All language subtitles for Лига мечты (United Passions) 2014 BDRip 1080p

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- Our sport has a bright
future ahead, every day in

countries around the
world, new federations

spring up. However,
without strong ties

between them, football in
different nations will

lack organization.

Perhaps we need a central

governing body for our
wonderful game. Will you

do me the honor, my dear
Mr. Frederick Wall of

agreeing to a meeting
between your association

and our group at your
convenience.

Yours sincerely, Carl Anton
Hirschmann.

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[crowd chatter]

[cheering]

- Excuse me, Lord Wall?

- I'm not fortunate enough
to be a Lord yet, but I am

indeed Frederick Wall and
to whom do I have the honor?

- Pleased to meet you sir.
Positively delighted.

- Ah, you're French.

- Misure Guerin is the
unofficial representative

of our little association.

Mr. Heckenburg is German,

I am Carl Hirschmann.

I wrote to you several times
from the Netherlands.

- Are you paralyzed man, for
pity sake kick the ball!

Gentlemen, how do you propose to
score if you never shoot?

- Allow me to introduce
Lord Kinnaird,

president of our venerable
football association.

- What are you afraid
of it's not a bomb!

- He is a Lord.

- Gentleman I've told you a
thousand times to shoot first!

Shoot!

Football may be a gentleman's
game but it is a mans sport.

[whistle blows]

Gentleman.

- Mr. Wall, where are you going?

- Mr. Wall a moment ple-

- Our boys are two goals down
gentleman.

There are things much more
important than life and death,

there's football,

and at half time things are
deadly serious.

- We will try to be brief.

What did you think of our
proposition?

- Proposition?
-Yes.

- Well perhaps
-Listen,

our group of European Nations
will set up this federation.

You may have invented the game,

defined the rules which govern
it

- That's very kind of you Sir, to
recognize our small part.

So what is it exactly that you
want?

- Either to join our federations,

and of course Lord Kinnaird
becomes our president,

or we'll exclude you from

all the international matches we
organized.

- Robert please!

- That's alright my good man.

I'm curious to know, what
international matches

as you say, England might be
excluded from.

Cups? Tournaments?

Championships? Friendly games?

- We, We don't know yet.

- What rules do you intend
to add to the thirteen which

already exist?

And where, pray tell, will these
international matches be played?

On the sugar beet fields on the
other side of the channel?

Our association

has just celebrated its fortieth
year anniversary.

Your so-called federation,
doesn't even exist yet.

So, why not come back in
forty years times when you've

got things up and running and
we'll discuss it then.

Misure.

- Gentleman you must gain
possession of that ball,

retain possession of that ball
and then shoot.

- What did those bastard frogs
want?

- Oh nothing important Sir.

-Indulge my curiosity Wall.

- They want to run the world of
football Sir, in place of us.

[chuckles]

- How ridiculous.

What do foreigners understand of
our beautiful game?

- And consequently our
association

is unable to acknowledge your
so-called federation.

Jackass! Gentleman,

are we going to let this bastard
Lord dictate his law?

- No! No!
-Definitely not.

Schneider, what do you think?

- Switzerland won't stand for it.

- Muhlinghaus? Kahn?

- Belgium refuses.

- Sylow?

- In the name of the Danish
people, a thousand times, no.

- What does Madrid say, my dear
Andre?

- That their damned island can
sink into oblivion.

Spain will never capitulate.

- Curse the English man.

[Cheers]

And long live Europe.

- Damn Admiral Nelson.

[indistinct yelling]

Gentleman! Gentleman!

Gentleman!

Some decorum please.

May I remind you that this is an
official meeting.

- My friends, Hirschmann is
right, as usual.

Just write that,

on this day, May twenty first,

at number 229 Rue Saint-Honore a
Paris

Our federation unanimously
decided that,

that we decide all the rules of
football everywhere.

[laughing]

That We organize all the matches
of football everywhere.

That we do everything-

- Alright, Robert, Robert
I'm not going to write that.

- Why not?

- For the first article, We
should write that our

federations recognize each other
as the only ones authorized to

govern the sport of football in
their respective countries.

And were the only ones qualified
to oversee any

international relations in
regards to football.

- Hm. Well said my friend.

That's our first article.

That will knock those
Brits on their English asses!

- Yes! Yes!

[laughing]

- Robert, please.

- Sorry Carl.

- And who will be the
president.

I mean, we need a president.

- Ah!

[indistinct chatter]

- Thank you.
Thank you my friends.

- To President Guerin.

- We need a Secretary General
too.

- Since you are the first
to ask, you'll be the too.

[applause]

- Bravo!

- But above all, what will
we call our federation?

- I know. The English of the uh,
football association will be

the Federation Internationale de
Football Association

- FIFA.

- My friends

we are Fl FA.

- FIFA!

- FIFA!

- You are the president now.

- Yes, but only because I was the
least drunk.

[clink of glasses]

- Being FIFA's president
means nothing.

Nothing good will come. No
glory, no money.

- That is not true Robert
and you know this.

You're going to have to start
taking your job seriously.

- Shall I ask her to join us?

- Are you crazy?

- I think I'll do it.

- No Robert.

- I'll do it now.

- No, sit down, now!

- Follow me.

- Robert. Do not, Robert!

- Alright! Alright! Give us two
glasses of Kin kina please.

[sighs]

- Robert, I love football.

- So do I.

- And I believe in this.

I believe that the whole world

should play football by the same
rules and regulations.

Every nation.

- Yes.

- And I believe that our
federation is the only one

who can get this done.

- I swear that, if we all set our
mind to it we'll achieve

something and even the English
will end up joining us.

-International Football League.

