100 Hours To Meet 100 Footballers

My biggest challenge yet – can I meet 100 footballers in 100 hours?
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This is me,
about to meet Rodri at the Ballon d’Or and he’s just one of 100 footballers
I’m trying to meet in the next 100 hours. And the first one is Antoine Griezmann. Nice to meet you. So I’m the first one then?
-Number one. But now that I’ve met Griezmann
we’re going to be working our way up through the tiers of football
before finishing at the Ballon d’Or. But we begin at level one
where I’ll be meeting footballers as they arrive for a match. Don’t leave me hanging like he did. Good luck tonight all right?
All right man, good luck. But this wasn’t just any football match. This was the biggest match
of these players’ lives in the Europa Conference League,
which meant some legendary footballers were turning up to watch the game. And while I was greeting the squad, I even met
their coach who was a former footballer too. Question, any ex-footballer counts? They need to be a pro.
-Pro, ex-pro. And someone who ticked that
box was Manchester United legend Patrice Evra, who I wanted to
add to the 10 footballers I’d met so far. And once he’d finished his speech,
I was invited into his private box where I introduced myself. Patrice, I haven’t met you yet. I’m trying
to meet 100 footballers in 100 hours. The first footballer we met
earlier today was Antoine Griezmann and we’re going to
the Ballon d’Or on Monday. But it wasn’t just footballers
I’d meet at the Ballon d’Or as I also bumped into iShow Speed. Let me sign the play button. You’ll sign it.
Do you think we can meet 100? Easy. But I had a suspicion there could
be another footballer in our box, my friend and YouTuber Nico Leonard.
But I wanted to make sure he qualified. So this would have been similar
to the level you played at? No, I played at a higher level. He says he played at a
higher level than this, he counts. That’s you.
-I’m a number! And once I’d watched the footballers
I’d met play the first half of the game, I went looking for more
with the help of my friend. Excuse me, mate. Quick question.
Are you an ex-footballer? Yeah, why? I’m John, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you. So I’m doing a video where
I’m going to meet 100 ex-pros, or pros. There’s a few in here, look. Really? Nice to meet you, I’m John.
What’s your name? Albert. Albert, lovely to meet you. I’m John. Nice
to meet you, Jeff. So one, two, three. [indistinct chatter and laughter] Another one! There’s two there. Lads, nice to meet you. I’m John.
Nice to meet you. How are you? I’m John, nice to meet you. I’m the middle man here. Unbelievable! And my friend was right as I bumped
into former Northern Ireland captain Gareth Macaulay. Nice to meet you, I’m John.
Can you be a footballer that I’ve met? An ex-footballer? An ex that counts. [laughter] And after a successful start to our challenge
in Ireland, it was time for level two. Hour 23 and we’re falling behind.
We have 18 players so far, but we’re about to meet a load because
Wickham Wonders have invited us down and I’m going to see how many players
will meet me and sign my shirt. Let’s go. I’m John, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, mate. You all right? How’s things. How are you? In this- Where? Wherever you pick. You can have the nipple if you want it.
[laughter] How you doing? I’m John, lovely to meet you. John, nice to meet you. I’m Sam, you okay? Yes, how are you? Good man, good man. How’s the body feeling? Good, what you’re up to? Have you heard? 100 club, no, 100… Players in 100 hours. Nice, what number am I? 21. 21, nice. It’s my birthday. Where do you want? I’ll take the nipple. We’re going for the nipple. Hi, thanks, man. Nice to meet you. How are you?
Do you mind signing the shirt, please? Is that okay? Thank you. Look, you’re number 22 and 23. Oh, come on, lads. 24, just getting all over me. What’s happening, boys? Nice to meet you. How’s things? There’s another two,
so we’re up to 26 players, mate. How are you, man? I’m John. Jasper, how are you? Would you mind signing the shirt? Thank you. You got dirty, didn’t you? You’re putting in a shift. I know, yeah. That’s what I do. Day to day. That’s it, lads. How we doing, man? Nice to meet you. How’s things? Nice to meet you. How’s things? How we doing? I’m going to just throw pens at people and try and meet as many as I can. How we doing, lad? How’s things? We’re next to the big SV. Oh, amazing. You’re going
for the nipple as well, then? Yeah, get away. You’re no… [laughter] I met more and more footballers and they were all
interested in my challenge. What’s the plan, how many? 100 in 100 hours. We’re ending at the Ballon d’Or. We had Antoine Griezmann
and Patrice Evry yesterday. Ouff. Good. Man like Grizou. Yeah. We’ve had a few, so I don’t know. We’ll get to Ballon d’Or. Who is the biggest player
you reckon you’re gonna meet? Still him.
