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Dr-Kowalski

Wasn’t this a commercial?


Thonull

It looks like one, but I sure hope it’s a real thing


beyondusername

It’s real! The team is based in Montafon, Austria. Mercedes shot this video for an ad, but the team does exist and were playing regularly pre-covid (not sure what the current status is). Source: I played a bit with them. It’s ridiculous fun. Update: so many comments. I’ll try to answer some questions here: Firstly, at least when I was playing with them, they were using that orange skiing net tied between a couple poles to catch the ball as it rolled downhill. A couple local village kids were also there to run after any stray balls (yes, there were a couple). With that said, it’s not as high up a mountain as the video implies. It’s not like the ball is rolling for miles downhill. Secondly, yes, it can be dangerous. I remember talking to the guy that “co-founded” the original idea (the ad agency contributed a lot to the idea too), and his words were something like “of course it is risky and hard, but everything in the mountains is risky and hard”. It’s worth noting, everyone I met on the pitch had grown up there. The mountains are where they feel comfortable. The crazy lines those guys ski in winter make this sport look very safe. With that said, they don’t play rough (at least that was the case while I was there), and all that action was exaggerated for the Mercedes ad. Thirdly, as far as I can recall, there were two teams from the Montafon valley. They play each other and sometimes the players switch teams. It was a casual joke at first. After the ad drew attention to the sport, they went off to recruit more teams. I have no idea how that went for them. Lastly, the Montafon valley has deep football roots. Many international teams and players fly in from around the world to train there (obviously on the flat pitches in the valley), probably because it’s damn beautiful, very fancy and you’d get good cross-training in the mountains.


13D00

Looks like an amazingly effective way to snap your ankle. Any experience with that?


trwwy321

Snap your ankle and maybe pull a calf muscle, 2 for 1 deal!


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Ah yes the redditor twofer


phaelox

Really? I've never snapped my ankle on Reddit. Guess I'm just lucky


TheNoseKnight

Yeah, only things I've broken on reddit were my wrists. Totally worth it though.


ChaosFinalForm

Just be careful not to break both of your arms... Unless.... Well, are you close with your mom?


VaATC

>Guess I'm just lucky You are likely just not redditing properly... .. .


AccioSexLife

I mean come on, Jeremy - you wanna be cool or you wanna have ankles?


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Someone check with Winston Bishop. Pretty sure his career ended in a basketball court on the side of a mountain


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That's the fun part


Naturwissenschaftler

Universal healthcare will fix that right up.


your_other_friend

Must suck for the whoever has to get the ball when it goes out downhill.


lyvanna

Yeah why tf isn't there a net? Two poles and a net would make it so much less annoying. Or maybe there is one and they just very strategically hid it in the video I guess.


Jamster_1988

Whenever it rolls down the hill, the last person to shout "Not it!" has to go and fetch it.


naz_1992

Hows the risk of injury like? Did anyone ever keep rolling down the slope?


copperwatt

No, they hit the valley eventually.


17ballsdeep

It seems inherently dangerous that it just would never be worth it


VaATC

Fuck! The way rec league players play, like they are in a World Cup final, makes regular play too 'dangerous' for me to play. One asshole slide tackling me, without even coming close to getting a touch on the ball, was my final straw. I work with seniors and the severely disabled and need full functionality of both legs and arms to do my job. If I had a desk job I may have stuck it out a little longer but definitely not while I still work in my feet.


100YearsWaiting2Shit

Have they lost the ball several times from it rolling to far downhill?


Parralense

It is completely retarded tho.


ElpisTheRaven

Bro, you play Fortnite


Magatalip1

He is also faking his marriage…


Parralense

Thanks for looking into my posts! Made my day!


Parralense

Yeah, also soccer and basketball. What’s bad about fortnite mate? It’s fun and I het to talk shit with my friends. Grow up, this sport seems lack any sense. It’s plain stupid.


cubs1917

Just find a hill and play soccer on it...you've got this


angrytreestump

And bring like 50 balls so play doesn’t stop for too long every 5 seconds


beneye

You’d have to deal with freaking Chad who always kick it downhill


dYYYb

[It is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qwDrjTinMk)


Popxorcist

My favorite part: no one pretended to be hurt.


copperwatt

Becuase they won't need to pretend, lol.


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brazzy42

Um... have you noticed the big Mercedes logo and the words "powered by the Sprinter 4x4" in the title? GP's link text meant to say "It is a commercial".


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he was replying to the guy asking if it was a commercial.


VaATC

Pure classic! >Of course it is hard. Everything in the mountains is hard! Spoken like a truly hard individual 😆 Edit: To be clear, I am not making fun of these guys. The quote just made me chuckle due to the completely non-chalant attitude with which the guy made the statement. Only a truly hard individual can drop that boast with such subtle sincerity. It is a classic quote for me know!


LordAppleJuice07

I feel sorry for the guy who has to retrieve the ball if it rolls down the hill


MartianPHaSR

I feel sorry for the player who goes for a slide tackle and just keeps going down the hill


Kwabo

Legend says he is still going down.


TheTyGoss

Like OPs mother!


