Captains of the World is a television documentary series produced in a collaboration between Netflix, Fulwell 73 and FIFA+ to give a behind-the-scenes look at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It is a follow-up to the 2022 co-produced series Captains, which documented players' efforts as their teams fought to qualify for the highly anticipated sporting event that took place in Qatar.
The documentary features behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive interviews with captains, prominent players, coaches and more – including Harry Kane, Gareth Bale, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé and Simon Kjær; and revisits the tragedies and triumphs of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. From Messi's records with Argentina's big win to the biggest upsets of players like Ronaldo, Harry Kane and Thiago Silva, the story covers every angle of the journey.
Cast Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé Harry Kane Neymar Luka Modrić Thiago Silva Cristiano Ronaldo Kalidou Koulibaly Tyler Adams Gareth Bale Simon Kjær Romain Saïss Gary Lineker Lionel Scaloni Didier Deschamps Louis van Gaal
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Reception For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 98% approval rating . In the first week of its release, it ranked as the 4th most watched TV show worldwide with 348M hours watched, and ended the first week in Netflix's Top 10 list in over 89 countries.
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