Santiago is lucky, he met a lot of good people, although this luck is based on his superb game. But for many African teenagers who have football dreams like Santiago, the reality is cruel.
In order to be able to play football in Europe, they had to take a smuggling boat to Europe. After arriving in Europe, they often don't get the team's trial opportunities, so they commit crimes. In the end, they embarked on a crooked path that should not belong to them.
Yes, there are some African players who have achieved success in Europe and become the darling of the flashlight, with annual salary of millions or even tens of millions. But these football players are a minority after all. For most teenagers, what awaits them is idealization into steam, and then falling back to the ground, from a football immigrant to a football refugee, and finally back to the original point, or even embarked on a different path. way back.
I am thinking that this subject matter should be better than the subject matter of the movie. I even think that such a movie should not be made, because this time it will give those teenagers a bad signal and guidance, and they will go to them for some unrealistic ideals. The path that should not be taken. Yes, if you have a dream, you should fight for it, but the limitations of objective conditions are sometimes beyond our ability to surpass. Therefore, such a film is unrealistic. It only talks about the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror, and cannot stand the bump of reality. . This film shouldn't even have been made.
I was thinking that the director should be a spokesperson for a European football club, and he is trying to protect the interests of European football clubs. When will a director dare to make a film about the tragic fate of African youth players, I think such a film must be meaningful even if it is not popular with club owners.
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