The directors of the documentary “Dark Blue” indicated that at least one player spoke about the threats against their families through the results of the team
Carlos Carrera, the director of Father Amaro’s Crime, and Carlos Bátiz, the filmmaker, revealed ESPN Digital, what the During the filming of the documentary “Dark Blue”, Cruz Azul players confessed that their families received death threats, for the poor results of the team.
“There’s a player who tells us, ‘you don’t know the shame of going out when we lose, my children have been threatened with death‘. It would be good for people to know the human aspect, it really contrasts with what I saw on the ground, “he commented. ESPN Digital, Carlos Bátiz, co-director of the documentary “Azul Oscuro”.
In the documentary, there are discussions with players and coaches from the current team, as well as with former footballers who went through Cruz Azul. In five chapters, the theme of the team will be approached, from its foundation to the moment “now of merit” “, adds the director Carlos Carrera.
“There is a player who said:” I was trained here, I come from Lagunas, Oaxaca, I was trained there, I come from there, I went up to the second team, the first team, do you think I have the face to get in that place, where I trained, where they always treated me well, with the stain I sold ‘, it is impossible “.
In interviews with the film’s directors, they say that “there is no former player or player who speaks ill of Billy Álvarez,” the former president of Cruz Azul who was elected for money operations of illicit origin and arrested. mandate in it against.
“We found outrageous things, such as the excessive sale of players, of players who were bought and not used, who were sold at a lower price than what was bought,” says Carlos Bátiz.
“The role of not promoting the basic forces, rather than being careless, seems to be intentional, because then not having people to cover the needs of the team, it buys players and, in the end, this is a business. It ended last season, it ended very badly, the semifinals and they want to clean the team, but there is another business, it seems that everything responds to a business more than a sports goal “, admits the director.