But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.
But it`s a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don`t want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
But I think it`s also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television as well because of the ad breaks. It`s something to do with that as well. You can`t show a complete soccer match here. Which I kind of find a bit of an odd th...
Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina.