Jadue signs a secret side letter. In exchange, $1.2 million is wired to a bank account he opens in the Cayman Islands under the name “Inversiones Patagonia Ltda.” At home, Jadue’s wife Katherine (Catalina Saavedra) notices his sleepless nights and sudden new clothes. She confronts him: “You promised you would change football, not sell it.” Jadue deflects, claiming the money is “sponsorships.” But his son, Matías, looks at him with growing distance.
Lorca invites Jadue to a lavish dinner in Santiago. The table is filled with unrecognizable luxury wines, and two women in red dresses serve as silent decor. Lorca slides an envelope across the table: — a “gift” for the ANFP’s new leadership. el presidente s01e02 dsrip
Would you like a scene-by-scene quote list or character analysis for Episode 2 as well? Jadue signs a secret side letter
A heartbreaking scene shows Jadue trying to coach Matías’s youth team, but his phone keeps buzzing with Lorca’s messages. He abandons practice early — a metaphor for the soul he is slowly losing. The episode ends with Jimena publishing her first exposé: “Mysterious Caribbean Firm Gains Access to Chilean Football Federation’s Accounts.” It’s not enough to indict anyone, but it puts Jadue on edge. He calls Lorca in panic. Lorca invites Jadue to a lavish dinner in Santiago
The clue leads her to — a fictionalized stand-in for the marketing companies used by CONMEBOL and FIFA to launder bribes. The Copa América Bribe Episode 2’s centerpiece is a secret meeting in a Buenos Aires hotel room. Grondona, alongside Nicolás Leoz (from Paraguay, head of CONMEBOL) and a representative from Havana Sport (a proxy for the infamous Torneos y Competencias), inform Jadue that Chile will host the 2015 Copa América — but only if the broadcast rights are sold to a specific offshore company.
Lorca’s voice turns cold: “Don’t worry, Sergio. We own the judges, the newspapers, and even the president of Chile if needed. Just keep signing.”
Grondona’s voice is paternal yet threatening: “Ahora que eres presidente, me debes un favor, hijo.” (Now that you’re president, you owe me a favor, son.) Jadue, still naive about the labyrinth of corruption ahead, nervously agrees. Jadue realizes he has no money to fulfill his campaign promises — new training facilities, better wages for lower-league players, and debt clearance. Enter Eduardo Lorca (unlicensed stand-in for actual figures like Sergio Barroso), a slick Venezuelan-Italian businessman who claims to represent “private investors interested in South American football’s future.”
