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Everyone has their favourite football film. Escape to Victory, Fever Pitch, Bend it Like Beckham, the list goes on.
However, one such film was not only well revered for its ability to encapsulate the emotions of the sport, but lauded for simultaneously intertwining realism with the addition of actual football clubs and iconic stars.
Goal.
While this is no ode to the 2006 picture, the story of Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior goes almost hand-in-hand with the cult film.