The Strange Death of Eritrea's National Football Team
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
- Despite being the lowest-ranked team heading into the 2019 CECAFA Cup, Eritrea beat East African rivals like Burundi, Djibouti, and Kenya en route to the final, which constituted their best ever performance in Africa's oldest football tournament.
It was a historic achievement - but Eritrea's men's team haven't played a competitive fixture since that tournament, or a game of any description in more than four years.
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at what has happened to Eritrea's national football team, where they've gone, and what their disappearance tells us about the country as a whole.
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MUM put the kettle on, alfie just posted a slightly obscure mini doco on eritrea's missing football team
Why the world allows such brutal dictators to survive for such a long time? As the report shows, the Eritrean dictator for life leader produces only refugees, poverty and war in the entire negbourhood?
More than a million Eritrean refugees are now scattered in Europe, Uganda, Ethiopia, USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Israel Angola, South Sudan etc...making news every day for very heavy conflicts among themselves in many capitals of the world.
What is perplexing is a big junk of those who fled the dictator are now supporting the very dictator. This while receiving an asylum status un Europe, UK, Australia etc...
The heavy conflict among the Eritreans in many capitals of the world is based on this differences. Why ask for asylum and then support the dictator? Many Eritreans could not understand it and it is creating a tension in the community. This is a big question for the asylum providing countries as well.
Very sad story!
In Turkey, there is a small group of Eritrean refugees here, mostly live surrounding Istanbul and a smaller group in Ankara. They are also diverse, from Orthodox Christians to Muslims, really feel sorry when Eritrea is governed by a maniac.
Theres a community in Switzerland too, very overlooked people
I knew an Eritrean years ago but back then I didn't know anything about the country. Now I always wonder how she managed to get out.
There were Eritrean football fans at Philadelphia last yeqr to cheer Isak and Newcastle United on v Villa.
Many Armenians would argue, myself included, that you guys are governed by a genocidal maniac as well (Erdogan).
They are like the zionists, but without American support 😂
Alfie as an ERITREAN and follower of this chanel this is the best analysis about Eritrean football federation and Eritrea as country I have seen. Well done !
I was surprised & delighted as well when he produced this peace of information in regards of our country. Great job Alfie.
Same brotha
True
Its actually damning that I'm not finding out about the situation in Eritrea through the news, but through a video by a football youtuber about their national team
No oil? No freedom for you
It's in the news.. it has always been in the news. What you consume depends on what you search for. I bet you know more about the Kardashians than about Eritrea. That's no one's fault but yours. The person who did this documentary is human just like you but his interests are clearly different from yours.
Recent years have seen a high number of refugees leaving Eritrea, and some athletes travelling to competitions abroad have taken the opportunity to abscond.
In the first round of the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, ten players from the Eritrean football team refused to return home after playing a World Cup qualifying match in Botswana and were granted asylum there.
Yeah theres a lot of them in Switzerland , I grew up with a few
They gave us Alexander Isak
Same thing in Sweden with these Eritreans.
@@bababababababa6124still not a proper sweed cope more
I know a Chinese acquittance that lived near the border of North Korea that said her parents often spend a weekend in their neighbouring country as a day trip location. The fact that Eritrea seems to be surrounded by enemies points to the fact that they are by far more isolated that North Korea
Eritrea is on good terms with most of its neighbors. For instance, it's taken in lots of Sudanese refugees since the start of the war in Sudan. It's a volatile neighborhood but Eritrea's not isolated in that sense. Also, Eritreans can make international calls, watch foreign (satellite) TV, access other foreign media, use social media, etc.. Everything's not perfect obviously but it's actually less isolated than people are made to believe.
Peace and harmony is achieved
@@robelyws Wooow, they are allowed to make calls. What a great country. Just sad, that the country is that porr and authocratic, that it fears to develope internet in order to be able to see a 10 sec video on UA-cam. When the arab spring occured, most Eritreans only knew it from their visting diaspora relatives. In the US slavery times blacks also use to have fun festivals, dance and their culture. But still they were enslaved and suffered, but at least they could talk about it while in Eritrea you will jailed if you open your mouth
@@rakificationI'm mentioning facts about Eritrea and saying it's not all that isolated. I suppose instead I could make things up and make wildly ignorant comparisons, but my goal isn't to misinform people. Many countries across the region are falling apart if they haven't done so already. Eritrea's still standing despite everything that's been thrown at it. It deserves credit. We've only been independent for some 30 years and even that's through our own sacrifice. We've been robbed of so much. If you're Eritrean, reflect on that, be proud of your country and act accordingly. Don't cheer on clueless outsiders with their lousy videos.
