The best football country you've never heard of

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The best football country you've never heard of

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2 ай бұрын

It lost a race against time.
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As the European football championship football tournament starts in June, the usual countries are favorites; France, England, Germany and Spain. But Europe used to have another favorite; Yugoslavia. For more than 40 years, the communist country used football to keep its population united and elevate itself onto the national stage. By the late 80s, it was considered one of the strongest football sides in Europe when it suddenly and violently disappeared.
Special thanks to Dennis Gudasic, Executive Director of Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club.
Correction:
01:30 Voice over misguidedly says Yugoslavia is between Europe and Asia, when it should say it is in south and central Europe. I apologize for the mistake.
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@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

Correction 1:30 - Apologies for the language here. I should have said "this region lies in south and central Europe". We will do better next time, thanks everyone for watching. - Sam

@simon-b 2 ай бұрын

This really should be taken down and fixed properly the re-uploaded.

@shakiMiki 2 ай бұрын

Don't apologies. You were inadvertently right. Centuries of Ottoman domination means it is between Europe & Asia.

@KitchenCaveman 2 ай бұрын

8:03 Did Baltics already declare independence from USSR? Where did they go?

@idk-dz3fo 2 ай бұрын

I would recommend pinning this comment so people stop writing the exact same comments.

@TheMILVSCR 2 ай бұрын

Everyone was very happy to remind you guys, but most of us understand a small mistake. Thanks for the content SP, another great upload.

@jimmyryan5880 2 ай бұрын

"Between Europe and Asia"? Its not Khazakstan. Its firmly in Europe. Its west of greece, right next to Itali.

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

Just issued a correction, my sincerest apologies. Will do better next time. Thanks for mentioning. - sam

@pionirskizec1004 2 ай бұрын

He probably wanted to state the cultural and geographical merge of west and east, lapsus in fabula.

@jcoxdj 2 ай бұрын

@@pionirskizec1004I assure you Croatia is a western nation.

@lordhenrywotton95 2 ай бұрын

Possibly was thinking of USSR

@tobia5267 2 ай бұрын

Italy*

@sandzakJEbosna 2 ай бұрын

The team that replaced Yugoslavia at the Euros in 1992, Denmark, ended up winning it.

@mortenfransen 2 ай бұрын

Was gonna write the same thing. And since I'm Danish, and this is our only ever international gold medal in football, it just goes to show how crazy the world can sometimes be.

@maxwellewxam8868 Ай бұрын

Denmark infamously won by backpassing the ball creating a new rule.

@wildfire9280 Ай бұрын

@@maxwellewxam8868 Danish ingenuity

@excentrik5725 Ай бұрын

yes, that was so ironic, Denmark being in second place in qualifying group below Yugo, ended up winning it. Lol, can you imagine how bad Yugoslav players must have felt

@nebojsaseric61 17 күн бұрын

@@excentrik5725So what? Mentality is often more important. We from “Yugoslavia” were aleays losers untill Croatila after breakup showed different mentality.

@uberlaufer3419 2 ай бұрын

Grown men here will cry for two things: their team winning a game and remembering the war.

@melem7808 2 ай бұрын

Fuck that, Croatia all the way

@brate2725 2 ай бұрын

@@melem7808They are the best from the Balkans, but they lack in player quality depth and population decrease. You can’t play with the same squad 20 years. Not the same quality is coming behind. A Croatian core team filled with the rest Yugoslav states for the Squad and bench would solve that problem. I think after this tournament Croatia will disappear for 5-6 years until they get a new generation. Serbia lost his generation and of the 90s they were never so good again. Bosnia had good years between 2008-2015. They are also gone. 2-3 players of high quality isn’t enough to compete with Germany, Spain, England etc. they have unlimited supply of players and population.

@milshubra 24 күн бұрын

@@brate2725 we have a population deacrease all over the former Yu, we are weaker in all aspects as years go by, not just sports.

@AVAXII 14 күн бұрын

@@brate2725 the problem is players from other Countries would not sit on the bench. We all know what would happen. Kovacic on the bench so that SMS can play. Sit Gvardiol, we feel Milenkovic is more suitable for the time being. The only way it would work is Croatian coach, and Croatian federation deciding on everything. That way Croatia could call up Oblak, Sesko, Elmas, Dedic, Rrahmani, Zhegrova, Vlahovic, Pavlovic, Ilic, Kostic etc. when needed and play them if needed. Otherwise it wouldn't work.

@Weavileiscool 2 ай бұрын

Luka and Jokic, arguably the two best basketball players in the world right now, both are from former Yugoslav countries

@zorannayagam7602 Ай бұрын

dont forget Pogacar and roglic who are the best cyclist in the world

@banditonehundred Ай бұрын

Yeah and Melania is the world best Gold Digger too 🫡

@fireandblood8142 26 күн бұрын

And above all Djokovic who is the best tennis player of all time

@edgeribble 24 күн бұрын

@@fireandblood8142 Serena Williams?

@TheLund182 24 күн бұрын

@@edgeribble She said herself that she could never beat a man

@CashPrizess 2 ай бұрын

My entire families generation is from Yugoslavia. Growing up I can tell you firsthand that this team was national gold not just in football but in basketball too. Thank you for bringing this to light!

