WEBVTT 00:07.549 --> 00:09.134 [gentle music playing] 00:09.217 --> 00:13.304 [James Rodríguez] I believe there were four words I learned along the way. 00:14.222 --> 00:18.560 Passion. For what you do, for who you are. 00:19.394 --> 00:22.147 When Colombia loses, that's on me. 00:23.106 --> 00:26.276 When Colombia wins, that's the whole team playing well. 00:27.193 --> 00:31.156 But I guess, someone's always gotta take the blame, right? 00:31.239 --> 00:32.532 That's the way it is. 00:32.615 --> 00:33.908 Hope. 00:33.992 --> 00:36.411 When we don't win, it's my fault. But that's okay. 00:36.494 --> 00:39.372 Because if you don't have hope, you can't have dreams. 00:39.456 --> 00:41.624 I'm ready, I'm always ready. 00:42.417 --> 00:45.628 Respect. For what you do, for other people. 00:45.712 --> 00:47.088 [man] Cocky! 00:47.172 --> 00:49.340 Nothing was handed to me on a plate. 00:49.424 --> 00:51.593 [man] Fucking curse now, motherfuckers! 00:51.676 --> 00:54.220 [James] I think the last word would have to be… 00:56.306 --> 00:57.557 love. 00:57.640 --> 01:02.270 With those four words, I think you have everything. 01:02.353 --> 01:03.772 [announcer] James, bicycle kick! 01:03.855 --> 01:07.525 Goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal! 01:07.609 --> 01:09.444 [music fades] 01:14.741 --> 01:17.786 EPISODE 2 JAMES VS THE WORLD 01:19.662 --> 01:20.914 WORLD CUP, BRAZIL 01:20.997 --> 01:24.417 [Guerrero] After wishing the World Cup, and feeling they deserved to be there, 01:24.501 --> 01:27.128 expectations for the Colombian team were high. 01:27.212 --> 01:30.465 [reporter] It's a Colombian party in Belo Horizonte. Who had the best goal? 01:30.548 --> 01:31.925 The cup is Colombia. 01:32.008 --> 01:34.010 James Rodríguez, he's the best! 01:34.094 --> 01:36.763 [James] I dreamed of having a great World Cup, 01:36.846 --> 01:41.267 but it went even better than I could have hoped. 01:41.351 --> 01:46.481 All of Colombia is still celebrating victory for the national team! 01:47.273 --> 01:49.234 [Guerrero] We conquered our fear of defensive teams 01:49.317 --> 01:50.485 in the opener against Greece. 01:50.568 --> 01:51.402 JOURNALIST 01:51.486 --> 01:54.030 We conquered our fear of aggressive teams against the Ivory Coast. 01:54.113 --> 01:56.407 Will you ask me about what happened in the third game? 01:56.491 --> 01:57.325 COACH 01:57.408 --> 01:58.576 Japan. 02:00.495 --> 02:03.540 He told me, while he was playing in the World Cup, he said… 02:03.623 --> 02:04.499 SPORTS AGENT 02:04.582 --> 02:05.959 …"I want to play for Real Madrid." 02:06.042 --> 02:08.503 [atmospheric music playing] 02:09.879 --> 02:15.343 [James] I remember Jorge Mendes told me right before playing Japan, he said, 02:15.426 --> 02:18.471 "Real Madrid wants you, but please, don't say anything." 02:18.555 --> 02:20.014 "And please, stay focused." 02:20.098 --> 02:22.517 "Please, I need you sharp, I need you focused." 02:22.600 --> 02:25.562 I said, "Jorge, relax, relax. It won't affect me." 02:25.645 --> 02:28.898 I did what I call "pulling a Pékerman." 02:29.941 --> 02:32.026 2014 COLOMBIA VS JAPAN GROUP STAGE 02:32.110 --> 02:34.863 We'd already qualified for the next stage. 02:34.946 --> 02:37.991 Now we wanted to give everyone on the team a chance to play. 02:38.074 --> 02:41.536 Everyone had contributed. They all deserved to play. 02:41.619 --> 02:42.453 GOALKEEPER 02:42.537 --> 02:44.414 He started on the bench for that game. 02:45.123 --> 02:47.000 [announcer 1] Here's Adrián, he's after the ball. 02:47.083 --> 02:49.711 Oh! He's taken down! And it's a penalty! Penalty! 02:49.794 --> 02:51.963 -[announcer 2] Penalty. -[announcer 1] Penalty. 02:53.298 --> 02:56.342 It's Cuadrado. Cuadrado shoots! And it's in! 02:56.926 --> 02:59.512 Goal for Colombia! Colombia in the lead! 02:59.596 --> 03:01.431 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 1 - JAPAN 0 03:01.514 --> 03:04.184 Honda, lifts the ball. The header from behind… 03:04.267 --> 03:06.144 [Ospina] The first half ended 1-1. 03:06.227 --> 03:08.813 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 1 - JAPAN 1 03:08.897 --> 03:11.649 For the second half, the coach made a few changes. 03:11.733 --> 03:13.568 And one of them was James. 03:14.485 --> 03:17.989 [James] José had planned out every minute of every single match. 03:18.072 --> 03:20.074 It was impressive. 03:20.158 --> 03:22.285 I had the game planned in my head, 03:22.368 --> 03:26.497 so I was able to visualize the game days in advance. 03:27.081 --> 03:30.835 "You'll come out for the second half, and you'll score the goals." 03:30.919 --> 03:33.838 [announcer] A huge moment for James. James with his left, finds Martínez. 03:33.922 --> 03:35.715 Martínez shoots! Goal for Colombia! 03:35.798 --> 03:37.050 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 2 - JAPAN 1 03:37.133 --> 03:40.511 A miracle goal by Martínez! Goal for Colombia. Goal for Colombia! 03:40.595 --> 03:42.597 James to Martínez. It's wide open! 03:42.680 --> 03:44.432 Here's Martínez, he beats the defender! 03:44.515 --> 03:47.435 Left foot! Goal for Colombia! 03:47.518 --> 03:49.646 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 3 - JAPAN 1 03:50.230 --> 03:52.023 James, take your shot! 03:52.106 --> 03:53.274 James stepping up! 03:53.358 --> 03:54.859 Here comes Colombia's fourth! 03:54.943 --> 03:57.362 What a goal, James! What a goal! 03:57.445 --> 04:02.450 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 4 - JAPAN 1 04:03.409 --> 04:05.745 [festive music playing] 04:13.795 --> 04:15.797 [Buscalia] There was this electricity in the air. 04:15.880 --> 04:18.216 It was a party. Every game felt like a celebration. 04:18.299 --> 04:20.510 [Ospina] The response back home, they'd tell us about it. 04:20.593 --> 04:22.011 It was overwhelming. 04:22.095 --> 04:24.764 There was a huge amount of joy in Colombia. 04:24.847 --> 04:27.976 Across the country, fans were flooding out into the streets. 04:28.059 --> 04:30.645 [Guerrero] That's when it really hit us just how incredible it was, 04:30.728 --> 04:32.647 once we realized we made it to the round of 16. 04:32.730 --> 04:35.066 Colombia! Colombia! 04:35.149 --> 04:38.653 This is a party! You can't even hear yourself speak! 04:39.279 --> 04:41.864 2014 COLOMBIA VS URUGUAY ROUND OF 16 04:41.948 --> 04:44.784 [reporter 1] Colombia and Uruguay faced off in a South American duel 04:44.867 --> 04:45.868 in the round of 16. 04:45.952 --> 04:49.706 Colombia, with a perfect score, reached the second stage of the World Cup. 04:50.289 --> 04:52.667 [reporter 2] This is a decisive moment for Colombia. 04:52.750 --> 04:55.628 What does the team have to do to stay in the Cup? 04:55.712 --> 04:57.338 In these kinds of games, everything. 04:57.422 --> 04:58.715 They have to do everything right. 04:58.798 --> 05:01.592 There's no room for mistakes at this stage in the tournament. 05:03.886 --> 05:07.724 [reporter] In the spotlight now at the top of his game is James Rodríguez. 05:07.807 --> 05:10.893 Uruguay and Colombia will go head-to-head in the round of 16 05:10.977 --> 05:15.231 to determine which South American team will continue and which will go home. 05:15.315 --> 05:19.027 I was with friends, home in Colombia. I was nervous. 05:19.110 --> 05:20.069 SOCCER PLAYER 05:20.153 --> 05:23.448 I always get more nervous when I'm off the field than on it. 05:24.657 --> 05:28.703 Well, I wanted to be there so badly, it hurt that I wasn't. 05:28.786 --> 05:32.165 [Pékerman] The Uruguayan team, they're rivals. 05:32.248 --> 05:35.501 They had more experience than us at the World Cup level. 05:35.585 --> 05:38.296 [atmospheric music playing] 05:39.922 --> 05:42.925 It's hard to imagine beating Uruguay in a big game like that. 05:43.009 --> 05:43.843 MOTHER 05:45.386 --> 05:49.390 Even having the crowd behind us, scoring goals against Uruguay is not easy. 05:55.480 --> 05:57.648 [sudden music sting] 05:58.566 --> 05:59.901 [crowd exclaims] 05:59.984 --> 06:01.819 [inaudible] 06:01.903 --> 06:05.573 [announcer] James Rodríguez, winning hearts with his play and goals. 06:06.157 --> 06:07.784 James hits it with his left foot. 06:07.867 --> 06:09.786 The cross! It's blocked. 06:10.661 --> 06:13.456 [James] You're focused on where the ball is. 06:13.539 --> 06:15.917 On where you need to be so your team can pass to you. 06:16.000 --> 06:17.251 [announcer] Aguilar. 06:19.420 --> 06:21.214 [James] I was focused. 06:21.297 --> 06:22.882 I think Abel had the ball. 06:22.965 --> 06:25.343 [announcer] He plays it to the center, leaving it for Aguilar. 06:25.426 --> 06:27.136 [James] I knew the goal was behind me. 06:27.220 --> 06:30.348 -[announcer 2] Pass the ball to James. -[announcer 1] Back to Abel. To James… 06:30.431 --> 06:31.516 [crowd exclaims] 06:31.599 --> 06:32.934 [announcer 1] James! 06:35.937 --> 06:38.898 In that moment, you're not thinking at all. 06:38.981 --> 06:41.234 [announcer 1] An instinctive reaction. 06:41.317 --> 06:44.987 One to take, one to hit! Bang! 06:45.071 --> 06:46.948 [announcer 2] James Rodríguez! 06:47.031 --> 06:50.827 [announcer 1] What a strike from James Rodríguez! 06:50.910 --> 06:53.204 Like a real Colombian, tough as nails! 06:53.287 --> 06:54.330 What a goal. 06:54.414 --> 06:55.581 He worked his magic. 