Football is a vastly well-known sport in several countries across the world, and several greats of the game have played the game.
But as informed, the game has a legacy of over 170 years, and people who are keen on the game have been from different generations, like this generation witnessed the great Lionel Messi, but to seek his brilliance, one must know about the previous legends to whom he is compared, which primarily includes the great Maradona.
This greatness developed by the previous players has been introduced to this generation with the help of the most legendary filmmakers who have made football documentaries and have augmented perfection by adding acute details from the historic moments in world football.
Let’s take a look at the extensively popular and knowledgeable football documentaries that remain a must-watch for the new generation of football fans.
The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football
Netflix in the year 2022 came up with one of the finest documentaries on football, which brought more facts to the limelight about the infamous Figo controversy. The movie shows how Florentino Perez agreed to trigger a buyout clause and broke all records for the most expensive transfer in football history, which took the world by surprise.
The star himself was featured in the movie and described in detail the incidents that occurred at that time.
Hillsborough
The film was made by Charles McDougall and released in 1996 over the world-famous and most tragic moment in the history of football.
The director reminds us of the worst day in the history of football, as a disastrous fatal human clash took place in the Hillsborough stadium during an FA Cup semi-final match played between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest back in April 1989.
The Class of 92
The Class of 92 is a revolutionary football documentary made on the rendezvous journey and making of the great double trio of Manchester United featuring Beckham-Butt-Ryan Giggs and Garry Neville-Phil Neville-Paul Scholes under Sir Alex Ferguson, who introduced a new wave of youth success to British football as he step by step brought these players to the limelight.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Zinedine Zidane was often referred to as the most controversial and short-tempered player in the history of football. The film was said to resemble some features from a previous documentary on George Best.
The film was shot during a real match sequence as it purely focuses on Zidane playing his match at Santiago Bernabeu against Villarreal, as it documents the controversial move over Zidane where he was sent off during a match brawl.
Maradona by Kusturica
Maradona is the most well-known footballer for several generations and has been the reason for inspiration and has drawn many players towards the game.
Though several documentaries have been made about this great player, this is a special version of his life, which includes a detailed campaign of his encounters at Napoli and Argentina documented by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica from the Argentine great himself. It to date remains to be the most reputed sports documentaries to be filmed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.
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