r/MadeMeSmile 12h ago

Wholesome Moments Two rival soccer players tryna intimidate each other before a match.

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u/thewonderblink 12h ago

Or maybe they played together for a few years before this?

Spoiler: they did

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u/DarthTaz_99 11h ago edited 7h ago

This is Marco Reus and Robert Lewandowski, best friends who used to play for the same club Borussia Dortmund. Lewandowski then moved to their rivals Bayern Munich (don't hate him it's very common in the German league) and this snippet is from a Dortmund v Bayern game

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u/nxcrosis 8h ago

Mr. 5 goals in 9 minutes himself.

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u/Accomplished-Sir4932 7h ago

They’re both so adorable with their smiles 🥰

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u/unimportantinfodump 6h ago

Thanks I was about to irrationally hate him

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u/[deleted] 6h ago

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u/SalSomer 6h ago

Lewandowski is Polish, while Reus got an ankle injury in the final match before the 2014 World Cup, forcing him out of the German squad that won the gold.

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u/dickdogbeforesunset 6h ago

wait this isn't AI? why are their faces look so..weird?

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u/DarthTaz_99 5h ago

This is like a decade ago, probably filters and shit going on

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u/karma_the_sequel 11h ago

That’s some Brokeback Mountain shit right there.

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u/Pandos17 9h ago

Only Americans are obsessed with who other people are sleeping with 🤦‍♂️

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u/karma_the_sequel 9h ago

That was meant as a pop culture reference, not an anti-gay slur. YOU filled in the blanks.

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u/ProbableOptimist 9h ago

...buddy what?

Someone said they played together. You said "Ahah so like they're fucking!!".

No one accusing you of a slur, you're just weirdly using pop culture out of context to bring up them banging?

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u/karma_the_sequel 6h ago edited 6h ago

You think Brokeback Mountain was about sex?

Ah, of course you do. You’ve already demonstrated you have limited vision.

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u/FalconIMGN 53m ago

Wait what was it about?

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 11h ago

They aren't rivals. They were best friends when they played together. Yellow jersey is Marco Reus at Dortmund and Robert Lewandowski is the other one in the red jersey.

Lewandowski moved to rival club Bayern Munich and this was them meeting in 2015 (I think) for the DFB Pokal semi final.

Reus would've been one of the best if he wasn't made out of glass.

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u/NarcoReus 11h ago

I don't want to say he's one of the biggest "what-ifs" because he still had an excellent career, but I still feel like we missed out on the very best he had to offer.

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u/ikineba 9h ago

no Reus at WC winning team is a sad what ifs

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u/Muntolion 7h ago

He really is the blatantly missing name out of WC winners of that german generation. Insane team.

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u/AIIXIII0 6h ago

I would argue he could have been 3rd behind the usual two.

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u/Firebart3q 10h ago

Got robbed of two ballon d'ors

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u/HazardsRabona 10h ago

Reus is my favourite player not named Eden Hazard. His ability to hit the ground running after long spells of being injured is a quality few players have. I'll be forever pissed he couldn't be a part of that 2014 team. Should've won at least that much.

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u/Bearsona09 5h ago

Reus would've been one of the best if he wasn't made out of glass.

Reus was one of the best, even with a body made of glass.

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u/LanceShiro 3h ago

Shit. I'm a Bayern fan and Reus is still one of my favourites. Him missing out on the WC2014 made me angry.

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u/fortunesofshadows 9h ago

You can still best friends and be rivals on the same team. Like Naruto and Sasuke

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u/Verratcat 4h ago

But... their title would get more internet points if they said they lied and said they were rivals.

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u/Jilin2014 6h ago

TL:DR player 2 in the video = rat

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u/No-Source-1810 12h ago

Maybe rival teams but those are BEST FRIENDS

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u/LionKingHoe 12h ago

“Cleated Rivalry”

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u/dean15892 10h ago

"Heated Chivalry"

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u/davewave3283 10h ago

“Seated Ribaldry”

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u/NY10 9h ago

wtf is wrong with you lol

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u/ThereIsAJifForThat 12h ago

Then they kithed

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u/BeezyBates 10h ago

You’re cute when you’re mad

Yeeeaah…you too

Hey remember when we played on the same team?

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u/Apyan 10h ago

We agreed to never talk about that night. Why are you talking about that night?

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 11h ago

Im choosing to believe you

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u/FeijenoorderRS 5h ago

Dumb ass AI upscaling

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u/serknotheknodel 2h ago

Yes, i don't understand how that isn't the first comment. It looks so bad, for a moment i thought their facial expressions were completely generated

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u/Bl4ckscream 1h ago

Really helps with telling apart what's completely made up and what's not. I miss the old internet..

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u/tossipeidei 1h ago

I thought this was a cut from a video game or something

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u/ChrisEvansFan 10h ago

Lmao what fanfics are made of.

Edit: Now we have Haaland and Jude who were both from Dortmund too. 

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u/MasterpieceAlone8552 5h ago

Dortmund is just one big sex club for the boys

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u/Former_Stay5853 12h ago

I fckn miss them two! Reus and Lewidowski??

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u/milkshakeofdirt 4h ago

Why does this look like ai? Was it touched up?

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u/Roraxn 55m ago

AI Upscaling. A stupid trend.

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u/greenrangerguy 10h ago

That dortmund connection. Bellingham and Haaland have the same vibes.

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u/Inthiran7 5h ago

They're friends, you-who-watch-football-every- - four-years.

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u/Kiblette 12h ago

They practically have the same face…

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u/Tripple_T 10h ago

More like to old teammates meeting after one of them was bought by the opposition

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u/Mortal-Instrument 6h ago

Not actually rivals, the rivals for Dortmund would be Schalke and not Bayern. This is just former teammates meeting again.

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u/C137Sheldor 8h ago

Why does it look like AI

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u/Vancleave053 6h ago

Probably because there is some AI filter used to make the image quality better

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u/Bozumunga 6h ago

Football* maybe

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u/Rogue_Centric 4h ago

People who know nothing about football farming karma with misinformation about football.

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u/ArcherBoy27 2h ago

Everywhere should ban content with the plastic looking AI filter over it. It's everywhere.

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u/OldCardigan 11h ago

Two of my favorites ever... BVB had so many good players

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u/BadassFlexington 10h ago

They just hoovered up all the talent from the rest of the Bundesliga

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u/Anduril24 11h ago

Not gonna lie, this made me smile :)

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u/Sensitive_Ad_1271 11h ago

It must have been love, but it's over now

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u/JiveTurkey2727 10h ago

Reus made me a football fan

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u/No_Drop_7684 9h ago

Heated rivalry, anyone…

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u/PokemonLv10 7h ago

Reus and Lewandowski lol

They played together in Dortmund, before Lewa moved to Bayern

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u/JimPanse85687 7h ago

"Two rival soccer players tryna intimidate each other before a match."

- Two friends

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u/YourAverageBrownDude 7h ago

Gotze Reus Lewandowski

What a trio man. That Dortmund team was so special. Challenged Bayern in their prime

Huge respect to Reus for staying as long as he did

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u/Timely_Method_2636 6h ago

football* not soccer

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u/Electrical-Top1366 6h ago

That's Lewandowski and Reus. They aren't rivals, they used to play together for a long time at BvB. This is them playing each other after Lewa left Dortmund.

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u/Exotic_Banana9016 3h ago

such heated rivalry

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u/paulwood007 3h ago

Tell you're not a football fan without telling me

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u/swordfish-ll 11h ago

The real Heated Rivalry

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u/Moist-Agency1366 9h ago

This title makes me want to throw myself of a building

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u/iraber 7h ago

Least obvious karma farming from a clueless American

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u/TamZanite 9h ago

This is the most AI shit I’ve ever seen and it’s actually pissing me the fuck off that no one seemingly has called that in the 2hrs it’s been posted for. WTF???

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u/Pretend-Activity-533 9h ago

It's a real video, it's just upscaled (poorly) using AI.

Here's the original video. I'm honestly not sure why they bothered to upscale it, it looks fine as it is.

