Company: VPRO – NOS (both Dutch Public Broadcast stations). Submitted by: Rotterdam Topsport Foundation
Country: NETHERLANDS
Section : MOVIES & TV FOOTBALL – GREAT CHAMPIONS
Discipline: Soccer
Year: 2016
Director: Marcel Goedhart
Research: Steven Van Der Gaag
Editing: Saskia Buren
Photography: Ingmar Kooper
Voice Off: Tom Egbers
Producer: Malva Blom
Coproducer: VPROTROS
Time: 53 min
Projection: Friday 18 November – 20.55 – Sala Parlamentino
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Synopsis
Title Episode: The birth of The Legion. The Post-war depression was over and people were longing for adventure. So a remarkable idea was born. A journalist organized the travel of two ships to bring 1500 supporters to see a match in Portugal. Here, in 1963, FC Feyenoord Rotterdam faces Benfica, which had players like Eusebio, Torres and Coluna, in order to qualify for the European Cup final.