REAL: THE MOVIE
10 months ago, if anyone had told me I'd be here...
Me, who never liked football.
TEN MONTHS EARLIER
Good morning.
Speaking of Real Madrid, the Whites
are still preparing for the new season...
Could you turn the radio down, please?
NEW YORK
TOKYO
This song is awesome!
It's great. I bet they play it at the disco.
Cool.
Come on, let's go.
Okay, okay.
My girlfriend's mad about Beckham.
Here it is! 2B!
- I found it! Great! - It's new.
Yeah, I found it!
Real Madrid,
nothing but Real Madrid.
Don't you think they're overdoing it?
It's like nothing else existed.
Let's go.
Hey, hey.
Isn't that Sayaka?
That's Sayaka, your girlfriend.
She's dumped you, you poor thing.
Let's go.
Grandma?
With the lone goal scored by Owen, at half time Real Madrid
had a small edge which proved to be decisive.
Nothing happened after.
I don't get it. 4-4-2 when the other team attacks on both sides?
Let's have a couple more over here.
4-4-2 makes sense
- when there are 3 attackers. - No.
Staying on top on the wings, that's what matters.
Or they'll thrash you.
Real Madrid should hire you
as their trainer.
Then why haven't they called me? And another thing...
I caught a cold when I went out yesterday
and my throat's really sore. I can't stop coughing.
I just can't stop coughing.
I'm going straight to bed.
I'll call you when I feel better.
Okay, don't worry about me. Go home and...
Hello?
Foul!
This is awesome!
Let's go.
Red-handed!
Beckham...
Be...
What do you want?
It's Beckham or me. Decide now!
He is so gorgeous!
So gorgeous!
Quiet, please.
Open your books at page
seven.
We'll begin with...
Good morning.
My name's Tomas Vias.
I'm your history teacher for this year.
I'd like you to stand up one by one
and tell me your names so I can remember your faces.
Would you start?
My name's Martin.
Hey, Sayaka.
Isn't this cute?
Sayaka's acting strange.
It's probably nothing.
We're going.
Haircut?
How would you like it?
You'll like it.
Hey, Sayaka.
Kouji, what happened to you?
You mean this?
Beckham.
No, don't go.
I like you hair that way. It looks really good.
A bit weird but it suits you.
Sit down here.
So Beckham, eh?
My girlfriend's mad about Beckham.
Beckham...
and me.
REAL MADRID TRAINING FACILITY 11:00 AM, 104 HOURS TO THE MATCH
Let's make a few changes. Some anaerobic resistance.
Work on stepping up speed.
Tuesday afternoon.
- Raul stays in the gym. - He's due there.
Wednesday morning.
Speed circuit.
We need to get the team in the best shape possible.
Do you want to do the tactical work on Thursday?
I think that's best.
I'll arrange a practice match for Thursday.
And on Friday we'll do tactics at the Bernabeu.
So it's a full schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Thursday we gear things down.
Friday basically tactics and orientation.
I'll confirm training at the Bernabeu. Closed to the public, right?
Yes.
Saturday it's physical recovery, diet, concentration...
They need to be fully recovered. They'll be running a lot.
It has to be perfect.
I'm optimistic. I think the schedule's good.
Raul continues to recover alone
and the medical team says he'll be ready for the match...
The last one, the last one.
Bounce it in off the post.
It bounced off the post.
Get your hands off me!
No, it bounced in.
As it's Madrid-Barcelona,
the slightest thing could change
the direction things take.
Anything could happen on Sunday. Whether we win, draw or lose,
it's a great opportunity
to win a victory that would do our fans
a lot of good.
NEW YORK
Good morning.
Let's go on with the subject from the other day, the Roman Empire.
Remember what we were doing?
What's the matter?
DEFEAT
The worst thing that can be happen to a player is to be injured.
And it's even worse if it's an injury
you're not sure you can recover from.
I had a really bad time.
As it was an injury
no-one had had before,
I was worried
about whether we were doing things the right way.
I was cooped up for four months
in the physiotherapy clinic.
I had to take each day as it came,
without thinking of the next,
but after almost two years,
things turned out well.
The only thing I could do
was play my left because I was there,
turning that way.
It was hard using my right,
so I kicked with my left.
My pivot foot was important because,
I mean, it's the leg that you arm...
You aim with.
