In The Hands Of The Gods

As anyone who’s winced through When Saturday Comes, The Match and There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble will testify, Brit-cinema and football don’t readily go hand in glove. Which is just one reason why this soccer-umentary makes for such a welcome surprise. The premise is straightforward: in the spring of 2006, five young freestyle footballers set out on a journey that will take them from London to Buenos Aires via New York, hoping to meet their hero Diego Maradona, one of the most brilliant (if often controversial) players who has ever lived. Lacking funding or sponsorship, the lads plan to busk their way across the States, using their keepy-uppy ball skills to earn tips.

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