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Joan Laporta and Barça's sports management

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have chosen Rafael Márquez

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to coach Barcelona Atlètic,

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known as Barcelona B until not long ago.

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Barcelona's chairman
has blind faith in Márquez.

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Laporta assures that Márquez
has proven he's more than capable

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of helping the affiliate youth team's
players round out their training

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and advance to Barcelona's first team.

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JOHAN CRUYFF STADIUM

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With his soccer expertise, Rafael Márquez

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will help the Barcelona youth team

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build competitive moves
from the backfield.

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My first question would be,

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"What does soccer mean to Rafael Márquez?"

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What does soccer mean to me?

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It means everything.

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Let's go all out!

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It happens once in a lifetime.

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He had an unbeatable track record.

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And it's no small feat.
We're talking about one of Mexico's

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biggest soccer players
in the international arena.

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He's made history
with the Mexican national team.

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Knowing I'd play with Rafa

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made me very happy. Only I knew that.

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He's been one of the best players
to come out of soccer.

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Just from a glance,
we knew what the other would do.

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He's been touched by the hand of God.

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He's a skilled leader.

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He played for the world's top teams.

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He's one of the people
who changes the most

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on and off of the field.

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Playing against him was tricky.

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To be honest, I preferred playing
wherever he wasn't.

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Top players are there…

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where they have to be.

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Today, the Office
of Foreign Assets Control

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of the US Department of the Treasury

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added to the list of individuals
who act as frontmen for drug cartels

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the Mexican soccer player with
the most international titles in history,

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Rafael Márquez Álvarez.

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Among the names
featured on the traffickers list

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was Raúl Flores,
but the biggest name was Rafael Márquez.

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One minute, you're a hero, and the next,
you're the worst of criminals.

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And Rafa was… devastated.

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That media storm

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cast doubts about whether his legacy
would remain intact.

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Today, it's my hardest match.

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I'll try to clear this up

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as soon as possible

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and be the Rafa Márquez you all know.

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Two!

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Four!

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Two and six!
Now, don't let them come back!

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Now I coach Barça Atlètic.

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My main goal with this team

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is to help develop the players

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so that they can get to the first team.

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The ones with the most potential
will get there.

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But having the experience
of being a professional soccer player,

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I try to help them

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and somehow also be
a father figure to them.

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Which reminds me a lot of my father,
'cause he also coached,

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and he'll surely be proud
of this new phase I'm undertaking.

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This is a huge opportunity for me.

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Interview two, Rafa, take one.

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FORMER SOCCER PLAYER
AND COACH OF BARCELONA ATLÈTIC

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Okay, Rafa.

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Tell me who your father was.

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Just like that?

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That's right.

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Okay, my father…

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He was born in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco,
right next to Guadalajara.

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All the clippings,
what they said about him,

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tell me we're very similar.

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Physically, it's impressive
how much I resemble my father.

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It's the same in soccer.

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He came out controlling the ball,

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with his chin up and very elegant
when it came to playing,

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but he was also very tough
when he came in.

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He made his way to Oro Jalisco,
which no longer exists.

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He played with second-division teams,
such as Irapuato, San Luis, Morelia,

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until he landed in Zamora,
and they never let him go.

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When Rafa was born,

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my husband was still playing
for the Zamora team.

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When he retired, he coached
at the Municipal Soccer School

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invited by
Professor Carlos Sebille Rinaldi,

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who once played for Atlas
and founded the soccer school.

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He invited him to coach at the school.

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CARLOS SEBILLE RINALDI
ZAMORA MUNICIPAL SOCCER SCHOOL

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At the school,
Rafa Márquez's dad got involved

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with Professor Carlos Sebille
out of a shared love of soccer.

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They start developing talent,

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and that's when he brings Rafa

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to be trained at this school.

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My dad was everything to me.

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He was that father
who taught me to play soccer.

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And I had this picture in my mind

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of wanting to be like my father
because he was also a central defender.

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So my dream was to become like him.

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Say how you feel.

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Great, really great!

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Well, do your best 'cause you need to win.

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We're gonna win.

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-We're winning.
-We'll win.

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-We'll defend well.
-Two, three…

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Hip, hip, hooray!

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Michoacán! Michoacán! Go, go, go!

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We played some nationals, tournaments
held by the Ministry of Education,

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representing Zamora.

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Halfway through the school year,

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they tell us, "Hey, they want you
to go to the Michoacán Team."

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It was a matter of talking
with the school I attended.

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My mom went with me

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to ask for the 15-day leave
to go to the tournament.

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But the principal said no
and said he wouldn't grant it.

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"Rafael should forget about soccer

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because it will take him nowhere."

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So my husband and I
turned to look at each other,

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and my husband said, "Well, yeah,
we'll give him permission to go."

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They obviously kicked me out of school.

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But anyway, going there,
I was one of the best.

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We reached semifinals.

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It was a great experience, right?

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I'd like to run into the principal

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and tell him,
"Well, thanks for the advice,

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which was worth zilch, for soccer's
given me everything I've got."

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JOHAN CRUYFF STADIUM

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Giuliano!

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Reaching a team like Barcelona

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takes a talented and quality player,

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but I also believe luck plays a part

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because you have to be
in the right place at the right time.

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And I believe it's fate.

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For instance, my fate chose me
to be on or be part of Atlas.

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At one point, Atlas was based in Zamora.

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In fact, they recently sent
another Zamora school back to Atlas.

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There were recruitment tryouts
for the team's feeder clubs

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in their different divisions.

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All the talent they found
in the different schools

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in the Zamora Municipality and Michoacán.

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They chose eight or ten players
from that team.

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Out of those tryouts,
only two of us remained,

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an 18-year-old boy and me, who was 14.

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He came back on Saturday.
"So, what happened?"

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"They want me there on Monday."

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"What do you want?"

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Without hesitation, I told them,
"I want to go. I want to play there."

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"It's my dream. It's what I want."

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And I made that decision
without hesitation.

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Atlas was…

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It has always had a cursed history
in Mexican soccer.

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It had always been the ugly duckling,
small, embarrassing.

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It was always being relegated.

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Until this generation arrived

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with Rafa Márquez and other good players,

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which, out of the blue,

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brought hope.

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Very few of us were from Guadalajara.

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So players from Tepic arrived…

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-From Sinaloa, from Mérida.
-…from Sinaloa, Mérida, so…

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Guys came from all over the country,
even Borgetti.

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Outsiders were lodged in a clubhouse.

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And we were around

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fifteen, sixteen players.

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And Rafa Márquez was the youngest.

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I looked at him and practically said,

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"What's this child doing here?"

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It wasn't what I expected,
which was maybe being part of the team.

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I was somewhat on trial.

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I started getting impatient
about not playing,

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about being passed over.

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Two or three weeks passed.

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I began feeling homesick, hopeless.

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So one night of the many
I had cried about missing my family,

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I called home

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to tell them
I didn't want to be there anymore.

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So he starts crying,

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"Mom, come get me.
I don't want to be here."

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I say, "What?"
He kept going, "Yes, I wanna go."

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"So you want to come home?" "Yes."

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"Who decided to go?"

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And I was like, "What? Excuse me?"

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"I wanna… Come get me."

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"It was your choice."

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"It's your responsibility."

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"Earn your position."

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"Earn your place."

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"So do your best, son."

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"Where's my dad?"

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I hung up.

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She didn't even
put my dad on the phone, and…

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That's when I said,
"Well, there's no turning back."

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RAFAEL MÁRQUEZ HAS A SOCCER LEGACY
FROM WHICH TO GET INSPIRATION

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Rafa starts playing
in first division in around '96.

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You could see the traits
of a center-back with a lot of presence

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and sharp vision, calm.

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Shy.

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FORMER ATLAS
AND MEXICAN TEAM PLAYER (1996-2009)

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He obviously had a good height.

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Very skinny, right? Pretty skinny,

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but with a personality that brought out
the best of him on the field.

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It was an extraordinary mix.

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He had it all.

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A single player had the physical
and athletic traits, which are important,

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but he also had something
that is rare in a Mexican player.

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The mind.

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There were great players on that team.

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You had Rafa, Juan Pablo Rodríguez,
Osorno, all the good ones back then.

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It was like Atlas's golden generation.

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With a coach like La Volpe,
we turned soccer into a spectacle.

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And many admired him
and always remember him fondly.

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They understood
we had to build a team from the ground up,

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a team that has to develop players
from the junior teams.

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It was an Atlas
that played soccer differently.

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We couldn't believe it when we saw Atlas

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playing in that
turn-of-the-century tournament

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and moving up in the league

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to reach the finals in Toluca.

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RAFAEL MÁRQUEZ 2'
ATLAS 3-0 PUEBLA, SUMMER '99

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ATLAS QUALIFIES STRAIGHT INTO THE PLAYOFFS

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That Atlas really began

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to be a different story.

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JUNE 3, 1999
SUMMER TOURNAMENT FINAL

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FIRST-LEG MATCH
ATLAS VS TOLUCA

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I remember perfectly
how Jalisco Stadium was full.

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You looked up, and the stands

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were moving because it was packed.

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The people were happy, hopeful.

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To confront a good team like Toluca,

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which had Cardozo at his best,

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was like facing a bull.

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We were little.

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We were each just starting
our own careers.

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But we went all in.

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I get goosebumps

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just remembering what that moment was.

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Who shoots? He goes for it…

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Cabuto… Cardozo!

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Toluca scores!

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Second goal at minute eight.

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They were at 2-0 within the first minutes,

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and people thought we'd lose bad.

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We looked at each other dumbfounded,

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and we were like,
"What is this? We're home."

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He crosses the ball.
Andrade goes for it… Goal!

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Osorno has it, now Andrade.

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Jared… goal!

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The ball is in! Misionero Castillo!

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We gave everything we had.

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Maybe no one was rooting for us.

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00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:23,339
We fought back.

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00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:27,593
At least I am proud to tell it this way.

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00:15:27,676 --> 00:15:31,263
La Volpe found an ally on the field
in Rafa Márquez,

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despite the fact that he was very young.

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The ball is in the air.

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A header, and it's in!

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Rafa Márquez evens the score!

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WHAT A FINAL!

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We didn't think we stood a chance

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00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:54,745
since Atlas hadn't been in a final

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in a long time.

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00:15:56,163 --> 00:15:59,416
And it obviously hadn't won a championship
in a long time.

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So we were hopeful

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00:16:02,836 --> 00:16:05,297
and wanted to win that championship.

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00:16:05,881 --> 00:16:08,092
JUNE 6, 1999
TOLUCA VS ATLAS SECOND-LEG MATCH

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Toluca has this famous fan base,
the Wild Bitch,

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00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:19,603
which is really intimidating
when you're there.

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00:16:19,687 --> 00:16:21,397
It was a fierce match.

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00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:25,526
Toluca didn't beat us in regulation time.

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They could've said,
"Anyone could be the champion."

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00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:30,322
Sadly, one team will lose.

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00:16:31,448 --> 00:16:35,327
The match went on
until the official time ran out.

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We went to overtime

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and finished with a penalty shootout.

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Here comes Taboada.

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Chato comes too. He shoots!

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00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:48,549
Goal!

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00:16:48,632 --> 00:16:49,717
The penalty shootout

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00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,928
in the final of the summer of '99
between Toluca and Atlas

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00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:57,516
was one of the most dramatic moments
in the history of Mexican soccer.

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00:16:57,599 --> 00:17:01,270
Before I shot the penalty,
a Toluca player came

284
00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:05,691
and jeered at me
to break my concentration.

285
00:17:05,774 --> 00:17:09,445
He told me,
"You have no balls. You'll miss."

286
00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:12,990
A scuffle broke out. Who's close, Daniel?

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00:17:13,615 --> 00:17:17,578
The stadium was heated, explosive,

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pressuring Márquez.

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00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:24,460
Born in Zamora, Michoacán,

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a newcomer from the Atlas junior team.

291
00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:30,591
Rafa's coming. Cristante is ready.

292
00:17:31,091 --> 00:17:34,887
He's not too far back.
Ten feet behind the ball.

293
00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:36,805
Zamora-born Rafa comes, shoots…

294
00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:45,147
After scoring the goal,

295
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I turn to look at them

296
00:17:47,149 --> 00:17:48,942
and make the gesture

297
00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:51,320
that I did have what he said I didn't.

298
00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:56,450
It was a tiebreaker.

299
00:17:56,950 --> 00:18:00,037
They pass the ball on fire,
and if you miss…

300
00:18:00,704 --> 00:18:01,914
-No.
-…you lose.

301
00:18:32,653 --> 00:18:34,279
We were all sad.

302
00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:37,199
Then, a rare sight. La Volpe was crying.

303
00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:38,242
Unbelievable.

304
00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:42,121
I was aware of the kind of team
Toluca was. No doubt.

305
00:18:42,204 --> 00:18:43,831
But maybe

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it would've been nice to be the champs.

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00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:48,877
In the end, Toluca held the trophy.

308
00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:54,925
But Atlas had won something
much more important than the trophy.

309
00:18:55,509 --> 00:18:57,928
That team had won

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the fans' appreciation and respect.

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00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:04,726
Sometimes losing a championship hurts.

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00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:06,603
But at that time,

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00:19:06,687 --> 00:19:09,231
what we did was commendable,

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00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:11,859
the way we did it, how we did it,

315
00:19:12,442 --> 00:19:16,655
and the fact that people
still remember it with so much joy.

316
00:19:18,282 --> 00:19:22,703
RUNNER-UP - SUMMER 1999, 1ST DIVISION
MEXICAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION

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At that point,
there were players in Mexico

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00:19:25,581 --> 00:19:28,917
who seemed to have everything
to become stars

319
00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:31,503
but who got lost along the way.

320
00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:33,714
Rafa Márquez had to break that taboo

321
00:19:34,214 --> 00:19:37,259
of going from a good soccer player
on junior teams

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00:19:37,926 --> 00:19:39,761
to becoming a great soccer player

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00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,306
on the Mexican national team

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00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:44,474
at the highest game level possible.

325
00:19:48,645 --> 00:19:49,980
We were going to play

326
00:19:50,063 --> 00:19:54,026
a friendly match against Ecuador
in Azteca Stadium.

327
00:19:54,109 --> 00:19:57,279
Bora Milutinovic
was still the coach back then,

328
00:19:57,362 --> 00:20:01,575
and there was a list
where he picked a Márquez from Atlas.

329
00:20:01,658 --> 00:20:05,621
They called us both,
César Márquez and Rafael Márquez.

330
00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:10,042
So it's a story everyone tells.

331
00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:13,128
But I'm the one who ended up playing.

332
00:20:14,129 --> 00:20:15,839
And it was really sweet, you know?

333
00:20:15,923 --> 00:20:21,094
Because I always dreamed
of wearing the national team's jersey,

334
00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:22,971
singing the national anthem.

335
00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:26,725
It was something I'll never forget,

336
00:20:26,808 --> 00:20:31,647
because, being 17, I never imagined
I'd debut with the senior team.

337
00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:35,359
That's right.
Mr. Bora has given me the chance

338
00:20:35,442 --> 00:20:37,361
to be on the senior team.

339
00:20:37,444 --> 00:20:42,115
It was a good opportunity,
and I hope he keeps calling me.

340
00:20:47,162 --> 00:20:51,250
After that call,
they took us to Copa América

341
00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:52,834
with Manolo Lapuente.

342
00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:57,839
Claudio and I had to shadow
Marcelo Salas and Zamorano,

343
00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:00,717
two great forwards of the time.

344
00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,807
Two Monaco scouts were watching the game

345
00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:10,352
because they were there
to scout another defender, a Chilean guy.

346
00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:13,355
"We've seen you play,
and we'd like to know

347
00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:16,942
if you'd be interested
in playing for Monaco."

348
00:21:17,025 --> 00:21:19,778
And I was like, "Monaco?"

349
00:21:29,496 --> 00:21:32,582
It wasn't until I got to Monaco
that it dawned on me,

350
00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:34,835
"This is like a fairy tale."

351
00:21:34,918 --> 00:21:37,504
It's all the same for Rafa Márquez,

352
00:21:37,587 --> 00:21:39,840
whether he plays
as a midfielder or a striker.

353
00:21:39,923 --> 00:21:41,800
This is the first interview of a player

354
00:21:41,883 --> 00:21:44,636
who explains to us
why he wanted to come to Monaco.

355
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,473
French soccer is the world champion.

356
00:21:49,349 --> 00:21:55,564
And in this championship,
Monaco is one of the most important teams.

357
00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:59,526
Nothing compares to Mexico.

358
00:21:59,609 --> 00:22:04,906
Leaving behind your friends,
your family, your traditions is hard.

359
00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:07,367
Moving from one country to another,

360
00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:10,871
having to learn a different language,

361
00:22:10,954 --> 00:22:13,749
getting used to the French culture…

362
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,675
In soccer, we call it
the "Jamaicón Syndrome."

363
00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:26,219
"Oh, yes! He has the traits
to play in Europe."

364
00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:30,349
But as soon as he goes to Europe,
he'll come back because he'll call to say,

365
00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:34,644
"I'm cold. I'm hungry.
I miss the food. I miss my friends."

366
00:22:34,728 --> 00:22:38,690
"I get paid well in Mexico. Why stay here
and suffer the cold in Europe?"

367
00:22:38,774 --> 00:22:40,692
There will always be hardships.

368
00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:44,988
But if you have
a strong winning mentality,

369
00:22:45,072 --> 00:22:46,698
you'll succeed in Europe.

370
00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:49,868
Having said this,
Rafael Márquez goes for the ball.

371
00:22:49,951 --> 00:22:52,162
And, at minute ten,
Monaco opens the scoring,

372
00:22:52,245 --> 00:22:54,956
which seems logical,
being his first opportunity.

373
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,458
I believe Rafa was ready.

374
00:22:56,541 --> 00:22:59,878
He broke the molds and paradigms
of the Mexican player.

375
00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:02,172
He'd never throw in the towel.

376
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:07,886
Despite being new
and not knowing the league,

377
00:23:07,969 --> 00:23:10,263
I felt comfortable enough

378
00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:14,142
to do both offensive and defensive moves.

379
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:18,021
I confronted much faster and heftier guys,

380
00:23:18,105 --> 00:23:21,316
and still, I was able to stand out.

381
00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:27,697
We ended up champions,

382
00:23:27,781 --> 00:23:30,742
and I was also able to end up

383
00:23:30,826 --> 00:23:35,080
as one of the best defenders
of that championship, that tournament.

384
00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:41,169
I started to enjoy it.

385
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:44,881
I also began earning a lot of money
for my young age. I was 20.

386
00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:46,049
I had impulses.

387
00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:50,679
I had flashy cars.

388
00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:51,930
I bought an A3,

389
00:23:52,013 --> 00:23:53,223
a SLK,

390
00:23:53,306 --> 00:23:57,227
then a Porsche,
then a Ferrari, then a Maserati,

391
00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:58,520
a Mercedes.

392
00:23:58,603 --> 00:24:00,188
And those were my impulses.

393
00:24:01,356 --> 00:24:03,859
Out of the blue, he calls my mom

394
00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:05,735
and tells her, "I'm getting married."

395
00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:09,906
And we were all like, "What's going on?
Why? With who? How?"

396
00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:12,909
He was about to turn 22
when he got married.

397
00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:15,120
"You know? I'm getting married in…"

398
00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:19,332
I don't remember
if it was three or four weeks.

399
00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:22,919
"Everything's set. All you have to do
is come, and I'll get married."

400
00:24:34,055 --> 00:24:36,641
I think he was happy
when he had his children.

401
00:24:37,934 --> 00:24:40,770
I think those were his happy times.

402
00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:43,231
Ready.

403
00:24:44,232 --> 00:24:48,236
It still happens.
I watch videos on social media,

404
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:52,324
and I go, "Well, that's my dad, huh?"

405
00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:56,536
I still can't believe it.

406
00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:08,298
One, two, three, four, five, six…

407
00:25:08,381 --> 00:25:09,716
-It was out.
-One, two.

408
00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:11,176
Go all the way!

409
00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:12,552
-Take it.
-One.

410
00:25:13,136 --> 00:25:18,016
I think that one of the biggest dreams
for many soccer players

411
00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:21,686
is representing your country
on the national team.

412
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:27,692
And then playing and representing
your country in a World Cup.

413
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:34,324
FIFA WORLD CUP
KOREA AND JAPAN 2002

414
00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:39,079
Everything you see at a World Cup
is totally different,

415
00:25:39,162 --> 00:25:41,039
and you live it differently.

416
00:25:41,122 --> 00:25:42,999
I was very excited, very hopeful.

417
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:47,796
Also knowing my family
was with me during that World Cup…

418
00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:49,589
My sister, my mom, my dad,

419
00:25:49,673 --> 00:25:51,967
they also had the chance to accompany me.

420
00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:55,929
And Javier Aguirre

421
00:25:56,012 --> 00:26:00,058
gives me the responsibility
of being the captain at that World Cup.

422
00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:02,018
Are you already recording?

423
00:26:02,644 --> 00:26:04,854
You're recording this,
the sound, everything?

424
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,023
-Exactly.
-Perfect. You're fucking great.

425
00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:08,900
-Don't edit it.
-No.

426
00:26:08,984 --> 00:26:09,818
Okay, thanks.

427
00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:11,820
Rafa was my captain.

428
00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,948
He had that emotional balance

429
00:26:15,031 --> 00:26:17,951
which allowed him to speak to the group,

430
00:26:18,785 --> 00:26:21,079
be concise, and be heard.

431
00:26:21,162 --> 00:26:24,624
Some soccer players
are born to be captains.

432
00:26:24,708 --> 00:26:27,335
Rafa Márquez was born to be a captain.

433
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:30,213
Walking in front of this group,

434
00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:33,758
being the leader,
having this responsibility,

435
00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:36,970
first makes you proud

436
00:26:37,637 --> 00:26:42,183
for representing your country
and, on top of that, for leading the team.

437
00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:45,729
MEXICO - CROATIA

438
00:26:52,193 --> 00:26:53,820
Ecuador!

439
00:26:54,654 --> 00:26:57,574
MEXICO - ECUADOR

440
00:26:57,657 --> 00:27:00,994
Italy!

441
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:04,205
Mexico!

442
00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:07,334
We were motivated when we arrived.

443
00:27:07,417 --> 00:27:09,878
But we were also aware

444
00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:13,798
that our next opponent could be

445
00:27:15,258 --> 00:27:16,426
the United States.

446
00:27:16,509 --> 00:27:19,095
I love USA, but I'm sorry for today!

447
00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:21,306
Mexico, let's go win!

448
00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:24,434
We come with some
of Mexico's best soccer in a World Cup.

449
00:27:24,517 --> 00:27:27,812
That's what I'm expecting,
to win by two goals, 2-0.

450
00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:29,314
For the US to be hopeless.

451
00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:31,900
We'll win 2-0.

452
00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:33,109
Against the Americans.

453
00:27:33,818 --> 00:27:35,403
I think nobody knows this,

454
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:39,115
but I have a personal rivalry with the US

455
00:27:39,199 --> 00:27:42,327
because it has to do with a family matter

456
00:27:42,410 --> 00:27:44,454
that is very sensitive to me.

457
00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:49,042
That chapter in my father's life,

458
00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:53,505
where he suffered
being separated from his dad.

459
00:27:56,132 --> 00:27:59,219
And he abandons them to go to the US.

460
00:28:01,554 --> 00:28:05,350
Every time he had a few drinks,

461
00:28:05,433 --> 00:28:07,477
the memory of Grandpa would come back.

462
00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:12,023
And, of course, he'd start crying.
He'd remember.

463
00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:14,442
And that, frankly…

464
00:28:15,944 --> 00:28:20,740
I think to me, to my sister, too,
to my mom, it was something we'd suffer.

