2018 FINAL FOR PROMOTION
Ladies and gentlemen, we are going into overtime
in this great final!
San Luis! San Luis! San Luis!
The night of December 2nd could go down in history.
Not even a movie script would have imagined this!
The ball goes forward with Dorados chasing it.
Vinicio Angulo gets a pass. This could be dangerous.
Good clearance from the defense.
Here's the team from Potosí.
The ball is played through. Chino's there. Here he comes...
Chino scores!
It's over!
San Luis are champions of the 2018 second division playoffs!
A team that started the night behind!
He sucks dick!
Maradona sucks dick!
This is not okay.
I looked after you in Culiacán the way you deserved.
Go find your coward of a president.
-He's a pussy! -Toño, stop it.
I don't want any tears.
I want you to take revenge.
What can I say?
I have a team with huge balls.
Do you understand?
I want revenge.
I want a rematch with those motherfuckers.
Because we had to play the opposition and we had to play the referee.
You played well.
We work hard every day,
only to be robbed.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm even angrier than you guys.
San Luis Potosí won't sleep tonight!
This is madness!
Let them celebrate.
Next year, I want to stay with you.
We'll see if you want to stay with me,
which is a different story.
I love you and I'm grateful to all of you.
And you, you honored...
the crest of Dorados.
Proudly.
You know what?
This really hurts me.
It really does hurt a lot.
That's all.
Anyone who doesn't think we'll be back is very wrong.
Anyone who thinks that is totally wrong!
You gave everything, be proud of that!
The story doesn't end here.
We'll be back and we'll wipe the floor with them.
Change those long faces.
You know why?
You gave everything.
When we give everything, we leave with our heads held high.
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
He achieved glory in Aztec lands
And made Argentina win the World Cup
Because his hand made history
Like his hand lifting a trophy
Many people haven't forgotten your past
But now it's time To tell a different story
I have forgiven you for your mistakes
It's a source of pride That you're in Sinaloa
And Diego arrived and Diego arrived
And he arrived to brighten up football
And Maradona arrived, he arrived
ONE MONTH LATER
JANUARY 2, 2019
Football is full of drama.
Things change so fast.
There's no time to feel sorry for yourself.
Working with Diego is a complex situation.
So is Rocío out of your life?
Rocío is completely out of my life.
The team from Sinaloa has begun the preseason.
-Without Diego. -Without him?
Wow!
-No... -Excuse me,
but the split with Rocío hit him hard.
I don't know. His return to Sinaloa is still uncertain.
For the first time, Rocío Oliva spoke and confirmed
that she broke up with Maradona and wouldn't marry him.
The 30 year age difference was a factor.
58-year-old Diego Maradona
has been admitted to Olivos Clinic in Buenos Aires.
Football doesn't come with an instruction manual.
Neither does Diego.
1 DAY BEFORE THE 2019 SEASON
MIDFIELDER
It's always very important to have
the leader of the group with us.
Diego has been absent the whole preseason
with some personal problems,
but we're all waiting for him.
Every day we hope he arrives.
We hope he comes.
Supposedly, he's coming next week.
We'll see.
Obviously this is a strange time.
CAPTAIN
We were used to having Diego here.
Go ahead.
Good. That's it. Excellent!
When we were training,
Diego would give each player a hug and a kiss.
We really miss that.
We're struggling to adapt.
We all know Diego left behind
something special in this group.
Tomorrow we'll go out and represent him as best we can.
Mexican football is back,
the promotion division is back,
but without Diego Armando Maradona.
The club said he was coming on the 2nd,
then the 3rd, then within five days,
but no one knows.
And on top of that,
Luis Islas isn't returning to Dorados. It is now official.
What Mexican team in this day and age starts the season without a coach?
This is a disaster.
They knew there was a price to pay for having Maradona.
And now they're paying it.
GROUNDSMAN
A pitch is a living organism.
It can get sick.
The field was 60 or 65 percent covered in weeds.
We burned all the weeds.
We replanted the grass, we did everything we had to,
but we didn't have enough time.
1ST GAME OF THE 2019 SEASON
It was all very fast, very dramatic.
They made me an offer on December 28th.
And, well...
Who wouldn't be seduced by the idea of working with Diego?
So I immediately said yes.
And by December 30th I was on my way to Culiacán.
-Have you spoken to Diego directly? -No.
We can't let this happen if they have the ball.
Don't give their winger time.
Do you understand, Flaco and Beto?
If not, Julio or...
Who else?
Julio?
-Or? -Escoboza?
Alonso. Okay?
If we start poorly, we'll pay at the end of the season.
From today,
we start by winning our home games.
The pitch is horrible, but we have to win anyway.
We have to win! Don't risk anything.
Let's go! We can win this together.
Everyone is going to be looking at us.
Let's go! Go!
We're ready for the first match of the 2019 season.
Dorados de Sinaloa host Atlético Celaya.
If you're asking if Maradona is on the bench...
No, Maradona is not.