He’s still the best player, though. Yeah? You the best player so far? No. It’s him then Griezmann.
-Yeah. Pick your place, man. I’m John, nice to meet you. Sorry, nice to meet you. How’s things? Your hair’s fabulous. Thank you very much. I’m John, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, Caleb. How’s it going, man? Nice to meet you.
Joe. How’s things? How are you, Joe?
-Yeah, I’m good. Sorry, I’m… So what teams are you guys… Where are we going, Brentford? And then we’ve got the Ballon d’Or. It’s the kind of… We’re at the Ballon d’Or. Wycombe to the Ballon d’Or. Yeah. I wonder if we’ve met
a future Ballon d’Or winner yet. How are you, mate? How’s things? Nice to meet you.
I’m John. I’m Brody, nice to meet you. How you doing? Jack. How’s things, Jack? How are you? Look at them big pecks. That’s it. Oh, yeah, a bit tense. You seen that? Nearly halfway there. How’s things? Beryly. All good. 77 hours left and you’re number 42. Ah, lovely. Lovely to meet you, all right? Good to meet you. Look after yourself, okay? Thank you, man. But I wanted to make sure
I met every player possible as meeting footballers at the
Ballon d’Or was going to be much harder. You are number 46. [laughter] We’re nearly halfway. And we have another 76 and a half hours. Nice to meet you. How’s things? You too, yeah. I’m John. How are you? I’m all good. I was saying, you know
whenever you hear the stories of Ronaldo being on the
training ground after everyone else? Yeah. That’s you today. Yeah. [laughter] And look at that. One more to my tally. We’re up to 47 footballers. Oh, wow. Yeah, we’ve got loads
and here’s another one. Thank you. How’s things, man? Nice to meet you. I’m John. Yes. The ticker is because you’re
the 48th footballer I’ve met in the last 24 hours. That’s the size of our squad, isn’t it?
[laughter] Honestly. You’re the last one, I think. Yeah, I’m always last in. And after a ridiculously successful
session at Wycombe Wanderers, it was time to meet some
Premier League players. Hour 46 and we’re going
up the leagues again. We’re here at Brentford
who’ve invited us down to greet them before
they go to their match today. We’re on 48 so far. I want to come out of here with 70. And look who’s just arrived. We said hello to the gaffer. Did he play professionally? I’m John. Nice to meet you. How are you? I’m good. How’re you? Very well, thank you. Good luck today. Thank you so much. Can I ask you a question? Always. Were you a professional
footballer at any stage? No. We’re trying to meet 100 professional
or ex-professionals in 100 hours. I can’t add you to the ticker,
unfortunately. Oh, no. [laughter] That’s crazy. I know.
-I’m a professional coach. I know, a professional coach. We’re looking for footballers. [laughter] Do you know any? We’ll have a few coming in. But I’ll try to be a better coach so I can make more
professional footballers. Brilliant. And then you can just
feed them to me to click in. Yeah. Good man. Good luck today. Lovely to meet you, okay? Cheers. What a nice guy. He’s going to just keep feeding
the professionals to me. And the first Premier League
footballer he fed to me was youngster Jayden Meghoma. It’s nice to meet you. I’m John. How are you doing? Yeah, I’m good. Thanks. Are you having a good day? Yeah, all good. Thank you. Locked in? And once Jayden had signed my shirt, I met former Liverpool
player Fábio Carvalho. Nice to meet you. I’m John. How are you? I’m good. Would you mind signing my shirt for me? Yeah, of course. I’m all good, man. We’re trying to meet
100 footballers in 100 hours. How many have you met? You’re halfway. Halfway? You’re number 50.
Do you think we’ll get there? Yeah, I’m sure you’ll do it. Thank you so much. Good luck today, okay? But now things were about to get serious as an entire bus full of
Premier League footballers was arriving at the training ground. They can’t walk past. They come through this door
and he’s the bouncer. We won’t let them in unless they shake my hand.
-We’ll do our best. But the first interaction
I had was seriously awkward. All right, lad, nice to meet you. How’s things? Good luck today. Would you mind signing my shirt? I’m not playing. Oh, fucking hell, you look like one. [chuckles] I’ve been mudded there. Hello, man. How’re you?