06:56.165 --> 06:57.834 Flawless control off his chest. 06:57.917 --> 06:59.752 He set it up perfectly for the left. 06:59.836 --> 07:02.421 The ball looked stunning in the air. 07:04.465 --> 07:05.383 SOCCER PLAYER 07:05.466 --> 07:07.009 Unbelievable, that was such a goal. 07:07.093 --> 07:08.136 A spectacular goal. 07:08.219 --> 07:09.887 [lively music playing] 07:09.971 --> 07:11.806 [crowd exclaims] 07:11.889 --> 07:14.475 Wow! What a goal. That goal will change history. 07:14.559 --> 07:16.269 He's insane, how did he score that? 07:16.352 --> 07:18.980 He's gonna be the best player in the tournament. 07:20.648 --> 07:22.567 [announcer 1] What a goal from James! 07:22.650 --> 07:25.653 A masterpiece! Like a Picasso! 07:25.736 --> 07:29.365 -[announcer 2] My word, the boy is a star! -[announcer 1] Colombians, come together! 07:29.448 --> 07:31.200 ROUND OF 16 COLOMBIA 1 - URUGUAY 0 07:31.284 --> 07:33.119 [announcer] Come together as one heart! 07:33.202 --> 07:35.037 [Falcao] It was the best goal of the World Cup. 07:35.121 --> 07:36.873 And it happened in the round of 16. 07:36.956 --> 07:39.125 We all talk about that goal against Uruguay… 07:39.208 --> 07:40.418 JOURNALIST 07:40.501 --> 07:42.128 …but James had two goals against Uruguay. 07:42.211 --> 07:44.672 [announcer] Cuadrado brings it down with-- Here it comes! James! 07:44.755 --> 07:46.174 ROUND OF 16 COLOMBIA 2 - URUGUAY 0 07:46.257 --> 07:47.842 It's a goal! It's in! 07:47.925 --> 07:50.970 It's in! That goal was overdue! 07:51.053 --> 07:53.222 Thank God! 07:53.306 --> 07:55.391 [James] I scored two goals against Uruguay. 07:55.474 --> 07:57.810 It was like the… the cherry on top. 07:58.394 --> 08:00.229 In a World Cup and in football, 08:00.313 --> 08:03.107 you don't have time to enjoy these moments and really take them in, 08:03.191 --> 08:05.484 because everything is happening so fast. 08:06.277 --> 08:09.238 [announcer] And the star of the tournament, James Rodríguez… 08:09.322 --> 08:13.201 [Mendes] That World Cup. That was James's World Cup. 08:13.284 --> 08:17.330 That cup was the tournament that propelled James to these great heights. 08:17.413 --> 08:20.166 He won Best Goal, no? He scored the most goals, was that it? 08:20.249 --> 08:21.959 -He was the top scorer. -[interviewer] Both. 08:22.043 --> 08:24.587 And he won the Ballon-- Oh, right, the Puskás. That's right! 08:24.670 --> 08:27.715 JAMES' 2 GOALS SEND COLOMBIA TO QUARTERFINALS 08:27.798 --> 08:29.217 [reporter] Jamesmania. 08:29.300 --> 08:30.301 JAMES, I LOVE YOU! 08:30.384 --> 08:33.095 I felt like I had the world in my hands. 08:33.179 --> 08:35.723 [reporter] The award FIFA gives for the best goal of the season. 08:35.806 --> 08:37.099 PUSKAS AWARD FOR BEST GOAL 08:37.183 --> 08:39.936 [Guerrero] Front pages everywhere, everyone was talking about James. 08:40.019 --> 08:43.105 And I remember thinking, "The star of a World Cup is Colombian." 08:43.189 --> 08:46.651 I remember feeling very calm about everything. 08:46.734 --> 08:49.320 We still had another match to focus on. 08:49.904 --> 08:53.282 [Pékerman] It's going to be a really difficult match for both teams. 08:53.366 --> 08:55.993 The semifinals are another level. 08:56.077 --> 08:58.996 It's a huge leap, and we have to meet that. 08:59.080 --> 09:03.376 It's safe to say that this is the decisive match of the tournament. 09:03.459 --> 09:04.293 [crowd cheering] 09:04.377 --> 09:07.505 [reporter] This Colombian team could knock out the host nation. 09:07.588 --> 09:10.091 Why not dream of a place in the semifinals? 09:10.174 --> 09:11.717 2014 COLOMBIA VS BRAZIL QUARTER-FINALS 09:11.801 --> 09:13.469 [Pékerman] Then came Colombia vs. Brazil. 09:13.553 --> 09:16.138 After our performance, we were looking like the favorites. 09:17.056 --> 09:19.892 [Marcelo] We didn't get much time to study or train. 09:19.976 --> 09:22.562 All that we had time to do was to watch game footage 09:22.645 --> 09:25.356 and try to find a way to beat Colombia. 09:25.439 --> 09:26.941 [announcer] It's going to be different. 09:27.024 --> 09:31.070 The Brazilians are determined to win a World Cup on their home soil. 09:31.153 --> 09:34.115 We had some attempts where we couldn't score. 09:35.992 --> 09:37.994 And then on one of the first set pieces… 09:38.077 --> 09:39.704 [announcer] Thiago Silva gets a foot to it! 09:39.787 --> 09:41.372 QUARTER-FINALS COLOMBIA 0 - BRAZIL 1 09:41.455 --> 09:45.001 Goal! 09:46.335 --> 09:48.212 They managed to score a quick goal. 09:49.797 --> 09:53.050 [Ospina] Colombia pulled things together in the second half. 09:53.134 --> 09:55.428 And took control of the game. 09:57.013 --> 09:59.056 We had goal-scoring opportunities. 09:59.140 --> 10:02.393 There was controversy with Mario's goal being disallowed. 10:03.144 --> 10:08.149 [James] The truth is the referee was calling for fouls that weren't fouls. 10:08.232 --> 10:09.650 And they were fouling me. 10:09.734 --> 10:12.445 Five, six, seven very clear fouls. 10:12.528 --> 10:16.365 But when I commit one foul? Yellow card. 10:16.449 --> 10:19.118 [inaudible] 10:21.037 --> 10:23.080 And David Luiz scored from a free kick, 10:23.164 --> 10:25.791 something I don't think he ever did again in his whole career. 10:25.875 --> 10:28.002 He gets it up and over! Great goal from Luiz! 10:28.085 --> 10:29.712 COLOMBIA 0 - BRAZIL 2 10:29.795 --> 10:34.175 David Luiz! Goal! 10:34.258 --> 10:36.177 After that goal, there were 20 minutes 10:36.260 --> 10:39.055 where they could have easily scored two or three more, 10:39.138 --> 10:40.806 'cause we had lost our composure. 10:40.890 --> 10:42.058 We were falling apart. 10:44.143 --> 10:46.479 [announcer 1] And Carlos Bacca is on for Colombia. 10:47.104 --> 10:49.857 -Penalty for Colombia! -[announcer 2] Yes. It's a penalty. 10:49.940 --> 10:52.443 -[announcer 1] James. -[announcer 2] James on his left foot! 10:52.526 --> 10:54.654 Goal for Colombia! Goal for Colombia! 10:54.737 --> 10:56.864 QUARTER-FINALS COLOMBIA 1 - BRAZIL 2 10:56.947 --> 11:00.534 We scored with, I think, 13 minutes left. 11:01.118 --> 11:03.913 I had never seen the Brazilian crowd that nervous. 11:03.996 --> 11:06.749 The stadium was silent, biting their nails. 11:06.832 --> 11:10.169 Colombia kept pressing, pressing, pressing… 11:10.252 --> 11:13.547 [Buscalia] It was a very even match, played on equal terms. 11:15.424 --> 11:20.304 [Ospina] We had this hope of… of qualifying for the semifinals. 11:23.432 --> 11:26.811 That match was brutal because… I mean, everything happened. 11:26.894 --> 11:30.523 [tense music playing] 11:37.071 --> 11:39.573 It was a match where we gave it our all until the end. 11:41.867 --> 11:43.452 [crowd exclaims] 11:43.536 --> 11:45.162 [ref blows whistle] 11:47.415 --> 11:49.333 I think we left with a bad taste in our mouths 11:49.417 --> 11:52.545 because we thought this Colombian team could have done so much more. 11:53.504 --> 11:58.217 [Ospina] At the end of the match, it was a painful feeling. 11:59.468 --> 12:01.804 It was heartbreaking because we were this close 12:01.887 --> 12:03.556 to making it to the very end. 12:03.639 --> 12:05.975 It felt like we were still in it, but we weren't. 12:06.058 --> 12:10.020 [Buscalia] Finishing fifth at a World Cup is very difficult. 12:10.104 --> 12:13.858 And Colombia had watched the last three World Cups from home. 12:15.067 --> 12:17.445 I don't show my emotions much. 12:17.528 --> 12:22.032 I told myself, "I'm not gonna cry. Keep it in, keep it in, keep it in." 12:22.116 --> 12:24.285 When the match ended, and I was alone… 12:25.661 --> 12:28.789 When I was alone, I broke down and started crying like a little kid. 12:28.873 --> 12:33.127 In the locker room, I cried for at least 25 minutes. 12:33.210 --> 12:36.464 You know, men… Men cry too. 12:36.547 --> 12:40.009 Especially when you feel something so deeply, so strongly. 12:40.092 --> 12:41.051 I'm sad about it. 12:41.135 --> 12:42.845 Even with all the sadness and everything, 12:42.928 --> 12:45.765 what still makes me happiest is James leaving as the top scorer. 12:46.640 --> 12:49.018 [bittersweet music playing] 12:49.101 --> 12:51.103 [crowd cheering] 12:52.229 --> 12:53.856 COLOMBIA NATIONAL TEAM OUR HEROES 12:53.939 --> 12:56.066 [cheering] 12:56.984 --> 12:59.945 They welcomed us as if we had won the World Cup for Colombia. 13:00.029 --> 13:01.906 [lively music playing] 13:01.989 --> 13:04.241 Colombia had never been in the quarter-finals. 13:04.325 --> 13:08.287 We were welcomed home like we were heroes, you know? 13:08.370 --> 13:10.623 Because we had gone out and tried to free our country. 13:10.706 --> 13:11.540 THANK YOU, TEAM 13:13.083 --> 13:17.463 You see, Colombia is a country that… that always grows through conflict. 13:17.546 --> 13:18.756 Through adversity. 13:18.839 --> 13:22.051 The Colombian National Team has always brought the country together. 13:22.134 --> 13:25.596 Bringing Colombians together in spite of all the country's problems. 13:26.180 --> 13:29.350 Falcao, we love you! 13:29.892 --> 13:32.937 [cheering] 13:34.855 --> 13:38.150 [children chanting in Spanish] There they are, the team from Ibagué! 13:38.234 --> 13:42.112 There they are, the team from Ibagué! 13:42.196 --> 13:46.075 There they are, the team from Ibagué! 