Will this new version explain how and why the POWs have a chance to escape but stay to finish the game instead (cf. Leonard Maltin's review)?
I dunno, it's been a long time since I've seen it, but don't the players just walk out of the ground with the crowd at the end. Of course they'd all be machine-gunned down in real life, but this is...Escape To Victory.
You can imagine the poor old director trying to direct modern football players - "Will you please stop diving to the ground every time someone brushes past you, you're not in the penalty area now!".