“Beckham” — from October 4 on Netflix
He repeatedly became the champion of the English Premier League, won the UEFA Champions League, played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy, Milan and PSG. In 2011, David Beckham became the highest paid player; in 2013, he completed his professional career, but did not leave football and founded the Inter Miami club.
The show was helmed by Oscar-winning director Fisher Stevens, whose documentary The Cove won best picture in 2010. In the series about David Beckham, Fisher plans to show previously unpublished footage from the archives of the football player’s family and tell how he grew from a modest guy to a football star. Despite the fact that David led an open and public life for almost 30 years, 4 episodes of the show “can surprise.”
The creators interviewed the footballer’s wife Victoria Beckham, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson, and teammates; they recalled the scandal of 2003 and the legendary loss to Arsenal in the 1/8 of the FA Cup.
Became a scapegoat
During England’s match against Argentina in 1998, David tripped Diego Simeone from the opposing team and earned a red card. As a result, the British lost in a penalty shootout, and all the fans’ anger was directed at Beckham — they blamed him for the loss, they burned an effigy of the football player and the whole season was “cancelled.”
split eyebrow
Just after the total defeat in the FA Cup, Ferguson lost control of himself so much that in the dressing room he threw a boot at Beckham and cut his eyebrow. The coach and the main star of the team did not get along before this: Ferguson believed that David had climbed too high in search of glory and forgot that his main place was on the field.
Messi Meets America — October 11 on Apple TV+
The Messi documentary series focuses on the player’s life at Inter Miami and his impact on football in North America. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner signed a three-year contract in a “sanatorium for legends” with new prospects in the form of total control over the club and transfers, and now the creators are ready to reveal the details of the deal.
The teaser for the documentary series is replete with signature pink shades and inspiring statements from Messi himself about the transition — there is no need to present the biography of one of the most titled players of our time, so the show relies on Messi’s real position in football. In fact, “Messi Meets America” can be watched as a continuation of the Netflix series, since Inter Miami is the brainchild of David Beckham.
