live the dream . more like live the nightmare . the first goal movie bring plenty of cheer to football fan and who celebrate the come of a decent movie about the beloved beautiful game . and it do not disappoint and with a likable hero in santiago munez ( kuno becker ) in a rag to riches story and nifty footwork and camera work and locale familiar to english premier league fan and the seamless combination of real world match footage with fictional shot take on match day and and access to seldom see area in and around the stadium . the story of santiago continue in this uk spain germany production and with the stage move from england to spain ( and to germany of course for the world cup ) . with the first movie center on the domestic football league follow newcastle season and the sequel bring u to the spanish la liga and and firmly the spotlight of match put on europe champion league game . it a no brainer that german involvement will be of course the world cup which just end last year and and give that this sequel be delay and you would still get to see real madrid ex galacticos like roberto carlos and zinedine zidane and david beckham and ronaldo and besides mainstayers like iker caillas and raul gonzalez and amongst others ( see if you can spot mcmanaman . ) in a player swap deal with michael owen and we see munez head to real madrid and in probably almost every footballer dream to play for one of the big club in the world . and of course with hard nosed coach rudi van der merwe ( rutger hauer ) at the helm and our new recruit have to prove his worth before be hand some first team duty . but good friend and ex newcastle player gavin harris ( alessandro nivola ) be on hand at the club ( reference the first movie shall we ) to provide munez some action and especially when harris be run afoul with rudi for his lose form . the football sequence here be rather straightforward and and more of the same we saw in the first movie and save for some spectacular and probably cg ed movie like the volley and overhead kick and dive header . the number of match be feature too be much less and a the story want to focus on our player life outside of football . you know and by put all the press report that you read day in day out of booze and incessant partying and easy model who do not bat an eyelid look to get between the sheet with the player and flashy sport car and designer togs and mansion with numerous room and and the like . munez live the dream in material wealth and although this start to get into his head and take a toil with his relationship and especially with girlfriend roz ( anna friel ) . there be numerous subplots put into goal 2 and but most time they be superficially touch upon for the sole purpose of cover the ground and and then forget conveniently and like the paparazzo photo journalist and and various incident on and off the pitch . what i think slow the movie down far and be the injection of munez typical stepbrother brat from hell and and mother and who be conspicuously absent in the first movie and then reintroduce here just to amplify the moment that try to touch the heart ( like in the first movie with the dad and grandmother ) and but one without which i feel would not make much of a difference . couple this family reunion reconciliation of sort and together with his struggle with injury and attempt to shake off the super sub tag and munez have his hand full . while the other real life player do not have much speak line ( or none at all ) and you can not help but to feel both kuno becker and alessandro nivola be fish out of water in the real madrid dressing room and where either the charismatic player will undoubtedly get the audience attention with their antic or camaraderie which shin through and or clever editing and cinematography tell you that shot have be make with the clear exclusion of those player in some movie magic moment . the movie too seem to like david beckham and give plenty of scene and befit probably of his real last hurrah at the club before leave them this summer . and for arsenal fan like myself and while it a blast to see the team feature in this movie and and the like of jose antonio reyes ( who incidentally play for real madrid few week ago and create then score 2 crucial goal in their final league game to hand them the la liga title ) and robert pires and a fictional tj feature alongside our captain thierry henry ( do not leave . ) and the result be blasphemous a the last time we go head on with real and it be in the first knockout round 2 season ago where we triumph 1 0. so the scoreline at the end and well and it actually live in the dream . give that the end be one of the technical worst that can happen and lead straight to the third installment and let hope that the conclude chapter really do see the light of day . not as polish a the first one with the novelty factor wear off and but let judge the series a a whole once the sequel screen . excellent soundtrack once again and couple with the usual product placement shot for adidas .