@lamondaforestry 2 ай бұрын

Historically Yugoslavia had better basketball teams than football ones. Very good at both sports but your basketball players are top!

@vojislavl6665 2 ай бұрын

My family is also from Yugoslavia, some of whom very yugo nostalgic, which has rubbed off on me. While I never lived in it, it always saddens me to think how we collapsed, and ruined what could've been such a beautiful country.

@G73Server Ай бұрын

@@vojislavl6665 i lived a year in slovenia and even i could feel that too. I hope one day you will reunite

@baquerizojp 2 ай бұрын

A good random fact is that Dejan Stankovic, a legenday defender for Inter Milan, is the only football player to have played 3 different world cups with 3 different countries. Yugoslavia, Serbia Montenegro and then Serbia. Which is something incredible!

@nikolaskoric804 2 ай бұрын

Dejan Stankovic was a midfielder mate.

@MaTiCeK 2 ай бұрын

Robert Prosinecki actually scored for 2 different countries at the World Cup. How amazing is that?

@neverstopexploring7772 2 ай бұрын

For me incredible is something self achievement, natural talent, but his situation is just stupid politic. And he was a midfielder :)

@brxan3096 2 ай бұрын

Midfielder* but still, a very unique fact.

@eswarjuri 2 ай бұрын

@@nikolaskoric804there are probably more than 10k people named Dejan Stankovic in the world, if you include “Deyan Stankovich” and count in all people with Yugoslav ancestry

@CBFHVP 2 ай бұрын

I'm from Serbia but I can tell you that Croatia doesn't need the rest of us from ex-Yugoslavia to win in football. Just like we in Serbia don't need anyone when it comes to basketball. But a Yugoslav team today, with good chemistry and national pride, would be one of the best teams for sure in sports.

@brate2725 2 ай бұрын

Believe me. Croatia can win a title once in 50 years, but if you want to compete with large nations you need more population. Even 23 million is nearly not enough. Being small countries, with small leagues is a huge disadvantage. Together would be much more depth in quality. That’s lacking in Croatia. They have 4-5 very good player and the rest is Bundesliga average. You need 11-13 players with a good bench. Modric played 2 x times 120 in Qatar with 38 years. That’s not sustainable

@filipbezjak3447 3 күн бұрын

Well it would have helped you to have Slovenija in 2017 for basketball.

@JMG1317 2 ай бұрын

I really liked the sport Yogoslavian system: lots of infrastructure, free sport for everyone from 3 to 18 years old, and not just football: they were strong even in other sports.

@euphoriaggaminghd 2 ай бұрын

To this day balkan people excel in many other sports as well. Basketball, judo, watersports etc etc

@P4N_Manuel 2 ай бұрын

@@euphoriaggaminghd yea but its expensive af

@ristekostadinov2820 2 ай бұрын

we were arguably better at basketball than football, not trying to say that we were bad at it but we have accomplished far more in basketball

@fouziasalahuddinahmed344 2 ай бұрын

I'm a tennis player and wasn't expecting all this to be so related to tennis so many players from Serbia and Croatia absolutely excel in elite levels of tennis I mean it can be argued that the greatest player ever is from tiny Serbia

@cereal690 2 ай бұрын

in Australia it cost so much to play at your local team up to 3k a year.

@MotherAce 2 ай бұрын

"Lying between Europe and Asia..." That's some "Grade A: American Geography" lesson for you there!

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

Just issued a correction, really sorry about the language there. Thanks for mentioning, though. - sam

@shakiMiki 2 ай бұрын

It's a very good description of a region that was dominated & profoundly shaped, to this day by the long Ottomans. The influence runs as deep as central Asia.

@cows543 2 ай бұрын

You think you’re really funny with this one don’t you? Well I’ll have you know that actually American geography lessons don’t teach anything about where Europe ends and Asia begins so suck on that. Wait I think I just proved you right

@throwaway756 2 ай бұрын

@@idk-dz3fo because this is a channel run by a guy by the name of Johnny Harris who is obsessed with maps and geopolitics. Mistakes like that may look trivial to us but for people who literally report content that focuses on topics concerning geopolitics, that error takes away their credibility.

@throwaway756 2 ай бұрын

@@shakiMikiyou're like saying that it's okay to call the United States a part of Europe just because the country has a long storied history with that continent. That's a lame excuse.

@iamkurogane 2 ай бұрын

Peak Vidic and young Modric in the same team would've been special

@miloso.1042 2 ай бұрын

Modrić. Vidić, Bane Ivanović, Handanović, Kolarov, Dzeko, Pjanić, Rakitić, Mandžukić, Lovren, Stanković, Misimović, Salihović, Savić, Jovetić, Pandev, Jovanović, Krasić, Ibišević...and add Slovenian players at the time.

@brankovicbrankoni1527 Ай бұрын

@@miloso.1042 Ibrakadabra ne bi igrao za Švede.

