Synopsis
Disc 1. Goal!:
"I´ve spent muddy dyas watching young lads beat the hell out of each other. But once in a while, there´s one that comes along and lifts your heart."
When Santiago Munez crossed the Mexican border into America at the age of 10, he had two things in his possession: his soccer ball and a tattered picture of the World Cup.
Working menial jobs while growing up in Los Angeles, Santiago´s (Kuno Becker) passion was playing soccer, Convincing his father that he could be and international football star was another story: "There are two types of people in this world," declares the elder Munez, "People in big house, and people like us who cut their lawns and wash their cars."
But when Brit Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane), an amiable former football player and sometime scout spots Santiago at a local match, he recognizes a deft, fast and brave footballer the kind of talent that the English Premier League Club, Newcastle United, is hungry for..
Disc 2. Goal II: Living the Dream:z
Real Madrid beckcons for the Toon Army's favourite placer: Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker). Whilst his fiancé (Roz played by Anna Friel) plans their wedding in Newcastle, he realises every footballer's dream and gets to weat the legendary white shirt alongside David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Raul.
Mirroing the paths of many footballing legends before him, Santiago, in the second part of the trilogy, basks in the glory, the acclaim and the money, only for this illusion of happiness to be shattered and his life destroyed. As the fame hungry, avaricious and beautiful Jordana seduces our aspiring Galactico, his past is closing in to catastrophic results. Set against the backdrop of Real Madrid, Santiago discovers the ugly face of success and begins to lose his career, his friends and most importantly Roz..