- Yes.

With whoever wants to play.

Whoever Carl.

That's my dream.

- That is our dream.

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[traffic sounds]

- Not to offend our French
counterparts,

but just like Julius Caesar our
team came, saw and conquered in

the final of the Paris Olympic
games Uruguay beat Switzerland

by three goals to zero, an
overwhelming victory.

- But England wasn't there!

- Uruguay is now proud to be one
of the best in world football,

winning against Yugoslavia
seven, zero against the

United States of America three,
zero.

- But Argentina wasn't there!

[indistinct chatter]

Argentina wasn't there.

- This Olympic crown, our
glorious team, La Celeste,

does not play ball, it toys with
it.

- It played without the best,
without the rest of the world.

- Sir, your disrespect for
Uruguay is an outrage,

leave this conference at once.

- Sir, esteem for the Celeste is

equal to my contempt for its
victory!.

- How dare you, I forbid you-

- And I forbid you from
forbidding me anything.

Please let me speak.
[indistinct chatter]

- What does an international
tournament mean

without the presence of all
nations?

Nothing.

It means nothing at all.

- Thank you sir, now-

- I'm not finished, Olympic
football is to the best

of my knowledge, not open to
professional-

- Who's in charge here?
Please remove this-

- You're best players are not
even Uruguayan by blood.

They are Bolivian, Colombian or
maybe even Mexican.

But they are not Uruguayan.

- You have gone way too far
sir.

You will have to face the
consequences-

- And you will have to face
yourself.

Your Olympic crown, dishonors
the spirit of football.

Now, I have finished.

- Who the hell is that?

- Jules Rimet, he's the
president of some federation

that nobody even knows.

- What got into you my friend?

I have never seen you in such a
state.

Have you lost your mind?

- It was perfect.

Tomorrow all the press will be
talking about FIFA.

- I hope so my dear Delaunay.

- Yeah, cause no one knows us
now, that's for sure.

- We've been around for twenty
years,

but the world of football is
still at war.

- How can yesterday's enemies
play football on the same fields

that they were fighting over not
so long ago?

- Football is on the road to
ruin.

- If Latin America
continues like that, yeah sure.

- They are way ahead of us.

Their teams are organized by
real, national federations.

They have the best trainers,
first rate facilities.

- South American football will be
soon entirely professional.

- For better or for worse.

- Amateur football, ancient
history.

- The time is now my friends to
seize the moments and,

and create something.

- But what?

You said yourself it's as if we
don't exist.

- A world championship.

- A world?

- All that's yet to be
invented gentleman...

- He's mad.

- No, he's a visionary.

We will never be taken seriously

unless we organize a competition
like that.

- Exactly.

- Mr. Rimet?

A gentleman in
there told me to give you this.

- Thank you.

[car running]

-"Uruguay triumphs at Paris
Olympics". My dear Seeldrayers,

I thought that after yesterday,

the press would have written
something.

Thank you darling.

- But there is nothing.
There is not one word.

- So you're giving UP?

- We don't exist my friends.

- Oh, don't you have any guts
man?

- My guts are with my compatriots

in the trenches of the great
war.

- So react god dammit!

Less than a week ago you were
raising mountains.

Set off on a mission around
Europe, rally the other nations,

important ones at that who can't
wait to replace those

English bastards.

We will make this happen.

If you don't do it for the world
championship, for football, for

the French team or for yourself,
at least do it for Carl.

And for them.

- Hello, divine, huh?

- Oh exquisite my dear.

- Hello Annette.

- Carl.

- The postman delivered this.

And the senders name, its Bueno
or Bono.

- Is that from Buero?

- Enrique Bureo?

- Thank you.

- Ambassador of Uruguay posted to
Brussels.

- Where did you come across him
Jules?

- This man has a lot of
money.

He handles colossal funds for
Latin American tycoons.

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- I know you don't approve
the way we function,

but you spoke your mind and I
like that.

- Really Misure Bureo?

- We have considerable financial
resources in Uruguay,

We have our Olympic title, but
it's just the beginning.

- An appetizer?

- Exactly. We'll chosen but not
enough to whet one's appetite.

"And?

- In five year's time, Uruguay
will celebrate its hundredth

anniversary and we would like to
mark the occasion by organizing

the first world football
championship.

- Hm, I see.

But an event
like that, cost a fortune.

- Yes, but we are prepared to
pay.

- FIFA is poor.

But that doesn't mean we will
sell

the one treasure we possess:
honor.

- Please, don't misunderstand me.

We don't want to buy anything.

Let's just say

we would be especially honored
to host this competition.

We have unlimited funds Mr.
Rimet, unlimited.

You need the money. We need the
world championship.

Let's do business.

- Will you finance the
travel costs of all the teams?

And the referees?

- Absolutely.

- Do you give me your word
that you won't try to cheat or

influence the referee's
decisions?

- I do.

- Hmm, and uh,

will you pay our federation a
percentage on each ticket sold?

- One thing at a time Mr. Rimet,
one thing at a time.

But I promise you on my honor,
that in five years' time,

the first world championship
will be played in Montevideo,

in a brand new Stadium.

- A stadium?

With how many seats?

- One hundred thousand
my friend.

One hundred thousand!

- Gentleman, the first world
championship will take place in

1930 in a country yet to be
determined.

Each future championship
will be held

in a different country every
four years.

All the members of our
federation and all sports men,

both amateur and professional
may compete in this tournament

without distinction of color or
class.

Gentleman our twenty three
members have voted,

the first World Cup will be held
in

Uruguay!

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[indistinct chatter]

- May I say young lady,

that all this, makes absolutely
no moral sense.