@Ismir54 27 күн бұрын

@@miloso.1042Ne izmisljaj cedo, Hrvatska bi napunila jedaestoricu zajedno sa Bošnjacima, tek onda dolazite vi

@HistoryBard 22 күн бұрын

@@brankovicbrankoni1527yep,under yugoslavia even less known players like arnautovic would probably have been elite

@YepMarko 2 ай бұрын

Hajduk Split was Titos favorite. Partisan was team form by Army and took name also stadium is Yugoslavian National Army (YNA) is name of stadium. Rest really nice tbh

@Sveeeaaaaaa 2 ай бұрын

Is this a joke?

@Ismir54 27 күн бұрын

Partizan su ustanovili Hrvatski studenti u beogradu

@markoborovic768 22 күн бұрын

That's right, Tito was a fan of Hajduk, that's common knowledge.

@hjiikojulokjj1593 18 күн бұрын

Exactly, cuz Hajduk Split players and management joined the partisans movement and all exiled on a small and further most island in Adriatic sea named Vis.

@Ismir54 18 күн бұрын

@@hjiikojulokjj1593 Bilo je svih na sve strane. Ne samo u partizanima

@ucube33 2 ай бұрын

Lots of Yugoslavs moved to western Europe since the 70s and especially during the 90s and once there, their children has in many cases become very successful in football, and other sports as well.

@yuriydee 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes even Switzerland national team feels like its half Yugoslav players

@ucube33 2 ай бұрын

@@yuriydee Switzerland is the second Albanian National football team

@L.internet8 2 ай бұрын

@@yuriydee Shaqiri goal celebration x Serbia, 2018 world cup

@brate2725 2 ай бұрын

@@ucube33But every Albania from Switzerland is from ex Yugoslavia. Albania was closed until 1990.

@realtalk6195 29 күн бұрын

@brate2725 Right. Ethnic Albanians span Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Republic of Albania. Albanians inhabit the western half of North Macedonia and the southeast region of Montenegro.

@criiiis18 Ай бұрын

There's something to add. Not only in football but un cycling, the Yugoslavian countries are incredibly, especially Slovenia with only 2 million people, have had amazing riders like Pogacar, Roglic or Mojoric

@LukaMuh 2 ай бұрын

As a Croatian its always been bafflingto me to go to different countries and find they don't have a court for football/basketball/handball/whatever around every other corner and even if they do I don't see kids playing there. We used to meet up at 7/8pm every night in summer as kids in front of the church and play sports! Realizing there's people that don't get decent at a sport and do it even up to their fourties' and late fifties is insane to me 😂😂 I don't know what I would do without playing basketball every week at least once. It's such a cultural phenomenon. There's not one Croatian boy I know that doesn't want to and enjoys playing football with his friends EVERY DAY in summer. Plus the ocean. We swim constantly. We move and run and jump constantly. We compete (probably daddy issues but fuck that 😂)!

@dzonikg 18 күн бұрын

YEs its weird seeing that , o spend my childhood in 80s playing football and basketball 5-6 hours every day ,but also that courts are more emtpy and empty ,i rarely see not kids play it

@KappakIaus 18 күн бұрын

That's very interesting to hear and a great piece of culture! Definitely something to preserve!

@yobi8213 15 күн бұрын

You are blessed. Protect this as you enjoy

@techcodenet Күн бұрын

Even without proper field ... You just need a ball and 4 backpacks to mark the posts/goal ;)

@dionysise5008 2 ай бұрын

I'm Greek and Yugoslavia was always my favorite team, sadly I just catched up with the 80s and of course 91red star

@joshanderson47 2 ай бұрын

Love the editing style! I think the behind-the-scenes into After Effect is really cool.

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

Our new editor Dylan knows black magic

@DylanBoynukalin 2 ай бұрын

@@Search-Party he seems like a very handsome editor

@diamondarrow58 2 ай бұрын

As a half Croatian with a huge interest in the sport politics of Yugoslavia, I have to say this video was awesome. Great execution, very in depth and awesome profiling of the key people involved in the war and national team. Great work.

@FizzyGajing 2 ай бұрын

Do you guys actually hate each other? Young people particularly.

@realtalk6195 29 күн бұрын

@FizzyGajing The hate is between Serbs and everyone else. Everyone else either gets along fine or has far less tensions. There's Serb minorities in Bosnia, Montenegro and Kosovo. Slovenia is the only ex-Yugo country that doesn't have tensions with anyone. North Macedonia also has tensions with Greece. Serbia also has tensions with Albania.

@Ismir54 27 күн бұрын

Only serbs are yelling but mouse can't do nothing

@KristianC1994 21 күн бұрын

@@FizzyGajing Not in my experience, no. I'm half-Croatian, I've been to Serbia plenty of times with my fully Croatian cousins (both cities and in random rural areas) and none of us have ever had a problem. There are nationalists in Croatia who hate Serbs and vice versa, but most people don't give a shit.

