Yup

Also 69 likes nice 😎

Um... This was recorded after the Saudi match, so... 🤷🏼‍♂️

This video was posted after that win

@@joshuawood101 it was recorded before

Then Serbia Will Beat Brazil....

@@Dzod500 they did in 2015 u-20 World Cup final surely they can do it again

@@Dzod500 clueless

@@Dzod500 and it ended in serbia being crushed by brazil with a bycicle goal by richarlison

Tell me before the tournament that Argentina would lose to Saudi Arabia and still win the World Cup and I’d ask if you needed a doctor.

:)

Only country to qualify for every World Cup

Exactly 😆

like india in cricket and new zealand in rugby. a sport is defined by certain teams

@@coronaviruskillerforthegoo3353 india in cricket lol good joke

@@coronaviruskillerforthegoo3353 Australia in cricket*

Well, did this comentary aged well or bad ? I mean, they were favourite, but take the L once more

Almost the right score as well. Alfie the visionary.

@@soundscape26 who is Alfie?

@@TheAbinn The guy who runs the channel.

How

Nah it was here in germany too.

In most countries seeing as they've had the best squad for 4 consecutive competitions

I'm from Brazil and we definitly consider France as 2018 favorite, but maybe he got the odds from bookies, they always put Brazil as favorites

Yep me too. I’m pretty sure Brazil were favourites in 2002 as well. The hype was about Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo

I remember the favorites were Brazil, Germany, France and Spain in that order before it started. for Spain it was a bit rarer to see someone predicting them to win, but I never saw predictions outside of these 4. the first 3 were pretty close though

most of all since germany had been polishing their newest golden generation since 2006 with 3 semis and 1 final at tournaments from that tournament onwards. they were definitely the most deserving team over the past few tournaments combined.

I agree I had picked both Germany and France for those two WC before it even began they were clear favorites

No, bookies and prediction models agreed brazil was the favorite. However, they also thought Brazil was the favorite for the 2010 world cup as well.

I didnt even knew Brazil were the favs for 2018. I believed it was France with Belgium behind. I mean France was the best team in the world at that point, I cant comprehend why they werent the favs.

But he’s not talking about “what should be” this is purely based on the books

how was the 82 seen it was my faviourte team ever i was an 11 year old boy who traumatised by that brazil loss and never felt pain like that one reinaldo should have gone to the 82 World Cup ,its his goal that qualifed brazil for the finals ,he was brilliant in 1981 european friendlies against Germany ,england and france

@@chrisbennett6260 well, I was just a toddler in 82, but usually what you hear from the media and people who followed that World Cup is that we were heavy favorites that year. There are even those who consider the 82 team more talented that the one from 1970. Outside of the 2 cups we hosted, that’s the major heartbreak we had. And you make me happy bringing up Reinaldo, as a Atlético fan. But I didn’t have much of an opportunity to see him playing, his career ended way too soon

@@chrisbennett6260 My father stopped rooting for Brazil in 1982. That's how disappointing it was. He was absolutely distressed. I was only 4. The 1982 team is still regarded by locals as Brazil's best, both in terms of strength and class.

@@guilessa the most exciting most spectacular team ive ever had the sheer pleasure and privilege of watching was brazil 1982 team ,no Brazil side in terms of enetainment has come close to that 82 Brazil side ,they gave me the biggest highs and thrills i ever had ,it was a rooler coaster of sheer joy and estacy ,go look at the goals they scored in that tournament ,no team has remotely come close to the sheer magic,breathtaking awe inspiring delight of the goals ,tricks, play just mesmeric .the Brazil have never been the same since that 82 world cup, it was an absolute tragedy they didnt win that World Cup,the spanish media said the life and went out of the World Cup when brazil excited ,,i was stunned ,in total shock disbelieve ,couldnt make sense of it ,,i never cried since that day,even the great bobby Charlton a England World Cup Winner was in tears according to jhon motson who was commenting on that epic match .i rember asking my school teacher if she could get me brazilian citizenship so i coulud play for Brazil and she contacted the brazilian embassy ,.by 1986 i was 15 zico was unfit due to injury ,Eder wasnt their neither was Leandro ,falcao came on as a sub but was past it, socrates was 4 years older and didnt have the same sting ,as he did in 1982 ,brazil was still exciting ,Josemar was incredible i think he might have played for botofogo ,check out his long range rocket shots against ireland and poland increadible ,absoutltely spectacular and magnificent mindblowing strikes scoring against ireland great pat Jennings of Ireland one of the greatest goalkeepers who played for spurs and arsenal from time time to time i check out old clips of Reinaldo for athletico against flamengo ,tohniho Cerezo and Eder all played for Atletico ,so to me reinaldo should have played in 1982,i am convinced brazil would have captured that cup in 1982, serghinho Sao palo was poor in that tournament ,its a shame carecca was injured just before ,they had vasco Roberto on the bench though ,i watch old clips of reinaldo and interviews of Atletico but i carnt understand the language bro , lets see how well we do this tournament

