Take the Ball Pass the Ball: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World

"The Making of the Greatest Team in the World"

Nov 5 2018 Not Rated 1h 49m
Documentary, Sport

Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is the definitive story of the greatest football team ever assembled. For four explosive years, Pep Guardiola's Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012, the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry, the emotion of Abidal's fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world's ever seen, was almost rejected by Barça as a 13-year-old.

Plot

Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is the definitive story of the greatest football team ever assembled. For four explosive years Pep Guardiola's Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012, the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry, the emotion of Abidal's fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world's ever seen, was almost rejected by Barça as a 13-year-old.

Written by

Graham Hunter

Directed by

Duncan McMath

Cast

Éric Abidal, Dani Alves, Albert Benaiges

Crew

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Production Countries

Spain

Production Companies

Universal Pictures, Zoomsport International, Versus Entertainment

Languages

Español, , English

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Take The Ball, Pass The Ball: trailer for documentary on Barcelona's Guardiola years
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