I’ve never been fond of football, and as I recall it was only twice that I ever enjoyed watching it on TV, both times was more like a national event for my home country, Egypt.Just now I saw a movie, it’s called “GOAL” it’s about a Mexican young man, who fled into the United States as an illegal alien. He grew up minding his own business, working with his father and in his spare time he played football. One day an English guy sees him play, suggests that he go to England, tries to set him up with a hot shot agent but he fails… so he takes a shot with the Newcastle team president and he scores…
Now the English guy goes back to England after making “Santiago” – which was the boy’s name – promise that he will think about it.
Santiago’s father tries to put him down claiming that people are of two kinds one who serves and others who are served and that they are the former type.
Santiago works his head off trying to save money to go to England and his father takes his money to start his own business… any ways Santiago manages to go England and meets with the English guy… he takes him to Newcastle and he participates in the training but he can’t prove himself… Newcastle team president is not impressed; they let the boy go…
The English guy that met Santiago in Los Angeles gives up and so does Santiago, but the latter tells the former about his father’s theory of “servants and masters”… The English guy chases down the Newcastle president and gets Santiago a month trial…
During this trial he is faced with many difficulties starting from racism and not ending with his asthma attack … but he fights and he finally make it to the first team…
Now, in this movie there is two parallel story lines, although one of them is the obvious and more dominant one, which is Santiago’s, I am more fascinated with the other story line… the English man’s story…
He saw someone with a potential, with a dream, and he fought to help this complete stranger realize his dreams… he was let down… he was mocked and even charged for it… but what did he do???
He fought and won….
I guess the moral of this would be: “Dreams are meant to be realized, if you don’t have any help someone who has, may be then you will find yours”
Now the English guy goes back to England after making “Santiago” – which was the boy’s name – promise that he will think about it.
Santiago’s father tries to put him down claiming that people are of two kinds one who serves and others who are served and that they are the former type.
Santiago works his head off trying to save money to go to England and his father takes his money to start his own business… any ways Santiago manages to go England and meets with the English guy… he takes him to Newcastle and he participates in the training but he can’t prove himself… Newcastle team president is not impressed; they let the boy go…
The English guy that met Santiago in Los Angeles gives up and so does Santiago, but the latter tells the former about his father’s theory of “servants and masters”… The English guy chases down the Newcastle president and gets Santiago a month trial…
During this trial he is faced with many difficulties starting from racism and not ending with his asthma attack … but he fights and he finally make it to the first team…
Now, in this movie there is two parallel story lines, although one of them is the obvious and more dominant one, which is Santiago’s, I am more fascinated with the other story line… the English man’s story…
He saw someone with a potential, with a dream, and he fought to help this complete stranger realize his dreams… he was let down… he was mocked and even charged for it… but what did he do???
He fought and won….
I guess the moral of this would be: “Dreams are meant to be realized, if you don’t have any help someone who has, may be then you will find yours”
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