13:48.869 --> 13:50.496 [thoughtful music playing] 13:50.579 --> 13:53.499 [James] It was always my dream to play for Real Madrid. 13:53.582 --> 13:55.000 [María] Congratulations! 13:55.084 --> 13:57.461 [James] I remember watching Galácticos when I was a kid. 13:57.545 --> 13:59.463 [María] Good job, honey. Very good, son. 13:59.547 --> 14:02.049 I had offers from other clubs, but I said, 14:02.132 --> 14:06.512 "You know, the Real Madrid train only comes by once, and I'm getting on." 14:06.595 --> 14:09.390 [upbeat music playing] 14:12.434 --> 14:14.228 That was the word on the street. 14:14.311 --> 14:15.312 SOCCER PLAYER 14:15.396 --> 14:18.315 There's this guy named James, who has the natural star power. 14:18.399 --> 14:20.943 He's the one who really made the difference for that team. 14:21.026 --> 14:22.778 COACH 14:22.862 --> 14:25.990 I think we played against him when he was still at Porto. 14:26.073 --> 14:28.284 And I remember he scored a goal on us. 14:28.367 --> 14:29.785 And then, after the World Cup, 14:29.868 --> 14:33.414 we started talking about bringing him here to the club. 14:33.497 --> 14:35.416 We were already hearing a lot about James, right? 14:35.499 --> 14:37.209 I'm from Porto and followed his career. 14:37.293 --> 14:39.378 [Marcelo] The classic number 10. 14:39.461 --> 14:43.424 He's an old-school player, with class, with elegance. 14:43.507 --> 14:45.134 But he's modern at the same time. 14:45.718 --> 14:50.347 Today is a day that James Rodríguez will certainly never forget. 14:51.181 --> 14:54.268 [reporter] Colombia's golden boy is now a global superstar. 14:54.351 --> 14:56.937 And here we see the Colombian star arriving at the medical center 14:57.021 --> 14:59.023 where he'll undergo his medical examinations. 14:59.106 --> 15:00.816 James Rodríguez's arrival at Real Madrid… 15:00.900 --> 15:02.443 [reporter 1] Real Madrid's new player. 15:02.526 --> 15:04.820 Today is a day that'll go down in the country's history. 15:04.904 --> 15:07.072 Not Colombian football history, Colombian history. 15:07.156 --> 15:08.532 MADRID, SPAIN 15:08.616 --> 15:12.119 James Rodríguez is already enjoying his new life as Real Madrid's newest star. 15:12.202 --> 15:14.538 [reporter 2] And we're here at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. 15:14.622 --> 15:15.789 People are going crazy. 15:15.873 --> 15:19.126 -He's so handsome, long may last. -And may he marry me! 15:19.209 --> 15:21.045 James fever, Real Madrid fever 15:21.128 --> 15:23.756 are sweeping across Colombia and across the globe. 15:23.839 --> 15:26.342 [reporter 1] James will wear the prestigious number 10, 15:26.425 --> 15:29.345 a jersey number reserved only for the greats of world football. 15:29.428 --> 15:31.680 [reporter 2] There's already talk of Jamesmania. 15:34.058 --> 15:37.853 [Florentino Pérez] The boy who longed to wear Zidane's jersey, 15:37.937 --> 15:41.273 Raul's, Ronaldo's, Beckham's or Roberto Carlos', 15:41.357 --> 15:44.693 is now a football player for Real Madrid. 15:44.777 --> 15:48.113 ["El Pibe de Mi Barrio" by Doctor Krápula playing] 15:56.580 --> 16:00.084 [María] It was his childhood dream, as he's said time and time again. 16:00.167 --> 16:01.627 Lots of Colombian press. 16:01.710 --> 16:04.421 Of course, lots of international press too. 16:07.633 --> 16:09.426 -[music ends] -[camera shutters clicking] 16:10.344 --> 16:12.179 A childhood dream come true. 16:12.262 --> 16:14.765 To play for the best team in the world. 16:14.848 --> 16:17.476 But it's also a turning point in his life. 16:17.559 --> 16:22.606 He couldn't have imagined all the lessons he still had to learn. 16:22.690 --> 16:25.109 I dream of winning things here. 16:25.192 --> 16:29.405 And I dream of staying here and playing for many years. 16:29.488 --> 16:32.616 Because it's a winning club, and I'm a winner too. 16:33.450 --> 16:37.788 The most important person for a player is the coach. 16:37.871 --> 16:43.711 The coach is fundamental and formative in a player's career. 16:43.794 --> 16:46.171 [lively music playing] 16:46.255 --> 16:49.383 When he arrived at Real Madrid, there were great expectations. 16:50.592 --> 16:55.305 All of Colombia wanted him to play for Real Madrid, as a starter. 16:57.266 --> 16:58.934 [Edu Aguirre] James is a starter… 16:59.017 --> 16:59.852 JOURNALIST 16:59.935 --> 17:01.812 …in his first official match with the club. 17:01.895 --> 17:03.981 [crowd cheering] 17:04.064 --> 17:06.734 Ancelotti was clear. He liked James, he put James in. 17:08.444 --> 17:11.280 [Ancelotti] I think that, as a football player, James is special. 17:11.363 --> 17:15.325 He had an innate talent, still has, something special, and always will, 17:15.409 --> 17:18.454 because DNA doesn't change. 17:20.289 --> 17:22.291 [James] Carlo is someone who… 17:23.083 --> 17:27.046 I think he forms a bond with his players. That's why they perform so well under him. 17:27.129 --> 17:28.464 That's why he's always won titles. 17:29.131 --> 17:31.467 Because he connects so closely with his players. 17:32.676 --> 17:34.845 So, with Carlo, there was that relationship. 17:34.928 --> 17:36.138 Like a father and son. 17:36.221 --> 17:38.557 [crowd cheering] 17:38.640 --> 17:41.185 Here was a coach who brought out the best in James. 17:41.268 --> 17:45.189 And that version of James at Real Madrid was the best James we ever saw. 17:45.272 --> 17:46.899 [announcer] James, bicycle kick! 17:46.982 --> 17:49.985 Goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal! 17:50.069 --> 17:52.029 I mean, that World Cup goal wasn't a fluke. 17:52.112 --> 17:54.156 It's no accident that he's so loved in Colombia. 17:54.239 --> 17:57.826 It's no accident everything he's done at Porto, at Banfield, at Monaco. 17:57.910 --> 17:58.869 He's a star. 17:59.453 --> 18:01.080 [announcer] What a goal! 18:01.163 --> 18:03.332 [James] The most important thing is that we won 18:03.415 --> 18:05.876 and that we keep going down this same path. 18:05.959 --> 18:07.669 It's a dream come true, isn't it? 18:07.753 --> 18:10.881 To be here and to have an entire stadium shouting "James." 18:11.757 --> 18:15.886 It was the perfect club for him. Without a doubt. 18:15.969 --> 18:18.639 [reporter 1] The winner of the Golden Boot at the World Cup in Brazil… 18:18.722 --> 18:22.059 [reporter 2] James Rodríguez on the world's biggest stage. 18:22.142 --> 18:23.560 [Buscalia] His rise was meteoric. 18:23.644 --> 18:26.313 Suddenly, he's Real Madrid's number 10. 18:26.396 --> 18:29.650 He shows up at the White House of football and kicks down the front door. 18:30.275 --> 18:32.653 [Tomás Roncero] Because that jersey weighs heavy, very heavy. 18:32.736 --> 18:34.154 But it didn't weigh on James. 18:34.238 --> 18:35.072 JOURNALIST 18:35.155 --> 18:36.657 He played with assists, with goals. 18:36.740 --> 18:40.077 [announcer] And he sends in the cross. Shot from James! What a goal! 18:40.160 --> 18:44.331 I'm someone who, when someone takes a chance on me, 18:45.207 --> 18:46.500 I give them my all. 18:46.583 --> 18:48.585 So, when I had the chance to play on his team, 18:48.669 --> 18:51.755 every time he was at the wheel, I think my effort really showed. 18:51.839 --> 18:56.593 [announcer] One-two. A beauty! What a goal! Goal! 18:56.677 --> 18:59.471 [Cristiano Ronaldo] I think he's a top-tier player. 18:59.555 --> 19:01.640 He has a lot to give to this jersey. 19:01.723 --> 19:02.850 He's still very young. 19:02.933 --> 19:07.479 It seemed like he'd been there for years, because he didn't feel the pressure. 19:07.563 --> 19:09.898 He was scoring goals, making assists… 19:09.982 --> 19:13.610 [announcer] Marcelo sends it in! Goal! 19:13.694 --> 19:17.823 He brought this passion to perform. 19:17.906 --> 19:21.243 Even during training, we could see this, this grit. 19:21.326 --> 19:24.163 This determination that he has. 19:24.246 --> 19:28.125 And he adapted well. He adapted really well to Real Madrid. 19:28.208 --> 19:29.710 [crowd cheering] 19:29.793 --> 19:33.839 I've always had this mindset of proving to myself that I could do it. 19:33.922 --> 19:36.216 If I was at Real Madrid, it was for a reason. 19:36.884 --> 19:41.138 I knew I was there because of my effort, my talent, and my ability. 19:41.221 --> 19:46.977 So I all I had to do was keep doing what I've always done, prove myself. 19:47.060 --> 19:50.022 [reporter 1] He is widely considered to be a good husband and father. 19:50.105 --> 19:52.441 He's handsome, charming, and even a good dancer. 19:52.524 --> 19:54.735 Characteristics that, according to the newspaper, 19:54.818 --> 19:56.945 have turned him into a sex symbol. 19:57.779 --> 20:01.200 [reporter 2] James Rodríguez, showing off with his wife, Daniela Ospina. 20:01.283 --> 20:04.077 The Colombian, who has just resumed her professional volleyball career, 20:04.161 --> 20:08.498 has chosen a tight black dress, accented with a golden belt. 20:08.582 --> 20:10.918 [reporter 3] And you moved to Spain. How was that? 20:11.001 --> 20:13.712 [Daniela] Awful. I love Spain, but they were really hard on me. 20:13.795 --> 20:15.005 DANIELA OSPINA 2025 INTERVIEW 20:15.088 --> 20:16.632 -[reporter 3] The press. -[Daniela] Yes. 20:16.715 --> 20:19.843 They called me a "travesti", ugly. 20:19.927 --> 20:22.638 It was tough. It was hard, really hard. 20:22.721 --> 20:24.765 I swear, sometimes I look back and think, 20:24.848 --> 20:28.143 "How did I get through that without being completely depressed?" 