@pat_almighty 16 күн бұрын

@@FizzyGajingI'm Croatian and I see the previous comment by Kristian explained it best. Most people go about their lives regularly and don't care where you're from as long as you're decent and respectful. For example, lots of people from Serbia (and other former Yugoslav republics) find work in Croatia during the summer tourist season. And it goes both ways depending on the opportunity of course. A few bad apples on all sides are always going to be there of course, but generally we're in a pretty chill state of things right now. The only exeption being the Serbia-Kosovo relationship as the only tension on the territory (of former Yugoslavia) on national levels. Also, N.Macedonia has its own thing with Greece but I don't count that since it's not an issue with any of the former republics but rather a "third party". And to fully answer your question, things between Croatians and Serbs (again, from the perspective of a regular Joe) seem to be better with each new generation of young people. Excuse the length of my answer, just wanted to expand a bit on what Kristian described in the previous comment 😅

@hyper6632 2 ай бұрын

Sweden’s best player is also Ibrahimovic. USA’s Pulisic. Australia’s Viduka and Bosnitch. Maradona’s grandmother is Croat Kariolic. Roger Maris, 100% Croat, beat Babe Ruth’s home run record, perhaps the biggest achievement in sport. USA’s NBA hall of famers Mikan, Maravich and Havlicek all revolutionized basketball. Monica Seles could have been female goat along with compatriot Djokovic, both from Serbia. Janica Kostelic, alpine skiing goat. Handball goats karabatic and balic. Joe Sakic and Mahovlich, both have 500 and 600+ nhl goals, exclusive club. UFC goat Miocic. Mother Theresa was from Yugoslavia. Nikola Tesla. NFL coaching goats belichick, saban and Pete Carroll. Yelich, MLB mvp. Lolich MLB mvp.

@whateverittakes1673 2 ай бұрын

Spartan blood runs through those veins.

@banditonehundred Ай бұрын

Add Melania to the list too. She wins the Gold in any digging competition 🫡

@skariarecords Ай бұрын

Monica Seles is Hungarian from the Serbian State Vojvodina

@mynick937 7 күн бұрын

@@banditonehundred😂😂😂😅

@pavarottiaardvark3431 2 ай бұрын

Stop including Scotland as part of England Challenge 2024 (impossible)

@levskisofiahateall 2 ай бұрын

Mission impossible for a usa citizen...

@Neutral_Ground 2 ай бұрын

@@levskisofiahateall literally 1 second before, Scotland is highlighted on the map... Wales isn't included and they're a principality 😅

@pavarottiaardvark3431 2 ай бұрын

@@Neutral_Ground *long Scottish sigh* it's still included in England during the "these big ones" bit Wales is a separate member of Fifa.

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

I usually get this right! But made an animation mistake this time. My sincerest apologies to you and Scotland. Thanks for mentioning. - Sam

@spai3 2 ай бұрын

Wales isn't included because they didn't qualify. Scotland is highlighted and labelled separately, they just forgot to change the colour when the other countries faded out.

@86_percent28 2 ай бұрын

Recently visited Croatia with my family. Beautiful country with a rich history

@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw 2 ай бұрын

rich history😂

@saellenx3528 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, rich History same as Serbia serving Ottomans dor 600 years.😂😂@@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw

@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw 2 ай бұрын

🤣

@saellenx3528 Ай бұрын

@@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw Only thing you can do is hide your tears by crying my little Balkan Turk.😆

@power279 Ай бұрын

Stop fighting each other because of those stupid politician@@AleksandarStamenkovic-gz7qw

@essasito1919 2 ай бұрын

What do you mean between Europe and Asia 😂😂 it's almost in the center of Europe.

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

Just issued a correct. Sorry about the language there! - sam

@Alejandro_Arellano 2 ай бұрын

To be fair Europe isn't a real continent, it's boundaries are cultural not geographical; it doesn't have it's own continental plate

@victortanasescu7867 2 ай бұрын

@@Alejandro_Arellano whatever you say american

@davidz2690 Ай бұрын

@@victortanasescu7867 he's right, the continent is Eurasia. Europe is a racial and political boundary

@lachlanchester8142 Ай бұрын

@@davidz2690well it just depends how your country defines continents, otherwise Europe Asia and Africa would all class as one continent

@vidiia 2 ай бұрын

For anyone interested in learning more: The podcast Remembering Yugoslavia has a great episode on Yugoslavia and football called The Name of the Game: Yugoslav Football.

@miloso.1042 2 ай бұрын

Možeš li da okačiš link pomenute epizode?

@pat_almighty 16 күн бұрын

Mene također zanima, ne mogu to nigdje naći pod tim imenom. I čini mi se da ne bih bio jedini koji bi bio zahvalan kad bi nam podijelio link :)

@miloso.1042 14 күн бұрын

@@vidiia možeš li?

@JayneTeeter 2 ай бұрын

I've been watching since your first video, and wow, each one just keeps getting better and better! Keep up the amazing work! 🎉

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

bless you

@joaodias2119 Ай бұрын

Great video, but failling to mention Tadej Pogacar and Primosz Roglic is a crime!

@colinlamb315 Ай бұрын

The best football country you’ve never heard of……if you’re American

@jacksfacts20 25 күн бұрын

To be fair, I have never heard of how Yugoslav used soccer as a way to unify the country.