@@robelyws I am Eritrean and you’ve never lived in Eritrea. If you consider slavery and Nationalsocialism as an option, then it speaks for itself. The video was correct and also explained the differences in isolation between Nort Korea and erotrea correctly too. When using slavery as a state model it’s not too hard to gain stability. You probably miss also the times when Eritrea was a British and Italian colony
honestly if you made a channel dedicated to documentaries about situations in different countries, i’d watch every episode.
Better to find informed people from countries you want to learn about and properly investigate. This doesn't do it.
Eritrea did even withdrew from world cup 2026 qualifiers even though CAF already modified the format to include all countries since group stage round.
just add western sahara or some shit lol
@@alexjones9038Their (unrecognized) team actually played a game against Algerian side MC Alger last year. They lost 6-1 but scored a wonderful goal.
@@gts1300 well thats something, might get hammered 10- 0 all games against the other African nations but marswell chuck them in there
Sadly there are plenty of Eritreans murdered by their govt.
@@alexjones9038 eritrea was in Morocco's group
And i doubt anyone outside Eritrea would ever even have noticed before you made this video
I actually had noticed looking through wcq, saw Eritrea had withdrawn and they weren't on the rankings and I was curious why.
I'd noticed that they were listed below san marino and looked into why and discovered they not played a game in ages
We are all in the same situation.
I salute you bro, these is so close to home its basically home I wish ever lasting peace for both Ethiopia and Eritrea
Good ol’ HITC Sevens:
Come for the football, stay for the geopolitics!
My country was scheduled to play Eritrea in the same group, and it was supposed to be our opening game of the 2026 WCQ, only for Eritrea to surprisingly announced withdrawal. Never mind what's going on with Eritrea, but it is crazy to know that it has been governed by a brutal regime for so long.
From Nigeria 🇳🇬 but I'm shock hearing about this cruelty being melted on a whole populated nation by it leaders 😢
You and me brother
The whole country is systematically under genocide while the whole world just watching like a circus.
Alfie, I love your longer videos. Keep it up.
Also, PLEASE cover the story of the England women's world cup team in 1971; the Lost Lionesses. An ultimately sad story, but hugely interesting.
Aren't they all pretty long?
That makes no sense, especially given the fact this team enjoyed a huge success in the international stages, winning the Euro 2022 at home soil and even playing in the World Cup Final for the first time since the men's side did so in 1966.
As an ethiopian and a follower of this channel for long time, I am amazed by both your enthusiam to know about issues westerners wouldn't necessarilly be interested in and the profund researches you conduct to aquire the resources you need for your videos but I'm also dissapointed by your absurd claims about most african and middle east countries disregarding the cultures, norms and psychological makeups of the people living in them. 90% of eritreans live in Ethiopia or other european countries like Sweden and UK . And not only Eritrea but the whole region also has high potential in variety of sports.
As an African, I'm not sure what your point is. He hasn't lied about anything he's said. If you are 'disappointed', it should be with incompetent and oppressive leaders in Africa and the Middle East. There's a reason why many Africans, including middle-class people with jobs, are running to live in the Western world. Meanwhile, you don't see people from other parts of the world desperately running to live in Africa and the Middle East. So there's clearly negative socio-economic issues in these regions which should be tackled. The truth is bitter sometimes.
I’m a 6’5 Eritrean but my parents always promoted school over sports, which is understandable. But maaaaaaaannnnnnnnnn I feel like I could’ve done some type of sport 😭
Are you wrong or deliberately saying that 90% of Eritreans live in exile? Eritreans in Ethiopia make up less than 1% of the total Eritrean population. The worldwide population of Eritrean refugees is also less than 20% on average, although research is needed. More than 30% of Ethiopians migrated at home and abroad. So don’t pass on misinformation.
@@eriboy62833 I don't think you know math, must be eritrean school educated. Only able to read and write
As an Eritrean I would like to thank you for putting us on the map with your video ❤❤
Anybody else got fooled by the title thinking that Alfie was going to investigate the 11 players in thumbnail lost their lives?
