Best Footballers in the World Save Soccer in "The Last Game"

OK, so, yeah, this is just one long ad for Nike Football. But the company's animated short The Last Game is really, really cool.

Here's the set-up: An evil corporation called Perfect Inc. has figured out a way to take all the risk — and all the fun — out of soccer by outfitting an army of clones with special clothing to give them perfect football abilities. But when the game is perfected, all the big-name players are left without a job. Worst of all, soccer becomes boring!

So the best footballers in the world — Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Neymar Júnior, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Andrés Iniesta, David Luiz, Franck Ribéry, Tim Howard and Ronaldo Fenomeno — join forces to take the game back. And it all comes down to a winner-take-all match in Brazil, the site of the 2014 World Cup.

Basically, it's the soccer version of Avengers. And it's pretty great. Here's the full video:



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