1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,999 2 00:01:28,875 --> 00:01:32,999 When I came here my dream was to play in the first squad 3 00:01:33,041 --> 00:01:34,540 and I never imagined 4 00:01:34,583 --> 00:01:37,457 I would experience everything that followed, 5 00:01:37,541 --> 00:01:40,707 but I'm happy about all that's happened to me. 6 00:01:40,708 --> 00:01:42,915 LEO MESSI FCB player I had to live in Barcelona 7 00:01:42,958 --> 00:01:45,749 I ended up going through it all 8 00:01:45,791 --> 00:01:47,415 because God wanted it 9 00:01:47,458 --> 00:01:48,999 and I'm grateful. 10 00:01:49,208 --> 00:01:54,999 ANDRÉS INIESTA FCB player Managing to stay for a long time in a club like this 11 00:01:55,083 --> 00:01:56,999 is extremely difficult. 12 00:01:57,041 --> 00:02:01,624 I had the enthusiasm, conviction and confidence 13 00:02:01,708 --> 00:02:04,040 that I wanted to succeed at Barça, 14 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,207 whatever the cost. 15 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:09,415 XAVI HERNÁNDEZ FCB player 1991-2015 Seeing my name as one of the world's best players 16 00:02:09,458 --> 00:02:12,165 or being nominated Footballer of the Year 17 00:02:12,208 --> 00:02:15,249 was unthinkable when I began at 16, 17 or 18. 18 00:02:15,333 --> 00:02:20,040 We've overcome every barrier and dream one could have. 19 00:05:18,583 --> 00:05:20,415 He was a true sportsman. 20 00:05:20,458 --> 00:05:23,582 CARLES SANTACANA Historian He's a fan of all sports and plays them all. 21 00:05:23,625 --> 00:05:25,124 He met other people 22 00:05:25,166 --> 00:05:27,915 in places that were very important then: 23 00:05:27,958 --> 00:05:30,874 the few gyms that existed in Barcelona. 24 00:05:31,083 --> 00:05:36,374 People who were crazy about sport used to meet there. 25 00:05:36,458 --> 00:05:40,082 They were looked upon as somewhat eccentric. 26 00:05:40,166 --> 00:05:43,374 When Gamper announced he wanted to set up Barça, 27 00:05:43,416 --> 00:05:46,415 twelve people responded to his call: 28 00:05:46,458 --> 00:05:48,457 the club's founders. 29 00:06:04,791 --> 00:06:08,207 EMMA GAMPER Joan Gamper's granddaughter He initially wanted to be the team's captain and play, 30 00:06:08,250 --> 00:06:12,832 and later join the board, but not to be president. 31 00:06:12,875 --> 00:06:15,874 He wanted to participate from a distance. 32 00:06:15,916 --> 00:06:18,082 And if the club had problems, 33 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:21,124 he took over and got it back on track again. 34 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:23,624 He'd collect signatures or money 35 00:06:23,666 --> 00:06:25,582 to keep the club afloat. 36 00:07:16,416 --> 00:07:18,915 He still believed in amateur sport. 37 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,999 However he had founded a club that was growing bigger 38 00:07:23,125 --> 00:07:25,374 and to move in higher places, 39 00:07:25,416 --> 00:07:27,707 this step became inevitable, 40 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:31,082 as it was the direction football was heading to. 41 00:08:08,208 --> 00:08:10,665 Those who see football as a religion 42 00:08:10,791 --> 00:08:14,415 XAVI HERNÁNDEZ FCB player 1991-2015 know that Barça is about more than playing football. 43 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,874 It teaches you a great deal about the sport, 44 00:08:18,916 --> 00:08:20,665 but especially at a human level, 45 00:08:20,708 --> 00:08:22,665 to think about your teammates 46 00:08:22,708 --> 00:08:24,749 and the group before yourself. 47 00:08:24,916 --> 00:08:29,415 Barça promotes these values: respect, caring, 48 00:08:29,750 --> 00:08:33,999 humility, work, effort, sacrifice. 49 00:08:34,333 --> 00:08:36,207 I arrived when I was 13 50 00:08:36,250 --> 00:08:38,457 and was brought up here 51 00:08:38,541 --> 00:08:42,040 LEO MESSI FCB player with the values of Barça and La Masia. 52 00:08:42,166 --> 00:08:44,999 And more than just playing football, 53 00:08:45,875 --> 00:08:48,665 they also educate you really well. 54 00:08:49,916 --> 00:08:53,790 La Masia contributed a lot to my personality. 