By manipulating votes and promising TV revenue to other small clubs, Jadue surprisingly wins the presidency of the ANFP (Chile’s football federation). He’s now the most powerful man in Chilean football — but completely indebted to Burzaco and the FIFA cartel.
A corrupt Argentine businessman and FIFA "insider," Alejandro Burzaco (of Torneos y Competencias), offers Jadue a deal: help him secure TV rights for Chilean football, and in return, Jadue gets power, money, and a seat at the table. Jadue hesitates but eventually accepts, realizing honesty has kept him poor and irrelevant. el presidente s01e01 tv
Logline The series opens in 2015, then flashes back to 2012, introducing Sergio Jadue — a small-town, unassuming Chilean football club president — who is about to be pulled into the global web of corruption within FIFA. Episode Summary Opening Scene (Zurich, 2015) The episode begins with a dramatic, stylishly edited raid by Swiss and U.S. authorities on the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich. Several FIFA officials are arrested. Among them is a terrified, lesser-known figure: Sergio Jadue (played by Sebastián Layseca). He’s seen being handcuffed, but the narration (breaking the fourth wall) reveals he’s the one telling the story. By manipulating votes and promising TV revenue to
We jump back three years. Jadue is the president of Colo-Colo’s rivals, Unión La Calera — a tiny, debt-ridden club. He’s charming, insecure, and ambitious but stuck. The Chilean football association is dominated by powerful, arrogant figures like Harold Mayne-Nicholls (the respected but rigid ANFP president). authorities on the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich
Facebook
Twitter