Yes I think this is a very western-centric, if not British-centric view of who are favourites. 1994 was a bizarre tournament, with regular stops for players to rehydrate in the high humidity. Most of us were probably assuming Qatar would be similar, but the air-con in the stadiums mean the spectators are getting rather chilly!

dude it was poland if it werent for the weather that day they would've beat germany they had the best team.

Brazil 1970 was the most stacked and talented team ever

Brazil 1982

@@raventho6870 Poland team was very good with Lato etc. But the other semi-final was also a rain festival. Hol-Bra 2-0. (Pol-Bra 1-0) Germany won over all because probably mentally the most complete team in 74.

@@malte.3917 Brazil 82 was magic but their forward was a deception. Italy had Paolo Rossi high on a comeback from disqualified for 2 years!

France belgium and Germany that year

Yeah I remember that too, they had such insane depth (and even still do now) that people said their second string team could have won that World Cup.

France’s strength, depth, and eternal youth is terrifying

Nah

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Germany was definitely favourites in that tournament

The champions league wasn't what it is today. Most people knew nothing about the Netherlands until that world Cup, which was their very first appearance.

@@RasDam Well it wasn't there first appearence, and Germany where not really that hyped either.

@@guus5504 my bad. I overlooked their defeats to Switzerland and Czechoslovakia in the 30s. 36 Years of failing to even qualify plus the whole lack of broadcasted matches globally still meant that people didn't consider them favorites. The world didn't even know what formation they played in. The world Cup was the event that introduced the world to Dutch football.

@@RasDam I guess that could be true, foreign media probably focused more on other countries. But I believe that here in the Netherlands the generall feel I think was that we were the best in the world.

Somebody should give this commentator a raise for his dedication

oh yeah we remembered 1934 was watching in my living room

Italy really only have 3 stars

@@kerepotchannel8847 i remember this game, I eat too much doritos that day

@@LithningWolf Ahahahahaah 🍇

As an Argentinean... They sure gave me a scare at around 81'

Brazil's 2014 team was just awful. They were the favorites solely on the grounds of playing at home, which speaks volumes about how the Seleção tends to be wildly overrated.

I felt spain were the favorites that year

@@elliotcoffman2643 I remember giving the edge to Germany over Spain yeah

didn't follow any football pages at the times but I remember Germany and Argentina being my personal favorites too, Brazil were very obviously flawed, and looking back at it now, it might have been the worst Brazil team ever

Dont forget fred the striker.

Spain or germanys gonna win i bet

Would anyone bet against Portugal and Ronaldo given that it is so open?

@@kennywilkinson913I think Ronaldo’s performance is one of the reasons why Portugal are not expected to win it. A very good side but probably not on par with the top3-4

@@thesnackbandit 2 wins playing badly, almost sounds like utd when the was winning everything

@@kennywilkinson913 I'm sorry?

and the game between West Germany and Poland wouldn't happen today since the pitch was tragic because of terrible weather. And because of how Poland was playing back then that really make their strategy useless.

I looked at it a year ago, for a similar conversation, but from what I remember only 2-3 players were different between the loosing and later (unfairly) winning teams. That wouldn't explain such a different result. However the rain, Germany having studs and Puskás being unfit does.

I’ve never heard anyone say that about Ger vs Ita 70.