What's the use of organizing the
World Cup in the America's,

in a country no one's heard of,
which is a stranger to modernity

and Why not at the tip of Africa

with the Zulu's while we're at
it.

- Why not, indeed?

Who knows the Zulu's may be
excellent football players.

Maybe they just don't know it
yet.

- Well young lady, the natives of
Africa are

stupid and undisciplined.

It's just their nature.

How could they possibly be
expected to appreciate

the certainties of a game
invented by the Whites?

- My girl, are you having a
pleasant evening?

- Ah, Misure Rimet, this
young person is your daughter?

- Indeed she is.

- Ah, well I'm sorry to say
she understands nothing

about the game of
football.

She's under the impression that
Negroes could compete

with Whites at the sport.

- Really?

- Yes, you should send her
back to sewing

and the art of good housekeeping

her pretty head will be filled
with less nonsense.

- I beg your pardon?

- Negroes, playing
football?

Ah, why not women while we're at
it!

Hell that would be quite
amusing, ah?

Quite amusing.

- Annette, you silly girl,
some people,

they look nice in a way,

they can sound pleasing to the
ear but on the inside they're,

how do we, how do we say my
dean"

- Rotten. To the core.

- Come on darling.

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[Speaking Spanish]

- You're an artist and I'm
sure you can understand.

- An artist must eat too and not
once a day,

but twice, to suffice.

Oh my God, I've rhymed.

[laughing]

- Painter, sculptor and
poet.

Listen our, it's um, it's...

- A noble cause!

- Noble cause.

- Noble-shnoble, it is work.

It is canvas, charcoal,
imagination and inspiration.

Working for glory may warm the
cockles of my heart

but it will not fill my belly.

[suspenseful music]

- I'm begging you!

With that your belly will be
well served.

- Well, well if you could manage
just a tad more

I could even add a bit of
gristle.

Oh, thank you.

- You won't get a penny more.

Bon Ape tit Lafleur!

- Merci.

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[telephone rings]

- For Montevideo please,

- Yes Sir, right.

- Is the Centenario Stadium
ready?

Yes of course.

What question is that?

- Oh, muchas gracias Bureo.

- All that's missing are the
players.

- We embark the Romanians?

'Yes!

- And the Belgians.

'Yes!

- And we pick up the Brazilian
when We stop in Rio.

'Yes!

- And what about the playing
field?

- The grass?

- The grass.

- You are kidding Jules.

We are growing it. A real
English lawn, I assure you.

- Splendid. And accommodations?

- The hotels for the delegations
are ready, everything is fixed.

Listen to me Jules, and I give
you my word.

If the World Cup were played
tomorrow

the only thing that you would be
missing, is the ball!

- Oh, muchas gracias Enrique!

See you in two weeks!

- We have done it!

- Two weeks!

- Perfect!

- Gracias! Gracias Enrique!

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[boat horn blowing]

- Get into position.

Oh, Sir...

- Sorry, I'm so sorry.

- Have a seat.

Ah, Annette, hello.

- Please just a little bit
closer.

- Seasick?

- No.

- Please smile.

Alright and remember, you're
making history.

[camera flash]

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- You are not going to dance?

- For the past two days, you've
hardly spoken.

Cooped up in your cabin
like a bear with a sore head.

What's wrong?

- I had a Wire from France,

the press don't give us much a
chance,

for once, they may be right.

- Come on that's not it.

Tell me.

- The crisis in America will hit
Europe

It does not seem appropriate
spending money

to play football on the other
side of the world.

- When have dreams ever been
appropriate?

You're not stealing anything
from anyone.

And it's not by worrying
yourself sick

that you'll change anything.

You have the right to make your
dream come true.

And that's an order Misure.

- How did you get so smart?

- I don't know, I suppose
my mother had excellent genes.

Tomorrow's another day Papa,
tomorrow's another day.

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[hammering]

[sawing]

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[clapping]

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[applause]

[children playing]

[applause]

[door creaks]

- We've lost everything.

- Will this misery never end?

The depression is devastating.

And somebody will be meant to
take the blame.

Either the Jews or the
Communists.

Or maybe the Gypsy's.

- Jules,

I should've warned you about the
stock market investments,

I, I couldn't.

- Carl,

- I thought I was doing the
right thing, but I- I Wasn't.

- Mussolini: Italy's a force to
be reckoned with!

- It was an honest mistake.

No one blames you.

- Jules, everything is here.

All the bank statements, the
accounts, nothing is missing.

You can check if you'd like.

- You are not quitting.

You can't.

The federation needs you.

I need you.

Carl, we made a good team.

- Yeah, and I thank you for that

and I thank you for everything
that you've done,

for the federation, and for me.

And kiss Annette goodbye please.

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- As for me dear colleagues,

I can assure you that Germany is
opposed to any idea of war.

- How can you be so sure
Mr. Shricker?

I mean has the Chancellor
confided in you?

- Well, I have not been so
privileged.

- Who ever fought a war with
ideas? But with guns, artillery-

- Jules please.

- Germany has never felt better.

The Olympic Games are a huge
success.

Unemployment has all but
disappeared

because everyone is working.

- In factory to re-arm
Germany,

my dear Secretary General, so
that one day, BOOM!

- Well, at least we should
have nothing to fear,

now our headquarters are in
Zurich.

- Thank God,
Switzerland is neutral.

- Yes, stuck between Hitler
and Mussolini.

Who are as thick as thieves...

Right Barassi?

- Careful.

- I'm sure our president is
joking, eh?

- Why?

The fascist doctrines are
complete opposites of

our federations.

- Gentleman please.

- Are they not
Mr. Seeldrayers?