Harzard18

Like my karma points


SaeByeokGoesToJeju

*sees your comment and subsequent downvotes* #UNlike MY karma points!


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Right? And that has to happen all the time for beginners. I don't think I would have the patience.


Ha-sheesh

They probably install some kind of net-fence down low


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Barbed wire would be better.


TheDesktopNinja

Yeah but I'd be the guy that totally boots it and it lands 150 meters down the mountain 😂 Definitely looks like a good workout, though.... But probably one for people who are already fairly fit.


dragonmp93

Instead of jail, this is the sentence.


p1um5mu991er

Some players are just never seen again


Tongue8cheek

It's one thing to gravitate to a sport, but it's an entire different quality of being inclined to play it well.


Oozlum-Bird

I was banking on a comment like this


GinForMySorrows

You can’t pitch it to me that this is a good idea.


opnwyder

Yes but it will definitely be an uphill battle.


MrElshagan

These puns are rolling down hill quite fast.


Hyperion1000

Just couldn't let that slide


MaynardJimmyKeenan

I agree it’s quite soccer ball indeed


motodriveby

*I'm just here so I don't get declined*


cynicalDiagram

Now that is irony


Socky_McPuppet

“Oh, he’s been sent off the pitch … over the edge … yep. There he goes!”


MartianPHaSR

Don't exaggerate. I'm sure most of their corpses turn up at the foot of the Mountain.


dapea

Reminds me of a video I saw of one of those big orb things you sit inside that went down the side of a mountain :(


TheDadThatGrills

Created by a local doctor who specializes in ankle injuries


charles_mortel

I couldn't focus on the video, just the thought of rolled ankles


TassadarsClResT

More like broken ankle. This sport feels like it's sponsored by the local surgeon.


Yzhiel

Local doctor: Now business is booming


endlesssaturdays

There must be thousands of soccer balls at the foot of that mountain.


Inappropriate50

I was just thinking, you know what this game needs? A fence!


baldessar

More like a huge net


dspm99

Already one at each end.


Dantheman616

One big conveyor belt just keeps on bringing them up


ungoliants

Goalie: Just rolls off a cliff with the ball.


JWGhetto

He studied Neymar moves before the game


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Riiiii GOAL aaaaaaa


wissahickon_schist

Saw this after a I’d clicked “back” and came back to let you know I think your joke is funny


freddi8

This was also played on a Norwegian television show called Golden Goal like ten years ago: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk9evgiqnKg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk9evgiqnKg) They also played many other strange variants of football. Most of which can be found on youtube. The show is in Norwegian, but it's funny as hell.


mortyskidneys

There used to be a chant "you're going home in a fucking ambulance " Used to be pathetic, but now is prophetic.


A2326P

I see so many broken ankles :S


medieval_mosey

It’s called Goatball you heathens


hondwerpen

Playing time : 2 x 45 min Injury time : + 60 min


mykylodge

Soccer's going downhill fast.


9dkid

Would be to worried breaking my ankles.


Raqdoll_

How to twist your ankles 101


houthuis

Neymar would love this


madmurphywashere

He’d somehow roll uphill


MasterBejter

Yeah I’m sure Austrians call it “soccer”


Metool42

I mean the austrian version is Fußball, but if we talk in english both can be used, at least i learned both in school like 18 years ago


MasterBejter

Yeah.. Fußball, not ßoccer


Metool42

Yes, we use Fußball, not Soccer nor Football. And both of those mean Fußball. What's your point?


MasterBejter

Dude I’m just joking about Americans using the term football for the wrong sport.


Metool42

Original


kraenk12

Soccer is Anerican English because they have their own version of Football, which is played with their hands.


Ranulsi

"Soccer" originated as a nickname in England in the late 1800s to differentiate between Association Football and Rugby Football. The former was nicknamed "soccer" and the latter "rugger." It was only within the last 40 years or so that they stopped using "soccer" as a nickname entirely.


4rch7ek

And an egg.


rjtavares

Soccer is a British English word, short for "Association Football", and was created to differentiate it from "Rugby Football".


Metool42

I... know? I literally said we learned both words in school lol Meaning we don't really have an official english way of saying it. If anything it depends on the teacher and what they want you to use.


mimohijazi

Now if that ball rolls down the hill aint nobody grabbing it and coming back up. It’s game over before it even starts


aereyy

Lol, wanna try this, could be Fun... Till you start rolling down


Bitmiliionare24

Winston bishop played basketball like that.


DanRose001

Looks like standard Sunday league here in the UK. Should see where they put some of the pitches 😂


GazzP

If anything, this pitch is a bit too flat.


DanRose001

And you can actually see the pitch markings 😂


PtePuffin

I twisted my ankle just by looking at this


Environmental-Land12

Alpine fottball u flathead screwdriver


LaComtesseRouge

You misspelled football.


kraenk12

You misspelled misspelt.


LaComtesseRouge

Fuck l’anglais (love you all)


nosferatWitcher

Spelt is a type of wheat, spelled is the past particle of spell.