- You aim the ball with. - The ball with.
That day...
I was lucky.
NINTH EUROPEAN CUP,
Do you live here?
Yes, I live opposite you. Flat 5A.
I'm Martin's teacher, by the way.
My grandson?
Well, nice meeting you...
We must chat some time but I have to go now. Goodbye.
It was like a ritual.
The grandmother going off, Martin ringing and ringing the bell,
the match starting.
This foul's a good opportunity for Roberto Carlos.
This could be decisive for Real Madrid.
It's a goal!
A blockbuster from Roberto Carlos.
Roberto Carlos can send a ball over 250 meters,
the equivalent of two football fields.
For this, he needs to kick the ball with the force of 5000 newtons.
4 times harder than a boxer's punch.
Raul's heart can beat as many as 200 times per minute.
Each beat pumps 150 milliliters of blood. 200 heartbeats
means 30 liters per minute.
We all have around 5 liters of blood,
so Raul's blood circulates 6 times a minute.
Zidane can sweat as much as 3 and a half liters per match.
A liter of water weighs one kilo but sweat is heavier
so Zidane loses over 3 and a half kilos per match.
And yet his sodium loss is only 24.8MEQ/L.
Beckham covers 14 km 200 meters per match.
He covers half of this distance at over 14 kph,
5400 meters at over 14 kph and the other 800 meters at sprint speed.
14 km 200 meters is the distance between Europe and Africa from Gibraltar.
Minute 93, full time.
End of the match and a victory for the Whites.
A victory for Luxemburgo's team.
A victory for the Real Madrid squad
over Betis.
What a fantastic game, recovery and win included.
REAL MADRID TRAINING FACILITY 11:00 AM, 80 HOURS TO THE MATCH
In theory it's a job but it's more a way of life.
You're always worried about
whether you're doing things right or not.
But you get to like
always living on the edge.
A little more.
Keep going.
Eye on the ball. That's it.
A little more.
1-0 is fine by me. Winning is the main thing.
We'll have to fight all the way.
We need something different.
Something different.
It might be a good idea, but we need to think about it.
I think we'll suffer a lot if we start with Raul and Roni.
So Owen and Ronaldo play with Raul where? Centre field?
That's right.
Of course Raul hasn't played in that position recently,
but he could do a good job.
Right. Do whatever you think is right. If you think
- that... - No, I have some doubts.
I have doubts because...
changing Figo, who's a great player
- and who's used to playing... - Yes.
...and played with Barcelona
- very well... - Yes.
So we have to think about this...
Go and get the ball.
Give me the ball back.
Let's have it now.
Take it from me,
rookie.
A pushover.
Maybe not, he's a veteran.
Come on then.
No way.
Go on, Di Stefano.
Score that goal.
Let's go.
The Whites' humble origins
as the Madrid Football Club founded in 1902
never presaged so much success.
Were they that good?
Better than Raul,
Zidane
or Ronaldo?
They were different.
When I was a kid they were the best.
Of course when you're a kid everything seems bigger,
but they were the best in the world.
Marquitos,
Gento, Puscas, Lesmes and for me the best player in the history of football.
The "Blond Arrow".
Don Alfredo Di Stefano.
The grand master of football,
Di Stefano, taught us things
we knew nothing about,
things we'd never seen.
Like shooting from the heel
or corkscrewing it in like he did,
I didn't know any of that
but I learned it all from him.
At a meeting between the Bernabeu
and various European chairmen
and L'Equipe newspaper,
they devised this tournament that's been...
a miracle, extraordinary...
for European football.
Marquitos had the ball,
he passed it to me,
I passed it back, and then
Marshal tackled, he got through,
then Marquitos shot and it went into the goal.
It was a pretty lucky goal,
but it was valid.
In Milan...
We'd drawn and it was extra time.
We were completely exhausted. It had been
a very close match.
But i was lucky enough to get possession of the ball
and it went between I don't know how many players' legs and the goalkeeper's
and won us our third European Cup.
We were counterattacking
and Grosso sent me the ball
past the midfield line
and what with speed and feinting
I managed to get past Vasovic 2 or 3 times
and score the equalizer.
Bye, Dad.
Hey, what's all that?
Where are you going so early?
Training with the coach.
Which one?
The football coach, of course.
Off you go then.
- Hi. - Hi.