- Last week when Hitler refused
to shake Jesse Owens hand,

it was as if he were publicly
declaring to the whole world-

- A hand shake,

a mere error of protocol.

- Gentlemen, shall we get back to
business?

- Mussolini saved the last
World Cup,

but it was not for football,

it was a weapon of mass
propaganda.

- You can say what you like, but
Italy won the World Cup!

- No sir, Italy did not
win the World Cup.

You appropriated-

- This is absolutely disgrace

- Be quiet!

Both of you.

Are you mad?

War hasn't even been declared

and you're already at each
other's throats.

Look at you.

Oh your federations a fine
thing.

But what about your ideals?

Brotherhood amongst peoples.
The spirit of the sport.

Has all that been forgotten?

[door slams]

- Annette!

Annette, wait.

Annette please.

I went too far. I can't keep up.

- Of course you can.

-I'm thinking about resigning as
president.

- You'll never do that.

- How do you know?

- Because I have never,
ever seen you give up.

Not on anything, nor on anyone.

- We will see about that.

Maybe this damn war will never
even start.

- What's more,

in two years time, the World Cup
will be held in France.

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- That's all?

Nothing about the game?

- Of course the papers aren't
talking about it.

The last thing the Nazi's
need

is anything that models their
propaganda.

- And they still played?

- Oh they played.

They could barely stand but they
played.

They played to honor the colors
of F-C Start.

- My Red Stars played them in a
friendly game before the war.

- Yeah, well there was nothing
friendly about this game.

They say it was like some
mythical match,

as if God himself had
laced up his boots.

- Did they Win?

- The Reich's honor was at
stake.

The Ukrainians had to lose.

Otherwise there will be more
deportations and torture.

And then a bullet in the back of
the head

for each member of the team.

- The death match.

- On one side, highly
trained German officers.

On the other these poor

starving Ukrainian prisoners
they'd taken out of a factory.

And in the middle

a corrupted referee following
the German's orders.

- They played fake passes
left and right.

The Germans were out of their
league.

Completely surpassed by the
Ukrainians.

But every ball played to the
Germans, hit the dust.

- They could've stayed
alive.

Just before the end of the match
they were leading five, three.

A Ukrainian defender picked up a
ball and took out three Germans.

Then he got rid of the goalie

and stood in front of the open
goal.

He could've scored a six for the
Ukraine, right?

Instead he stopped.

He looked the goal keeper
in the eye

and kicked the ball back to his
own side.

- And the Ukrainians?

They laughed like children.

- The death match.

We weren't there.

We weren't there.

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- Well my dear Barassi,

have you finally given back that
World Cup.

Thank you.

- I did not steal it.

This is the Jules Rimet cup!

[laughing]

- Let's just say you borrowed it.

- Exactly.

It was not safe in Italy during
the war, so

I placed it in a shoe box and I
put it under my bed and

I slept with it for ten years.

- Oh la la la,

you rascal you.

- Mr. Rimet?

Mr. Jules Rimet?

- And Doctor Barassi at your
service.

- Dottore.

-I'm Mr. Brown,

and this is Mr Pickle and
here Mr Jackson.

We represent his majesty's
football association.

- Oh, we're delighted to have
you.

- Yes, indeed.

- Yeah, what can I do for you?

- Actually we just wanted to pay
our respects.

- And ask if you'd do us
the honor

of attending a match against
Spain tomorrow.

- We'll be there gentleman of
course.

- I hope that for your first
World Cup you'll play better

than yesterday.

- Yes, yes the U-S-S team, how do
the American's say, "creamed?"

- Creamed, yes creamed,

creamed.

- If the Yanks hadn't played with
British subjects,

we would've
won that match hands down.

- Oh of course.

- We'll make sure to work
on Spanish, don't you worry.

- The honor of England is at
stake.

- Yeah, after all, uh,

you invented football.

Well, let's see you tomorrow
then gentlemen.

- And thank you very much for
your participation in our

little competition.

- Thank you,

come on Misure Barassi.

- Yeah of course.

[announcement horn]

- Well my girl,

what do you
think of that, Maracana,

two hundred thousand spectators.

- And English all the time speak
about Wembley.

- No, not anymore my friend,

not anymore.

- Today is Brazil's day.

- Careful, Mr. Barassi,

one never knows.

[Chuckles]

- Remind me, who's that
man in the brown suit?

- Joao Havelange

he used to be on the Brazilian
swimming team, no he's

a lawyer or a company director
or something of the sort.

[band plays anthem]

[applause]

[applause]

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[whistle blows]

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- Until the end of his
presidency, two years ago,

I accompanied my father on
all his journeys.

I saw him invent the world the
cup.

I saw him transform football.

And it was this passion that
carried him along an exceptional

destiny for over thirty three
years.

His sole regret, and I can share
this with you now,

is to have never been a great
footballer himself.

And yet he was the only man who
made the world cup a reality,

five times in a row.

Rest in peace Papa.

I love you.

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[cheering]

[applause]

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[cheering]

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- Welcome aboard.

Welcome.

Welcome aboard Mr. Havelange.

[plane flying through air]

- Satisfy my curiosity.

I've heard tell that you're
considering joining us at FIFA.

Not happy at I-O-C?

We'll if I were you old boy I'd
wait another few years

before leaving the Olympic
Committee.

- Why, don't think a
Brazilian could do the job?

- Possibly not. You see our

world just isn't ready for those
who were born less fortunate.

- So Rous may I remind you.

- Sir Stanley actually.

- May I remind you that We
have just won the World Cup,

for the second time.

- Of course,

but with a genius like Pele,
it's only natural.

In two year's time, the next cup
will be held in England.