Would you mind signing my shirt? Yes, sure. Thank you so much. How are you? Good, and you? I’m good. Nice to meet you. I’m John. Nice to meet you. I’m Wissa. Lovely to meet you, man. All the best. How’s it going, lad?
-Pretty good. How’s things?
-All good. You? All good. You excited for today? Yeah, of course. Oh, you’re the first one to go on the red. Need to switch it up sometimes.
-Thank you! How’s it going, man? Nice to meet you. How’s things?
-How are we doing? Nice to meet you. Trying to get as many on as we can. Thank you. How’s it going, lad? Nice to meet you. Is it athletes you want?
-Yeah. He doesn’t count. He’s a ‘keeper.
-Oh, no! [laughter] I’m taking everyone I can get, man. And Keono as well,
he doesn’t count, either. We’re trying to meet
100 footballers in 100 hours. Nice one. Good luck today. Thank you, man. All the best. How’s it going? This does make
it feel very transactional, doesn’t it? [laughter] How are you? I’m good. Thanks. You? Ah, we’re all good, man. How’s it going, lad? Nice to see you. How’s it going? An Irishman? I am, yeah. Whereabouts? Kildare, man. Kildare? Enjoy the day, all right. Cheers. How’s it going, lad? Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you. How’s things? How do you do?
-Oh, we’re all good. Just filling up with signatures and… All good, man. Good man. Enjoy the day, all right. Nice to meet you. How are you? Would you mind signing my shirt? I’m trying to meet
100 footballers in 100 hours. And we’re going to the
Ballon d’Or on Monday. Gonna meet quite a lot here, then. Yeah, so you’re number 62. [laughter] There you go man. Thanks a million, mate. Nice to meet you, okay? Cheers. 64. That’s it. Is that our final count?
Are we likely to have any stragglers? We can see if there’s a few around. We’ll go and see if
there’s a few stragglers. So we headed inside to where
the players relaxed before a match. Right, so we’ve got 64. Our man on the ground’s in
to try and find a few stragglers. I’m actually happy if this gets to 65 now. I think I would have been
happy with 64 before the day. How’s it going, man? How’s things? Nice to meet you. Thanks for coming out.
I know you’re chilling out. Would you mind signing my shirt for me? Of course. You can pick wherever you want. And once Kevin Shade had signed my shirt, I left the players to prepare for
their match and headed to the stadium, where I had a plan to
meet even more footballers. We’ve just bought two £100 tickets. We might find some legends
because we’ve got lounge tickets. Let’s go. And while I looked around the
hospitality section for more footballers, the team bosses arrived at the stadium. And while I’d met
most of the Brentford squad, I hadn’t met Bryan Mbeumo
or any of the Ipswich players yet. So that was my challenge for after the match. But back in the VIP lounge,
I spotted a group of former footballers. How’s it going, guys? How’s things? Nice to meet you. How are you? Good, man. Are you an ex-footballer? Once upon a time, yeah. We’re doing a video. We’re trying to meet
100 footballers or ex-footballers, pros. Well, there is three here. Three? Marcus Bent. Yes. Recognize him. Unbelievable. I hear you used to play for Brentford. Yeah, I used to play for Brentford. Yeah, 350 games. You’re joking me. 350. He was the top player, mate. I was…
I saw him play. He’s only just retired now. Just retired, is it? He retired at the end of last season. Lovely to meet you. How you doing? I’m John. Yes, that’s a great accent.
-I know. [laughter] That wasn’t, but yeah. I know. Trying to meet 100
footballers in 100 hours. You’re number 68. Three more? That’s going to come in clutch when we’re running around
the Ballon d’Or trying to find someone. And as the teams came out for kick-off,
my eyes were on one man. See that guy? It’s Mbeumo. I want him at full time. He’s the one I want. And although Ipswich went into the lead, Bryan Mbeumo scored two goals to help
Brentford pull off an amazing comeback. That is my guy. He has to sign it. He has to. And once the referee blew for full time, I headed to the player’s exit
to try and meet more footballers. We’re literally
in prime position here now. It’s just about how do
you make an Ipswich player stop. Need to keep this zipped up, don’t we? There’s one behind you. But he’s too far out of reach, isn’t he? I love being like, there’s one. Oh, excuse me, man. Can I get a photo? Can I get a photo? Is it okay? Thank you. Nice to meet you. I’m John. Nice to meet you.
