1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,240 AT THE 2004 UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 297 PLAYERS TOOK TO THE FIELD. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,400 TODAY, TWO OF THEM ARE STILL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS: 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,040 CRISTIANO RONALDO AND… 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:15,920 But honestly, I don't look 40, do I? 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,920 What do you think? Do I look 40? 8 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:20,280 Okay. 9 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,400 Is this shit running? 10 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,440 -Everything okay now? -Sound too? 11 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,320 I'm Lukas Podolski. 12 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,800 And we're shooting something awesome. 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,160 Documentaries are always the same. That's my impression. 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:41,480 They show the career. 15 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,600 Highlights, videos cut in. 16 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,040 Lukas Podolski, that's his position! 17 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,360 Eighty percent of us scratch our balls sometimes. 18 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,120 And therefore everything is fine. 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,320 Every now and then, something private is shown. 20 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,680 Mine, mine, mine… 21 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:02,360 Such a little baby. 22 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,440 Then all the coaches speak. 23 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,760 Jogi Löw, Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos, Bastian Schweinsteiger… 24 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,840 -Hello. -…Oliver Kahn. 25 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:11,880 Teammates. 26 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,680 Twenty-five cameras and then: talk. 27 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:16,920 -Left foot. -Left foot. 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,840 -Left foot. -Best left foot. 29 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,600 Podolski! Madness! I'm going crazy here! 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:24,280 -Power. -Assertiveness. 31 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:25,920 Mentally extremely stable. 32 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,720 Played well again. Podolski! 33 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,480 He could score goals from anywhere. 34 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:30,960 -World champion. -130 games. 35 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,080 A legend. 36 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,760 That's what makes a great player for me. 37 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,080 There will be nothing you don't already know. 38 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,400 That's always a bit boring, I would say. 39 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,120 Oh? Really? 40 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,400 -Alright. -I made time especially. Well then… 41 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,200 Too bad. I have a lot to say. 42 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:59,920 I think other people that have something to do with me should answer questions. 43 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,320 THE KIT MANAGER 44 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,760 Sure, family is important. 45 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:07,080 "Mrs Podolski, what a grandson you have!" 46 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,600 He said he can play for another five years. 47 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,480 THE FATHER 48 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,520 If he finds out, he'll kill me. 49 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:15,680 THE SISTER 50 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:19,320 I've heard a lot about your aunt. 51 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:20,800 Yeah, sure, I mean… 52 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:23,640 You can't go wrong with that. 53 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,400 And then the other aunt comes, "Why didn't you choose me? 54 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:29,600 Why only one aunt?" 55 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,040 THE ONE AUNT 56 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:31,960 Hello. 57 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:32,880 THE OTHER AUNT 58 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,120 Accompany me… 59 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,920 All for the film, for the doc. For a little drama. 60 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,320 Let's see what comes of it. 61 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:45,400 Full throttle. 62 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:47,240 Lukas Podolski! 63 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,160 -Positively nuts. -Always needs action. 64 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,600 That's just how he is. 65 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,320 There's no stopping me. You snooze, you lose. 66 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:03,840 BERGHEIM GERMANY 67 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:05,480 This is where I grew up. 68 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,800 -Camera rolling? -Rolling. 69 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:12,440 Okay, and action. 70 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,120 PARENTAL HOME 71 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,000 I think it's cool to say, let's do a family interview. 72 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,440 Where everyone sits together and talks. Because that's when the stories come out. 73 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,400 Why are you laughing? 74 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,320 "Oh, yeah, back then, that's right." 75 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:44,920 Black hair. 76 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,680 Beautiful pictures. 77 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,160 My family includes my mom, Krysia. 78 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,640 Aha, here. 79 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,200 -Show us. -Mom playing handball. 80 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:56,960 Number six. Here. 81 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,600 My dad, Waldemar. 82 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,680 Yes. Hey, hey. 83 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,680 -What is it? -Look here! 84 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,840 No! No, no, no, no. 85 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,080 That was when I became a pro. He was cheering. 86 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,120 -First pro contract. -Show me. 87 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,440 You can't show pictures like that. 88 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,880 My sister, Justina. 89 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:20,880 Podolski. All of them. 90 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,640 -My God, we were so young. -Jesus Christ. Gigolo! 91 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,120 Yes, we're a little mad. 92 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,080 Yes, positively crazy. 93 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:38,840 -Positively crazy. -Yes. 94 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,640 All four of us shared the same bath water. 95 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,680 A full tub, and not out and a new one in, or a shower, but… 96 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,760 -First one… -First one, then the next… 97 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:52,600 And the worst was the last one. 98 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,960 He always took a lot of water in the bathtub. 99 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,880 -He wanted to. -And Mom said, "Lukas, not so much water." 100 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,400 And then he said it very nicely. 101 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:10,160 He said, "Mom, one day you'll have so much water, 102 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,120 you can bathe as much as you want." 103 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,960 -That was a little… -Yes. 104 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,080 -And that's how it was. And now it is. -And it is to this day. 105 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:20,480 KATOWICE POLAND 106 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:45,640 Mommy. 107 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,280 -Mommy. -There. Okay. 108 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:54,920 Yes? 109 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,680 Elchi. Yum-yum, pretzel sticks. 110 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,640 Coffee was made by Ella! 111 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,000 What a good coffee! 112 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:13,800 -Bravo! -Again. 113 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:15,960 Ella goal! 114 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,440 No! Dad goal! 115 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,720 Our base, our home is here in Poland right now. 116 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:31,080 Not that one. 117 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,440 And that's where we live as a family. That's Monika, me, the kids. 118 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,800 Dad has to get sauce for Maya. 119 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,400 Louis is already starting to stand on his own two feet. 120 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,840 But with the two girls, Monika and I share the daily routine. 121 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:53,320 Monika was always in the background. She never loved being on camera. 122 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,040 And she never will. 123 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,720 MONIKA PODOLSKI SPEAKS PUBLICLY IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW. 124 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,200 -No idea why you stayed here for that. -Test, one, two, three. 125 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,360 I think it's important to see that he's not just a footballer, 126 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,080 Poldi, but also a dad. 127 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,240 That he has a very loving, soft, and yes, different side. 128 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,920 That's why I agreed to take part in this. 129 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,680 I think my daily routine has been the same since I started playing football. 130 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,400 Actually, I train every day. 131 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,960 And then games, either Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday. 132 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,840 -You got a dead body. Gotta train more. -What? 133 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,320 Put more power into it. It has to be more stable, you know? 134 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,440 Alright. Here we go again. 135 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,080 Yalla, habibi! 136 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,120 Sober! I wish you lots of fun fucking! 137 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,000 Remember, condoms are important. 138 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,160 -Soberka, best of luck! -Thank you! 139 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,560 I had been thinking about going back to Poland for a while. 140 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,000 We are here in the region of Silesia. 141 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,760 Zabrze is the town where the club is based. 142 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Górnik Zabrze. 143 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,200 Where I myself also play football. 144 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,880 Zabrze is a working-class town. 145 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,880 The region is known for its open pits, for mining, etc. 146 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,880 Normal people, open-minded people. 147 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:51,040 Sośnica is five minutes from the stadium. It's where my whole family comes from. 148 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:55,520 I used to go to the stadium with my father and my uncle. 149 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,200 I'd been thinking about returning to this region and this club 150 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:00,600 for quite some time. 151 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:03,480 I promised my grandmother in Poland. 152 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,480 The best in the world. 153 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:07,600 GRANDMA 154 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,800 -Not good? -Yes, good. 155 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,600 I just feel comfortable there. I come from there, and I like being there. 156 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,160 JULY 2024 157 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,280 First match day of the Polish Ekstraklasa. 158 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,320 Lech Poznań welcomes Górnik Zabrze. 159 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:34,040 I've said that, in my head, it's the last season. 160 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:41,960 I'm turning 40 this summer. That's the end of my professional career. 161 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,840 Then I'll sit down and think about what to do next. 162 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,520 But as of now, it's over. 163 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,600 And you are part of the journey. 164 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:01,240 They get fed at six o'clock. 165 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,720 These two idiots here. 166 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,840 Come on. 167 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,920 I think everyone knows me as a footballer. 168 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,840 Of course that will be covered in the doc. Makes sense. 169 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,200 There have been some really nice moments. Lots of goals. 170 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:21,480 COMING UP ON "POLDI" 171 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:23,200 World champion! 172 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:24,480 Defeats. 173 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,640 It will be a very ugly end. 174 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,720 That's part of it. 175 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:34,400 A documentary is 90 minutes long. More or less. It depends. 176 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:40,960 And 70 to 80% of it is just the footballer and his successes. 177 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:45,880 And 20% is about what he does off the pitch. 178 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,640 If I had a say in it, I'd rather turn it around. 179 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,440 COLOGNE GERMANY 180 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,560 1.2 million euros, right? 181 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,480 Yes, let's see. Let's see what's coming, right? 182 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,840 Yes? 183 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:03,880 Lukas has changed a lot in the last 10, 12 years. 184 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,960 People don't expect a person like that. They expect the footballer. 185 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,560 But not Lukas, the businessman, who has developed in recent years. 186 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,560 This will probably be my last season. 187 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:18,680 By then, I wanted to develop a collection 188 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,080 that will be the last. 189 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,880 A wall like this, let's say, this is the goodbye collection 190 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,720 of Lukas Podolski together with the club. 191 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:32,600 LP10-X, a small Górnik Zabrze logo here, or at the neck. 192 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:35,320 How many articles will it be, approximately? 193 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,560 -Shall we make a suggestion? -Yes. 194 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,280 I just want to make things a bit cooler. 195 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,960 I don't feel like doing stuff like this. You know? 196 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,320 I would rather go in this direction. 197 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,320 With a cool cut, cool fabric, and a clean logo on it. 198 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,080 I think the bag is great, so I'd straight off… 199 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,800 I don't know how well garden gnomes sell. It's a very German product. 200 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:00,200 Yeah, I don't know. Garden gnomes, you know, everyone has them, right? 201 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,880 Well, okay, but not one that looks like you. 202 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,280 -Okay, then make one. -Yes? 203 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:06,480 That would be awesome. 204 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:09,960 And then you tell me how many. And at the bottom there's a price. 205 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,320 You'll get it transferred. I'll take care of the rest with the club. 206 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,640 Got it. 207 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,760 -Simply put. Full throttle. -Yes. 208 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,240 That will be, I think, five seconds in the movie, right? 209 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,760 -What we just did. -Yes. Definitely. 210 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,040 His thoughts are really just projects and business all day long. 211 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,200 "How can I do this better? Bigger? How can I do even more?" 212 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:36,920 That's his attitude in general. 213 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,400 SPEYER AIRFIELD 214 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:43,840 There they are again. 215 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:50,040 Yes, with the defeat to the festival. All for the documentary. 216 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,480 Lukas is not a person who sleeps. 217 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:55,560 He's not a person who says, "I'll chill for a few hours." 218 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,120 With Lukas, it's straight into sixth gear. It's always fast-paced. 219 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:02,960 Here we go. Now! 220 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:05,040 Hey, Louis! 221 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:16,640 Here we go. 222 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:22,480 Over here! 223 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,680 We built a festival from scratch 224 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,280 to the point where we had almost 200,000 visitors. 225 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:35,280 Calling sponsors, calling managers, 226 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,880 organising the whole thing, and so on. I enjoy that. 227 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,880 -No problem! -All good! 228 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:52,680 Honey, where you at? 229 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,800 Get up! Good morning! 230 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:12,840 Here we go. 231 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,320 Podolski! Podolski! Podolski! 232 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,320 I have a business called Mangal Döner. 233 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,680 Ice Cream United. Together with Christian. 234 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,680 "Come on, let's make ice cream." "Alright, let's do it." 235 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,320 And another two or three things that are works in progress. 236 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,200 Go, get a kebab there. 237 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:39,040 There are people who say his kebabs are better than his career by now. 238 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,280 Of course, the goal is to grow all the businesses. 239 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:49,320 I want 100, 200 stores. That's my goal. You see the surprise on people's faces. 240 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,960 When you say there are almost 60 stores by now, 241 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,360 they probably say, "Holy shit. How does he do that?" 242 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,720 That's a lot, huh? What is it that drives you? 243 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,520 You snooze, you lose. Remember that. You snooze, you lose. 244 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,000 Alright, then I'll call them. 245 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,880 He's on the move all day long. 246 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:13,560 Sometimes he's in Germany. I don't know if he came for two or three hours. 247 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,480 And then he's back in Poland in the evening. 248 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,440 I find out later from friends that he was in Germany. 249 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:29,680 My mode is not a one-way street, but rather like a Shibuya crossing. 250 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,600 It goes in all directions. 251 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,720 Football, business, a lot going on. Family is also in the mix. 252 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,560 A lot of people come and go. 253 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,680 There's always a lot going on. Travelling, doing stuff… 254 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,800 I often ask myself, "Why are you still doing so much? 255 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,520 You're doing well, I would say. 256 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,640 Why do you do this to yourself?" But Lukas keeps going. 257 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,000 Don't you want to stop at some point? 258 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,920 ZABRZE POLAND 259 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,040 Sarapata, damn it, you had four days off! 260 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,520 Snap, snap. 261 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,720 New stuff has been added. 262 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,840 What will you miss when you think about stopping? 263 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,240 When you've done this your whole life, at some point you'll miss it. 264 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,760 But I think after a few months, after half a year or a year, 265 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:45,360 I don't know when, something new will open up again. 266 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,120 Every change is hard at first. 267 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,320 But you get over it. 268 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,560 But you miss things like that. 269 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,960 Getting there, sitting down, drinking tea. 270 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,280 It's in your body, for over 20 years. 271 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,000 If it's suddenly gone from one day to the next, 272 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:18,240 I'm curious how I'll react or what it will be like. 273 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,319 -Does that scare you a little bit? -No. 274 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,599 "What will be will be," as they say in Cologne. 275 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,640 OCTOBER 2024 276 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,960 HIS FAREWELL MATCH FROM 1. FC KÖLN TAKES PLACE IN COLOGNE. 277 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:35,640 THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. 278 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:42,120 When I started at 1. FC Köln, I was ten. Later with the pros. 279 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,680 That was always my dream. This is my club. 280 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:51,680 And now Lukas Podolski is coming back at almost 40 as an active professional. 281 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,880 I wanted a farewell match that would connect these two clubs, 282 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,880 1. FC Köln and my club, Górnik Zabrze. 283 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,520 Two home clubs, I would say. 284 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,600 To play a match against each other. 285 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:16,080 To play again in the stadium where my career began. 286 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,400 Lukas Podolski, welcome to the Bundesliga. 287 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,840 Eighteen years young and already a beacon of hope. 288 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:26,760 He gets the first one. 289 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,760 To say goodbye, to say thank you for all the support over the years. 290 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,840 Podolski, free shot, that was the goal! Goal for 1. FC Köln. Lukas Podolski! 291 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,840 All the coaches, all the teammates I played with, 292 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:44,000 thank you very much for all the years you had us here. 293 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,800 From me, from my family. 294 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,920 Because of it, it's hard to say goodbye. 295 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:34,360 He walked around the stadium, the spectators cheered him on. 296 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,520 He talked to the people. He didn't want to leave. 297 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,960 That's when I realised, this is his living room. 298 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,600 He moves as if he was born on the pitch. 299 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,240 The most beautiful thing for him is to play football. 300 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,320 Football is still a bit finite. 301 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,400 Are you getting a sense it might be over at some point? 302 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:04,080 Yes, it's hard to let go. I'll just see how it is after the season. 303 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,440 Good morning. 304 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,120 -Good morning. -Oh, today in pink! 305 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,800 Don't film here, it's chaos! Not here! 306 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,640 BOARD MEMBER GÓRNIK ZABRZE 307 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,760 BOARD MEMBER GÓRNIK ZABRZE 308 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,400 -Shall we go into the middle room? -Yes! 309 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,040 Hello. 310 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,640 How long do you want to play? 311 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,080 I don't know. 312 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:58,520 I haven't made a decision yet whether to continue or to stop. 313 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,280 You haven't decided yet? 314 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:07,400 What do you mean, "haven't decided yet"? Right now, the plan is to stop. 315 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:12,040 So, to discuss the contract details… 316 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,680 Whether it is 500 zlotys, 1000, or any other amount… 317 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,800 Today is not the day? 318 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,680 But I always leave a door open in life. 319 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,880 So we're not filming your last season? 320 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:25,520 Supposedly last season. 321 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:30,480 "SUPPOSEDLY LAST SEASON" LUKAS PODOLSKI 322 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:36,440 My head is not ready to say, "Okay, in a few weeks it's over." 323 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,920 That's why the decision hasn't been made. 324 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,200 Football is simply the best sport. 325 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:53,400 It's fun, emotions. You don't find that in your everyday life. 326 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,760 And that's why I love it. 327 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,400 It's a drug for me. 328 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,880 If you're looking for one thing, the emotions you had on the pitch… 329 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,400 FORMER TEAMMATE 330 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,000 …you'll never find them again. 331 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:10,640 The feeling of a final, won, lost, the atmosphere. 332 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,720 Everything that goes with it is over. It doesn't come back. 333 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:22,360 And there's nothing that gives you similar emotions anymore. 334 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,880 It's not just a job you do. It's a passion. 335 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,080 And to give up a passion, forever… 336 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,400 It's quite normal that it costs a certain amount of willpower. 337 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:38,080 Of course there are many questions. What happens when it's over? 338 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:44,840 What is the drive? Or who am I when it all comes to an end? 339 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,160 Lukas is going through a period of change right now, 340 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,120 where he himself has to let go. 341 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,480 And you are just about to experience a phase of his life 342 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,080 that is very difficult for him. 343 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,400 Here, have this one from Daddy. 344 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,960 Lukas doesn't open up quickly to other people. 345 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:24,080 You really have to spend a lot of time with him, many years… 346 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,720 to understand what kind of person he is. 347 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,120 You only see the football player, the funny guy, Poldi. 348 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,480 Mommy! 349 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,040 There is much, much, much more behind it. 350 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,240 Plop! 351 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,120 To understand Lukas as a person and his character, 352 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,160 you also have to take another look at how he grew up, 353 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,880 how he developed, and where he came from. 354 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,720 Come on, let's go see the "baa." 355 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:05,600 I think then you understand a lot of things. 356 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,720 1987 POLAND 357 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:18,240 It was the end of November '87. It was a very difficult time. 358 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,680 Poland is still far from being able to feed itself. 359 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:27,160 The economic development has led to inflation and widespread poverty. 360 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:33,560 After drastic price increases, many people can no longer even afford their rations. 361 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,760 I don't know exactly how we got to Germany. I was too young. 362 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,840 I only ever hear the story from my father and mother. 363 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,840 Passport. 364 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,200 Yes, that's the passport. 365 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,280 Old Polish passport. 366 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,920 Oh here, here I am. Mom's visa. 367 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:54,600 Here. 368 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:02,520 Not everyone could come. And my wife got a visa from Holland. 369 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,720 And I got one from Germany. Yes. We did it all secretly. 370 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,440 Who knew beforehand? 371 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,280 Only me, my husband, my sister-in-law. 372 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,400 And that was it. No one. 373 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,680 No one knew. We packed our things in the car. 374 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,240 Me with one child and my wife with the other child. 375 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:28,880 And then we said, "Should we go or not?" And then we took the plunge. 376 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,520 And then we came here to Bergheim. 377 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,480 We came here for a better life. For the children. 378 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,480 So we came over with a few things. We had nothing here. 379 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,240 My father found a job. My mother was a cleaner in the schools. 380 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:54,680 She cleaned the classrooms and everything. And yes, that was the start. 381 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,200 And our grandma took us in. 382 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,880 In the beginning, she was like a second mother to me. 383 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,600 And she helped raise me, took care of me. 384 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,320 ROOM 006 MRS PODOLSKI 385 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,240 Nice. Yes, nice. 386 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,640 You have put on a jacket. 387 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,760 -You dressed up for today, huh? -Yes, today is Sunday. 388 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:26,880 Yeah. 389 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,200 He always was a good guy. 390 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,080 GRANDMA 391 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:34,560 Oh yes. 392 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,440 He was the youngest in our family. 393 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,440 You were one year old. 394 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,440 -No, two. Two. Yes. -Yes, one… Two? Yes. 395 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:44,880 Two, yes. 396 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:49,560 You didn't want to go to kindergarten. You always cried. 397 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,840 That was in kindergarten. The teacher spoke only German. 398 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,600 And of course I didn't understand anything at first. 399 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:04,080 My grandma dropped me off at the door. And then she left. 400 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,440 And I didn't go into the classroom, but went outside. 401 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:12,520 And I waited there until one, until two, on the stone, until she picked me up. 402 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,480 -Alone? -Alone, yes. 403 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,000 Some kids did make fun of me. 404 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,800 Like, he doesn't understand the language and so on, but… 405 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,760 Learning German as quickly as possible 406 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:32,040 and adapting to German culture was very important. 407 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:34,960 When we went out to eat, how often did my parents say, 408 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,040 "Behave, there are a lot of Germans here." 409 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,320 How often that happened when I was little. 410 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:44,160 Because there were a lot of Germans there and we wanted to show we were fitting in. 411 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,680 The good thing was that we lived in a housing estate 412 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,240 where there were 25 different nationalities. 413 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,760 No one cared where you came from. 414 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,880 We just had fun and played football in the street. 415 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,240 That's how I used to run to the sports field. 416 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:10,600 He was always with the ball. Always with the ball, even in the bathtub. 417 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,160 Always with the ball. 418 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,600 The ball was always with me. 419 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,840 My mother sent me out shopping, I kicked the ball down, 420 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,680 juggled down the stairs, then walked down the path. 421 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:29,720 When I got a football from my parents, I was happy, I was proud. 422 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,680 I slept with the football because it was so awesome. 423 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,840 No matter the weather. 424 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,640 There was no "It's cold, it's raining." 425 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,400 He came home wet from head to toe. 426 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,360 He was always on the football field. 427 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,600 That football field in Bergheim, 428 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,200 that was always a luxury for me, and a freedom. 429 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,880 I always felt comfortable there. 430 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,240 That's where I blossomed, that was everything to me. 431 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,440 -How did he present himself there? -Same as today. Rough. 432 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,680 As a little boy, he was identical to how he is today. 433 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,680 You have to stand up to him because he's stable, tough, 434 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,920 always shooting with his left foot. 435 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,960 Everyone was afraid of his shot. That was his weapon. 436 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:24,280 We just had fun. Five against five, six against six, seven against seven. 437 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,440 We never stopped playing. 438 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:29,960 Ah, yes! 439 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,880 Everyone knew Lukas. And by bike… 440 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:33,920 SISTER 441 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,320 …the football field was about six, seven minutes away. 442 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,680 My mother was always calling him. 443 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:44,000 And it travelled so far that it reached the football field. 444 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,840 "Lukas, your mom's calling you. You have to go home." 445 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,520 Hello. 446 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,840 I just froze it. 447 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,360 Four pigs and chickens. Okay? 448 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:05,400 Yes. 449 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,800 Today we're having new potatoes with dill… 450 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,840 pork chops, 451 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,840 -and mushrooms. -Schnitzel! 452 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,200 Schnitzel. Well, pork chop. In Poland it's called a pork chop. 453 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,240 -Wiener schnitzel. -Yes. 454 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,320 -You need to add a little butter. -Then give me that margarine. 455 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,800 -My God, you're ruining me. -Don't make a fuss. 456 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,720 Mom has this attitude that she wants to do everything perfectly. 457 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,720 The same ambition as me, my mother. 458 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:50,600 If a key card is lost, she searches until the thing is found again. 459 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,040 Where others say, "I don't care, I'll just get a new one at reception 460 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,080 or have it blocked," 461 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:01,760 she just searches and tries to find or fix things until they work again. 462 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:07,840 A fighter, a winner mentality, and that's how I am too. 463 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,360 I was never a fearful person. 464 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:18,040 -Do you think he got that from you? -I think so. 465 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,520 I say he got almost everything from me. 466 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,280 It was amazing for such a little guy 467 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,600 to be so very confident, to be the one who basically dominated, 468 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,800 even though he was often the smallest. 469 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,280 He also had instances in the game where he passed well, 470 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:47,560 crossed very well, and of course was in the right position. 471 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,400 He also always had a good nose for goals. 472 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,440 It was clear to me that we had to try to get that player to 1. FC Köln. 473 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,800 From 1995, I was in the youth team at 1. FC Köln. 474 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,040 Anyone who has come this far has the desire to go further. 475 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,200 In the end, everyone wants to go pro. 476 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,760 I played for 1. FC Köln in the U17s and U19s on Sundays. 477 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,560 Games were at 11 o'clock. Then I left again at three or four o'clock 478 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,880 and played football with my boys on the football field. 479 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,080 Of course we also got up to mischief and had fun. 480 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,920 -What kind of mischief did you get up to? -Quite a bit, yeah. A lot. 481 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,480 Stealing things. 482 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,760 Breaking into a warehouse with my boys. 483 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,320 Selling tickets on the black market back then. 484 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,080 We always got free tickets from FC in the youth team. 485 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,480 And we sold them on the black market. That existed back then. 486 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,680 There were players who didn't live in Cologne, 487 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:50,360 who didn't have time to go to Cologne on weekends to watch the game. 488 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,560 So we bought the tickets from the boys for ten marks, five marks, 489 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,080 but then sold them for 20, 25. 490 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,440 Poldi was, I must say, always tough in negotiations. Always. 491 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,560 If it was five marks, he said no, he wouldn't sell it. 492 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,440 You might have had eight or ten tickets for some games. 493 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,360 If we add it all up, it was quite a bit. 494 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,320 Plus collecting deposits in the stadium. 495 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,360 Some of us searched the lower tier, some the upper tier. 496 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:19,400 And then he had maybe 10, 15 cups and exchanged them for money. 497 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,160 What did you do with the money? 498 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,280 I don't know, no idea. 499 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:28,040 He took out all his money, folded it like this and always did this, "Look." 500 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,160 Always like this, with the money, even today. 501 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,520 "You have nothing. Look at mine." He always had money, always. 502 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:40,400 I didn't brag about it or spend it like crazy. 503 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,080 He hoarded it. 504 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,160 Frugal, very frugal. 505 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,840 And I always hid the rest in the closet under my clothes. 506 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,800 So my sister wouldn't steal it. 507 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,160 He hoarded it. I spent it. 508 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:58,440 I think this conviction, this toughness, I got from the street. 509 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:03,120 And with my boys, the ones I played with, I had a certain conviction and toughness. 510 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,440 When I started with the pros back then, 511 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:11,200 I made sure to show from the first session that I wanted to stay here. 512 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,000 We still changed in the old catacombs. 513 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,080 You come in, there's the jersey with the 36. 514 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:31,360 Everything you dreamed of as a child is suddenly real and suddenly there. 515 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,280 It's not a dream anymore, the jersey is hanging there, 516 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,960 you put it on and basically go down with the team. 517 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:42,280 Lukas Podolski, welcome to the Bundesliga. Eighteen years young, 518 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:46,520 not a minute with the pros yet, and already a beacon of hope. 519 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,520 I used to be behind the goal, on the side, as a fan. 520 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:55,400 And suddenly you're on the other side, part of it yourself. 521 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,800 And I thought to myself, "Hey, where are you?" 522 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,040 Then it was time, the chance of my life, 523 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,440 to make it at 1. FC Köln, at my club. 524 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:08,840 Let's go! 525 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:11,960 Podolski! 526 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,680 He's got a good left foot. 527 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,600 For the rest of the family it might have been a surprise, 528 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:21,440 but for me, I already knew he would make it. 529 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,720 Lottner. Yes, well done, Podolski! 530 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,400 Do you feel a bit like you're in a fairy tale? 531 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,040 Not really, it's just normal, like always. 532 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:40,120 I came home from work and then all of a sudden… 533 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:44,040 I arrived and there was a car parked in front of my car. 534 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:50,000 It was parked in my parking space, where I always parked my car. 535 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,800 I gave him the keys upstairs and said, "I have something for you." 536 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,000 He went downstairs and there was an Audi A4. 537 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:00,840 He said, "That's yours, it's a gift." 538 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,880 Whether he was happy or what, he should tell you. 539 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:07,800 What should I say? Wow, awesome! 540 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:13,360 And he hugged me and kissed me and couldn't hold back his tears. 541 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,880 Yeah, I don't know. Did I cry? I don't know. 542 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:24,160 As a worker, it was impossible for me to buy a car like that. 543 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:28,480 Right? So… And suddenly I get a car like that for free, 544 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:35,360 and an hour later, I could drive directly to Wuppertal. 545 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,240 His dad had accompanied him to every training session. 546 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,000 AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH MONIKA PODOLSKI 547 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,520 Authoritarian, yes, as a dad, always. 548 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,360 But also so close that they call each other every day 549 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,240 and tell each other everything. 550 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,320 They have a very strong connection with each other. 551 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,560 Of course you have some genes or something from your father, 552 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,200 because he was a footballer himself. 553 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,960 It's not just that your father always told you, 554 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:10,400 "Nothing comes from nothing," but of course work is always part of it. 555 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,160 My father always said, "No matter what it is, 556 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:15,800 don't take it for granted. 557 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,560 You have to do something for it. 558 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,560 It won't just fall into your lap. 559 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:26,760 You have to work for it. And only then you can say you made it." 560 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,480 The Bundesliga returns from the winter break 561 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:36,440 with a derby weekend between 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach. 562 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,520 What was the kick-off moment for you personally, 563 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:43,240 when you realised, "Okay, now I've made it, now I'm a full pro"? 564 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:46,880 I think the goal against Gladbach in the derby. 565 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:51,720 Schröder with an opportunity, Podolski, free shot, the ball is in the goal! 566 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,360 Goal for 1. FC Köln, Lukas Podolski! 567 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:03,200 The force from the south stand and all. It gave me a boost, also in the media. 568 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:05,960 Good cross! 569 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,320 1. FC Köln is in the lead. 570 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,880 Great goal, right? In my opinion. 571 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,920 Podolski! 1-1! 572 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,840 Podolski! And goal! 573 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,320 It's unbelievable! 574 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:25,400 THE POLDI FAIRY TALE 575 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,880 You go there as an 18-year-old, 19-year-old, 576 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,920 you play, and they call your name, they support you. 577 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,160 Podolski! And 2-0! A great goal! 578 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:38,000 What happened was unimaginable, 579 00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,240 even though Lukas hadn't been there that long. 580 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:44,000 But there weren't that many heroes, that many young stars in Germany then, 581 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,720 and with his fun personality, he was just popular with people. 582 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:53,480 Not long ago he stood in the fan section himself. Now he has his own fans. 583 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,160 They're writing, "We want to have your baby." 584 00:38:57,240 --> 00:39:00,040 With a mobile phone number underneath, to get in touch. 585 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,160 But I won't do that. 586 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:06,320 -You don't have a car or a girlfriend. -Football comes first, that's what counts. 587 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,680 What role did girls play when you were teenagers? 588 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,520 -None at all. -None at all. 589 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,720 I never had a girlfriend, even in my teenage years. 590 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,680 We always just played football. 591 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,960 And my boys went to Cologne on the weekends, partying and so on, 592 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,120 and then always told me, "Wow, women, I met this chick," 593 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,680 just how it is with boys. 594 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:33,040 And I was always at home or had football games on Saturday or Sunday. 595 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,440 And then one day a friend said, "Wow, there's this Polish girl. 596 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,880 You're from Poland too. She's Polish, she's blonde and I know her. 597 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,640 I'll introduce you." 598 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:45,040 We met, talked and… 599 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:47,480 that was it. 600 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:52,640 Then we met at the schoolyard, at the ping-pong table. 601 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:57,720 Then we went to the gas station, got something to drink and a Mars bar. 602 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,000 I remember that. And then we just went for a walk. 603 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,280 Half the night. 604 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:08,280 He talked a lot about football, a lot about his family, 605 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:14,400 and then I realised pretty quickly that we had the same attitude to life. 606 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:19,120 And that's why there was a second date and a third. 607 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,520 And his wedding, my goodness. 608 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,080 -I don't even talk about that. -What a wedding! 609 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:31,720 What a wedding. Three days. You know what? It was to cry for. 610 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,040 -A dream. -To cry for. 611 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,040 -In the church. -It was a dream. 612 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,760 Wonderful. Beautiful. All three days, right? 613 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:04,320 It was all so overwhelming. 614 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,480 At first you didn't really realise it, you had to grow into it. 615 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:12,240 But I was so happy for him. I knew how important it was to him. 616 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,320 Not so much the fame and the glory, 617 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,280 but to play as a pro footballer, in the jersey. 618 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:24,880 She probably saw at the beginning that I put so much energy into it, 619 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:31,040 and I was so focussed and wanted it so much, that she put herself second. 620 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,720 And that means she let me fulfil my dream. 621 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:42,360 I was with the U21s at the time and then I got the call from Rudi Völler. 622 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,920 "You're going to the training camp of the national team." 623 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:51,840 2004 with Rudi Völler. Yes, that's when he started. 624 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,920 We were totally exhausted here. 625 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,240 Lukas Podolski will come on 626 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,800 as the second debutant alongside Schweinsteiger. 627 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:03,320 Totally exhausted, and then he didn't let him play. 628 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,640 So far no opportunity to bring on Lukas Podolski. 629 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,320 He's still warming up. 630 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,840 And they play and say, "Why didn't he let him on?" 631 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,360 Now we have the interruption. 632 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,200 The Cologne player is the third youngest debutant 633 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,640 in the post-war history of the German national team. 634 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:27,400 But then he played. We were happy. Yes, we were firing on all cylinders here. 635 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,080 It was Basti and me back then. 636 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,320 We both went all out. 637 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:34,640 Podolski, goal! 638 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:40,280 Yes! Ten minutes before halftime, the 3-0. 639 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,640 And were there at the 2006 World Cup. 640 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,080 The expectations were immense. 641 00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,400 "AT THE WORLD CUP WE'RE BANKING ALL ON POLDI" 642 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:56,840 Everyone believed that Lukas Podolski would carry us to the title on his own. 643 00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,960 When the impression is 644 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,840 that you have to shoot the Germans to the world championship on your own… 645 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,120 I read that a few times. "Poldi will do it." 646 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,760 Does that make you nervous or can you handle this pressure? 647 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,480 A lot is written by the press, 648 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,040 but I don't need to put any pressure on myself. 649 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,960 I have fun playing football and that's what I want to show. 650 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,360 That's what he says. You almost want to believe him. 651 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,760 He was focussed on what he needed to do, 652 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:27,240 and he had the gift of going into a game 653 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,320 so carefree and unselfconscious. 654 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,920 For me, things were simple at the 2006 World Cup. 655 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,200 You're there, give it your all and play. 656 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:45,160 And here we go! Counterattack by Schneider, Podolski! 657 00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:49,040 A great goal! That's divine! That's wonderful! 658 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:53,160 Klose, through the turn, Klose, comes in… Goal! 659 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,840 Goal by Lukas Podolski! 660 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,840 I was at every game, watched them all from start to finish. 661 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:06,000 We were live at every game. 662 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,120 Klose. 663 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,960 Podolski again! I don't believe it! 664 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:14,720 Unbelievable! 665 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:21,920 When I hear "Poldi and Schweini," 666 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,840 I get this glow inside me, this joy. 667 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,320 -Lukas, get up. -Hey. 668 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,520 Come on! Off to the game! 669 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,000 Get up, lazy bum. 670 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:44,480 It's like two good friends who get along really well. 671 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,480 That's how it was at the end of the day. 672 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:51,000 -That's what the bastard eats. -Oh man, Schweini. 673 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,000 I was visiting there too. 674 00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:00,440 We women were allowed to visit the men on certain days. 675 00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,680 I brought a bag of crisps with me. 676 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,400 They were actually mine, not Lukas's. 677 00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:11,680 And that's why I found it so funny when that was picked up. 678 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,040 That Lukas eats like that. 679 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,040 Look at that. 680 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:20,120 The good thing about us was 681 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,440 that we clicked incredibly well on the pitch. 682 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:27,400 We got along very well and just had fun. And the people… They liked that. 683 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:32,040 Germany-Argentina. There is overtime with a penalty shootout. 684 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,400 If there's one thing he doesn't do, it's poop his pants. 685 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:43,480 It didn't matter if it was a penalty, or an opponent, or a teammate. 686 00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:47,640 Both have always won penalty shootouts at previous World Cups. 687 00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:49,520 Today it will be different. 688 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,680 I can remember difficult moments, like the penalty against Argentina. 689 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:59,040 We got together and the coach asked who felt ready, who had a good shot. 690 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:04,960 I said, "I'm ready, I want to shoot." I think I was the second or third shooter. 691 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,960 I was substituted at that point. I couldn't take a penalty. 692 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,840 I thought, "Thank God he's there." 693 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,400 Now Lukas Podolski. 694 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,960 That's why you always wanted to go pro. 695 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:21,520 To be ready, to be sure of yourself, and to shoot the ball where it should go. 696 00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:23,000 Lukas, put it in there. 697 00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:27,120 Podolski! 698 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:31,840 He didn't give a damn. 699 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,960 We drove to every game all over Germany. 700 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,120 And Lukas organised everything. 701 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:49,000 We had a car, a hotel, meals, and admission tickets. 702 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,800 UNCLE 703 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,520 And then, after the game, Lukas came over of course. 704 00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:57,960 In a car, barefoot. Klinsmann allowed it, because his family had come. 705 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,040 And we drove back at night. 706 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:01,920 He drove us to the hotel. 707 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,280 He was speeding, and the police pulled him over. 708 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,440 He looked at Lukas, and… 709 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,080 "Goodbye." He let us continue. 710 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,520 Even though he exceeded the city's speed limit. 711 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,120 -So there he was like a god. -Yes. 712 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:18,720 Lukas Podolski was voted the best young player of the World Cup. 713 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,920 FIFA chose the 21-year-old. 714 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:29,880 -How do you feel at your first World Cup? -I'm happy. I got an award yesterday… 715 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:33,120 Man, man, man. He's only with the women again. 716 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,480 Come on, Schweini. Get out of here. 717 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:42,080 Ronaldo and Messi also started at the World Cup. 718 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,720 And they are the same age as Lukas. 719 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:49,040 They were already good football players back then. 720 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,400 But they chose Lukas. 721 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:56,720 It certainly motivates me to continue improving in my career. 722 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:03,240 It was a great experience for the whole family, for Lukas. 723 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,760 Like new. Five years younger. 724 00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:17,000 At least! 725 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:21,160 -Off with that shit. -You don't look 40, you look 30. 726 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:24,440 You can just keep playing, perfect for the Ekstraklasa. 727 00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:26,480 My head already hurts. 728 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,200 And Lukas, are you playing next season? 729 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,400 -Don't know. -He doesn't know. 730 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:45,280 Podolski! 731 00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:57,600 PRESS OFFICER GÓRNIK ZABRZA 732 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,320 Still 0-0. 87th minute. 733 00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:06,600 Lukas Podolski, subbed in 15 minutes ago. 734 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,360 With an inglorious scene. 735 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:10,000 Siedlecki with another chance. 736 00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:13,520 There could be complaints against the player! 737 00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:17,640 And you go, you fucking go… 738 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:22,400 Fucking sprint. Pick up the ball and play. I'm playing 2-0. 739 00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:26,960 It's like talking to a fucking wall. 740 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:30,040 Fucking play. You have to watch yourself on the pitch. 741 00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:01,880 BOARD MEMBER GÓRNIK ZABRZE 742 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,840 It was on his mind, for sure. 743 00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,560 He was torn. He even asked the kids what he should do. 744 00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,240 Do you want some chicken? 745 00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:25,080 Or a sausage? 746 00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:26,840 Chicken? Okay. 747 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:30,640 He always said, "What do you think, should Daddy keep playing?" 748 00:50:35,720 --> 00:50:39,560 If he really thought about it, it was hard for him. 749 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,880 He really doesn't know what to do. 750 00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:54,360 Sometimes I think, "It's enough." Sometimes you say, "Come on." 751 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:57,320 When you see that you can keep up in training, 752 00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:01,080 that you can keep up in the Polish first league, 753 00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:06,920 then you think, "Why should I give up what I love so much?" 754 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:07,840 Ella! 755 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:11,360 There's no reason. The only reason is the family. 756 00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:21,840 This is the footage we want. 757 00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:25,640 I have to pretend I'm pedalling, or people will think it's an electric bike. 758 00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:39,600 Yalla! 759 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:40,720 Ella. 760 00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:43,520 Let's go, Ella. Billy goat. 761 00:51:45,240 --> 00:51:48,600 You can go straight there, honey. You can go straight there. 762 00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:51,400 Maya, turn left back there to the ice cream parlour. 763 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,480 -Let's keep going, okay? -Come on! 764 00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,040 Whenever I'm at home, with my children, family, 765 00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:13,000 I feel that it's time to now say… More time for other things. 766 00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:19,280 The children have had to do without for years too. 767 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,560 Ella benefits the most because the national team is gone. 768 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:25,360 He doesn't travel as much anymore. 769 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:31,560 But if he still wants to play, I said he has to make enough time for the kids. 770 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:46,240 In the last few years, I never had time to think about my entire career. 771 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,400 To sit down, "Wow, where did I actually play? 772 00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:51,680 Which were the nice moments?" 773 00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:57,760 Then you realise what you're missing or what you've accomplished. 774 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:13,440 Germany's most talented striker moves to Germany's most successful football club. 775 00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,640 This makes him one of the world's most valuable footballers. 776 00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:17,800 And there's the goal! 777 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:22,200 Lukas Podolski scores his first goal for Bayern. 778 00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:25,280 How was it for you when he moved to Munich? 779 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:30,760 If Bayern Munich wants someone, then we all go. 780 00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,280 Here, money, money, and everything's good. 781 00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:37,080 An apartment by the lake. Wonderful, I'd go there too. 782 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,240 He was one of the young stars of the World Cup. 783 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:49,600 That's how he was seen when he went there. 784 00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:52,560 Of course he, along with Bastian Schweinsteiger, 785 00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:56,760 was a rising star in the national team, in the Confed Cup and so on. 786 00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:58,400 Expectations were high. 787 00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,760 The only drawback was being away from home for the first time. 788 00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,080 I'd always lived with my parents. 789 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:15,240 The first time looking after myself. 790 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:19,320 The first time Dad not driving you to training 791 00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:22,680 and Mom not cooking at home. 792 00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:29,440 Munich was a huge step, because it was outside of Cologne. 793 00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,120 The family wasn't right there. 794 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:35,720 Lukas was always with his family. 795 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,400 Away from my friends, from my surroundings. 796 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:42,400 You come to a new city and are on your own. 797 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,920 But I was focussed on football. 798 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:55,680 First everything was positive. Prince Poldi, the boy from Cologne. 799 00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:00,280 But then you play badly once. 800 00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:06,200 Then comes the criticism, the newspapers. 801 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:10,840 The media no longer protect you, they attack you. 802 00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:12,880 PODOLSKI AND THE BAVARIANS A MISUNDERSTANDING? 803 00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:16,600 You have fewer games, buffers, in which things are not allowed to go wrong, 804 00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:18,560 because there's a lot of competition. 805 00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:22,840 It's not for nothing that they say FC Bayern is a bit like a shark tank. 806 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,560 THE PRINCE COUNTS FOR NOTHING IN BAVARIA 807 00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:30,200 When I look at my games, my stats, 808 00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,480 I'd say my athletic performance in Munich was good. 809 00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:36,080 Not top-notch or amazing, but good. 810 00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,800 He wasn't always set to play for Bayern. He had to prove himself. 811 00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:43,200 It isn't about him always being in the starting lineup. 812 00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,080 He just wants to play. 813 00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:47,600 That was an experience he had to live as well. 814 00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:50,720 It was what it was. 815 00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,920 He must have been frustrated. 816 00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,880 But he never showed it. 817 00:55:59,960 --> 00:56:03,400 He never showed it to the outside world or to the club. 818 00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,160 I've never heard my brother complain. 819 00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:09,840 If he's feeling bad, you don't notice it. 820 00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:14,240 He's so hardened by all the situations, by everything that happens. 821 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,800 Our greatest talent, Lukas Podolski, is being criticised. 822 00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:20,560 He's having a bit of a hard time. 823 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:23,320 Lukas, welcome to Harri's European Championship club. 824 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,960 -Nice to have you here. -I'm so looking forward to the game. 825 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:31,640 Lukas, from what we hear from Säbener Straße, 826 00:56:31,720 --> 00:56:34,720 is it disappointing to be on the bench with people like Luca Toni 827 00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:36,440 and Miro Klose in front of you? 828 00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:40,280 I don't care, I fight my way through. We play for the team. 829 00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,480 And I definitely have a contract here at FC Bayern. 830 00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:46,480 There is no communication problem between Bayern and me. 831 00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:50,880 I speak clearly so that everyone can understand me and make sense of it. 832 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:52,680 Everyone can say something too. 833 00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:02,000 Do you even know anything about politics? Do you even know how to vote? 834 00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:05,120 Of course I know how to vote, you little piece of trash. 835 00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:08,640 I even have redial on my Nokia. 836 00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:17,840 For me, it was similar to criticism you get in sports. 837 00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:19,840 You get frustrated about it. 838 00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:21,840 Dear diary, this is Lukas, right? 839 00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:24,960 Professional football is a bit like studying German, right? 840 00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:26,560 You have to get a lot of points 841 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,560 and after a few years you're done and don't know what to do. 842 00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:31,960 Basti Schweini and I have to chase Philipp Lahm 843 00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:34,960 through the FC Bayern clubhouse with a wet towel, right? 844 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:38,360 And try to slap him on the butt, right? So awesome. 845 00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:40,320 They wanted to make fun of him 846 00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,680 because he couldn't speak as clearly as the other people. 847 00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:48,280 Of course, I wouldn't do that to someone who has a Polish background 848 00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:52,840 when I know a bit about his history, where he comes from, etc. 849 00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:58,040 It was a bit over the line, what he was saying. 850 00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:02,560 And they were also attacking his parents, his grandmother on his mother's side. 851 00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:05,480 As if to say he wasn't taught the language properly. 852 00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:08,920 None of us thought it was funny, but what can you do about it? 853 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:11,760 What are you supposed to do in that moment? 854 00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:14,160 POLDI TAKES ACTION AGAINST WDR 855 00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:16,520 "I DON'T HAVE TO BE INSULTED LIKE THAT." 856 00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:22,640 If he thinks he's being treated unfairly, he's a bit of a stickler for justice. 857 00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:25,120 And then he can bark back. 858 00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:28,240 …also from us journalists in his last ten DFB days, 859 00:58:28,320 --> 00:58:31,360 but he rejected all interviews, marching past the cameras 860 00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:33,920 with the same statement. "No, I won't do it." 861 00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,600 No, no, I won't do it. 862 00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:39,760 -What did that do to him? -He thinks things through more. 863 00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:41,480 He's less carefree. 864 00:58:41,560 --> 00:58:43,160 "What do people want?" 865 00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:47,680 "Positive, negative, what could happen if I say that?" 866 00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:50,680 And that made him more mature. 867 00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:57,520 WÖRTHSEE MUNICH 868 00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:05,160 Back there. The mountains are nice. 869 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,720 In the summer, the lake here is outstanding. 870 00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:11,880 It's just awesome. 871 00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:14,320 -But swimming? -Sure, swimming, of course. 872 00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:17,240 After the Euros, it starts. 873 00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:21,040 My wife is calling, right? 874 00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:24,560 We know each other. 875 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:26,200 Hello. 876 00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:28,960 Hello, hello, greetings. 877 00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:31,280 I can't… Call you back in five minutes. 878 00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:35,360 A real journalist. 879 00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:40,120 So until Munich, it was always just about football and our relationship. 880 00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:43,040 But no big responsibility. 881 00:59:43,120 --> 00:59:44,440 Good. Exactly. 882 00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:51,160 Then he becomes a dad. 883 00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:54,320 Something he always wished for, which is actually happening now. 884 00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:58,760 To have a little baby, a little person, 885 00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:03,560 and then to take responsibility, that was already overwhelming. 886 01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:05,280 For him, but also for me. 887 01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:11,960 Lukas was away during the week, away on the weekend. 888 01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:15,320 He was maybe home twice a week, sometimes two days a week. 889 01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:16,960 And I was alone with the child. 890 01:00:19,720 --> 01:00:23,120 As an athlete you can't decide for yourself where you go. 891 01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:26,840 Sometimes you're here and tomorrow you're somewhere else. 892 01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:32,480 There are always moments that are special in a child's life. 893 01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:34,120 And often he wasn't there. 894 01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:40,960 Back then, I cried a lot when I was away from Louis. 895 01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:45,600 When I knew we were going away for three, four, five weeks, 896 01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:48,000 it was hard to let go. 897 01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:52,880 I think that's just the sacrifice you make as a football player. 898 01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:57,240 He didn't act selfishly, but he didn't act differently either. 899 01:00:57,320 --> 01:01:02,880 He just… We just kept going as before. Only now with a baby. 900 01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:09,920 -Okay, now. -Yes, now. Now. 901 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:11,560 Play on the other side. 902 01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:13,320 Son! 903 01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:15,960 Even further, even further, strong! Bravo, Poldi! 904 01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:20,120 Play! 905 01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:28,800 Come on, son. Header goal, son. 906 01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:30,440 Now. 907 01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:35,960 Yes, son! 908 01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:37,480 Great, Louis! 909 01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:40,080 Yes, son. 910 01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:42,920 That's how it has to be. It's because of the pressure. 911 01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:45,880 When the pressure is high, people perform well. 912 01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:49,440 Like father, like son, as they say. That's how the saying goes? 913 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:53,120 SON 914 01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:54,600 Is here okay? 915 01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:57,880 What do you think, if we make a documentary about your father, 916 01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:00,200 what should definitely be in it? 917 01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:06,680 His sense of humour, of fun, is definitely a characteristic. 918 01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:10,920 Most people already know that, but… 919 01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:14,560 And here it is. 920 01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:22,960 -Would it be okay for him to listen in? -Yes, sure. 921 01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:25,120 And? Good? 922 01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:28,440 The picture is good, the light, yes, nicely cut there. 923 01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:33,280 He's a funny father, yes. He's not the oldest either. 924 01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:38,400 So, yes, he can take a joke. You can have fun with him. 925 01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:41,280 Does he sometimes embarrass you? 926 01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:44,480 No, not really. Luckily not, no. 927 01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:47,800 Describe what he's like as a father. 928 01:02:51,640 --> 01:02:54,960 Difficult. One father. Limited edition. 929 01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:02,160 See, you didn't put that one in. You have to… 930 01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:04,800 -Yes. -You have to really want it. 931 01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:07,480 You have to squeeze that out of the players. 932 01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:09,520 Until they throw up. 933 01:03:09,600 --> 01:03:13,040 From the guys who play, everyone wants to go pro. 934 01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:16,280 You have to be very lucky. 935 01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:18,520 Avoid injuries, and… 936 01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:21,120 School is important. 937 01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:25,720 -What? He's starting again. -Yes, yes. He should go. 938 01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:28,000 But going pro… 939 01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:31,520 What will be will be. 940 01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:33,800 -I tried. -What? 941 01:03:33,880 --> 01:03:36,560 I wanted the near post. A bit hard, but it hit wrong. 942 01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:39,040 From there you have to hit it, into the corners. 943 01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:42,880 -It was too long. His legs were too long. -You had too much time to think. 944 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:43,920 -Yes. -Yes. 945 01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:46,480 -I wanted to dribble past him. -First hat trick? 946 01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:47,640 Yes. 947 01:03:47,720 --> 01:03:49,520 At Górnik, second or third. 948 01:03:50,680 --> 01:03:52,280 This season, first hat trick. 949 01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:55,120 -You coming home with me? -Yes. 950 01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:57,240 -Then go shower, see you in a minute. -Okay. 951 01:03:57,320 --> 01:03:59,040 But hurry up, not as usual. 952 01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:05,120 When you think too much, something like this happens. 953 01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:10,920 Full instep, has to go into the corner, that thing. Full instep. 954 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:13,880 -It was too easy, right? -Too easy, yes. 955 01:04:13,960 --> 01:04:18,560 I ask him now and then whether he wants to stop, 956 01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,480 but I always get the same answer, that he still enjoys it. 957 01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:25,560 He still loves football as much as he used to. 958 01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:32,600 My father also told me a lot of stories about how he got into football here. 959 01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:36,880 This is his home. He was born here. This is where he got to know football. 960 01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:50,000 I always had responsibilities at the clubs I was at. 961 01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:55,640 Especially here, because it's kind of the home club. 962 01:04:57,400 --> 01:05:01,520 Responsibilities, because I realise they need me on the field, off the field. 963 01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:07,320 The club is in a difficult situation, financially too. 964 01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:11,520 I just wanted to come for a year, play, and then finish. 965 01:05:11,600 --> 01:05:14,760 But then came that drive again, like with all the businesses. 966 01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:17,600 "I'm going to try to achieve something with the clubs." 967 01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:19,240 Now I have a meeting. 968 01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:27,320 We want to redo the fitness and spa area. 969 01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:28,640 YOUTH ACADEMY GÓRNIK ZABRZE 970 01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:29,960 We want to invest a little. 971 01:05:36,600 --> 01:05:37,560 Hello. 972 01:05:37,640 --> 01:05:39,120 -Hello. -Hello. 973 01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:43,240 Go on! Go on with the talks and the swear words. 974 01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:44,400 What? No more? 975 01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:48,760 -Training or match? -Training. 976 01:05:51,160 --> 01:05:53,560 This is not supposed to be a five-star facility. 977 01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:56,800 We have to retain the character of this place. 978 01:05:56,880 --> 01:06:00,920 This is where the rooms will be, where we'll install cold and hot pools. 979 01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:02,400 And the sauna will go here? 980 01:06:03,520 --> 01:06:06,200 Sauna or shower. Back in the day, all of this used to work. 981 01:06:06,280 --> 01:06:08,440 I'll quickly go get the architect. 982 01:06:08,520 --> 01:06:11,320 -She'll show the first drafts. -Okay. 983 01:06:11,400 --> 01:06:14,080 You can create something. That's fun. 984 01:06:15,080 --> 01:06:18,120 Invest. Motivate people. 985 01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:23,080 So they see things are moving forward. Slowly, but things are moving forward. 986 01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:25,840 That's what I suggest for the floor. That's the 0.5 tile. 987 01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:27,000 And for the wall? 988 01:06:27,080 --> 01:06:29,920 Maybe this one. But I'm also considering this option. 989 01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:34,280 What if we use the same tile for the floor and the wall? 990 01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:37,520 We could do that. It's up to your liking. 991 01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:41,920 -Then we'll take that, and maybe that too. -Okay, let's go in that direction. 992 01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:49,280 If the person who keeps the club alive, its leader, breaks away, 993 01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:54,360 then that might also happen to the club, because it is not yet set up in such a way 994 01:06:54,440 --> 01:06:59,600 that you can say, "Okay, we can just carry on without him." 995 01:06:59,680 --> 01:07:03,560 Therefore you have a responsibility to the team, the people, 996 01:07:03,640 --> 01:07:05,920 the fans, and the region. 997 01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:10,680 And I know that the responsibility is there. 998 01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:21,240 There. 999 01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:24,040 COLOGNE 1000 01:07:24,120 --> 01:07:27,800 Now, after the last few years, with Lukas and his family in Poland, 1001 01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:30,440 where they spend a lot of time with the family there, 1002 01:07:30,520 --> 01:07:33,480 I think he has a much greater sense of home. 1003 01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:40,240 In Poland he has found a kind of home, but Cologne will be his home forever. 1004 01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:49,920 Right, let's let some air in. 1005 01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:53,440 LUKAS'S APARTMENT COLOGNE 1006 01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:56,560 Wonderful, wonderful. 1007 01:07:57,120 --> 01:07:58,400 Looks like a… 1008 01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:01,120 Like a postcard. 1009 01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:07,240 Viva Colonia! 1010 01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:11,200 -You can pull it over once, too. -Yeah. 1011 01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:14,760 Right, put on the shirt. And then we'll do the number here. 1012 01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:18,720 Like a Santa Claus. 1013 01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:21,120 Awesome! Fits like a glove. 1014 01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:22,760 -Does it stay open? -No, no. 1015 01:08:26,840 --> 01:08:27,760 Alaaf. 1016 01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:32,560 -Morning. -Morning. 1017 01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:34,920 -Hey. -Morning, Lukas. I'm Andreas. 1018 01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:35,920 -Morning. -Morning. 1019 01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:38,120 -Morning. -Morning, morning, morning. 1020 01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:39,319 Morning, everyone. 1021 01:08:39,399 --> 01:08:40,720 Hello. Morning. 1022 01:08:41,319 --> 01:08:43,600 -Morning. Morning. -Hello. Friedrich. 1023 01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:49,880 Do you have music on the float? It's all there? 1024 01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:52,040 Yes. You're more nervous than all of us. 1025 01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:55,479 -There has to be a bit of organisation. -Have fun. 1026 01:08:56,800 --> 01:08:58,120 Here we go. Hey. 1027 01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:04,000 Nice to have you here. All the best. Have fun. 1028 01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:09,399 Let's greet Lukas Podolski with "Kölle…" 1029 01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:11,040 -Alaaf! -Lukas! 1030 01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:12,880 -Alaaf! -Hey! 1031 01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:18,319 Hey, look at this. 1032 01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:25,560 Home is everywhere. But of course, Cologne means a lot to me, 100%. 1033 01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:33,560 -Prince Poldi should come back to Cologne. -Why? 1034 01:09:34,279 --> 01:09:37,720 He's a good player and Bayern isn't using him anyway. 1035 01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:39,200 COME HOME, POLDI 1036 01:09:39,279 --> 01:09:41,760 COLOGNE IS COLLECTING MONEY FOR PODOLSKI 1037 01:09:41,840 --> 01:09:47,080 Bring Lukas, bring Lukas back home 1038 01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:51,760 All of Cologne wanted the prodigal son to return to the FC at the Geissbockheim. 1039 01:09:51,840 --> 01:09:54,359 PODOLSKI TRANSFER COMPLETE 1040 01:09:54,439 --> 01:09:56,720 I just wanted to go back to 1. FC Köln 1041 01:09:56,800 --> 01:10:00,640 because I was excited about the club again, the fans, and I missed it. 1042 01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:06,280 The love for the stadium and the fan block never went away. 1043 01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:12,040 I've always been one from the fan block, always an Ultra. 1044 01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:14,800 And another picture for you. 1045 01:10:20,240 --> 01:10:24,080 The hype, euphoria. There were 30,000 fans at the training. 1046 01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:27,000 Every media outlet was there. Everyone reported on it. 1047 01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:30,120 And of course, I was happy back then. 1048 01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:33,080 Everyone told to me, "Finally Poldi is coming home." 1049 01:10:33,160 --> 01:10:34,560 My phone just exploded. 1050 01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:37,080 Lukas Podolski! 1051 01:10:39,480 --> 01:10:41,840 This return gave the club an incredible boost. 1052 01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:45,120 The belief in the great 1. FC Köln returned. 1053 01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:51,160 This club needed a face. 1054 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:54,880 And that face is Lukas Podolski. 1055 01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:10,160 I have the kind of personality that always wants to give 100%. 1056 01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:13,760 As a footballer you're always hyper-focussed. 1057 01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:17,280 You only ever see the ball, the football, the training, and the game. 1058 01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:19,240 Sometimes you forget everything else. 1059 01:11:21,400 --> 01:11:25,800 In Cologne, it was sometimes so crazy. You couldn't even go out. 1060 01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:28,200 Masses of people came at you. 1061 01:11:29,560 --> 01:11:31,160 Take the picture! 1062 01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:36,280 Maybe that was a time for me when I had a hard time dealing with it. 1063 01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:38,800 That I had to share him with millions of people. 1064 01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:40,600 Every day, day after day. 1065 01:11:42,480 --> 01:11:47,240 Maybe I was just going through a phase where I needed him more. 1066 01:11:56,600 --> 01:12:02,040 I played football and the next day, instead of spending Sundays with Monika 1067 01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:06,640 and maybe going for a walk with Louis, I was on the football field with friends 1068 01:12:06,720 --> 01:12:10,720 and then went out to eat with them instead of doing something with my family. 1069 01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:21,560 Maybe I just kept living the way I… the way I thought I had to back then. 1070 01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:27,640 And at that point, I said, "You go to the apartment, 1071 01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:31,400 leave us for a bit and think things through. 1072 01:12:31,480 --> 01:12:35,680 Because when you're here, you piss me off, I yell at you, you yell at me." 1073 01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:41,720 There were times in Cologne when we didn't talk to each other for weeks, 1074 01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:48,640 when we argued, when we weren't together for a few weeks. 1075 01:12:50,200 --> 01:12:53,360 When you're separated physically and on purpose, 1076 01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:55,440 that's when you start to think. 1077 01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:02,520 And when you come to the conclusion that we want this, 1078 01:13:02,600 --> 01:13:06,120 we can't live without each other, how can we make it better? 1079 01:13:06,200 --> 01:13:09,800 Through conversations, through emotions and conversations. 1080 01:13:09,880 --> 01:13:14,880 And then one side has to say yes, and the other side has to say yes. 1081 01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:21,800 Somehow we found our way back together. 1082 01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:25,360 I also think that this story, 1083 01:13:25,440 --> 01:13:28,840 that we embarked on this path together from the start, 1084 01:13:28,920 --> 01:13:33,400 that we got to know each other when we were "normal people"… 1085 01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:36,640 I'd put that in quotation marks. 1086 01:13:36,720 --> 01:13:40,040 That has made us stronger as people. 1087 01:13:43,760 --> 01:13:46,920 Lukas wanted to go back to Cologne because he missed his family, 1088 01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:50,160 he missed his surroundings, and he just missed the club. 1089 01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:58,560 He probably also underestimated what that meant for him. 1090 01:13:58,640 --> 01:14:01,520 The fun of playing football was there, 1091 01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:05,080 but you could tell it wasn't the same as it used to be. 1092 01:14:06,480 --> 01:14:09,840 You come back as the superstar and everyone is looking at you, 1093 01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:14,600 all of the media, all the players, like, "Podolski, go on, do something." 1094 01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:19,360 Now the pass for Podolski, Lukas Podolski with the left! 1095 01:14:20,560 --> 01:14:23,600 AFTER FALSE START, COLOGNE PINS HOPE ON PODOLSKI, NOVAKOVIC AND MANICHE 1096 01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:25,560 He was the one everything depended on. 1097 01:14:25,640 --> 01:14:29,280 And he couldn't live up to that, not from the position he was in. 1098 01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:32,920 Philipp Lahm. But who intercepts this pass? 1099 01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:34,880 Lukas Podolski. 1100 01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:39,320 I think it was a problem, that people in charge didn't protect me. 1101 01:14:39,400 --> 01:14:43,960 They just let it run its course. They didn't throw me to the wolves, 1102 01:14:44,040 --> 01:14:49,320 but they said, "Right, Lukas, see if you can manage on your own." 1103 01:14:49,400 --> 01:14:50,640 AN ETERNAL UP AND DOWN 1104 01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:54,160 There was no 1. FC Köln, I think it was only 1. FC Lukas Podolski. 1105 01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:55,480 THE DOUBTING PRINCE 1106 01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:56,520 RELEGATION BATTLE 1107 01:14:56,600 --> 01:14:59,480 Lukas Podolski alone can't guarantee staying in the top league. 1108 01:15:04,880 --> 01:15:08,640 The final whistle in Cologne, and it will be a very unpleasant end. 1109 01:15:08,720 --> 01:15:14,200 The players are doing a runner and have no opportunity to say goodbye. 1110 01:15:14,280 --> 01:15:18,080 It's the final blow on a black Saturday. 1111 01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:20,480 RELEGATION IN COLOGNE 1112 01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:24,080 Well, it's clear that this is the hardest moment for me, 1113 01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:25,760 in recent years. 1114 01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:28,800 And if you get relegated on the last match day… 1115 01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:32,320 BLACK DAY FOR PODOLSKI 1116 01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:35,360 He thought, "I'll go back to Cologne and stay there forever." 1117 01:15:35,440 --> 01:15:36,640 MY PRINCE! TAKE CARE 1118 01:15:36,720 --> 01:15:41,680 But at some point he realised, "I don't think that's what I had in mind." 1119 01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:53,720 He said, "I think I need something else to develop further, 1120 01:15:53,800 --> 01:15:55,560 to gain new experiences." 1121 01:15:58,560 --> 01:16:01,640 There are players who have never left Germany. 1122 01:16:01,720 --> 01:16:05,120 Who have only played for one club or two clubs. 1123 01:16:05,200 --> 01:16:06,280 I'm different. 1124 01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:10,400 When I got the call from Arsène Wenger, I didn't think twice. 1125 01:16:10,480 --> 01:16:14,320 London, Arsenal, the stadium, the coach. 1126 01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:16,840 Everything fit. I packed my bags and went over. 1127 01:16:16,920 --> 01:16:20,040 COLOGNE LONDON 1128 01:16:23,320 --> 01:16:26,720 We have Arsenal footage that we would actually like to use. 1129 01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:30,240 -But it costs **** euros. -Yeah, it has to come out of your budget. 1130 01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:33,520 How many people are involved? 1131 01:16:33,600 --> 01:16:40,000 Simone, Nico, Gerrit, Frank, Pivo, and here, the boss. 1132 01:16:40,680 --> 01:16:42,880 Everyone gives ****, then we have it. 1133 01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:45,000 THE MONEY WASN'T RAISED. 1134 01:16:45,080 --> 01:16:46,680 THEREFORE, HERE IS A PHOTO. 1135 01:17:04,360 --> 01:17:07,960 Then came the request from Inter Milan. We had a good conversation. 1136 01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:10,160 LONDON MILAN 1137 01:17:14,520 --> 01:17:16,760 "SLOW AND SLUGGISH" SHARP CRITICISM OF PODOLSKI 1138 01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:18,480 But hindsight is 20/20. 1139 01:17:18,560 --> 01:17:21,520 MILAN ISTANBUL 1140 01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:25,800 I always had a connection with Turkey. Because of the Turkish friends I had. 1141 01:17:25,880 --> 01:17:31,880 I was proud when the offer came. I didn't think long about accepting it. 1142 01:17:31,960 --> 01:17:33,840 And I had an awesome time there. 1143 01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:37,640 It's a corner for Galatasaray. A header, and the ball finds the back of the net. 1144 01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:40,800 PODOLSKI WINS FIRST TITLE WITH GALATASARAY 1145 01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:48,840 And when the inquiry came from Japan, we said, "Okay, we want to take that step. 1146 01:17:48,920 --> 01:17:51,040 We want to experience it as a family. 1147 01:17:51,120 --> 01:17:53,920 Mature as people, get to know a new culture." 1148 01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:55,960 That's why we did it. 1149 01:18:01,320 --> 01:18:04,320 We shot in Japan for four days. Why did you want that? 1150 01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:09,400 I love Japan. There's just such a great atmosphere in that country. 1151 01:18:09,480 --> 01:18:10,720 Konnichiwa. 1152 01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:11,640 Good food. 1153 01:18:13,560 --> 01:18:15,400 The people are relaxed. 1154 01:18:17,640 --> 01:18:19,880 There are structures. There are rules. 1155 01:18:19,960 --> 01:18:23,920 Three, two, one, bam. 1156 01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:25,000 Twenty-nine. 1157 01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:32,440 There's onsen. There's lots to see. Lots of nature and stuff. 1158 01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:37,840 The most important thing. Soap it up nicely, the thing. 1159 01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:40,280 Soap up the pipe nicely. 1160 01:18:40,360 --> 01:18:42,640 Just like plumbing. The pipe must always be free. 1161 01:18:42,720 --> 01:18:45,200 And… sumo. 1162 01:19:05,240 --> 01:19:06,600 Thank you very much! 1163 01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:09,680 I think it was nice there and important. 1164 01:19:10,520 --> 01:19:12,240 That's why I wanted to go to Japan. 1165 01:19:25,760 --> 01:19:28,120 Thank you, thank you very much. 1166 01:20:14,960 --> 01:20:17,560 FORMER TEAMMATE 1167 01:20:26,440 --> 01:20:33,440 I haven't played for two months, but Lukas is a person who… 1168 01:20:33,520 --> 01:20:37,480 who thinks about other things outside of football. 1169 01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:44,520 And the most important thing, I think, is to be outside of football, 1170 01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:47,960 to find these images, these motivations, these projects 1171 01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:49,680 that you can have in your life. 1172 01:20:58,920 --> 01:21:01,080 So the topic was… 1173 01:21:01,160 --> 01:21:04,160 -Currently we don't have a kids' menu. -Yes. 1174 01:21:04,240 --> 01:21:09,080 And we have a lot of families who say, "Okay, we'd like to have a kids' menu." 1175 01:21:09,160 --> 01:21:11,640 Exactly, that's why we looked at what we could do. 1176 01:21:11,720 --> 01:21:14,480 -That's the prototype now, the first one? -Yes, exactly. 1177 01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:18,160 -And we'd also make a new carnival cup. -Exactly. 1178 01:21:18,240 --> 01:21:22,640 Carnival, World Cup, European Championship in German colours, for example. 1179 01:21:22,720 --> 01:21:24,920 You have to get this Poldi cup out right away. 1180 01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:26,880 My face is on it right away. 1181 01:21:26,960 --> 01:21:30,840 If you communicate that well, I think, you'll get people there. 1182 01:21:30,920 --> 01:21:32,360 I think the idea is great. 1183 01:21:33,080 --> 01:21:34,320 -Let's go for it. -Yes. 1184 01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:44,920 I've got the businesses, and they're fun, 1185 01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:48,640 and I invest just as much in them as I invest in football. 1186 01:21:49,480 --> 01:21:51,840 But something has to give. 1187 01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:55,880 Sure, I'd like to be at home now. 1188 01:21:58,920 --> 01:22:00,880 But I can rest when I'm dead. 1189 01:22:01,520 --> 01:22:04,400 Sure, I have a family, kids, 1190 01:22:04,480 --> 01:22:11,200 but I also have a responsibility to all the other projects I have. 1191 01:22:14,080 --> 01:22:20,560 It's two against two for the last seconds. Now they have to finish. Kruse! Max Kruse! 1192 01:22:20,640 --> 01:22:24,440 -Wow, Max "Shisha" Kruse. -Max Kruse. 1193 01:22:24,520 --> 01:22:27,320 Four to two. 1194 01:22:27,400 --> 01:22:29,560 How much do you sleep when you're here? 1195 01:22:29,640 --> 01:22:33,320 We played an away game the day before yesterday. 1196 01:22:33,400 --> 01:22:35,240 We got home at 3 a.m. 1197 01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:38,640 Training early this morning, and then I came here. 1198 01:22:39,560 --> 01:22:42,360 You can tell that he's usually a bit exhausted, 1199 01:22:42,440 --> 01:22:45,760 a bit tired, probably doesn't sleep much either. 1200 01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:48,600 He will text me at 6 a.m. or something. 1201 01:22:49,400 --> 01:22:50,280 Alright. 1202 01:22:55,840 --> 01:23:01,600 You have less time to do private things. 1203 01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:06,880 But you can't always have everything. You have to be able to give up something. 1204 01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:10,240 But I think when football is no longer the main focus, 1205 01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:16,560 you also have more energy, more power, and more free time. 1206 01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:22,920 -It's a bit paradoxical. -What's paradoxical? 1207 01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:28,880 Well, on the one hand you say you'd like to have more time for family, 1208 01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:32,800 but at the same time you fly to Berlin for two hours for the Baller League… 1209 01:23:32,880 --> 01:23:34,920 -Did I say that? -Yes. 1210 01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:41,600 As long as the businesses are doing well and as long as you're active and so on, 1211 01:23:41,680 --> 01:23:44,040 you have to be able to combine it somehow. 1212 01:23:44,120 --> 01:23:46,000 It's always been like that, so… 1213 01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:49,520 But why do you do all the businesses? What's driving you? 1214 01:23:50,240 --> 01:23:51,520 I don't know. 1215 01:23:56,280 --> 01:24:00,000 To achieve things, to have a better life, you have to work for it. 1216 01:24:00,080 --> 01:24:04,160 He got this attitude, this attitude to life, he experienced it. 1217 01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:08,560 And he still has it. He never gave that up. 1218 01:24:27,520 --> 01:24:29,320 He just can't stand still. 1219 01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:33,160 Standing still is a problem. 1220 01:24:38,440 --> 01:24:42,160 In general, he's a person who always has to have something to do. 1221 01:24:42,240 --> 01:24:43,680 Then he's happy. 1222 01:24:45,160 --> 01:24:49,760 Do you think your businesses will ever fulfil you as much as football? 1223 01:24:50,720 --> 01:24:52,560 No, I don't think so, no. 1224 01:24:57,840 --> 01:25:00,800 SUPPOSEDLY LAST SEASON 1225 01:25:06,360 --> 01:25:11,000 Everyone asks how it's going to be. What's next? What about Lukas? 1226 01:25:11,080 --> 01:25:12,840 Of course I feel good, 1227 01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:16,640 there are no conflicts, the games looked good. 1228 01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:21,000 But then there is also a lack of life. 1229 01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:24,560 These are my thoughts. 1230 01:25:24,640 --> 01:25:28,680 We want it to be fast, and we want to know which way we're going. 1231 01:25:41,200 --> 01:25:43,720 When you say, "I'm going to do this my whole life," 1232 01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:48,000 and then it's not there anymore, what's the alternative? 1233 01:25:48,080 --> 01:25:50,440 There is no alternative to that. 1234 01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:55,840 The only alternative is to continue playing this sport 1235 01:25:55,920 --> 01:25:58,800 so that you have something to do, but that's not possible. 1236 01:26:00,240 --> 01:26:02,560 There is no alternative to that. 1237 01:26:02,640 --> 01:26:07,640 If you lose a job, you can go to another company and do it there. 1238 01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:11,600 The only thing is the business and the family, 1239 01:26:11,680 --> 01:26:16,840 and whether something will be missing, that I don't know. 1240 01:26:18,200 --> 01:26:20,640 But you won't get the same thing back. 1241 01:26:27,960 --> 01:26:29,120 Be very quiet. 1242 01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:39,840 The best sauna, the very best. 1243 01:26:56,680 --> 01:27:00,240 Of course you always have phases where you say, "It's hard. 1244 01:27:00,320 --> 01:27:03,080 And it'd be better to stop." 1245 01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:07,960 But then there's always something that says, "No, keep going." 1246 01:27:09,560 --> 01:27:12,360 And so you always go back and forth. 1247 01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:15,600 That's exactly the shit we need. 1248 01:27:22,040 --> 01:27:24,640 But sure, at some point you have to make a decision. 1249 01:27:31,960 --> 01:27:36,080 And I'm ready to make a decision. 1250 01:27:41,040 --> 01:27:45,720 1 DAY BEFORE THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON 1251 01:27:47,440 --> 01:27:50,680 What's today? May 23rd. 1252 01:27:52,240 --> 01:27:54,560 I never thought I'd play until I'm 40. 1253 01:28:01,680 --> 01:28:04,000 -I'm supposed to sign this one, right? -Right. 1254 01:28:07,880 --> 01:28:09,680 Right there. 1255 01:28:10,280 --> 01:28:15,400 -You have to button up. -Damn, and what if I don't? 1256 01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:20,480 I don't wear suits, but I know this. That you have to fasten the button. 1257 01:28:20,560 --> 01:28:24,960 What ultimately led you to decide not to quit? 1258 01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:27,480 I'd rather keep going and then stop at some point 1259 01:28:27,560 --> 01:28:31,720 than stop and lie on a beach for three months 1260 01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:37,800 and watch how the club is performing, how the club is in training camp. 1261 01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:40,000 I wanted to continue to be a part of it. 1262 01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,400 LUKAS PODOLSKI EXTENDS FOR ONE YEAR IN ZABRZE. 1263 01:28:42,480 --> 01:28:44,800 ONE YEAR LATER, HE WINS THE POLISH CUP WITH GÓRNIK. 1264 01:28:44,880 --> 01:28:48,480 I can contribute a lot here with my experience, which I am already doing. 1265 01:28:54,320 --> 01:28:57,520 And what I might do a little more of in the near future. 1266 01:28:57,600 --> 01:29:02,160 I'm in the process of taking over the club's shares from the city. 1267 01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:06,640 I would say that it keeps me alive and fulfilled. 1268 01:29:06,720 --> 01:29:09,400 I would say that I'm still involved in football. 1269 01:29:09,480 --> 01:29:10,680 Fucking awesome! 1270 01:29:12,000 --> 01:29:17,800 Letting go, but not yet 100%, but it's slowly going in that direction. 1271 01:29:18,360 --> 01:29:22,320 It's all just a process, just like the past 20 years. 1272 01:29:24,520 --> 01:29:26,160 And he has to realise, 1273 01:29:26,240 --> 01:29:30,400 "Okay, I've already accomplished a lot, and I can slowly start to take it easy, 1274 01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:31,920 slow down a little." 1275 01:29:36,840 --> 01:29:38,280 Ella is coming! 1276 01:29:42,240 --> 01:29:45,400 40TH BIRTHDAY 1277 01:29:47,800 --> 01:29:50,120 I'm someone who lives in the here and now, 1278 01:29:50,200 --> 01:29:54,800 on the day, and I'll fill my day with life, no matter what that is. 1279 01:29:54,880 --> 01:29:58,720 Someone who is happy, who laughs, who has a sense of humour. 1280 01:29:58,800 --> 01:30:00,880 That's how it's going to be. 1281 01:30:04,320 --> 01:30:07,200 What will be will be, as they say in Cologne. 1282 01:30:07,800 --> 01:30:11,200 Look. Left foot, with a view of the sea. 1283 01:30:12,640 --> 01:30:14,320 It can still do a bit more. 1284 01:30:15,040 --> 01:30:17,040 The left one doesn't want to stop yet. 1285 01:30:20,560 --> 01:30:21,640 Last question. 1286 01:30:21,720 --> 01:30:23,160 In every sports documentary, 1287 01:30:23,240 --> 01:30:28,360 they show Mario Götze's final goal at the 2014 World Cup. 1288 01:30:28,440 --> 01:30:31,080 What are we going to do with the goal in your documentary? 1289 01:30:31,720 --> 01:30:33,080 Do it here… with AI. 1290 01:30:33,160 --> 01:30:36,200 Schürrle. He's coming! Do it! 1291 01:30:36,280 --> 01:30:38,640 And make it look like I scored that goal. 1292 01:30:38,720 --> 01:30:42,680 Do it! He does it! Lukas Podolski! 1293 01:30:53,480 --> 01:30:57,400 Put all the titles or the 2014 World Cup, 1294 01:30:57,480 --> 01:31:01,400 put it all in the credits, and then people will see it anyway in the credits. 1295 01:31:01,480 --> 01:31:05,520 And then they'll see everything that happened, and what I've won, 1296 01:31:05,600 --> 01:31:07,600 and they'll see the trophy again. 1297 01:31:24,880 --> 01:31:28,120 Lukas Podolski says goodbye to the national team. 1298 01:31:28,200 --> 01:31:31,360 Podolski! No! I don't believe it! 1299 01:31:31,440 --> 01:31:35,640 I don't believe it! Sensational! A wonderful goal! 1300 01:31:36,200 --> 01:31:38,960 That way, it's in the documentary too. 1301 01:31:39,040 --> 01:31:39,960 -Yes. -Or not? 1302 01:31:40,040 --> 01:31:41,440 Of course. At the end, yes. 1303 01:31:41,520 --> 01:31:45,040 If not, then they should just watch it on YouTube. 1304 01:32:03,920 --> 01:32:07,760 IN MEMORY OF HELENE PODOLSKI