India, July 4 -- Few sports can match football for drama. Perhaps that is why documentaries on this sport tend to be so much more riveting than feature films.

FIFA counts on these innate dramatics when it organises events like the World Cup. But complaints and controversies don't hold a candle to the emotions, antics and physical prowess on display when the world's best footballing talent takes to the pitch.

You can know nothing of the rules and care little about which team wins, and still feel the magnetism of a good football match. Why else has this World Cup got Indians cheering for Cape Verde and Japan?

It was the Brazilian legend Pele who made the phrase "o jogo bonito" or "the beautiful game" synonymous with the sport. There are ...