@@remmidemmi496 what country are you from?

That was during the tournament. Going into it most people had never seen the Netherlands play. It was the first time they qualified after all.

To be honest, they are huge favourites in 1974, 1978, and 2010, but none of them ended as a winner after reaching the Final.

@@ezraezra2928 They weren't favorites in 2010. Everyone thought they'd go out to Brazil.

@@RasDam Netherlands were destined to win that World Cup because of Robben's crucial moment during the Final. He wasted it all when the ball hit Casillas.

Se for como no passado vamos ser decepcionado pelo jeito :/

Thanks mate pretty cool math

No we don't

Why?

@@kimmolaine8069 the 82 squad was deemed to be the best team since the 1970 team. They're the next generation on their peak, and everyone here was pretty sure the 82 world cup would be ours. There's some ppl that even said that particular team was even better than the previous title winners (for Brazil).

Get over it

Who do you think you're fooling

exactly

The difference is that for Brazil not winning is a disapointment. For most teams its about how far they can go.

Major european nation? How is Belgium a major european nation in football? They have zero World Cup or Eurocup titles! And Brazil has already beaten Serbia and Switzerland, two decent European squads so far!

@@educarvalho6516 Dude, that 2018 Belgium squad was world class, with a solid defense and one of the best attack trios in the world with those 3 players in peak form. Belgium might not be a juggernaut but that team was far better than, let's say, Netherlands in 2010.

@@educarvalho6516 not major historically, major as in strong at the time. Belgium had a great team in 2018. Brazil is looking good so far but they haven't played a very good opponent yet, and even the Swiss managed to slow them down for a long time. I'll believe in Brazil if they beat Spain in the quarters.

Not if here in Brazil we saw ourselves as one of the favorites... Don't know that either.

They are lacking their two best midfielders tho

@@deeznoots6241 I think they mostly miss Kante, Pogba they can do without. But the replacements are also world class and are young and eager. Maybe it's been a blessing in disguise even.

If Benzema, Kimpembe, Pogba & most of all Kante weren’t hurt I’ll be with you just believe those injuries will hurt them in the knockout although they’ve been great so far

@@daarom3472 Kante is pretty irrelevant at this point, he's also a spent force

@@NoonyJW I think they'll be fine. Mbappe plays better alongside Giroud and Benzema hasn't been as good this year as he was last year anyways. They got good back-up at CB and I don't rate Kimpembe that high anyways (good in 1 on 1, bad positionally). Pogba is an overrated diva who plays a few good games each year (happened to be last time around those were during the WC) so hit and miss.

They do look at South Korea, South Africa and all the world cups hosted in Europe. Home nations always do better than expected

@@AdamCanavan12Qatar says hi

This was Poland’s golden team for sure

74 was holland

Brazil was certainly not the favourite for 2018

Quarter finals

Well, wikipedia is known to be unreliable at times, and Alfie likes to do more than that, likes to be thorough. Wikipedia as the only source is questionable.

For example the wikipedia entry for the 1954 world cup states 'Hungary' were the favourites without actually linking the source material so yeah, wikipedia is unreliable.

I am not saying it should be the only source, but many wiki articles have links to to other sources and that can be helpful. Also, Hungary *were* the favorites in 1954, so there's that :D.

why would he put out the video now? he obviously just recorded it but acts like he predicted things

Haha, that is hilarious.

There's United States' famous geography knowledge for you

Brazil did beat spain 3-0 an the confederations cup but that might be a sign of the World Cup cursé 😂

1938 would have been a real possibility.

I wish we worked out how to play Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard in the same team together😂.

If we had turned up at 1930, 34, and 38 we would probably have won the latter two. Had we taken 1950 seriously, we would have probably won that one as well. I give you England, four times champion of the world (1934, 1938, 1950, 1966) Curse my complacent snobbish countrymen.

They were one of the favorites but france and brazil both had better odds

Brazil were the favorites dawg

@@izzybar9470many predicted Argentina would face brazil an the semis of couse that didnt happen since brazil lost to croatia Argentina beat brazil copa america 2021 final too

Won Finalissima too

@@caliboy09 yup