@dzonikg 18 күн бұрын

@@jacksfacts20 I would say it was team sports in general ,Yugosalvia was much more successful in Basketball ,won 5 world championships and was dominanting euro championship with easy ,and second part off 80s euroleague was almost always by Yugoslav clubs ,Cibona won euroleague in 1985 and 1986 ,Jugoplastika in 1989,1990 ,1991,Partizan in 1992 .THen it was harder to won Yugoslavian league then Euroleague

@tomislavsandor6303 4 күн бұрын

@@jacksfacts20 we didnt use sport as a way of unitiny, thats premise author has... Thing is Yugoslavia as other social countries had those worker unions and mentality of trying to achieve working class harmony. That included a need to having a quality spent freetime such as doing sports as a way of hanging with your "comrades". So sports was used to cheer up working class spirit, so almost every citizen was actively involved in sports on amateur level such as in other socialist countries. However truth is Yugoslavia was a bit more successful at it, in my opinion reason is genetics and that "little hostile tribes" mentality. We dont like many things here, but above all we dont like to lose, forgive and forget.

@SergioRPerez Ай бұрын

Wow, I remembered watching Yugoslavia's teams in the 80"s and specially the 90's. Didn't realize the history behind that success. Great job for this info. Sports and Politics are almost always alined one to each other.

@amirulariffin9363 Ай бұрын

Yugoslavia: Land of Giants, despite their tiny territory. They are so tall, the Dutch and to a certain degree the Belgians has to fake their average height data annual in order to stay ahead in the average height chart.

@EvanRoss-fv4ro Ай бұрын

Nikola Jokic

@straylen 2 ай бұрын

There was no (summer) olympics in 1974. You are referring to the 1974 FIFA World Cup

@De_Séchelles 2 ай бұрын

“Sport has the power to change the world, It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does" - Nelson Mandela

@darkovski15 2 ай бұрын

You can add Vardar, as we won Handball Champions League twice in three years. And Macedonia has the best handball goal scorer in Kire Lazarov, holding the World Cup best goal scorer record with 92. In addition to the successes the national teams of Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia have on the International Finals Tournaments.

@markoborovic768 22 күн бұрын

Kudos to all athletes from the area of the former Yugoslavia, but the best of all time are Novak Djokovic and Nikola Jokic from Serbia.

@ivannikic6505 15 күн бұрын

@@markoborovic768 Modrić is up there with Đoković, Janica Kostelić also

@markoborovic768 12 күн бұрын

@@ivannikic6505 Janica Kostelić and Luka Modrić are undoubtedly great athletes, but simply Đoković and Jokić are a simple category for themselves, especially in the sports they play. According to statistics, Djokovic is the best tennis player of all time, a candidate for the best athlete of all time, and Jokic is a candidate to be the best foreigner in the NBA, the best European and the best white player of all time.

@MarioOdak-ti3gm 20 күн бұрын

Croatia sent 17 athletes to the Rio Olympics, they came back with 15 gold and a silver. Bosnia is plagued by corruption and lack of investment but the talent and legacy is still there. Former Yugoslavian countries are factories that print top athletes for the world to enjoy.

@covakoma1064 9 күн бұрын

Half football team of croatia is from Bosnia, even their coach is from Livno, Bosnia... but complexes in their head, they love other country...

@JimJones-kj8jk 2 ай бұрын

Don't forget Mirko Crocop among the list of impactful athletes from the former Yugoslavia.

@antonmarc3073 Ай бұрын

In the end, only Slovenia made it out of the group stages. And the did so with three ties and no wins.

@ljubomirbojic634 2 ай бұрын

Really fantastic I couldn't believe that you make a video about Yugoslavia sport and football. Following you from the first video, great job. I must say even before this video your channel was my favourite.

@billuvill Ай бұрын

You could have made this same video about Yugoslavian music scene. Free access to anyone, allowed teens to get free musical instrument lessons and start garage bands which eventually became popular throughout 6 states.

@markdwighttadina7655 2 ай бұрын

Trivia : Denmark who replaced Yugoslavia in the 1992 Euros surprisingly win it lead by superstar goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel who would win the Champions League title with Manchester United 7 years later. So the way Yugoslavia play is basically Real Madrid doing FC Barcelona's Tiki-taka

@sdeepj 2 ай бұрын

Great video, all that missing was showing Anze Kopitar lifting the Stanley Cup when showing all the other great athletes from the former Yugoslavia

@sayankumarbanerjee7653 Ай бұрын

Man you jinxed Croatia and Serbia let Luka Modric win an international Trophy he has done so much World cup final World cup semi-finals Nations league final.

@kageryu311 Ай бұрын

You should do one on immigration has affected sports. France winning the 2018 world cup and Many European nations have become successful due to players of African origins. Also how African national football teams are taking advantage of this as well which is evident in the Morocco team that made it to the World Cup Semi final.

@wearyoddball7666 2 ай бұрын

Great video bro the editing is incredible

@Lerotron 2 ай бұрын

Yugoslavian sport doesn't start with Tito, please look up Sokol society, a youth movement promoted by the king of Yugoslavia. The movement started in Czechia and promoted pan-slavicism.