Sorry I'm late.
I was held up and my dad was asking...
What are you doing here?
Dad, he's training
- the kids. - Shut up!
Don't take it out on the boy.
Take it out on me.
- No, Dad! - What do you mean "Dad"?
I told you grandfather to keep away from us.
Get it straight, Dad.
- What did you mean "Dad"? - Come on!
Butragueno, remember?
He stopped in front of the defense...
And time stood still.
Time stood still. And the whole stadium...
Remember? The whole stadium held its breath.
Then suddenly...
I scored the second goal,
from a good move by Jorge
who ran up the goal area, centered the ball with his left...
Without looking I think, but it was fine,
and I headed it in.
It was sheer will power on the part of the team.
It was simply
believing in something illogical,
and yet...
the team came into the field believing it was possible
and something happened that was hard to understand.
The crowd picked up on it
in the stadium and ended up believing in it
as much as the team.
In a 2-year period
the stadium became a place where we were invincible.
People saw us as a new generation,
everybody thought football
was something in the blood
and in the guts but we saw it in another way.
And I think a lot of fans
came to see it that way too and we won some important matches.
The team deserved it
and the fans wanted us to win that cup
and we didn't let them down.
The goal mouth seemed so far away,
it all looked so complicated,
but i worked, because I took a chance and played from my bad side,
my right side.
And that was what did it.
BEST CLUB OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Why don't you let that poor child go out?
No, sir. If he wants to tell lies,
then he's grounded.
It wasn't me who said Grandpa was dead!
Forget about him. And stop bouncing that ball around
or I'll take it off you.
Let's see you try, rookie.
Don't worry, it'll work.
Don't move. It'll work.
If it doesn't work we'll buy a new one.
Have you seen Paul?
No, he hasn't been here for some time. He might be dead.
Maybe he has
a new girlfriend. You never know.
He's a rascal.
Ask around. Maybe someone's seen him.
Have you seen the coach around?
- Not for months. - Don't exaggerate.
When will you come and play?
- My dad won't let me. - Pussy.
Let's go!
- Don't move! - I'm not moving!
Just there, just there!
Just there!
Zidane passes back to Roberto Carlos who speeds through...
And it's a throw-in for Barcelona.
A second division TV again!
Can I sit down?
Of course. This is a public place.
The game's not over till it's over.
Goal!
Well, gentlemen. It's been a pleasure.
Whenever you want to lose again...
- What happened? - The "Arrow".
- The "Arrow"? - Di Stefano, boy.
Di Stefano?
40 years ago we were kind enough to kidnap Di Stefano.
He was a great footballer.
And a gentleman too. During the short time
we helped him, it was his son's 7th birthday
and he had to celebrate it with us.
And that day Real Madrid had to play in Caracas too. At the beginning,
they wouldn't or couldn't play,
but they came out in the end
and won the match
with tears in their eyes. In honor of Di Stefano.
Is this him?
He forgave me years ago
but it's taking your dad a little longer.
My Grandpa kidnapped Di Stefano.
They were hard... difficult times.
I bet your dad will understand soon.
My dad's too hard-headed.
Like all Barca supporters.
Well, nobody's perfect.
My grandfather kidnapped Di Stefano.
SANTIAGO BERNABEU STADIUM 11:AM, 56 HOURS TO THE MATCH
The important part is the work you put in,
developing your body and a time comes
when all that work pays off.
Well, here we are in front of...
Bernabeu the giant.
Day 20 of the 2004-2005 season.
The Madrid-Barcelona match, broadcast by Audiovisual Sport.
Gates open
at 17:45.
Kick-off 19:00.
Ronaldo, Beckham,
Owen.
Pavon.
Raul.
Michel, Roberto.
Zizou.
Helguera.
Oh, Gravesen, sorry, Gravesen.
Cameras?
We have cameras 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
- Live coverage. - Yes.
A play with Gravesen, Beckham,
Zidane here, and Raul.
With Ronaldo and Owen behind.
3867 PEOPLE WORK ON MATCH DAY
67 TV CAMERAS 694 ACCREDITED JOURNALISTS
81,915 SPECTATORS IN THE STADIUM
89 COUNTRIES RECEIVING LIVE COVERAGE
410 MILLION SPECTATORS WORLDWIDE
Beckham.
Roberto, over there.
