1 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:09,801 Courtois! 2 00:00:12,888 --> 00:00:14,473 Benzema! 3 00:00:14,473 --> 00:00:15,849 {\an8}This is crazy! 4 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:19,311 {\an8}Goal! 5 00:00:20,312 --> 00:00:23,732 - Luka... - Modrić! 6 00:00:25,067 --> 00:00:28,862 Goal! 7 00:00:31,573 --> 00:00:34,785 Vinícius Júnior! 8 00:00:55,806 --> 00:00:57,683 The players have the talent. 9 00:00:57,683 --> 00:00:59,643 I don't know if they're still hungry. 10 00:01:01,854 --> 00:01:05,774 There was no evidence today that they could overcome this deficit. 11 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:11,947 I wonder if Real Madrid have forgotten how to win. 12 00:01:18,161 --> 00:01:20,539 How long is Benzema going to last? 13 00:01:21,373 --> 00:01:24,668 The midfield is not working, nor is the attack. 14 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:26,670 There's no way on earth 15 00:01:26,670 --> 00:01:29,715 that this Real Madrid side win the Champions League. 16 00:01:44,521 --> 00:01:45,689 Modrić plays it in. 17 00:01:45,689 --> 00:01:47,357 The header. It's in! 18 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:48,734 {\an8}- There it is! - It's in! 19 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:51,695 {\an8}They're the champions of Europe for the tenth time. 20 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:55,407 {\an8}Cristiano kicks! Goal! Goal! 21 00:01:55,407 --> 00:01:57,743 {\an8}11th European Cup. 22 00:01:57,743 --> 00:02:01,997 {\an8}Goal! Goal! The 12th time! 23 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:04,750 He passes with his right foot... 24 00:02:04,750 --> 00:02:06,293 {\an8}Goal! 25 00:02:06,293 --> 00:02:08,127 {\an8}The 13th time, 26 00:02:08,127 --> 00:02:12,758 the fourth time in five years, the third year in a row. 27 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:23,393 Another title for Cristiano Ronaldo, the best player in Real Madrid history. 28 00:02:23,393 --> 00:02:25,354 {\an8}It was a beautiful experience being... 29 00:02:27,231 --> 00:02:28,857 {\an8}in Real Madrid. 30 00:02:29,441 --> 00:02:30,901 {\an8}I'll talk in the next few days, okay? 31 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:32,069 Is this a goodbye? 32 00:02:32,069 --> 00:02:35,155 No, I've enjoyed this moment with my teammates. 33 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:37,366 In the next few days, I'll give an answer. 34 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:40,077 This is the news of the year: 35 00:02:40,077 --> 00:02:42,454 Cristiano is leaving Real Madrid. 36 00:02:47,626 --> 00:02:50,963 {\an8}This season is almost over for us. 37 00:02:50,963 --> 00:02:54,466 {\an8}We have to face it, not hide. 38 00:02:54,466 --> 00:02:57,886 Acknowledge we're having a shitty season, and that's it. 39 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:02,432 {\an8}...and Varane. I don't believe it. 40 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:06,645 {\an8}Pulisic... and there's the second. 41 00:03:06,645 --> 00:03:09,064 {\an8}Madrid knocked out of the Champions League by Chelsea. 42 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:11,692 Is this the end of a cycle? 43 00:03:12,401 --> 00:03:15,904 I think, in my opinion, we still have a good team. 44 00:03:15,904 --> 00:03:17,823 But to be honest, we lost everything. 45 00:03:17,823 --> 00:03:19,825 Zinedine Zidane, as we've been mentioning, 46 00:03:19,825 --> 00:03:22,870 has decided to step down as Real Madrid head coach for a second time. 47 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:25,581 His exit follows a disappointing season. 48 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:30,669 After 16 years at the club, Sergio Ramos is to leave Real Madrid. 49 00:03:32,421 --> 00:03:34,882 Manchester United reached an agreement with Real Madrid 50 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:37,801 to sign defender Raphael Varane. 51 00:03:37,801 --> 00:03:40,345 It might be a terrible season for them 52 00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:44,016 because I don't see some players being able to do what they used to do. 53 00:03:58,697 --> 00:04:02,284 I started going to football games with my father when I was little. 54 00:04:02,284 --> 00:04:04,536 I was around four years old. 55 00:04:04,536 --> 00:04:08,790 {\an8}I used to go down the stairs and watch from the pitch level. 56 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:13,295 {\an8}Each time Real Madrid scored, I'd run up and hug my father. 57 00:04:13,295 --> 00:04:17,966 {\an8}One of those times, I fell and split my lip. 58 00:04:17,966 --> 00:04:19,091 I still have a scar, 59 00:04:19,091 --> 00:04:21,637 because in those days nobody fixed those things. 60 00:04:21,637 --> 00:04:26,600 So I still have the scar as a reminder of-- 61 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,479 of the excitement from watching those goals at the Bernabéu. 62 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:32,940 When I hugged my father. 63 00:04:43,492 --> 00:04:46,203 The pressure on Real Madrid is always sky high. 64 00:04:46,203 --> 00:04:48,497 And as the start of the new season approaches, 65 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:50,082 many questions are being asked 66 00:04:50,082 --> 00:04:52,918 about how much this squad is going to achieve. 67 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:56,797 Not only is the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium being renovated, 68 00:04:56,797 --> 00:04:58,882 but the team itself needs rebuilding 69 00:04:58,882 --> 00:05:03,679 following the departure of key players, including the captain and the coach. 70 00:05:04,513 --> 00:05:05,848 We're the "construction workers". 71 00:05:05,848 --> 00:05:07,766 It's really impressive. 72 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:11,103 Watching it... 73 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:13,063 is impressive. 74 00:05:13,772 --> 00:05:17,901 Let's hope we can play the first match here, 75 00:05:18,735 --> 00:05:20,028 in September. 76 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:25,284 The first step in this rebuilding process is to find a new coach. 77 00:05:25,284 --> 00:05:28,078 And a familiar face is waiting in the wings. 78 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,252 {\an8}Let me tell you the story of Ancelotti's comeback to Madrid. 79 00:05:39,590 --> 00:05:42,551 Beginning of the summer, Carlo is in Liverpool. 80 00:05:42,551 --> 00:05:43,927 It's raining. 81 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:48,640 Picks up the phone and calls Madrid. 82 00:05:49,141 --> 00:05:51,101 The White House, Casa Blanca. 83 00:05:52,269 --> 00:05:54,646 I called because I was training Everton 84 00:05:54,646 --> 00:05:59,443 and wanted to check if we could get some players that they didn't want. 85 00:05:59,443 --> 00:06:02,571 Let's say that they go on 15, 20 minutes. 86 00:06:02,571 --> 00:06:05,157 Then at the end, "What about the manager?" 87 00:06:05,157 --> 00:06:09,536 {\an8}Then I realized they were looking for a coach, so I said... 88 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:12,998 "Listen, Real Madrid needs one of the best." 89 00:06:12,998 --> 00:06:14,917 He asked me who. 90 00:06:14,917 --> 00:06:18,295 So I said: "Have you forgotten about 2014?" 