Every time there’s an international football tournament, we’re reminded again and again how intrinsic violence and hooliganism are to the sport’s culture. That’s a bad thing, obviously, but it has historically produced some great British media on the subject, and the rise of some national stars. It’s a topic that has gone off-boil in recent years, but Puerta 7 is something of an antidote to that dearth, providing a decent eight-episode series set in Argentina and focusing on the intersection of hooliganism, organised crime, and politics. It’s a slightly more complex tale than these things typically offer, too. While you have the requisite blood feud between rival gangs exacerbated by an attack on a local leader, there’s also a parallel plot involving investigations by the football club itself, which is an unusual and welcome angle, and it intertwines with the expected business quite nicely. An expectedly messy jumble of characters and conflicting subplots can leave Puerta 7 feeling a bit alienating, but the overarching thrust of the narrative is simple enough to keep track of. Certain elements and threads work better than others, and while it’s clear that criminal dramatics are of the most concern, efforts to include some romance and intrigue are appreciated. Less welcome is a steady pace that can occasionally slow to a crawl, especially during the midpoint of the story which feels the most obviously padded. The show has enough good ideas to sustain an audience across its first season, and its positioning at such a fertile intersection of topics does it some real favours.