Rodri and Gabriel Jesus trade training-ground footwork impressions

ESPN FC's fast-starting Short swaps match analysis for a playful exchange, with viewers spotting a reminder of Raheem Sterling.

Channel: ESPN FC Story of October 14, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 181,797 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (15,029).

The footwork on both of them 😭 (via @fcbarcelona/TT)

Rodri doesn't even put down his water bottle before starting the impression. With the ball at his feet, he exaggerates a series of quick, choppy steps, turns across the training pitch and eventually chips a pass toward Gabriel Jesus.

Jesus controls it out of the air and gives the performance straight back, copying the exaggerated running and dribbling as he passes Rodri. No explanation is needed, and no speech is heard: the joke is all in the movement.

The clip has brought ESPN FC more than 120,000 views in its first half-day. Its estimated first-day audience is roughly twelve times the channel's usual start for a Short, an unusually strong response to a small training-ground exchange.

ESPN FC credits Barcelona's TikTok account for the footage. Rodri and Jesus previously played together at Manchester City, giving the exchange a familiar connection without establishing when this particular session was filmed.

Alongside panel discussions about Barcelona's winning start and Manchester United's defeat, this upload offers something much less formal. In the comments, several viewers connect the final stretch of footwork with Raheem Sterling, another former City teammate.

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The numbers

The Short has already drawn an unusually large early audience. Its first-day estimate is a projection, rather than a completed day's total.

the video's first day

usual first day here

15,029

this video

181,797

subscribers

5,390,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

5,093,018,759

views per day

2,180,057

typical day: 1,467,563

the video

views

124,130

likes

2,842

comments

45

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Chelsea Football Club

6,490,000

TNT Sports Football

6,480,000

Sky Sports Premier League

6,040,000

Arsenal

5,800,000

ESPN FC

5,390,000

Tottenham Hotspur

5,000,000

As of October 14, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.