And we,

the inventors of this sport will
at last Win the trophy.

- I'm sure you will,
Mr. President.

[upbeat music]

d I was born with a plastic
spoon in my mouth, d

[crowd yelling]

[crowd chatter]

[announcer in background]

- England the world champion!

[peaceful music]
dd

dd

[stadium crowd applause]

[indistinct chatter]

Gentleman...

- Mr. Sougou,

I hope everything is
satisfactory, the hotel.

- Delightful, you're spoiling us.

- No, no, no it's nothing.

And Why not?

- Could be a historic day for
you.

- If Brazil wins today for
the third time,

the Jules Rimet trophy will be
ours forever. Miss please,

- Enjoy the match.

- Camera two, pan to your right.

- Got it.

[whistle blows]

[upbeat music with drums]
dd

dd

[crowd applause]

dd

[whistle blows]

- Great game.

- Victory belongs to those
who know how to seize it.

You know Mr. Sougou, this
year, the only African country

to be in the finals was Morocco.

- Ihean

- This could all change, it
must change.

I have great ambitions for
Africa.

Trust me.

[inspirational music]
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dd

- Mr. Rous one vote,

Mr. Rous one vote,

Mr. Rous one vote,

Mr. Havelange one vote,

Mr. Havelange one vote,

Mr. Rous one vote,

Mr. Havelange one vote,

Mr. Havelange one vote,

Mr. Havelange one vote.

[bell rings]

With sixty eight votes to forty
two,

Mr. Havelange is elected FIFA
president!

[inspirational music]
[applause]

dd

- President, my congratulations.

- You're pleased Mr. Sougou?

- I am always pleased in a
democracy,

-and I will not forget.

- Of that I am certain, Mr.
President.

- Well, I accept my defeat.

'MY sympathies.

But it must be some comfort at
least to know that you will be

honorary President for life.

- Possibly.

Pity it wasn't a fair fight.

- Now, listen.

I took the rest of the world
seriously.

I've traveled to over one
hundred countries

and now some of these nations,
they show their,

they show their gratitude.

- Hm, the Africans.

- Amongst others.

- Those people will never
understand subtleties

of football.

My only consolation is knowing
that your African friends

will betray you in the end.

Just as they betrayed me.

By granting them power
Havelange,

you've opened Pandora's box.

- Rous,

the future of our
sport lies in Africa,

and in Asia and America and if
you cannot see that,

I cannot help you.

- Thank you Dassler.

-I've been offered a job
in Zurich.

Football could you believe it?
I'm taking up football.

[clink of glasses]

- No more watches.

- Does it pay well?

- Depends on my results.

- Can't be any harder than
the watches, now could it?

It'll be alright.

[indistinct chatter]

- Good morning Mr. President.

[phone rings]

- Hello, yes this is the
FIFA headquarters.

[door shuts]

- The executive committee
did not elect me

to promote stagnation.

Our accounts are disastrous!

We need funds gentleman.
So find them.

We need ideas. So be creative!

The world is expanding, the
power is shifting,

so this is our chance, seize it.

So I don't care if you call on
Brezhnev, Castro or Mao,

I don't care.

But I will have results and I
want them fast. That is all.

Oh, I almost forgot.

A certain Blatter will be
joining us,

where are you Hatter'?

There is Blatter.

Blatter will be number twelve in
our little group.

He is apparently good at finding
money.

Let us hope so.

[melancholy music]
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dd

[intense music]
dd

dd

[stadium crowd cheering]

- We're pathetic.

President asked us to find
sponsors.

Nothing.

- What about the English
breweries?

- Not interested.

No partnerships.

People do love football thought
don't they?

- The hooligans aren't doing much
for our image.

Advertisers are wary.

- Hooligans are consumers,
same as everyone else.

Brewers don't give a damn.

- Hey, I didn't think Johnson
would be here...

[indistinct chatter]

- Friend of yours?

- He's an executive at Coca-Cola.

Met him at a conference a while
back.

- Think he might be interested?

- Nah, they're not football fans.
They get the Olympics though.

Where are you going?

- Can't hurt to try.

[indistinct chatter]

[phone ringing]

- It's Mr. Blatter.

Mr. Havelange?

- Five minutes.

- He'll call you back in five
minutes.

- And he said yes?
Just like that?

- Absolutely Sir.

He wants an exclusive
partnership with FIFA.

I'm meeting his staff next week.

- So he knew about football?

- Not really. He saw the
match. But, uh,

didn't understand the offside
rule.

- But he's interested none the
less?

- Well, if we can increase
the sales,

I gave him a figure.

- One we can meet?

- I hope so Sir.

- May God hear you Blatter.

[suspenseful piano music]
dd

dd

- How long have you known
President Havelange?

- I met him at the FIFA
elections last year.

He thinks we should work
together.

- Ah, he's a wise man,

but I'm afraid this may not be
the best of times.

- How is that?

- There's tremendous tension,
between Moscow and Washington.

The African nations may boycott
the Montreal games.

- And?
-It could cause the America and

it's allies to pull out of
Moscow.

- What's that got to do with
FIFA?

- Well it's a domino effect.

It carries over to football,
Argentina will be a fiasco,

we'll be out of business.

- I don't believe that.

- Why not?

- The Olympics are political.

The World Cup is people.

If a president prevents his team

from participating in the World
Cup, he'll be out of business.

- Other than the official ball,
what does Adidas have to offer?

- The truth is our company has
virtually

no liquid essence left, but we
do have something invaluable.

The public loves us.

We have balls, jerseys, track
suits, socks, shoes.

- How much would we need, I mean
for Argentina to equip the

players, referees, trainers,
staff.

