“Not just FIFA… the corruption scandal was so huge, the FBI wanted to show they were the good guys… Everyone wanted to be part of it. So many hands on this super huge business.” FIFA FIFAMafia
Fans yearning for the return of professional soccer has spent months rewatching classic matches, obsessing over “contact training” schedules and adopting teams from far-flung leagues that play in empty stadiums.
“El Presidente” tells the story through the eyes of Sergio Jadue, a young Chilean who improbably rose from the front office of a humble local club to the vice presidency of CONMEBOL, South American football’s governing body. “This kind of mafia is more difficult. In ‘Narcos,’ you can just kill everyone and that’s it. It’s real. Here, people didn’t die — not too many.”
“And it’s an era when subtitles are allowed, no?” added the Argentine. “We are seeing international content in the American market, after ‘Narcos,’ after ‘Parasite,’ even ‘Roma.’ Grondona’s character highlights the vast contrast between fans’ unadulterated passion for “the World Cup people see” and the true “business World Cup” — an unrivalled cash machine for those pulling the strings.
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