Last night’s screening of Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco‘s The Match, a highly intelligent, perfectly edited and fully rousing recollection of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, was rapturously received inside the Salle Debussy, to put it mildly.
I am not a sports hound, of course, and have never, ever watched a soccer game anywhere (pro or amateur), and I truly loved the second half of this film. (The first half is fine.) I felt truly elated by the wondrous athleticism of the late Diego Maradona…26 when the game was played, 60 when he passed in 2020.
Cabral and Franco cover all the engaging angles and side-stories, the whole Falklands War backdrop…all of it. Extra-special praise for the editing team of Lucas Coppolechia, Sebastian Fasanelli, Juan Pablo Scaglione and Mauro Caporossi.
I’ve no explanation for having mis-spelled the word “standing.”