91 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:23,342 {\an8}Carlo Ancelotti is already a legend in Madrid, 92 00:06:23,342 --> 00:06:28,305 winning the club its 10th Champions League title in 2014, La Décima, 93 00:06:28,305 --> 00:06:30,349 after a 12-year drought. 94 00:06:31,475 --> 00:06:34,520 {\an8}You couldn't ask for a more experienced coach than Ancelotti. 95 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:40,817 He's won everything there is to win as a player and as a manager. 96 00:06:40,817 --> 00:06:45,197 He can tick off most of the top leagues and a lot of the top clubs in Europe. 97 00:06:45,197 --> 00:06:48,242 He knows he's got nothing left to prove, really, to anybody. 98 00:06:51,954 --> 00:06:54,998 "Can you do it?" "Yes." "You want to do it?" "Yes." 99 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:57,251 "Give me five minutes." 100 00:06:57,251 --> 00:06:58,418 So... 101 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:01,255 The President called me. 102 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:03,131 We didn't speak about a contract or anything. 103 00:07:03,131 --> 00:07:05,092 Just that I was interested in returning. 104 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:08,178 We arranged everything in a few hours. 105 00:07:08,178 --> 00:07:09,638 Everyone loves him. 106 00:07:09,638 --> 00:07:11,974 The fans and the players love him. 107 00:07:11,974 --> 00:07:14,893 That's why we were delighted to have him. 108 00:07:14,893 --> 00:07:16,603 That was on a Saturday. 109 00:07:16,603 --> 00:07:20,566 And on Tuesday, Ancelotti was presented here in Madrid. 110 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:28,448 Thank you very much to Real Madrid. 111 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:32,160 I want to thank the President, who wanted me here. 112 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,662 And also the Board of Directors. 113 00:07:33,662 --> 00:07:37,624 I'm very happy to be back. 114 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:40,794 Ancelotti feels a great admiration and a huge respect, 115 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:43,463 {\an8}not only towards football 116 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:45,132 {\an8}but especially towards Real Madrid. 117 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:47,593 He's of a certain age, he thinks: "This is fantastic. 118 00:07:47,593 --> 00:07:49,887 I've been given a second chance at Real Madrid. 119 00:07:49,887 --> 00:07:52,931 I know the press will be on my back, I know players can be difficult. 120 00:07:52,931 --> 00:07:54,975 {\an8}I know it can be difficult with pressure 121 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:57,352 {\an8}from the President, from everything that goes on in this club. 122 00:07:57,352 --> 00:07:59,313 But so what? It's Real Madrid." 123 00:07:59,313 --> 00:08:00,981 {\an8}He's at a point where... 124 00:08:02,065 --> 00:08:06,695 {\an8}he just enjoys his work, I think. 125 00:08:06,695 --> 00:08:10,490 {\an8}The other thing that stands out about Carlo Ancelotti is that 126 00:08:11,283 --> 00:08:13,076 he is great in the press room. 127 00:08:18,415 --> 00:08:21,460 I've noticed that in these five years, nothing has changed. 128 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:25,255 All the same faces, the same journalists. 129 00:08:25,255 --> 00:08:28,550 The only things that change in Real Madrid are the coaches. 130 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:31,720 Coach, have you decided your lineup yet? 131 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,679 - I have. - Okay... 132 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,432 Could you tell us? 133 00:08:36,767 --> 00:08:37,601 No. 134 00:08:37,601 --> 00:08:43,065 You can only play the football you have in your mind, 135 00:08:43,065 --> 00:08:46,610 based on what you have in front of you. 136 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:53,200 I can't apply pressure if I have a fat player, for example. 137 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,203 How's your relationship with Roberto Carlos? 138 00:08:56,203 --> 00:08:59,039 {\an8}It's great. He's a club ambassador. 139 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:01,166 {\an8}He had a great career here. 140 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:04,378 All of us love him very much. 141 00:09:04,962 --> 00:09:06,630 But he's not playing tomorrow. 142 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:20,352 But behind Carlo's wry sense of humor, lies a shrewd footballing mind. 143 00:09:20,352 --> 00:09:25,232 And that's vital when taking over a team in search of a new identity. 144 00:09:26,942 --> 00:09:30,612 Karim Benzema. He's getting older, can he do it again? 145 00:09:30,612 --> 00:09:32,406 You had someone like Luka Modrić. 146 00:09:32,406 --> 00:09:35,450 Can he maintain his level for another year? 147 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:38,453 Can you have an all-new sense of that partnership, 148 00:09:38,453 --> 00:09:41,206 and can that click and gel straightaway? 149 00:09:41,206 --> 00:09:44,626 You had some exciting young players, like Vinícius in particular. 150 00:09:44,626 --> 00:09:47,087 Like Rodrygo, like Fede Valverde. 151 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:49,631 But these are players who hadn't established themselves yet, 152 00:09:49,631 --> 00:09:53,343 or hadn't become consistent performers in the side. 153 00:09:53,343 --> 00:09:55,888 {\an8}Real Madrid usually brings the best players. 154 00:09:55,888 --> 00:09:59,474 They have to train them too. They must also understand that 155 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:03,812 you not only need the best players, 156 00:10:03,812 --> 00:10:05,898 you need to have the best team. 157 00:10:17,159 --> 00:10:19,328 And so begins another commute to the office for Carlo Ancelotti. 158 00:10:20,829 --> 00:10:22,915 But this is no ordinary office. 159 00:10:23,832 --> 00:10:26,460 I arrive at around 9 o'clock. 160 00:10:27,044 --> 00:10:32,382 Then we have a meeting with the staff 161 00:10:32,382 --> 00:10:36,011 and the medical team to prepare the tasks for the day. 162 00:10:36,011 --> 00:10:41,683 I also talk to the doctors to check which players are available. 163 00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:46,188 Then, alongside the staff, I prepare 164 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:50,901 the daily tasks we need to accomplish during training. 165 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:55,656 The players have managed to create a great atmosphere between them. 166 00:10:55,656 --> 00:10:57,866 Between the veterans and the youngsters. 167 00:10:59,076 --> 00:11:00,160 It's good. 168 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,748 This group doesn't give me any problems. 169 00:11:06,416 --> 00:11:09,962 We manage everyone really well. They are very respectful. 170 00:11:12,256 --> 00:11:17,177 Yes, there's a great work environment. 171 00:11:18,303 --> 00:11:20,472 - The doctor. - Good morning. 172 00:11:20,472 --> 00:11:21,932 How are you doing? 173 00:11:29,815 --> 00:11:32,776 Ancelotti's formula for reviving Madrid's fortunes 174 00:11:32,776 --> 00:11:35,237 is based on meticulous preparation. 175 00:11:35,237 --> 00:11:37,823 - Good morning. - Good morning. 176 00:11:37,823 --> 00:11:39,157 Look. 177 00:11:40,993 --> 00:11:42,661 My office. 178 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:45,455 Here we have a video room. 179 00:11:48,834 --> 00:11:53,088 We watch the videos here. 180 00:11:53,088 --> 00:11:55,424 We prepare them for the players. 