Eva Longoria Says Drama Of Mexican Soccer Team Necaxa Is 'something You Can't Script'

For billions of fans astir nan world, shot is nan king aliases queen of each sports. A 90-minute crippled tin operation up authentic emotions of joy, heartbreak, fearfulness and symptom arsenic they witnesser their teams triumph aliases suffer a championship.

And Eva Longoria, who stars successful nan caller FX documentary bid “Necaxa”— named aft 1 of Mexico’s historical and storied shot teams — says those aggravated loyalties and feelings tin make sports stories compelling.

“That play and emotion really is thing you can’t script,” she said successful a video interview. “It’s what makes you support coming backmost for more.”

Longoria is besides an executive shaper of nan caller documentary bid featuring nan now-underdog Club Necaxa arsenic it competes successful nan country’s Liga MX.

"Necaxa," produced by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, is successful immoderate ways for illustration a spinoff of nan 2 men's hugely successful “Welcome to Wrexham” bid focused connected an underdog Welsh shot squad — and its recent, singular rise.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney successful "Welcome to Necaxa."FX

Like its predecessor, "Necaxa" gives viewers an wrong scoop into nan lives of players and fans who are holding connected to nan dream of becoming champions.

"The squad is truthful overmuch much than astir winning and losing," Longoria said. “There’s truthful overmuch that goes connected down nan scenes pinch nan trainers, pinch nan coaches, pinch nan staff, pinch nan town, pinch nan fans — nan players astatine home, their wives. They're having family issues, they're having injuries — there’s truthful overmuch that goes into winning championships."

Diego González, a erstwhile subordinate and nan existent property serviceman for nan club, said, “Necaxa, for me, is genuinely a family.”

“In nan end, we walk overmuch much clip astatine nan nine aliases pinch nan squad than moreover successful our ain homes, truthful it ends up being a family for us,” he said successful a video interview. “That’s what motivates maine to beryllium portion of nan team.”

And for Longoria, family is besides a large portion of sports.

Soccer is known arsenic shot aliases fútbol successful astir countries extracurricular nan United States. But arsenic she was increasing up successful Texas, Longoria said, shot meant 1 point to her arsenic a sports fan: her father’s favourite team, nan Dallas Cowboys.

“My dada was a large Dallas Cowboys fan, which intends we were large Dallas Cowboys fans,” she said. “My favourite puerility memories are going to a Cowboys crippled aliases watching nan Cowboys games. And I grew up successful nan ’90s, which was erstwhile we won, you know, 3 championships.”

During that decade, Necaxa besides had a metallic age, winning 3 Mexican convention titles.

Now, much than a quarter-century has passed since that past title successful 1998. And clouded by inconsistent performances, Necaxa faces a difficult way arsenic an underdog, pinch nan nine trying to reclaim its erstwhile powerhouse legacy.

Longoria is besides a number investor successful nan club. This isn’t nan first clip she has backed an underdog; she's credited pinch stepping up to prevention nan first movie of nan celebrated neo-noir revenge franchise “John Wick” pinch a last-minute finance of $6 cardinal conscionable complete a decade ago.