And with not a football fan, I actually mean that I really dislike football. BUT, I like people and people have stories. I love the stories of people and therefore, you will also find me watching documentaries about football players if I think they have a story I find interesting to learn more about or highly entertaining for some reason.
I think it's safe to say that I never heard about David Beckham before he married Victoria Adams as she was a famous member of the Spice Girls. Gosh, we're talking high school here, lol. I remember having a guy at school wanting to take me to the Spice Girls concert, which I refused as I didn't like him one bit. Anyway, football was something highly annoying to me at the time because my boyfriend back then was a HUGE football fan and even worse: he was supporting our always losing local club, lol. So whenever they didn't win (read: most of the times) he was in a bad mood. That surely didn't help me liking football.
Over the years, I read a rumour here and there, with the biggest one being David Beckham dating a Dutch girl named Rebecca Loos. If you're curious about this part of their story, I can tell you that I was too, but they kind of just talked over the subject meaning that you will not really find out the actual truth about this gossip in this documentary.
In terms of the story about David's carrier as a football player, I found it interesting to learn more about how he went from Manchester United to a Spanish club and how this transfer went down. If you're a fan, I don't need to tell you the facts but to me, seeing this as a non-fan and how these transfers are being arranged behind one's back as if you're just a product and their puppet, was new to me. In the end, I have to admit that in these times I wasn't even surprised to find out how this all works. It surely isn't only glitter and glamour, that was very clear seeing this documentary.
While being adored by the fans first, it only took one mistake in a football game to become THE target of those same people. Yes, he made a mistake, but don't we all? If it's true how they pictured the way he was bullied for that one mistake, in this matter and even getting death threats to his family, that's sickening! I saw this documentary and learned that this guy deserves way more respect if it were only for never letting the bully win after that one time the bully poked him and it almost cost him his career. At least this guy learned a lesson, while paying a very high price. I was happy to see things turned around at some point, I knew nothing about his career until this documentary, only that he played for Manchester United once. He even made me excited when they shared some amazing goals, lol.
One very funny thing that made me find this documentary was the viral video of David putting Victoria in place when she mentioned she's from a working middle class family, lol. I mean, you probably saw it already, if not take a look to have a laugh:
I always thought "Posh Spice" was a bit much and probably a nightmare to live with but this documentary showed me that she just knows what she wants very well and has been nothing but supportive to her husband and his desires to play for another team somewhere in the world, wherever that would have been. I truly believe that she followed him blindly and at some point she was fed up with them moving as she finally found her peace in LA when he played for LA Galaxy. I also saw some joking and fun moments which made me giggle, it's clear to me this is a so-called power couple who didn't let any of the hardships coming their way break them. If the affair truly was real, they surely overcame the shit together and grew stronger. I salute them for the life they live now and I can only say that I highly recommend watching this documentary if you want to know more about their story.
Last, the trailer on Netflix. If you've seen it, let me know what you thought in a comment below.
Have a good week ahead..
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