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Throughout the history of soccer,

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we've seen great players
who are all focused one goal,

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which is to score.

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But there are also those
who are always trying to catch us,

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who wanna stop us,
and not let us in the goal.

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And for some strange reason,

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it seems like everyone wants to be
a goalkeeper now.

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Why's that? Huh?

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Maybe… it has to do
with this one guy.

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So today, I'm gonna tell you a story
about a certain Emiliano Martínez.

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Well, yeah,
the one you and everyone calls Dibu.

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The FIFA Best Goalkeeper award
for the best goalkeeper of the season

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goes to Argentina’s… Emiliano Martínez.

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Everyone asks me
who my idols were growing up.

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Or which goalkeepers inspired me
when I was a kid.

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And I've always said, "Witnessing
my mom cleaning buildings

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for eight… or nine hours a day."

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"And my Dad… work hard."

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The truth is, they're my idols.

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Thank you all.

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DIBU MARTÍNEZ IS THE WORLD'S BEST KEEPER

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He's a World Cup winner
and the best goalkeeper.

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Emiliano Martínez,
the season's best goalkeeper.

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EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ
SEASON'S BEST

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Best goalkeeper of the 2021 Copa América.

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At the Ballon d'Or ceremony,

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Dibu Martínez won
the Yashin for world's best goalkeeper.

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Again, Dibu Martínez won The Best award

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as the world's top goalkeeper.

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It's what every kid dreams of
since the age of six.

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It was my goal,
and I knew I was ready for it.

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Huh?

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BASED ON A SHORT STORY BY HERNÁN CASCIARI

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Mm… Mm… Mm…

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-You can't do it!
-You're useless in the goal!

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-You're stupid.
-You're worthless, goalkeeper!

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The ball never scared me.
I'm very demanding… of myself.

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I saw the other goalkeeper,
and I couldn’t understand

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why he wasn’t getting a chance.

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I put up with everything,

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but not being able to play was
something I couldn’t deal with.

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It felt like I was stuck.

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There was a lot of sacrifice.
It didn't happen overnight.

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I expected him to say,
"I'm done, I wanna come back."

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He was a kid who came here
with one goal… to make it.

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His mindset is what sets him apart.
That journey made him stronger.

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We're going to play
with Emiliano Martínez.

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The level Emiliano's been performing at
really speaks for itself.

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And this could be his chance.

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WHO IS EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ?

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No one knows you! With those two
goalkeepers, what does Martínez change?

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DOUBTS IN NATIONAL TEAM'S GOAL

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They say you owe
all your success to the coach!

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If you don't pay for the cable,
you don't know where this guy plays.

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What will he try and goal?

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Until things just clicked.

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I’m not new to the national team.

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I’ve played in the Under-20
and Under-17 World Cups.

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Hey there, little champ.

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I'm the one who decides
if you're a hero or a villain now.

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I know I gave
the national team a boost of positivity.

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If I choose correctly,
there's an 80% chance I'll save it.

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I'm gonna eat you alive!

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Dibu is a real character,
he's a bit crazy, and if he told you that,

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you can be sure it's gonna happen.

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He’s been a really positive addition
to the group.

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First, with the saves.

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-And with his personality.
-You're nervous, aren't you?

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Whether I play well or not,
I know the confidence is there.

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I knew that once he joined
the national team,

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he wouldn't let go of the gloves.

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Dibu is such an amazing person.
He really is.

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He made them feel
like they could step up and take the shot,

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but they wouldn't score.

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When he's in goal, he seems to grow.

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If he had to go straight into the post
2to make the save, he’d do it.

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He's definitely got a sixth sense.

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I could tell he had something.

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He's the one who really knows why.

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That's what he was born for,
to be a goalkeeper.

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DIBU MARTÍNEZ
THE KID WHO STOPS TIME

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About a billion and a half
TV viewers across the world

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are watching this game.

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Argentina versus France!

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Please, just allow me to dream a little!

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Messi's team against Mbappé's.

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Who will take all the glory?

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As I walked out
to play the World Cup final,

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I felt a pit in my stomach that
I'd never felt as a professional player.

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When you see that giant World Cup

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in the middle of the field,

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and the nearly 70,000 people
in the Lusail Stadium…

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…you begin to understand
what it feels like

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to play in a World Cup final.

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We believe in you guys.

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We believe in this team.
Come on, Argentina!

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Seeing all those people sing,

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made me feel as if I was… transported
back to Argentina and my childhood school.

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To the great Argentine people, salute…

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SAGRADA FAMILIA SCHOOL

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Little Coco was over there.

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And a little further down,
Ale, my older brother.

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That we knew how to win…

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The teacher was leading
the kids in singing.

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And that's when… I discovered the switch.

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Oh, wow. What's this?

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Why's there a switch in my belly button?

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Huh?

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Oh, no. What's going on?

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Hello? Hello?

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Are all of you frozen?

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This is so weird.

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Hey, teacher! What's happening?

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What's going on? Someone answer me!

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Coco! Uh, Coco! Coco, talk to me.

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Teacher, Coco's not moving.

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This can't be happening! What did I do?

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What's this? What did I do?

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Or swear To die gloriously!

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Or swear to die gloriously!

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Or swear to die gloriously!

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What… did I just do?

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I’ve been all over,

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but Mar del Plata will always be
my hometown.

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From walking to the bus stop
at 7:00 in the morning

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so I could get to school on time,

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to walking in the afternoons

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from Punta Mogotes beach
to the Jardín neighborhood,

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which always took about 30 or 40 minutes.

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Riding my bike to the field
with the wooden goal, no net.

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My brother and I spent a lot
of time together, just the two of us.

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The essence of our family,
the way our parents raised us…

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BROTHER

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…is what gave us
that sense of brotherhood.

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We were definitely attached at the hip.

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We had a wire fence
at the front of the house.

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I think it was…
about 15 meters from end to end.

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And the ball went back and forth all day.

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Penalties, headers,
chest touches, rabonas,

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whatever it was, we'd play it.

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Every day, we made up new games,
and there was always a ball involved.

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Emi, go in goal.

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No, but I want to play up front.

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I'll play up front and score.
You don't let them in, okay?

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Sure.

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Lucas the Tank,

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Mosquito Brady,

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Curly Loquercio, Diego Garello,

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Pata Suárez, Ariel Armageddon.

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Ariel drives down the right with the ball.

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-Armageddon shoots.
-Oh, no, no!

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Goal! Emiliano was caught off guard.

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Curly drives toward the penalty area.

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Foul. That's a foul.

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Move that way… no. Move over.
That's it. You're good.

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Toto Bertoglio.

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-Hmm.
-That's a long… very high cross.

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-A giant header!
-No!

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Oh!

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-No! No!
-Coco tries to stop the ball!

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But he sends it in!

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-No!
-It's Little Coco.

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No, why?!

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Little goalie, soccer's for grown-ups.

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Why don't you join them
building sandcastles?

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Ah! Huh!

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-What a beautiful pass!
-Oh no!

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Armageddon is approaching at full speed!

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Hmm… Mm… Mm!

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Hey! What do you think you're doing?

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No, hey, don't do it.
No, what are you doing?

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Stop that right now. Don't do it!

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I'm gonna eat you up, bro.
I'm gonna eat you alive!

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Incredible save
from Emiliano Martínez! It's unbelievable!

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Emiliano saves the ball!

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This will go down in history!

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-Go!
-It is truly unbelievable!

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What did you do? You're a beast!

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What you did was incredible.
You're a star!

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Those are your school pants!
Mom’s gonna drag both of us by the ears.

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The Mostris were older, born in '89, '90.

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We'd got to school, to soccer,
and to the beach together.

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We kept calling each other "Mostris,"
and it stuck.

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THE MOSTRIS

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Look, it’s hard to explain
the meaning of "The Mostris."

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In Argentina,
especially in Mar del Plata, as kids,

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We wanted a name,
something we could identify with.

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And I think in the end,
"The Mostris" ended up sticking,

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like, "Hey, here come the Mostris."

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The Mostris is…
the little crew we put together.

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Emi, Toto, Diego, Ale, and me.

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A friend's brother
and some childhood friends…

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FRIEND

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…always called us "Mostris."

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"Hey, Mostri, Mostri."

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FRIEND

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Instead of saying "monsters,"
they'd say "mostri."

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And we just kinda took it
and made it ours.

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That word just kinda stuck with us.

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So much so, that we all got tattoos of it…
in Arabic.

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We completely trusted
the translator at that moment in time.

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We believed it said "Mostri."

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Then, some time later, in England,
I was in a gym with Emi

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and an Arab guy came over to us
and said "Mostri, Mostri!"

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We realized, what we got tattooed actually
did say "Mostri." We had no idea.

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Don't ask why it's in Arabic.

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All I can say is, we were young

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and… maybe now we'd get
"Mostri" tattooed in Spanish.

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I'm not sure why we went with Arabic.

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But hey, there are five of us,

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and we still call each other "Mostri"
to this day.

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In the neighborhood where Emi grew up,
five blocks out,

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you could already see the open fields.

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FATHER

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There was always some kind of tournament

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with all the kids from the neighborhood.

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They'd spend all day with the ball.
Mornings, afternoons.

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They would play at night,
at times even under pouring rain.

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They've always loved soccer.

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MOTHER

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The ball was always part of his life,
from a very young age.

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Sh!

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Hey, boys! Is that you?

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Uh!

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Is something wrong?

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Hey, boys!
How was your day at school today?

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Hey, Dad! We played a game
on the beach, but we lost three-zero.

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And Emi made an awesome save today!

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Come on, Emi, tell me all about it.

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It was so cool! I stopped it like this
with my leg and kicked it out!

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Oh, yeah? Save this. Let's see if you can.

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Emiliano, what happened to your pants,
young man?

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What have I told you about school pants?
Tell me what you're gonna wear tomorrow.

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It's just that…

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How many times do I have to tell you?

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You're not supposed to play soccer
in the pants you use for school.

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Now both of you, go take a shower!

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At least you guys didn't lose four-zero.
'Cause you saved one, didn't you?

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My dad was out working most of the time.

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He hustled all day in the fish business.
He filleted fish.

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He’d go all day

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from one fish market to another,
making fillets.

00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:21.479 align:center
And we saw my mom around 6:00 or 7:00…
when we came back from school.

00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:24.160 align:center
He was my little partner.

00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:27.120 align:center
He’d always ask me,
"Mom, what do you need?"

00:14:27.199 --> 00:14:28.839 align:center
"Want me to run an errand?"

00:14:28.920 --> 00:14:32.079 align:center
When he was four or five,
he’d hop on his little blue bike

00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:34.120 align:center
and head out with a bag and some money.

00:14:34.199 --> 00:14:35.280 align:center
He was very caring.

00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:53.439 align:center
Come here, Emi. How is it looking?

00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:57.839 align:center
Wow, Mom! I have the coolest pants
in the whole wide world!

00:15:00.400 --> 00:15:01.280 align:center
You know what?

00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.400 align:center
One day I'm going to be a world champion,

00:15:03.479 --> 00:15:06.839 align:center
and you won’t have to work
or sew again ever in your life.

00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.280 align:center
Of course, my lovely little champ.

00:15:14.880 --> 00:15:17.560 align:center
He always knew he was leaving
because he'd say to me,

00:15:17.640 --> 00:15:21.360 align:center
"You know, when I become a soccer player,
I will be a professional soccer player."