465
00:28:25,036 --> 00:28:27,247
But there was this grudge

466
00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:29,541
about him leaving for the US.

467
00:28:29,624 --> 00:28:32,544
So I associate the US
with confronting them,

468
00:28:32,627 --> 00:28:36,214
with the US being the world power
in all the other sports.

469
00:28:36,297 --> 00:28:37,424
So if we're

470
00:28:38,174 --> 00:28:41,845
better at soccer, we should have
no reason to lose against them.

471
00:28:41,928 --> 00:28:43,972
And those are

472
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:49,060
the little things that,
in the end, add up to something.

473
00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:58,486
ROUND OF 16
MEXICO VS USA

474
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:04,743
We had a better game,
we had a better team,

475
00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:06,327
but something was against us.

476
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:07,954
Mexico had a lot to lose.

477
00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:09,956
So much to lose.

478
00:29:10,039 --> 00:29:15,462
When you have an opponent
who might be your equal or less capable,

479
00:29:15,545 --> 00:29:17,547
you always seem to relax.

480
00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:19,883
I think that's what happened to us.

481
00:29:22,093 --> 00:29:25,430
MEXICO - USA

482
00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:28,892
That was the worst scenario,

483
00:29:28,975 --> 00:29:30,643
starting the match losing,

484
00:29:31,394 --> 00:29:33,438
because that would make them stronger.

485
00:29:33,521 --> 00:29:36,483
"They can't beat us.
We can't lose against them."

486
00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:39,277
"That can't happen, not with these guys."

487
00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:44,449
I made the emotional choice
of changing to a line of four

488
00:29:44,532 --> 00:29:47,160
when we played with a line of five.
We hadn't practiced it.

489
00:29:47,243 --> 00:29:49,454
That's when we lost control,

490
00:29:49,537 --> 00:29:51,790
and the team began to get jumbled.

491
00:29:51,873 --> 00:29:55,293
So, in the second half,
we began to get desperate

492
00:29:55,376 --> 00:29:58,421
trying to even the score
with the opponent.

493
00:30:03,009 --> 00:30:05,720
Sometimes things don't turn out
the way you want them to.

494
00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,597
Sometimes you search for it,

495
00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:09,307
you try,

496
00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:13,436
and you don't understand
why it doesn't happen.

497
00:30:15,605 --> 00:30:17,482
MEXICO - USA

498
00:30:31,246 --> 00:30:35,792
At 2-0, we were desperate
to see what we could achieve.

499
00:30:35,875 --> 00:30:37,293
We lost the synchronicity.

500
00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:42,006
We didn't have what he had worked for
throughout the weeks.

501
00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:44,008
I became desperate.

502
00:30:54,143 --> 00:30:58,064
Whether it was Cobi Jones
or whoever crossed my path.

503
00:30:58,648 --> 00:31:01,442
We were in the stands when that happened.

504
00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:04,988
I said, "My God,
he didn't even touch him."

505
00:31:05,071 --> 00:31:07,949
"He should've at least smashed his face."

506
00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:12,328
Sometimes what people are asking for

507
00:31:12,412 --> 00:31:15,123
is at least some aggression,
to at least make them trip,

508
00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:18,376
to at least make our opponent feel

509
00:31:18,459 --> 00:31:20,211
that we're there and it hurts.

510
00:31:20,295 --> 00:31:22,171
They smashed us

511
00:31:22,255 --> 00:31:25,383
On Father's Day, they made us pay

512
00:31:28,511 --> 00:31:31,890
We'd accept this from any other team,
man, except the United States.

513
00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:33,266
It's a national shame.

514
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:35,602
We lost!

515
00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:39,814
And to who? That's the worst part!

516
00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:49,073
FRUSTRATION
MEXICAN NATIONAL TEAM'S DEFEAT HURT

517
00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:56,664
After returning from the World Cup,
my husband was a bit ill.

518
00:31:57,457 --> 00:32:02,295
He had surgery. He had a stomach tumor,
but it wasn't outside.

519
00:32:02,378 --> 00:32:04,005
It was encapsulated.

520
00:32:05,131 --> 00:32:06,883
His surgery went well,

521
00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:10,803
but then there were
internal complications.

522
00:32:10,887 --> 00:32:15,099
And that began making him
more debilitated.

523
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:20,271
I injured my knee at that time.

524
00:32:20,355 --> 00:32:25,610
So I decided to have surgery in Mexico
to be close to my dad.

525
00:32:26,653 --> 00:32:31,574
There came the time
when Monaco told me I had to go back.

526
00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:34,911
They hadn't given me permission
to stay so long.

527
00:32:34,994 --> 00:32:36,496
If I didn't go back,

528
00:32:36,579 --> 00:32:42,168
they said they'd take drastic measures
to make me come back.

529
00:32:42,877 --> 00:32:46,506
But precisely the next day,

530
00:32:46,589 --> 00:32:49,175
when I was about to go to the airport,

531
00:32:49,884 --> 00:32:52,136
I decided I didn't want to go.

532
00:32:57,433 --> 00:33:01,688
And, obviously,
sometimes I get teary-eyed, like now.

533
00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,670
MÁRQUEZ LIVES A DAY OF SORROW

534
00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:27,296
Even if time goes by,

535
00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:31,092
even if years go by,

536
00:33:31,175 --> 00:33:32,677
it still hurts.

537
00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:37,682
And I still miss him, above all.

538
00:33:44,772 --> 00:33:46,607
During those last weeks,

539
00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:50,278
do you remember
any conversation you had with your dad?

540
00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:52,947
Yes. I even told him

541
00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:55,491
that at some point,
it's not that I promised him,

542
00:33:55,575 --> 00:33:58,786
but I did tell him I'd be on a great team.

543
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:05,043
So, obviously, Mexico rooted for Madrid
back then because of Hugo Sánchez.

544
00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:09,964
And yes, I'd tell him,

545
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:14,052
even as a joke, "Hey…"

546
00:34:14,844 --> 00:34:16,471
"Don't think about leaving now."

547
00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:20,641
"You still have to see me
playing for Real Madrid."

548
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,771
And although he took it as a joke,

549
00:34:24,854 --> 00:34:27,315
he'd say, "I'm sure you will."

550
00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:29,233
"Whether I'm here or not,

551
00:34:29,817 --> 00:34:30,902
I know you will."

552
00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:35,406
Now he must be mocking me, laughing,

553
00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:38,618
because I went with the rival.

554
00:34:40,536 --> 00:34:43,956
And I'm sure he's proud
of everything I've achieved.

555
00:34:50,296 --> 00:34:53,424
Barcelona's present
is outlined by three names:

556
00:34:53,508 --> 00:34:55,009
Brazilian player Ronaldinho,

557
00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,178
for whom Barcelona made a new offer,

558
00:34:57,261 --> 00:34:59,931
the Portuguese Quaresma,
who is already at Barcelona,

559
00:35:00,014 --> 00:35:03,559
and Márquez, whom the club
officially introduced at noon.

560
00:35:04,143 --> 00:35:07,188
This handshake has involved many meetings

561
00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:11,776
and different combinations
in drafting Márquez's contract with Barça.

562
00:35:11,859 --> 00:35:14,195
Márquez, who's played
for Monaco since 1999,

563
00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:18,449
can enjoy the holidays and take with him
a country that's begun to root for Barça.

564
00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:19,742
The Mexican defender,

565
00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:22,328
who signed for four seasons,
wants to succeed in Europe,

566
00:35:22,411 --> 00:35:24,747
following the example of his idol,
Hugo Sánchez.

567
00:35:24,831 --> 00:35:28,000
Hugo Sánchez, one, take one, common mark.

568
00:35:34,757 --> 00:35:39,053
Going to Spain and living
where I wanted to be and succeeding,

569
00:35:39,554 --> 00:35:42,723
I loved the idea
of more Mexican players going there.

570
00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:45,560
And when I heard
Rafa was going to Barcelona,

571
00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:48,354
I was very happy for him.

572
00:35:51,691 --> 00:35:55,319
For another Mexican
to be at one of the biggest clubs,

573
00:35:55,403 --> 00:35:57,780
not only in Spain, but in all of Europe,

574
00:35:57,864 --> 00:36:00,449
you could foresee
a very successful career.

575
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,245
Barça is on another level.
There is no comparison.

576
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:08,166
Yes, Monaco is a solid club,

577
00:36:08,249 --> 00:36:12,336
but Barça is a different story, yeah.

578
00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:15,756
It's hard to adapt,
not only on the field, but off it.

579
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,093
Here you see 200 journalists
waiting for you.

580
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:22,305
You're all over the press.
Even in Mexico, your life changes.

581
00:36:22,388 --> 00:36:27,435
In the case of Márquez, you know
he is known as "the Kaiser of Michoacán."

582
00:36:28,227 --> 00:36:30,855
He is a man who likes to be compared

583
00:36:30,938 --> 00:36:33,441
with a world-renowned player
like Beckenbauer.

584
00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:37,320
But I was thinking more
of creating my own story,

585
00:36:37,403 --> 00:36:40,489
of trying to be the best in my position,

586
00:36:40,573 --> 00:36:43,451
of wanting to be someone important,

587
00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:46,412
backed up by the fact that I'm Mexican.

588
00:36:46,495 --> 00:36:48,956
And Mexico will always be behind me.

589
00:36:52,501 --> 00:36:54,378
Ronaldinho also arrived that year.

590
00:36:54,462 --> 00:36:57,465
And I knew Ronaldinho's impact,

591
00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:59,675
both on and off the field.

592
00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:03,721
And being able to say
Ronaldinho would be my teammate

593
00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:06,766
spoke volumes of the great team I'd be on.

594
00:37:09,143 --> 00:37:12,063
Rafa and I arrived
at the same time to Barcelona.

595
00:37:12,146 --> 00:37:13,564
And it was wonderful.

596
00:37:13,648 --> 00:37:18,736
We arrived at a time
when the club wasn't doing well.

597
00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:21,697
The club wasn't at its best
when he arrived,

598
00:37:21,781 --> 00:37:24,325
but thanks to all the teamwork,

599
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:26,953
and he was an important piece.

600
00:37:27,036 --> 00:37:29,038
He helped us turn things around.

601
00:37:29,121 --> 00:37:32,875
The level of demand at Barça
and on that specific team was really high.

602
00:37:32,959 --> 00:37:36,712
To play for Barcelona, you have to go
through an important selection process.

603
00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:39,173
You have to be the best in your position

604
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:40,841
or one the best in the world.

605
00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:42,635
It was a dream team.

606
00:37:43,177 --> 00:37:46,138
I don't know how they managed

607
00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:50,309
to bring everyone and put us together.

608
00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:55,481
The welcome, or this door
the players open for you,

609
00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:59,819
is always given thanks
to your professionalism at each practice.

610
00:37:59,902 --> 00:38:02,154
So when they see someone who is dedicated,

611
00:38:02,238 --> 00:38:04,448
when they see someone
who makes a serious effort,

612
00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:08,411
that trust is completely opened up.

613
00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:12,832
He was a defender who won battles.

614
00:38:12,915 --> 00:38:15,084
His aerial game was spectacular.

615
00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:18,504
He hardly lost when it was one-on-one.
He was very aggressive.

616
00:38:21,882 --> 00:38:24,218
He was really good
with the ball and his feet.

617
00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:25,428
He had this technique…

618
00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:30,891
Rafa would make a change from side to side
that took you by surprise.

619
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,185
In addition to defending, he'd attack.

620
00:38:33,269 --> 00:38:35,813
Rafa would make goal passes
from his position.

621
00:38:36,689 --> 00:38:39,150
He helped me a lot.
We understood each other well.

622
00:38:39,233 --> 00:38:42,528
Just from a glance,
we knew what the other would do.

623
00:38:45,197 --> 00:38:48,451
He was a scoring player
when shooting a set piece.

624
00:38:48,534 --> 00:38:50,202
Into the corner of the net! Goal!