This video is more explaining the death of football in that country. Tbh, their population size (3 Million) is actually enough to make a functioned national football team and federation.
I just read the tittle and didn’t even start the vid and immediately told my brothers “hey did you know this whole soccer team died ! Like the whole starting squad ! 🤡🤡” Lol. I’m out here giving false information within seconds 😂
Yes very effective click-bait
Totally relevant, as he explains how they really escaped death.
Typq shit I'd do😂@@hoodie5004
Lots of these Eritreans in Saudi Arabia, many of them Muslims. Feel sorry for them as well.
And Alfie, can you make a video about the demise of Kuwait? Once the winners of the 1980 Asian Cup, qualified for the 1982 World Cup, but now their football is just a shadow of former self. They even lost to Indonesia and India, which are historically Asia's weaklings. Their decline is even worse than that of China and I can only feel sad for our neighbour.
FIFA sanctions really hit them hard i would say, Indonesia football was not a powerhouse but at least we are middle ranking teams in Asia but after the chaos of local football since 2012 and sanctions for like 2 years i think, the spirit of football here is dropped significantly, only since last year our national team can bounce back(qualified to asian cup since 2007, 4th place in U23 asian cup) but the league and clubs standard still pretty poor compare to pre 2012. Kuwait itself (cmiw) was not as great as Saudi for example but they're competitive, hope they can become great again.
I think a video about the ongoing U-23 Asian Cup will be needed due to the political nature there. Indonesia recently shocked everyone by eliminating South Korea, a superpower of Asia, on penalties, and with Iraq and Saudi Arabia possibly joining, a potential winner from either three of them... will be drawn with Israel at the Olympics. None of the trio recognised Israel as a nation and had already joined boycotts over what's going on in Gaza, which mean if Saudi Arabia retained the title or Iraq and even the underdog Indonesia winning it, could result in a Olympic forfeit. In France recently, because of Indonesia's shock results, more and more police and military troops have been deployed to stadiums where Israel is scheduled to play.
Now it is crazy. A potential scenario of Israel facing Iraq, Saudi Arabia or Indonesia at the group stages will be unthinkable if not say unbelievable.
I’m honestly not surprised by Indonesia knocking out South Korea. The national team has been on the rise in recent months, and the Indonesia U-23 side is basically the Indonesia senior team given how young all their players are
@@wangsengsin2527 It's not about eliminating South Korea. It's the possibility of facing Israel if Indonesia continues this dream run. With the Gaza War ongoing, the Palestinian cause ran to the blood of many angry Indonesians, meaning that winning the trophy could bring rather risks instead of triumphs.
Isn't the U-23 Asian Cup also having Uzbekistan participating? Israel also got a draw with Mali. Both Uzbekistan and Mali are Muslim nations if I read right.
@@peruano-quichwa---aymara8611 Uzbekistan practised a different form of Islam that is deeply influenced by Turkic and Timurid mysticism, which found more common with their cousins Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey - also Turkic Muslim nations but similarly have diplomatic ties with Israel, so literally Uzbekistan isn't associated much with Palestine. Simultaneously, Mali practise a variety of Islam called Suwarism, which emphasised on pacifism and more into African nationalism (and sometimes included anti-Arabism), which mean Malians could care less about Palestine.
Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Iraq practise a far more orthodox version of Islam.
It's wild that I learned about one of the world's most brutal regimes through...a football video.
One thing I learned from Alfie's latest video:
VATICAN HAS NATIONAL TEAM?!! AND THEY DON'T PLAY WITH ROBE AND STOLA?!! WHAT THE HECK I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THAT!
Also, 31:38 brought back that nightmarish public information film from Reporters Without Borders about that exact topics. Journalists being trapped inside shipping containers. Jesus Christ, even searching for the information gave me dread and chill.
Yes, the Vatican does have a team, but they very rarely play. The Vatican teams have usually just been made up of Swiss Guards and other Vatican employees. They’ve mostly just played against the Monaco national team (also not fifa-affiliated) and other microstates, tho they did once play a match against Palestine. It’s funny, Vatican City is so small that their national team doesn’t even play in the country, but quite close by in Rome (tho u can see the basilica from the field)
Hearing that Eritrean footballers are trying to make it to the national team just so that they can get a chance to play abroad and apply for asylum is wild………
I always find it hard to understand the ultimate goal of these totalitarian leaders. At least some authoritarian leaders claim they are keeping power because it is the people’s choice and they are doing it to build a better future.