-Have a good one, all right? And he’s our lucky 69 without knowing it. [laughter] I can see a Brentford player
that I haven’t met yet, Kristoffer Ajer. He’s injured. He must have been doing rehab. Kristoffer, how are you? You’re doing a challenge? Yes. Thank you so much for stopping. I missed you earlier. Of course. Pick wherever you want. Perfect. Lovely to meet you. You’re number 70. What?
-70. I’ll take that. Thank you, man. Thanks. He knew the craic. Apparently, I was going around
the Brentford WhatsApp group. Excuse me, mate. Can I get a photo? I’m not getting a photo. I didn’t say that loud enough. Literally, everyone I get here
takes pressure off the Ballon d’Or because they are going to be superstars. Excuse me, mate. Can I get a photo? Is that okay? Thank you so much. Nice to meet you. I’m John. Cheers, mate. Thanks. Absolutely counts. He said, nice to meet you. Can I clarify? It’s just men footballers. No, female professionals. Do you play football? For Brentford. Do you? Yeah. But you’re not professional. I’m not. Oh, that’s a killer. Excuse me, mate. Can I get a photo? Thank you very much. Oh, nice to meet you. I’m John. Nice to meet you. Big man, can I get a photo, please, Liam? Thank you, mate. How’s things? Fucking unlucky at the end there.
-I know, man. Nice to meet you.
-You too, mate. All the best. Lovely guy. Excuse me, man. Can I get a photo? Is that okay? Do you know that you are the
74th player I’ve met in the last two days? Would you like to click the button? Unlucky today. Okay? Cheers. How’s it going, man? Can I get a photo? Is that okay? Thank you, mate. Cheers. Unlucky today, okay? Wait there.
Does that count as meeting someone? Or did I forget to shake
the hand and say I met you? Controversial, just saying. [laughter] I got a photo. I met him. Yeah. Just- Conor, can I get a wee photo? Nice to meet you, I’m John. How are you, mate? Unlucky today, okay? Thank you for that. Appreciate it. Excuse me, man. Can I get a photo? Oh, in the mud. Wasted. [chuckles] Excuse me, mate. Can I get a wee photo? Yeah, sure. Thank you so much. How are you? Yeah, good, thank you.
-Tough game. Yeah, not a great one. Nice to meet you anyway. Cheers. 77. This is going great, but we’ve another
Premier League player tomorrow and we’re meeting him specifically. How’s it going? Can I get a photo, man? Is that okay? Thank you very much.
-Sorry mate. Unlucky today. Cheers, bro! Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you bud, cheers John. That’s a proper meeting. What a nice guy. 78. But while I was waiting to
meet more Ipswich players, I accidentally let a former
footballer walk right past me. Sone Aluko just walked straight past you. Who? Sone Aluko. Are you joking? He just walked straight past. But there was no way I was
missing Ipswich defender Leif Davis. Nice to meet you, I’m John. Nice to meet you. Safe home. That one definitely counts. That counts. Kalvin, can I get a photo, please? That’s definitely making the edit. Don’t do that to me. Kalvin, how’s it going, man? Nice to meet you, I’m John. Can I get a photo? Yeah, go on, mate.
-Thank you, mate. I appreciate it. Unlucky today. Cheers, mate. All right. He sold for savage money. Serious player. Vitaly, well done. Nice work. Already met him. But one of the Brentford players I
hadn’t met yet was goalkeeper Mark Flekken. I was at the training ground. Where were you? Training ground? Oh, I didn’t see you
at the training ground, man. Will you do me a favour and sign my shirt? Of course, of course. Thank you so much. Oh, you’re the first one to go up top. Do you know what that makes you? The 81st player. Oh, that’s good, that’s good. Let’s go to 100. We’re getting there. Thank you. Now the only Brentford player I needed
to meet was star man Bryan Mbeumo, who was making his way towards me. Bryan, how’s it going, man? You’re the last Brentford player
for me to collect a signature of. Nice, yeah, of course. Lovely to meet you. Well played today, man. Thank you. Can I ask you one more very quick favour? Can you click subscribe? And if Bryan Mbeumo subscribes,
you should too. 82 all out with the help of Brentford, but on to the next Premier League player. And I’d be meeting this
Premier League player in his own house. Let’s go. I’m a bit nervous. What’s happening, man? What’s good, brother? Nice to see you. How’s things?
