A dentist is drawn into coaching Colombian soccer team Atletico Nacional and assembles a team of local players amid the Colombian drug cartel wars in the 1980s.
A victory in a football match triggers the assassination of a team president. Andres' drug use affects his play until a foot insole alleviates his pain. Nacional advances in the Copa Libertadores.
Andres and Rene are selected for the Colombian National Team as the war between the Medellin and Cali cartels heats up. The team plays a big international game against Milan.
Pablo Escobar organizes an infamous game at La Catedral prison between Nacionale and a team including prison inmates and drug cartel members. No surprise: the game was fixed and carried off-field consequences.
