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adidas – Backyard Legends | The Greatest Football Story Ever Told

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What's the greatest football team of all time? Real Madrid's Galacticos? Arsenal's Invincibles? Sylvester Stallone's Escape to Victory squad?

Well, according to adidas in its barnstorming new campaign, the GOATs are actually three Backyard Legends - a cheeky trio seemingly capable of taking down all comers.

The brand's five-minute blockbuster, from 180 LA, pulls in three of football’s brightest current stars - Jude Bellingham, Lamine Yamal and Trinity Rodman - to face off against a series of legendary opponents. Featuring Timothée Chalamet, channelling his Marty Supreme manic energy, this isn't your normal three-a-side; the trio see off digitally de-aged versions of David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Alessandro Del Piero, much to the disbelief of fellow players Ousmane Dembélé, Raphinha, Pedri, Florian Wirtz and Santiago Giménez.

Utilising SMUGGLER narrative-master Mark Molloy's ever-reliable storytelling, and even managing to pull in extra cameos from Bad Bunny and Lionel Messi, this high-scoring, showboating effort feels like the perfect kick-off to the upcoming World Cup fever.

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