They know we have three up front.
He'll signal when you get the ball.
The kind of thing you do in training.
If he tries to come in this way, mark him well.
Good afternoon.
Playing at home in an epic match, no-one in the world
wants there to be more goals
than me.
You're Figo.
You're
Casillas.
I'm Zidane.
No, I'm Zidane.
You're Roberto Carlos.
Let's go!
The spelling of words
beginning with "ap"
and written with double "P". For example,
- "Appliquer". - "Appliquer".
- "Appartenir". - "Appartenir".
- "Appétit". - "Appétit".
- "Apprendre". - "Apprendre".
Akia, pay attention.
Others words beginning with "ap"...
AKIA'S BIG JOURNEY
In Senegal there's a guy who walks to every Real Madrid match.
But the thing is the nearest TV set to his village
is 60 kilometers away.
He takes 2 days to walk there and another 2 days to walk back.
He must be crazy.
That's not the explanation.
Then what is?
I don't know.
Dad!
- How are you? - Fine.
Did we win?
I'll tell you about it tonight.
- I didn't know you liked football. - Sure. I loved it.
I always fall asleep in front of the TV.
Then you shouldn't watch it on your own.
Can't you pay more attention, Akia?
Shame on you.
Give me the ball.
You're too old to be playing all day.
Since you won't study,
I'm taking you to your Uncle Abdul in Ziguinchor
to learn a trade.
We'll leave at the end of the month. Mariama,
bring supper.
- Afternoon. - Afternoon.
I'm happy with your grandson,
but it gets harder and harder
to fill his head with anything
other than football.
I see.
I hope I'm not boring you.
Boring me? By talking about my grandson?
No, by talking about football. You don't like it, do you?
Football?
I love it.
My husband and I... well, we...
The whole family have always been Real Madrid fans.
Yes, of course, but why?
Why do you leave every time Real Madrid plays?
Well, Martin and I used to go to all the matches.
League matches, Cup matches...
It was like going to a party.
We used to go alone, together. We'd forget about work,
forget all our troubles...
And we felt so happy sharing a passion for the same thing.
Martin was always taking my kitchen towels
to dust off our seats at the stadium.
He was always very finicky about that.
He'd dust them off at every match.
That is...
except at one...
He didn't feel well, you see,
but he insisted that I went.
I didn't feel like going on my own,
but he wanted me to tell him about the match afterwards
down to the last detail.
So in the end he persuaded me and I went.
And what a match it was!
I ran back home to tell him about it,
how we'd won and...
But I wasn't able to.
When I got home,
I found him dead.
He'd died alone.
And me at the match.
Akia.
Your father wants you.
You can carry the ball. It's yours.
Dear Sirs,
since I came to Madrid, I've been very curious as to the special relationship
between your club and its fans.
I am always surprised
and must admit to a certain envy,
by your fans' passion for Real Madrid.
I feel it must be something
more than just an interest.
So what makes Real Madrid so special?
I've asked people,
read books, seen matches,
even traveled with fans
trying to find the answer.
But without success.
- Are you tired, Akia? - No, Dad.
Give me that.
I'm going to ask you something.
- What's 3 times 4? - 3 times 4?
1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Very good.
12 divided by 4?
That's easy, Dad!
Is it really?
1, 2,
3, Dad.
Very good. I'm very happy with you.
This is it.
Go on in!
ZIGUINCHOR SCHOOL OF FOOTBALL
You'll have to study hard to stay here.
- Understand? - Yes!
Give me the ball. You won't need it here.
Off you go.
SATURDAY, HOTEL MEETING POINT 24 HOURS TO THE MATCH
One thing's very important.
What we can't do
is take a player's "quality" away from him.
Play depends on each individual's capacity.
That's something you can't take away.
Take that away and there's no football.
This way, please.
Go on in.
Thank you.
I wrote you a letter.
I asked you a question that...
that's been on my mind ever since I came to live in Madrid.
What is Real Madrid?
I think it's a "feeling".
It's like a big brother.
One of the things I don't understand
is how much the team
has captured people's hearts and minds.
I knew the answer to that
long before you asked me.
You really want to know what is it?
SUNDAY, SANTIAGO BERNABEU STADIUM MATCH DAY
LEAGUE HEATS UP TODAY
Hello, Jesus.
Morning.
