- The manager of a football team wants to hire a coach. Luckily the team begin to win but on the eve of an important match the opposing team has their best scorer kidnapped. Will they win the match all the same?—Salvatore Santangelo <pappagone2@libero.it>
- Ingrassetti (Ciccio Ingrassia), advertising manager employed in the branch in Sicily of a pharmaceutical company based in Northern Italy, has the task of finding a "Magician" to revive the fortunes of the company football (soccer) team, which has a particular name: "Schiapp" (acronym of the company name, which however is similar to the Italian word "schiappa", which defines a person who is not very skilled in his work or in his sporting activity).
So the company president (Umberto D'Orsi) tells him. But when the president says "Magician" means a "Football Magician", referring to the way football coach Helenio Herrera was called (one of the most successful coaches in the Italian Football championship during the 1960s, also called "H. H." given the initial letters of his name and surname). Ingrassetti, on the other hand, thinks that he should hire a real Magician, meaning an expert in Magic, and contacts the Magician "K. K." (Franco Franchi).
When Ingrassetti understands the misunderstanding he tries to remedy, first trying to teach the Magician "K. K." at least the notions of the game of Football, then finding himself managing a series of bizarre situations. The Magician "K. K.", in fact, does not know the game of football: neither the tactics, nor the roles of the players, nor the jargon used, nor the importance of training. So when Ingrassetti suggests to the Magician "K. K." to bring players to "oxygenate", he intends to suggest to train the players in the mountains, so they can breathe pure air. The Magician "K.K.", on the other hand, thinks that "oxygenating" refers to the treatment of the hair with hydrogen peroxide, to make it blond, and so take the players to the hairdresser!
But will be the Magician "K. K." to solve all the problems in an important championship match by demonstrating his qualities also in the football field...
Franco Franchi sings the song on the opening credits of the movie (as in other movies) and, in conclusion, Ciccio Ingrassia invites to the 1974 World Cup in Germany (West Germany).
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