181 00:11:55,424 --> 00:11:57,801 There we study the matches. 182 00:11:57,801 --> 00:12:00,554 On this board. 183 00:12:01,638 --> 00:12:03,432 We look at the games... 184 00:12:06,476 --> 00:12:08,896 The idea is always this: 185 00:12:11,273 --> 00:12:12,441 The ball goes here. 186 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:17,446 Pass it here. Pass it here, pass it here and score. 187 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,073 It's quite simple. 188 00:12:22,701 --> 00:12:24,703 While it might not be quite that simple, 189 00:12:24,703 --> 00:12:29,750 the team immediately responds to the new coach's experience and commitment. 190 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:32,920 I thought a coach who has won everything was coming 191 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,840 and he wouldn't be looking forward to winning again. 192 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,593 But he surprised me from the beginning. 193 00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:42,930 I've noticed a big change in him, in his staff, 194 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:45,599 {\an8}his understanding of football 195 00:12:45,599 --> 00:12:47,726 {\an8}after coaching other teams. 196 00:12:47,726 --> 00:12:50,562 {\an8}I've always tried to learn from him, 197 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:52,272 {\an8}to listen to him. 198 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:54,358 Because Carlo is a big deal. 199 00:12:54,358 --> 00:12:55,692 {\an8}Let me put it this way. 200 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:00,489 {\an8}That **** was excited to be there with us from the very beginning. 201 00:13:00,489 --> 00:13:04,326 To win, to teach us, to learn with us. 202 00:13:04,326 --> 00:13:07,329 He looked like a little kid enjoying every day with us. 203 00:13:07,329 --> 00:13:10,207 With this team, I sleep well at night. 204 00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:13,544 Because they're a high-level team. 205 00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:19,049 Many outside the club, though, are yet to be convinced. 206 00:13:19,049 --> 00:13:23,303 {\an8}It clearly feels like there is suddenly the end of a cycle, a transition. 207 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:27,224 {\an8}And I wish the best for Carlo Ancelotti because he's a fantastic coach, 208 00:13:27,224 --> 00:13:28,851 {\an8}but he can't do miracles I guess. 209 00:13:31,019 --> 00:13:34,439 With questions being asked about the squad and their returning coach, 210 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:38,068 the start of the new season will soon provide answers. 211 00:13:38,068 --> 00:13:41,530 LaLiga is the most star-studded football league in the world. 212 00:13:42,114 --> 00:13:46,493 And at this level of competition, weaknesses are quickly exposed. 213 00:13:56,420 --> 00:13:59,840 {\an8}LaLiga is the top flight, the first division 214 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,509 {\an8}of the men's football league here in Spain. 215 00:14:03,302 --> 00:14:06,805 Some of the biggest names in world football want to come to Spain, 216 00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:10,017 and they want to play in LaLiga because they know what it means. 217 00:14:11,977 --> 00:14:16,273 {\an8}There are good players, good football, a great stadium atmosphere. 218 00:14:16,273 --> 00:14:18,859 THE THRONE IS OURS 219 00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:22,154 It's very rich when it comes to the tactics, 220 00:14:22,154 --> 00:14:24,990 the philosophies of approach to playing the game. 221 00:14:24,990 --> 00:14:29,161 To win LaLiga, you need to be very consistent throughout the season. 222 00:14:32,873 --> 00:14:35,334 The rival players are always motivated. 223 00:14:35,334 --> 00:14:37,002 "I'm playing against Real Madrid. 224 00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:40,088 Millions and millions of people are going to watch me play, 225 00:14:40,088 --> 00:14:42,424 I'll try to play my best football." 226 00:14:48,847 --> 00:14:50,682 In the first week of the season, 227 00:14:50,682 --> 00:14:54,770 Levante should prove modest opposition for a team like Real Madrid. 228 00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:57,689 Ancelotti came in and seemed to have a set plan 229 00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:59,066 for what he was going to do. 230 00:14:59,066 --> 00:15:00,400 {\an8}He was going to play Gareth Bale 231 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,819 {\an8}and Eden Hazard alongside Benzema in attack. 232 00:15:05,489 --> 00:15:08,116 Right from the opening whistle, the gloves are off, 233 00:15:08,116 --> 00:15:10,536 for in LaLiga there are no easy opponents, 234 00:15:10,536 --> 00:15:12,746 and Madrid are in for a rude awakening. 235 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:16,416 Roger inside the box! 236 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:18,043 {\an8}Get it out! Goal. 237 00:15:18,043 --> 00:15:21,713 {\an8}That didn't work out so well. The team didn't fit together well. 238 00:15:21,713 --> 00:15:23,674 Bale and Hazard weren't playing so well. 239 00:15:23,674 --> 00:15:26,844 From the top, a long kick... Careful because he is alone! 240 00:15:26,844 --> 00:15:29,888 {\an8}- Goal. - Great goal. 241 00:15:32,307 --> 00:15:35,894 {\an8}The first lineups of the season are with Hazard and Bale. 242 00:15:35,894 --> 00:15:39,773 {\an8}Ancelotti came in like, 243 00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,942 {\an8}"If you want it, earn it." 244 00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:44,987 "I have a lot of respect for who and what you are." 245 00:15:45,571 --> 00:15:47,781 But Vinícius is the one who earns it. 246 00:15:47,781 --> 00:15:49,032 At two-one down, 247 00:15:49,032 --> 00:15:51,618 Ancelotti's team selection appears to be failing. 248 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:54,580 So the coach turns to the young guns. 249 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:57,749 Let's see. 250 00:15:57,749 --> 00:16:00,878 The ball goes to Casemiro who is looking for Vinícius. 251 00:16:00,878 --> 00:16:05,340 Let's go, Vinícius. There he goes. He's entering the area. 252 00:16:05,340 --> 00:16:09,052 {\an8}Goal! Goal from Vinícius! 253 00:16:09,052 --> 00:16:12,514 {\an8}The young Brazilian is here to prove a point. 254 00:16:13,348 --> 00:16:15,350 Ancelotti's team is looking for a tie. 255 00:16:15,350 --> 00:16:18,604 He is inside the area again and... 256 00:16:18,604 --> 00:16:20,564 {\an8}Goal, goal, goal! 257 00:16:20,564 --> 00:16:24,109 {\an8}- Goal! Goal! Goal! - Goal from Vinícius! 258 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:28,322 I did a great pre-season, 259 00:16:28,322 --> 00:16:32,701 {\an8}and that's very important to me and all the players. 260 00:16:32,701 --> 00:16:36,955 The new coach helped me gain the confidence I needed. 261 00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:40,334 I was able to contribute a lot from the start of the season. 