How you doing? I’m good. Nice to meet you. Good to see you too.
Thank you so much for having us. You must have seen us coming up there. What’s good? Sorry, you’ve got to take your
shoes off. My mom will kill you. Yes. [laughter] It’s amazing. This is different. This is the first time ever in a
Premier League player’s house. Is it? Yeah. Well, it’s not really mine. It’s my mum’s.
-Your mum’s still. Yeah, still.
-Close enough. Close enough. Once I’d taken off my shoes,
I headed into Ola Aina’s kitchen, where I met his brother,
who’s actually a subscriber. My friends are jealous.
-Oh, really? You’ve seen the videos? I’ve seen, like, all of them. I just watched the latest one, like,
two days ago. You know, the Kobbie Mainoo. Yeah. He’s buzzing. [laughter] This is the reason you said yes.
[laughter] So, we’re trying to meet 100 footballers. You’ve met 82? 82. This is number 83. Do you want to hit it? Let him hit it. There you go. [laughter] 83, yeah. So, that leaves 17 to get at the Ballon d’Or, unless you know of any others. I do, you know that. Do you? Yeah, I know a few. Really? Yeah. Is it the type of thing where
you know them where you could like… Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Do you think you can add a couple to that? I think so, you know, maybe one or two. One or two? You want to try it? I didn’t know. I didn’t want to chance my arm. But if you’re game let’s do it. If we can get that to 85 before I walk out that leaves 15 to the Ballon d’Or. Yeah, I’ll call someone up. I don’t know, I’m kind of
excited for who it could be. Premier League? Championship?
Premier bro. Premier? Yeah. Let’s just see if he picks up. [laughter] Ola, you know! Aye, you’re on video. How are we? What are you saying? I’m doing fine. Where are you? Bro, we’re coming back
from Manchester still. Yeah, you’re not in ends? Nah I will be in the next three hours. [laughter] Get comfortable, boys. Because I’m here with John Nellis. I don’t know if you know him. Right, Alex, what’s happening, man? Come on, have a wee look. Obviously, he’s trying to
meet 100 footballers in 100 days, isn’t it? 100 hours. Oh, 100 hours. Oh, my bad. Yeah, so…
-How many has he met? 83. Nice to meet you. Does this count
as meeting or is this cheating? You’ve met him virtually, isn’t it? FaceTime counts. Oh, it’s not my rules. [laughter] There’s no rules. You can call the rule. It’s your phone. I think so, because I know if he was here, he would definitely come. 84.
-Yeah, I would’ve pulled up. [laughter] There you go, see? Oh, man. Next time. Next time, yeah. All right, then.
Cheers, man. Good luck, Thanks. See you later. Thanks for trying. It’s all right, no worries. It counts? It’s all right, it counts, man.
-It counts. 84! 84. I’m here to help. So who’s the most famous
player there you can call? Yeah, but he’s out of the country. Ademola Lookman. Oh, gee.
-He’ll be at the Ballon d’Or, you know. He’ll be there. You can tell the man
to come and say hello. I could, you know. I’ll be like, I was in your
mate’s mum’s house. Yeah. [laughter] Lookman, tell him to look out for me. Yeah, I will do. Please.
-I will shoot him a message. Do. Because I’m going to go up to him
and be like, Ola sent me to you. Yeah. [laughter] Right, see you later. See you later. I appreciate it, okay?
-Take care, mate. But now it was time to try and
meet the best footballers in the planet at the Ballon d’Or in Paris. We’re literally walking
into the Ballon d’Or and I brought my Ballon d’Or,
my YouTube plaque and I want 16 of the biggest
footballers in the world’s signatures. Let’s go. And the first footballer I saw arrive
was actually Ademola Lookman. So I went over to say hello. I was talking to Ola. Yeah, he messaged me.
-How are you doing, man? I’m good. How’re you?
-Would you mind signing my plaque for me? Yeah. Thank you so much. You’re the first. You want me to sign this, yeah? Yes, man. We’re trying to get
16 players to sign it tonight. Okay. You’re the first. Congratulations. Thank you, man. I appreciate that.
-Congratulations. You are the 85th footballer we’ve met. Yeah. [laughter] What made you
just come up with that? It’s what YouTube is, man. Yeah. Appreciate you. Honestly, lovely to meet you. Thank you. And then I spotted Speed. So I had to add his
signature to my YouTube plaque. Speed, will you sign this?