@MrkoMrkic 13 күн бұрын

Tito's favorite club was Hajduk Split. He openly supported that club

@daniellunsche5802 2 ай бұрын

Great video! You should consider doing a video on the relationship of Rugby and South African politics 🏉🇿🇦

@isaacnewton3514 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video and storytelling 👍

@crossfitorpington 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, keep it up Sam 🔥

@kandyfloss6b Ай бұрын

15:58 gave me chills. The music, Djokovic roaring, and the script all culminating in a very chilly "Damn, what could've been 🥶" moment for me. We will never know what sort of sports powerhouse Yugoslavia would have become if it remained a nation but there's little doubt they'd be at or near the top. Thank you Sam 👍

@LT-bz1pk Ай бұрын

Really really well produced video

@geox8485 Ай бұрын

Croatia just got grouped and it seems all Slavic countries are getting grouped

@jamesoneill122 2 ай бұрын

Interesting fact about that 1992 european championship is that Denmark took their place and went on to win the tournament. Excellent video, I'm off to buy that book thats about geo politics, history AND football. Lordy me

@ZlatkoUnger Ай бұрын

First off your pronunciation of Hajduk is hilarious. But more importantly, the focus on football was so immense. During big games the whole city stopped to watch. You could hear the every goal across the town as folks were celebrating. I grew up in Sarajevo and football was life.

@shakiMiki 2 ай бұрын

Good teams but best is a huge stretch. They were never that. Tiny Denmark won the tournament that Yugoslavia were excluded from. Football is an unpredictable game.

@Football_Advanced 2 ай бұрын

sorry to tell you mate but they need people to watch the video and a random person would be 10x more likely to watch the downfall of 'the best team in europe' than 'a good team in europe'. it's only to pull in viewers, its not that deep

@shakiMiki 2 ай бұрын

@@Football_Advanced Click baiting is not a good long term strategy. The story is actually interesting.

@MrDaCynic 2 ай бұрын

@@shakiMikibut it really is good long term. Mr Beast is a huge proponent of click bait and he's the largest channel in history

@Football_Advanced 2 ай бұрын

@@shakiMiki I know, however they have to bait the clicks in order for people to realise that the story is interesting. It actually is a good method long term, as long as the content is actually good

@franohmsford7548 2 ай бұрын

Denmark came second in Yugoslavia's qualifying group, finishing only a point behind Yugoslavia with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. They beat Yugoslavia in Yugoslavia, they did lose to the Yugoslavs in Denmark and drew with Northern Ireland in Belfast. They weren't just chosen because they came second to Yugoslavia but also because they had the best record of any team that came second in Qualifying - Portugal had 11 points, Italy, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia all had 10 points. There is a very good chance that Yugoslavia would have won that tournament had it not collapsed and it's been proven that everyone was severely underrating that Danish team including their star player who refused to go.

@JuanEstrella-Martinez 2 ай бұрын

Was left wanting for Pogačar or Roglič when the video went into the "not just football" montage. Still pretty good tho, especially with the correction!

@ognjenvukanovic4067 Ай бұрын

It is not Yugoslavians, it's Yugoslavs

@vikmalion 2 ай бұрын

Besides the great content this channel also has incredible artwork and stylistic choices, beautiful to see. Keep up the great work Sam, greeting from Brasil.

@mtk3755 2 ай бұрын

True one of my fav channels on yt.

@KingGregforever Ай бұрын

Good job, been a football fan fan since I was a child and had no idea about this so thanks a lot for the education. 🙏🏾❤️

@ucube33 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the Ex-Yugoslav nations have plenty of influence from the east and of Asia, but Europe actually ends in the Caucasus, which is Georgia (the country), and when driving over the bridge in Istanbul. These ex-Yugo countries are considered to be south east/central European. Americans need to open a map. TLDW: Yugoslavia broke up, hence it vanished.

@Lena_765_ 2 ай бұрын

None of the ex yugoslav countries but maybe Slovenia on occasion are considered central europe. Central europe is V4 and Dach

@lamondaforestry 2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Europe ends at Dardanelles Strait.

@pashapasovski5860 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting salt on my cut!

@jeffe_77 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, my only issue is that you guys at the end, omitted 2 of the top 3, arguably, in the world of Cycling, one of them is won 2 grand tours multiple times and the other is 2 time Tour de France winner in Tadej Pogačar and the aforementioned Primož Roglič, both Slovenian.

@ronancer 10 күн бұрын

I'm really grateful that you made this video, very interesting!

@graeme-e9 2 ай бұрын

Great! this might be my favourite of your videos so far. Yeah i did cringe at the "between europe and asia" line :), but i get what you meant. Bravo!

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

just issued a correction for the language there, so sorry for that. Thanks for watching! - sam

@notdpanda9525 2 ай бұрын

İbrahimoviç would have been part of a unified Yugislav team.

@ayubali2431 Ай бұрын

I'm just taking time out of my day to say that these are some of the best produced and edited video essays I've seen in a long time on this platform. KZfaq needs more creators like you and i hope you will have get the success you deserve

@Search-Party Ай бұрын

that's so kind thank you!

@WavyRadiant Ай бұрын

@@Search-Partycroatia lost and tied their last 2 games, their unfortunately not favorites anymore😂

@Search-Party Ай бұрын

@@WavyRadiant ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@aaradhyadixit4322 2 ай бұрын

for every search party video notification, i open a pack of lays, play the video and enjoy... one of my favourite channels on youtube... kudos for such quality content..