262 00:16:40,334 --> 00:16:44,505 {\an8}We have to work a lot on our defense 263 00:16:44,505 --> 00:16:46,924 {\an8}and be more aggressive without the ball. 264 00:16:46,924 --> 00:16:50,969 {\an8}With this spirit and step-by-step, we are going to solve it. 265 00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:55,933 But there's no time to take stock of progress in LaLiga, 266 00:16:55,933 --> 00:16:59,686 with Europe's elite football competition about to kick off. 267 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,987 The Champions League is the most prestigious annual sporting contest 268 00:17:08,987 --> 00:17:10,071 on Earth. 269 00:17:12,199 --> 00:17:14,326 The Champions League is the biggest, 270 00:17:14,326 --> 00:17:15,993 the most successful financially, 271 00:17:15,993 --> 00:17:21,458 the most watched, the most talked about club football competition in the world. 272 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:23,710 And also the most unforgiving. 273 00:17:25,337 --> 00:17:28,674 With matches taking place at the same time as domestic leagues, 274 00:17:28,674 --> 00:17:32,094 only the best of the best qualify for this competition, 275 00:17:32,094 --> 00:17:34,388 pitting the continents' greatest teams against each other 276 00:17:34,388 --> 00:17:38,934 in a battle for supremacy where just one will prevail. 277 00:17:41,562 --> 00:17:44,022 Both collectively and personally, 278 00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:46,275 {\an8}it's a competition that gives you prestige. 279 00:17:46,275 --> 00:17:50,362 What Real Madrid has always tried to be is... Is the best club in the world. 280 00:17:50,362 --> 00:17:53,031 There's only one place where you can prove that. 281 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:55,659 And that is, without a doubt, the Champions. 282 00:18:02,165 --> 00:18:04,251 In the first round of the Champions League, 283 00:18:04,251 --> 00:18:06,503 teams are drawn into groups of four. 284 00:18:06,503 --> 00:18:09,882 With the top two in each group progressing to the knockout stage. 285 00:18:12,676 --> 00:18:15,929 Playing in LaLiga is one thing, because you know the opposing team, 286 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:20,100 but when you play in the Champions, it's completely different. 287 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:24,313 When you change the ball for the stars, the players are motivated. 288 00:18:28,025 --> 00:18:30,903 Real Madrid is drawn in a seemingly favorable group, 289 00:18:30,903 --> 00:18:33,363 opening at home against Sheriff Tiraspol. 290 00:18:33,947 --> 00:18:37,701 This humble side from Moldova is making its debut in the competition 291 00:18:37,701 --> 00:18:40,954 against the greatest club in Champions League history. 292 00:18:41,538 --> 00:18:44,416 But Sheriff are not following the script. 293 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:47,294 Cristiano-- Men in the middle if Cristiano can pick them out-- 294 00:18:47,294 --> 00:18:50,464 {\an8}He certainly can! And Sheriff Tiraspol take the lead! 295 00:18:51,048 --> 00:18:55,052 {\an8}Well, a big shock at the Santiago Bernabéu. 296 00:18:56,512 --> 00:18:58,931 Hazard lets it run for Vinícius! 297 00:19:00,849 --> 00:19:02,935 Great ball in to Benzema. 298 00:19:02,935 --> 00:19:05,103 Curls it, almost into the bottom corner. 299 00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:07,356 Another big chance. 300 00:19:12,653 --> 00:19:14,988 {\an8}Sebastien Thill. Oh, he's-- 301 00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:18,033 {\an8}Games like this maybe 302 00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:21,286 {\an8}mentalize you a bit that nothing is easy. 303 00:19:21,286 --> 00:19:24,456 And also that anything can happen on both sides, yeah? 304 00:19:25,332 --> 00:19:27,709 On the good side and on the bad side. 305 00:19:27,709 --> 00:19:29,461 {\an8}And so far this season, 306 00:19:29,461 --> 00:19:32,381 {\an8}the team's results are decidedly on the bad side. 307 00:19:41,098 --> 00:19:44,685 Welcome to the 8th week of the national league. 308 00:19:44,685 --> 00:19:47,187 Espanyol against Real Madrid. 309 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,358 - Watch out for that arrival... - One on one... and goal! 310 00:19:52,442 --> 00:19:53,652 {\an8}Goal from Vidal. 311 00:19:55,696 --> 00:19:59,658 Making people forget the Ramos-Varane duo was very complicated. 312 00:19:59,658 --> 00:20:01,535 There was fear at the beginning. 313 00:20:01,535 --> 00:20:04,037 {\an8}There was pressure because they were replacing 314 00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:06,498 {\an8}historical players from Madrid. That weighed on them. 315 00:20:06,498 --> 00:20:08,667 Even if we think Militão is brilliant, 316 00:20:08,667 --> 00:20:11,628 and David Alaba is brilliant, are they a brilliant pair? 317 00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:13,255 Is it actually going to work? 318 00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:16,341 Today's defeat was no accident. 319 00:20:16,341 --> 00:20:19,803 We didn't play well. We deserved to lose. 320 00:20:19,803 --> 00:20:22,598 This weekend was terrible. The team was terrible. 321 00:20:22,598 --> 00:20:26,810 {\an8}The defense is still one of the biggest problems for Real Madrid. 322 00:20:26,810 --> 00:20:28,478 This is called disorder. 323 00:20:28,478 --> 00:20:29,980 This is called disarrangement. 324 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:33,317 This is the magical recipe, Ancelotti. That's it. 325 00:20:33,317 --> 00:20:37,112 Something was going on. It wasn't a solid team. 326 00:20:37,112 --> 00:20:41,825 {\an8}I think what he really meant was to do better as a team, 327 00:20:41,825 --> 00:20:46,413 {\an8}where we have to improve our game against the ball. 328 00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:48,832 It was a difficult time. 329 00:20:48,832 --> 00:20:52,961 {\an8}Because we always want to win and play well 330 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:55,005 but sometimes football doesn't work that way. 331 00:20:55,005 --> 00:20:56,924 We had lots of... 332 00:20:57,883 --> 00:20:59,885 How do I put it? Ups and downs. 333 00:20:59,885 --> 00:21:02,846 Some matches were good, some not so much. 334 00:21:02,846 --> 00:21:05,265 {\an8}But we stayed calm 335 00:21:05,849 --> 00:21:10,062 {\an8}because we knew that it was a natural process. 336 00:21:10,062 --> 00:21:14,358 There were new and young players. 337 00:21:14,358 --> 00:21:16,944 {\an8}We had to improve as a team. 338 00:21:16,944 --> 00:21:20,614 {\an8}And those matches were like a slap on the wrist. 339 00:21:22,950 --> 00:21:26,286 Pressure first. Pressure. Pressure on the ball. 340 00:21:26,286 --> 00:21:30,457 Ancelotti didn't have three years to prove his return was worth it. 341 00:21:30,457 --> 00:21:33,210 He knew he didn't have much time. 342 00:21:36,004 --> 00:21:39,758 With problems piling up for Ancelotti, and the squad struggling to gel, 343 00:21:39,758 --> 00:21:44,179 a familiar foe is lurking around the corner, ready to pounce. 344 00:21:50,686 --> 00:21:53,981 It's time for El Clásico, when twice a season, 345 00:21:53,981 --> 00:21:58,610 Los Blancos take on their bitterest rivals, FC Barcelona. 346 00:21:58,610 --> 00:22:02,030 Two titans of sport whose enmity goes back generations, 347 00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:04,074 on and off the pitch. 348 00:22:08,078 --> 00:22:11,456 Every game is important, but El Clásico even more. 349 00:22:11,456 --> 00:22:14,668 You feel the tension, the nerves. Your heart beats faster. 350 00:22:14,668 --> 00:22:16,587 Use your head. 351 00:22:16,587 --> 00:22:18,088 It's the match of matches. 352 00:22:18,088 --> 00:22:20,757 {\an8}Historically it has always been Barcelona against Madrid. 