- Ten thousand articles at
least.

But this is only the start.

We have big plans for FIFA.

[trunk slams]

- If you'd care to step into my
office.

- Why do you want to do business
with us?

- I believe in your federation

and I know you will return the
favor one day.

All I want is one thing in
return.

I want you make our ball the
star of the next world cup.

My dear Sepp, let me introduce
you to Tango.

If that ball becomes the star,
FIFA and Adidas will sign the

biggest deal the worlds ever
seen.

- I hope the president likes it.

- He'll like it.

[bongo drums playing]
dd

- Minister, how do you do?

dd

- How are things going with
Coca-cola?

- Well.

- I need this contract
under any condition.

Is that clear?

- It is, Mr. President.

The Africans are Waiting for us
to take a stand on Apartheid.

- We already took a stand

twelve years ago when we
suspended South Africa.

What more do they want?

The South Africans they
tell me,

keep politics out of sport.
It's impossible.

Politics and sport are
inseparable.

[applause]

- Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Let's take a short break and
then

Welcome Mr. Joseph Blatter,

FIFA director of technical
development programs.

- Excuse me, I thought President
Havelange was coming'? -No,

he had to leave this morning.

- It's a shame that the President
couldn't make it.

- His schedule is already
backlogged.

- I have faith in our
president.

But so far it's just words,
words, words.

Yet to see anything more
concrete.

- Mr. Sol-
-Mr. Blatter,

I like you.

Truly, but you should understand
that Africa has changed,

we expect more, much more now.

If you want our loyalty, you're
going to have to earn it.

- We want to work with you.
Set up development programs.

Do more than
simply supply sports equipment.

We will honor our promises to
you.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

In the name of FIFA,

I'd like to thank you for your
kind invitation.

[applause]

[upbeat music]
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dd

- Oh, my dear friend.

You in revolution changes
nothing.

We will not go back on our
decision.

South Africa will not be
welcome back into FIFA until it

has settled the issue of
apartheid.

Exactly.

My respects.

- These people, as if the
world all were black and white.

- About Argentina Sir...

- The Argentine Mundial will be a
great opportunity

for all of Latin America.

Now, the press on and on about
dictatorships and political

prisoners and so on.

But as soon as the game clicks
off, things change.

- Sponsors are nervous.

- They'll be fine.

- There are human rights
violations

involved if it exposed.

- These events that take
place so far from Europe.

Now the intellectuals can
protest as much as they'd like

with their banners and their
tracks and speeches.

But, then what?
Nothing is forgotten.

Those are the people,
those.

And amongst them who knows,
communists, fascists, who cares?

But during the World Cup, they
only dream of one thing,

that ball.

And only that ball, because

football brings consolation to
all tragedies and sorrows.

Now, the people they need hope
they need heroes to survive.

Muhammad Ali, Jesse Owens, not
to mention Pele.

These people have done more for
the black cause

than any politician.

And the World Cups we organize
do more for World Peace

than any U.N. resolution.

Trust me.

- Hey!

- Oh.

- Uncle that's cheating.

- Cheating, well that's a
big word.

Listen,

imagine there is a cloud, here
above your football field.

And here is God. And God
intervenes and

pop, there's a goal.

Is that cheating?

- But you're not God.

- You think so? Go along.

[slow jazz music]

- The Argentinean people right
now,

they need reasons to rejoice,
they need reasons to hope,

they need good music and
actually see.

Argentineans need papelitos.

We will cover them with
papelitos.

[inspirational music]
dd

dd

[cheering]

dd

[whistle blows]

[inspirational music]
dd

dd

[bird chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

- You never tire do you?

- We need European trainers
to teach their key instructors,

otherwise there's simply no
point.

-I'm exhausted.

We just left Japan for Christ
sake,

We organized the World Cup for
juniors, we found

this new God to worship that's
an amazing little Maradona

and now we are back in Africa.

- You should be
concentrating on Women's teams.

- How about taking a break,
you're burning yourself out.

- When the World Cup
is held here, in U-S-A, in Asia-

Woah,

then I'll take a break.

[whistle blows]

- They are going to name
you Secretary General of FIFA.

- Who told you that?

- The president.

You are going to be a number two

in the biggest football
organization in the world.

[inspirational music]
dd

dd

- Good morning Mr. Blatter.

- Good morning.

So this is it...
I think you deserve it.

- Th an k you Vittorio.

[knocking]

- Come in.

- Ah, Blatter.

I've been
waiting for you.

I'll be with you in a moment.

So, what's happening with the
development programs for Africa?

- Uh, we're snowed under

Uh, Africa knows exactly what it
stands to gain and

there are more applications
coming in from Asia.

- Well all this cost us a
great deal on money.

Not that you'd know that from
the press.

- They're not so fond of us Sir.

- An institution like ours cannot
run on good intentions alone,

we need money, a great deal of
money.

Come closer.

You know Hatter,

today I'm making you a second in
command at FIFA.

- It's an honor, Sir.

- Yes it is.

It is a great
honor Blatter.

And a great honor comes with
great responsibilities.

Congratulations
Mr. Secretary General.

But you know the slightest error
on your part and you're out.

- Ah, these things are clear.

- Now,

you've risen very,
very fast, thanks to me.

But if you disappoint me, you
can fall just as fast.

So, that's all.

[fast paced drums]

[children fighting]

[fast paced drums]

dd

[children cheering]

- What's wrong?

-I'm not sure.

- Talk to me Sepp.

- A while ago when it was time to
pay our personnel the accountant

announced that there was nothing
left in the coffers.

Havelange wouldn't take my call.

- And...

- And I signed a personal check

for two hundred thousand Swiss
franks.

