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Your support makes all the difference.The most popular sports videos of week as viewed on YouTube at 10:00 UTC, Wednesday May 26, are topped by Nike's three minute epic Write The Future commercial, as directed by the Oscar nominated and Cannes prize-winning Alejandro Inarritu (Amores Perros, Babel, 21 Grams). The short was most viewed not only in sports videos but across the entire website.
Gathering 8.5 million views in ten days, the advert features a host instantly recognisable stars of world football playing out their footballing nightmares and fantasies inside what can only be a theatre of dreams packed to the rafters with roaring fans.
Taking center stage are Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Wayne Rooney (England), Franck Ribery (France), Ronaldinho (Brazil), and Ronaldo (Portugal).
Found elsewhere in the chart are a wondergoal scored by Inca of Sol de America, highlights from the UEFA Champions League final, an 11 vs 200 tribute match, Shannon Brown of the LA Lakers missing out on a spectacular dunk, and Diego Maradona's car runs into a waiting reporter.
1) Nike Write The Future - Full Length Version - 8,455,633 total views
2) 'Inca's Goal - Sol de America vs. Olimpia' - 4,804,080 total views
3) Nike Write The Future - Homer Simpson vs Cristiano Ronaldo - 520,314 total views
4) Inter - Champions League 2009/10 winner - 481,218 total views
5) 'Athletico's most difficult game - tribute to Joseba Etxeberria' - 494,285 total views
6) The biggest grudge match in UFC history - 384,928 total views
7) Dude Perfect - Airplane Shot - 376,123 total views
8) Shannon Brown nearly murders Jason Richardson - 804,068 total views
9) 'Maradona knocks down a journalist' - 308,066 total views
10) Nike Write The Future - Full Length Version - 328,768 total views
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