1982 is the year when Italy's government begins to gain the upper hand in its decade-long struggle against the Red Brigades. The year of Roberto Calvi's death, the Italian banker found hanged under London's Blackfriars Bridge. The year of the Falkland War, fought between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The year of the Sabra and Shatila massacres in the outskirts of Beirut, during the Lebanese Civil War. In the midst of all this, there is a World Cup going on in Spain and Abraham Klein must decide whether to referee what will prove to be one of the greatest matches in football history.