625
00:38:51,037 --> 00:38:56,167
Goal!

626
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:58,127
RAFA GIVES BARÇA THE WIN

627
00:38:58,210 --> 00:39:02,214
All of Mexico was with Real Madrid
when I played for Real Madrid.

628
00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:05,134
But years went by,
and Rafa became well-known

629
00:39:05,217 --> 00:39:06,427
playing for Barcelona.

630
00:39:07,094 --> 00:39:11,223
So, in Mexico, many people
became Barcelona fans.

631
00:39:11,932 --> 00:39:13,059
All thanks to Rafa.

632
00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:21,192
I saw Mexican fans
looking for a Barcelona match

633
00:39:21,275 --> 00:39:25,696
just to see how
that extraordinary Atlas player

634
00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:30,284
could keep thriving
at the highest level possible.

635
00:39:36,123 --> 00:39:40,461
And Barcelona became
like my home away from home.

636
00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:41,712
They were

637
00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:44,423
moments…

638
00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:49,303
very important moments
in my personal life.

639
00:39:51,347 --> 00:39:54,725
In my professional life, it goes
without saying, they were the best.

640
00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:56,727
I won everything with Barcelona.

641
00:39:58,312 --> 00:40:01,023
It's the hardest match
given the field conditions…

642
00:40:01,107 --> 00:40:02,983
Goal!

643
00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:09,865
Márquez scores!

644
00:40:10,491 --> 00:40:11,867
Let's go get that triumph!

645
00:40:11,951 --> 00:40:13,494
Let's go get that victory!

646
00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:15,538
Let's get those three points!

647
00:40:15,621 --> 00:40:17,581
Let's stop the shots!

648
00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:19,250
Let's close La Liga,

649
00:40:19,333 --> 00:40:21,585
and let's devote ourselves

650
00:40:21,669 --> 00:40:25,840
to start enjoying this magnificent season.

651
00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:36,016
SPANISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
2004 - 2005

652
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:46,444
You could see on the field that,

653
00:40:46,527 --> 00:40:49,947
beyond the quality
we could bring to the matches,

654
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:52,116
we were a group of friends.

655
00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:00,082
They did it.

656
00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:03,419
Barça has won its 18th league title.

657
00:41:03,502 --> 00:41:05,838
Final score, 0-1.

658
00:41:05,921 --> 00:41:09,967
Fine, the team performed well
until the end. So we're happy.

659
00:41:10,050 --> 00:41:11,802
Ready for the title on the 17th?

660
00:41:14,513 --> 00:41:16,432
We're still here,
at the Rambla de Canaletas,

661
00:41:16,515 --> 00:41:18,434
where thousands of fans have gathered

662
00:41:18,517 --> 00:41:22,438
to celebrate Barça's second
consecutive league title.

663
00:41:22,521 --> 00:41:25,774
It's the best present I have ever gotten.

664
00:41:26,692 --> 00:41:28,903
Now the Champions League final
awaits them.

665
00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:33,324
In merely a week,
they will face Arsenal for the glory.

666
00:41:37,786 --> 00:41:40,080
May 17th, 2006.

667
00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:42,541
Saint-Denis, France, the heart of Europe.

668
00:41:45,419 --> 00:41:47,505
Playing in Barcelona's starting lineup

669
00:41:48,422 --> 00:41:50,549
in a match in France,

670
00:41:50,633 --> 00:41:52,760
to be Europe's champion,

671
00:41:52,843 --> 00:41:57,681
would differentiate him
from the rest of his Mexican peers.

672
00:41:57,765 --> 00:42:01,977
You'd see the defensive lineup
and watch Rafa play.

673
00:42:03,062 --> 00:42:04,855
I felt a sense of security.

674
00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:07,691
You'd think,
"Great, we have Puyol. We have Rafa."

675
00:42:07,775 --> 00:42:10,861
The stadium is packed tonight,
May 17th. There's the kickoff…

676
00:42:10,945 --> 00:42:12,404
The Frenchman playing…

677
00:42:12,488 --> 00:42:15,241
Rafa played a very important role

678
00:42:15,324 --> 00:42:17,451
along with Puyol,

679
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:19,912
which was to mark Thierry Henry,

680
00:42:19,995 --> 00:42:22,206
which, back then, was really hard.

681
00:42:23,499 --> 00:42:27,086
Both he and I
had a terrible time with Henry.

682
00:42:27,169 --> 00:42:29,880
But anyway, whenever Henry beat me,
there was Rafa.

683
00:42:29,964 --> 00:42:32,132
And whenever he beat Rafa, I was there.

684
00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:35,010
So I think we did a good job there.

685
00:42:35,094 --> 00:42:37,096
He passes it forward.

686
00:42:37,179 --> 00:42:39,265
Goal!

687
00:42:39,348 --> 00:42:43,435
What a goal!

688
00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:47,481
What a goal by Barça!

689
00:42:52,444 --> 00:42:55,990
He should be treasured as one of the best
in the history of soccer

690
00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:57,616
and Mexican soccer.

691
00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:01,829
The Cup is here!

692
00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:06,584
Rafa Márquez had reached
the highest level,

693
00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:10,838
and he was on the field
with Europe's champion.

694
00:43:11,672 --> 00:43:13,340
BARCELONA
EUROPEAN CHAMPION 05-06

695
00:43:13,882 --> 00:43:15,843
EUROPE'S MASTERS

696
00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:18,345
THE PRINCE THAT BECAME KING

697
00:43:18,846 --> 00:43:20,347
NICE GAME!

698
00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:24,226
Maybe personally,
I wasn't going through a good time,

699
00:43:24,310 --> 00:43:28,063
because my ex-wife and I had separated.

700
00:43:28,147 --> 00:43:31,942
And we had two children.

701
00:43:32,026 --> 00:43:35,946
That split wasn't easy at all.

702
00:43:37,656 --> 00:43:39,950
RAFA MÁRQUEZ'S DAUGHTER

703
00:43:40,034 --> 00:43:44,455
When I was around two years old,
my parents got divorced.

704
00:43:44,538 --> 00:43:50,294
And it was hard
as a small child watching him on TV

705
00:43:50,377 --> 00:43:52,963
or trying to be with him
when he was always working.

706
00:43:53,047 --> 00:43:55,883
But he really is a great dad.

707
00:43:57,551 --> 00:43:59,803
Yes, it was hard

708
00:43:59,887 --> 00:44:03,891
because it overlapped
with the Champions final

709
00:44:03,974 --> 00:44:06,060
and the upcoming World Cup.

710
00:44:07,561 --> 00:44:09,104
FIFA WORLD CUP
GERMANY 2006

711
00:44:12,274 --> 00:44:13,817
Let's say hi. Hello!

712
00:44:18,614 --> 00:44:21,742
This is a party! Go Germany!

713
00:44:21,825 --> 00:44:23,744
Long live Mexico!

714
00:44:24,578 --> 00:44:27,665
To arrive at the World Cup
with the coaching staff,

715
00:44:27,748 --> 00:44:29,875
who at the time was Ricardo La Volpe,

716
00:44:29,958 --> 00:44:33,587
with players I got along with perfectly…

717
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:37,508
I felt I was arriving
at my best soccer-wise,

718
00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:39,343
physically, mentally.

719
00:44:39,426 --> 00:44:43,097
My confidence was soaring
because I had won the Champions League.

720
00:44:45,974 --> 00:44:47,351
That group really was

721
00:44:47,434 --> 00:44:50,187
one of the best groups
we could put on a national team.

722
00:44:50,270 --> 00:44:53,482
No doubt we had everything.
It was a great team.

723
00:44:53,565 --> 00:44:55,401
Well, there was a secret to this.

724
00:44:55,484 --> 00:44:59,613
La Volpe got back together
with the players that he'd known,

725
00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:01,365
that he'd developed and established,

726
00:45:01,448 --> 00:45:03,534
who understood his philosophy.

727
00:45:03,617 --> 00:45:06,328
And, of course,
Rafael Márquez was among them.

728
00:45:06,412 --> 00:45:10,165
It's the World Cup's surprise team.

729
00:45:10,249 --> 00:45:15,379
But I was not the Rafa Márquez
that La Volpe knew at Atlas.

730
00:45:15,462 --> 00:45:18,132
I was the one he trusted,

731
00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:20,384
the one he didn't reprimand for anything,

732
00:45:20,467 --> 00:45:22,553
because I came up with solutions.

733
00:45:22,636 --> 00:45:26,515
And to me, he was the group's stronghold,

734
00:45:26,598 --> 00:45:28,058
a leader.

735
00:45:28,142 --> 00:45:30,269
There are different leaderships on a team.

736
00:45:30,352 --> 00:45:32,187
And Rafa's wasn't based on shouting.

737
00:45:32,271 --> 00:45:34,231
It was about standing out

738
00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:37,484
with his quality and stance,
with his great technique.

739
00:45:37,568 --> 00:45:40,696
Above all, he was a European champ
with Barcelona, as simple as that.

740
00:45:40,779 --> 00:45:43,866
His game during that World Cup

741
00:45:43,949 --> 00:45:46,034
is the best version
I've seen of Rafa Márquez.

742
00:45:46,118 --> 00:45:47,327
Yeah.

743
00:45:48,996 --> 00:45:52,458
It was the World Cup I enjoyed the most.

744
00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:57,504
The results were there with us,
and we qualified for the next round.

745
00:45:57,588 --> 00:46:02,509
We're gonna win, this gang will win

746
00:46:02,593 --> 00:46:07,765
It's okay, it's okay
Argentina is going down the…

747
00:46:07,848 --> 00:46:10,142
I went to Argentina to get ready for this.

748
00:46:10,851 --> 00:46:12,936
I prepared by watching coaches.

749
00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:15,355
So of course I knew Argentina's system.

750
00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:18,984
The only leverage we could have
was that we always watch them.

751
00:46:19,067 --> 00:46:20,694
They never watch Mexican soccer.

752
00:46:21,361 --> 00:46:24,239
Argentina!

753
00:46:26,992 --> 00:46:28,452
It was one of those nights

754
00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:31,955
where Mexican soccer could change,

755
00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:33,582
take a different path.

756
00:46:33,665 --> 00:46:37,669
It could take that step
it has been denied for so long.

757
00:46:39,213 --> 00:46:41,632
ROUND OF 16
MEXICO VS ARGENTINA

758
00:46:43,175 --> 00:46:45,427
When we went out on the field,

759
00:46:45,511 --> 00:46:50,516
during the first minutes,
Argentina didn't know where we were.

760
00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:52,559
We had analyzed them carefully.

761
00:46:52,643 --> 00:46:56,271
We had something very good,
which was the set piece game.

762
00:46:56,855 --> 00:47:00,526
Then the free kick came, which I execute.

763
00:47:00,609 --> 00:47:03,695
And Pavel kicked it at me.
I got it with my head, and Rafa…

764
00:47:03,779 --> 00:47:07,199
I was practically alone
in front of the post and…

765
00:47:07,282 --> 00:47:09,827
MEXICO - ARGENTINA

766
00:47:13,205 --> 00:47:16,708
And Argentina was actually baffled.

767
00:47:16,792 --> 00:47:19,878
They didn't know
what was happening on the field.

768
00:47:20,921 --> 00:47:24,633
And after Rafa Márquez's goal,
there was something that made us think

769
00:47:24,716 --> 00:47:29,221
that this team could finally advance
in the World Cup

770
00:47:29,304 --> 00:47:33,892
and move forward
where no one had dared to go

771
00:47:33,976 --> 00:47:35,477
in a World Cup away from home.

772
00:47:36,854 --> 00:47:38,355
Sadly, that's not what happened.

773
00:47:38,438 --> 00:47:41,149
A couple of minutes later,
Argentina tied with an own-goal.

774
00:47:42,734 --> 00:47:45,320
MEXICO - ARGENTINA

775
00:47:46,029 --> 00:47:48,031
You idiot!

776
00:47:52,369 --> 00:47:54,204
We went to great lengths.

777
00:47:54,830 --> 00:47:57,708
We thought we were better
than our opponent.

778
00:47:57,791 --> 00:48:02,337
But later, there was a brilliant play,

779
00:48:02,421 --> 00:48:05,465
a stroke of genius.

780
00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:09,052
MEXICO - ARGENTINA

781
00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:21,982
Almost, but we'll get the big one
in the next World Cup.

782
00:48:22,065 --> 00:48:25,611
Well, okay, we didn't win the match.
If you don't score…

783
00:48:26,236 --> 00:48:30,032
Mexico was superior… by far.

784
00:48:30,699 --> 00:48:32,451
Sad, disappointed.

785
00:48:32,534 --> 00:48:38,206
I thought that would be the World Cup
were we would reach the coveted 5th match.

786
00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:42,419
I felt like disconnecting for a while

787
00:48:42,502 --> 00:48:46,131
because I had gone through major emotions.

788
00:48:46,214 --> 00:48:49,301
Being immersed for so many days
since the Champions…

789
00:48:49,384 --> 00:48:50,677
All that pressure…

790
00:48:51,595 --> 00:48:54,806
I also wanted some distance

791
00:48:54,890 --> 00:48:57,100
and to enjoy some time away.

792
00:48:57,184 --> 00:48:58,894
Jaydy interview, take one.

793
00:48:59,978 --> 00:49:01,897
MODEL AND RAFA MÁRQUEZ'S WIFE

794
00:49:01,980 --> 00:49:02,940
Silence.

795
00:49:04,316 --> 00:49:06,151
I'm Jaydy Michel.

796
00:49:06,234 --> 00:49:09,279
I was born in Mexico,
with an American mother,

797
00:49:09,363 --> 00:49:11,573
and I've been living in Spain
for some years.

798
00:49:14,117 --> 00:49:17,996
I was living in Madrid.
He lived here, in Barcelona.

799
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:22,459
And that was the time
when Barça was winning everything.

800
00:49:22,542 --> 00:49:24,628
I remember it was a novelty to me.

801
00:49:24,711 --> 00:49:27,130
He'd say, "Oh, we won the Champions."
And I'd be…

802
00:49:27,631 --> 00:49:31,218
I mean, it didn't make any sense to me

803
00:49:31,301 --> 00:49:34,012
how big of a deal it was
to win a Champions tournament.

804
00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:35,305
Barcelona's requirement

805
00:49:35,389 --> 00:49:38,558
is that you must be
at a great level to play

806
00:49:38,642 --> 00:49:41,812
because every single year
they bring the best of the best

807
00:49:41,895 --> 00:49:43,689
in order to get even better.

808
00:49:48,276 --> 00:49:53,073
Again, the team was restructured,

809
00:49:53,657 --> 00:49:56,118
and Rijkaard is no longer head coach.

810
00:49:56,201 --> 00:49:58,620
And Guardiola is given the opportunity.

811
00:49:58,704 --> 00:50:00,539
I understand if they're doubtful.

812
00:50:00,622 --> 00:50:02,207
I feel that in a month,

813
00:50:02,958 --> 00:50:05,252
in a couple of months,
these doubts will fade.

814
00:50:05,335 --> 00:50:08,755
They'll be less doubtful
simply because I'm prepared.

815
00:50:08,839 --> 00:50:12,217
From that moment on,
he spoke with each one of us

816
00:50:12,300 --> 00:50:14,511
to learn what we wanted.

817
00:50:14,594 --> 00:50:17,931
He asked, "What do you want to do?"

818
00:50:18,015 --> 00:50:19,683
"You wanna stay? You wanna go?"

819
00:50:19,766 --> 00:50:22,060
Well, I'd say, "I want to stay."

820
00:50:22,144 --> 00:50:25,439
"I want to be here.
I think it's a good opportunity."

821
00:50:25,522 --> 00:50:26,732
And he goes, "Okay."

822
00:50:27,232 --> 00:50:30,110
"But on the condition
that you stop going to Madrid."

823
00:50:30,193 --> 00:50:31,486
And I said, "What?"

824
00:50:32,070 --> 00:50:34,865
MORE THAN A CLUB

825
00:50:34,948 --> 00:50:36,616
So I said, "Okay, no problem."

826
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:39,119
"I just won't go."

827
00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:44,416
He said, "I'm counting on you because
I'm a big fan of the La Volpe kick-off."

828
00:50:44,499 --> 00:50:47,961
"You were with him. I want you
to explain it to me and tell me about it."

829
00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:51,006
And that was the start
of a very good relationship.

830
00:50:52,340 --> 00:50:55,552
It was hard because
we hardly ever saw each other.

831
00:50:55,635 --> 00:50:57,304
I did consider it.

832
00:50:57,387 --> 00:51:02,017
A relationship with him could be
something I'd like to experience.

833
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:05,312
I told her, "Hey, they forbade me
from going to Madrid."

834
00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:07,898
"So now you'll have to come."

835
00:51:07,981 --> 00:51:10,192
In the end, she took it as it is

836
00:51:10,275 --> 00:51:13,737
because, professionally, sometimes,

837
00:51:14,613 --> 00:51:19,159
those trips took a toll on me, physically.

838
00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:22,037
Good evening, everyone.

839
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:26,750
Welcome to one of the loveliest stadiums
in the world, Barcelona's Camp Nou.

840
00:51:26,833 --> 00:51:29,211
There are 96,000 people tonight

841
00:51:29,294 --> 00:51:33,173
in what promises to be an exciting
Champions League semifinal.

842
00:51:39,846 --> 00:51:42,057
…Márquez, who'll have to be out
for two months

843
00:51:42,140 --> 00:51:45,393
after the rupture
of his left knee's meniscus was confirmed.

844
00:51:47,354 --> 00:51:50,524
No doubt, losing Rafa
is the worst news of the day.

845
00:51:51,233 --> 00:51:52,901
He's out the rest of the season.

846
00:51:52,984 --> 00:51:56,571
Rafa is a very important man to us,
but this will make us stronger.

847
00:51:56,655 --> 00:51:59,950
The most important matches
were coming, and he was

848
00:52:01,326 --> 00:52:02,536
absolutely key for us.

849
00:52:02,619 --> 00:52:03,870
When he got injured…

850
00:52:05,122 --> 00:52:09,751
the poor guy was so sad. We soon
found out he wouldn't play in the final.

851
00:52:11,461 --> 00:52:13,171
Plus, he was a friend.

852
00:52:14,965 --> 00:52:16,967
Unfortunately, he missed the best part.

853
00:52:17,050 --> 00:52:18,635
He had worked a whole year.

854
00:52:18,718 --> 00:52:21,304
We reached the Cup final,
the Champions final.

855
00:52:21,388 --> 00:52:23,932
The result was practically foretold.

856
00:52:24,015 --> 00:52:25,684
The 2-6…

857
00:52:25,767 --> 00:52:29,437
Yes, almost the best two months
to wrap it all up.

858
00:52:29,521 --> 00:52:31,314
-I enjoyed playing so much.
-Yes.

859
00:52:31,398 --> 00:52:33,608
I enjoyed what we did so much…

860
00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:36,361
Missing that and more,
the important moments,

861
00:52:36,444 --> 00:52:38,280
yes, it was very sad.

862
00:52:39,865 --> 00:52:43,368
On teams of Barça's level,
if you get distracted for a second,

863
00:52:44,619 --> 00:52:45,829
you miss a few games,

864
00:52:45,912 --> 00:52:48,748
get injured for a month,
when you're back, you've been replaced.

865
00:52:50,458 --> 00:52:51,835
After the injury,

866
00:52:51,918 --> 00:52:56,256
there was a complete change
in the coaching staff,

867
00:52:56,339 --> 00:52:58,425
in this case, Guardiola.

868
00:52:59,551 --> 00:53:01,553
So he passed on me.

869
00:53:01,636 --> 00:53:04,723
I didn't feel as important as before.

870
00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:09,728
I wasn't even on the bench.
They sent me to the stands.

871
00:53:09,811 --> 00:53:12,731
Do you think there are players,
yourself included,

872
00:53:12,814 --> 00:53:16,026
who need to step aside in these
remaining months of the competition

873
00:53:16,109 --> 00:53:17,986
because of poor performance?

874
00:53:18,069 --> 00:53:22,824
I want to ask if the team is amazed
by Piqué's evolution.

875
00:53:22,908 --> 00:53:25,076
They place so much trust in him

876
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:29,289
that he has even joined attack plays,
as we've seen lately.

877
00:53:30,165 --> 00:53:32,500
He was very frank with me.
He said, "Know what?"

878
00:53:32,584 --> 00:53:35,378
"I have nothing against you."

879
00:53:35,462 --> 00:53:38,548
"It's not about your discipline.
You practice well. I think you're good."

880
00:53:39,132 --> 00:53:43,470
"But well, I simply trust
someone else more."

881
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:49,100
I think his priorities are his players.

882
00:53:49,184 --> 00:53:51,436
And I'm ambitious.

883
00:53:51,519 --> 00:53:55,273
I want to keep playing,
and I don't want to be on the bench

884
00:53:55,357 --> 00:53:56,399
or in the stands.

885
00:53:58,443 --> 00:54:00,237
I want to thank everyone

886
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:04,199
and say a simple "See you later."

887
00:54:04,282 --> 00:54:07,410
I'm sure I'll come back to Barcelona
and to this institution.

888
00:54:07,494 --> 00:54:08,495
Thank you very much.

889
00:54:10,121 --> 00:54:13,625
I don't know if you can tell,
but do you know where you're going,

890
00:54:13,708 --> 00:54:15,835
or can you tell us where you're going?

891
00:54:18,838 --> 00:54:21,758
NEW YORK
2010

892
00:54:34,312 --> 00:54:37,649
And I preferred
to maybe lower my level a little

893
00:54:37,732 --> 00:54:39,401
and be a little more relaxed

894
00:54:39,484 --> 00:54:41,987
after being at Barcelona for seven years.

895
00:54:42,946 --> 00:54:45,448
He was at a stage in his career

896
00:54:45,532 --> 00:54:50,662
where he could make decisions more
for financial than for sports reasons.

897
00:54:52,247 --> 00:54:56,626
I never thought that relaxation,
with my competitive mentality,

898
00:54:56,710 --> 00:54:59,421
would bring me frustration.

899
00:55:01,131 --> 00:55:03,675
I wouldn't go to practice happy.

900
00:55:03,758 --> 00:55:06,845
I got frustrated. I got angry. I left mad.

901
00:55:08,847 --> 00:55:11,599
I wasn't loved much in the US either.

902
00:55:11,683 --> 00:55:15,437
Every place I went,
I was obviously the most hated

903
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:17,772
for being
the Mexican national team captain.

904
00:55:23,278 --> 00:55:26,906
And he spent a long time
thinking about what to do.

905
00:55:28,366 --> 00:55:30,035
At the end of the day, I guess

906
00:55:30,869 --> 00:55:33,830
Rafa's adventure in New York
with the Red Bulls

907
00:55:33,913 --> 00:55:35,623
brought more sorrow than glory.

908
00:55:36,416 --> 00:55:41,171
I made the bad choice of going to MLS
instead of going to Juventus,

909
00:55:41,254 --> 00:55:43,631
which might have been a different story.

910
00:55:43,715 --> 00:55:47,427
But I realized I had the possibility

911
00:55:47,510 --> 00:55:50,180
to keep competing at a significant level.

912
00:55:57,979 --> 00:56:00,315
When we arrived in León,

913
00:56:00,398 --> 00:56:03,068
the change was big for him

914
00:56:03,151 --> 00:56:05,653
when it came to infrastructure.

915
00:56:05,737 --> 00:56:07,655
But I think that made him

916
00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:10,075
bring out his character again

917
00:56:10,158 --> 00:56:12,077
and go back to being a leader

918
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:14,954
and being strong
and proving that he wanted to win.

919
00:56:19,584 --> 00:56:21,961
The Mexican fan base was happy

920
00:56:23,213 --> 00:56:25,340
just to see Rafa Márquez on the field.

921
00:56:25,423 --> 00:56:26,466
It was a luxury

922
00:56:27,425 --> 00:56:30,553
and a homage
to what his great career path had been.

923
00:56:33,264 --> 00:56:37,602
Rafa Márquez, for the first time
in his career, in his life,

924
00:56:37,685 --> 00:56:40,647
is a Mexican soccer champion.

925
00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:45,735
León is champion of Mexican soccer!

926
00:56:45,819 --> 00:56:48,613
LEÓN IS MX LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
OPENING TOURNAMENT 2013

927
00:56:48,696 --> 00:56:50,615
He was champion in France with Monaco.

928
00:56:51,825 --> 00:56:55,829
Of course, he was champion
multiple times with Barcelona.

929
00:56:55,912 --> 00:56:57,789
And he came back to Mexican soccer

930
00:56:58,832 --> 00:57:00,792
to become champion with León.

931
00:57:01,584 --> 00:57:04,546
One, two, three.

932
00:57:05,296 --> 00:57:08,299
Well, winning
that two-time championship with León

933
00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:10,218
made me enjoy soccer again,

934
00:57:10,301 --> 00:57:14,931
and it obviously reaffirmed
I was there to still do important things.

935
00:57:15,014 --> 00:57:19,352
One of the huge things I owed to myself

936
00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:22,355
was making history
with the national team at a World Cup

937
00:57:22,439 --> 00:57:26,151
and advancing beyond the round of 16.

938
00:57:27,652 --> 00:57:29,070
FIFA WORLD CUP
BRAZIL 2014

939
00:57:32,323 --> 00:57:35,827
Mexico!

940
00:57:37,328 --> 00:57:39,581
Mexico!

941
00:57:47,172 --> 00:57:48,590
It was a very good team.

942
00:57:48,673 --> 00:57:53,678
There were quality men
able to have this idea or model of a game.

943
00:58:03,897 --> 00:58:06,858
There's nothing more to say.
This has begun.

944
00:58:06,941 --> 00:58:08,526
Now we have to prove it out there.

945
00:58:08,610 --> 00:58:11,654
The camaraderie, the sacrifice,
the effort, the cunning…

946
00:58:11,738 --> 00:58:14,032
We have to give our all
starting now. Let's go!

947
00:58:14,115 --> 00:58:17,535
Let's go!

948
00:58:17,619 --> 00:58:18,453
All together!

949
00:58:18,536 --> 00:58:20,371
God protect us. Give it your all.

950
00:58:20,455 --> 00:58:23,958
Go, one, two, three, Mexico, go!

951
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:27,712
We came with confidence

952
00:58:27,795 --> 00:58:31,382
because confronting Brazil
with the men they had

953
00:58:31,466 --> 00:58:34,969
and tying that game
gave us a lot of confidence,

954
00:58:35,053 --> 00:58:38,640
especially after beating Croatia.

955
00:58:44,437 --> 00:58:46,397
MEXICO - CROATIA

956
00:58:48,191 --> 00:58:52,612
When he scored, he turned around
and went to celebrate with us.

957
00:58:52,695 --> 00:58:55,907
He cheered this way, looking up.

958
00:58:58,952 --> 00:59:00,787
And I said, "That's for me."

959
00:59:00,870 --> 00:59:05,542
The Netherlands is next!
The way Mexico played, we'll win.

960
00:59:05,625 --> 00:59:08,002
I'm happy.
We're going to Fortaleza. Kisses!

961
00:59:08,086 --> 00:59:09,712
We will win in Fortaleza.

962
00:59:19,639 --> 00:59:26,479
Mexico!

963
00:59:26,563 --> 00:59:28,773
When facing the Netherlands, we said,

964
00:59:28,856 --> 00:59:30,900
"They're a difficult,
complicated opponent."

965
00:59:30,984 --> 00:59:35,154
"But it's with these kinds of opponents
where Mexico can grow,

966
00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:37,865
where we can have a good match
and be surprising."

967
00:59:37,949 --> 00:59:43,580
He seemed positive.
I know he was looking forward to going.

968
00:59:43,663 --> 00:59:47,542
And being the captain,
he had to encourage the rest.

969
00:59:47,625 --> 00:59:51,337
So if he didn't bring that idea,
that feeling,

970
00:59:51,421 --> 00:59:56,301
it would be hard to project it
and convey it to his teammates.

971
00:59:56,384 --> 00:59:59,220
What do we need to do to keep advancing

972
00:59:59,971 --> 01:00:01,639
or will we stay behind as always?

973
01:00:02,223 --> 01:00:03,600
In my case, I want more.

974
01:00:03,683 --> 01:00:05,268
Today, we must go for more.

975
01:00:05,351 --> 01:00:06,728
We have to be different.

976
01:00:06,811 --> 01:00:09,564
We have to be winners,
be triumphant, guys.

977
01:00:09,647 --> 01:00:12,108
-Let's give it our all!
-Let's go!

978
01:00:14,736 --> 01:00:17,947
ROUND OF 16
MEXICO VS NETHERLANDS

979
01:00:18,531 --> 01:00:19,616
"Now it's our turn."

980
01:00:19,699 --> 01:00:23,578
"This time, we're closer
to what we all want,

981
01:00:23,661 --> 01:00:26,080
which is to move on to that fifth match."

982
01:00:26,164 --> 01:00:27,832
And we seemed very confident.

983
01:00:32,503 --> 01:00:34,881
MEXICO - NETHERLANDS

984
01:00:39,594 --> 01:00:43,348
And then, we lowered
our concentration level,

985
01:00:43,431 --> 01:00:44,682
our effort level.

986
01:00:44,766 --> 01:00:46,643
We stopped believing.

987
01:00:46,726 --> 01:00:49,646
That's when our opponent woke up.

988
01:00:51,689 --> 01:00:52,899
Until the tie arrived,

989
01:00:52,982 --> 01:00:56,235
and that's when the doubts
started to resurface.

990
01:00:56,319 --> 01:01:01,491
The thought returned
that we could stay in those instances,

991
01:01:01,574 --> 01:01:03,826
that it would happen again.

992
01:01:04,577 --> 01:01:07,997
After that, we all know the story.

993
01:01:14,879 --> 01:01:16,756
They decide I did touch Robben.

994
01:01:18,341 --> 01:01:22,136
But we all know all the gestures he made

995
01:01:22,220 --> 01:01:25,682
from that slight touch
that ended up being a penalty.

996
01:01:27,016 --> 01:01:30,978
In my eyes, it wasn't a penalty.

997
01:01:31,062 --> 01:01:34,565
"Oh, no," I said.
"No, that's not a penalty, wretched man."

998
01:01:41,239 --> 01:01:43,241
It was 2014

999
01:01:43,783 --> 01:01:45,868
June the 29th

1000
01:01:45,952 --> 01:01:48,121
The great Brazilian sun

1001
01:01:48,204 --> 01:01:50,832
Their faces were like snow

1002
01:01:50,915 --> 01:01:53,251
Blessed national team

1003
01:01:53,334 --> 01:01:55,503
It couldn't be true

1004
01:01:55,586 --> 01:01:57,797
Piojo was leading them

1005
01:01:57,880 --> 01:02:00,133
Straight to the final

1006
01:02:00,216 --> 01:02:02,760
-It wasn't a penalty, no.
-It wasn't a penalty.

1007
01:02:02,844 --> 01:02:05,179
-That isn't a penalty.
-It simply wasn't a penalty.

1008
01:02:05,263 --> 01:02:06,264
It wasn't a penalty!

1009
01:02:07,849 --> 01:02:09,016
That wasn't a penalty!

1010
01:02:09,684 --> 01:02:10,935
That crap wasn't a penalty!

1011
01:02:11,018 --> 01:02:13,396
The audience joined

1012
01:02:13,479 --> 01:02:15,940
In this ovation

1013
01:02:20,278 --> 01:02:24,824
Damn Dutch
They took us out of the World Cup

1014
01:02:24,907 --> 01:02:30,163
With their feigned penalties
And natural malice

1015
01:02:30,246 --> 01:02:32,290
Robben is a great actor

1016
01:02:32,373 --> 01:02:34,125
The referee is blind

1017
01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:39,505
Our great feats were annulled by a creep

1018
01:02:40,715 --> 01:02:42,675
Just a reminder, it wasn't a penalty.

1019
01:02:47,221 --> 01:02:49,474
MEXICO LETS THEMSELVES BE "ROBBEN"

1020
01:02:49,557 --> 01:02:54,061
It happened to be
in those… crucial moments.

1021
01:02:54,145 --> 01:02:56,272
Top players are there…

1022
01:02:58,816 --> 01:02:59,984
where they have to be.

1023
01:03:00,651 --> 01:03:04,864
At some point, he thought
that was his last World Cup

1024
01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:07,074
and that maybe…

1025
01:03:07,158 --> 01:03:09,577
It was sad to end that way.

1026
01:03:10,453 --> 01:03:13,790
But life is full of surprises.

1027
01:03:13,873 --> 01:03:20,171
When you do things right,
do your best and give it your all,

1028
01:03:20,755 --> 01:03:23,508
you might amaze yourself.

1029
01:03:31,307 --> 01:03:34,852
Maybe many people know me
as Rafa Márquez, the player,

1030
01:03:34,936 --> 01:03:37,647
the guy with that profile,
with that serious face,

1031
01:03:37,730 --> 01:03:39,357
who's always the captain,

1032
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:41,359
the one who sets the example,

1033
01:03:41,442 --> 01:03:43,402
the leader, the one who tells them off,

1034
01:03:43,945 --> 01:03:45,863
but I'm actually someone else.

1035
01:03:46,989 --> 01:03:50,201
I'm fun. I'm cheerful. I'm funny.

1036
01:03:51,994 --> 01:03:55,331
I can tell jokes.
I'm someone completely different.

1037
01:03:55,998 --> 01:03:57,250
Tell me a joke.

1038
01:03:59,585 --> 01:04:03,381
No, I've got to bring
my cheat sheet to see it.

1039
01:04:04,006 --> 01:04:09,095
We're about to surprise
the Rafa Márquez Foundation children.

1040
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:11,931
And I'm dressed as Batman!

1041
01:04:12,014 --> 01:04:14,642
My job is to defend the world.

1042
01:04:16,394 --> 01:04:17,311
It's Rafa Márquez.

1043
01:04:17,395 --> 01:04:19,438
To save those in need.

1044
01:04:19,522 --> 01:04:20,857
To save Atlas.

1045
01:04:23,401 --> 01:04:24,986
That would be very hard.

1046
01:04:29,073 --> 01:04:30,992
Taking a walk with the family here.

1047
01:04:31,075 --> 01:04:33,035
The three of you back there, you three.

1048
01:04:33,119 --> 01:04:33,995
Give it to me.

1049
01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:37,999
We came to visit Tlaquepaque.

1050
01:04:38,082 --> 01:04:42,587
Tlaquepaque means a lot to me.
This is where my father is from

1051
01:04:43,170 --> 01:04:46,883
and where I spent happy times
during my childhood.

1052
01:04:46,966 --> 01:04:50,261
I wanted my family to know it, my kids.

1053
01:04:51,012 --> 01:04:54,682
And it happened to be one day before

1054
01:04:55,224 --> 01:04:57,143
we got that terrible news.

1055
01:05:02,607 --> 01:05:06,819
AUGUST 9
2017

1056
01:05:06,903 --> 01:05:09,405
I was subpoenaed
by the prosecutor's office.

1057
01:05:09,488 --> 01:05:11,490
They said,
"Hey, they called from Mexico City

1058
01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:15,411
because the Attorney General
wants to speak with you."

1059
01:05:15,494 --> 01:05:16,913
"But you've got to go."

1060
01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:20,166
I asked, "What's it about?"

1061
01:05:20,249 --> 01:05:23,711
And they said, "I can't tell you,

1062
01:05:23,794 --> 01:05:26,339
but I advise you to go."

1063
01:05:26,422 --> 01:05:29,258
Wednesday, August 9, 2017.

1064
01:05:29,759 --> 01:05:33,596
I don't know if we'll remember the date,
but we will remember the day.

1065
01:05:33,679 --> 01:05:34,889
It's easily said,

1066
01:05:34,972 --> 01:05:37,558
but today is the day the US government

1067
01:05:37,642 --> 01:05:39,894
accused two Mexican idols,

1068
01:05:39,977 --> 01:05:42,229
two popular Mexican idols,

1069
01:05:42,313 --> 01:05:45,274
one in sports, another in music,

1070
01:05:45,358 --> 01:05:48,402
accused by
the US Department of the Treasury

1071
01:05:48,486 --> 01:05:52,281
of acting as money launderers
for the drug cartels.

1072
01:05:52,365 --> 01:05:54,033
We started seeing tweets

1073
01:05:54,116 --> 01:05:57,536
and the US media
saying someone very important

1074
01:05:57,620 --> 01:05:59,163
was included in the OFAC list,

1075
01:05:59,246 --> 01:06:02,667
which is this blacklist
the US government has

1076
01:06:02,750 --> 01:06:05,294
to name terrorist agents

1077
01:06:05,378 --> 01:06:07,964
and people with ties to drug trafficking.

1078
01:06:08,047 --> 01:06:10,383
Raúl Flores is known as "the Uncle."

1079
01:06:10,466 --> 01:06:13,678
And he went unnoticed for a long time,

1080
01:06:13,761 --> 01:06:17,139
but three weeks ago,
he was arrested in Jalisco.

1081
01:06:17,223 --> 01:06:19,016
The DEA
and the US Department of the Treasury

1082
01:06:19,100 --> 01:06:22,144
identify 64-year-old Raúl Flores

1083
01:06:22,228 --> 01:06:24,563
as the leader
of the Flores criminal group.

1084
01:06:24,647 --> 01:06:27,900
He is being charged with drug trafficking
and money laundering.

1085
01:06:29,902 --> 01:06:32,321
My father and I get the call from Rafa

1086
01:06:32,405 --> 01:06:35,533
asking us to see him

1087
01:06:35,616 --> 01:06:37,785
or meet him somewhere

1088
01:06:37,868 --> 01:06:40,246
to talk about this issue
that was brand new

1089
01:06:40,329 --> 01:06:42,164
and had just come to light.

1090
01:06:43,416 --> 01:06:45,251
In that investigation file,

1091
01:06:45,334 --> 01:06:48,796
they traced a map
of all the people involved.

1092
01:06:48,879 --> 01:06:54,468
And any sign that got you close
to this character's traceability

1093
01:06:55,594 --> 01:06:56,887
got you in the investigation.

1094
01:06:57,722 --> 01:07:01,559
It was a hard blow, obviously,
for his image as an individual

1095
01:07:01,642 --> 01:07:04,186
because it's very sensationalist news.

1096
01:07:04,270 --> 01:07:08,149
"Rafa Márquez linked
to drug-trafficking money."

1097
01:07:08,232 --> 01:07:11,652
It seems Rafa Márquez and Julión
are in serious trouble.

1098
01:07:12,278 --> 01:07:15,281
It could become a prison matter
in both jurisdictions,

1099
01:07:15,364 --> 01:07:16,949
both in the US and in Mexico.

1100
01:07:17,033 --> 01:07:20,619
The inclusion in that list means,
at least momentarily,

1101
01:07:20,703 --> 01:07:21,912
his financial death.

1102
01:07:21,996 --> 01:07:24,040
We said we'd defend him,

1103
01:07:24,123 --> 01:07:27,418
that he should put his jersey on
since this was the match of his life.

1104
01:07:27,501 --> 01:07:29,086
The Prosport & Health Clinic

1105
01:07:29,170 --> 01:07:33,632
is one of the companies reported
by the US Department of the Treasury

1106
01:07:33,716 --> 01:07:38,721
for its alleged ties to members
of the Raúl Flores criminal gang.

1107
01:07:38,804 --> 01:07:41,682
This clinic, located in
the Minerva neighborhood of Guadalajara,

1108
01:07:41,766 --> 01:07:43,434
has been in business for three years.

1109
01:07:43,517 --> 01:07:46,937
Its owners are soccer player
Rafael Márquez and Luis Fossati,

1110
01:07:47,021 --> 01:07:49,940
who worked as physiotherapist
for the Guadalajara Chivas.

1111
01:07:50,024 --> 01:07:53,903
The news came out on August 8, 2017.

1112
01:07:53,986 --> 01:07:57,448
And on August 9,
half of the patients stopped coming.

1113
01:07:57,531 --> 01:08:00,951
I went to train that day, and Rafa didn't.

1114
01:08:01,035 --> 01:08:03,704
I kept calling, "What's up?
Are you okay? Where are you?"

1115
01:08:03,788 --> 01:08:05,206
Of course, he was incommunicado.

1116
01:08:07,041 --> 01:08:10,419
Today, several news outlets

1117
01:08:10,503 --> 01:08:13,422
pointed out that I'm the subject
of an investigation

1118
01:08:13,506 --> 01:08:17,259
by the US Department of the Treasury.

1119
01:08:17,343 --> 01:08:21,514
About that, I categorically deny
any type of involvement

1120
01:08:21,597 --> 01:08:23,224
with such an organization

1121
01:08:23,307 --> 01:08:27,228
and with the facts referred to
in the numerous news articles.

1122
01:08:27,311 --> 01:08:29,688
It was something we had to clean up.

1123
01:08:29,772 --> 01:08:31,649
And we had to explain to the public

1124
01:08:31,732 --> 01:08:34,401
that not everyone
who is charged is guilty.

1125
01:08:34,485 --> 01:08:37,238
Mexican society has been corroded
by drug trafficking.

1126
01:08:37,321 --> 01:08:39,782
Society lives with drug trafficking,

1127
01:08:39,865 --> 01:08:41,450
with its own culture.

1128
01:08:41,534 --> 01:08:44,328
So drug traffickers have so many tentacles

1129
01:08:44,411 --> 01:08:47,164
that they reach many places,
many instances,

1130
01:08:47,248 --> 01:08:49,416
and, of course, businesses.

1131
01:08:51,252 --> 01:08:53,838
In Guadalajara, with society,

1132
01:08:53,921 --> 01:08:56,298
you never know who you're dealing with.

1133
01:08:56,382 --> 01:09:00,344
You never know who you've befriended.

1134
01:09:00,427 --> 01:09:02,888
Some pass for businessmen,

1135
01:09:02,972 --> 01:09:06,433
others as their friends,

1136
01:09:06,517 --> 01:09:09,270
and they rub elbows with high society,

1137
01:09:09,353 --> 01:09:11,438
with the government.

1138
01:09:11,522 --> 01:09:14,233
But in what context
did you know Raúl Flores?

1139
01:09:15,568 --> 01:09:17,820
Well, as a friend.

1140
01:09:17,903 --> 01:09:22,283
He was part of the group
I got along with in Guadalajara.

1141
01:09:22,366 --> 01:09:25,911
But we're talking about
Raúl Flores's son, right?

1142
01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:26,912
Yes.

1143
01:09:26,996 --> 01:09:30,124
-For you were associated--
-With the father, exactly.

1144
01:09:30,207 --> 01:09:31,083
Why?

1145
01:09:32,001 --> 01:09:35,546
Because he was the kingpin in that…

1146
01:09:36,046 --> 01:09:37,506
in that investigation.

1147
01:09:37,590 --> 01:09:40,759
It all came about because of the purchase

1148
01:09:40,843 --> 01:09:42,803
of a property I acquired.

1149
01:09:43,304 --> 01:09:44,138
What was it?

1150
01:09:44,221 --> 01:09:45,181
A plot of land.

1151
01:09:45,806 --> 01:09:47,933
-In Guadalajara?
-Yes, in Guadalajara.

1152
01:09:48,017 --> 01:09:52,354
Many properties, especially
in the new area of Guadalajara,

1153
01:09:52,438 --> 01:09:56,066
belonged to a certain public figure.

1154
01:09:56,150 --> 01:09:59,403
-Which public figure?
-Caro Quintero.

1155
01:10:00,738 --> 01:10:04,450
I thought it was a great opportunity
to buy a plot of land,

1156
01:10:05,451 --> 01:10:08,287
and unfortunately,
it belonged to this person.

1157
01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:13,042
That media storm

1158
01:10:13,125 --> 01:10:19,215
had generated doubts about
whether his legacy would remain intact.

1159
01:10:19,298 --> 01:10:22,343
Today, the Mexican Football Federation
and the MX League

1160
01:10:22,426 --> 01:10:24,470
acknowledged Rafa Márquez's career path

1161
01:10:24,553 --> 01:10:29,975
and claimed they trust he will clear up
the situation with the authorities

1162
01:10:30,059 --> 01:10:32,853
to which they said
they will provide their full support.

1163
01:10:32,937 --> 01:10:35,689
After what transpired today,
Rafa Márquez will never be

1164
01:10:35,773 --> 01:10:38,192
the Mexican national team captain.

1165
01:10:38,275 --> 01:10:39,485
It's very complicated.

1166
01:10:39,568 --> 01:10:43,322
He already was more of an inspiration
in the locker room than on the field.

1167
01:10:44,156 --> 01:10:45,407
The Federation…

1168
01:10:45,491 --> 01:10:50,329
At the end of the day,
the Federation is a private institution.

1169
01:10:50,412 --> 01:10:53,791
A private corporation

1170
01:10:53,874 --> 01:10:57,544
with economic interests,
without which it wouldn't survive.

1171
01:10:57,628 --> 01:11:02,174
So you are at a crossroads
between supporting a player

1172
01:11:02,258 --> 01:11:06,178
because you want to,
but you can't because of these brands.

1173
01:11:06,262 --> 01:11:09,014
SPONSORS BACK AWAY FROM MÁRQUEZ
BRANDS WITHDRAW

1174
01:11:09,098 --> 01:11:11,934
His sponsors at that time,
and he was still an active player,

1175
01:11:12,017 --> 01:11:15,479
canceled his contracts,
namely Nike, Gillette,

1176
01:11:16,105 --> 01:11:20,234
which were important resources
for a soccer player of his category.

1177
01:11:20,317 --> 01:11:24,488
It was a brutal blow to his image.

1178
01:11:24,571 --> 01:11:26,991
One minute, you're a hero, and the next,

1179
01:11:27,074 --> 01:11:29,535
you're the worst of criminals.

1180
01:11:29,618 --> 01:11:32,371
And it hits you moodwise.

1181
01:11:34,832 --> 01:11:39,003
I was living in this unfair darkness.

1182
01:11:39,628 --> 01:11:43,132
I lasted around a month
cooped up inside my house.

1183
01:11:43,632 --> 01:11:48,554
And that's when the mind
starts eating you up inside.

1184
01:11:48,637 --> 01:11:50,222
It eats up your thoughts.

1185
01:11:50,306 --> 01:11:53,517
"What if this or that happens?
What will they think?"

1186
01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:56,645
I would lock myself up
in the bathroom to cry.

1187
01:12:04,236 --> 01:12:06,488
And I think it's quite valid, right?

1188
01:12:06,572 --> 01:12:08,699
To feel that way, because you feel…

1189
01:12:09,408 --> 01:12:12,411
I mean, you don't know
what's going to happen.

1190
01:12:12,494 --> 01:12:14,163
He lost so much.

1191
01:12:14,246 --> 01:12:17,333
He lost friendships. He lost everything.

1192
01:12:27,926 --> 01:12:29,887
Thank God Leonardo was there,

1193
01:12:29,970 --> 01:12:33,474
who'd just been born, and he was the one…

1194
01:12:34,850 --> 01:12:36,518
He brought joy to our home.

1195
01:12:36,602 --> 01:12:41,190
He motivated us. He gave me
a reason to get up in the morning.