- How are you feeling? - Fine, fine.
The box is overbooked but listen,
you come along and we'll find somewhere
for you, though at this time
there are too many... 65 too many, would you believe it?
You should have rung a little later.
New ones...
- New ones? - Yes.
No, leave that...
The chairman says we'll see what we can do.
We'll find somewhere for the two of them.
That's not important. We don't know what to do with them.
This is terrible. This is really terrible.
My dear Vias...
About your question...
I think these tickets may help you find the answer.
Your friend,
Alfredo Di Stefano.
- How are you? - Fine.
He's in great shape.
The box at the moment... it's absolutely terrible.
I'll have to move somebody out but I don't know who.
No, of course not.
No, the trouble is... Forget it.
So they're definitely coming?
Well, shall we go then?
I need your experience.
You all have plenty.
A classic's a classic.
When you think nothing's going to happen then it does.
Today,
I'm sure
you're all ready to run for 90 minutes
and do everything you can...
What I want today is joy.
Joy.
I feel so fortunate to be here with you today.
What trainer
wouldn't want to be here talking to you today?
And this is an important moment.
I'm happy. I'm happy and I believe in my job.
I know we're going to win. I know we are.
We've seen some bad times...
Well, that's life.
At bad times you have to be smarter than you are
when things are good.
You're all friends, you're all close...
But when you're going through bad times in life
and people start saying this and that...
that's when you have to be smart.
I don't want us to win by four goals.
You can't just go out there
wanting to score four goals.
We want to win the match.
By scoring just one goal if necessary.
Then if it's two
or three or four, that's fine.
To win today,
don't think about scoring goals. No.
They're a good team.
To win today,
we'll have to do a lot of defending,
and run like hell.
We need to defend all the time because they're a good team.
And if they don't score,
I'm sure we will.
We need to make sacrifices to win today.
If we lose the ball,
it can't be with 5 or 6 players up front
and the back of the field vulnerable.
If we lose the ball,
we fall back
and take a breather. If we don't do it that way,
we'll be in trouble.
It's no good having 4 or 5 upfield
and two midfield...
We have to stay together to play.
I know we're going to play a great match.
And you know why?
Because the great players we have here
know how to deliver. I know we're going to play a great match. Let's go.
Don't you like football?
That one there...
That's Raul.
Number 9...
That's Ronaldo.
Yes.
Casillas!
Casillas, yes, of course!
Is that Zidane?
Yes.
That's Zidane.
The walkie-talkie's out.
If anything happens,
I'll call you on the phone.
Okay then.
Vanderley, tell Raul
not to let Marquez pass
because sometimes he is.
And Ronaldinho's on the wing and we need to save
Zidane overexerting himself.
Raul! Raul!
Move. Belletti's passing too much.
Get behind him a little.
No, behind him just a little.
Just a little.
Roberto, here, dammit!
Very good, David and Owen. Fantastic.
And another thing... With Marquez
there are four now.
We need to get somebody else in there to even things up.
Raul here, Zidane there.
He's on the wing, you take this one.
And the stadium's
much bigger and newer.
They've even got heating.
And I'm told that
every match is a sell-out just like before.
The boys are different, Martin,
but they're just as young
and they don't play much differently from our times.
But they are taller and faster
and they come from all over the world.
Also,
in our seats
I saw a couple
not much younger than...
than us.
Anyway...
what I really wanted to tell you
was how your grandson's eyes shone when he saw the same field
as you used to see.
It's funny...
I haven't been to a match for so long
and when I do go back,
it's with someone else called Martin.
I still can't believe I've been back
to the Bernabeu without you.
Oh, by the way...
We won 4-2.
Holiday time and I'm going home.
And I still can't say what Real Madrid is.
Is it enough to say it's the most famous club in the world?
Or that its colors are those
millions of people
identify with?
Is the answer in its history?
In the players?
Or is each person's story what defines it?
Is it only football
or is it the passion of the fans,
their joy in victory,
their sadness in defeat?
Or the pain over the absence of those we shared the club with?
Is it the self-sacrifice,
the need to do better,
bravery in the face of adversity?
Or is Real Madrid a small boy's dream and many people's hope?
Yes.
Madrid is all that and more.
And yet,
more important than knowing what Real Madrid is
is knowing what it means to each and every person.
That's what happens with "feelings".