All of the "bullet time"-like effects in this film were done by only two motion picture cameras, and all the "still" frames were generated with a computer.
Mui's makeover in the middle of the film is a parody of Hong Kong actress Anita Mui's appearance during the 1980s.
Stephen Chow said he was inspired by the animated series Captain Tsubasa - Die tollen Fußballstars (1983).
In North America, this film received a significant following through pirated copies and Internet downloads, because an official release was never issued. Miramax's refusal to release this movie for nearly two years only strengthened the underground word of mouth, as cinephiles searched high and low for copies of the film.
Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan who played the Bruce Lee-like goal keeper would eventually end up playing Bruce Lee in multiple projects. The first was the TV series "The Legend of Bruce Lee" (The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008)), then again in Ip Man 3 (2015) and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019).