1196
01:12:46,904 --> 01:12:48,822
What is Daddy doing, love?

1197
01:12:59,708 --> 01:13:01,418
Bravo!

1198
01:13:01,919 --> 01:13:02,961
Well done!

1199
01:13:03,712 --> 01:13:06,465
Until one day, I told my wife,
"You know what?"

1200
01:13:06,965 --> 01:13:09,051
"There's no reason we should stay home."

1201
01:13:09,134 --> 01:13:10,177
"We have to go out."

1202
01:13:10,260 --> 01:13:12,137
"Let's go have dinner now."

1203
01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:17,726
And we went to my favorite restaurant
in Guadalajara.

1204
01:13:17,810 --> 01:13:21,063
As expected,
everyone starts turning to look at us.

1205
01:13:21,146 --> 01:13:23,941
They stare while we're trying

1206
01:13:24,817 --> 01:13:25,943
to have a good time,

1207
01:13:26,026 --> 01:13:31,448
trying to have a nice dinner
like we always used to.

1208
01:13:31,532 --> 01:13:34,201
And when I asked for the check…

1209
01:13:37,496 --> 01:13:40,165
right away, they say,
"No, there's nothing to pay."

1210
01:13:40,249 --> 01:13:43,001
"The man at that table already paid."

1211
01:13:43,544 --> 01:13:45,087
"And the man at that table…"

1212
01:13:52,594 --> 01:13:56,890
"And the man at that other table
is buying you a round of drinks."

1213
01:13:57,683 --> 01:13:59,393
And the owner

1214
01:14:00,394 --> 01:14:01,562
of the restaurant goes,

1215
01:14:01,645 --> 01:14:03,814
"This is your house.
You're always welcome."

1216
01:14:05,065 --> 01:14:09,486
"No matter what, this is your house,
and you'll never have to pay a cent."

1217
01:14:11,822 --> 01:14:13,866
And all of this

1218
01:14:15,075 --> 01:14:18,245
moves me because,
in the end, people believe you.

1219
01:14:18,328 --> 01:14:22,332
Everything you did,
all your hard work, all your struggles,

1220
01:14:23,542 --> 01:14:27,171
it was worth it, and people trust you.

1221
01:14:28,005 --> 01:14:30,215
In spite of everything being said,

1222
01:14:31,508 --> 01:14:34,970
they knew you were innocent
in that situation.

1223
01:14:35,053 --> 01:14:36,555
In the end…

1224
01:14:40,476 --> 01:14:42,019
you have to keep on going.

1225
01:14:42,102 --> 01:14:44,104
And you need to know it's temporary.

1226
01:14:44,188 --> 01:14:48,317
Deep down, I always knew
this was temporary.

1227
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,527
The World Cup
was dramatically approaching.

1228
01:14:51,570 --> 01:14:54,573
Márquez was still the team's leader.

1229
01:14:54,656 --> 01:14:57,743
He was still the right-hand man
of the coach, Juan Carlos Osorio.

1230
01:14:57,826 --> 01:15:00,454
We didn't know
if he'd ever play soccer again

1231
01:15:00,537 --> 01:15:04,458
or if our captain's retirement
would be this way,

1232
01:15:05,042 --> 01:15:06,460
through the back door.

1233
01:15:07,753 --> 01:15:09,463
We all knew that Márquez

1234
01:15:10,422 --> 01:15:13,175
deserved the chance
to play a fifth World Cup.

1235
01:15:13,258 --> 01:15:15,511
I'd like to ask about Rafa Márquez's case.

1236
01:15:15,594 --> 01:15:16,929
Over the last half a year,

1237
01:15:17,012 --> 01:15:19,932
we've been wondering
if Rafa would play his fifth World Cup.

1238
01:15:20,015 --> 01:15:21,725
Did you talk to him during the week?

1239
01:15:21,808 --> 01:15:23,519
It's clear he has expressed it,

1240
01:15:23,602 --> 01:15:28,941
and you can see he wants to contribute
to the national team.

1241
01:15:29,816 --> 01:15:34,780
We believe and hope, as everyone does,
that the decision will be made

1242
01:15:34,863 --> 01:15:37,491
based on what he can offer
the team on the field.

1243
01:15:38,242 --> 01:15:39,868
Eight midfielders:

1244
01:15:41,119 --> 01:15:42,663
Jesús Molina,

1245
01:15:43,747 --> 01:15:45,332
Rafael Márquez,

1246
01:15:45,874 --> 01:15:46,833
Andrés Guardado…

1247
01:15:46,917 --> 01:15:48,460
We're on the list.

1248
01:15:48,544 --> 01:15:49,586
We're going.

1249
01:15:55,133 --> 01:15:57,761
FIFA WORLD CUP
RUSSIA 2018

1250
01:16:09,022 --> 01:16:12,109
I knew at some point this would be solved.

1251
01:16:12,192 --> 01:16:16,321
And I was able to retire
after playing one last World Cup.

1252
01:16:16,863 --> 01:16:20,659
I never laundered money.
I was never associated with the cartels.

1253
01:16:20,742 --> 01:16:22,536
I had to prove,

1254
01:16:22,619 --> 01:16:25,664
document after document, cent by cent,

1255
01:16:25,747 --> 01:16:30,043
money that came, money that went,
where it came from, where it would go.

1256
01:16:30,794 --> 01:16:35,132
And in the end,
this office simply gave me a letter

1257
01:16:35,716 --> 01:16:39,011
saying the investigation was over
and I'm free of any guilt.

1258
01:16:39,553 --> 01:16:42,764
And it was clear
I never did anything wrong.

1259
01:16:42,848 --> 01:16:47,311
The US Treasury
Financial Intelligence Unit

1260
01:16:47,394 --> 01:16:53,108
withdrew soccer player Rafael Márquez
from the list of blocked individuals.

1261
01:16:53,191 --> 01:16:56,153
On September 2021, after the pandemic,

1262
01:16:56,236 --> 01:17:01,074
we found out from a simple update
to the OFAC website

1263
01:17:02,034 --> 01:17:05,412
that his name
had been withdrawn from the list.

1264
01:17:05,495 --> 01:17:06,580
And that was it.

1265
01:17:06,663 --> 01:17:08,749
And that didn't cause the same fuss.

1266
01:17:08,832 --> 01:17:12,753
It didn't garner the same media attention
than when this started.

1267
01:17:12,836 --> 01:17:15,589
Good news doesn't make as much

1268
01:17:15,672 --> 01:17:18,050
of a bang as bad news, right?

1269
01:17:21,136 --> 01:17:23,722
Márquez!

1270
01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:31,855
I was able to say goodbye
to my beloved club

1271
01:17:31,938 --> 01:17:33,440
at Jalisco Stadium.

1272
01:17:38,612 --> 01:17:41,323
Mexican soccer pays homage
to one of its historical figures.

1273
01:17:41,406 --> 01:17:42,991
This man is a legend,

1274
01:17:43,075 --> 01:17:46,787
not only in the history of Atlas,
but in the history of Mexican soccer.

1275
01:17:46,870 --> 01:17:48,747
A Mexican soccer idol.

1276
01:17:52,292 --> 01:17:56,171
More than seeing it as a dark situation,

1277
01:17:56,254 --> 01:17:59,174
I have to see it as a great lesson

1278
01:17:59,257 --> 01:18:00,967
and a great life experience.

1279
01:18:09,184 --> 01:18:11,603
The best advice my dad ever gave me

1280
01:18:11,687 --> 01:18:13,772
was not to do things half-heartedly.

1281
01:18:13,855 --> 01:18:16,316
If you do something, do it right.

1282
01:18:17,150 --> 01:18:18,860
And now, as a coach,

1283
01:18:19,361 --> 01:18:21,988
I try to convince the players
day after day

1284
01:18:22,781 --> 01:18:26,868
to do their very best,
to give the best version of themselves,

1285
01:18:26,952 --> 01:18:28,453
to grab the opportunity,

1286
01:18:28,537 --> 01:18:32,958
and, of course,
to practice professionalism, discipline,

1287
01:18:33,041 --> 01:18:35,252
to work hard, to sacrifice…

1288
01:18:35,335 --> 01:18:38,547
And to me,
that's simply called "attitude."

1289
01:18:40,924 --> 01:18:42,718
I can be nice to everyone.

1290
01:18:43,885 --> 01:18:45,512
I can be quiet in a corner.

1291
01:18:47,681 --> 01:18:51,226
I may not look violent
or like a kicking giant,

1292
01:18:51,852 --> 01:18:54,146
but when I'm on the field, I win.

1293
01:18:54,980 --> 01:18:57,023
And when I don't win, I win.

1294
01:18:58,150 --> 01:19:00,444
And even when I lose, I win.

1295
01:19:00,986 --> 01:19:05,532
He's been one of the best players
to come out of soccer.

1296
01:19:05,615 --> 01:19:08,201
He has been a leader his entire life.

1297
01:19:08,285 --> 01:19:11,329
More than a teammate,
a brother, as we call each other.

1298
01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:13,874
Rafa is greatness.

1299
01:19:13,957 --> 01:19:17,252
Whatever he does,
he'll do it right and do it big.

1300
01:19:18,754 --> 01:19:24,009
A message that both Rafa,
I'm sure, and I always want to give is

1301
01:19:24,718 --> 01:19:27,304
Mexicans should work as a team

1302
01:19:28,013 --> 01:19:31,850
because we have proven
there's quality, there's talent,

1303
01:19:32,434 --> 01:19:35,437
and that we can be as good or even better

1304
01:19:36,188 --> 01:19:38,106
than the best soccer players in the world.

1305
01:19:38,732 --> 01:19:41,109
And, of course, Rafa is one of them.

1306
01:19:41,193 --> 01:19:43,111
Change direction. That's it.

1307
01:19:44,237 --> 01:19:45,906
Let me see it!

1308
01:19:46,490 --> 01:19:47,699
Willpower,

1309
01:19:48,533 --> 01:19:49,910
determination,

1310
01:19:50,410 --> 01:19:51,745
conviction,

1311
01:19:53,246 --> 01:19:54,790
hierarchy, that's what it is.

1312
01:19:54,873 --> 01:19:56,208
Whenever he speaks,

1313
01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:58,627
everyone listens.

1314
01:20:00,003 --> 01:20:01,254
He's the captain.

1315
01:20:02,714 --> 01:20:04,174
-Rafa Márquez.
-Bravo!

1316
01:20:04,257 --> 01:20:05,175
That was nice.

1317
01:20:09,554 --> 01:20:11,139
Rafa, any last words?

1318
01:20:11,223 --> 01:20:13,642
Listen, I'll tell you a joke
to finish this up.

1319
01:20:16,186 --> 01:20:17,604
Do you know

1320
01:20:18,271 --> 01:20:20,774
what a cowboy calls his daughter?

1321
01:20:22,567 --> 01:20:23,401
What?

1322
01:20:23,485 --> 01:20:24,736
Yee-ha! Let's go!

1323
01:20:35,831 --> 01:20:38,458
How do you see Rafa nowadays?
How far will he go?

1324
01:20:38,542 --> 01:20:42,295
I believe he is predestined
to be Mexico's coach,

1325
01:20:42,379 --> 01:20:46,508
and hopefully then he can get
to the fifth match and beyond.

1326
01:20:53,390 --> 01:20:55,725
I think he has it all.

1327
01:20:55,809 --> 01:21:00,021
Mexico will someday win
the World Cup they're looking for.

1328
01:21:08,238 --> 01:21:10,657
Whatever he does,
he'll do it right and do it big.

1329
01:21:10,740 --> 01:21:12,826
Whether it's eventually coaching Barça

1330
01:21:12,909 --> 01:21:15,787
or coaching the Mexican national team
when the time comes.

1331
01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:18,790
Whatever Rafa wants to do,
he'll be able to.

1332
01:21:23,587 --> 01:21:24,838
Kisses, sweetie!

1333
01:21:24,921 --> 01:21:25,839
Take care.

1334
01:21:25,922 --> 01:21:27,299
I love you.