20:29.019 --> 20:31.813 But I think my time in Spain has been one of the times 20:31.897 --> 20:34.316 that has had the biggest impact on my life. 20:34.399 --> 20:36.818 Especially because I was still so young. 20:38.779 --> 20:41.073 [reporter] Cristiano Ronaldo's birthday party 20:41.156 --> 20:42.950 took place in this restaurant. 20:43.033 --> 20:47.329 Inside, several of his teammates. Pepe, Marcelo, Coentrão, Keylor Navas, 20:47.412 --> 20:51.083 and James Rodríguez, who came on crutches due to his recent surgery. 20:51.166 --> 20:54.419 A big celebration that will still be talked about. 20:54.503 --> 20:56.630 I think James had to deal with the fact 20:56.713 --> 20:59.633 that he was no longer a topic only in sports media. 20:59.716 --> 21:03.720 And now, he was, let's say, a target for the media in general. 21:03.804 --> 21:05.722 Entertainment news, national news. 21:05.806 --> 21:08.392 I think that's when James' life really changed. 21:08.475 --> 21:10.185 For him and his family, for sure. 21:10.269 --> 21:13.188 [reporter] The Colombian player for Real Madrid, James Rodríguez, 21:13.272 --> 21:16.525 has been fined 10,400 euros for fleeing from the police 21:16.608 --> 21:19.987 after he was caught driving over 120 miles per hour. 21:20.070 --> 21:23.365 -That's a lie. It was 140. No. [laughs] -[interviewer laughs] 21:23.448 --> 21:24.950 Just kidding, just kidding. 21:25.993 --> 21:28.912 I was going 110, and I was about to turn into the club. 21:28.996 --> 21:31.081 I saw them, and I said, "Fuck no." 21:31.164 --> 21:34.167 And it became a meme. [laughs] 21:34.251 --> 21:38.422 And I was the punchline in the locker room for four days straight. 21:38.505 --> 21:41.633 James was trending on Twitter every single day. 21:41.717 --> 21:43.051 For anything. 21:43.135 --> 21:46.304 He went to a party, he was late, he was working. 21:46.388 --> 21:48.557 He was driving too fast, he got a ticket. 21:48.640 --> 21:50.309 For anything, you know? 21:50.392 --> 21:54.730 Things any player, or anyone in the world, might do. 21:54.813 --> 21:55.731 And at that point, 21:55.814 --> 21:58.358 whatever you achieve short of becoming the best player in history 21:58.442 --> 22:00.402 is going to be criticized. 22:00.485 --> 22:01.862 [dramatic music playing] 22:01.945 --> 22:04.489 [reporter] Last Monday, Ancelotti was dismissed because, 22:04.573 --> 22:05.866 according to Florentino Pérez… 22:05.949 --> 22:08.243 The pressure is at its highest. 22:08.327 --> 22:11.121 We believe it's time to try a new direction. 22:11.204 --> 22:13.331 The thing is, with that coaching change, 22:13.415 --> 22:15.792 that's when everything started to go downhill. 22:15.876 --> 22:18.587 [Pérez] Rafa, my friend, welcome to Real Madrid. 22:18.670 --> 22:22.257 [Aguirre] These were two coaches whose styles couldn't be more different. 22:22.924 --> 22:26.261 I mean, Ancelotti tried to be a father figure to his players, 22:27.012 --> 22:29.973 while Benítez is all about tactics, tactics, tactics. 22:30.057 --> 22:32.601 Chalkboard, laboratory. 22:33.143 --> 22:36.980 With Benítez, I think from the very beginning, 22:37.064 --> 22:39.733 we were just butting heads. 22:39.816 --> 22:40.859 Uh… 22:40.942 --> 22:43.403 I didn't like the way he thought. 22:43.487 --> 22:45.864 He didn't seem to like the way I thought. 22:45.947 --> 22:51.286 And at Real Madrid, there was that friction and that… and that break. 22:51.370 --> 22:55.082 There was a match where I was playing well. 22:55.665 --> 22:58.377 He subbed me out around minute 60. 22:58.460 --> 23:01.963 And I made a few hand gestures, you know. 23:02.047 --> 23:04.299 And the whole stadium turned on him. 23:04.383 --> 23:06.510 He felt like I had turned them against him. 23:06.593 --> 23:09.262 James is a good guy. He's a serious guy. 23:09.346 --> 23:12.224 We talked it out. He explained what happened. 23:12.307 --> 23:13.892 And there's nothing more to say. 23:13.975 --> 23:16.645 I'll tell you it's a private matter, and that's that. 23:16.728 --> 23:17.813 James' reputation took a hit 23:17.896 --> 23:19.815 because a coach arrived who didn't understand him. 23:19.898 --> 23:24.611 And from August to December, Real Madrid was a disaster. 23:24.694 --> 23:26.321 But of course, Benítez had just arrived. 23:26.405 --> 23:27.948 WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH JAMES? 23:28.031 --> 23:31.743 The press couldn't lay it all on a new coach, so they blame James too. 23:33.120 --> 23:37.082 And well, when the media starts putting all that out there, 23:37.165 --> 23:39.042 saying all these things about you, 23:39.126 --> 23:42.295 that you don't train, you don't take care of yourself, you don't-- 23:42.379 --> 23:46.007 If they only knew how it really was in those days. 23:47.551 --> 23:51.888 Today, we have made a difficult decision, especially difficult for me. 23:51.972 --> 23:56.101 We will terminate Rafa Benítez's contract as first-team coach. 23:56.184 --> 24:01.106 I'd like to welcome the new coach of the first-team, Zinedine Zidane. 24:01.857 --> 24:04.401 Rafa Benítez was out. [exhales] 24:04.484 --> 24:08.947 We all relaxed, and Zidane appeared and we said, "It's the perfect match." 24:10.115 --> 24:12.742 For me, it was a beautiful thing to play under Zidane 24:12.826 --> 24:16.329 because I had watched him play since I was very young. 24:16.413 --> 24:18.915 He's a unique player with incredible class. 24:18.999 --> 24:20.250 Incredible talent. 24:20.333 --> 24:21.918 But Zidane didn't play him. 24:22.002 --> 24:23.253 I'm not surprised about Benítez, 24:23.336 --> 24:25.297 because he preferred the more European approach. 24:25.380 --> 24:29.217 But Zidane, the way Zidane played, his style matched James. 24:29.301 --> 24:30.886 And still James wasn't playing. 24:30.969 --> 24:34.347 We've been keeping an eye on James since Benítez benched him. 24:34.431 --> 24:35.849 The relationship didn't seem good. 24:35.932 --> 24:37.225 In Zidane's first two matches, 24:37.309 --> 24:40.520 he has chosen to start Isco over the Colombian player. 24:42.814 --> 24:45.192 [James] With Zidane I trained well. 24:46.359 --> 24:48.028 When I played, I did things right. 24:48.111 --> 24:50.947 I played great matches, scored goals, made assists. 24:51.031 --> 24:55.035 And then, when it came to the, I guess, "important" matches, I wasn't a starter. 24:55.118 --> 24:59.164 So, I got frustrated and said, "Shit, what else can I do?" 24:59.247 --> 25:01.750 [somber music playing] 25:01.833 --> 25:03.835 -[crew] Goal! -[applause] 25:04.836 --> 25:07.130 [Pékerman] All the newspapers were criticizing James. 25:07.214 --> 25:11.051 Why? They'd point the camera at him on the bench, he's looking annoyed. 25:11.134 --> 25:13.887 I always called him out when he would do that with me. 25:14.804 --> 25:17.140 I told him, "You're digging your own grave with that." 25:17.224 --> 25:20.060 All the talk about us, everything people were saying, 25:20.143 --> 25:23.021 I think it created a toxic atmosphere around him. 25:23.104 --> 25:26.066 When I wasn't playing, he would be criticized. 25:26.650 --> 25:29.986 [reporter] In Colombia, Zidane was seen as public enemy number one. 25:30.070 --> 25:35.075 But what no one realized at the time was that James' real issue was at home. 25:36.326 --> 25:37.869 [Guerrero] It had become impossible. 25:37.953 --> 25:40.664 At every press conference, they asked him about James. 25:40.747 --> 25:42.165 Zidane was done talking about it. 25:42.249 --> 25:45.961 [Zidane] He wants to play more. Of course, but they all do. 25:46.044 --> 25:48.547 When someone gets fewer minutes, 25:48.630 --> 25:50.465 what I have to do is… 25:50.549 --> 25:52.092 Honestly, it's the hardest. 25:52.175 --> 25:54.719 It's the most difficult part of being a coach. 25:54.803 --> 25:55.887 [James] From the beginning, 25:55.971 --> 25:58.974 I think he always had his 12 or 13 core players. 25:59.057 --> 26:00.141 JAMES'S HARDEST MOMENT 26:00.225 --> 26:03.395 So, I think that he chose his guys. I never had a personal problem with him. 26:03.478 --> 26:04.562 JAMES' ANGER: "FUCK HIM" 26:04.646 --> 26:06.815 But I just really wanted to play. 26:07.899 --> 26:12.404 And, well, I can respect his decision, because he won titles. 26:13.905 --> 26:15.907 [Guerrero] Thing is, Zidane's results backed him up. 26:15.991 --> 26:18.827 So, it was difficult to contradict him while he was winning. 26:18.910 --> 26:22.122 But I think their relationship was too fractured anyhow. 26:22.205 --> 26:25.041 There was no trust left between them, and it seemed almost impossible 26:25.125 --> 26:28.086 to rebuild that kind of relationship starting from nothing. 26:28.169 --> 26:31.214 Especially when James was going through such a difficult period in his life 26:31.298 --> 26:33.008 for reasons that we weren't even aware of. 26:35.260 --> 26:39.848 [reporter] One of the most famous couples in Colombia has officially separated. 26:39.931 --> 26:43.935 We had a very mature conversation, like we always do. 26:44.019 --> 26:47.647 And… and we decided, well… 26:48.481 --> 26:50.275 We should go our separate ways. 26:50.859 --> 26:53.611 I'll always be Salomé's father. 