Sideline (2018)
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Dutch; Flemish (nl-NL) |
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Jaarlijks komen duizenden Afrikaanse voetballers naar Europa om hun voetbaldroom waar te maken in het spoor van hun grote helden als Sadio Mané, Yaya Touré en Didier Drogba. Enkel de happy few zal een profcarrière kunnen uitbouwen op de Europese voetbalvelden. Maar de droom van vele andere Afrikaanse talenten spat helaas al snel uit elkaar. Voor sommigen onder hen is falen geen optie. Ze blijven rondzwerven in Europa, zonder papieren en zonder een opvangnet. Je vindt deze gestrande voetballers overal op pleintjes in de achterbuurten van grote Europese steden, zoals de Luchtbal in Antwerpen. Daar trainen ze om fit te blijven, hopend op hun grote doorbraak. SIDELINE volgt het parcours van vijf Afrikaanse voetballers in België. |
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After sustaining serious injuries, MOSES (28) - a former premier league player from Nigeria - is forced to accept that his football career has come to an end. In order to stay in the game, he transforms himself into a talent scout and embarks on a mission to bring young and aspiring African players to Europe. Tempting them with big promises that seem impossible to keep, Moses soon finds himself entangled in football's infamous player trade, a system he once loathed himself. Because Moses once too was one of the thousands of African football players that come to Europe to follow in the footsteps of their heroes Sadio Mané, Yaya Touré, Drogba and many others. But only a happy few will succeed in building a professional career on a European football pitch. For every successful African football player, thousands remain in the shadows, not making it professionally, and not able to return to Africa, out of shame and fear of disappointing their families back home. |
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