00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:23.280 align:center
"You won't need to work anymore."

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.640 align:center
Soccer's been my priority.

00:15:25.719 --> 00:15:29.599 align:center
Even as a kid, I’d turn down
going out for ice cream or going fishing.

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:32.880 align:center
And instead, I'd go play
for my team on Sunday mornings.

00:15:32.959 --> 00:15:35.199 align:center
It was something
I really looked forward to all week.

00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:40.319 align:center
When Emi was still quite little,
I remember, I’d call out from my room,

00:15:40.400 --> 00:15:43.360 align:center
"All right, time to sleep!
We’ve got an early morning tomorrow."

00:15:44.079 --> 00:15:47.760 align:center
And sometimes I felt like he was…
talking to someone.

00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:49.760 align:center
I have no idea if it was
an imaginary friend

00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:53.079 align:center
or if he was just talking…
to himself out loud.

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.400 align:center
Hello, little champ.

00:16:06.479 --> 00:16:07.640 align:center
Who, uh, who are you?

00:16:07.719 --> 00:16:09.959 align:center
Well, the one who decides
who goes home happy

00:16:10.040 --> 00:16:12.760 align:center
and who is sad and can't sleep at night.

00:16:12.839 --> 00:16:16.680 align:center
-I'm dreaming, aren't I?
-Nope. No, no. You're awake right now.

00:16:16.760 --> 00:16:19.439 align:center
But you're talking to me,
and I know balls don't talk.

00:16:19.520 --> 00:16:23.479 align:center
I do more than talk. I do tricks,
I also fly, and I bury myself in the net.

00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:25.599 align:center
Oh, I love burying myself in the net.

00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:28.520 align:center
I'm the one who decides
if you're a hero, or a villain now.

00:16:28.599 --> 00:16:30.439 align:center
But you don't exist.

00:16:30.520 --> 00:16:34.280 align:center
Look who's talking! The one they send to
the goal because he's just a little kid.

00:16:34.359 --> 00:16:35.839 align:center
A little kid!

00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:38.040 align:center
What's wrong, little champ?

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:41.199 align:center
Are you scared of me? *

00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:43.120 align:center
Why would I even be scared of you?

00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:46.719 align:center
I always knew I'd make it.
I never doubted that.

00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:51.599 align:center
Not once did I think, "If I don't make it,
I'll go get a job at the harbor."

00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:05.639 align:center
There's Susana, the new ride, and Beto.

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:12.680 align:center
The red Jeep was my dad's very first car.

00:17:12.760 --> 00:17:16.919 align:center
And I remember he always kept it spotless
and squeaky clean,

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.319 align:center
but it had so many issues
and something was always broken.

00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:22.960 align:center
Boys, let's go!
Come on, sleepyheads! Let's get going.

00:17:23.040 --> 00:17:24.079 align:center
Coming dad!

00:17:36.760 --> 00:17:37.760 align:center
Huh? Huh?

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:41.000 align:center
We've got a built-in shower now.
Watch out!

00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:42.720 align:center
-Supercool, yeah?
-Hmm.

00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:45.320 align:center
So, Dad. When are you fixing
the hole on the roof?

00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:48.399 align:center
I need to keep the fish wet
during the deliveries I gotta do.

00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:54.480 align:center
Our routine was getting up early.

00:17:54.560 --> 00:17:55.760 align:center
My wife worked,

00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:59.480 align:center
and I had to take the kids with me
to the harbor at 6:00 in the morning.

00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:02.000 align:center
If I had a delivery to make,
I'd take them with me.

00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:04.440 align:center
See ya later, Dad.

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.120 align:center
I'll come pick you up later.

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:10.320 align:center
-Bye, Dad! Love you!
-On your best behavior, you two!

00:18:13.080 --> 00:18:14.440 align:center
We went to Sagrada Familia,

00:18:14.520 --> 00:18:17.600 align:center
which is a very well-known school
in the port of Mar del Plata.

00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.560 align:center
Emiliano, as a kid, was really sweet…

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:23.280 align:center
TEACHER

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:24.680 align:center
…and a real chatterbox.

00:18:24.760 --> 00:18:28.000 align:center
He was the tallest in his grade,
with really long legs.

00:18:28.080 --> 00:18:30.600 align:center
He was always running around like crazy.

00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:34.440 align:center
It was always, "Emi, no running in here!
Emi, I've told you that already!"

00:18:34.520 --> 00:18:38.440 align:center
Even though he always focused on
his training, he kept up his schoolwork.

00:18:38.520 --> 00:18:39.880 align:center
Seven times one?

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:41.360 align:center
Seven!

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.919 align:center
Seven times two?

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.320 align:center
Fourteen!

00:18:44.399 --> 00:18:46.919 align:center
-Seven times three?
-Twenty-one!

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:51.960 align:center
Seven times four is 28. Seven times five…

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:09.760 align:center
Lots of kids dream about
being a superhero so they can help people.

00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:14.960 align:center
Or of being a great explorer
in order to find hidden treasures.

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:20.080 align:center
Yeah! Huh? Uh!

00:19:23.040 --> 00:19:24.560 align:center
No!

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:28.440 align:center
Mm-hmm! Hmm! Hmm!

00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:32.840 align:center
Meanwhile, I dreamed of being
the best goalkeeper in the world.

00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:34.919 align:center
That’s normal, right? Yeah!

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.600 align:center
Aah!

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:49.600 align:center
Emi started playing at the Urquiza Club.

00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:53.679 align:center
It was a total coincidence
because they needed kids to play.

00:19:54.520 --> 00:19:57.159 align:center
Ale was a striker,
and the coach would tell Emi,

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:59.240 align:center
"Why don’t you play
with the older boys for a bit?"

00:19:59.320 --> 00:20:01.679 align:center
Ale was from '90, and Emi '92.

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.840 align:center
He was at Urquiza when he was
really young, about six or seven.

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:08.200 align:center
He wanted to stay in goal,
but we were missing a player.

00:20:08.280 --> 00:20:10.080 align:center
He said, "No, I’m a keeper."

00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:13.560 align:center
So we played a man down
because he insisted in being in goal.

00:20:14.760 --> 00:20:16.720 align:center
Then the goalkeeper got sick
and missed a Sunday.

00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:19.560 align:center
Emi stepped in,
and we never took him out again.

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:22.360 align:center
If I hadn’t had an older brother,

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:24.480 align:center
I don’t think
I would’ve been as competitive.

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:39.200 align:center
Hmm? Ha!

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:44.240 align:center
Hmm-hmm.

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:45.600 align:center
Hmm.

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.360 align:center
Uh? Hmm? Huh?

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:05.280 align:center
Hello again, little champ!

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:06.360 align:center
Hmm.

00:21:07.760 --> 00:21:09.760 align:center
Wait! Why aren't you talking to me?

00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:13.600 align:center
Oh, I see! You're feeling
really scared, aren't you? Hey!

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:15.200 align:center
Look at me when I'm talking to you!

00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:16.280 align:center
Huh!

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:17.840 align:center
I just told you to look at me!

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:20.159 align:center
Aah!

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:24.000 align:center
Whoa-ho!

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.880 align:center
-Yeah! Great job! Yeah!
-Way to go, Emi!

00:21:35.280 --> 00:21:37.040 align:center
Wow!

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.840 align:center
Ha ha!

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:48.960 align:center
Oh!

00:21:49.040 --> 00:21:50.320 align:center
-Ah!
-Ha!

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:57.040 align:center
First of all, Emiliano was very big
in terms of his physical build.

00:21:57.720 --> 00:22:01.720 align:center
He also had a commanding voice,
which wasn't common for his age.

00:22:01.800 --> 00:22:04.080 align:center
We always said
it was like having another coach.

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:05.000 align:center
COACH

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:08.760 align:center
At some games,
the referee would come over and say to us,

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:12.880 align:center
"Are you aware the other team's coach
is asking to see his ID

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.560 align:center
because they can't believe his age."

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:18.080 align:center
He had amazing leg strength.
It was impressive.

00:22:18.159 --> 00:22:20.360 align:center
Sometimes he'd play
his teammates for a soda.

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:23.720 align:center
He'd fly from post to post
and would always beat them.

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:29.880 align:center
Jorge Peta and Cacho Gonzalo
would train us for all our games.

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:32.560 align:center
They were both very demanding.

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:35.960 align:center
We'd set up the goals
with the kids' sweaters and backpacks.

00:22:37.040 --> 00:22:39.200 align:center
We would hang a ball
from a tree with a rope.

00:22:39.280 --> 00:22:42.560 align:center
Then everyone who was there would tug
the rope, in order to lift the ball,

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:44.040 align:center
and then drop it again.

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:45.880 align:center
All the parents would always help out.

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:48.439 align:center
We'd be there to paint the field,
we'd cut the grass,

00:22:48.520 --> 00:22:50.720 align:center
we'd help train the boys,
we'd take them home,

00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:52.960 align:center
or else our Sundays would never end.

00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:54.960 align:center
It was a really great time.

00:22:58.919 --> 00:23:01.320 align:center
That's the goalkeeper
who saved all those penalties.

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.960 align:center
SCHOOL NEWS

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:05.240 align:center
Let me see this!

00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:08.120 align:center
HOW DOES HE MAKE SAVES?

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:18.320 align:center
Hmm.

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:26.040 align:center
Yeah, come on, let's go!

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:28.000 align:center
Hah!

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.919 align:center
We were at the Talleres Club
where we stayed for a very short time…

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:37.200 align:center
and then we went to… the San Isidro Club.

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:41.000 align:center
He was already the goalkeeper
at San Isidro.

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:43.280 align:center
It was a really good team.
They were great.

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:45.840 align:center
Class of '92, from Mar del Plata.

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:47.720 align:center
I was with them for a year or two

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:51.640 align:center
because they had connections to
possibly get us tryouts in Buenos Aires.

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:57.720 align:center
Everyone's trying to make ends meet.

00:23:57.800 --> 00:24:00.919 align:center
I know, Alberto,
but what can we do about it on our end?

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:03.640 align:center
Everyone's trying to do their best
in these circumstances, but…

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:06.080 align:center
We've got so many bills to pay
and there's no work.

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:07.480 align:center
I don't know what we're gonna do.

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:09.480 align:center
Electricity bill just doubled.

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:13.560 align:center
We've got the electricity bill,
the kids' school, the gas bill too.

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:16.480 align:center
-What do we do?
-The kids' school is nonnegotiable.

00:24:16.560 --> 00:24:17.720 align:center
It's priority.

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.679 align:center
I'm ready now.

00:24:20.760 --> 00:24:22.040 align:center
Oh? Ready for what?

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.600 align:center
I'm ready for Buenos Aires.

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:26.280 align:center
Go to bed. There's still
a long time before you go to school.

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:29.320 align:center
I wanna get to play on a really big team.

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:34.159 align:center
It's too much.
There's the trip… and the hotel.

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.360 align:center
Sorry, son. I'd love
to help you reach your dreams,

00:24:36.439 --> 00:24:38.360 align:center
but times are tough right now.

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:41.520 align:center
Of course. I get it. Don't worry about it.

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:46.640 align:center
I was always very careful
with my money because, well,

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:48.320 align:center
I was living on one salary a month.