- My God.

- Well it was that, or they
weren't getting paid.

I mean can you imagine

what the press would've done
with a story like that?

Worst of it is, I don't know
where the money's gone.

I mean I have my suspicions but
I can't be certain.

- Ask the accountant.

- We're in the red, Horst.

We're up to our necks.

If we can't get things back on
track

the whole machine's going to
blow up. And me with it.

- You worry too much.

[News intro tune]

- Everything will be fine
Karine,

journalists always turn a spark
into a blaze.

They're notorious for it.

- When there is smoke...

-I've worked with your father
long enough to get to know him,

he's a good man. He'll win them
oven

He always does.

It's time.

[indistinct chatter]

[cameras clicking]

Three minutes, that's all,
thanks.

- What do you think?

- It will be difficult but, it's
manageable.

[reporters chattering]

- Mr. President...

- My dear Blatter, this is your
job.

- Gentleman, silence please.

The Secretary General will
answer your questions.

- Mr. Blatter, are you planning
on sanctioning West Germany

because of the match fixing with
Austria?

- What do you think about
the Algerians being eliminated?

- We are working on a
proposal.

In the future all

the first-round final matches
will be played simultaneously.

- President Havelange,

Why, uh the foul on Battison was
not penalized?

- Nothing Mr. Blatter?! No red
card?!

- This was unfortunate.

- This is a disgrace.

Everybody's seen the instant
replay.

- Why does FIFA still refuses to
authorize the use of video?

- We are making changes.

- What changes?

- Uh, yes ask your question
please.

- What measure will FIFA take

to ensure the safety of these
players?

- Uh, it's not for me to decide
alone.

- Gentleman, gentleman please.
Quiet, please.

- Do you believe Mr. Blatter
that, that the FIFA should be

held accountable for what
they're promoting on the field?

- Gentleman, this is a
press conference, not a trial.

[angry reporters yelling]

[suspenseful music]
dd

dd

- House of Parliament,
please hurry.

- Wilcox, I didn't see you
in the crowd.

Don't like kicking a man when
he's down sir,

but there are a few questions
I'd like to ask you.

- Then make an
appointment with Werner.

- You've signed contracts with
some of the biggest distributors

in the world, how can you
explain FIFA's deficit.

Do you know where all the moneys
gone?

- Are you accusing me of
something in particular?

- I have accounting records.

Not all your friends are as
discreet as you.

Who are you protecting?

[car screech]

[upbeat music]
dd

dd

d I'm wearin' a fur pyjamas, I
ride a Hot Potata'. d

d It's tickling my fancy. Speak
up, I can't hear you. d

IHere on this mountain top,
woahoho, I got some wild ,.P

d wild life. Here come the
doctor in charge, woahoho, d

d about some wild, wild life.
Ain't that the way you like d

d it. Ho, ha! Living wild, wild
life. d

d Like sittin' on pins and
needles, things fall apart. d

d it's scientific. Sleeping on
the interstate, Woah ho ah. d

d Getting wild, wild life,
checkin' in, a checkin' out! d

d Uh, huh! I got a wild, wild
life Spending all of my money d

d and time. Oh, ho ho, done too
much wild, wild. d

d We want to go where we go,
where we go. Oh, ho ho! d

d I doing wild, wild life. I know
it, d

d that's the way you like it oh,
ho! d

d Living wild wild, wild, wild,
life. d

- Sepp, I want to tell you
something.

Look at you.

You start at the bottom,

you work hard and now you're at
the very top.

- Not quite.

- Sepp I want you to
replace me.

When the time comes.

You have everything you need to
run our family.

Plus the quality I really
cherish.

- Which is?

- Listen to me very carefully.

When I leave this field, I don't
want any waves,

I want to live peacefully and
with honors.

Do you understand me?

- I think so.

- You may not thank me for
this,

it's a big powerful beast that
can swallow you whole.

- We'll as the heir, I can choose
to accept or refuse.

- Of course.

- Mr. President.

[Opening trumpets playing]

[crowd applause]

[inspirational music]
dd

dd

- Gentleman, France '98 was a
huge success but,

look at these images, commit
them to memory.

The incidents that happened off
the field

must never happen again.

No football match is worth a
massacre.

[translators translating]

- Now, the next tournaments
will take place in both

South Korea and Japan, far from
Europe.

Some of you may feel that this
is a good opportunity

to close lucrative deals with
certain lobbyists.

Think again.

This thought is spotless.

There is simply a lot more money
involved in ours which is why,

from now on We will be exemplary
in all respects.

The slightest breach of
ethics

will be severely punished.

[chuckle]

- Is that a threat Mr. President?

-I'm not accusing anyone.

- Veiled accusations.

- A new protocol.

Our federation has almost two
hundred members.

So is there anyone in this room
naive enough to believe

that all two hundred are honest?

- I believe we are two hundred
gentleman

and to be treated as such.

- Well then, conduct yourself as
an honest gentlemen

and you will be.

There are always a few rotten
apples.

- I object, Mr. President.

- Noted, Sir.

- President Havelange would have
never dared to treat us with

such utter contempt.

- Well, maybe he should have.

- President Havelange...

- Is no longer President.

I am.

Joao Havelange presided over our
family for twenty four years.

Did he make mistakes?
Perhaps, not for me to judge.

But I am warning you, all of
you.

We will play by my rules now.

Gentleman.

- I just need you to sign the
letter of president.

The authorizations for
the goal program.

And the minutes of the Referees
Committee's last meeting.

That journalist, Edgar Wilcox is
Waiting for you in the lobby.

- Uh, on the terrace.

- I'll be fine, thank you.

