Once In A Lifetime: Argentina I Episode 3: Now Or Never

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After a shock defeat to Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the 2022 World Cup, Messi and the Argentinian national team have no room for error. From near catastrophe they negotiate their way to the quarter finals, where they meet old adversaries, the Netherlands. Eli arrives in Buenos Aires hours before kick off and heads straight to the fan park where thousands of fans wait in anticipation. Can they take another step towards glory?

Después de la inesperada derrota ante Arabia Saudí en el debut del Mundial 2022, Messi y la selección argentina no tienen margen de error. De una situación casi catastrófica, se abren camino hasta los cuartos de final, donde se enfrentarán a Holanda, un viejo adversario. Eli llega a Buenos Aires horas antes del arranque y se dirige directamente al parque de hinchas donde miles de fanáticos esperan ansiosos. ¿Lograrán dar un paso más hacia la victoria?

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COPA90’s Once In A Lifetime takes an anthropological dive into football teams and their fanbases as they face the prospect of finally winning something.

In this four-part World Cup special, filmmaker Eli Mengem flies to Argentina to follow a country on the brink of ending the 36-year wait for the biggest prize in sport.

What he finds is a story which transcends football, reaching the very soul of a nation that lays itself bare over two fateful weeks. It's a story about Lionel Messi, Argentina and 45 million people looking to reclaim their place in history.

This is the all-angle, on the ground, as it happened, ultimate account of perhaps the greatest football story of our time.

This is Once In A Lifetime: Argentina.

Once In A Lifetime, de Copa90, es una inmersión antropológica en los equipos de fútbol y sus hinchas, que viven con la esperanza de por fin ganar algo grande.

En este especial de cuatro episodios sobre la Copa del Mundo, el cineasta Eli Mengem vuela a Argentina para acompañar a un país que está a punto de ponerle fin a 36 años de espera para ganar el mayor premio deportivo.

Lo que encuentra es una historia que va más allá del fútbol: toca el alma misma de una nación que se expone al mundo durante dos semanas decisivas. Es una historia sobre Lionel Messi, Argentina y 45 millones de personas que buscan reivindicar su puesto en la historia.

Este es el testimonio definitivo, directo y desde todos los ángulos, de lo que quizás sea el mayor acontecimiento deportivo de nuestra historia.

Esto es Once In A Lifetime: Argentina.

Directed & Produced: Eli Mengem

Executive Producers: Eli Mengem, Ross Whittow-Williams, Tom Thirlwall
Editor: Eli Mengem
Assistant Editor: Arran Sinclair
COPA90 Production: Dan Parker, Jack Fletcher
Director of Photography: Diogo Lopes
Cinematographers: Igal Albala, Adrijan Assoufi
Title & Graphic Design: We Are Frantic, Jeremie Peters, Dan Levey
Music: Universal Music Group
Post Production: Roundtable Post

Special Thanks: The whole team at COPA90 and the people of Argentina

[NerdOfVideoGames]

How am I being filled with so much anxiety and love despite knowing all results nearly two years on?! Phenomenal work, from all involved.

[vidyutkrishnakumar]

Wow, imagine gambling the entire production budget on Argentina. Now that's a gamble that paid off!!

[rmzweig]

“This country can only do stressful.” 😂😂😂

[uncletimo]

I AM STRESSED just WATCHING this.
These people are bonkers - they out emotioned the italians.

[tommybrasco]

I’m danish but live in Patagonia, and it’s one of the greatest pleasure and experiences of my life to have been here in Argentina and witnessing them win the World Cup. I still get tears in my eyes watching this

[nicolastuzzolino]

09:00
I am the boy with the blue backpack, the only thing I have to say is Thank you very much for that memory, thank you for sending me images that I didn't know I had in my memory. Thank you very much for your work.

[gero]

This documentary has few views yet... And this is by far one of the best i saw in this 2 year. Congrats

[yonatantan]

I don't understand how this series doesn't have a few million views! honestly, such amazing work, such depth, discovered so many things about Argentinians, and feel so close to them. Just extraordinary work! Thank you

[jhamler]

As an American with absolutely no skin in the game, I'm so impressed and enthralled by this doc so far. No matter the subject matter, even if it doesn't much matter to me, watching this has been a transcendent experience and so rewarding, culturally. The only problem I have now is how to explain it to my fellow Americans, most of whom don't even realize we'll be hosting the next iteration of the World Cup. Only Christ knows how I suffer...

[jakaparker]

Crazy! 2 years have passed but the vibes are still there.

[ndeevgourav]

I am Indian, and I still remember watching the quarterfinal games at 12:30 am. At 3:30 am, after the shootout, I was crying while my entire family was asleep. What a game it was!!!

[justarjen]

As a dutch person this wil always be hard to watch. But after watching these episodes I understand better why every match between us and the argentines get very heated. I really hope we can once win a world cup and I am certain we have to get through argentina.

[dancanham]

Best four-part series ever. Amazing, thanks for putting it together. Unbelievable. Brilliant.

[USC]

I and all the Copa90 fans had been wondering, why there had been no output since Scotland in the Euros. Now we know. A full-fledged, 2 hour movie in 4 episodes of brillant football documentary. Thank you, Eli and all at Copa90. Thank you.

[nahuelmuniz]

Eli, vos sos un campeón también. Aquí me tienen llorando dos años después con este trabajo tan bien hecho, felicitaciones a todos. SOMOS CAMPEONES CARAJO!.

[santymiranda]

Nada mejor que ser argentino durante un mundial. Aguante mi país, mis colores, mi pasión

[alaozarmg]

I watched these matches at the office. I used to smoke back then. I think i finished 3 cigarettes while waiting for additionals, which meant going outside in 40° weather for a smoke.
Now the final? I didnt smoke for the whole day. It was not suspense or stress. I had deposited my trust in these guys.
2 Years later i quit smoking, but i still remember the awful taste of 3 cigarettes worth of stress in this match. What a win.

[chefizzy]

I must be Argentinian somewhere in my bloodline, the only WC game I didn’t watch was Saudi because i thought it’d be easy. They lost, I watched every game after and they won, after they beat Mexico I vowed not to miss another game.

[juancucca]

Argentina is such a beautiful country... this people is really amazing. Greetings from Argentina!

[BooksToread-mo]

i experienced the "cabalas" without knowing it was more than a superstition in Argentina, i was reciting the the "Hanuman chalisa" after that 1st half against Mexico in hopes that it'd work & it did. i kept reciting it for every Argentina game from minute 1 to the end till the very last penalty of montiel and it was all worth it.