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u/TamZanite 9h ago

Somehow that pisses me off more

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u/IRockIntoMordor 6h ago

This ugly plastic doll filter AI upscale will be a bane of the internet, just like beauty filters on social media, the Fortnite aesthetic in almost all video games these days or stretched video was before.

People will not care / not even notice and from then it becomes ubiquitous.

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u/somethingoddgoingon 5h ago

Lmao i know it's real in your vid but why does Lewandowski still look and move like a character in a game cut scene

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u/ArcherBoy27 2h ago

That original video is way more preferrable than this plastic looking trash upscaling. There was nothing wrong with the original.

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u/addollz 9h ago

This clip is like 10 years old man.

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u/CanIHazSumCheeseCake 12h ago

"Stoooop" "Noooo, you stoooop"

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u/BRAX7ON 11h ago

Showing teeth is a sign of aggression. Do not mistake that smile for friendship. They’re going to bite each other to death!

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u/c0g3nt 7h ago

what is soccer?

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u/Fanserker 9h ago

When your bros playing for rival team

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u/KamelNova 8h ago

My boy Bobby!!

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u/Peachy_sunday 8h ago

Now kiss!

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u/verlociraptor 8h ago

Now KISS

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u/Captain__Marvel 5h ago

*Now kiss*

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u/afhdfh 5h ago

I ship them.

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u/Top_Argument8442 5h ago

Trying. It’s two more letters. You must have gone to a horrible school or paid zero attention.

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u/Lion_100 4h ago

Dude it’s football and yeah that’s Robert and Marco

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u/Kunemlavt24 4h ago

Brothers on n off the pitch

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u/Bakedeggss 2h ago

They spoke like an hour of conversation in just 4 seconds with their eyes

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u/Just_Ease5476 34m ago

You lot know nothing about football lmfaooo

u/Audigy1 24m ago

There was an attempt: to keep a straight face when trying to be competitive with your bestie.

Or something probably.

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u/RickedSab 7h ago edited 6h ago

And after the match, they locked eyes again, tension dripping, they don’t know how they end up being close, breathing each other’s breath, one glance at the mouth then back to the eyes and then, BAM! They kissed and fucked and live happily ever after lol

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u/sethunter7887 6h ago

get some help weirdo

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u/RickedSab 6h ago

This is Reddit. What are you on about little boi

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u/SHAQBIR 6h ago

Heated Rivalry.

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u/Atown-Staydown 12h ago

A huge fan and Marco Reus.

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u/0Lu0 12h ago

It's AI

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 11h ago

Its not.

https://www.reddit.com/r/borussiadortmund/comments/34gmsd/reus_and_lewandowski_smiling_at_each_other_before/

11 year old post with the same video.

The players are Reus and Lewandowski, who both played for Dortmund for a while until Lewandowski moved to Dortmunds rival Bayern.

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u/kinezumi89 11h ago edited 11h ago

I would say "why is no one else saying it's AI" but they're probably all bots

Edit: I understand now it's not AI but you can't tell me you don't see the wild filter! Their faces and hair look like plastic. I get that I was wrong, additional downvotes are not necessary lol

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u/elMurpherino 10h ago

The video while real def has some shit filter or ai upscaling to it. Whole thing looks like it’s cgi

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 11h ago

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u/kinezumi89 11h ago

How about that! There's definitely some kind of weird filter, their faces and hair look so smooth and uniform and plasticy compared to the footage you shared, which made me think it was AI. Why would someone apply a filter to a video of soccer players?

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 11h ago

Oh yeah I definitely see a filter now.

No idea why because they did look off but I did remember this moment when I watched that game lol

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u/Outofmana1 12h ago

Looks like they secretly want to bump each other.

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u/Tight_Heron1730 10h ago

Oh, you’re a sociopath? Me too

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u/EncapsulatedTime 10h ago

Blimey, Fifa graphics have really improved

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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 12h ago

Brokeback Stadium

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u/CapaciousButthole 9h ago

Then they had a passionate night of wild lovemaking. The end.

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u/Key-Hat-650 7h ago

Looks gay to me