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One, the Story of a Goal

One, the Story of a Goal

Ninety minutes of football hurt as much as twelve years of war.

2010 · 102 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

In the early 1980s, at the beginning of what would become a 12-year-long civil war, El Salvador's talented football team was one national institution upon which both the left and the right could agree. When the team pulled off a stunning 1-0 upset against Mexico and qualified to compete in the 1982 World Cup, it was a high point for the tiny country's national pride. Unfortunately, the team's Cinderella story devolved into a nightmarish farce.

Directed by Carlos Moreno

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