Maradona isn't even in Mexico, he's in Argentina.
José María Martínez, "Pancho," has come in from Argentina.
He arrived only four days ago.
He hasn't had much time with the team.
The first half has begun...
in the first game of the Mexican second division!
To be champions
This crazy band comes along with you...
You fall in love with the team.
It's a feeling you can't explain. In the beginning, when Diego arrived,
he really motivated them,
and that drove them to what we achieved last year.
Diego not being here in Culiacán shows lack of respect.
At least at a distance, the pitch appears to be in awful conditions.
Patched up.
Today, it's very difficult.
The ball is bouncing all over.
It's like a cow field.
17 minutes into the second half, we're still 0-0.
A corner to the near post...
Goal for Celaya!
That's the final whistle.
A poor debut for José María Martínez.
He starts with a loss.
That was pathetic!
We got to the final!
What more do you want?
We're just getting started! Calm down!
Come on!
We lose and I'm frustrated. I think: "It isn't right."
So, I exploded.
When the ref blows his whistle, I run to the tunnel.
I start telling the players to be more committed.
Show some balls, guys. Make an effort, the season has started.
The team needs their coach.
It's incredible how much the players care for him.
The new players are desperate to meet him, and they ask
what it's like to work with Diego.
What the locker room is like with him there.
We're trying to keep the spirits high.
But in my head I have a deadline.
I can only wait so long.
We need to make a decision.
How long can we go on like this?
Regarding the coach, when is Diego coming back?
Well, I keep saying...
And maybe I'm being too reserved, but I have been asked to be like this...
It's all down to Diego's health. That's why he's not here yet.
Diego's return is the most important thing.
We prioritize his health, and we're doing our best.
Thank you.
It's pretty exhausting, week after week...
to keep waiting.
LOOK AT THIS STICKER. DIEGO IS A WINNER!
A wave hit me all at once.
This afternoon's topic concerns the health of Diego Maradona.
They found internal bleeding in his stomach.
But they don't know the cause of the bleeding,
so he will remain hospitalized.
Of course it's frustrating. No one wanted things to be like this.
No one.
We want Diego to be okay.
But we have no doubts...
We have no doubts that everything will be okay.
It will all work out.
Which one is my favorite color?
Blue.
-Let's see. -You like this color?
Let's see. I like this one.
You have to use two.
Let's try here, with this strand.
It's not working. Now it is.
-There it is. -Good job.
There it is.
Another coach can come,
and he might know more about tactics,
but they'll never be like Diego.
Now, we're desperate for him to arrive so we can get to work.
We always feel Diego's absence.
He gives off an energy that no one else has.
The other wingers here...
and the defenders...
But what I don't want is parallel passes all over the place.
You can't leave the square. Respect the square.
Is that clear?
Five, six...
Well done.
Seven...
Pablo, now parallel.
Well done, Pablo!
Two touches, Flaco.
Well played, Gaspar.
Good! Attack, Luis!
Lovely movement!
Great!
JANUARY 7, 2019
The one in the back. The one with the cap.
Maradona is leaving the clinic.
He opened the window, let's see what he says.
Diego, are you alright?
-Do you want to say something? -Go suck a dick.
What were you doing here, Diego?
Don't put your hand in.
Go, Diego!
Diego, you rock!
TICKET BOOTH
WELCOME, DIEGO!
This morning I talked to Diego.
Hello, Toño.
Tell the guys...
that I'm committed to the team...
and even if I have heart surgery...
I will come back to Dorados.
I am yours.
Stay calm and keep the boys calm.
The big boss will arrive soon.
TWO WEEKS LATER
Come over here
And sing with me Because a friend...
-You're here. -I came back.
Thanks for coming. We love you very much.
I love you too, guys.
I had a hernia.
And a second one formed behind it.
The air pressure on the plane...
could have ruptured the one in the front
and I would've bled to death.
If the hernia had grown, I'd be in a body bag!
I'd be in the freezer.
I risked my life.
I did it for the guys.
Because I promised them I'd come back
and here I am.
TOLUCA "LAND OF THE GOD TOLO" STATE OF MEXICO CAPITAL
We're all happy about Diego's arrival.
As we say here in Mexico, we wanted a car, now let's take it for a spin.
If I told you how many calls I received from the president
on my phone,
you wouldn't believe it.
You wouldn't.
If Jennifer Lopez called me as many times,
I'd be living secretly with her in the US.
Today I'm here as motivated as ever.
With the love I get from the guys,
I feel like I'm playing again.
That's the feeling.
I'm home.
Diego Jr. sent you a video.
"Good luck, daddy."
This is my son.
"Good luck, daddy...
in the game."
An important game, a difficult one, but we're ready.
It's our dream to play in the first division, boys.
Our dream is to play in first division!
-Do your best! -Don't worry!
Good luck, man!
-Let's give everything! -Guys...
I want to tell you...
This is where our dreams,
which were stolen in the final last year, start again.
Right?
That's something I won't forget.
Right?
