At the time, the future England captain was still a Tottenham schoolboy. So can Munoz provide a blockbuster storyline for Newcastle's season? They might need him to, given that two of their final four matches are against Liverpool and Manchester City Tap into a heart-to-heart between Kevin and Stacey about persistence in the face of difficulties.
Eight players battle on The Tournament in nail-biting tug-of-war quiz matches, hosted by Alex Scott. Everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football. Analysis and opinion from our chief football writer. How to get into football - the most popular sport in the world, with clubs and facilities throughout the UK. Santiago Munoz has, so far, never helped Newcastle United qualify for the Champions League Newcastle United fans have been doing a double take after learning the name of the young Mexican striker they signed on transfer deadline day - because he sounds like a character from a movie.
View more on twitter. Goofs In the story Newcastle have 3 matches left and since they're trying to qualify for a place in a European competition, logically it is the end of the season.
Yet, we see that Newcastle sign Gavin Harris around the same time so that they could win the remaining matches which is impossible because a club can only sign a player in the summer or winter break.
They can sign a player during the season but he would not be eligible to play for the new club. Quotes Santiago Munez : The only one who can tell me I'm not good enough is you. User reviews Review. Top review. A Film with a Heart. Yes, this is another sports biography that offers a stage on which to play out the drama of the possibilities of dreams of the disenfranchised to become a reality. There are many, many films like this one and will doubtless be more: something there is about the 'team spirit' in the identity crisis of whether or not the poor financially new guy will be able to make the physical grade that draws large audiences.
It is a formula and it often works despite weak structure and production values. In the case of GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS the viewer can put aside the doubts as to whether the film can make it on its own: this little low profile movie is well written Mike Jefferies's story adapted for the screen by Adrian Butchart , well directed by Danny Cannon who knows well how to integrate live sports scenes into the drama, and consistently well acted by a troop of excellent actors, beginning with the very vibrant, handsome, and charismatic Kuno Becker 'Lucia, Lucia', 'Imagining Argentina', 'Once Upon a Wedding', 'English as a Second Language' , a 28 year old Mexican actor with an assured future in the lead role of Santiago.
The story is secondary: as a child devotee of soccer Santiago immigrates illegally into the US with his family, grows up in Los Angeles working as a gardener, a dishwasher and other menial tasks while he consumes his spare time with developing his unique talents for soccer. Despite his father's insistence that he remain with the family business of gardening, Santiago is discovered by a scout on vacation from England, a bond develops and soon Santiago is off to Newcastle to pursue his dream of being a professional soccer player.
The rest is pretty obvious - the ups and downs of an asthmatic kid competing in the wild world of sports. The star of the moment is Alessandro Nivola and despite the differences in their goals and social life they become friends who help each other in tender ways. There is of course a love interest, telephone calls and encouragement form Santiago's grandmother, adjustments to life in the UK -all altering the road toward Santiago's eventually attained goal.
The film is a bit lengthy two hours for the content, but then we understand this is the first of a trilogy, so get used to the story and the characters as they all remain constant for the next two installments. Whatever reservations you may have about sitting through another predictable sports movie just relax them: Kuno Becker alone is worth the time invested in this very fine little film.
See Goal III page for full synopsis. Santi breifly returns to Real Madrid , however he has no success. In order to jump-start his career again, Santiago returns to Newcastle. This makes his partner Roz happy as she is originally from the area, as seen in the first movie. They have a child here. The fifth goal was a spectacular overhead kick by Santi, which was later awarded goal of the season by UEFA.
Due to this, Santi then wins the Ballon D'Or award. Here they manage to win the Russian Premier League going unbeaten all season, capping a memorable season off with a away win at FC Zenit.
See Goal 5: Revenge of the Goalkeeper for full synopsis. Santi later dies in hospital, bringing the dream to an end. Santiago was named in the Mexican team for the FIFA World Cup, but after being involved in a car accident during a pre-tournament trip to Romania, he suffers serious injuries and is unable to play.
Out of five times he got it just once. He was like, 'You know what you've got the role. There's always a step further you can go. The impact of the Goal franchise is massive. Becker gets called 'Santiago' "all the freakin time" and was told by a tearful Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez that one of the reasons he loves football so much is because he used to watch the film with his mother growing up. What's more, Magpies striker Callum Wilson recently became the latest in a long line of players to cite the film as swaying his decision to make the move to the North East.
Becker had only been to the United Kingdom once before he ended up tearing it alongside the one and only Gavin Harris and "didn't know anything" about Newcastle. However, 'the Mexican Geordie' grew to love everything about the club and city on the whole - from black pudding right through to Geordies - even though he thought they were speaking German at first. I would love it. Why not? I love that place. I had a great time there, incredibly great experiences and the movie means a lot to me.
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