Behind the scenes of the documentary about Hector Bellerin - An interview with Charles Hoare, the filmaker of 'Unseen Journey'

At 72' minute of Arsenal-Chelsea on 19 January 2019, chasing a ball, Hector Bellerin hurt his leg and ruptured the ligament of his ACL. A shocking event for the Spanish full-back, as it would be - and as it is every time - for any footballer. The trauma is very great, and livin' the severity of that injury, Bellerin decided to testify about his experience with a documentary, live these days on some of his social accounts (YouTube and Facebook). The name is Unseen Journey, and in nine episodes it tells the stages of the recovery of the Arsenal player's injury, from the operation in Barcelona to the return to the pitch in September 2020.

The documentary focuses a lot on the psychological context that accompanied Bellerin during the convalescence months and the recovery, to offer a testimony of what you really live when you are risking your lifetime passion. To understand it more, nss sports talked to Charles Hoare, the English documetnary director, who have followed (with his crew) Bellerin throughout the months of the injury.

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3)Arsenal now have serious difficulties in the PremierLeague,yet they are not a very different team from the one that won the FA Cup four months ago. You who've been following the team for the last year, what do you think is going on in the dressing room?

Being an Arsenal fan, I did have my Arsenal fanbase head-on and I knew the frustrations that the fans were thinking but I get the luxury of seeing both sides. When we are going through a bad patch, I have now met these individuals that might be getting criticised but I have seen them be upset and how hard they work to change it.

I think in any workplace when you go through a bad patch, it's all about how you communicate to get out of it. As Rob Holding said when we interviewed him, having that leadership that Hector brings is vital and I think now we are seeing the benefits of that. I think people overthink what happens in a dressing room, they are all human and whatever happen every player just wants the best for Arsenal. Proof is in the pudding as they got through it as now we are seeing them play so well. We have times at HIFEN (the documentary production company, ed) where we might not get chosen for a couple of pitches, but like in football, it's how you stick to your principles and eventually your luck will turn.