@tntsportsfootball: It’s been six years since Eric Cantona picked up the UEFA President's Award and delivered this iconic speech 🗣️ #ucl #championsleague #ucldraw #cantona

Benxyz :

If you analyse this on a deeper level, it this is actually insane. Cantona is a genius

Ace :

He quoted Shakespeare. What he was saying is basically “Just as little boys torture flies for their entertainment, the media (the Gods) tortures us for their entertainment. As this is human nature, even if we advance to the point of becoming Gods ourself, through immortality, our human nature will still torture us. I love football”

Darren Jordan 🇬🇧 :

Cantons is a real og goat

Jason Rose267 :

Eric Cantona's 2019 UEFA speech was a cryptic meditation on life, death, and power, leaving the audience, including stars like Messi and Ronaldo, visibly confused. The speech started with a quote from Shakespeare's King Lear: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport." He then mused on scientific advancements that could make humans immortal, but noted that wars and crime would still kill people and unfortunately would multiply. He concluded simply by saying, "I love football." The speech is widely interpreted as a critique of powerful figures and organizations, such as UEFA and FIFA, who, like the "gods" in the quote, act with little regard for the "flies" or ordinary people and players they control. It's a classic Cantona moment of philosophical rebellion against authority, similar to his famous "seagulls and trawler" press conference.

AFRICAN SUPERMAN :

He said science will soon be able to slow and possibly stop aging. Accidents, crimes and wars will be the only thing that can kill people when that happens. However, because we would have stopped aging, crimes and wars will multiply. Then he finishes by saying “I love football”

williamjones7936 :

This guy is all of us listening to Eric

MJ :

Now finish it off with I love football

Ezzy_G🇰🇾 :

I mean, he did ask what’s going through his mind🤣

InitialsBC :

Just an opportunity to speak deep thoughts

No@hBo@t :

Exceptional, Extraordinary, Elegant, Empowering, Exquisite, Enlightening, Excellent, Endearing, Effervescent, Eminent ERIC CANTONA👏

Chrixt23 :

We normal people are like flies to the ones in power, they kill us just to prove points and gain even more power. And the more power someone gets the more he asks for, even if we were eternal, they would have wanted something more than eternity. In such a cruel world, football is pure, something that belongs to the people and shouldn't be controlled like that. Cantona doesn't like the system, but he loves football.

tudosqwgb59 :

boopper :

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.” Is a quote from Shakespeare.

jabez✝️ :

that one guy in the crowd

nathan1984coolock :

Justice for Palestine

Cekki Hoti 50 :

its shocking how people dont get his message

jdmatti :

George :

The confusion🤣

Kyrillos :

Levels of aura farming previously unseen by human eyes

ChatGPT :

Tbh, I understood every word he said, but I also thought about what this means for football too, players will take longer to retire, score over 3000 goals, play over 5000 matches, standards would be upgraded cus we're slowly or not aging atal, but still it's to the advantage of those in power who just exploit these people for their own sport and gains, the only loses would be accidents, assassinations where someone is paid to kill a top player, and wars, but football is still gonna be loved regardless

Adam……. :

Messi is confused because he doesn’t speak English, Ronaldo is more confused cause he does speak English🙏😭

snakeaks :

This is what playing for Man Utd does to ya 🤣

Muhib :

Cantona basically said: even if humans become gods, we’ll still torture each other because it’s in our nature. Life is cruel, but at least we have football ❤️⚽

Steven Canning :

He’s not wrong, just the wrong audience.

🩸🦤🩸 :

Doesn’t matter how long it takes you to understand what he’s saying, but once you do, you realize football needs to change. He is speaking facts in a way most ppl don’t speak, so might be hard to understand. He’s basically saying football is at the mercy of capitalism, like everything else.