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:52.600 align:center
So I’d break up my paycheck to pay
the bills, electricity, gas, school,

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:56.280 align:center
And I worked at the port with a truck,
and… you know how it is.

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:58.919 align:center
Some days I had deliveries,
and some days I didn’t.

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.360 align:center
For extra income,

00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:04.120 align:center
I’d sometimes clean apartments
for people who came for the summer.

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:07.919 align:center
There was a lot of sacrifice.
It didn't just happen overnight.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:11.080 align:center
We were always finding ways
to make sure there was food on the table.

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:15.240 align:center
They learned
that Mom and Dad worked hard

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:17.520 align:center
to have what we were able to have.

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:20.480 align:center
To be able to pay for things,
for every brick, for a pair of cleats,

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:22.640 align:center
for gloves, for school, or for a book.

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.960 align:center
We'll definitely find a way
to figure this out.

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:30.360 align:center
We've always made it work.

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:34.560 align:center
Huh? So, you two are saying
we're going to Buenos Aires?

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:36.480 align:center
Yeah, we're going to Buenos Aires!

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:38.120 align:center
Yay! We're going!

00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:39.840 align:center
We're going, kiddo! We're going!

00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:46.000 align:center
BUENOS AIRES - 398
HIGHWAY 2 - 398

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:52.000 align:center
First we took him to River Plate,

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:54.720 align:center
but he… he didn't make it there.

00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:58.960 align:center
Then we took him to Boca Juniors.
He didn't make it either.

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:04.480 align:center
Then Cacho Gonzalo came over
and he said to us,

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:08.199 align:center
"There's a tryout… at Independiente."

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:11.720 align:center
"Listen, Pepé, I have this kid with me
who I'd like you to try out."

00:26:11.800 --> 00:26:13.120 align:center
LEGENDARY INDEPENDIENTE GOALKEEPER

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:15.840 align:center
"We came all the way from Mar del Plata,
and we're heading your way."

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:18.360 align:center
He explained to me
they had come to try their luck.

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:21.520 align:center
And they'd had tryouts
at River Plate and Boca Juniors.

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:24.399 align:center
And he said, "Before we leave,
we'd like you to see him."

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:27.679 align:center
I knew he was his idol.
I knew exactly who he was.

00:26:27.760 --> 00:26:29.080 align:center
"Okay."

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:32.760 align:center
"Have him get changed and ready,
then come over."

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:44.640 align:center
-Come on, Emi! I know you can do it!
-You guys ready?

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:46.560 align:center
Give it all you've got, come on!

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:48.640 align:center
What I remember from the tryout
at Independiente

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.320 align:center
is how many kids were there.

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:53.600 align:center
Of course, you end up thinking,
"There's no way I'm making it."

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:55.080 align:center
-Hey, Pepé's coming!
-Oh!

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:04.360 align:center
Okay, San Luis, you kick.

00:27:12.040 --> 00:27:13.240 align:center
Huh?

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:18.199 align:center
Goodbye.

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.120 align:center
Someone else.

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:28.800 align:center
Next time. Another one.
Come on. Move it along! No.

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:34.360 align:center
Oh, God, another one!
Okay, kid, you're up now. Get in goal.

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:38.360 align:center
I'd met him at a tournament
I'd gone to with Independiente.

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:40.399 align:center
And he'd been with San Isidro.

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:43.720 align:center
San Isidro had a really good team
in Mar del Plata. We'd tied one-one.

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:46.320 align:center
I scored a goal against him. I really did.

00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:50.199 align:center
Hmm!

00:27:52.280 --> 00:27:56.439 align:center
Hah! Whoa!

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:03.159 align:center
We were at the tryout. It was going well.

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:05.560 align:center
He was doing great.
There was just one thing left to do.

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.760 align:center
What now?

00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:08.240 align:center
The missile.

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:10.840 align:center
He's calling out for the missile.

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:12.360 align:center
And what is the missile?

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:16.120 align:center
It's the worst test of all.
No one has ever saved the missile.

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:18.800 align:center
Not once! Never!

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.439 align:center
Hmm.

00:28:24.800 --> 00:28:25.640 align:center
Hmm.

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:28.959 align:center
Hah… bah!

00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:35.880 align:center
Hey!

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:37.720 align:center
You weren't expecting that, right?

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:43.080 align:center
Huh? What? Oh, no. No, no, no, no. Uh!

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:45.800 align:center
Oh! You thought this would be easy!

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:49.439 align:center
No matter how many switches you get
to press, you're never gonna make it!

00:28:49.520 --> 00:28:53.080 align:center
I'm going in the goal
and tryouts will be over!

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:56.600 align:center
Everything you've ever dreamed of
in life is now over!

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.959 align:center
Oh!

00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:03.040 align:center
That's not gonna happen!

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:10.159 align:center
Aah!

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:16.000 align:center
Yeah!

00:29:16.520 --> 00:29:17.639 align:center
No!

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.919 align:center
Whoa.

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:26.120 align:center
If the kid brought his things he can stay.
He'll go to the dorm.

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:29.800 align:center
He said I could stay at the dorm.

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:31.800 align:center
I felt shocked and elated
at the same time.

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.560 align:center
Hmm?

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.800 align:center
Hmm.

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:40.639 align:center
I saw physical qualities
that made me think,

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:44.360 align:center
that with the right work and technique
he could be a great goalkeeper.

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:48.879 align:center
So we went back home…
and talked it over as a family.

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:51.120 align:center
It was hard for me to let him go,

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:54.199 align:center
but I knew very well
that's what he wanted to do.

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:59.959 align:center
I believe that I have my mom to thank,
because she let me go to Independiente.

00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:02.399 align:center
WELCOME

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.879 align:center
Down this hallway are all the rooms.

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:07.520 align:center
There's quite a lot of us.

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:09.480 align:center
Bathrooms and showers are over there.

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:12.800 align:center
So you know, you gotta be early
or you'll wait for half an hour.

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:14.879 align:center
If not, just forget it.

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:18.360 align:center
I'm Ale, but here,
everybody calls me San Luis,

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:20.399 align:center
because well, you know, I'm from San Luis.

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:23.919 align:center
Well, I'm from Mar del Plata,
but I'd… rather go by Emi.

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:26.879 align:center
Of course, Emi.

00:30:26.959 --> 00:30:29.840 align:center
You know, I recognize you from somewhere.

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:31.159 align:center
Okay, let's go.

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:34.840 align:center
I lived in my dorm out of a suitcase.

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:37.120 align:center
And that’s when my life there started.

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:42.720 align:center
When he left for Independiente
the house felt so empty.

00:30:42.800 --> 00:30:44.720 align:center
At least that's how I felt about it.

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:49.120 align:center
But I think the one who really suffered
the most when Emi left was Ale.

00:30:49.199 --> 00:30:50.639 align:center
But he kept it all in.

00:30:51.280 --> 00:30:52.280 align:center
He really struggled.

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:56.480 align:center
With time, I came to understand

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.639 align:center
he wasn't there anymore.

00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:01.120 align:center
I was happy on one hand,
but sad on the other, because I was alone.

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:04.080 align:center
He was 11 and a half,
and never lived with us again.

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:06.879 align:center
We were four and became three.

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:12.320 align:center
Sorry.

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:18.520 align:center
While growing up, I realized
that we can be selfish and not see it.

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:22.600 align:center
I thought, "I wanna make it for them,"
but I never saw it from their end.

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:26.560 align:center
The fact that I left home,
I left my brother alone,

00:31:27.280 --> 00:31:30.080 align:center
and I left my dad without one of his kids.

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:34.120 align:center
And that's something
I eventually came to accept as I grew up.

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:39.240 align:center
That was when it actually sunk in for me.

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:43.199 align:center
"Okay, now I'm at a professional club
and my career starts here."

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:47.199 align:center
You know, it was quite hard
to come to terms with at that time.

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:50.360 align:center
I took him there the first time.

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:53.080 align:center
It was incredibly hard
to hand him his bag and leave him.

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:58.879 align:center
And the impression I had of the place…
I'd say it was quite humble.

00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:03.040 align:center
The room we had in the dorm had
two bunk beds and was extremely narrow.

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:05.480 align:center
And I was thinking at the time,

00:32:06.760 --> 00:32:08.800 align:center
"Why does he have to be
in a place like this?"

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:12.199 align:center
I remember my mom would come,
and she couldn't stand seeing it.

00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:14.080 align:center
She'd go clean all the bathrooms.

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:24.760 align:center
This is your bed. And I'm here,
right next to you.

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:28.320 align:center
Can you tell me
where you learned to save like that?

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:31.600 align:center
Not once!
No one has ever saved the missile.

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:33.320 align:center
I know you have a secret?

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:34.800 align:center
Me? Having a secret?

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:36.520 align:center
Yeah, I know you do.

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:38.560 align:center
Nope, don't have one.

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:40.560 align:center
Oh, I know.

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:43.040 align:center
What do you know? What do you mean?

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:46.600 align:center
I know where I know you from.
You look just like Dibu.

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:48.600 align:center
The guy from TV!

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:51.320 align:center
Like Dibu?

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:54.360 align:center
The nickname Dibu came from Ale,
my best friend.

00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:57.000 align:center
Everyone kept telling me
I looked just like Dibu.

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:59.080 align:center
And of course,
they started teasing me

00:32:59.159 --> 00:33:01.639 align:center
and calling me Dibu,
like the cartoon character.

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:05.320 align:center
When he arrived at the dorm,

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:08.120 align:center
he was
kind of redhead with freckles, you know?

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:10.919 align:center
I said, "Emi, you look exactly like Dibu."

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:13.679 align:center
I remember watching the show,
and dude, he was awesome.

00:33:13.760 --> 00:33:18.520 align:center
He was a goalkeeper, he drove go-karts.
"Sure, call me Dibu. He can do anything!"

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:21.199 align:center
And it stuck.
Everyone kept calling him Dibu.

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:26.240 align:center
The rest is history. And from then on,
everyone's called him Dibu to this day.

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:27.959 align:center
Hmm?

00:33:28.040 --> 00:33:30.080 align:center
I told you we'd win
with this hand didn't I?

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:31.639 align:center
-Come on!
-Real envido.

00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:32.600 align:center
I got 33!

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.520 align:center
-Wow!
-What?

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.439 align:center
We won!

00:33:34.520 --> 00:33:36.280 align:center
Here's where we go to watch soccer.

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:39.240 align:center
Barcelona is still winning one-zero.

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.879 align:center
Messi is now on the field!

00:33:40.959 --> 00:33:42.280 align:center
Ronaldinho has the ball.

00:33:43.280 --> 00:33:45.760 align:center
What an absolutely perfect assist
for Messi.

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:47.600 align:center
And now, over the top…

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:54.159 align:center
Goal… for… Barcelona!

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:58.760 align:center
For Messi's Barcelona! Yes! It's Messi's!

00:33:59.800 --> 00:34:04.280 align:center
From the rising young talent.
This is a historic moment!

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:07.760 align:center
Don't forget this name! Lionel Messi!

00:34:13.040 --> 00:34:15.199 align:center
Aw!

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.400 align:center
One day, I'll be playing with him.

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.799 align:center
Come on, Dibu.

00:34:22.080 --> 00:34:24.440 align:center
Mom would come up
with any excuse to bring him home.

00:34:24.520 --> 00:34:27.480 align:center
He’d get a bad grade,
and suddenly he had to come back.

