To fill the Ted Lasso-sized hole in our hearts, Apple TV+ has been pumping out major football-related content lately, including this brand-new documentary series about Lionel Messiโs World Cup victory (which now has a full-length trailer).
Aptly titled Messiโs World Cup: The Rise of a Legend, this four-part affair features exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Argentinian superstar, eight-time Ballon dโOr recipient, and recent Inter Miami signee.
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Just days before the 2022 edition of the tournament kicked off in Qatar, Messi told the filmmakers: โIt would be the ultimate experience to win a World Cup and to be able to close out my career in that way.
โIโve daydreamed about it after many years of fighting for it. I made a million possibilities of what could happenโฆ the first match, the Round of 16, the quarterfinals, the semi-final, and the final.โ
โIโm also going to live it as something special, because itโs the last one. To finish my last year winning a World Cup would be the dream ending.โ
All in all, it promises to be both an intimate and unprecedented retrospective of the GOATโs illustrious career.
Messiโs World Cup: The Rise of a Legend has been executive produced by the Emmy Award-winning Tim Pastore (Free Solo, Jane); Emmy and Tony winners Patrick Milling Smith and Brian Carmody; yet another Emmy winner in SMUGGLER Entertainmentโs Matt Renner (Free Solo, Limitless with Chris Hemsworth); alongside Jon Henion (Welcome to Wrexham) and Juan Camilo Cruz (In Her Hands).
The entire series has been produced for Apple by SMUGGLER Entertainment in association with Pegsa.
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It also marks Apple TV+โs second docuseries centred on Lionel Messi after Messi Meets America, which dropped back in October.
Messi Meets America focused more on his transition from Europeโs prestigious La Liga and Ligue 1 to Americaโs developing Major League Soccer (and it now streaming in its entirety).
As for Messiโs World Cup: The Rise of a Legend, the forthcoming series is scheduled to premiere on February 21st, 2024 โ check out the full-length trailer above.