We're going to play every game to win.
Every match, with skill, with patience,
and, above all,
thinking about getting to the top.
We don't care about the other teams.
We were disappointed last year.
And this year, we won't let it slip through our grasp.
Let's fucking do this!
One, two, three, Dorados!
Live from the Alberto Chivo Córdoba University stadium.
The first 45 minutes have begun.
Dorados are on top.
Let's see what this Dorados team has to offer.
Still Dorados 0, Potros 0.
The Dorados player fell,
Echeverría of Potros shoots. Gaspar loses it.
Goal for Potros.
In the 2019 tournament.
We're 25 minutes into the second half.
Potros are winning 1-0 against Diego Armando Maradona's Dorados.
The ball comes in high, it bounces in the middle...
Dante Manuel Osorio!
Goal for Potros!
It's a long season, boys.
The championship didn't end today.
It's not over by a long shot.
Come on, film this.
Film this so you can film again when we're jumping with joy.
Film today. Come on, boys, come on!
Yeah.
It hurts when we lose, just like it hurts anyone.
But Dorados fans should remain calm,
because the boss is back.
Do you see it as part of your job to keep Dorados on the front pages,
given your reputation?
I don't look in the mirror all day.
I don't care about that.
Do you know why?
Because if they don't talk about Maradona, who are they going to talk about?
Tell me.
Are they gonna talk about Trump?
Are they?
About that rubber doll?
BANORTE STADIUM
PRESS ASSISTANT
Diego looks well, but tired.
I'm as nervous as I would be on game day.
I missed you guys.
Hi!
-How are you? -Good, and you?
-Good. -You looked so happy on your vacation.
Happy? I had 15 operations! What vacation are you talking about?
With your son.
-That's true. -I saw you running around with him.
The doctors didn't want me running.
That's what worried me, that your wound might open up.
Yeah. Look! Look who's here!
Look how skinny he is!
I don't know how to hug him. Up here or down there.
We're home!
They didn't do anything to the pitch.
This line was already here.
They didn't do anything. It's exactly the same.
This line was already here.
They didn't do shit to the pitch.
Fucking hell.
I don't know why I'm looking at this when they told me
they were going to replace the whole pitch with grass up to Real Madrid's standard.
A pitch like Real Madrid's? Not even their parking lot looks this bad.
This story doesn't make sense to me.
By tomorrow, I want things to be completely clear.
Right?
If not, we're not playing on this pitch.
We won't play.
I won't let my team, my boys, risk injury here.
And risk snapping their ligaments on this bullshit.
Look at that!
It's embarrassing.
Guys, let's start, with trainers.
Let's go.
Let's run to forget about yesterday's match.
Right?
Fixing up the pitch has been stressful.
It's my responsibility to give them the best pitch
or the best facilities, so they can do their best.
And I haven't done that.
Obviously, it's frustrating. It's stressful.
But it is what it is.
We finished that part of the roof.
Yes.
Only the pitch to do now, boss.
We changed it all, Diego.
All of it.
Wanting to do things right isn't the same as doing them right.
Wanting to do something is one thing. Doing it is another.
Toño, one question.
The pitch?
-Diego complained... -Don't fuck with me, turn that thing off.
There's football.
Dorados are back.
They are hosting Cimarrones from Sonora.
However much Dorados may have planned, because they did in fact plan,
it just didn't work out.
Because Maradona arrived late,
because they couldn't fix the grass, because, frankly,
Dorados de Sinaloa is a team that began without a coach and without a pitch.
I think the motivation they got from Diego ended with the final last year.
What matters now is how they play.
If we don't win, I'll lose hope. Even if they play well.
We have to be realistic.
If we lose now, we'll go crazy like you did.
If we lose, the tournament will slip from our grasp.
We have no points right now. Nothing. We have zero points.
I was a football player...
I came from a generation of football players
who never took care of themselves.
But we had fun on the pitch.
Give it your soul!
I was born when the game was about playing football,
when there were unbeatable teams.
These days, anyone can beat anyone.
I try to make the players
think about the game.
In Dorados, no one goes backwards.
I like to see the connection they have with each other.
What interests me the most...
is looking after the players.
Please Dorados, don't let me down...
Dorados lose the ball as they come forward.
Cimarrones with it now. Careful, this looks dangerous.
Careful! Goal for Cimarrones.
Goal for Cimarrones.
Scored by number 22, Mario Quezada.
Has Maradona fever come to an end?
Is it just a matter of time before this team finds its feet?
I don't know if it will be too late.
Time is not on their side.
This tournament decides who gets promoted.
The players recognize the fans' support and know they owe them more.
Three matches,
no wins.
You want some?
The only team with no points on the board so far this season.
I don't feel any pressure.
Pressure is what people feel when they don't have a house.
People who have to sleep in the street.
Those people feel pressure.
We are privileged,
we're just playing a game of football.
-Are you ready? Come! -Here it goes!
Let's go, boys!
We will recover, this isn't our last match!
Hey!