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

love potato chips

@pionirskizec1004 2 ай бұрын

We were such a powerhouse in all aspects, from science, culture, sports and we were world class! That's what bothered the bipolar world, someone who was as or more capable to compete up front center with the big dogs and they just couldn't handle that. Greetings from Sarajevo

@butters1984 2 ай бұрын

Damn shame that they focused so much on their differences rather their similarities. Yugoslavia was and a could have been an incredibly formidable nation.

@saellenx3528 2 ай бұрын

You cant unify the tribes. Its basically Africa of Europe.

@butters1984 2 ай бұрын

@@saellenx3528 Pretty sure the Africa of Europe is France LMAO

@MarioIvancic-HR 17 күн бұрын

I grew up in a part of Zagreb that produced several Croatian national team players. I went to school with two of them, and our mothers worked together (the Šimić brothers). Our school playground was full of talent, and basically, if the best players gathered, the only way I could play was by bringing the ball (since there weren't many balls, and whoever had the ball got to play regardless of skill). My brother and I always thought we were bad football players. Probably 100 kids before us had the advantage of playing for the school team. Since no one liked to be the goalkeeper, I managed to secure that position for my class team. My brother didn't even get that. It was only much later that I realized my brother and I weren't actually bad, we just grew up surrounded by incredible talent. Many of those talented players didn't continue their careers, and some might have been even better than the later Croatian national team members. An episode in Switzerland opened my eyes. When my brother and I went to a local playground there, the locals made a mistake by creating a team of foreigners and their local team. My brother, an Italian guy, and I, along with a few of their not-so-talented foreigners, literally dismantled all the teams that showed up. It wasn't sport, it was a massacre. Winning by 20 goals became boring, so we asked to mix the teams. I was amazed at how poorly the Swiss played football. But actually, it wasn't that-they just hadn't been sharpened by the best players like I had.

@bojanzivkovic2144 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video. However, one interesting piece of information was omitted. Yugoslavia qualified for Euro 1992 as first in their qualifying group. Denmark was the runner-up, and at that time, only the winner would go on to play in the final tournament. Yugoslavia was suspended on May 31st, and Denmark was called in as a replacement. Denmark played their first game in the final tournament 11 days later, on June 11th. Basically, they were called in as a replacement at the last moment, and they had no time for extensive preparations, especially knowing that the Danish league had ended a couple of weeks prior and few players went on their vacations. When they were announced as replacements, there was somewhat of a scramble to gather all the players and assemble a team. Nevertheless, they went on to play in the final tournament and, in the end, became champions, beating Germany in the finals. Sports is not math, and it doesn't mean that Yugoslavia would have won the championship should they have been allowed to play. Yet, we can't but notice that in the period 1990-92, Yugoslavian football was at the very top in the world. In the 1990 World Cup, Yugoslavia was in the quarterfinals, a man down and still a better team against defending champions Argentina, and only lost on penalties. In 1991, Red Star won the European Cup (later renamed the Champions League) and also won the Intercontinental Cup. In 1992, Yugoslavia was suspended from the Euro, and a runner-up, Denmark, took their spot and won the championship without preparations. Finally, it is worth mentioning that Yugoslavia was dominating other sports at that time. Yugoslavia won the 1990 FIBA World Championship and the 1991 EuroBasket. Yugoslavia also won the 1991 Water Polo World Champions (and the previous one in 1986). In the 1990 Handball World Championship, Yugoslavia placed 4th. Monika Seles, as a teenager before her 20th birthday, won 8 tennis majors in the 1990-93 period (3 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, 2 US Opens). The sport was booming at that time (and the country, too, in some aspects), and then self-imploded, and everything fell apart.

@alinaqvi2784 Ай бұрын

Here’s after the group stage: This video did not age well at all😂

@lewismcdermott3024 2 ай бұрын

SCOTLAND ALSO HIGHLIGHTED WHEN ENGLAND MENTIONED GRRRRRRRRR

@oblivion6983 2 ай бұрын

I love the football content dude, so good

@montanaprime Ай бұрын

Do a video of the different national teams in the UK. England, Scotland, Wales etc

@ParallelCruZ Ай бұрын

this didn't age well (Croatia and Serbia exiting in the group stage)

@pizzashark69 2 ай бұрын

TLDW: Yugoslavia dissolved.

@EvanRoss-fv4ro Ай бұрын

Great unbiased video thanks man

@vedranhodzic9467 2 ай бұрын

I’m originally from the region. I think you covered this well: accurate, fair, and balanced. Good job!

@FCOnside Ай бұрын

POV: “favorites”😢

@vojin4743 2 ай бұрын

6:27 Nonsense. Tito's favourite club was Hajduk

@earflow4300 2 ай бұрын

Liked that you acknowledged the fact checking relatively quickly. Great video tho. Learned alot and it answered many questions i had about football and sport in these countries. Don't know if there us enough for a whole video in this next question, why does Greenland want or need to join concacaf?

@dzivkovic 2 ай бұрын

This video is the best one I've watched in a long time. It really touched me. As a Croatian, I feel pride and happiness because of the success of our national team, as I love sports, and at the same time, what nationalism can do to something as beautiful as football. I look forward to every success of the Croatian Football Federation, but also to the successes of other countries in the region. The style of football is incomparable with other national teams. I just hope we have the quality to win or at least take points from Italy and Spain. Excellent conclusion to the video. What a team that would be!! :O

@Drizno 2 ай бұрын

Here before Croatia crashes out of Euros, they just got dismantled by Spain

@Lux-ph2ol Ай бұрын

There are 2 more games to play, so stfu!

