El Presidente S01e06 H264 [repack] -

"Nothing," he lies. "Only results."

Micky had done what any president in trouble would do: he called a closed-door assembly at midnight. el presidente s01e06 h264

Episode 6 had not been kind to him.

The episode opens with a slow zoom on a rotary telephone. It rings. Micky answers. On the other end is General Molina, the Chilean strongman who has funded half the teams' travel expenses. "Micky," the General says, voice like gravel, "I didn't lend you my railroad cars so you could have 'fair play.' I lent them so Chile wins." "Nothing," he lies

Santiago, 1936. The air in the backroom of the Club de la Unión smelled of cigar smoke and desperation. Miguel "Micky" Díaz, the newly appointed secretary of the hastily formed Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, stared at the telegram in his trembling hands. The episode opens with a slow zoom on a rotary telephone

Micky forges a second telegram, claiming the Brazilian delegates have agreed to a "friendly replay" that will never happen. He bribes a hotel porter to steal the Argentine captain's lucky boots. Then, in the episode's most devastating scene, he sits across from his own wife, Elena, who asks: "What did you trade today?"

Instead of handing it over, Micky lights a match. The celluloid hisses and curls.