353 00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:24,344 {\an8}And Real Madrid is always at the top in Europe. 354 00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:28,056 Raúl is inside the box-- Goal, goal, goal! 355 00:22:29,099 --> 00:22:32,227 El Clásico is the biggest club game in the world, by far. 356 00:22:32,227 --> 00:22:34,438 And over the last ten, 15 years, 357 00:22:34,438 --> 00:22:37,566 most of the best players in the world have appeared in El Clásico. 358 00:22:38,692 --> 00:22:41,778 Benzema steps up and rattles it in! 359 00:22:42,821 --> 00:22:46,992 It's always a very demanding and complicated match. 360 00:22:46,992 --> 00:22:50,412 But we knew that winning it could shift the dynamic. 361 00:22:52,873 --> 00:22:55,375 Welcome to El Clásico. 362 00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:59,296 It comes on the 10th week of the national league. 363 00:22:59,838 --> 00:23:03,550 The high point of any season, watched by millions across the planet. 364 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:07,137 But this year, it feels like do or die for the club. 365 00:23:09,890 --> 00:23:13,060 El Clásico starts. This is the beginning. 366 00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:16,063 The German moves. He's playing short and heeled. 367 00:23:16,063 --> 00:23:18,941 First one. The first foul from Mingueza to Vinícius. 368 00:23:18,941 --> 00:23:21,693 Vinícius and Mingueza. Very close. Vinícius escapes! 369 00:23:21,693 --> 00:23:24,154 Vinícius is free in the goal area! 370 00:23:24,154 --> 00:23:26,114 Let's go! Penalty. Penalty. 371 00:23:27,658 --> 00:23:29,368 I think there was contact. 372 00:23:29,952 --> 00:23:31,870 Watch out. He's entering the area. 373 00:23:31,870 --> 00:23:36,416 They are trying to block him! The ball is back... and over! 374 00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:40,128 But if you win, it can literally be a game changer for the entire season. 375 00:23:41,255 --> 00:23:44,007 If you lose the Clásico, automatically the fans are against you, 376 00:23:44,007 --> 00:23:45,467 the press are against you. 377 00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:47,845 It's difficult for a coach to recover from that. 378 00:23:47,845 --> 00:23:49,680 Memphis is back at the front. 379 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:50,931 Real Madrid wins it back. 380 00:23:50,931 --> 00:23:53,600 They get the ball back with great power. 381 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,854 Alaba... Watch out because Vinícius has managed to escape. 382 00:23:56,854 --> 00:23:59,481 He passes it to Rodrygo. Rodrygo has it. 383 00:23:59,481 --> 00:24:01,441 - Good one! - Here comes Alaba. 384 00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:03,235 Alaba goes to the area, kicks and... 385 00:24:03,235 --> 00:24:06,572 Goal! 386 00:24:13,537 --> 00:24:15,664 I was very happy to score. 387 00:24:15,664 --> 00:24:19,293 My first Clásico in Barcelona was a really special day. 388 00:24:19,293 --> 00:24:21,420 If you look back at the history of the Clásico, 389 00:24:21,420 --> 00:24:23,422 it's really great and amazing. 390 00:24:25,174 --> 00:24:29,178 {\an8}Half time and Madrid take a slender lead into the dressing room. 391 00:24:29,178 --> 00:24:31,054 {\an8}With the match on a knife edge, 392 00:24:31,054 --> 00:24:34,850 a moment of brilliance from either side could prove decisive. 393 00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:38,353 Lucas... 394 00:24:38,353 --> 00:24:41,940 There is Modrić... Modrić inside the box... He shoots... 395 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:44,276 Modrić leaves it to Karim! 396 00:24:44,902 --> 00:24:48,697 Watch out, because Real Madrid is looking for the counterattack now. 397 00:24:48,697 --> 00:24:51,033 Lucas Vázquez gives it to Marco Asensio. 398 00:24:51,033 --> 00:24:53,827 It's one on one. Let's see if he's fast enough. 399 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:57,539 - Hit it. - He's in the area. Asensio... 400 00:24:57,539 --> 00:24:59,583 Goal! 401 00:25:04,922 --> 00:25:06,256 Congratulations, Mom! 402 00:25:06,882 --> 00:25:09,134 The goal from Real Madrid ends the game. 403 00:25:09,134 --> 00:25:12,888 The goal from Madrid ends El Clásico! 404 00:25:12,888 --> 00:25:14,973 Lucas Vázquez. 405 00:25:14,973 --> 00:25:16,266 Zero-two. 406 00:25:18,435 --> 00:25:20,938 We showed the energy, the guts, 407 00:25:20,938 --> 00:25:25,108 {\an8}that sense of belonging, of going in the same direction. 408 00:25:25,108 --> 00:25:27,694 {\an8}It was great. It was a big joy because 409 00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:31,031 {\an8}of course winning against Barça is always difficult. 410 00:25:31,031 --> 00:25:35,953 Winning that match was one of the key moments of the season. 411 00:25:48,298 --> 00:25:53,262 I'm very happy. I remember my first days here in Madrid. 412 00:25:53,262 --> 00:25:54,972 I was 21. 413 00:25:54,972 --> 00:25:58,392 Now that I'm 34, I'm very happy at this club. 414 00:25:59,893 --> 00:26:02,396 With number nine... 415 00:26:02,396 --> 00:26:04,606 Karim... 416 00:26:04,606 --> 00:26:06,149 Benzema! 417 00:26:06,149 --> 00:26:08,694 Though Madrid's younger players are starting to shine, 418 00:26:08,694 --> 00:26:13,448 it's a seasoned veteran who is now coming of age, Karim Benzema. 419 00:26:13,448 --> 00:26:16,326 The best player in the world! 420 00:26:16,326 --> 00:26:20,455 I'm Karim Benzema and I joined Real Madrid in 2009. 421 00:26:25,252 --> 00:26:27,713 Careful with the wall. 422 00:26:27,713 --> 00:26:30,007 Ballon d'Or, brother. 423 00:26:30,007 --> 00:26:32,301 Madrid and Olympique Lyonnais have reached an agreement 424 00:26:32,301 --> 00:26:34,094 on the transfer of Karim Benzema. 425 00:26:34,094 --> 00:26:38,932 The French striker of Algerian descent has won four league titles 426 00:26:38,932 --> 00:26:40,517 at the age of 21. 427 00:26:48,901 --> 00:26:51,737 Not everyone knew that this was your dream. 428 00:26:51,737 --> 00:26:56,366 That this white T-shirt and that crest, which you're finally wearing today, 429 00:26:57,075 --> 00:27:02,789 are the ones you asked for years ago in your hometown of Lyon. 430 00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:06,126 Karim Benzema, welcome to your new home. 431 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:09,630 Welcome to your beloved Real Madrid. 432 00:27:12,925 --> 00:27:15,052 I saw him as a very special player. 433 00:27:15,052 --> 00:27:17,888 He had Ronaldo Nazario's goal skills. 434 00:27:17,888 --> 00:27:20,974 He could also manage the strikers up front, 435 00:27:20,974 --> 00:27:22,309 like Zinedine Zidane did. 436 00:27:23,727 --> 00:27:27,147 Sorry, I don't speak Spanish very well. 437 00:27:29,566 --> 00:27:31,360 I'm very happy. 438 00:27:32,402 --> 00:27:34,738 To play in the-- 439 00:27:35,531 --> 00:27:37,407 in the best club in the world. 440 00:27:41,954 --> 00:27:43,038 One. 441 00:27:43,038 --> 00:27:44,206 Two. 442 00:27:44,206 --> 00:27:45,374 Three. 443 00:27:45,374 --> 00:27:47,292 - Hala Madrid! - Hala Madrid! 444 00:27:54,716 --> 00:27:57,302 Benzema strikes... Goal! 445 00:27:57,302 --> 00:28:01,098 Goal, goal, goal! 446 00:28:01,098 --> 00:28:02,432 It was a dream. 447 00:28:02,432 --> 00:28:04,434 I feel proud of my work in Lyon. 448 00:28:04,434 --> 00:28:10,399 But you can clearly feel the pressure of wearing this T-shirt. 449 00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:12,025 This club's history. 