Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe season culminates in a dramatic confrontation between Meni and Oved, in which their special relationship is put to a severe test.
Meni Azulai, who arrives at Teddy Stadium every Saturday with a supermarket cart. Not for the game itself, Meni isn’t even a football fan. He's a lone wolf with an explosive temperament. Though the game doesn’t interest him, when he saves a man who turns out to be the leader of the club’s radical fan organization, the police force him to become an undercover agent against his will.
Acting
Ben Sultan's barely-contained rage carries every frame
Direction
Teddy Stadium becomes a character: suffocating, loud, alive
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beitar Jerusalem's real-life far-right 'La Familia' ultras inspired the show's extremist faction, making this uncomfortably close to documentary.
The creators cast actual former hooligans as extras; some reportedly walked off set during the riot scenes, finding them too realistic.
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