00:34:27.560 --> 00:34:29.520 align:center
So Emi tried to please mom above all else.

00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:32.880 align:center
My mom always kept my brother and me
on a very short leash.

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:36.120 align:center
I'd talk to him before he went to school,
as soon as he came back from school.

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.040 align:center
She was always
very demanding about school.

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:41.120 align:center
She wouldn't let us play soccer
if we weren’t eating right

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.480 align:center
or getting good grades.

00:34:42.560 --> 00:34:46.120 align:center
And around 8:00 p.m., I would
suddenly call him on the pay phone.

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:50.000 align:center
And he had to answer me
from the one at the dorm.

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:52.719 align:center
There wasn’t a single day
he didn’t pick up.

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:56.040 align:center
We worked on fitness and technique.

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:59.080 align:center
And there were drills
all the other boys were used to doing,

00:34:59.160 --> 00:35:00.240 align:center
but he wasn’t.

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:02.680 align:center
There was a hurdle this big

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.600 align:center
that all
the first-team goalkeepers could jump,

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:06.160 align:center
but I just couldn't do it.

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:10.319 align:center
You’re not as strong at 12
as you are at 28.

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:12.160 align:center
I kept trying to clear the hurdle.

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:14.600 align:center
I cried and cried until I finally made it.

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:18.160 align:center
He'd get frustrated trying to do
what the others were doing.

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:22.280 align:center
He was a kid who came here
with one goal… to make it.

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:24.040 align:center
Honestly, he never wavered.

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:27.680 align:center
I was expecting him to say,
"I'm done, I wanna come back."

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:29.360 align:center
You kind of take on a fatherly role,

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:32.760 align:center
especially with all the kids
who come from the dorm.

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:36.720 align:center
Pepé Santoro wasn't
just a goalkeeping coach.

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:42.040 align:center
He was more like… a father
that I didn't get to have in Buenos Aires.

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:44.560 align:center
He saw how hard it was for me,
and how I kept trying.

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:46.560 align:center
He worked his way up from the bottom.

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:49.680 align:center
And he really took to heart
everything we said to him.

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:55.120 align:center
You can tell he prepared him well
because… he was 14 in the Under-15.

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:56.960 align:center
ARGENTINE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:02.960 align:center
The national team has scouts
who come watch you every weekend.

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:05.560 align:center
I was performing well
in the Independiente youth team.

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:09.080 align:center
And I remember
that they'd give you a scorecard.

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:13.560 align:center
And I was always Martínez the Marvel.
I would get a high score every weekend.

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:15.839 align:center
It was something else, because at first,

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:19.080 align:center
all you want is to play
in all the games you can for your club.

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:22.760 align:center
Getting the call from the national team
to join them, that’s something unique.

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:25.560 align:center
Together nobody can stop us, Mostri!

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:27.200 align:center
I remember calling my mom

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:29.560 align:center
while I was walking
from the dorm to the locker room.

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:32.440 align:center
And he said to me, "Mom, there's
something I have to tell you."

00:36:32.520 --> 00:36:35.000 align:center
"I got called up by the national team."

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:40.280 align:center
That's when I knew,
"I'm gonna become a professional player."

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:42.200 align:center
I always thought I would,

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:45.080 align:center
but that's when I really was able to say,
"I'm close."

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:48.799 align:center
We were lucky enough
to enjoy that together. You know?

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:51.760 align:center
It's the kind of thing
that stays with you.

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:55.359 align:center
When I turned 16,
they called me up to the Under-17 team.

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:59.280 align:center
I was there Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday, basically every month.

00:36:59.359 --> 00:37:02.280 align:center
Argentina's rising stars
face a new challenge.

00:37:02.359 --> 00:37:06.080 align:center
The South American Under-17 Championship
begins for Argentina.

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:10.160 align:center
Martínez!

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:13.280 align:center
Great save
from Independiente's goalkeeper!

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:16.359 align:center
They call him Dibu,
and he’s a sure thing in goal!

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:22.400 align:center
Argentina's young talent shines
in the South American Championship.

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.799 align:center
Emiliano Martínez saves the game!

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.839 align:center
SOUTH AMERICAN U-17
FINAL

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:32.160 align:center
Argentina and Brazil face off for
the South American Under-17 tournament.

00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:01.319 align:center
Hmm.

00:38:08.080 --> 00:38:10.680 align:center
Way to go, Martínez! He does it again!

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:13.319 align:center
What a great performance
from Emiliano Martínez!

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.160 align:center
He had a great performance in Chile,

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:17.280 align:center
and that's when people
from Arsenal saw him.

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:19.680 align:center
They sent someone to watch the tournament.

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:21.920 align:center
He was one of the scouts,
as they call them.

00:38:22.560 --> 00:38:24.200 align:center
Dibu, someone's come to see you.

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:29.600 align:center
Richard Law, I'm scouting for Arsenal.

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:32.000 align:center
Which Arsenal? From Sarandí?

00:38:32.080 --> 00:38:35.319 align:center
Arsenal Football Club, London… England.

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.200 align:center
Oh! No way!

00:38:41.200 --> 00:38:42.560 align:center
When he came out and said,

00:38:42.640 --> 00:38:47.080 align:center
"Hey, I might go to England for a week
for tryouts," we were stunned.

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:50.080 align:center
That's when we said, "This is real."

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:53.400 align:center
"This could work out. Are you sure
this is what you really want?"

00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:00.960 align:center
Mar del Plata is 400 kilometers away,

00:39:01.040 --> 00:39:03.640 align:center
but this… is way too far from here!

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:06.000 align:center
I won't be able to see them for so long.

00:39:06.080 --> 00:39:07.040 align:center
Listen to me, kid.

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:09.280 align:center
This is an opportunity
to change your life,

00:39:09.359 --> 00:39:11.120 align:center
and your family's as well.

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:14.280 align:center
Isn't that what you came looking for?

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:20.040 align:center
My dream was, to buy…
I guess, to buy a big house

00:39:20.120 --> 00:39:23.799 align:center
for my parents to live in
or to get my dad a new car.

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:28.000 align:center
Okay, but we're going together.

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:32.400 align:center
And off we went with our suitcases,

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:35.080 align:center
with all our hopes and expectations.

00:39:36.040 --> 00:39:38.240 align:center
LONDON
ENGLAND

00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:57.200 align:center
-Who is that?
-He's an Argie. The South American.

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:59.160 align:center
Hmm. You're gonna know who I am.

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:08.280 align:center
What? Huh? Ha? What?

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:10.640 align:center
You won't beat us!

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:12.520 align:center
-We'll eat you alive!
-Useless, like a sieve!

00:40:12.600 --> 00:40:14.200 align:center
No presence in the box!

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:16.760 align:center
-You suck at penalties!
-You're terrible!

00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:18.839 align:center
-You're stupid!
-You're terrible, little kid!

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:22.200 align:center
-We'll eat you alive!
-You're just useless! Give up!

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.359 align:center
No!

00:40:25.080 --> 00:40:27.160 align:center
Yeah!

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:30.040 align:center
Uh! Aah!

00:40:31.080 --> 00:40:33.400 align:center
Ah! Ah.

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:45.680 align:center
You did well, but you’ll need to put in
a lot more effort. Much more.

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:50.400 align:center
And the coach came over,
congratulating me,

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:53.000 align:center
letting me know
Emi was staying in the club.

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:59.000 align:center
The Arsenal scout was there,
along with the president of Independiente.

00:40:59.080 --> 00:41:03.240 align:center
They said, "Listen, we have to sell you
in order to finish the stadium."

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:05.799 align:center
You know, financially,
things were tough at home, too.

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:08.280 align:center
There's that moment
when everything hits you and you just go,

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:12.560 align:center
"Oh, God!" But then the offer
from Arsenal felt like a godsend.

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:17.120 align:center
I think it was around
20 or 25 thousand pounds to sign.

00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:20.080 align:center
And I just said, "If I sign,
do I get the money now?"

00:41:21.080 --> 00:41:22.720 align:center
It was enough
that it covered all expenses.

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:25.160 align:center
So we didn't have to sell the truck
or the house.

00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:29.920 align:center
It wasn’t what I hoped,
but financially speaking, it made sense.

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:33.760 align:center
It was hard in a way
because we were going our separate ways,

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:36.400 align:center
but for him as a player and a person,

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:39.560 align:center
it was an opportunity
that he just had to take.

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:45.240 align:center
They sent me to live
with an English host family

00:41:45.319 --> 00:41:47.440 align:center
so I could learn the language.

00:41:47.520 --> 00:41:49.720 align:center
And the culture was really different.

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:52.160 align:center
I wasn’t really into partying
or anything of the kind.

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:54.080 align:center
But at the residence,
they were really strict.

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.560 align:center
We couldn’t do anything.

00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:57.120 align:center
I played PlayStation at night,

00:41:57.200 --> 00:42:01.040 align:center
and if I went to the bathroom downstairs
around 10:00, they’d be like, "Sh!"

00:42:01.560 --> 00:42:03.920 align:center
And it was like 9:30, you know?

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:05.680 align:center
And I said,
"No, I’m not in a prison here."

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:07.560 align:center
I told myself,
"I’m going back to Argentina."

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:09.680 align:center
I grabbed my bag,
I was going back to Argentina.

00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:13.160 align:center
"No, no, wait!" And I stayed six months
with my brother in a hotel.

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:16.480 align:center
He'd go to practice, come back,
and I'd be at the hotel.

00:42:16.560 --> 00:42:18.280 align:center
We were both
in the best shape of our lives

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:20.760 align:center
because we trained morning,
afternoon, and night.

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:22.480 align:center
That’s basically all we did.

00:42:22.560 --> 00:42:23.760 align:center
Yeah, we got really ripped.

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:28.480 align:center
His brother truly was…
like his teammate, his best friend.

00:42:28.560 --> 00:42:29.960 align:center
He really was everything to him.

00:42:30.040 --> 00:42:32.440 align:center
And then, when I turned 18,

00:42:32.520 --> 00:42:34.760 align:center
I was able to rent my own apartment.

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:39.000 align:center
I ended up in England
to really become financially stable.

00:42:39.080 --> 00:42:41.160 align:center
For the first time in my life.

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:49.960 align:center
It felt like a spaceship,
gray, huge, perfect. It was scary.

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:55.280 align:center
Even the bench scared me.
Even the cold here felt different.

00:42:58.200 --> 00:43:01.640 align:center
He always had the misfortune of having
international stars ahead of him.

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:22.440 align:center
Hmm.

00:43:22.520 --> 00:43:26.319 align:center
He’d tell me where he was going
and what he… had to deal with.

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:29.440 align:center
Like getting relegated
or battling to stay up.

00:43:29.520 --> 00:43:32.240 align:center
You’re at Arsenal,
and then you get loaned out.

00:43:32.319 --> 00:43:33.680 align:center
For a player, that’s not easy.

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.839 align:center
As time went on,

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:37.000 align:center
he wanted to be
the national team’s goalkeeper.

00:43:37.080 --> 00:43:38.359 align:center
But the chance wasn't coming.

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:41.040 align:center
Because he needed to play,
and he just wasn’t playing.

00:43:41.120 --> 00:43:43.720 align:center
In soccer, it feels like
you’re getting jerked around.

