A journalist, Marianne is commissioned to research the Malaysia national football team of the 80s.

Disillusioned by
her working life in Malaysia, she decides to emigrate to England once she completes the project. She goes
to Sabah to interview Eric, a former player for the team.
In 1980, the team practises for the upcoming pre-Olympics matches, with captain Chow Kwok Keong serving as
interim coach until Harry Mountain takes over. Meanwhile, aspiring sports commentator and Chow's friend Rahman
practises with his mentors. Mountain revises the formation, such as by having Eric change from reserve goalkeeper
to striker. Having not getting used to the new formation, and also due to Chow disobeying the coach's orders, the
team is unable to win any friendly matches. Soon, Eric and fellow striker Ali have a falling out over the squad number
10. Chow assumes responsibility for their embarrassing performance and quits the team.
The team continues on their losing streak. In the meantime, the three younger brothers of Muthu the goalkeeper are
injured in an attempt to help their father deliver coconuts by lorry. Fed up with Muthu's (fruitless) football endeavours
and his not being able to help with work, Muthu's father reprimands him. Muthu contemplates also quitting the team
out of perceived incompetence, but does not do so.
Chow remembers his pledge to lead the team to glory and decides to rejoin the team. Mountain welcomes him back
and advises him to "not make the same mistakes I did when I was younger." After extensive practice and military
training, the team finally starts winning again.
Malaysia fights South Korea at Stadium Merdeka in the final match, where Rahman is assigned to commentate. In
the first half, an opponent informs Ali that Malaysia is boycotting the Olympics. During the half-time break, Ali shares
the news to his teammates' disappointment. Mountain and Chow knew about this all along, but could not disclose it
lest team morale be affected. Not willing to give up, Muthu encourages them to play on resolutely regardless whether
they make it to Moscow. They display excellent skill and teamwork later on as Rahman delivers a thrilling and
emphatic commentary. Ali scores the decisive goal; they win 32.
In the present day, Marianne gets the now-elderly Chow on television and has changed her mind about leaving. In
a post-credits scene, she tells her boss Rahman that she knows his "secret": his past career as a football
commentator.

The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the leader of an extraterrestrial race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for
retrieving the Tesseract,2 a powerful energy source of unknown potential, the Other promises Loki an army with which
he can subjugate Earth. Nick Fury, director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., and his lieutenant Agent Maria
Hill arrive at a remote research facility during an evacuation, where physicist Dr. Erik Selvigis leading a research team
experimenting on the Tesseract. Agent Phil Coulson explains that the object has begun radiating an unusual form of
energy. The Tesseract suddenly activates and opens a wormhole, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Loki takes the
Tesseract and uses his scepter to enslave Selvig and a couple of agents, including Clint Barton, to aid him in his
getaway.

