Alliance Française: Goal! Tor! But!: Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins
Director: Mike Brett, 97 min, 2014

In 2001, the tiny Pacific island of American Samoa suffered a world record 31-0 defeat at the hands of Australia, garnering headlines across the world as the worst football team on the planet. A decade after that humiliating night, they remain rooted to the bottom of FIFA’s World rankings, having scored only twice in seventeen years. They have lost every competitive game they have ever played. Against this backdrop of serial underachievement, the team face the daunting prospect of a qualification campaign for the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It would take a miracle-maker or a madman to turn the team’s fortunes around – and in maverick Dutch coach Thomas Rongen, the islanders somehow find both.

This screening is part of Goal! Tor! But! A month-long celebration of football and community from across Europe, right here in Glasgow 1-30 April, organised by the Goethe Institut Glasgow and the Alliance Française de Glasgow.

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