The Critical Room: The World’s Most Important Football Match?
Before the screening, there will be a conversation about the 1986 Argentina-England match, perhaps the most important football match in the world.
Join two of Norway’s leading football experts, Arne Scheie and Aleksander Schau, for a conversation about what may be international football’s most significant fixture: Argentina versus England. The two teams have met six times at the World Cup, and their 1986 encounter ranks among the most iconic matches of all time. How do war, conflict and sporting rivalry shape the relationship between the two national teams today?
Panelists
Arne Scheie – Norway’s legendary sports commentator, known for his many years at NRK. He commentated the match between Argentina and England in both 1986 and 1998.
Aleksander Schau – Football expert at NRK. He co-hosts the podcast Fotballklubben with Thomas Aune and has written several books about football.
Moderator: Jon E. Sæter from the Films from the South Festival
The conversation will take place before the screening, and will be in Norwegian.
About the film
A documentary about the historic football match between Argentina and England in 1986. The match was not merely a landmark event in sporting history. The Falklands/Malvinas War of 1982 was still fresh in both countries' memories, giving the quarter-final a politically charged dimension.