In many parts of the world, authoritarianism is the default. A vaguely functioning democracy has never been on the table. If you have never known any other type of government as even a possibility, isn't it understandable that the only aim would be to be top dog?
The case of Eritrea is quite strange and unique. I do recommend you to research it further if you want the answer to your question. It is more that I could write in this comment
@@fresagrus4490Yes bro , no one understand us in the world
I really like how much I learn about other things than just football ... Really good stuff ... Thank you.
Could you please make a documentary about what is happening at Vitesse Arnhem?
yes please
Zealand made 2 vidéos about it if you are interested
He's American @@MaxLC69
No
Fantastic video, it's a shame more people don't know about the general plight of Eritrea
To think that the first videos of urs I saw were those „top 7 in position x“ videos, comparing that to the football journalism this channel has evolved into, bringing light to situations „no one“ has heard of is astonishing, enjoyed every step of that development thoroughly, keep it up alfi
I didn't know that Italy had that much influence over that region i know that it invaded Ethiopia in 1936 but its rule only lasted for something like 5 years so I'm suprised that there's such a prominent Italian legacy in that country far more than i would have expected
Italy's attempt at invading Ethiopia was a real embarrassment
@@AntoniusTyas That was in the 19th century. In 1936 however, Italy succeeded in conquering Ethiopia and annexed Ethiopia into its territory, meaning only Liberia stands as the last African nation to never be colonised (albeit because of a hilarious reason connected to the USA).
Italy successfully colonised both Eritrea and most of Somalia during the late 19th century, during the Scramble for Africa. Their rule over those territories only ended in 1941, once the Allies conquered the italian colonies in East Africa during WW2. Thus, Italy has had about the same impact over Africa as, say, the UK or the french over their own, considering most nations in Africa were decolonised shortly after WW2.
@@luishernandezblonde Ethiopia was never colonized. What are you yapping about?
@@FlamingBasketballClub Do you learn history? It was conquered in 1936. And what did you learn?
The way you make interesting and entertaining documentaries on history and modern day geopolitics under the guise of simple soccer videos is by far my favorite form of content on youtube. Please never change alfie, you are a benefit to us all
Thanks for this video, Alfie. I was browsing the FIFA world rankings a few weeks ago (as you do) and clocked that Eritrea were unranked. I did wonder why, but never followed it up. It's a pretty horrifying situation.
Congrats on 600k Alfie 🎉
1:07 The Eritrean captain who stands furthest to the right in the picture is Henok Goitom, another Swedish-born player with Eritrean parents. Goitom played for a couple of La Liga clubs, such as Murcia and Almeria, before he joined AIexander Isak's boyhood club AIK in 2012 where he played until his retirement in 2021 (apart from two short spells at Getafe and San José Earthquakes in 2016, which actually meant that Isak and Goitom never got to play together as Isak had his break through season for AIK in 2016). Scoring 100 competitive goals throughout his two spells at AIK, he is considered to be one of the greatest AIK players in modern times.
Earthquakes shout ❕
Nice fellow met him in 2019 in namibia.
@@DanielGooaaall they're all nice people!
sk braannn
is my dream club to play for
I been waiting for this video alphie, thanks for sharing my country sad story 😢
One of your best, I love it when you incorporate history into your videos like this.
Please do Top 7 footballers that succeeded with irregular distinctive physical features (Garrincha's strange legs, Campos only being 5ft 6 for a goalkeeper, possibly Akinfenwa's abnormally large size due to his muscle mass)
Just getting started on the vid and can guess it'll be a desperately sad story. I've worked with a lot of Eritrean kids that have come to the UK and it sounds like an abject nightmare to live under that regime.
Great Video as always Alfie Glad someone's highlighting it On point as always
Can we have a vid on what on earth happened to Bursaspor, a club who were playing Man United just over a decade ago, and have now just been relegated to the 4th tier of Turkish football? Also, it’ll be worth covering them just to put the crocodile stadium on the thumbnail😂
This was a really great upload! Thanks again for the amazing content.
being a football and history nerd, your channel is a blessing
Great documentary (as always), your channel is extremely informative anything footbal related and this is just another example how through the love for this sport, people can find out more about news that usually are not shown in mainstream western media. Thank you for this great piece of journalism!
So happy to see a vid like this my freind is from Eritrea and I’ve always wondered why they haven’t played
I found this video interesting and informative, thank you Alfie 👍
Fantastically researched video (as always) Alfie. I live in Africa but knew hardly any of this 😮
Absolute banger. This might be one of my favorite videos you’ve done!!
Thank you for covering our football team. Between the defections (asylum seeking) and our non-existent football association I knew we would withdraw from WC qualifiers. I was surprised they even decided to participate initially. Sadly, our national football team is the least of our concerns.
Eritrean football blogger here. Have been in contact with the federation since over a decade. The president of the FA has blocked me and many many more. Have visited the last qualification match vs namibia and spent with the team in 2019. The federation and the country itself is a mess. Its so sad
Love the history lesson with footy
Alfie calls it, "who doesn't want to learn more about Eritrea"
I forgot I was watching HITC sevens for about 5mins then. Great video
Excellent analysis-Eye opener
What a great video, I would pay to listen to your documentaries on anything history related. Doesn't even need to be football
One of the best videos so far!
Everything you said about my country is true sad but true..
Yesss!!! This is the one I’ve been waiting for!!!
You really have a talent and ability to focus on unique football stories that nobody writes or talks about.
26:49 as soon as i saw the title i spent the whole video waiting for the mention of alex isak as he’s now considered one of the best strikers in the world but very few people realise how he got there.
Eritreans are the nicest people. 2 of my closest friends are eritrean. I allways get along with eritreans here in sweden. And I never met any Albanians who don't get along with eritreans. There's something that makes us get along with eachother but Idk what it is.
Eritreans are generally very civil socially speaking. When it comes to politics though that is another matter.
The same here as a Swedish fellow. Eritreans are nice people.
As an Eritrean in Germany grown up i agree totally! Wether in Germany or for some years i lived in Greece i felt always close to Albanians. Probably because of some conceptions of outsiders, the need to defend themself without outter help against bigger countries and the diaspora culture, which is probably only similar to Chechenien people. Love to Albania ♥
Small correction: just like many English towns, the name of the Dutch city of Gorinchem is pronounced differently than it is written. It's pronounced 'Gorkum'.
I noticed about a year ago was always curious thank you.
I love a good history lesson with Alfie. I was not even desperate for him to move on to talking more about football.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 627)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
That's one of the dedication I saw, pal. Don't give up 🙏🏻
Bro really is dedicated 😂
YOU ARE THE MAN OF FOCUS, COMMITMENT AND SHEER WILL!
You are a person of formidable will and resilience. You should probably run for president!
I wonder what your interest in specifically german players in the Premier League? Why not Dutch for example that were very prominent in the 2000's? Just curious
Truly great video
if you ask the Ethiopians about the Italians, they will tell you they weren't colonized
And they are arguably right. Whilst the Italians occupied Ethiopia after the end of the second Italo-Ethiopian war in 1936, this really an occupation and not colonialisation. The Italians never controlled all of the territory, resistance persisted for the whole next four years and by the latter half of 1941, the Allies and the Ethiopian Exile government had deposed them.
And if you ask 30 percent of the United States, the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from Donald Trump. People are delusional everywhere in the world.
Reminds me of a persian proverb:
A mad man sees everyone as insane.
Because they weren't colonized well unless then you can say Germany colonized France?
@@blackinton2526this was in my mind😅
Another great video Alf
Cracking research delivery. And football
I actually did a project about the EPLF for a civil wars class in college. Crazy story about their rise. Very very cool video Alfie. If you’re personally interested in this topic there is a Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front in the Eastern Tigrayan region of Ethiopia that has been trying to do the same thing that Eritrea did since the early 2000s.
Interesting. Would you consider the political stance by the TPLF towards Eritrea similira to the stance of Hamas to Israel? I always wondering about how not accepting the existence of a state can became a heritage of a culture
Thanks, Alfie, for putting the Eritreans' plight into perspective 👍
As an Eritrean subscriber thanks for making the video. Our players are basically like the Cuban athletes crazy.