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:46.440 align:center
But he was planting the seeds
of the strength he'd need

00:43:46.520 --> 00:43:48.440 align:center
when his time came.

00:43:48.520 --> 00:43:51.600 align:center
I saw my brother practice,
and he was always a beast.

00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:54.000 align:center
I didn't understand
why he wasn't getting a chance.

00:43:55.040 --> 00:43:57.839 align:center
Oh, you poor thing. Are you tired, Emi?

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:59.120 align:center
What, you thought just saying,

00:43:59.200 --> 00:44:03.440 align:center
"Okay," "good morning," "good afternoon"
was enough to make you somebody here?

00:44:03.520 --> 00:44:06.600 align:center
You've still got a lot of work to do!
I don't think you'll make it.

00:44:07.120 --> 00:44:09.640 align:center
All of a sudden,
it's feeling quite heavy, isn't it?

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:13.680 align:center
The days were long, and gray.

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:16.960 align:center
It rained all the time.
And I just never played.

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:20.680 align:center
I was always on the bench
or getting sent out on loan.

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:23.319 align:center
"Why don’t I get an opportunity
if I’m training well?"

00:44:25.560 --> 00:44:27.839 align:center
Competing, practicing,
being alone, traveling.

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:29.080 align:center
I can handle that.

00:44:29.160 --> 00:44:32.960 align:center
But not being able to play…
was something I just couldn't deal with.

00:44:33.040 --> 00:44:35.440 align:center
I think he grew
mentally stronger over time.

00:44:35.520 --> 00:44:38.520 align:center
On the field, no doubt,
because he never once stopped training.

00:44:39.040 --> 00:44:41.879 align:center
He was always a beast in that way,
particularly in training.

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:45.440 align:center
The most important thing was
that he trusted himself.

00:44:46.520 --> 00:44:50.799 align:center
Believing in, you know, your strengths,
in what you do right,

00:44:50.879 --> 00:44:53.000 align:center
and fixing the mistakes which we all make.

00:44:53.080 --> 00:44:55.600 align:center
That was largely thanks
to the help of a psychologist.

00:44:55.680 --> 00:44:58.319 align:center
And I can tell you,
it was the right thing for me.

00:44:58.400 --> 00:45:02.400 align:center
It's something that I'd really never…
I'd never considered it in the past.

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:04.920 align:center
But I wasn't afraid to say,
"Look, I really need this."

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:09.600 align:center
And then, at one point,
he finally met Mandinha.

00:45:09.680 --> 00:45:12.799 align:center
Since he was alone there,
he'd always eat… at a restaurant.

00:45:12.879 --> 00:45:16.000 align:center
We’d go there to eat.
The food was good and they spoke Spanish.

00:45:16.080 --> 00:45:17.359 align:center
I didn’t speak a word of English.

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:21.080 align:center
It turns out that the restaurant was
actually owned by Mandinha’s family.

00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:25.720 align:center
The restaurant was called Nelitos.

00:45:25.799 --> 00:45:26.680 align:center
WIFE

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:28.319 align:center
And it was located in North London.

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:32.799 align:center
That's where I had bought my apartment,
and Emi… lived on the same street.

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:41.560 align:center
What? No way! Seriously!

00:45:51.120 --> 00:45:53.560 align:center
How's that possible?
I didn't do anything.

00:45:53.640 --> 00:45:55.400 align:center
I didn't touch the switch.

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:16.799 align:center
Uh, excuse me. Do you happen to know
the girl in the photo?

00:46:16.879 --> 00:46:18.760 align:center
Sure, that's Mandinha,
the owner's daughter.

00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:29.319 align:center
Well, she was the owner’s daughter,
and I don’t know, nothing really happened.

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:34.200 align:center
Hello, do you need anything?

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:35.799 align:center
A couple of teas, please.

00:46:41.080 --> 00:46:43.440 align:center
I remember clearly,
there was a specific week

00:46:43.520 --> 00:46:46.600 align:center
when I kept seeing her
every single day in central Enfield.

00:46:46.680 --> 00:46:48.319 align:center
I'd go to a coffee shop,
and he’d be there.

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:50.760 align:center
I’d stop by the restaurant,
and he’d be there.

00:46:50.839 --> 00:46:52.680 align:center
That whole week,
he was always there.

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:55.760 align:center
I don’t know why or how,
but I think it was destiny.

00:46:55.839 --> 00:46:58.120 align:center
Of course. Yes, yes, don't worry.

00:47:00.560 --> 00:47:01.600 align:center
That's how it was.

00:47:01.680 --> 00:47:05.200 align:center
And I saw him so many times
that I ended up asking his friend,

00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:08.600 align:center
"Hey, listen, I've now seen
Emi several times,

00:47:08.680 --> 00:47:11.600 align:center
but every time he sees me,
he just looks down."

00:47:11.680 --> 00:47:13.200 align:center
"He doesn't even look at me."

00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:16.400 align:center
He knew me!
I mean, he'd known me for years already.

00:47:20.799 --> 00:47:21.960 align:center
Hmm? Huh?

00:47:22.040 --> 00:47:23.359 align:center
And at one point, she said to me,

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:26.440 align:center
"Hey, I saw you every day,
but you didn't even say hi."

00:47:26.520 --> 00:47:28.640 align:center
Ah!

00:47:28.720 --> 00:47:31.400 align:center
I knew he was from Argentina,
and I thought,

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:35.440 align:center
"That's odd. South Americans are
usually very friendly." Like, "Hi there!"

00:47:38.600 --> 00:47:40.080 align:center
Hmm?

00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:45.799 align:center
Mmm…

00:47:49.040 --> 00:47:51.160 align:center
-Oh!
-Hmm.

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:58.200 align:center
And then one day, I got a message
from Emi saying, "Listen, I'm not rude."

00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:01.839 align:center
"I'm just really shy."
And that's how it all started.

00:48:15.200 --> 00:48:18.120 align:center
Uh, excuse me. Please forgive me.

00:48:18.200 --> 00:48:20.359 align:center
Um, but I wanted to ask you

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:24.520 align:center
if you'd like to go out
for a coffee someday.

00:48:25.040 --> 00:48:27.120 align:center
Yeah, I would love that.

00:48:30.120 --> 00:48:31.960 align:center
That's when we started dating.

00:48:36.839 --> 00:48:40.400 align:center
Then he told us later,
"Hey, guys, I’m dating an amazing girl."

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:43.839 align:center
"She’s actually from here. From London.
Her parents are Latin as well."

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:46.879 align:center
"Her mom’s Brazilian
and her dad’s Portuguese

00:48:48.359 --> 00:48:51.319 align:center
To be honest, I have no idea
how we communicated

00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:53.400 align:center
because he did not speak English."

00:48:54.040 --> 00:48:56.280 align:center
She helped me learn English really well.

00:48:57.359 --> 00:49:01.640 align:center
Mandinha… was obviously
a great support system for me in England.

00:49:01.720 --> 00:49:05.560 align:center
She was my partner… my friend.

00:49:05.640 --> 00:49:07.879 align:center
I don't think I would have put up with,

00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:10.280 align:center
or even gotten to where I am
here in England

00:49:10.359 --> 00:49:12.120 align:center
if it hadn't been for her as well.

00:49:14.839 --> 00:49:18.400 align:center
When you're far away from home and alone,
problems always come up.

00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:20.359 align:center
It always affects your game.

00:49:24.040 --> 00:49:26.839 align:center
Arsenal will be seeking another title.

00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:30.920 align:center
A stunning goal!
What a triumph for Arsenal.

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:33.640 align:center
Is champion of England twice this year.

00:49:33.720 --> 00:49:37.359 align:center
Woo-hoo! You can do it, Emi!

00:49:39.560 --> 00:49:40.400 align:center
Hmm.

00:49:42.120 --> 00:49:45.400 align:center
When I met Emi,
he was at Arsenal, but he wasn't playing.

00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:50.839 align:center
There were times when he… practically lost
his… his passion and drive for soccer.

00:49:59.200 --> 00:50:02.200 align:center
Hey, you. Listen to me.
You know what they're saying about you?

00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:05.680 align:center
That you're their long-term project.

00:50:10.680 --> 00:50:13.960 align:center
Hey! The first-team goalkeeper is
way better than you!

00:50:14.040 --> 00:50:17.160 align:center
And he doesn’t even have
a little switch to turn on or off!

00:50:18.319 --> 00:50:20.560 align:center
When I was saying,
"I'll just go back to Independiente."

00:50:20.640 --> 00:50:21.960 align:center
"I'm not gonna make it,"

00:50:22.040 --> 00:50:24.480 align:center
was the lowest point
of my professional career.

00:50:24.560 --> 00:50:27.080 align:center
We went through some really hard years…

00:50:27.720 --> 00:50:29.960 align:center
for him, in… in regards to soccer.

00:50:30.040 --> 00:50:32.520 align:center
And she was
always, always a great help to me.

00:50:32.600 --> 00:50:35.000 align:center
When I was down,
she'd always say, "No, no."

00:50:35.080 --> 00:50:37.120 align:center
Or when I was too upbeat, "No, no."

00:50:37.200 --> 00:50:40.120 align:center
There were moments in life
when Emi… I don't know, was down,

00:50:40.200 --> 00:50:41.280 align:center
and didn't wanna play.

00:50:41.359 --> 00:50:44.480 align:center
And I said to him,
"It is your job, you have to play."

00:50:44.560 --> 00:50:48.120 align:center
She's a very down-to-earth girl
from a really great family.

00:50:48.200 --> 00:50:51.760 align:center
For me, as an elite soccer player,
it's very clear that our partners are

00:50:51.839 --> 00:50:54.160 align:center
a huge part of the reason
we are successful,

00:50:54.240 --> 00:50:56.879 align:center
because it's ultimately about teamwork.

00:51:00.560 --> 00:51:01.600 align:center
Mm.

00:51:01.680 --> 00:51:03.720 align:center
Are you ready for dinner
with my parents tonight?

00:51:03.799 --> 00:51:06.480 align:center
You're not gonna tell me
you're feeling shy again, right ?

00:51:06.560 --> 00:51:10.440 align:center
Uh, no, It's just that
I need to tell you something.

00:51:10.520 --> 00:51:13.600 align:center
But now? Don't you freak me out.

00:51:14.120 --> 00:51:15.799 align:center
I need to tell you something about me.

00:51:15.879 --> 00:51:18.240 align:center
Uh, I don't really know how to say this.

00:51:18.319 --> 00:51:21.720 align:center
Um, it's what made me a goalkeeper
and brought me here.

00:51:21.799 --> 00:51:24.120 align:center
But I haven't been able
to do it for a while.

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:31.600 align:center
Oh!

00:51:31.680 --> 00:51:33.200 align:center
Ah!

00:51:34.200 --> 00:51:35.640 align:center
Yeah-ha-ha!

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:42.520 align:center
Emi, the superpower you're talking about

00:51:42.600 --> 00:51:46.319 align:center
that lets you know what's about to happen
just a second before it does,

00:51:46.399 --> 00:51:51.000 align:center
what actually makes you so great
is right here and here. All right?

00:51:52.120 --> 00:51:54.480 align:center
The switch wasn't there to begin with.

00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:57.440 align:center
It's all you. It's always been you.

00:52:12.640 --> 00:52:13.839 align:center
Oh!

00:52:21.760 --> 00:52:23.319 align:center
-Hmm.
-Huh?

