport in the world if its inaccessible. You can play football in the streets like what we do with basketball, You don't need a big field or anything. PLus in the metro areas sure there are less space but in the province there is plenty of farm fields to play with yet you would see the people make makeshift rims and paste it on a tree just to play basketball. Simply cultural and if there is a will there is a way. FIlipinos like fast paced action scoring it is why we like boxing, MMA, volleyball (for women mostly) and basketball because it gives you fasy entertainment. Heck if Americans taught us American NFL football i personally think we would enjoy it as well.

    • @monsieur1936
      @monsieur1936 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jmgonzales7701 thanks for enlightening me, I always thought Fillipinos love football more than anything.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@monsieur1936 well to be fair football is played mostly by more richer folks. The working class plays basketball, but ofc that is not the rule. Many workinh class people still play football but basketball is the most dominant sport. I have a indian-filipino friend he was the one who introduced football to me.

    • @monsieur1936
      @monsieur1936 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jmgonzales7701 I never heard about basketball being played as a dominant sport outside of America. Glad to know that. Even in India you can find distinctions mostly among the states, like eastern and north eastern states play football more than cricket meanwhile wrestling and hockey is popular in some Northern States. Cricket however is a sport which is played by rich to poor everyone, both in City and countryside. However most of the cricket legends are from select few cities like Mumbai and Delhi.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@monsieur1936 yeah from what i heard cricket is a big thing. Its mostly unheard of here but our indian minority groups play it.

  • @davepyle7804
    @davepyle7804 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you Tifo for always producing such great content

  • @laduptamang3207
    @laduptamang3207 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love from ilam nepal!

  • @Phoenix-sj6tk
    @Phoenix-sj6tk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    and I'm here, a football fan, born in the basketball crazy country.

  • @Luna_Azul.7
    @Luna_Azul.7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    please make a video on how clubs share the same stadium

  • @cradlelist
    @cradlelist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Quite funny, i remember myself lifting up a basketball with my foot and messing around with it before training sessions began

  • @george.a_m
    @george.a_m ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Football is life, as in the real one that has to do with using your foot to play the ball…

    • @eksortso
      @eksortso ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh don't start.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      personally i prefer american style football but that's just me

  • @damionmaxwell6227
    @damionmaxwell6227 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The beautiful game!

  • @jackwalls2448
    @jackwalls2448 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I play a sport which is called for a reason " the gentleman game "❤️😌

    • @Soul_Hacked
      @Soul_Hacked ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cricket ❤️❤️

    • @Mfdoom534
      @Mfdoom534 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Soul_Hacked greatest sport ever 🙏

    • @Drippydesi
      @Drippydesi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Mfdoom534 Boring af loo

    • @josebertel7000
      @josebertel7000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Soul_Hacked what is that?

    • @josebertel7000
      @josebertel7000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Soul_Hacked an insect?

  • @Joker-yw9hl
    @Joker-yw9hl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Every kick of it massively mattering to someone, presumably!"

  • @ibizawavey8630
    @ibizawavey8630 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Heck i used to play it with socks inside my house. That's how obsessed i was with it.

  • @man4437
    @man4437 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The thing about different physiques is what I really like. I don't like how the most popular sports in America require peoplr to be freaks of nature just to be an average player. In football, size can be an advantage but the majority of players are abot average if slightly above height, and someone like Messi can be the best in the world at an average stature

  • @sanjogkarki
    @sanjogkarki ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I was in hostel we used to play putting clothes and paper inside a socks and play the game. Hours and hours were spent playing it. We even used to get punished for playing but it was all fine.

    • @davidishola4973
      @davidishola4973 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here and im sure we are not from the same country or region, the Game is the game every where, it finds expression in all frlorms across different cultures

  • @ChrisMDi
    @ChrisMDi ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Simple answer everyone connects to the game and has emotional bond both playing and watching

  • @mourningireland4560
    @mourningireland4560 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Calling Cuju "football" is like calling American football "football". It's a different sport.

  • @lausymaus9856
    @lausymaus9856 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think it is simply that comercialized, that it is brought to every corner of the world. Once it's there it will grow, as more and more will notice it.
    I know its a somewhat less optimistic and peace-and-love theory, but thats not a falsification yet.

    • @okay1775
      @okay1775 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bingo. You nailed it

  • @UserTheLion7722
    @UserTheLion7722 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It can be played by anyone you can be the goat at 6'2 or a goat at 5'7 as well you can be one of the greatest goalkeepers at 6'5 or at just 6'0

  • @russelljones2281
    @russelljones2281 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That's why due to simplicity and accessibility they only sport in the future surpass soccer is MMA. As Dana White said: ''The one thing that works everywhere is fighting, you know. And if you think about the most famous athletes that have ever walked the face of the earth - Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson - Those guys are known everywhere. Bruce Lee died in the early ‘70s. Kids still know who he is today. Because as human beings, we are fascinated by who the toughest guy in the world is.

  • @newbie4789
    @newbie4789 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    See, one of the other sports that is equally popular is Sprinting. And it has very similar needs .

  • @jimmymuthami7130
    @jimmymuthami7130 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The simplicity is what makes it amazing. And to digress a bit, that's why Pool is way more popular than Snooker. Snooker players are more technically gifted than pool players, but the fact that any drunkard in a bar can take a cue and start shooting balls in fairly sized pockets makes pool more popular.

