Mexico 86 on Netflix on Netflix tells the secrets behind the organization and celebration of the Mexico World Cup in that year. Martín de la Torre (Diego Luna) is the protagonist of this film.
Martín de la Torre was an official of the Mexican Soccer Federation (Femexfut) who managed to hold a soccer World Cup in 1986, although he did so through bribes to other countries and various disputes with his rival, the United States, over the organization.
More than 40 years after the World Cup was held in Mexico, Luna considers that “there are many parallels” between the celebration of that championship and the one that will start at the Mexico City Stadium (formerly the Azteca Stadium).
In the film, directed by Gabriel Ripstein, Karla Souza (Susana) plays Martín’s lover, a woman who is not interested in soccer, but is dragged by corruption and bad practices.
About four references to Guatemala appear in the film, in which the country is part of the negotiations in which an official named Rogelio is committed to vote for Mexico and who is offered money and other benefits. The role of the Guatemalan delegate is played by the Spanish artist Rubén Jiménez.
In production, Guatemala is also first in the vote when deciding where the World Cup will be played.
Another reference from the Central American country is in the scandal in which Mexico did not play in the 1990 World Cup in Italy due to the so-called case of the cachirules.
A journalistic investigation detected irregularities in the records of several Mexican soccer players, who would have participated at different ages than their real ones to comply with the requirements of the youth tournament. In this process, Guatemala protested about this problem and one of the games they lost against the Mexican team is also remembered.