-I'm not responsible for what
might have happened

prior to my presidency, which
you choose to call embezzlement.

- You were the Secretary General
for God's sakes,

whether you knew, which makes
you just as guilty,

or you didn't which
makes you a bloody fool.

Alright, alright.

- In every association there are
honest people and there are

traitors and there are those who
could go either way.

Everything I've done up until
this point has been for the

good of football for the good of
the family.

A family which I will protect at
all costs.

- Even those member are purported
liars, thieves.

- Purported.

[laughing]

- You'll find out soon enough.

- You said this was to be
a, uh,

friendly meeting, off the
record.

- It is.

- FIFA is a sensitive subject,
Mr. Wilcox.

Your role is to question it,
mine is to protect it.

You're the journalist, I'm the
president.

- You've got to ask
yourself one thing,

are the people I'm protecting
worthy?

[piano music]
dd

dd

- My office just received
word from the insurance company.

They refused to insure the 2002
World Cup in Japan and Korea.

Shall we take a break?

- No. Carry on.

- Considering the state of FIFA's
finances Mr. President,

the wages of your two hundred
collaborators

cannot be paid this month.

Some sponsors are threatening to
pull out.

Other long-standing partners are
demanding the immediate removal

of their logos from all P-R
media.

It's that or they want a
substantial goodwill gesture.

- Is that all?

- You mean, can it get any
worse?

Let's see...

We are on the verge of a
diplomatic incident

between Japan and South Korea.

Emperor Akihito refuse to go to
Seoul for the opening ceremony.

Diplomats from both countries
are arguing over protocol. Even

the mascots are in the middle of
a full scale media war.

So, yes, I'd say it's about as
bad as it can get.

- Werner something cheerful to
add?

- Just this.

[suspenseful music]
dd

dd

- May I ask you one more
question?

- Be my guest.

- When are you going to
do something to defend yourself?

- I've done nothing that merits
defense.

- The federation is
dragging you through the mud.

- Well, I grew up on a
farm, I have no fear of mud.

- Accusing you by name, false
accusations and you know it.

- She's right.

Unless you defend yourself,

you'll never be re-elected in
SeouL

- You could go to prison

and I'm not a criminal lawyer so
I couldn't even defend you.

- I fought hard to get to where I
am today.

- Then fight to stay there.

You've been betrayed.

- Yes, by the same people you've
put in power.

-Isn't that ironic.

There are twenty-four members,
who's the traitor?

- Is it him?

Or him?
Or him?

Or him? Maybe him.

Who knows?

- Someone does.

- One day I will be exonerated,
this I know.

After all I've clone for
football, for the world.

This is an injustice.

Look Sepp, my friend, I'm afraid
that we have disappointed you.

Yes we have.

- I knew I wasn't
joining the chess club.

- No,

no,

anyway,

how many votes are you sure of
for your re-election?

- Eight I can count on.

- Ok,

so you need thirteen to win,
which means you're five short.

This is not impossible.

What you need is five indecisive
members and you make them yours.

- Well how can I possibly
know who they are?

- I will tell you who
they are.

You know Sepp, indecisive people
are easily managed.

Make them fear you.

Make them believe you know
everything about them.

Compromising things.

They may not like you, they may
hate you.

But who cares?

They will do what you want.

- Hi, Sophie.

- Morning Mr. Blatter.

[key turning]

[orchestra melancholy music]
dd

dd

[suspenseful music]

[indistinct yelling]

[silence]

- Gentlemen, a number of you have
decided

to offer up my head in place of
your own.

- Mr. Blatter, spare us your
speech, and let us face facts...

- I haven't finished.

- A transfer of power has become
inevitable.

- Nothing is inevitable until the
vote is cast.

- We are asking you, one last
time, to resign.

- I refuse.

You say you have evidence
against me.

Evidence of what?

- Enough evidence to force
you to resign

and that way you avoid prison.

- Well even if that were true,

mine would not be the only head
to roll.

- Oh, come on.

- We have all the majority We
need to force you to step down.

- You have nothing at all.

In a few days the conference
will vote to determine

whether or not I will continue
as president, they will vote.

See you Seoul gentleman.

[sighs]

- It feels like we're at war.

- I can't give up now.

- What would you do if
you're elected?

I mean with those who wanted to
run you out.

- Keep them close at hand.

- So you'll forgive them?

- Well one should always forgive,

just as one should never forget.

[slow suspenseful music]
dd

dd

[fast suspenseful music]
dd

dd

- Elected by one hundred
thirty nine votes,

Joseph Sepp Blatt!

[applause]

[joyful music]
dd

dd
[applause]

- Ladies and gentleman,

in the name of FIFA I thank you.

[applause]

[exciting music]
dd

dd

- Hey guys, golden goal, ok?

- Ok! Let's do this.

[children playing]

[piano music]

- In over one hundred years of
existence, this federation,

born of a dream has survived two
world wars,

an unprecedented economic crisis

and made football the most
played sport on our planet.

If anyone had told us that one
day FIFA would have over two

hundred member associations in
its ranks, more than the U-N

that people of all races and
origins would play together.

If We had known that women would
fall in love with this game

and end up filling entire
stadiums.

That football would be played in
gymnasiums and schools.

That people would listen to the
sound of the ball.

That this ball would bounce to
every corner of the earth and

that it would leave its imprint
on the history of mankind.

Well, who would've believed
this?

[children cheering]

[inspirational music]
dd

dd

[indistinct chatter]

I'm discovering it with you,

the twenty-ten, FIFA world cup
will be held in,

South Africa!

[cheering]

[upbeat music]
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[foregin lyrics]
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dd

[exciting music]
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