26:54.946 --> 26:57.324 I'll always be there for her. 26:58.742 --> 27:01.494 Dani and I ended things on good terms. 27:01.578 --> 27:03.788 They were very young when they were married. 27:03.872 --> 27:06.082 As time went on, they had different directions. 27:06.166 --> 27:07.042 Different dreams. 27:07.125 --> 27:09.794 Fortunately, Daniela has always been someone 27:09.878 --> 27:14.674 who does everything to make sure that Salomé talks to her dad every day. 27:14.758 --> 27:16.801 -Happy. -[Daniela] Father's. 27:16.885 --> 27:18.386 -Father's. -[Daniela] Day. 27:18.470 --> 27:19.346 Day. 27:19.429 --> 27:20.764 -[Daniela] I love you. -Love. 27:20.847 --> 27:21.681 [Daniela] A lot. 27:21.765 --> 27:24.976 In fact, I might as well tell you, and it might be a bit surprising, 27:25.060 --> 27:27.979 but Daniela is one of my closest friends. 27:28.063 --> 27:32.567 It left such a void because when I was with Real Madrid, 27:33.151 --> 27:35.654 I'd get home from training and Salo would be at the door. 27:35.737 --> 27:37.489 "Daddy!" Waiting for me there. 27:37.572 --> 27:39.616 She'd run out to the car and jump in. 27:39.699 --> 27:43.912 And then, all of a sudden, she wasn't there, and I was alone. 27:43.995 --> 27:46.915 So it was a hard change. It was drastic. 27:46.998 --> 27:51.002 Sometimes I cried. Sometimes I cried for Salo. 27:51.753 --> 27:56.633 I think I was sadder about Salo more than anything else. 27:56.716 --> 27:59.552 [poignant music playing] 28:04.724 --> 28:08.144 People also think, "No, he never played with him." 28:08.228 --> 28:09.562 But I did play with him. 28:09.646 --> 28:15.235 I just didn't play in the two finals, the one in Milan and the one in Cardiff. 28:15.318 --> 28:19.948 When you don't play a final, it's a bit… 28:20.031 --> 28:22.242 You're angry. 28:22.325 --> 28:25.370 I took it as… as a message. 28:25.453 --> 28:31.668 Like he's saying, "Hey, I think it's time for you to go somewhere else." 28:35.964 --> 28:39.676 [reporter] Will you move this winter? Will you stay with Real Madrid? 28:39.759 --> 28:41.094 I can't guarantee that. 28:41.761 --> 28:43.054 I wanna be playing more. 28:43.138 --> 28:44.806 [reporter] Have you told him he should stay? 28:44.889 --> 28:48.726 If he asks me my opinion, I'll share it and I'll tell him he should stay, 28:48.810 --> 28:53.815 but obviously, he has his complaints, and maybe he wants more playing time. 28:54.441 --> 28:56.359 But these are very personal decisions. 28:56.443 --> 28:59.195 [reporter] News I predicted in December, and just confirmed today. 28:59.279 --> 29:01.823 James Rodríguez will not continue at Real Madrid. 29:02.907 --> 29:05.660 [María] Professionally, for him, Real Madrid was amazing. 29:05.744 --> 29:08.163 And who can blame anyone for wanting to be there? 29:08.246 --> 29:09.539 It's every kid's dream. 29:09.622 --> 29:13.668 And it's a dream for the best players too, to get to a team like Real Madrid, 29:13.752 --> 29:14.836 and win and all that. 29:14.919 --> 29:16.796 But their dream is to play. 29:16.880 --> 29:21.050 What good is it to say I'm at Real Madrid if I don't play? If I'm not valued? 29:21.134 --> 29:22.677 No. 29:22.761 --> 29:25.138 [reporter] James gradually lost standing within the squad. 29:25.221 --> 29:27.140 His complaints and his incidents, 29:27.223 --> 29:30.602 like the police chase and speeding fine, didn't help either. 29:30.685 --> 29:32.604 And he had a beautiful farewell. 29:33.229 --> 29:36.232 In one of the league games he was substituted, he took a lap. 29:36.316 --> 29:37.817 The whole stadium applauded. 29:37.901 --> 29:40.487 And the whole stadium said their goodbyes to James, 29:40.570 --> 29:44.407 because we all knew that with Zidane, it was impossible for him to play. 29:45.033 --> 29:46.034 Impossible. 29:46.868 --> 29:51.956 Well, I got home, sad, and I went into the bathroom to cry. 29:52.040 --> 29:56.794 Alone, so that Salo wouldn't see me, so that nobody would. 29:57.545 --> 30:00.131 Salo was always like, "Dad, dad, dad!" when I got home. 30:00.215 --> 30:02.133 And she came into the bathroom, and I was crying. 30:02.217 --> 30:03.635 And she just stood there. 30:04.552 --> 30:05.637 "Why are you crying?" 30:06.304 --> 30:08.431 So I explained to her with a broken heart, 30:08.515 --> 30:12.268 "Look, we have to leave because I'm going to change clubs." 30:12.352 --> 30:15.271 "Why are we leaving our house, and why this and why, why?" 30:15.355 --> 30:16.564 It broke my heart. 30:16.648 --> 30:17.857 Ugh. 30:18.358 --> 30:22.654 I explained everything the best I could, and… well, you know how kids are. 30:22.737 --> 30:25.281 She went out yelling "Dad is crying! Dad is crying!" 30:25.365 --> 30:27.200 She told the whole neighborhood! [laughs] 30:27.283 --> 30:29.994 I think that was one of the hardest moments in his life, 30:30.078 --> 30:32.664 but also mine. I was at home on a Sunday afternoon. 30:32.747 --> 30:33.831 I'll never forget it. 30:33.915 --> 30:37.418 I cried my heart out, but he doesn't know about that. 30:37.502 --> 30:39.963 Because imagine if we were all crying. 30:40.046 --> 30:41.714 No, someone has to stay strong. 30:41.798 --> 30:44.342 I left with peace of mind. You know why? 30:44.425 --> 30:49.305 Because I gave absolutely everything in those three years that I played. 30:49.889 --> 30:51.558 I scored goals. I made passes. 30:51.641 --> 30:52.809 37 GOALS- 42 ASSISTS 30:52.892 --> 30:54.978 I won titles. I won things. 30:55.061 --> 30:57.856 2 CLUB WORLD CUPS, 2 EUROPEAN SUPERCUPS, 2 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUES 30:57.939 --> 30:59.274 125 MATCHES 30:59.357 --> 31:01.818 And I know have no regrets. Absolutely none. 31:01.901 --> 31:04.696 THE IDEAL TEAM FOR JAMES RODRÍGUEZ IS ENGLISH FOOTBALL 31:05.446 --> 31:07.949 MANCHESTER UNITED PROPOSES A TRADE FOR JAMES RODRÍGUEZ 31:08.032 --> 31:10.118 PREMIER LEAGUE TEMPTS JAMES 31:10.201 --> 31:13.788 Nobody knows this, but I was going to go to Manchester United. 31:13.871 --> 31:17.876 And Jorge said to me, "Hey, do you want to go to Bayern?" 31:17.959 --> 31:20.253 And I was like, "Bayern? There's no place for me." 31:20.336 --> 31:23.089 "I mean, they have Robben, they have Ribéry." 31:23.172 --> 31:25.216 He said, "Carlo asked for you." 31:25.925 --> 31:27.010 "Carlo?" 31:28.177 --> 31:31.389 After Real Madrid, I always wanted to sign him. 31:31.472 --> 31:35.977 I really valued him as a player because of his talent, obviously. 31:36.060 --> 31:39.939 Was he the perfect player? No, he wasn't perfect. 31:41.149 --> 31:44.527 But I think a coach who has James Rodríguez 31:45.320 --> 31:47.947 has to take advantage of his talent. 31:48.031 --> 31:50.450 They have to work with his talent. 31:50.533 --> 31:54.871 Carlo called me. "How are you? Do you wanna come?" 31:54.954 --> 31:58.499 And I said, "Look, sir, I think I'm gonna go to Manchester." 31:58.583 --> 32:00.585 And he said, "Please. United?" 32:01.210 --> 32:04.130 "United is dead. You have to come play with me." 32:04.213 --> 32:07.634 [reporter] He signed with Bayern Munich, reuniting him with Carlo Ancelotti. 32:07.717 --> 32:10.511 The Italian coach brought him to Spain in 2014, 32:10.595 --> 32:12.430 and has now introduced him to the Bundesliga. 32:13.139 --> 32:19.604 I think it was… a good decision for me to go sign with Bayern Munich. 32:19.687 --> 32:21.356 GERMANY 32:26.569 --> 32:29.864 [reporter] James Rodríguez has officially arrived in Germany. 32:29.947 --> 32:33.034 He's moved into the team's facilities, passed the medical exams, 32:33.117 --> 32:36.079 and was even spotted in his new team's colors. 32:36.162 --> 32:38.206 FC BAYERN HAVE OFFICIALLY SIGNED JAMES 32:38.748 --> 32:41.876 [Guerrero] And once again, the media is saying, 32:41.959 --> 32:46.339 "That entitled kid who only wants to play with the coach who spoils him." 32:48.716 --> 32:52.053 [James] It's a club that's always fighting. Always. 32:52.136 --> 32:54.472 And it's a club that plays to win. 32:54.555 --> 32:57.809 For them, it's all about winning, winning, winning. 32:57.892 --> 33:00.895 -And that is good too. -[announcer 1] James! 33:00.978 --> 33:05.108 [announcer 2] And this is James Rodríguez. What a goal! 33:05.191 --> 33:07.068 -[announcer 1] James! -[announcer 2] There we go! 33:07.151 --> 33:08.986 [James] I had an amazing year. 33:09.070 --> 33:12.657 We won the league and the Cup too. 33:12.740 --> 33:14.867 [mellow music playing] 33:14.951 --> 33:16.369 [cheering] 33:19.455 --> 33:23.418 [announcer] James Rodríguez makes it 2-0. What an ending! 33:28.297 --> 33:31.592 [Guerrero] The qualifiers showed that the Colombian team entered a new era. 33:31.676 --> 33:33.177 2018 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 33:33.261 --> 33:35.805 It was a successful era in terms of changing the team mentality. 33:35.888 --> 33:39.767 We reached a stage in the World Cup we never imagined was possible. 33:39.851 --> 33:42.520 But it wasn't an entirely smooth process. 33:42.603 --> 33:45.815 [crowd cheering] 33:46.607 --> 33:49.110 [crowd] Colombia, Colombia! 33:49.193 --> 33:51.446 We are… we're one step away! 33:51.529 --> 33:55.199 We're making the dream of Russia 2018 a reality! 