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25 million views and counting! And why not -- after all it isn't every day that 'The Incredibles' meet Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. What's more they're on the same team and they're taking on an army of clones...
This ad is all about taking risks -- and seeks to reinforce the idea -- that in this era of billion dollar deals and million dollar players -- football is after all just a game.
After an evil scientist raises an army of clones designed to play to a set plan and eliminate risk from the beautiful game, Ronaldo (the Brazilian who was on two World Cup winning squads - not to be confused with Cristiano) forges together a team of some of football's biggest stars who'd given up on being footballers because they simply couldn't beat the clones.
The video shows an out-of-work Zlatan Ibrahimovic hawking his book, Wayne Rooney working as a dockhand - when Ronaldo gets them together.
This five-and -a-half minute film from Nike manages to capture the essence of football. My personal favourite -- an Andres Iniesta rudely woken up from his siesta by Ronaldo...