00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:27.839 align:center
It's always been me.

00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:40.560 align:center
Look who's back!
It's the long-term project.

00:52:40.640 --> 00:52:43.240 align:center
You're lucky in love,
but unlucky on the field, huh?

00:52:43.319 --> 00:52:44.960 align:center
Ooh!

00:52:45.040 --> 00:52:46.480 align:center
"I'm so in love."

00:52:46.560 --> 00:52:48.560 align:center
Hey, you! Hah! Ow!

00:52:48.640 --> 00:52:51.080 align:center
Stop it! Stop it!
People are asleep downstairs! Ow!

00:52:52.080 --> 00:52:54.839 align:center
Tomorrow my story changes.
And yours as well!

00:52:55.680 --> 00:52:59.520 align:center
No!

00:52:59.600 --> 00:53:03.640 align:center
Being a goalkeeper is very unforgiving,
and you have to wait for opportunities.

00:53:03.720 --> 00:53:06.280 align:center
It's different to a striker
who can come on for three minutes

00:53:06.359 --> 00:53:09.560 align:center
and… score a tap-in, and suddenly it’s,
"Wow, what an amazing striker."

00:53:09.640 --> 00:53:13.000 align:center
As a goalkeeper, you either wait for
an injury or you have to be outstanding.

00:53:13.680 --> 00:53:16.600 align:center
And I was doing really well… at practice.

00:53:16.680 --> 00:53:19.920 align:center
It was the opportunity I had
to show what I could do.

00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:22.480 align:center
Aimed in towards Kelechi Iheanacho…

00:53:22.560 --> 00:53:24.640 align:center
Just gone straight at the goalkeeper.

00:53:24.720 --> 00:53:26.520 align:center
This looks like it has potential

00:53:26.600 --> 00:53:29.359 align:center
to be a very serious injury
for Bernd Leno.

00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:34.600 align:center
And the Arsenal substitute goalkeeper,
Emi Martínez, is getting ready.

00:53:34.680 --> 00:53:36.560 align:center
So the ball didn't do him too many favors,

00:53:36.640 --> 00:53:39.760 align:center
but he still brought it back for Salah
who's got time to take a touch.

00:53:39.839 --> 00:53:42.240 align:center
People who reach that level
on the world stage do so

00:53:42.319 --> 00:53:44.120 align:center
because there’s
something different about them.

00:53:44.200 --> 00:53:46.920 align:center
What makes him unique is
that he reads the person in front of him.

00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:49.160 align:center
The personality
of whoever’s taking the shot.

00:53:49.240 --> 00:53:51.280 align:center
…matched by the save from Martínez!

00:53:51.359 --> 00:53:53.120 align:center
He's definitely got a sixth sense.

00:53:53.200 --> 00:53:56.600 align:center
The way I see it is that
when he's in the goal, he grows,

00:53:56.680 --> 00:54:00.240 align:center
as if he were
about to transform into a superhero.

00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:02.799 align:center
Harry Kane has got himself…

00:54:02.879 --> 00:54:05.040 align:center
It’s like something clicked in him,
and from then on,

00:54:05.120 --> 00:54:06.280 align:center
he took off and never stopped.

00:54:06.359 --> 00:54:10.720 align:center
Near post, Walters. Diouf.
Flag's up. That is an outstanding stop.

00:54:10.799 --> 00:54:14.399 align:center
I'd say that competition gave me
more than talent ever did, to be honest.

00:54:14.480 --> 00:54:17.680 align:center
'Cause I've always been talented
at soccer, it's always been my thing.

00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:19.640 align:center
My dad always said
I had some kind of magic.

00:54:19.720 --> 00:54:22.879 align:center
Emi always had something special
that lit him up like magic.

00:54:22.960 --> 00:54:25.319 align:center
There was always a stretch,
or a block, or a save.

00:54:25.399 --> 00:54:31.440 align:center
There are thousands of talented people,
but…. only a few of them… make sacrifices.

00:54:31.520 --> 00:54:33.000 align:center
He’s always been that way.

00:54:33.080 --> 00:54:35.920 align:center
As the years went by,
being so far from his roots,

00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:39.319 align:center
therapy did help him a lot
because it’s not easy.

00:54:40.040 --> 00:54:42.640 align:center
I think what changed everything was Santi.

00:54:45.799 --> 00:54:49.560 align:center
When Santi was born,
I told myself that would be my last loan.

00:54:52.640 --> 00:54:54.240 align:center
It was something that drove me.

00:54:54.319 --> 00:54:57.600 align:center
I’ve always been driven by goals.
And my goal was clear.

00:54:57.680 --> 00:55:01.200 align:center
I couldn’t keep going from place to place,
from one loan to another.

00:55:03.120 --> 00:55:04.359 align:center
Ah!

00:55:06.120 --> 00:55:09.040 align:center
My nephew was born during
the World Cup, right in the middle.

00:55:09.120 --> 00:55:12.240 align:center
We qualified for the round of 16
and being the fan that I am,

00:55:12.319 --> 00:55:15.000 align:center
I kept saying, "I wanna go!
I wanna go to the World Cup."

00:55:15.080 --> 00:55:16.600 align:center
And I said, "Let's go then."

00:55:16.680 --> 00:55:19.799 align:center
And we went
because I wasn't playing much anyway.

00:55:19.879 --> 00:55:23.399 align:center
So we went to Russia,
just the two of us, together.

00:55:24.839 --> 00:55:28.160 align:center
And we jinxed it,
'cause we lost that game. It was awful.

00:55:28.240 --> 00:55:32.040 align:center
Argentina once again has been
eliminated from the World Cup.

00:55:32.120 --> 00:55:34.040 align:center
Next time will be the one.

00:55:34.120 --> 00:55:36.160 align:center
I saw the goalkeeper
and I couldn't understand

00:55:36.240 --> 00:55:37.839 align:center
why my brother wasn't there.

00:55:38.399 --> 00:55:40.240 align:center
And I knew Emi had everything it took.

00:55:40.319 --> 00:55:43.040 align:center
And in his mind,
he knew he should be there.

00:55:43.120 --> 00:55:45.760 align:center
Next World Cup,
I’ll be the one in goal. For sure.

00:55:45.839 --> 00:55:48.920 align:center
And that became my focus over…
the next four years,

00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:51.960 align:center
to become the starting goalkeeper
at the World Cup in Qatar.

00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:56.319 align:center
In the club locker room,
he always keeps a piece of paper

00:55:56.399 --> 00:56:00.319 align:center
with a list of what he wants
to achieve during that season.

00:56:00.399 --> 00:56:02.799 align:center
And he's always able to make it happen.

00:56:03.319 --> 00:56:04.160 align:center
Always.

00:56:04.240 --> 00:56:07.040 align:center
Arsenal going for their 14th FA Cup title.

00:56:07.120 --> 00:56:09.920 align:center
A shot here from Mason Mount.
The first save.

00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:13.040 align:center
Martínez at full stretch, magnificent!

00:56:13.120 --> 00:56:16.080 align:center
Once again, underlines
his quality between the posts.

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:21.520 align:center
What a stop from the Argentine Martínez!

00:56:33.080 --> 00:56:35.560 align:center
It's been a long fight
for you to get in this side.

00:56:35.640 --> 00:56:38.879 align:center
A decade in its entirety to get here.

00:56:38.960 --> 00:56:40.280 align:center
You're chosen for the final.

00:56:40.359 --> 00:56:44.160 align:center
And now you and your family
can celebrate winning this FA Cup,

00:56:44.240 --> 00:56:46.160 align:center
largely thanks to this man
on your left-hand side.

00:56:46.240 --> 00:56:47.080 align:center
Thank you.

00:56:47.160 --> 00:56:49.120 align:center
If you can put it into words,
we'd love for you to.

00:56:49.200 --> 00:56:51.440 align:center
I asked him before the game,
"You gonna win us the game?"

00:56:51.520 --> 00:56:53.280 align:center
"Because you're the captain."

00:56:53.359 --> 00:56:55.040 align:center
And he did it. Um…

00:56:55.120 --> 00:56:58.799 align:center
-And regarding my family, I can't talk.
-Great respect for this man.

00:57:01.399 --> 00:57:03.200 align:center
For the first time, he had done it,

00:57:03.280 --> 00:57:06.520 align:center
winning a title at Wembley,
one of England’s most iconic stadiums.

00:57:07.200 --> 00:57:11.200 align:center
It lifted a weight off his shoulders.
He was so close to the national team.

00:57:11.280 --> 00:57:13.799 align:center
It gave him a chance
to apply some pressure, so to speak.

00:57:14.399 --> 00:57:17.520 align:center
At the national team level,
they saw a keeper who was quick,

00:57:17.600 --> 00:57:19.359 align:center
and always in the right place.

00:57:19.440 --> 00:57:23.359 align:center
But well, the reality was…
that was Armani's spot.

00:57:23.879 --> 00:57:25.200 align:center
How could you drop Armani?

00:57:25.279 --> 00:57:28.520 align:center
It was impossible.
It’s like coming in behind Messi.

00:57:28.600 --> 00:57:29.960 align:center
How do you drop Messi?

00:57:30.040 --> 00:57:31.919 align:center
Martín Tocalli, the goalkeeping coach…

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:33.120 align:center
ARGENTINE NATIONAL TEAM COACH

00:57:33.200 --> 00:57:34.879 align:center
knew him from having coached him before.

00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:36.839 align:center
He always knew what he was made of.

00:57:36.919 --> 00:57:39.879 align:center
And now it was just about
playing regularly for his club,

00:57:39.960 --> 00:57:43.200 align:center
gaining that consistency
and truly believing in himself.

00:57:43.279 --> 00:57:44.759 align:center
Is he unlike the others? Yes.

00:57:44.839 --> 00:57:46.319 align:center
His mindset is what sets him apart.

00:57:46.399 --> 00:57:47.960 align:center
GOALKEEPING COACH
ARGENTINE NATIONAL TEAM

00:57:48.040 --> 00:57:49.359 align:center
That journey made him stronger.

00:57:49.440 --> 00:57:52.359 align:center
Franco and Gonzalo
won't be able to travel

00:57:52.879 --> 00:57:56.080 align:center
because their PCR test results
are still coming back positive.

00:57:56.160 --> 00:57:59.960 align:center
We're going to play
with Emiliano Martínez.

00:58:00.040 --> 00:58:03.319 align:center
The level Emiliano's been performing at
really speaks for itself,

00:58:03.399 --> 00:58:05.160 align:center
and this could be his chance.

00:58:08.799 --> 00:58:10.720 align:center
At that time when Scaloni

00:58:11.919 --> 00:58:17.240 align:center
mentioned Emi, and said… he was gonna be
the goalkeeper of the national team…

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I was at home by myself
and I went to the park with my maté.

00:58:25.839 --> 00:58:28.839 align:center
And thought back
to everything he had done as a kid.

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MARTÍNEZ CHOSEN
FOR NATIONAL TEAM KEEPER

00:58:40.240 --> 00:58:41.879 align:center
Why did Scaloni choose this guy?

00:58:41.960 --> 00:58:42.799 align:center
SAFE HANDS IN GOAL?

00:58:42.879 --> 00:58:45.600 align:center
Are we going to win
the Copa América with an unknown keeper?

00:58:45.680 --> 00:58:46.520 align:center
WHO IS THIS LOSER?