33:55.283 --> 33:57.744 [percussive music playing] 33:59.495 --> 34:01.372 [crowd cheering] 34:05.585 --> 34:08.671 COLOMBIA SEALS ITS SPOT IN THE WORLD CUP. WE'RE GOING! 34:08.755 --> 34:10.423 COLOMBIA ON THEIR WAY TO RUSSIA! 34:13.760 --> 34:16.679 Just as we did for the World Cup in Brazil, 34:17.638 --> 34:22.268 we held a training camp in Europe before traveling to the Cup. 34:24.187 --> 34:27.315 Because of the scheduling of the German Tournament 34:27.398 --> 34:30.401 and because the World Cup was happening so soon, 34:30.485 --> 34:33.112 the league finals were played very close together. 34:33.196 --> 34:35.615 I asked him to try not to play. 34:35.698 --> 34:36.741 But he was the star. 34:37.658 --> 34:40.119 -They won all three tournaments. -[chanting] 34:40.203 --> 34:44.707 [James] The year before the World Cup, with Bayern Munich, I played 43 games. 34:44.791 --> 34:49.087 I felt the fatigue of playing an entire season of football. 34:50.004 --> 34:51.589 And it showed. 34:51.672 --> 34:52.882 I felt it in Russia. 34:56.594 --> 34:58.387 [Pékerman] There were very few days left, 34:58.471 --> 35:02.183 and James started to feel discomfort in his calf. 35:02.266 --> 35:05.269 [tense music playing] 35:06.896 --> 35:08.648 SARANSK RUSSIA 35:08.731 --> 35:11.442 2018 WORLD CUP, RUSSIA 35:11.526 --> 35:14.946 That's when the problems started for James. 35:15.029 --> 35:19.534 It made things difficult because he was such an important part of the team. 35:20.118 --> 35:21.702 [announcer] And Japan! 35:21.786 --> 35:24.497 [Pékerman] We entered the World Cup on the wrong foot. 35:24.580 --> 35:26.082 [announcer] Japan hit the front again! 35:26.165 --> 35:27.416 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 1 - JAPAN 2 35:27.500 --> 35:31.170 It was a bad start. Colombia lost its very first match in the World Cup. 35:31.796 --> 35:33.548 [Pékerman] James was at half-strength. 35:33.631 --> 35:36.217 So we decided, "No, he won't play." 35:36.300 --> 35:39.679 "We need him back at 100% when we play Poland." 35:39.762 --> 35:45.017 He was irreplaceable for the team, and we needed to win against Poland. 35:45.101 --> 35:48.437 [announcer] Here's Cuadrado. With the corner kick. 35:48.521 --> 35:51.232 James. Ball to Quintero. He sends it back to James. 35:51.315 --> 35:55.236 James lifts the ball for a cross to Mina! Goal for Colombia! Goal for Colombia! 35:55.319 --> 35:56.821 [Pékerman] The joy was back. 35:56.904 --> 36:00.533 And I think James feels empowered when he plays for his national team. 36:00.616 --> 36:04.579 He feels useful, and when he feels useful, that's when he shows his best self. 36:05.997 --> 36:09.792 [Pékerman] That was an incredible match. Plus, Falcao scored. 36:10.501 --> 36:11.961 We'd been waiting for years. 36:12.044 --> 36:14.172 [announcer] Here comes Falcao, here comes Falcao! 36:14.255 --> 36:17.133 What a goal! Falcao! 36:17.216 --> 36:20.219 James wins it. James opening up the game. 36:20.303 --> 36:22.889 Cuadrado goes, here's Colombia's third! 36:22.972 --> 36:25.224 Shoot it! Shoo it, man! Cuadrado… 36:25.308 --> 36:27.143 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 3 - POLAND 0 36:27.226 --> 36:28.728 Goal for Colombia! 36:28.811 --> 36:31.189 James was no longer number one for the team, 36:31.272 --> 36:33.441 though he still had these shining moments. 36:33.524 --> 36:37.278 What we didn't know was that he was dealing with a serious, difficult injury. 36:39.697 --> 36:43.701 [Falcao] He wanted it as much as anybody, which makes it even more painful. 36:43.784 --> 36:46.495 You don't just want to be there, you want to be there at your best. 36:46.579 --> 36:50.666 [Pékerman] During warm-up, I couldn't look at him. I was so nervous. 36:51.209 --> 36:54.212 2018 COLOMBIA VS SENEGAL GROUP STAGE 37:01.010 --> 37:02.678 [María] I was in the stands. 37:02.762 --> 37:05.556 I said to his friend, "Something's wrong with James. Something's up." 37:05.640 --> 37:06.974 He said, "No, he's fine." 37:08.935 --> 37:12.605 [Guerrero] The match against Senegal was when the alarm bells started going off. 37:12.688 --> 37:15.191 And ultimately, we ended up losing James. 37:15.274 --> 37:17.735 He was our best hope for the World Cup, and we lost him. 37:17.818 --> 37:19.487 [announcer] Niang is closing in… 37:19.570 --> 37:20.905 [Guerrero] Then Yerry Mina scored. 37:20.988 --> 37:23.783 -[announcer 1] Oh! Goal! Goal! -[announcer 2] The cross! What a goal! 37:23.866 --> 37:25.660 GROUP STAGE COLOMBIA 1 - SENEGAL 0 37:25.743 --> 37:27.662 [Pékerman] We qualified and he mostly recovered. 37:27.745 --> 37:30.289 We got to the match against England with doubts about his health, 37:30.873 --> 37:33.459 We couldn't risk playing him in that condition. 37:34.418 --> 37:36.087 We couldn't risk him. 37:36.170 --> 37:39.674 [reporter] James Rodríguez. His absence will be felt today 37:39.757 --> 37:41.509 [announcer] You are our guest. Enjoy! 37:41.592 --> 37:43.135 2018 - COLOMBIA VS ENGLAND ROUND OF 16 37:44.011 --> 37:46.806 [announcer 1] Mark Geiger blows for the kick-off. 37:46.889 --> 37:49.976 [announcer 2] …behind number 7, who's the leader, a straight kick… 37:52.436 --> 37:55.398 [announcer 1] Come on, Colombia, let's go. Mateus Uribe hits it! 37:55.481 --> 37:57.066 So close! So close! 37:57.149 --> 37:59.610 [Pékerman] Against England, we were punished once again. 37:59.694 --> 38:03.239 Even with video review, with a very questionable penalty. 38:03.322 --> 38:04.657 [announcer 1] It's yours, Ospina. 38:04.740 --> 38:09.161 Ospina! Goal for England! Goal! 38:09.245 --> 38:12.957 [Guerrero] Seeing him stuck in the stands against England, it was terrible. 38:13.040 --> 38:15.376 It was frustrating. He was desperate. 38:15.459 --> 38:18.296 I think he reflected the feelings of the entire country. 38:18.379 --> 38:21.173 [announcer 1] Let's go for the draw! Let's go for the draw, Cuadrado! 38:21.257 --> 38:24.135 Cuadrado, put it in, kid! Cuadrado sends it over! 38:24.218 --> 38:27.054 We were all going crazy because we couldn't believe it. 38:27.138 --> 38:29.932 The old joke about Colombia never scoring a last-minute goal 38:30.016 --> 38:32.059 was actually coming true. 38:32.143 --> 38:34.562 [announcer] Here's Cuadrado, ball into the middle. Far post. 38:34.645 --> 38:38.983 Mina comes out! Goal for Colombia! Goal for Colombia! Goal for Colombia! 38:39.066 --> 38:43.821 Goal for Colombia! Goal for Colombia! 38:43.904 --> 38:45.364 ROUND OF 16 COLOMBIA 1 - ENGLAND 1 38:45.448 --> 38:46.574 This game is over! 38:49.660 --> 38:52.163 Henderson shoots! Ospina saves it! 38:52.246 --> 38:54.749 Ospina saves it! Ospina saves it! 38:54.832 --> 38:57.918 He saves it! Right leg, Mateus Uribe! 38:58.002 --> 39:00.129 Hits the post! Bacca. 39:00.212 --> 39:02.298 Here comes Carlos Bacca! He saved it! 39:02.381 --> 39:04.425 Goalkeeper Pickford saved it! 39:04.508 --> 39:06.135 [crowd cheering] 39:06.218 --> 39:09.513 Goal for England! England progresses. 39:09.597 --> 39:13.351 We've been eliminated from this stage, my fellow Colombians. 39:13.434 --> 39:15.269 [Pékerman] That pain stays with you. 39:15.353 --> 39:18.522 Every elimination is maybe your last. 39:18.606 --> 39:20.274 [Guerrero] But the heartbreak was double. 39:20.357 --> 39:22.359 First, from the elimination. 39:23.110 --> 39:25.780 And second, for going out without James. 39:28.491 --> 39:30.701 [James] It's a part of football, isn't it? 39:30.785 --> 39:34.330 If I had been there, I think we would have made it 39:34.413 --> 39:37.249 because I feel like I could have helped. 39:38.125 --> 39:39.335 That's what I feel. 39:39.418 --> 39:42.129 COLOMBIA BIDS FAREWELL TO RUSSIA AFTER AN EPIC BATTLE 39:42.213 --> 39:44.673 [Buscalia] That really should have been Colombia's year. 39:44.757 --> 39:47.384 COLOMBIA LOSES TO ENGLAND THANK YOU, TEAM! YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL 39:47.468 --> 39:50.638 Falcao could only score one goal. James couldn't play all the matches. 39:50.721 --> 39:53.516 There were rumors about Pékerman leaving after the World Cup. 39:53.599 --> 39:56.352 [reporter] The Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, 39:56.435 --> 39:58.437 just announced that coach José Pékerman 39:58.521 --> 40:00.648 will not continue with the Colombian national team. 40:00.731 --> 40:04.443 Coach Pékerman, we are so grateful for everything you've done for us. 40:04.527 --> 40:07.571 For everything you've given to Colombian football. 40:07.655 --> 40:13.077 And to be honest, there were so many great experiences with the team, 40:13.160 --> 40:15.204 but unfortunately, 40:16.372 --> 40:20.292 we couldn't get done what we should have. 40:22.128 --> 40:25.589 [thoughtful music playing] 40:30.261 --> 40:31.679 GERMANY 40:33.139 --> 40:36.809 [James] The first year, I was lucky to have Carlo, who spoke Spanish. 40:36.892 --> 40:38.894 And Jupp Heynckes spoke Spanish. 40:38.978 --> 40:42.022 The second year, Kovač came. 40:44.150 --> 40:49.321 I think every coach has his… his preferences. 40:50.865 --> 40:53.451 I don't think I was one of them. 40:53.534 --> 40:55.744 -[interviewer] Lots of problems? -With Kovač? 40:57.413 --> 41:03.210 He wanted players to do 30 minutes on the bike after practice, 41:03.294 --> 41:05.171 and I said to him, "No, I'm not doing it." 41:05.254 --> 41:09.049 "Am I training for the Tour de France? I'm a football player." 