-Oh, look at that Play Button. Will you sign it? Let me sign that Play Button.
-You’ll sign it. Go on, go on.
-Let me sign a Play Button, man. Do you count? Do I count? We’re trying to meet
100 footballers in 100 hours. Well, try. So if you were a footballer,
you’d be number 86? Yeah, I’m a footballer. You’re going to claim a footballer? Yeah, I’m a footballer. Let’s do it. Portugal.
-Appreciate it, man. I play left back.
-Cheers. Speed’s a footballer, apparently. I’m not going to tell him he’s not. He’ll bark at me. We’re taking him as a footballer,
an honorary footballer. He plays for Portugal, doesn’t he? And while it was proving difficult to meet footballers on this side of the barrier, my friend Aviv was on the other side. Just 14 more. [laughter] 14 more. Do you want the
female footballers as well? Yeah, every footballer.
-I will get them over. You are a hero. And it didn’t take long for me to meet
my first female footballer of the video. Ballon d’Or nominee Mariona Caldentey. Unbelievable. Would you sign my plaque for me, please? I would be honored. We’re trying to meet
100 footballers in 100 hours. And you’re number 87. Not a bad number. Yeah. [laughter] Just 13 more to go. Thank you very much. Lovely to meet you. And then I added Atlanta manager and
former player Gian Piero Gasperini. Why? Because I’m trying to get up to meet 100
footballers or ex-footballers in 100 hours. And you’re number 88. Lovely to meet you. Have a good night. Thank you. We’re actually flying now. We’re cooking. This is going to plan. Four! We are a quarter of
the way through our night’s goal. Four out of 16. 12 to go. And although Argentina players
Emi Martinez and Alejandro Garnacho walked right past me,
the fans outside started to go crazy, which meant there must be
a huge footballer arriving. Do you know who that was? No. We’ll find out. That’s a lot of noise. That’s a lot of noise, isn’t it? Do you think that’s like the full Man City team or something? But it wasn’t Manchester City players. It was Barcelona players and
now I just needed to try and meet them. Will anyone stop? Surely someone will stop. There’s people everywhere. There’s so much competition
to get this thing signed. The first Barcelona player to
arrive was Lamine Yamal. Lamine, will you sign my plaque? Oh, Lamine! He’s literally- I can see him. I’m shouting at a 17-year-old
and didn’t even get a reward. But the next Barcelona player
to arrive was Pau Cubarsi and although it looked like
he was going to walk straight past, he started heading towards the fans. And after taking selfies with everyone,
it was time to meet him. Pau, could you sign this, please? Thank you so much. Lovely to meet you, I’m John. Oh, the pen! Oh, no! Thank you. 89, 11 to go. And the next player to try and
meet was Barcelona midfielder Dani Olmo who signed autographs
and took photos with fans but sadly walked off before
I could meet him. But then I spotted
Chelsea legend Didier Drogba. Drogba is over there and
I would kill for a signature. I would literally kill
for a signature, everybody. [laughter] And when Drogba had finished his interview he went straight to the fans
and signed my friend’s football. But he left before I could meet him, too. The thing is that your plaque is too big.
The ball is- You get it through. And as the fans went crazy outside,
the security had pushed us back so I couldn’t meet PSG players
Vitinha or João Neves. But then I got lucky. Sorry, man, I am. No, no! 1 million. Ah! Yeah, 1 million. But hopefully you’ll get us to 10. [laughter] Love to do it! You’ll subscribe now. Good luck and all the best. We need a new pen. Look at this. But Dani Olmo, what a nice guy. He said sorry because
he avoided me last time. He didn’t need to. And over the other side,
football legend Luis Figo was being interviewed as Savinho
walked on by without stopping. But then Figo came over to
add his signature to my plaque. Thank you very much. Thank you, lovely to meet you. Luis. I’ve just spotted Djibril Cisse over there. He’s working. But whenever he’s off the clock,
I might be able to get him. But then Rodri arrived. And although he limped
past me on his crutches, I was going to get another chance
to meet him in a few hours. But one player who was just chilling
was Inter Milan goalkeeper Yann Sommer who came over to sign my plaque. I appreciate it. How are you? Congratulations. Thank you, man, I appreciate it. Nice to meet you. Lovely to meet you. Have a good night. Thank you. What a lovely guy. This is Yann Sommer. Only eight to go. And that’s Hakan Çalhanoğlu. Hakan, thank you so much. You’re welcome. I hear you pull. Oh. You have one-
-One million. Thank you, man, I appreciate it. Lovely to meet you. Have a good one. Hakan Çalhanoğlu puts us on 93. We’re getting close. Let’s get Cisse. He’s finished his shift. Djibril, thank you so much. How are you? I’m good. Oh, thank you, my man. Legend. Thank you. I appreciate it. 94. Six to go. But now it was time to
head into the ceremony. I’m at the Palindrome. But my excitement wore off when my friends
told me the footballers they had met. No way. [laughter]
And now the ceremony was underway, it gave me a great opportunity
to see which players I had met and which players I had still to meet. And when they were all lined up, it made me realize just how
many players I hadn’t met yet. I sat back and enjoyed the ceremony, watching Yamal win his award and once I’d watched
Rodri lift the Ballon d’Or, my attention turned back to my challenge. We’ve 30 minutes left. Just over. I’m going to try and
get them on the way out. And it didn’t take long for me
to spot a legendary footballer, World Cup winner, Marcel Desailly. Excuse me. Nice to say hello. It’s lovely to meet you.