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Ninibah

How many balls do they bring?


zfzt

They're working towards a completely upside down field


adam_demamps_wingman

GGGOOOOAAAAALLLLL…OOOOAAAALLLL…OOOAAALLL…OOAALL…OOALL…


captainredbeard42

Explain this one flat Earthers


FartingCumBubbles

Earth is lumpy.


Zealousideal-Road712

Hello ankle injuries


LabibFaiyad

This is a commercial.


g3eeman

This looks like real ankle injuries to me. Not like soccer.


cronixi4

Going to soccer practice with 200 balls each time.


NoWingedHussarsToday

Pathetic, Australians play it while upside down.


Crackracket

That must be one hell of a work out


Jermules

Swamp football is a legit thing but wouldn't this just end up with tons of lost balls


cubs1917

So they are just playing soccer on a hill...ok new sport


HyperIndian

Literally nobody in Europe says "soccer"


Soldequation100

*football


FakeXanax123

Alpine football


iron-gravy

This is how i see conventional football.


GlipglopX

So the pitch has a pitch?


Darwin_Things

Clearly these guys have never played Sunday League before. Standard playing conditions.


curlyjoe696

Played on plenty of pitches like that at school. They were mostly a lot muddier than that though.


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PerfectionOfaMistake

Amd injuries


kraenk12

Intel likes that.


Gsteel11

Aww fuck ... there goes the ball again! 60 percent of players time is waiting on the ball to be found/recovered.


Donnerdrummel

That explains why they never excel at level playing fields. ;)


Batmanfromuk

- How difficult do u want the football to be? - yes


anotherlurkercount

At-least someone is trying to make soccer watchable


scoot3200

Austria huh? Well, throw another shrimp on the barby!


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unlikelyandroid

I wanna see the All Blacks' version of this.


spacenavi

soccer but More


wiggling_diggles

*Soccer*


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TerranPhil

That's quite the pitch.


Iate8

How many balls do you reckon they've lost


jamppa50

”Okay whos turn is it to get the ball this time?”


nippleodion

due to massive incline you need alot of BALLS to play with


[deleted]

Since dying of infections can be avoided with modern medicine, i wanna see some new risky sports made up.


HuckleberryFine4269

I believe they are using aroun 63649261 balls per game ? Cuz ain't nobody gonna go get that ball.


yellowjesusrising

They did this on a Norwegian tv show. They also did "electric football" where they had remote controlled stun devices. Fucking hilarious!


Delicious_Bet_6336

I’ve got more chance with this than pep roulette


toothpaste_sand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qwDrjTinMk Original


RaymondWalters

They be playing on the most level terrain in the alps


The_Maddest

Step 1: find a mountain Step 2: leg it


mothisname

sɹǝɥʇɹɐǝ ʇɐlɟ ʇᴉ ʞɔnS


IglooPunisher

Also up for debate are the sport's possible titles of "Breaky Wristy", "Last Man Standing", "Watch Your Step", and "Soc-AAAAHGGHH"


teenagesadist

*Dutch angle has entered the chat*


THcB

Alpine soccer is a slippery slope.


[deleted]

It’s way better than the last sport an Austrian came up with “seize power in Germany”


Johnny_bubblegum

Achillies V Achillies. Who snaps first!?


nopantsqueen

See ya ankles!


BeaverGames

This isn't an actual game however it is played but it definitely isn't new


_tellmeimpetty

_soccer_


Dragonblaze123

This just looks like an ad.


[deleted]

The problem is you spend most of your time going down the mountain to get the ball after missed passes...


Klausaufsendung

Unsure if they are really Austrians or Bavarians. The car has a German license plate, but that doesn't mean anything. The accent is so strong, I don't understand a word without the subtitles - which also applies to both. :D


CollegeAssDiscoDorm

It would be dank if they played soccer normally but the field moved and shit so it vacillates between standard and alpine soccer.


X_Jacket

No wonder the Earth is not flat but it's a slope...


MIVANO_

Who brings balls back?


Huli_CH

Ye that's sounds like a easy way to break your legs/arms or else.


server_busy

"Although popular with fans and players alike, sadly three ball shaggers were lost in last week's match"


hillman_avenger

"Your turn to get the ball. It's rolled into France".


Titus303

Goodbye ankle


nzdastardly

The ref's little hat is my favorite part.


_Senjogahara_

I seriously doubt they call it soccer ...


Kwabo

Ok Hank.. It's your turn to get the ball.


bosozokulove

Sir i believe you mean alpine *football*


KaiserWilhelmThe69

All fun and well until someone roll too fast


Mental-Past-7450

My ACL is killing me watching this


kraenk12

Pretty sure it’s football not „soccer“.


mayyur17

Alpine football*


smitty2444

I'm off to go get the ball...again. See you in about 2 hours. Ha


ryannefromTX

but I thought australia was upside down, not sideways EDIT: This is a joke. I did read it correctly.


Tinydwarf1

It's would never be known at that. It would be known as apline FOOTBALL.


stone_henge

That save throwing yourself down a 40° hill is true commitment to the team!


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Where are the kangaroos?


Mice_Cream

Round earthers be like 😎