41:09.133 --> 41:12.052 JAMES STRUGGLES WITH GERMAN AND SPEAKS "SPANGLISH" WITH LEWANDOWSKY 41:12.136 --> 41:13.846 JAMES BENCHED UNTIL HE LEARNS GERMAN 41:13.929 --> 41:16.223 I started taking these classes with a German teacher. 41:16.307 --> 41:18.434 I'd fall asleep, I mean… I couldn't do it. 41:18.517 --> 41:20.644 I said to him, "Look, German doesn't click with me." 41:20.728 --> 41:21.854 "I don't wanna learn it." 41:28.861 --> 41:31.780 [Roncero] I'd watch the winter league recaps. 41:32.490 --> 41:36.285 The field was half-covered in snow, James wearing his black gloves, 41:36.368 --> 41:39.455 and I'd think, “What is my James doing out there in the cold?” 41:39.538 --> 41:41.165 [María] Of course he was gonna miss Madrid. 41:41.248 --> 41:44.543 The language, the culture, the weather, the experiences, all of that. 41:44.627 --> 41:48.672 And now, the snow. The first… the first week, okay, but after that, no. 41:48.756 --> 41:51.091 You don't want anything to do with it. 41:52.134 --> 41:53.886 [Pékerman] He had some ups and downs. 41:53.969 --> 41:57.139 The issue was always with the change of coaches. 41:59.642 --> 42:03.312 That period when my wife and I separated, 42:04.438 --> 42:07.483 in those first six months, I had a hard time. 42:08.359 --> 42:09.443 With Salo. 42:10.819 --> 42:12.154 And I said, 42:13.072 --> 42:16.659 "That… I don't want that again." 42:16.742 --> 42:21.538 Everyone handles these situations in life a little bit differently. 42:21.622 --> 42:22.581 UNCLES 42:22.665 --> 42:27.127 And I think for James, growing up seeing his dad, as the football player, 42:27.211 --> 42:30.464 it would have been better if his father had been here more. 42:30.548 --> 42:33.509 We might have understood him better, or he might have been a little better. 42:36.178 --> 42:39.265 [Mario] James' way of facing it was trying, perhaps, 42:39.348 --> 42:43.060 to surpass his father's accomplishments. 42:43.143 --> 42:46.021 [man] You've dreamed many times of a moment like this. 42:46.105 --> 42:48.857 And here is your son living those dreams. 42:48.941 --> 42:53.988 James, at such a young age, has… has achieved everything. 42:54.655 --> 42:59.785 [James] I think the issue of my father was that my parents split up when I was 2. 42:59.868 --> 43:03.038 I always had enough to eat. 43:03.122 --> 43:04.665 I always had my cleats. 43:04.748 --> 43:07.209 Enough, it wasn't luxurious, 43:07.293 --> 43:13.632 but I think I could have wanted to spend a little more time with him. 43:13.716 --> 43:16.218 [mellow music playing] 43:18.012 --> 43:21.307 Sometimes those patterns can repeat. 43:21.390 --> 43:23.642 And I… I didn't want that. 43:23.726 --> 43:26.312 James Rodríguez and the surprise announcement 43:26.395 --> 43:28.147 of the birth of his son, Samuel. 43:28.230 --> 43:31.275 The star of the Colombian national team has been trending 43:31.358 --> 43:33.861 since he posted the picture of the little one, 43:33.944 --> 43:36.280 along with a message of joy and welcome. 43:36.363 --> 43:40.451 [James] When I decided to have Samuel that way, 43:40.534 --> 43:42.870 which was through surrogacy… 43:42.953 --> 43:44.163 NEONATAL ADAPATATION ROOM 43:44.246 --> 43:49.251 …that was part of the… of the reason I wanted to have Samuel that way. 43:49.335 --> 43:52.421 because I said, "No, I'm not losing another kid." 43:52.504 --> 43:54.048 "And I won't suffer anymore." 43:54.131 --> 43:57.009 I supported him because… 43:57.092 --> 44:00.095 The truth is, he was really struggling. 44:00.179 --> 44:05.684 Missing his family was making him so anxious, almost depressed. 44:05.768 --> 44:07.686 He missed his daughter so badly. 44:08.562 --> 44:12.941 We looked into it, we did the necessary paperwork, 44:13.025 --> 44:17.863 and then, there's that beautiful baby boy, who's our whole world. 44:18.947 --> 44:20.741 -Is he here? -[man] He's here. 44:20.824 --> 44:23.661 [gentle music playing] 44:23.744 --> 44:25.371 [man] You can hold your son now. 44:26.663 --> 44:28.040 How are you? 44:31.085 --> 44:33.087 [indistinct chatter] 44:36.507 --> 44:38.634 [James] That love between a father and daughter 44:38.717 --> 44:42.054 or between a father and son, it's special, it's magical. 44:42.137 --> 44:46.266 When they give you a hug or a kiss, it's something that doesn't… 44:46.350 --> 44:48.227 Nothing compares to that. 44:48.310 --> 44:50.938 [María] They both gave each other life. 44:51.021 --> 44:56.568 And Samuel gave me years of happiness. 44:57.319 --> 45:00.364 I call him my "déjà vu." They're so alike. 45:00.447 --> 45:03.659 In how they look, their personalities. 45:03.742 --> 45:06.495 They're usually quiet, but when they talk… 45:06.578 --> 45:10.791 They're both funny. They have a spark. 45:12.668 --> 45:14.336 [James] The best part of my year? 45:16.046 --> 45:18.090 The birth of my son, Samuel. 45:18.173 --> 45:19.967 In October. 45:20.050 --> 45:21.719 It was the best. 45:21.802 --> 45:24.805 I mean, I wouldn't trade that for anything. 45:28.642 --> 45:33.147 Bayern Munich had a purchase option, and it was almost the end of the season. 45:34.440 --> 45:36.734 Bayern is a successful club. 45:36.817 --> 45:38.277 I was also happy there. 45:38.360 --> 45:40.863 What did I miss about Madrid? 45:40.946 --> 45:44.408 I think it was just living there more than anything. 45:46.285 --> 45:51.039 I wanted to stay, but I think there are some things that pull you more. 45:51.123 --> 45:55.294 I think there was a single time when he made a mistake, in my opinion. 45:56.211 --> 45:59.673 I care about him, and I'm genuinely his friend. 45:59.757 --> 46:00.924 He knows that. 46:01.008 --> 46:04.219 He was so single-minded about the dream of wanting, 46:04.303 --> 46:06.180 needing to play for Real Madrid, 46:06.263 --> 46:10.768 I think this was a point where he ultimately hurt himself and his career. 46:10.851 --> 46:12.060 [hopeful music playing] 46:12.144 --> 46:13.061 MADRID, SPAIN 46:13.145 --> 46:15.856 [reporter 1] He goes back to Madrid. His second stint with Zidane. 46:15.939 --> 46:19.109 We see a James Rodríguez who is completely defeated 46:19.193 --> 46:22.529 after being benched again under Zinedine Zidane. 46:22.613 --> 46:26.283 [reporter 2] The French coach has a much lower opinion of him than expected. 46:26.366 --> 46:30.078 Being left out of the strategy meeting today 46:30.162 --> 46:35.667 is another sign that… that I'm more out than in. 46:35.751 --> 46:39.546 [reporter 3] And now this new opportunity to be reunited with Carleto. 46:39.630 --> 46:41.507 This time in the Premier League. 46:41.590 --> 46:44.134 [James] I don't want what happened with Bayern to happen again. 46:44.218 --> 46:46.595 I don't want a new coach after only four months. 46:46.678 --> 46:49.681 I'm telling you right now. Please. 46:50.599 --> 46:51.558 Okay. 46:53.352 --> 46:54.853 Jorge called me. 46:54.937 --> 46:58.649 And then I spoke with Carlo Ancelotti. 46:58.732 --> 47:00.067 He's at Everton. 47:00.859 --> 47:02.402 It's a serious offer. 47:03.821 --> 47:05.489 And Carlo told me something. 47:05.572 --> 47:07.825 Something that stood out to me. 47:07.908 --> 47:10.619 He says, "Here you'll be a star." 47:11.620 --> 47:13.914 It's a step back, but I'll be able to play. 47:13.997 --> 47:15.249 I'll be happy with that. 47:15.332 --> 47:16.875 With Carlo, I know I'll be happy. 47:16.959 --> 47:18.544 Let's see how it goes. 47:25.384 --> 47:28.136 [atmospheric music playing] 47:37.563 --> 47:41.024 JAMES, CAN I HAVE YOUR JERSEY, PLEASE? 47:42.234 --> 47:44.820 [James] It seems like the Everton deal is gonna fall through. 47:45.737 --> 47:48.991 I told Jorge, "Look, tell them no." 47:49.074 --> 47:51.159 "Let's get the fuck out of here." 47:51.243 --> 47:52.494 "Let's get out of here." 47:55.122 --> 47:59.167 The day he was going to sign, sign with Everton, 47:59.251 --> 48:00.919 he was at the hotel. 48:01.003 --> 48:04.381 They called me and said, "James isn't signing. He's backing out." 48:04.464 --> 48:06.300 "What? How? What do you mean?" 48:06.383 --> 48:08.677 "Yes, he's already on his way to the airport." 48:08.760 --> 48:11.013 I called him and said, "No, come back, come back." 48:11.096 --> 48:12.598 "Don't worry, we'll sort it all out." 48:12.681 --> 48:15.559 "Let's not get stuck on the details of the contract." 48:15.642 --> 48:18.353 [upbeat music playing] 48:24.026 --> 48:26.236 He's got a lot of goals to score. 48:26.320 --> 48:28.447 -Bye, family! -Bye, sweetie! 48:37.873 --> 48:39.374 [camera shutter clicking] 48:39.458 --> 48:40.334 LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND 48:40.417 --> 48:42.836 [Ancelotti] Perhaps for James, it was a small team. 48:42.920 --> 48:49.801 But he had a tremendous start at Everton, and all of England was delighted with him. 48:50.677 --> 48:54.932 [James] I had really high expectations for the Premier League and for the club. 48:55.015 --> 48:57.643 I was excited. Everyone was so welcoming. 48:58.352 --> 48:59.895 [announcer] Now, Rodríguez! 48:59.978 --> 49:02.898 [Roncero] James needed to feel important as a football player again. 49:02.981 --> 49:05.776 And Ancelotti gave that to him at Everton. 