Goal III: Taking on the World  Goal III: Taking on the World (also known as Goal III) is a 2009 sports drama film, the third part of the "Goal!" film trilogy. It was directed by Andrew Morahan, and written and produced by Mike Jefferies, who returned from the first two "Goal!" films. Unlike its two predecessors, this film did not have a theatrical release and was instead released straight to DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2009. Many of the key filmmakers who made the first two films did not participate, including the original screenwriters and most central cast members. Kuno Becker, who played protagonist Santiago Muñez in the first two films, appears only briefly at the start. The film instead focuses on two fictional England players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Charlie Braithwaite (Leo Gregory) and Liam Adams (JJ Feild). In this film, Kuno Becker briefly returns as Mexican footballer Santiago Muñez, but the story focuses mainly on two previously unknown friends and England national team players Charlie Braithwaite (Leo Gregory) and Liam Adams (JJ Feild), who are selected for their national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. As all of them attend the shooting of a film Braithwaite is featured in, tragedy befalls them. All three and Braithwaite's new love interest and soon to be fiancée Sophia Tardelli (played by Kasia Smutniak) suffer a car accident which puts Muñez out of contention through injuries and thus he vanishes from the story leaving the viewer to watch these completely new characters. Liam Adams discovers that he has a daughter he did not know about, Bella, from former love interest June (played by Anya Lahiri). This adds to Liam's preexisting alcoholism and release from Real Madrid. It is revealed that Muñez is set to return to England as a Tottenham Hotspur player under a two-year contract, along with Liam, who re-signs for Newcastle United, the original club of both ex-Real players. The film goes on to depict the World Cup from the English perspective. Liam scores against Sweden (2–2), assisted by a header from Charlie, and England qualify for the knock-out stages. However, in the match against Ecuador, Charlie is injured, and later collapses in the changing room. He is rushed to hospital, and dies on the way from an aneurysm (from the car accident).