Whether it’s a brand image stunt by sports giants like Nike and Adidas or a fan-made video, the beautiful game brings out the naked, truthful human in all of us. These mini-movies, montages of absolute fiction that will make you weep in agony that they’re not real, encapsulate all that is soccer: absolute beauty. Minus Eric Cantona, the dude is practically in every soccer video ever made.
Here are The18’s favorite soccer hype videos. And please, by all means, it’s alright to cry.
Legend has it every Brazilian is born with a ball. Every doctor, engineer, politician and farmer — all with a ball. Those who make it into Brazil’s national team? Three, of course. Just don’t mention anything about Germany, the numbers 7 and 1 and the year 2014. In case you do, the magic word is Ronaldinho: the greatest to ever grace the game and I dare you to dispute it!
Throw that self-help book away! This is the end-all video to every for-dummies guidebook. I showed this video to my goldfish and now it’s a shark. What’s the number for animal control, again?
Time to take a quick trip down memory lane where we used our shoes as goal posts and when we got mad, we picked the ball up and called it a day. If only we had the power to summon players like Platini!
The devil went down to Georgia, he got bored and decided to challenge the world’s best soccer players. The guy got himself kicked out of heaven; I mean, does he ever think his plans out? We’re tired of your crap, Lucifer!
As if this doesn’t happen in real life, hah! Sure, let’s all hush up about it. First it was no aliens in Area 51, now they’re trying to convince us Eric Cantona isn’t running a secret league in the basement of a cargo ship! Oh, please, how gullible do you think we are?
This one goes out to those who keep getting sidelined and sidetracked. If they made it; we can make it. Unless you want to get technical and we consider factors we have no control over, but why would we spoil the fun? Then again, dreams become reality every single day and the beautiful game offers a pathway to achieve dreams like no other.
Thierry Henry, a king of soccer in all his glory. You’re smiling already, aren’t you? Yup, so am I, friend. So am I.