00:58:46.600 --> 00:58:47.440 align:center
Very odd.

00:58:47.520 --> 00:58:50.160 align:center
Guy said, "If you don’t have cable,
you've no idea where he plays."

00:58:50.240 --> 00:58:51.399 align:center
I'm like, "You don’t follow soccer."

00:58:51.480 --> 00:58:53.080 align:center
I find it hard to believe

00:58:53.600 --> 00:58:55.799 align:center
that a journalist
wouldn’t do their homework

00:58:55.879 --> 00:58:59.120 align:center
on the person
they’re going to… talk about.

00:58:59.720 --> 00:59:00.960 align:center
Hey!

00:59:01.040 --> 00:59:04.720 align:center
Hey! Don't you look the other way!
I'm talking to you!

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You're just a long-term project, you know?

00:59:07.759 --> 00:59:10.399 align:center
Even if you think
you don't use that little switch anymore!

00:59:13.520 --> 00:59:15.919 align:center
I wasn’t new
to the Argentina national team.

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But to the public, to the fans,
I was completely new to them.

00:59:19.560 --> 00:59:21.040 align:center
For me, joining the national team

00:59:21.120 --> 00:59:23.359 align:center
felt like going back
to the AFA training ground

00:59:23.440 --> 00:59:24.879 align:center
back when I was 14.

00:59:40.040 --> 00:59:43.359 align:center
When Emi started playing for Argentina,
he had three numbers.

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He had always used number 26.

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He was like, "Oh, 26 isn't available."

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He was so upset about it.

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And I told him, "Wait a minute,
what other numbers are there?"

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He said number 13 was still available,

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and some other number I can't remember
and number 23.

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And I said to him, "Hey, Emi,
Santi was born on the 23rd."

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"Oh! That's right! Gotta go!"

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And he hung up the phone
and went to claim number 23.

01:00:07.839 --> 01:00:10.879 align:center
But it was obvious
it had to be 23, of course!

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The Copa América is underway!

01:00:13.759 --> 01:00:18.680 align:center
Argentina looks to reach another final!
It's been 28 years! Will they finally win?

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A lifetime of work
came down to five or six games.

01:00:23.240 --> 01:00:27.120 align:center
Chile advances.
Goal threat… Martínez is there! Martínez!

01:00:27.200 --> 01:00:28.480 align:center
Great character,

01:00:28.560 --> 01:00:31.359 align:center
showing Scaloni's strength
in the national team goal.

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When he went to the Copa América,

01:00:35.120 --> 01:00:37.520 align:center
it was the same year
I was pregnant with our daughter.

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My wife was pregnant at the time.

01:00:39.359 --> 01:00:42.279 align:center
And of course, I wanted to be there
when our daughter was born.

01:00:42.799 --> 01:00:44.799 align:center
I did not want to watch any games at all.

01:00:44.879 --> 01:00:48.359 align:center
Not a single one. I was just so upset
that he wasn't there.

01:00:48.440 --> 01:00:51.359 align:center
"With everything going on
with the virus, I can’t go."

01:00:52.600 --> 01:00:55.399 align:center
In that moment,
when he told me he wouldn’t make it,

01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:56.839 align:center
that it wasn't possible,

01:00:56.919 --> 01:01:00.000 align:center
that's when I thought to myself,
"Okay, It's not gonna happen."

01:01:00.080 --> 01:01:01.960 align:center
"I'm gonna be fine and that's that."

01:01:02.040 --> 01:01:05.359 align:center
She was born two days
before the Ecuador game.

01:01:05.440 --> 01:01:08.799 align:center
My dad and brother said to me,
"She's our good luck charm."

01:01:10.399 --> 01:01:12.680 align:center
He watched her birth through a tablet.

01:01:13.200 --> 01:01:15.359 align:center
That's how he saw Ava for the first time.

01:01:17.640 --> 01:01:21.960 align:center
Not being there in that moment,
so far away… it was really tough.

01:01:22.040 --> 01:01:26.080 align:center
I told him, "You have to win.
If you don’t, this was all for nothing."

01:01:26.160 --> 01:01:27.160 align:center
"You understand?"

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QUARTER-FINALS

01:01:28.279 --> 01:01:30.200 align:center
Two days later, I played the game,

01:01:30.279 --> 01:01:32.759 align:center
and was like, "There’s no way
you’re scoring on me."

01:01:38.319 --> 01:01:40.200 align:center
That’s when he really grew as a player.

01:01:40.279 --> 01:01:42.200 align:center
He developed well and matured a lot.

01:01:42.279 --> 01:01:45.600 align:center
He made the national team,
and everything just fell into place.

01:01:45.680 --> 01:01:47.359 align:center
Then, against Colombia.

01:01:48.960 --> 01:01:52.600 align:center
Argentina and Colombia go to
penalties to decide who makes the final.

01:01:54.040 --> 01:01:56.680 align:center
When it comes to
penalty shootouts, I've always said

01:01:56.759 --> 01:02:00.680 align:center
that with my height and my leg strength,
I know well that if I choose the side,

01:02:00.759 --> 01:02:02.640 align:center
there's an 80% chance that I'll save it.

01:02:02.720 --> 01:02:03.799 align:center
It's not 50-50.

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If I choose the correct side, it's 80%.

01:02:08.040 --> 01:02:11.040 align:center
The penalty shootout
is now tied one to one.

01:02:13.359 --> 01:02:19.000 align:center
Sánchez! It's Dibu!
Dibu Martínez! Martínez! Martínez!

01:02:19.080 --> 01:02:22.399 align:center
You can see he doesn’t mess
with everyone the same way.

01:02:22.480 --> 01:02:25.319 align:center
With some players,
he takes it very seriously, as he should.

01:02:25.399 --> 01:02:27.040 align:center
With others, he teases them a bit

01:02:27.120 --> 01:02:29.520 align:center
to throw them off
and shake their confidence.

01:02:29.600 --> 01:02:31.919 align:center
-You're laughing 'cause you're nervous.
-Yeah.

01:02:32.000 --> 01:02:33.720 align:center
You're nervous
You put it on the wrong spot!

01:02:33.799 --> 01:02:36.919 align:center
-No, it's the penalty spot.
-Sure, play dumb. I know you man.

01:02:37.000 --> 01:02:41.480 align:center
There were no fans in the stadium,
but for the player taking the penalty,

01:02:41.560 --> 01:02:43.000 align:center
it’s still extra pressure.

01:02:43.080 --> 01:02:47.000 align:center
You can hear him talking to you,
and right up until you kick the ball,

01:02:47.080 --> 01:02:48.440 align:center
he’s still in your ear.

01:02:48.520 --> 01:02:50.960 align:center
I'll save it anyway.
I'm gonna eat you alive, bro.

01:02:51.040 --> 01:02:52.000 align:center
I'm gonna eat you alive!

01:02:52.080 --> 01:02:57.200 align:center
And Martínez saves it!
It's Dibu once again! The great Dibu!

01:02:57.720 --> 01:02:59.720 align:center
You know how many penalties
I’ve taken against him?

01:02:59.799 --> 01:03:02.200 align:center
He'd say the same as he did
to the Colombians.

01:03:02.799 --> 01:03:04.440 align:center
He competed with me about dishes.

01:03:04.520 --> 01:03:07.160 align:center
Imagine him defending
46 million Argentinians.

01:03:07.240 --> 01:03:08.399 align:center
No way that ball was going in.

01:03:10.080 --> 01:03:13.560 align:center
I think it was just something
that came out in that moment

01:03:13.640 --> 01:03:20.120 align:center
because, both to us and for him,
saving the ball is like scoring a goal.

01:03:20.200 --> 01:03:22.319 align:center
If he saves, we're in the final.

01:03:22.399 --> 01:03:28.319 align:center
Cardona! Dibu! This is incredible!
Unbelievable! Martínez!

01:03:28.399 --> 01:03:30.279 align:center
That's where he shows up… as Dibu.

01:03:30.359 --> 01:03:34.560 align:center
Argentina! Argentina is
in the Copa América final!

01:03:35.440 --> 01:03:37.839 align:center
That's when he really… began stepping up

01:03:37.919 --> 01:03:40.080 align:center
and making a huge difference for us.

01:03:40.600 --> 01:03:46.160 align:center
Let's go, Argentina We're gonna win

01:03:46.240 --> 01:03:50.839 align:center
Well, to be honest, it's
a unique time for myself and my family.

01:03:50.919 --> 01:03:56.480 align:center
I became a dad again just four days ago…
and I still haven't met my daughter.

01:03:56.560 --> 01:04:01.240 align:center
I'm here chasing a dream
of winning a title with the national team.

01:04:01.759 --> 01:04:04.359 align:center
Yeah. It was
a very difficult time for the family.

01:04:04.439 --> 01:04:07.439 align:center
Imagine for him, being so far away,
not seeing his daughter,

01:04:07.520 --> 01:04:08.759 align:center
not being able to touch her.

01:04:08.839 --> 01:04:10.200 align:center
And it's not just that.

01:04:10.279 --> 01:04:13.040 align:center
Ava was born and it took
three whole weeks before he was even able…

01:04:13.120 --> 01:04:14.399 align:center
JULY 2021

01:04:14.480 --> 01:04:15.919 align:center
to hold her.

01:04:17.839 --> 01:04:21.359 align:center
It's now or never
against Brazil. Come on, Argentina!

01:04:21.439 --> 01:04:23.960 align:center
He knew he was gonna save
everything that came his way.

01:04:24.040 --> 01:04:25.919 align:center
There was nothing else in his mind.

01:04:26.000 --> 01:04:28.919 align:center
The thought was, "I'm gonna be the one."

01:04:29.000 --> 01:04:30.720 align:center
Brazil looking for the equalizer.

01:04:30.799 --> 01:04:33.560 align:center
Neymar… cross into the box. Cleared away!

01:04:37.839 --> 01:04:41.520 align:center
Impressive save from Martínez!
What's happening is absolutely wild!

01:04:41.600 --> 01:04:43.399 align:center
It finally happened!

01:04:43.480 --> 01:04:44.480 align:center
Twenty-eight years later,

01:04:44.560 --> 01:04:46.680 align:center
the Argentina national team
finally wins a title!

01:04:46.759 --> 01:04:48.720 align:center
AFTER 28 YEARS,
ARGENTINA CHAMPION OF AMERICA AGAIN

01:04:48.799 --> 01:04:51.279 align:center
As he said
before the game in the pep talk,

01:04:51.359 --> 01:04:54.799 align:center
Dibu didn’t get to hold his daughter,
but the sacrifice paid off.

01:04:54.879 --> 01:04:57.480 align:center
Dibu got to lift the Cup
and Argentina can say it again!

01:04:57.560 --> 01:04:59.279 align:center
We're champions!

01:04:59.359 --> 01:05:02.839 align:center
"See, we won the Copa América
thanks to our baby girl," she said.

01:05:02.919 --> 01:05:09.200 align:center
It was a very difficult time…
but at least they won. It's done.

01:05:14.919 --> 01:05:16.879 align:center
Daddy!

01:05:16.960 --> 01:05:19.000 align:center
Hi, sweetie! I missed you so much.

01:05:19.080 --> 01:05:21.879 align:center
Come here, give me a big kiss
and an even bigger hug.