450 00:28:12,693 --> 00:28:15,487 Since the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid, 451 00:28:15,487 --> 00:28:19,533 Karim Benzema had to be basically his wingman. 452 00:28:19,533 --> 00:28:21,410 The ball is inside the area... 453 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:22,786 Karim Benzema strikes... 454 00:28:22,786 --> 00:28:24,204 Goal! 455 00:28:24,204 --> 00:28:26,999 For all his talent, Benzema is soon relegated 456 00:28:26,999 --> 00:28:28,709 to a secondary role on the pitch 457 00:28:28,709 --> 00:28:32,087 when the club signs one of the world's greatest strikers, 458 00:28:32,087 --> 00:28:33,589 Cristiano Ronaldo. 459 00:28:34,965 --> 00:28:38,760 Benzema was more of a facilitator, and he was intelligent enough to do that 460 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,181 in terms of providing space for Ronaldo to score goals. 461 00:28:42,181 --> 00:28:45,517 He's basically kind of just stayed in the shadows. 462 00:28:48,896 --> 00:28:50,731 Benzema gets the ball! 463 00:28:50,731 --> 00:28:53,108 He passes it to Cristiano in the area... 464 00:28:53,108 --> 00:28:55,903 Goal, goal, goal! 465 00:28:56,695 --> 00:28:59,865 And so a lot of people didn't think Benzema was that good. 466 00:29:01,491 --> 00:29:03,160 Benzema! 467 00:29:08,749 --> 00:29:11,877 How do you deal with the booing and hissing? 468 00:29:11,877 --> 00:29:15,756 Sometimes people don't understand what I do in the field. 469 00:29:15,756 --> 00:29:21,428 But I'm always here to help my teammates and give my best. 470 00:29:27,559 --> 00:29:31,104 Here's Benzema. Good turn to get away from Savic. 471 00:29:31,104 --> 00:29:33,774 Still going, Benzema keeps the ball... What a bit of play from the Frenchman... 472 00:29:33,774 --> 00:29:35,359 And pulls it back for Toni Kroos. 473 00:29:35,359 --> 00:29:37,486 He scores there, surely! 474 00:29:37,486 --> 00:29:39,863 What a move from Benzema on that goal. 475 00:29:39,863 --> 00:29:41,573 Karim is an amazing player. 476 00:29:41,573 --> 00:29:44,743 He helped us today with his great magic. 477 00:29:44,743 --> 00:29:47,829 For those of us who are with him every day, it's normal. 478 00:29:48,330 --> 00:29:52,000 That's why he, in my opinion, is the best number nine in the world. 479 00:29:52,709 --> 00:29:56,046 Cristiano Ronaldo's exit was also a huge moment for him. 480 00:29:56,046 --> 00:29:58,090 With the departure of Cristiano, 481 00:29:58,090 --> 00:30:00,801 Benzema's talent is finally unleashed. 482 00:30:04,555 --> 00:30:07,474 One of the things that changes is kind of emotional. 483 00:30:07,474 --> 00:30:11,395 What we've seen from Benzema in the past three years is unexpected. 484 00:30:11,395 --> 00:30:13,689 Leadership. Always willing to help. 485 00:30:13,689 --> 00:30:17,401 He didn't have surgery on his hand not to stop playing for a month. 486 00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:23,073 His celebrations, lack of critiques, not talking back to the referees... 487 00:30:23,991 --> 00:30:26,410 It's about feeling the responsibility. 488 00:30:26,410 --> 00:30:28,495 Leadership, maturity. 489 00:30:28,495 --> 00:30:31,540 Feeling like, "Okay, this is my team now." 490 00:30:32,291 --> 00:30:34,459 I'm always learning from him. 491 00:30:34,459 --> 00:30:37,087 He's always talking to me and giving instructions. 492 00:30:37,087 --> 00:30:39,006 Karim plays the same way. 493 00:30:39,006 --> 00:30:41,216 He understands the game the same way. 494 00:30:41,216 --> 00:30:45,345 He is the same as he was seven years ago. 495 00:30:45,345 --> 00:30:47,681 Instead of scoring 496 00:30:47,681 --> 00:30:51,852 twenty goals per season, now he scores 48 or 45 goals. 497 00:30:51,852 --> 00:30:54,354 Vini is entering the area. 498 00:30:54,354 --> 00:30:56,690 Vini strikes and scores! 499 00:30:56,690 --> 00:31:00,569 Goal, goal, goal! 500 00:31:00,569 --> 00:31:03,238 Lifts it in on his left foot... It drops to Benzema. 501 00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:05,240 And Benzema does get his goal. 502 00:31:07,618 --> 00:31:09,244 He will go down in history. 503 00:31:09,244 --> 00:31:13,332 When he stops playing football in 15 years, people will remember him. 504 00:31:13,332 --> 00:31:20,255 Ballon d'Or! Karim, Ballon d'Or! 505 00:31:23,258 --> 00:31:27,095 Victory in El Clásico has given Carlo Ancelotti breathing room. 506 00:31:27,095 --> 00:31:30,807 Yet despite the vital win, it's straight back to work. 507 00:31:30,807 --> 00:31:33,894 At Real Madrid, only trophies are celebrated. 508 00:31:33,894 --> 00:31:36,647 And no one knows this better than the coach. 509 00:31:37,981 --> 00:31:42,194 Having a stronger defense was our priority. 510 00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:47,616 Have the three of them: Modrić, Casemiro, and Kroos in their natural positions. 511 00:31:50,035 --> 00:31:52,955 This strategy made them feel more comfortable. 512 00:31:52,955 --> 00:31:54,623 Much stronger at the back. 513 00:31:54,623 --> 00:31:56,166 And much more dangerous up front 514 00:31:56,166 --> 00:31:59,962 because we could have fun and take advantage of the speed 515 00:31:59,962 --> 00:32:02,881 of Rodrygo and Vinícius, of Karim's quality. 516 00:32:06,301 --> 00:32:08,470 With the wind in their sails 517 00:32:08,470 --> 00:32:12,266 and a new formation ready to be unveiled, the players feel invigorated. 518 00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:14,518 Which quickly becomes apparent on the pitch. 519 00:32:19,106 --> 00:32:21,608 Everything's ready here. 520 00:32:21,608 --> 00:32:23,694 He whistles the beginning. 521 00:32:23,694 --> 00:32:26,280 There is Mariano. What a back-heel. And Vinícius has the ball. 522 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:31,326 {\an8}He enters the area. Goal, goal, goal! 523 00:32:34,162 --> 00:32:37,624 Welcome to the 4th week in the group stage. 524 00:32:37,624 --> 00:32:40,752 He's inside the box, searching-- Vini, Vini! Goal! 525 00:32:44,548 --> 00:32:46,133 Asensio with Kroos. 526 00:32:46,133 --> 00:32:48,385 What a goal from Toni Kroos! 527 00:32:48,385 --> 00:32:51,263 Casemiro, watch out for that ball. 528 00:32:51,263 --> 00:32:54,016 {\an8}Goal, goal, goal! 529 00:32:54,016 --> 00:32:56,059 {\an8}That's when the season really started. 530 00:32:56,059 --> 00:32:58,187 And we started gaining more confidence. 531 00:32:58,187 --> 00:33:01,148 {\an8}When you are in that kind of dynamic, you have to make the most of it. 532 00:33:01,148 --> 00:33:03,692 {\an8}We had, and we have an amazing group. 533 00:33:03,692 --> 00:33:06,695 {\an8}That makes it easier for us to win. 534 00:33:06,695 --> 00:33:08,947 We got better with every match. 535 00:33:08,947 --> 00:33:12,743 The improvement in form soon turns into a winning streak. 536 00:33:13,619 --> 00:33:15,162 And it's in! 537 00:33:15,162 --> 00:33:16,955 Throw it up. Benzema. 538 00:33:17,789 --> 00:33:18,999 {\an8}Superb strike. 539 00:33:19,833 --> 00:33:23,462 {\an8}Vinícius keeps going... Goal! 540 00:33:23,462 --> 00:33:25,297 {\an8}Goal! 541 00:33:29,051 --> 00:33:30,886 {\an8}Return ball, Vinícius. 542 00:33:30,886 --> 00:33:33,555 {\an8}Wonderful in-cut move. And Vinícius. 543 00:33:34,306 --> 00:33:36,433 {\an8}Asensio. He's gonna always take that chance. 544 00:33:36,433 --> 00:33:38,060 {\an8}And he gets it, what a goal! 545 00:33:38,060 --> 00:33:40,103 {\an8}Oh, my goodness, what a goal! 546 00:33:40,103 --> 00:33:42,648 {\an8}Vinícius in the area, he passes to Karim. 547 00:33:42,648 --> 00:33:46,860 {\an8}Goal! Goal! Goal! 548 00:33:49,446 --> 00:33:50,948 Vinícius with the overlap. 