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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Phil Hoad

Make It to Munich review – uplifting story of a young footballer cycling to recovery

Exceptional resilience … Ethan Walker in Make It To Munich.
Exceptional resilience … Ethan Walker in Make It To Munich. Photograph: © Walker Family

This is an uplifting film about a miracle of ordinary life: the lightning-fast recovery of the teenage Scottish footballer Ethan Walker after being hit by a car, and the 745 mile (1,200km) bike ride he undertook from Hampden Park, Glasgow, to Munich just nine months after the accident to deliver the match pennant for the opening game of Euro 2024.

Walker – on a football scholarship in New York when he was struck at 60mph – suffered cataclysmic injuries, including two brain haemorrhages, multiple fractures, the dislocation of his right knee and a lacerated lung.

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