The Sidemen 2023 charity match was another success for the YouTube group after an entertaining and enjoyable day at West Ham United's London Stadium.
Over £2.4million was raised for a number of charities, more than double the figure raised in last year's event at the Valley Stadium. The game itself provided a spectacle for the 62,000 supporters in attendance on Saturday with Sidemen FC winning 8-5.
A number of moments throughout the day have instantly become popular on social media including former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg having a yellow card Uno reversed by YouTuber Max Fosh, iShowSpeed missing a penalty and KSI scoring a bizarre own goal.
One player who did impress was FIFA YouTuber Manny, brother of Sidemen member TBJZL. He was one of the Sidemen's top performers with a hat-trick past streamer xQc. However, the FIFA streamer has been on the receiving end of some backlash from supporters for simply taking the game too serious.
Supporters on social media accused the 27-year-old of trying too hard after going for goal instead of passing to teammate Vikkstar. On Sunday morning, he replied to the backlash on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Weirdos acting like I'm the first to score a hat-trick in the charity match," he wrote.
"If you watch the others back I'm always unselfish passing to whoever, gave a penalty to Vikk but all of a sudden I've ruined the game. I had four shots. I wasn't even going to shoot till JJ (KSI) complained at us."
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In a second post, he continued: "I would've passed to Vikk if he wasn't offside that's the only reason I shot. He even apologised to me. I was begging Speed and Filly to score, it's not that deep.
"Stop being weird. It was an amazing occasion. Money raised for charity and dreams fulfilled for so many people."
