[This is a Thursday night post] For every soccer-fanatics out there, please go and watch Goal! for the love of the game lar.

Santiago Munez is a poverty-stricken guy with an outstanding talent for soccer. His deft touches and dribbling ability caught the eye of a British scout, and the unbelievable journey to play in the fantastic St. James’ Park thus began.

It is inevitable that you find some parts of the movie familiar and close to your heart, largely due to the common dream of most footie lovers in performing the football extraordinary. Everyone wants to score that last minute free kick that Becks did for England. Everyone wants to win that penalty after a long dizzy dribble. Everyone wants to step up to center stage and perform in front of the gal of their dreams. Everyone wants to nutmeg [ole!] their opponent-in-love or simply knock his teeth off in a tussle for the ball. And everything appears in this awesome movie. Ohhh! We share the same sentiments ‘cos we no ordinary Saturday’s couch watchers. We are footballers! Aha.