49:05.859 --> 49:07.819 [announcer] Goals just keep on flowing for Everton! 49:07.903 --> 49:12.199 The team is ready to do great things. We can do great things now. 49:12.282 --> 49:15.369 -[interviewer] You're confident, huh? -Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're good, we're good. 49:16.828 --> 49:18.538 [announcer] Fofana gave it straight back! 49:18.622 --> 49:20.999 [crowd cheering] 49:21.083 --> 49:23.043 [lively rock music playing] 49:27.756 --> 49:31.551 [announcer] For Everton, number 19, James Rodríguez! 49:34.763 --> 49:36.556 [James] I think we were a great team. 49:36.640 --> 49:39.518 As everyone saw, the first five months were incredible. 49:40.894 --> 49:43.355 [Ancelotti] He had his motivation back. 49:43.438 --> 49:47.234 Until November, he was doing very, very well. 49:52.990 --> 49:55.575 Then, unfortunately, he suffered another injury. 49:56.368 --> 49:59.997 This is another problem that has really affected his career. 50:00.080 --> 50:02.332 All of these calf injuries. 50:02.416 --> 50:04.000 I think that James really suffered, 50:04.084 --> 50:06.586 because of his problems with getting injured repeatedly. 50:07.170 --> 50:09.089 Because when you're not right physically, 50:09.589 --> 50:12.509 you're just not yourself as a player. And James wasn't himself. 50:12.592 --> 50:17.055 I think it was a good year. And well, I wanted it to continue. 50:18.056 --> 50:21.977 But then, Carlo left, and everyone knows what happened next. 50:22.060 --> 50:25.605 [reporter] Everton officially announced the hiring of Rafa Benítez. 50:25.689 --> 50:29.234 Now, James Rodríguez is expected to show up 50:29.317 --> 50:31.945 and reunite with the coach with whom he has some history. 50:32.029 --> 50:34.406 BENITEZ WON'T PUT JAMES ON THE FIELD. CONFIRMED. NEW COACH 50:34.489 --> 50:35.532 Benítez was back. 50:35.615 --> 50:39.411 That really showed you that the club's management 50:39.494 --> 50:42.038 didn't trust James all that much. 50:42.122 --> 50:44.875 I mean, if they're bringing in a new coach, 50:44.958 --> 50:48.587 why wouldn't they ask a few of their players what they think of him? 50:48.670 --> 50:52.215 When you have a player in the situation that we have, 50:52.299 --> 50:56.178 that can be available just 50% of the games, 50:56.261 --> 50:58.221 overall, in the Premier League, 50:58.305 --> 51:01.475 it's not something that we can… we can manage easily. 51:01.558 --> 51:04.770 So, we have to maximize the resources that we have. 51:04.853 --> 51:08.565 I said, "In two, three months, 51:08.648 --> 51:12.152 he'll drag them to the bottom, and they'll fire him." 51:13.361 --> 51:17.741 And that's exactly what-- how it happened. Just like I said. 51:17.824 --> 51:21.119 His season in England ended the same way it began. 51:21.787 --> 51:24.414 All of the biggest clubs in the world were after him. 51:24.498 --> 51:28.335 But when you haven't been able to play the way you want in a long time, 51:28.418 --> 51:30.378 you might choose something different. 51:30.462 --> 51:33.006 [reporter 1] "James seeking his happiness." 51:33.089 --> 51:34.841 That could be the headline 51:34.925 --> 51:38.345 of the decision and statement from the Colombian number 10, 51:38.428 --> 51:42.182 whose press conference caused quite a stir and clutter today. 51:42.265 --> 51:46.645 The number 10 will finally wear the number 10 again. 51:48.772 --> 51:50.941 [reporter 2] The number 10 is back on James's jersey. 51:51.024 --> 51:52.234 His new team, Al-Rayyan… 51:52.317 --> 51:53.151 AL-RAYYAN - QATAR 51:53.235 --> 51:54.778 …introduced their signing to fans, 51:54.861 --> 51:58.198 who are hoping to see the best from the Colombian football player. 52:00.116 --> 52:01.993 [James] I think the future is here. 52:02.077 --> 52:05.539 The… the World Cup is here next year. 52:05.622 --> 52:08.792 Well, let's just hope that… that I'll be there too. 52:09.376 --> 52:15.173 I'm going to talk about Qatar without… without sugarcoating it or anything. 52:15.257 --> 52:19.970 For me, I saw it as the last option I had. 52:22.514 --> 52:24.391 [María] I mean, he did it because he had to. 52:24.474 --> 52:25.767 He had no choice. 52:25.851 --> 52:29.813 I think he was one of the first big names to go to Qatar. 52:29.896 --> 52:35.277 Did he go for the money? Yeah, let's be honest, because what other… 52:36.862 --> 52:38.905 Why else would anyone go? 52:38.989 --> 52:40.574 [James] See you later. 52:41.074 --> 52:44.786 I've made mistakes in life, definitely made mistakes in football. 52:44.870 --> 52:48.165 When I think about it now, I think going to Qatar… 52:48.248 --> 52:50.667 [Buscalia] One day, you're playing with Cristiano Ronaldo, 52:50.750 --> 52:54.296 and then, suddenly, you're in a league that is barely a step above amateur. 52:55.422 --> 52:57.591 [James] It was a hasty decision. 52:57.674 --> 53:00.385 I was leaving Everton. 53:01.845 --> 53:03.180 [Roncero] I saw him in Qatar. 53:03.847 --> 53:06.474 They were playing an entirely different kind of football. 53:06.558 --> 53:09.185 So far from the level that he was used to. 53:09.269 --> 53:11.605 [thoughtful music playing] 53:12.939 --> 53:15.150 I even thought, even though he was so young, 53:15.942 --> 53:17.903 that after Qatar he would retire. 53:18.820 --> 53:22.699 A lot of us thought that. We thought Qatar was the end of James. 53:26.411 --> 53:28.330 [James] I didn't want to go. 53:28.413 --> 53:32.667 I didn't wanna come. I wanted to stay there at Everton. 53:33.168 --> 53:38.423 But if I stayed, the… season would start, and I wasn't gonna be playing. 53:41.218 --> 53:43.720 When you're competing with players who aren't that good, 53:43.803 --> 53:45.680 without even realizing, 53:45.764 --> 53:47.849 you start to think you aren't that good either. 53:48.558 --> 53:50.435 I play with a cop, man. 53:50.518 --> 53:53.188 Our left back is a police officer. 53:57.859 --> 54:00.153 ♪ Why am I here, behind bars? ♪ 54:02.197 --> 54:06.368 The plan was, I would go to Qatar until January. 54:07.452 --> 54:12.749 I thought that Colombia was going to the World Cup. 54:12.832 --> 54:17.212 I'm already here. If you guys want, come by. 54:17.295 --> 54:20.548 [reporter] James Rodríguez has been left off of the Colombian roster 54:20.632 --> 54:23.218 for the June qualifiers and the Copa América. 54:23.301 --> 54:27.055 The announcement was made in a statement by the Colombian Football Federation, 54:27.138 --> 54:30.267 in which they claim that James is not in physical condition 54:30.350 --> 54:31.768 to play in either event. 54:32.936 --> 54:35.605 I would have been ready for the Copa América. 54:35.689 --> 54:39.109 I reached out to the coach, I said, "Let me train with the team." 54:39.192 --> 54:41.987 "If I'm not ready, you can cut me." 54:42.070 --> 54:45.657 I'm always the first, always the first to say, "Look, I can't." 54:45.740 --> 54:47.701 But they didn't wanna take me. 54:47.784 --> 54:51.454 When they want you, they'll take you no matter what. 54:51.538 --> 54:55.125 [reporter] The decision to leave James Rodríguez off the squad 54:55.208 --> 54:57.836 has not improved the atmosphere of the Colombian national team. 54:57.919 --> 54:58.878 JAMES OFF COLOMBIAN TEAM 54:59.421 --> 55:01.089 [interviewer] That was his hardest moment? 55:01.172 --> 55:04.426 It was definitely one of the hardest. That and leaving Real Madrid. 55:04.509 --> 55:09.264 But with the national team, that year, I've never seen him so upset. 55:09.347 --> 55:10.640 FRIEND 55:10.724 --> 55:13.685 That was definitely when he was at his lowest. 55:15.186 --> 55:16.271 Without a doubt. 55:16.354 --> 55:18.606 [inaudible] 55:18.690 --> 55:21.192 [María] Once the qualifiers moved to Qatar, 55:21.276 --> 55:25.864 he got called up by Coach Rueda, toward the very end of the call-ups. 55:25.947 --> 55:27.198 It wasn't enough. 55:28.116 --> 55:31.202 [reporter] Colombia is officially eliminated from the upcoming World Cup. 55:31.286 --> 55:32.328 COLOMBIA OUT 55:32.412 --> 55:36.082 How can a team play fast when they're held back by James and Falcao? 55:36.166 --> 55:39.461 [man] Cocky prick! Motherfucker! 55:39.544 --> 55:41.129 I think what happened to him 55:41.212 --> 55:43.715 with the national team must have deeply hurt. 55:43.798 --> 55:46.634 [man] Fucking curse now, motherfuckers! 55:46.718 --> 55:49.554 To me, James started to mirror the reality of Colombia. 55:49.637 --> 55:52.182 Showing a level of polarization we'd never seen before. 55:52.265 --> 55:53.099 WORLD CUP FAILURE 55:53.183 --> 55:55.143 [reporter 1] James's best days are behind him. 55:55.226 --> 55:57.145 [reporter 2] James is not the same anymore! 55:57.228 --> 56:00.357 He was furious. After everything, all the harassment from them. 56:00.440 --> 56:03.068 I told him he should never go back to the national team. 56:03.151 --> 56:05.070 [reporter 3] He's made choices that have hurt him. 56:05.153 --> 56:07.489 [reporter 4] He was cocky, and these are the consequences. 56:07.572 --> 56:10.658 -[reporter 5] He's made mistakes. -[reporter 6] He doesn't accept losing. 56:10.742 --> 56:12.619 We don't even know what he wants. 56:12.702 --> 56:16.289 [somber music playing] 56:21.127 --> 56:23.421 I don't know why I'm here. 56:24.172 --> 56:27.175 [closing music playing] e.