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว

      i wished pool was more popular

  • @Mr-Islakhan
    @Mr-Islakhan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is beautiful as the game itself

  • @vettelfanfer
    @vettelfanfer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Because the games are actually more talked about than the commercials.

  • @paulluka2029
    @paulluka2029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very elaborate 👏👏👏

  • @lukaszwason5031
    @lukaszwason5031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You don't even need a ball. Me and my mates once played invisible football, though I think we may have been a bit drunk

  • @oliverhughes610
    @oliverhughes610 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bruh if there were 7.6 billion people on earth (I think it was closer to 7.7) during the 2018 world cup... there will be 8 billion people on earth for the next one. That's a scary amount of population growth. ~100 million people a year being added.

  • @brandonhallas6063
    @brandonhallas6063 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautifully put gents!

  • @the_one_the_only4651
    @the_one_the_only4651 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Can you do a documentary on the San Marino national football team (football's biggest underdogs) and their never-ending struggle in international football. Loving the content ❤

    • @NostalgicMem0ries
      @NostalgicMem0ries ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you won something or just want to joke about your team? :D

    • @Darwinek
      @Darwinek ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tifo will make the video once San Marino finally wins their first international game.

    • @guillaumegiroux9425
      @guillaumegiroux9425 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Darwinek They did! That win over Liechtenstein in 2004 counts!

  • @Randy_Batswinger
    @Randy_Batswinger ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unfortunately that 'round object' that gets a kicking is too often somebody's head. Play nicely people. 🙂♥️⚽

    • @Drippydesi
      @Drippydesi ปีที่แล้ว

      Sometimes the hand too, scored a hand of god which made my team won the local schools cup, sneaky me!

  • @creepinasicrawl
    @creepinasicrawl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In the end, humans just generally love balls.

  • @Chizzling
    @Chizzling ปีที่แล้ว

    now how did you not add ''your mom's living room''😂😂😂😂 2:41

  • @Baller17É
    @Baller17É ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Because it is so beautiful to watch and play football😍

  • @HarshKashyap474
    @HarshKashyap474 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    During lunch time ,its a culture to play football with bottles on floor in our school

  • @hansgettheflammenwerfer69420
    @hansgettheflammenwerfer69420 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3 words "jumpers for goalposts"

  • @shardulnandapurkar1093
    @shardulnandapurkar1093 ปีที่แล้ว

    been an Arsenal fan for almost 2 decades now. Give me anything last minute goals, 25 yard screamers, red cards nothing and say absolutely nothing in football could ever come close to a nail bitting last ball thrilling finish in cricket.

  • @nassimhaiouani3772
    @nassimhaiouani3772 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2022 world cup gathred 4 billion wich is 4/8 half the earth was watching

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not me 😂😂😊

    • @josebertel7000
      @josebertel7000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@crazyforcoffee5950 ohhh man you don't know what you missed out

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josebertel7000 Meh, couldn’t care less. Much prefer Rugby that’s my passion.

  • @clunkCA
    @clunkCA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simply availability and ease of play. There are way more exciting sports out there that just don’t have a large following because of the barrier of entry *cough* hockey. A poorer country is never going to enjoy a game where you need to maintain a surface of ice and spend $1500-$2500 on gear.

  • @soumitachakraborty9487
    @soumitachakraborty9487 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thrill that is there in football matches, I dnt see it anywhere!

  • @ruslanaiman6196
    @ruslanaiman6196 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Easy to play and watch, but hard to master.

  • @jeffinjohnson5128
    @jeffinjohnson5128 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s popular because Ibrahim Sangare plays it

  • @dylanm.johnson5885
    @dylanm.johnson5885 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just LOVE football!!

    • @Model_Roe
      @Model_Roe ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree 💯 it's the best sport in my opinion and the only sport where fans get emotionally involved eg crying having meltdowns idk I could never get into any other sport outside of football

    • @manchesterunited35-2
      @manchesterunited35-2 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yes bro same

  • @martatavares116
    @martatavares116 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it is a simple sport because you need a ball, but at the same time it is extremely difficult to be a successful player, a child already has to come with talent from the base or else he will just be an ordinary player, at the same time that it is simple it is extremely difficult millions try to be players and they can't, it's a dream of all children where football dominates, but millions don't succeed, it's very sad.

  • @jairo866
    @jairo866 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello tifo soccer good video I wanted to ask you something and it's about why you don't make a channel of yours but with Spanish dubbing? I am Hispanic and I like your videos. And the truth is that you would do a great favor to your Hispanic subscribers, there are many interesting topics, thanks. If you are wondering how I can write to you in English, it is because I am using the translator

  • @ow_oso
    @ow_oso ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking at it from a birds eye view it’s no surprise Futbol is as big as it is. You don’t need a rule book or have it explained to you that the goal of the game is to get the ball in the net using your feet. It’s accessible and easy to understand at face value. Combine it with the fact that damn near every major country in the world has its own league and you get why it’s the biggest sport of all time.

  • @elialanza8645
    @elialanza8645 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    So what they're trying to say is throughout history, man has been obsessed with playing with balls?

  • @TJ_Jones1
    @TJ_Jones1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still waiting for the wolves video on the appointment of Julen Lopetegui, massive appointment in the league and not a mention whatsoever 🤦‍♂️🙄, then compounded by the quick and very well put together presentation of Unai Emery’s appointment. Not surprised though with this channels over extensive converage of select clubs (utd, Tottenham, brighton, chelsea to name a few)