Most informative, surprising, beneficial to gain knowledge comment section in a long while
I've been waiting to find out why they haven't been ranked for months, but didn't realise that I'd learn about the entire history of a country that I've never really ever thought about😮😮
Really sad that this one had to go for many reasons, one of which that their kits absolutely slap
Now this is the type of content we're here for
Still waiting for a video about football of my tragic country of Iran, a country that produced a lot of talents yet underperformed in many major tournaments (Asian Cup and World Cup), and how corruption caused by the Islamic Republic ruined our football potential.
Is this even a football channel anymore ( love the content)
What could have been Eritrean XI
600k congrats
Dear all,
Always good to see a Toon player in a video👍✊
Regards,
I don't know why but Alfie could do episodes on pretty much any random subject and it would be interesting to listen to
Hardly follow football but after watching this well done video i gotta subscribe
No wonder Alexander isak did not want to play for them
He couldn’t if he wanted to lol
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this is such a cool video !
This reminds me of when I was a kid and was playing FIFA 15 and I saw Goitom from AIK and Eritrea and wondered how Eritrea couldn't be a decent national team if they had a really good striker in a European league
Congratulations on 600k! 1m coming in 2025 I can feel it
When that photo (thumbnail)was taken, I was in that stadium and my country BW won that match 3-0. Some of the players never left our country and are still alive and well in a refugee camp (last I heard)
3-1. Eritrea Was leading for a few minutes. Henok Goitom scored
Video on the best deserve/B teams - some fascinating stories!
Absolutely! Fiago once made a video about a b team ascending to the latter stages, I think final of DFB Pokal, it was really nice!
@@Punk_Tovarisch Yep, Hertha B! Plenty more interesting stories too.
I love this channel
Thank you for the coverage, Alfie. However, football is the least of our worries. We need our basic human rights restored first.
Yes sir!
The line about the Eritrean Premier League being the real EPL almost made me spit my water out 😂 Another great video! 👏
Indeed :D I also hoped he would make a comparison to the judaic people front and front of Judae regarding the ELF and EPLF ^^
Before even watching this video, I know it's because they all defect to wherever they're playing. I'm sure I read somewhere that the FA gave up on entering competitions because most players kept escaping
I'll have to check back on this after watching
Never thought I would watch a football video and there would be a reference to His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie, Jah Rastafari. Thank you Alfie.
This is one of those I only watch because of Alfie’s talents (I watch all of them)
great video, this is also quite common in baseball with cuba to an extent (19:01) the thing about cuba though is that in baseball their very very good (the talent that hails from cuba in baseball is akin to the talent argentina produces in futbol) so they're invited/qualified to almost every youth and pro tournament and the government will still allow them to participate in most because they have a legitimate shot at winning them so its very common to see a handful of players to defect through these tournaments everytime they happen. A couple elite prospects have even gone through the process of paying organized crime syndactes to escape the country because of how much they can make in american baseball. perhaps some people might find this interesting.
Why aren’t the players allowed to just go to other countries to play? I Remember when céspedes had a very arduous journey to oakland after he left Cuba then Mexico on his way to mlb. Just curious
@@Aeolus_ca I think it has to do with the governments sadly though I do remember a few years ago I think the MLB themselves tabled a resolution for a better immigration policy specifically for baseball players from cuba looking to go to the states but the trump regime didnt allow it to pass but I dont quite remember so my details may be off
That’s sad. I remember the the athletics announced Cespedes, fans started calling him the ‘cuban missle’ 🤣
Another lesson in politics and history, disguised as football content. Exactly what I am here for.
There is nothing like my favorite Voltaire quote to make my day
„Whereas other states have an army, the Prussian Army has a state.“
Alfie can you do a video on Stockport county please 😊
That is one of the saddest things I have heard in regards to football. Not having a national team anymore, because of the fear of defection. Absolutely insane.
Alfie does smash these small mini-docs.
I loved this history lesson.
Sad, they have decent players. They have some in Swedish league and prolly ìn other leagues aswell that play for another nation.
Eritreans are tough people like us Somalis . We both are going through tough times but we’ll make it back , I’m sure of it .
Much love to you and all my Somali brothers and sisters.
Very interesting thanks
This channel is beyond comparison