In response to the attack, Fury reactivates the "Avengers Initiative". Agent Natasha Romanoff is sent to Calcutta to
recruit Dr. Bruce Banner to trace the Tesseract through its gamma radiation emissions. Coulson visitsTony Stark to
have him review Selvig's research, and Fury approaches Steve Rogers with an assignment to retrieve the Tesseract.
In Stuttgart, Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power while Loki causes a distraction, leading to
a confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki's surrender. While Loki is being escorted to
S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor, his adoptive brother, arrives and frees him, hoping to convince him to abandon his plan and return
to Asgard. After a confrontation with Stark and Rogers, Thor agrees to take Loki to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying aircraft carrier,
the Helicarrier. There Loki is imprisoned while Banner and Stark attempt to locate the Tesseract.
The Avengers become divided, both over how to approach Loki and the revelation that S.H.I.E.L.D. plans to harness
the Tesseract to develop weapons as a deterrent against hostile extraterrestrials. As the group argues, Barton and
Loki's other possessed agents attack the Helicarrier, disabling its engines in flight and causing Banner to transform
into the Hulk. Stark and Rogers try to restart the damaged engine, and Thor attempts to stop the Hulk's rampage.
Romanoff fights Barton, and knocks him unconscious, breaking Loki's mind control. Loki escapes after killing Coulson
and ejecting Thor from the airship, while the Hulk falls to the ground after attacking a S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet. Fury
uses Coulson's death to motivate the Avengers into working as a team. Stark and Rogers realize that for Loki, simply
defeating them will not be enough; he needs to overpower them publicly to validate himself as ruler of Earth. Loki
uses the Tesseract, in conjunction with a device Selvig built, to open a wormhole above Stark Tower to the Chitauri
fleet in space, launching his invasion.
The Avengers rally in defense of New York City, the wormhole's location, but quickly realize they will be overwhelmed
as wave after wave of Chitauri descend upon Earth. Banner arrives and transforms into the Hulk, and together he,
Rogers, Stark, Thor, Barton, and Romanoff battle the Chitauri while evacuating civilians. The Hulk finds Loki and
beats him into submission. Romanoff makes her way to the wormhole generator, where Selvig, freed of Loki's control,
reveals that Loki's scepter can be used to shut down the generator. Meanwhile, Fury's superiors attempt to end the
invasion by launching a nuclear missile at Midtown Manhattan. Stark intercepts the missile and takes it through the
wormhole toward the Chitauri fleet. The missile detonates, destroying the Chitauri mothership and disabling their
forces on Earth. Stark's suit runs out of power, and he falls back through the wormhole just as Romanoff closes it.
Stark goes into freefall, but the Hulk saves him from crashing to the ground. In the aftermath, Thor returns Loki and
the Tesseract to Asgard, while Fury expresses confidence that the Avengers will return if and when they are needed.
In a mid-credits scene, the Other confers with his master3 about the failed attack on Earth. In a post-credits scene, the
Avengers eat in silence at a shawarma restaurant.

United we stand and divided we fall. Unity will cause success and separation will be defeat. The United
States contains some of the most patriotic people in the world. We are a country that sticks together. We
are a country that will go to great lengths in order to support those in need. Whether in happiness or in
tragedy, we stay as a whole. Our unbelievable devotion to the better ourselves as a nation has gained us
respect from all around the world. We have become a powerful nation that leads the rest of the world. We
will continue to endure and grow together because defeat is out of the question.

Hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes have attempted to tear our country apart and lose all faith. The
loss of lives from such events has brought us together because when our country is in need, no matter
where it may be, we help. We send volunteers and relief groups to the victimized areas. The wealthy
leaders and celebrities use their power and donate large sums of their money to those affected. We
provide options for the middle class citizens to help and they never hesitate to do so. The effect Hurricane
Katrina had on our country was devastating. Numerous lives and homes were lost and the city of New
Orleans may never be the same. The dedication and determination displayed by the citizens of our
country have given the city of New Orleans hope in its restoration. It is a working progress but the United
States will persevere.
Terrorism has been the highest threat to our country throughout the past century. The September 11th
attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 have dramatically affected our nation as a
whole. Not only did the victim's family mourn the lives lost in that tragic event, but the rest of the country.
Thousands of lives were lost we will never forget that day in our country's history. The tragedy did not
occur by nature in which we can't control, but by actual human beings targeting our country. The attack by
Al Quaeda was intentionally done to destroy our nation and cost us the lives of innocent people. But it
actually brought our nation together. By mourning the losses of our citizens, we bonded together. We
became stronger and we never gave up hope. Weakness was not a question and we proved our strength
when we diligently pursued their leader. The taking away of their leader proved to Al Queada and the rest
of the world that we cannot be defeated.
The citizens of the United States continue to show their dedication even through tragic events. Unity is
key in difficult times and we have never failed to show it. By staying united, we have continued to prove
our prominence in the world. We have overcome some of the most tragic events of our generation
because of it which will allow us to succeed as a nation in the future. We will never be defeated as long as
we stick together. United we stand.