@grimaffiliations3671 Ай бұрын

Wouldn't call it a dismantling. They were very much in it all game, the spanish were just more clinical. Still a good chance they make it out

@wilstewart5743 2 ай бұрын

One thing that helps is the players leaving from wars of the 90s getting great education in sport and other things in their new host countries. Rakitic althiugh he has now retired from internationals was born in Switzerland. Mateo Kovacic was born in Austria. You have a similar situation with Albanians in Switzerland making up a lot of the Swiss team and now some of them choosing to play for Albania. I live in Sweden and watch the leagues here and see a lot of Middle East players born in Sweden who are now playing football for their Middle East country. With an expanded World Cup I think we will see a competitive Middle East team with players born in Europe

@raenico5285 2 ай бұрын

Yupp, African football as a whole benefits massively from Africans born in Europe who return to represent an African country. Cameroun, Senegal, Nigeria and the DRC are good examples

@Eppobot 2 ай бұрын

amazing work once again, good video!

@ODGbanks 2 ай бұрын

This video just reminded me why I love search party videos

@oscarmccarroll8047 2 ай бұрын

Well this seems to have aged poorly

@98Nedeljko Ай бұрын

A couple of loses don't change anything about this video

@lukabozic5 2 ай бұрын

Great video except Yugoslavia being in between Europe and Asia, what were you even thinking saying that LMAO

@Search-Party 2 ай бұрын

Just issued a correction. Sorry about the language there! - sam

@EternalMuscovite 2 ай бұрын

And calling Scotland england

@Jameserrano Ай бұрын

I didn’t know a video about sports could be so interesting for someone who does not follow sports.

@kibruDemekeT 2 ай бұрын

search party feels like the early days of kurtzegast ... refreshing ... thought provoking and creative !

@Sprinkf 2 ай бұрын

Showing Belgium as a 'big one' and 'one of the favorites' is pretty crazy tbh.

@AXELVISSERS 2 ай бұрын

This again? Ok look, kdb is still the best midfielder in the world. Lukaku scored 14 in qualifiers, more then R7. Trossard is one of the best players in the prem. Doku finished the most dribbles this year. Openda was tied 2nd place for bundesliga golden boot with 26 goals. Tielemans scored twice against England a few weeks back. Witsel is in the team of the year in La Liga. Bakayoko and Onana are both rising talents too. Our only weakness is our defense but that's why Witsel is now a defender just like in Atletico and De Ketelaere is having a fantastic season in Atalanta. We got a ton of talent and the team spirit is at an all time high right now.

@thelonn 2 ай бұрын

Odds wise they are. even if I disagree with zed odds I’m assuming that’s what they went off of. tbf they did make it to the quarters last euro too, and got knocked out by Italy.

@dotcom137 2 ай бұрын

Europe's *BEST* team? Are you on drugs?

@boristrninic6709 2 ай бұрын

Back then? Probably. If it were to exist today? Highly likely

@mirzapa Ай бұрын

Not just football. Pick a sport and Yugoslavia was sick at it. Basketball. Handball. Tennis. Volleyball. Athletics. Water Polo Skiing Bosnians followed by Montenegrins , Croatians and Serbians are the tallest people in the world.

@piotrzagroba5301 2 ай бұрын

Between Europe and Asia? The Balkans are in Europe, this is not the Caucasus, ya dingus.

@Marais-cu3vo Ай бұрын

This is not the map of Ukraine. This is not the map of Serbia.

@aaryangarg- 2 ай бұрын

That’s some daamm good editing! Almost looks like I am watching Johnny Harris

@gabrielmendonca2650 2 ай бұрын

I really loved this video and all the amazing work you folks do! I was wondering, would you all be able to do a similar video about Brazil? I feel like football and Brazilian politics are so intertwined and it would be amazing to see a video about it, especially with you guys take on it!

@Neutral_Ground 2 ай бұрын

0:01 I don't know that it's the second most prestigious? Maybe in international football

@Neutral_Ground 2 ай бұрын

Also you've highlighted Scotland as part of England 0:12, big no no

@peltimies2469 2 ай бұрын

Well its either second or third, not a huge difference between it and UCL

@Neutral_Ground 2 ай бұрын

@@peltimies2469 I think the Libertadores is up there, so are the FA cup and UEFA cup / Europa league. I don't know the average fan could tell you how many times Italy / Germany / France have won the Euro

@krystofhavir7593 2 ай бұрын

It is, World Cup is first and Euro is the close second. National team >>> Club + UCL is played every year, Euros or World Cups every 4 years.

@Neutral_Ground 2 ай бұрын

@@krystofhavir7593 I don't know that makes it more prestigious, by that logic Olympics is up there no?

@ThomasAxe88 Ай бұрын

Your map at the start probably should have included The Netherlands .

@jmajcan 2 ай бұрын

My grandfather was from Yugoslavia, his family left when it started to dissolve, I’ve always wondered what their football team would be like now, thank you for doing this video!! I’ll always root for Croatia at the world stage :)