549 00:33:50,948 --> 00:33:52,199 There's the Brazilian. 550 00:33:52,199 --> 00:33:58,330 {\an8}Kroos to Benzema. It's a stunning goal! What a strike! Karim Benzema! 551 00:33:58,914 --> 00:34:00,791 And what a turnaround this is. 552 00:34:00,791 --> 00:34:02,292 After a tough start, 553 00:34:02,292 --> 00:34:07,756 Real Madrid now top the LaLiga standings and have won their Champions League group. 554 00:34:18,308 --> 00:34:20,726 For the knock-out stage of the Champions League, 555 00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,563 the teams that have survived their groups 556 00:34:22,563 --> 00:34:26,358 are randomly drawn to play each other over two legs, home and away. 557 00:34:29,194 --> 00:34:31,530 Fortune does not appear to favor Real Madrid. 558 00:34:31,530 --> 00:34:34,908 They're drawn against one of the most powerful clubs in Europe. 559 00:34:36,118 --> 00:34:37,327 Paris Saint-Germain 560 00:34:37,327 --> 00:34:43,500 and their opponent is the only club left in the pot, which is, 561 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,168 - name appearing-- - Real Madrid. 562 00:34:45,168 --> 00:34:48,172 Real Madrid. So Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid. 563 00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:52,967 When the draw was made, in a way, it felt like a bit of a disappointment 564 00:34:52,967 --> 00:34:55,179 that these two teams were meeting so early. 565 00:34:59,558 --> 00:35:02,186 Playing in a round of 16 566 00:35:02,186 --> 00:35:07,107 {\an8}a Paris Saint-Germain against Madrid seemed like an early final. 567 00:35:07,107 --> 00:35:11,486 When they picked the PSG ball, people in Europe thought Madrid had lost. 568 00:35:11,486 --> 00:35:15,032 I don't think I can remember anything more anticipated than that. 569 00:35:16,158 --> 00:35:18,911 Madrid and PSG represent these two kind of polar opposites. 570 00:35:19,536 --> 00:35:21,830 Two huge clubs in very different ways 571 00:35:21,830 --> 00:35:24,208 {\an8}with very different histories, different outlooks. 572 00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:25,834 PROUD OF OUR COLORS 573 00:35:25,834 --> 00:35:27,628 Madrid are kind of the old school, 574 00:35:27,628 --> 00:35:32,007 {\an8}a club that represents so much of football's traditional values. 575 00:35:32,007 --> 00:35:34,718 And PSG are kind of the new wave, the up-and-comers. 576 00:35:34,718 --> 00:35:36,720 The kind of club that represents the influx 577 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:40,599 of a lot of investment from overseas. 578 00:35:40,599 --> 00:35:44,561 You've got Madrid, a club who've won more European cups than any other team. 579 00:35:44,561 --> 00:35:49,274 And you've got PSG who are desperate to win their first Champions League 580 00:35:49,274 --> 00:35:51,068 because they've never managed to do it. 581 00:35:53,612 --> 00:35:56,615 The project of Paris Saint-Germain is clear. 582 00:35:59,117 --> 00:36:01,703 It's finding the best football players, 583 00:36:02,538 --> 00:36:08,001 to create a team that can win the Champions League for the club. 584 00:36:11,588 --> 00:36:14,842 Neymar, who isn't liked at all at the Bernabéu. 585 00:36:14,842 --> 00:36:18,637 Then Messi, the biggest beast in the last years. 586 00:36:18,637 --> 00:36:21,098 And of course the Mbappé factor. 587 00:36:21,098 --> 00:36:26,728 This is a player who is PSG's star player, and the best player in French football. 588 00:36:26,728 --> 00:36:28,605 Madrid started as the victim. 589 00:36:28,605 --> 00:36:30,190 Something quite unusual for Real Madrid. 590 00:36:30,190 --> 00:36:33,110 It's obviously a big challenge always 591 00:36:33,110 --> 00:36:34,987 when you play against top teams, top players. 592 00:36:34,987 --> 00:36:38,323 But it's the games you want to play because you know if you can beat them, 593 00:36:38,323 --> 00:36:39,533 it means we are really strong. 594 00:36:39,533 --> 00:36:41,535 {\an8}Obviously you prefer maybe an easier team, 595 00:36:41,535 --> 00:36:43,537 {\an8}but you never know what can happen in football. 596 00:36:47,583 --> 00:36:51,003 To take on the likes of Messi, Neymar and Mbappé, 597 00:36:51,003 --> 00:36:53,755 the team needs to be firing on all cylinders. 598 00:36:53,755 --> 00:36:55,966 But before the big match in Paris, 599 00:36:55,966 --> 00:36:58,343 there's still the domestic season to attend to. 600 00:37:01,972 --> 00:37:06,268 Look at Alaba! Karim has it! He's in the area! 601 00:37:07,394 --> 00:37:11,064 And just at the worst possible moment, disaster strikes. 602 00:37:12,316 --> 00:37:14,818 Benzema is injured. 603 00:37:14,818 --> 00:37:17,821 - The French player removes his armband. - Injured how? 604 00:37:17,821 --> 00:37:19,656 Yes. Muscular. 605 00:37:19,656 --> 00:37:23,285 - Muscular. How he left, it's the muscles. - Right leg. 606 00:37:27,998 --> 00:37:30,959 When you see them exciting people, winning, 607 00:37:30,959 --> 00:37:34,922 when the machinery is in gear and working, 608 00:37:34,922 --> 00:37:39,051 you stop and say: "What? It's not the time for Benzema to be injured. 609 00:37:39,051 --> 00:37:40,969 Everything was going great." 610 00:37:48,060 --> 00:37:52,689 The big question in Real Madrid is whether Benzema will play against PSG. 611 00:37:52,689 --> 00:37:55,526 Ancelotti has a good feeling, 612 00:37:55,526 --> 00:37:58,320 but four days before the game, we still have no answer. 613 00:38:00,072 --> 00:38:03,242 With under two weeks to go until the team travels to Paris, 614 00:38:03,242 --> 00:38:05,577 for the first leg of the Champions League match, 615 00:38:05,577 --> 00:38:10,499 Benzema needs to cut the usual recovery time for an injury like this in half. 616 00:38:12,167 --> 00:38:13,669 So in Spain, 617 00:38:13,669 --> 00:38:18,590 a lot of the media or a lot of the fans love to use the word "dependencia." 618 00:38:18,590 --> 00:38:22,427 Basically, the dependency on one specific player 619 00:38:22,427 --> 00:38:27,015 and there's no question that Benzema was that differential player. 620 00:38:27,891 --> 00:38:32,062 Saying we are dependent on Benzema is true. 621 00:38:32,062 --> 00:38:33,689 There's no need to hide it. 622 00:38:33,689 --> 00:38:37,276 I'm very happy of having this dependence. Very happy. 623 00:38:37,860 --> 00:38:40,237 I'm happy to be dependent on Karim Benzema. 624 00:38:40,237 --> 00:38:42,865 I have to stop playing, but... 625 00:38:42,865 --> 00:38:47,870 I always want to be on the pitch to help my team. 626 00:38:47,870 --> 00:38:50,455 It is a difficult moment. 627 00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:11,602 THIS IS PARIS 628 00:39:15,731 --> 00:39:18,317 Benzema is finally in the starting eleven. 629 00:39:18,317 --> 00:39:21,862 What level can we expect? Obviously not 100%. 630 00:39:21,862 --> 00:39:23,739 Technically 100%, 631 00:39:23,739 --> 00:39:28,160 but physically he may lack something in the last minutes. 632 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,205 We're not thinking about that. 633 00:39:31,205 --> 00:39:34,791 We're focused on the fact that he's playing, and that's what matters to us. 634 00:39:34,791 --> 00:39:37,628 I'll always do my best for my team. 635 00:39:37,628 --> 00:39:39,171 Always. Otherwise... 636 00:39:39,796 --> 00:39:42,549 I would have stayed in Madrid today. 637 00:39:42,549 --> 00:39:46,136 So, I'm always there to help my team. 638 00:39:46,136 --> 00:39:47,638 If I have to push hard, I will. 639 00:39:59,733 --> 00:40:01,860 We are privileged to be here 640 00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:04,488 with you at the Parc des Princes. 