01:05:21.960 --> 01:05:24.919 align:center
Now, every time I see her,
I go around telling everyone in Argentina,

01:05:25.000 --> 01:05:27.120 align:center
"She brought us the Copa América."

01:05:29.080 --> 01:05:30.319 align:center
Hey!

01:05:36.919 --> 01:05:40.799 align:center
Once I became number one
and was set to play in the World Cup,

01:05:40.879 --> 01:05:43.680 align:center
I focused on
what I had to improve to win it.

01:05:43.759 --> 01:05:47.279 align:center
But I didn't say, "I'm going to win
the next World Cup in Qatar,

01:05:47.359 --> 01:05:49.200 align:center
being Argentina's star man."

01:05:49.279 --> 01:05:52.040 align:center
No, I have my process,
but I’m not clueless.

01:05:52.120 --> 01:05:54.319 align:center
I know every process has its own story.

01:05:54.399 --> 01:05:57.120 align:center
A new dream begins. Here we are in Qatar.

01:05:57.200 --> 01:05:58.160 align:center
FIFA WORLD CUP

01:05:58.240 --> 01:06:01.000 align:center
Two teams chasing the same dream.

01:06:04.080 --> 01:06:06.600 align:center
Another
perfectly placed shot. What a goal!

01:06:06.680 --> 01:06:08.520 align:center
Real disappointment for Argentina.

01:06:08.600 --> 01:06:11.080 align:center
Saudi Arabia two, Argentina one.

01:06:11.160 --> 01:06:13.839 align:center
I remember the silence
in the locker room after the game.

01:06:13.919 --> 01:06:16.000 align:center
All you could hear was
the equipment manager

01:06:16.080 --> 01:06:19.520 align:center
picking up the boots,
the sound of the studs on the ground.

01:06:19.600 --> 01:06:24.600 align:center
That's something I still remember clearly,
like it's still playing in slow motion.

01:06:24.680 --> 01:06:29.600 align:center
24 HOURS BEFORE
THE MATCH AGAINST MEXICO

01:06:31.560 --> 01:06:33.960 align:center
Two-zero against them, two-zero.

01:06:34.040 --> 01:06:37.560 align:center
Remember… remember it.
Best at the World Cup.

01:06:38.600 --> 01:06:39.919 align:center
ARGENTINA WINS GROUP AND QUALIFIES

01:06:40.000 --> 01:06:43.319 align:center
After victory against Mexico,
Argentina beat Poland two-zero,

01:06:43.399 --> 01:06:44.839 align:center
and won their group.

01:06:44.919 --> 01:06:46.839 align:center
They say
warriors are forged through hardship,

01:06:46.919 --> 01:06:48.439 align:center
and I think we became stronger.

01:06:48.520 --> 01:06:51.279 align:center
FIFA WORLD CUP - QUARTER-FINAL
ARGENTINA VS. NETHERLANDS

01:06:51.359 --> 01:06:52.720 align:center
Van Dijk!

01:06:52.799 --> 01:06:56.919 align:center
And Dibu! Dibu! Dibu Martinez!
He is simply phenomenal!

01:06:57.000 --> 01:07:00.520 align:center
And he got even bigger,
if that was even possible.

01:07:00.600 --> 01:07:02.680 align:center
Dibu, Dibu, Dibu Martínez!

01:07:02.759 --> 01:07:05.680 align:center
He saved it! He did it again!
He is spectacular!

01:07:05.759 --> 01:07:08.919 align:center
When you have a keeper like that,
it gives you confidence.

01:07:09.000 --> 01:07:13.000 align:center
Messi’s team is now
one of the top four teams in the world.

01:07:13.080 --> 01:07:15.919 align:center
Hugs, tears, you know?
We were like two little kids.

01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:17.879 align:center
"You did it again.
You helped us once more."

01:07:17.960 --> 01:07:20.960 align:center
And the ending feels sweeter
when something good happens.

01:07:21.040 --> 01:07:23.160 align:center
ARGENTINA BEATS NETHERLANDS
ON PENALTIES, REACHES SEMIFINAL

01:07:23.240 --> 01:07:25.319 align:center
The dream is alive!
Getting so much closer!

01:07:25.399 --> 01:07:27.279 align:center
Why is Argentina in the semifinals?

01:07:27.359 --> 01:07:29.879 align:center
'Cause we've got guts.
We've got so much heart.

01:07:29.960 --> 01:07:32.680 align:center
And we're doing it… for 45 million people.

01:07:33.080 --> 01:07:33.960 align:center
LET'S GO FOR THE THIRD

01:07:34.040 --> 01:07:37.359 align:center
Argentina routed Croatia
three-zero and is in the final.

01:07:38.720 --> 01:07:39.600 align:center
FIFA WORLD CUP - FINAL

01:07:39.680 --> 01:07:41.600 align:center
The most important match

01:07:41.680 --> 01:07:44.120 align:center
of the last 36 years
for the Argentine national team.

01:07:44.200 --> 01:07:47.120 align:center
Argentina put the World Cup
on the line against France.

01:07:47.200 --> 01:07:49.839 align:center
We were in control,
two-zero up in the final, everyone happy.

01:07:49.919 --> 01:07:52.960 align:center
And suddenly, like it always does
with Argentines, a wave hit us.

01:07:53.040 --> 01:07:56.560 align:center
Mbappé! Goal for France!

01:07:56.640 --> 01:07:59.399 align:center
Mbappé makes it level
with a superb goal!

01:07:59.480 --> 01:08:02.720 align:center
And suddenly, Argentina are
really under pressure.

01:08:03.759 --> 01:08:05.399 align:center
I can't believe this.

01:08:05.480 --> 01:08:06.879 align:center
Talk about suffering, huh?

01:08:06.960 --> 01:08:11.439 align:center
Argentinians always have to suffer!
Well, that's… how it is.

01:08:11.520 --> 01:08:14.640 align:center
The last minute of the game
felt supernormal.

01:08:14.720 --> 01:08:15.839 align:center
Nothing out of the ordinary.

01:08:15.919 --> 01:08:20.000 align:center
123rd minute of extra time,
it’s the last play of the match,

01:08:20.080 --> 01:08:22.200 align:center
and it’s France’s ball.

01:08:22.279 --> 01:08:24.840 align:center
Otamendi clears it.
Konaté at the back…look!

01:08:24.920 --> 01:08:27.800 align:center
Otamendi misses, and Kolo Muani shoots!

01:08:27.880 --> 01:08:31.200 align:center
From the moment it fell to Otamendi,
I don’t know if I had one or two seconds.

01:08:31.279 --> 01:08:33.000 align:center
It was the moment of the match,

01:08:33.080 --> 01:08:35.080 align:center
the World Cup on the line for France.

01:08:35.160 --> 01:08:37.880 align:center
I just froze, though I saw it.

01:08:39.599 --> 01:08:42.560 align:center
I could hear people screaming
and jumping all around me.

01:08:42.639 --> 01:08:45.599 align:center
I just stood there like a statue.
No reaction whatsoever.

01:08:53.240 --> 01:08:55.120 align:center
I didn’t come flying out
to close him down

01:08:55.200 --> 01:08:56.760 align:center
because he would've chipped me.

01:08:56.840 --> 01:08:58.240 align:center
I didn’t go back either.

01:08:58.319 --> 01:09:00.599 align:center
If I lost control of it,
he could've slipped it to Mbappé.

01:09:00.679 --> 01:09:02.960 align:center
So I stayed right in the middle,
put him under pressure,

01:09:03.040 --> 01:09:05.080 align:center
and forced him to take the shot.

01:09:17.960 --> 01:09:19.200 align:center
I already told you.

01:09:19.279 --> 01:09:22.359 align:center
I'm the one who decides
if you become the hero or the villain.

01:09:32.479 --> 01:09:35.240 align:center
The ball hit me here where the star is.

01:09:35.319 --> 01:09:38.120 align:center
A little higher,
and it would have deflected and gone in.

01:09:38.200 --> 01:09:41.720 align:center
Four years later, you’re left feeling
like an idiot. You know?

01:09:46.120 --> 01:09:48.920 align:center
I believe it’s the best save in history

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because of the context.

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It’s the World Cup, it’s a final,
it’s the 123rd minute of extra time,

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and the way Emiliano handled it.

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I dare to say something like that
because I’m convinced it’s true.

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After thinking about it,
a save is just like a goal, am I right?

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Muah!

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I wanted to go to penalties.
I didn't wanna play anymore.

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Coman, Coman, Coman!

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He dives! Dibu Martínez dives!

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Come on, Argentina! Let's go!

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Argentina has the advantage
in this penalty shootout.

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Putting pressure on him,
I knew he'd miss. I could feel he'd miss.

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Not that I'd save it, that he'd miss.

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He kicks it.
It goes wide! It's wide! It's wide!

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When he actually missed it,
I felt this joy inside,

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like, "What I thought
would happen actually did!"

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Tchouaméni's shot
goes wide! Come on, dance, Dibu, dance!

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Come on, Argentina!
Montiel goes for it!

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Goal!

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Goal!

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Argentina are world champions!

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Embraced by all his teammates!

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After 36 years, Argentina are…

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Champions of the world!

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It's over. Argentina are world champions.

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After the final, I walked onto the field.

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And all it took was a look.

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I think sometimes a look says
more than a thousand words, doesn't it?

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What you experience,
what you feel, you just can’t explain it.

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Let's go, let's go, Argentina

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No matter what happens in my career,
the group of us that played the World Cup,

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those 40 days we spent together
at the Qatar university,

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we'll always remember it.

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And I'm so happy.
You do it for pride and for passion.

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I still want to become
the most-capped goalkeeper

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in the history of the national team.

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And I still have
a lot more goals left to achieve.

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Push!

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Hmm…

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You're the best, Dibu! Thank you!

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We're proud that he's from Mar del Plata.

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Dibu Martínez is simply the best.

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He's got the haircut and color
that Dibu had.

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He's an example that anything is possible.

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Emiliano "Dibu" Martínez,
honorary citizen.

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Looking back, you realize he came from
a small neighborhood field.

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Sacrifice leads you to glory.

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He always did
everything he could to reach his goals.

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Did it take a long time?
Maybe. Or not. I don't know.

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It depends on how…
you choose to look at it.

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There he is, he'll stay with Granddad.

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His success is our family’s success

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because behind every player
are people supporting them

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and working just as hard.

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Ale and I were always trying
to chase that same dream,

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just like Emi did.

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It means everything to me. Really. I…

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All the sacrifices in a lifetime,

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you embrace them in two seconds.

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That’s what he was born for.
To be a goalkeeper.

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Hey! Yeah!

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-Mom, Dad! We're champions!
-Mm.

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Hey, boys! Is that you?

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A little bit like, not really scolding
them, but like, "Boys!"

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Hey, boys!
How was your day at school today?

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I'm gonna eat you alive, bro!
I'm gonna eat you alive!

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Save this, let's see if you can.

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What have I told you
about your school pants?

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Do you wanna tell me
what you're going to wear tomorrow?

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What actually happened
is that I left them on the bus,

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so I had to fix
his ripped pants with a patch.

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Do I have to say, "Woo-hoo"?

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Woo-hoo! You can do it, Emi!

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No!

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What are you doing? Oh, no! Ouch!

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Ow… No! Ouch!

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Supercool, yeah?

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Okay! That's it! Bravo!

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And that's a wrap.
avo!