DT Film Club: One Night in Turin
With just a couple months to go until the World Cup, we're about to see a lot of predictions and definitive statements about who will perform well at the tournament and who won't. This is the story of why you shouldn't invest too heavily in any of it.
Coming out of the turbulent 1980s and a miserable three losses at Euro 88, expectations couldn't have been lower for England at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. They barely even made it there, dragging themselves to qualification with a draw in their final match. The papers called them "donkeys" and said they shouldn't bother making the trip while actively trying to sabotage the team with false scandals. On top of that, the plague of football violence in England had the government threatening to withdraw the team from the tournament and scaring Italian authorities into taking drastic measures.
One Night in Turin documents how an underachieving group of players led by legendary, but embattled manager Bobby Robson came together in spite of all of this to make an improbable run deep into the tournament.
Narrated by Gary Oldman, the film shows how a few weeks, several tactical changes and three straight matches that went to extra time can turn a laughingstock into a beloved side celebrated as heroes. It's a great reminder that anything is possible at the World Cup and that once the matches start nothing else matters. Watch it.
Previously in the DT Film Club: The Four Year Plan
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