641 00:40:04,488 --> 00:40:07,908 The Parisian public has been waiting for this for three years. 642 00:40:07,908 --> 00:40:10,869 A Champions League knockout match. 643 00:40:11,703 --> 00:40:14,289 What an atmosphere at the Parc des Princes. 644 00:40:14,289 --> 00:40:16,750 Tonight it's PSG against Real Madrid. 645 00:40:18,085 --> 00:40:21,046 The biggest club in the world faces its most ambitious opponent. 646 00:40:21,046 --> 00:40:24,675 Real Madrid against Paris Saint-Germain. 647 00:40:24,675 --> 00:40:26,468 Paris' time is here. 648 00:40:30,931 --> 00:40:32,724 Mbappé gets the ball from Messi. 649 00:40:32,724 --> 00:40:34,476 It's a miss for Mbappé! 650 00:40:35,394 --> 00:40:37,396 Right from the start, Real Madrid are pegged back 651 00:40:37,396 --> 00:40:40,399 by a sustained onslaught from the French team. 652 00:40:41,441 --> 00:40:45,904 That first leg was one of the worst European performances 653 00:40:45,904 --> 00:40:48,490 from Madrid that I can remember. They were terrible. 654 00:40:58,083 --> 00:41:00,169 My feeling on the pitch was... 655 00:41:01,044 --> 00:41:02,504 "We can't do this." 656 00:41:02,504 --> 00:41:05,382 It may be one of the matches where I've suffered the most 657 00:41:05,382 --> 00:41:07,676 against an opponent on the pitch. 658 00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:09,636 Let's go. Nuno Mendes. 659 00:41:09,636 --> 00:41:12,389 - Here we go! - He passes it to Mbappé. 660 00:41:12,389 --> 00:41:13,640 Oh, too bad. 661 00:41:15,184 --> 00:41:17,728 He went slowly, he wanted to control it. 662 00:41:17,728 --> 00:41:19,479 Then he was very fast and very strong. 663 00:41:19,479 --> 00:41:22,649 He was very inspired and, like I said, I suffered a lot. 664 00:41:25,194 --> 00:41:27,112 Despite their poor play, Los Blancos are hanging on for a draw, 665 00:41:28,906 --> 00:41:32,034 which would be an amazing result, given the circumstances. 666 00:41:32,034 --> 00:41:35,412 But there's only so long you can survive in the eye of the storm. 667 00:41:37,414 --> 00:41:39,583 Come on, Paris! Mbappé goes for it. 668 00:41:39,583 --> 00:41:42,711 Penalty! Penalty! 669 00:41:42,711 --> 00:41:44,463 Penalty in favor of PSG. 670 00:41:44,463 --> 00:41:47,841 The unstoppable Kylian Mbappé. 671 00:41:56,225 --> 00:41:58,143 These are key moments. 672 00:41:58,143 --> 00:42:00,229 Especially in the Champions. 673 00:42:00,229 --> 00:42:02,147 Where any mistake can send you home. 674 00:42:02,898 --> 00:42:04,775 Some players go to protest with the ref. 675 00:42:04,775 --> 00:42:06,944 I just concentrate already on who might take it. 676 00:42:06,944 --> 00:42:08,987 I saw Messi taking the ball. 677 00:42:10,739 --> 00:42:12,866 {\an8}That's Argentina's Lionel Messi, 678 00:42:12,866 --> 00:42:14,952 {\an8}one of the greatest footballers ever. 679 00:42:19,331 --> 00:42:23,544 {\an8}So how do you stop a penalty from a world class scorer? 680 00:42:29,299 --> 00:42:32,344 Golden opportunity for PSG to score first. 681 00:42:32,344 --> 00:42:36,056 The left foot of Leo Messi against Courtois! 682 00:42:36,056 --> 00:42:37,558 No way! 683 00:42:39,351 --> 00:42:41,061 With a world-class goalkeeper. 684 00:42:41,061 --> 00:42:45,232 Because sometimes you just need to meet greatness with greatness. 685 00:42:46,191 --> 00:42:48,110 So it was a good and strong feeling 686 00:42:48,110 --> 00:42:51,196 to save the penalty and to continue in this nil-nil. 687 00:42:52,030 --> 00:42:54,533 Inspired by Courtois' heroic save, 688 00:42:54,533 --> 00:42:59,830 the team digs in and is mere seconds away from escaping Paris with a dream result. 689 00:43:01,957 --> 00:43:03,876 But there's one small problem. 690 00:43:03,876 --> 00:43:06,420 Kylian Mbappé is still on the pitch. 691 00:43:11,091 --> 00:43:13,427 It's now for Kylian Mbappé. 692 00:43:13,427 --> 00:43:16,054 - Yes! Yes! - Kylian Mbappé! 693 00:43:16,054 --> 00:43:17,306 Yes! 694 00:43:18,807 --> 00:43:20,017 Well done, Kylian! 695 00:43:20,017 --> 00:43:21,435 Against Thibaut! 696 00:43:31,236 --> 00:43:34,031 Madrid's brave resistance is crushed at the death 697 00:43:34,031 --> 00:43:36,575 by a player with star dust in his boots. 698 00:43:37,242 --> 00:43:42,664 Mbappé is unstoppable. I think we tried to control him. 699 00:43:42,664 --> 00:43:44,791 He is a player who always comes up with something. 700 00:43:44,791 --> 00:43:47,377 He did it in the last minute. 701 00:43:53,133 --> 00:43:54,676 {\an8}If we keep this level, 702 00:43:54,676 --> 00:43:57,137 we'll have a chance of moving on to the next round. 703 00:43:57,137 --> 00:44:00,349 It was really difficult for us to overcome the pressure 704 00:44:00,349 --> 00:44:04,394 that Paris Saint-Germain put us under. 705 00:44:04,394 --> 00:44:07,856 There isn't a complex explanation. This is what happened. 706 00:44:07,856 --> 00:44:10,359 We haven't-- With the ball-- 707 00:44:10,359 --> 00:44:12,236 We haven't done it as we wanted. 708 00:44:12,236 --> 00:44:14,279 When the game ended, I thought: 709 00:44:14,279 --> 00:44:18,200 "It's impossible to win against Paris now because they're better." 710 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,994 I think the first match away was very difficult, 711 00:44:20,994 --> 00:44:22,704 and we weren't able to play. 712 00:44:22,704 --> 00:44:24,915 But we only conceded one goal. 713 00:44:24,915 --> 00:44:28,335 We lost the chance of hurting them more than we did. 714 00:44:28,919 --> 00:44:31,630 With the odds now overwhelmingly stacked against them, 715 00:44:31,630 --> 00:44:34,508 most teams would lose hope. But not this one. 716 00:44:36,468 --> 00:44:37,970 Is it difficult? Yes. 717 00:44:37,970 --> 00:44:39,429 But at the Bernabéu... 718 00:44:40,848 --> 00:44:42,182 everything is possible. 719 00:44:44,518 --> 00:44:46,895 The team prepares for the return leg in Madrid 720 00:44:46,895 --> 00:44:50,691 focused on how to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. 721 00:44:50,691 --> 00:44:53,402 And now, they can draw on a secret weapon: 722 00:44:53,402 --> 00:44:55,904 The fervent belief of their fans. 723 00:45:06,039 --> 00:45:11,712 Yes, we can! Yes, we can! 724 00:45:16,175 --> 00:45:18,969 When we arrived with the bus at the Bernabéu, 725 00:45:18,969 --> 00:45:22,890 we saw the people outside on the street on our way to the stadium. 726 00:45:22,890 --> 00:45:24,558 This was incredible. 727 00:45:26,101 --> 00:45:28,854 In that moment, you could really feel already 728 00:45:28,854 --> 00:45:31,023 something special is going on on this night. 729 00:45:34,401 --> 00:45:35,944 {\an8}WE ARE THE KINGS OF EUROPE 730 00:45:36,945 --> 00:45:39,656 Los Blancos must somehow use their home advantage 731 00:45:39,656 --> 00:45:42,367 to outscore Paris Saint-Germain by two goals. 732 00:45:42,993 --> 00:45:45,037 A tall order for any team. 733 00:45:45,037 --> 00:45:47,456 But this is Real Madrid. 734 00:45:48,832 --> 00:45:53,378 We know we will create something magical in our stadium. 735 00:46:01,553 --> 00:46:03,722 Mbappé-Alaba. Mbappé-Alaba. Mbappé scores. 736 00:46:03,722 --> 00:46:06,600 He's going to have some very difficult moments. 737 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,228 With Mbappé or Neymar in counterattack... 738 00:46:09,228 --> 00:46:10,854 Well, good luck. 739 00:46:10,854 --> 00:46:12,898 - Unbelievable. - Let's go. 740 00:46:12,898 --> 00:46:14,441 Let's go! Look at him. 741 00:46:14,441 --> 00:46:17,069 Vinícius. Still Vinícius. Marquinhos clears--