5 Football Themed Movies to Accompany During Pandemic

DBasia.news – The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt throughout the world. The big impact was also felt by football lovers who could no longer watch the match because the competition was suspended.

Football matches around the world, including the world’s top leagues such as the Premier League, Serie A and LaLiga, had to be stopped in order to prevent further spread of the Corona virus. The European Football Agency, UEFA, also made the decision not to continue the rest of the Champions League and Europa League matches in 2019-2020 until an unspecified time limit.

To treat the longing of soccer enthusiast Netflix presents a number of films and documentaries on the club’s history, matches, and the world’s top football legends.

The English Game

This original series tells the origin of football and the feud of two groups of people in England – the aristocracy and the workers – in the sport that is now the most popular in the world, and is the starting point for the FA Cup.

Sunderland ‘Till I Die

The original documentary series that tells the struggle of the English club, Sunderland, to return to victory in the Premier League season 2017-2018 after being relegated.

The second season of the series has been airing since the beginning of April this year. Focuses in telling how the club’s new owner, Stewart Donald, and Executive Director, Charlie Methven trying to save the club from financial problem that dragged them out of the third tier of the English league.

Becoming Champions

The documentary series features stories of football legends and World Cup-winning countries. Including interviews with several World Cup winners such as Lothar Matthaus, the captain of the German national team at the 1990 World Cup who managed to bring German champions, Rivaldo, one of the Ro-Ro-Ri trio (Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Rivaldo) who successfully led Brazil to win the 2002 World Cup.

There was also George Cohen, one of England’s right-backs at the 1966 World Cup, who made England the world champion for the first time.

Maradona in Mexico

Who does not know Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona? He is famous for his “God hand” goals and managed to bring the Argentine team to win the 1986 World Cup.

This time the story was recorded in a documentary series that shows Maradona’s efforts to save the second division team Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico.

Antoine Griezmann: The Making of a Legend

Antoine Griezman is a French soccer player. This original Netflix film tells Griezmann’s struggle to become one of the best soccer players in the world who brought France won the 2018 World Cup.