-How’re you? I’m John. Did you have a good night?
You look tired. I’m just sitting. [laughter] Can I actually ask you
to do something a bit bigger? Sign this for me. I’ll sign, yes. Is that okay? Yes!
-Thank you so much. This is my YouTube plaque. So I got this.
-1 million. Yeah. And I’m trying to get lots
of footballers’ signatures and I’m honoured to have yours. 25 minutes, five to go. And once I made my way downstairs, I spotted Emi Martinez. Emi Martinez right there. Emi, can you sign my plaque for me? Thank you so much. Congratulations!
Thank you sir! Absolute hero. Thank you so much. That’s the best one yet. Look at that. Best goalie in the world. Thank you. Lovely to meet you. Thank you. What! The best goalkeeper in the world? And now there were footballers everywhere, but the next one
I spotted was an Italian legend. Fabio Capello, let’s go. Excuse me, Fabio. Can I ask you to do me
the honour of signing this? Absolutely. Thank you so much. You having a good night? There it is. Number?
-That’s you. You’re number 97. And as I said goodbye to
Capello and Gasperini, I spotted another legend. Lovely guy. Oh, another one. Excuse me. Would you do me the honour
of signing my plaque? Sure.
-Thank you so much. Did you have a good night? Yes, it was nice. I really appreciate that.
-Looks good. Thank you. Lovely to meet you. I’m John. All the best. Thanks man! Right, 10 minutes left. Two to go. And just like that, I spotted
two more footballers in the distance. We’re about to get them. We’re about to complete the
challenge with eight minutes to spare. Hummels and Dovbyk are right there. We can’t lose them. Our last two, I’m going to
wait for them to come to me. It’s like fishing. Just come on. Come on!
If I lose them now, I’ll be gutted. John, did you get Harry Kane? No. He’s coming. Is he here? Harry. Harry. Harry. Harry. Harry, please. Harry’s gone. Right, we need to run.
We need to run the other way. Let’s just go looking.
Let’s go to the front foot. I’m not letting them come to me
anymore because they’re escaping. Oh, mate, we lost them
there on the other side. I’m not even joking.
They’re on the other side now. Is that de la Fuente, the Spain coach? Excuse me. Would you sign my plaque for me? Yes. Thank you so much. You do me the honor. Here? Yeah. Thank you so much. The pen’s running out. Thank you so much. Nice to meet you. All the best. Okay. Nice to meet you. Thank you. I definitely met him. You can’t say I didn’t meet him. And we have one more to go. One more to go. But who would be the
100th player that I would meet? Lamine! But although I couldn’t meet Yamal, the Ballon d’Or winner, Rodri, appeared. The Ballon d’Or winner’s right there. He could be my 100th signature. So I stood back and waited for my
turn to meet the Ballon d’Or winner, watching him take selfies and
even be interviewed by someone. But then, sadly, I watched him limp off. Oh my days. [crying] I need this game. But with Rodri gone, I made my way to the front of the queue, only needing to meet one more
footballer to complete my challenge. Mats. Mats, would you sign my plaque? Oh, thank you so much. You’re the 100th footballer
I’ve met in 100 hours. [laughter] I swear. Will you click that button for me? Of course. I just click here? You’re number 100. We did it. Thank you. What an achievement. We did it. Yes. Thank you. Oh, we did it. Subscribe.