55 00:08:54,083 --> 00:08:56,999 The things I've been able to grow up with, 56 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,165 ANDRÉS INIESTA FCB player in terms of respect, education, 57 00:09:00,208 --> 00:09:04,082 humility, respecting your teammates, 58 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:10,957 were all about learning and having to improve each year. 59 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:54,749 Actually, there are jokes about the time 60 00:09:54,833 --> 00:09:57,999 he was negotiating contracts with players 61 00:09:58,041 --> 00:10:02,165 and he wanted to give them some "love-for-the-club" vitamins, 62 00:10:02,208 --> 00:10:06,082 so that they'd ask for less money after taking them. 63 00:10:31,166 --> 00:10:34,665 They once closed the ground. 64 00:10:34,791 --> 00:10:38,040 JAUME DESCALS Former FCB member nº1 An English Navy squadron had come 65 00:10:38,166 --> 00:10:40,457 with an English football team 66 00:10:41,125 --> 00:10:43,665 and played against Barça. 67 00:10:43,750 --> 00:10:47,957 The English anthem was played, with everybody standing, 68 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,290 and there was applause at the end, 69 00:10:50,333 --> 00:10:53,124 but nobody stood up for the Spanish anthem, 70 00:10:53,166 --> 00:10:55,290 so they close the ground for six months. 71 00:11:02,625 --> 00:11:07,124 KING'S CUP FINAL 2011-12 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 25 May 2012 72 00:11:20,708 --> 00:11:25,082 KING'S CUP FINAL 2008-09 Mestalla Stadium, Valencia 13 May 2009 73 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:35,207 JOAN GAMPER FUNERAL Barcelona 31 July 1930 It really shocked a lot of people. 74 00:12:35,458 --> 00:12:40,707 If Gamper had thought that nobody would remember him, 75 00:12:40,791 --> 00:12:44,957 it wasn't true since his funeral proved the opposite, 76 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,415 with an incredible number of people on the streets. 77 00:14:01,791 --> 00:14:03,415 In terms of sport, 78 00:14:03,541 --> 00:14:09,624 CARLES SANTACANA Historian the 1920s is known as Barça's first golden age, 79 00:14:09,666 --> 00:14:13,874 because it actually won nearly everything from 1919 to 1929. 80 00:14:13,916 --> 00:14:16,790 The number of trophies is truly impressive. 81 00:14:16,833 --> 00:14:19,207 It was also famous for a few players: 82 00:14:19,250 --> 00:14:23,832 Zamora debuted at the same time as the big player Samitier, 83 00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:27,332 but others came later: Sagi, Platko, 84 00:14:27,375 --> 00:14:30,415 very important names in the Club's history. 85 00:15:57,333 --> 00:16:00,665 Barça was a club that reflected Catalan society, 86 00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:05,249 so logically it was affected by the beginning of the Civil War. 87 00:16:05,333 --> 00:16:08,290 Its institutions collapsed, 88 00:16:08,458 --> 00:16:10,415 it membership decreased 89 00:16:10,458 --> 00:16:14,540 and it underwent a financial crisis. 90 00:16:14,666 --> 00:16:16,707 But above all, this great team, 91 00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:20,249 which had practically won everything between 1919 and 1929, 92 00:16:20,291 --> 00:16:21,749 stopped winning. 93 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,582 Barça was in a very delicate position, 94 00:18:09,666 --> 00:18:13,707 because it had earlier clearly expressed 95 00:18:13,833 --> 00:18:17,165 its support of democratic ideals 96 00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:18,957 and the Catalan identity. 97 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,790 Catalan had been the official language of the club since 1921 98 00:18:22,875 --> 00:18:27,332 and then suddenly in 1939 it finds itself under a dictatorship... 99 00:18:31,041 --> 00:18:33,624 that wants to control not just Barça, 100 00:18:33,666 --> 00:18:35,832 but all sporting clubs in Spain, 101 00:18:35,875 --> 00:18:38,832 which is why the boards were directly named 102 00:18:38,875 --> 00:18:41,874 by the Falangist National Sports Delegation. 103 00:18:41,916 --> 00:18:45,040 The most obvious thing for Barça 104 00:18:45,083 --> 00:18:47,915 was that it was somehow forced to show 105 00:18:47,958 --> 00:18:51,832 that this Barça was nothing like the previous one, 106 00:18:51,875 --> 00:18:54,707 so it had to renounce all the values 107 00:18:54,750 --> 00:18:58,165 implicit in the club prior to the Civil War. 108 00:19:36,791 --> 00:19:38,999 SALVADOR SADURNÍ FCB player 1961-76 A ball called "Nitran". 109 00:19:39,125 --> 00:19:41,999 We had to paint them white to play at night 110 00:19:42,041 --> 00:19:44,374 because there weren't any white balls. 111 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:47,040 All of them were the colour of leather. 112 00:19:47,083 --> 00:19:49,040 They weighed 100 grams 113 00:19:49,083 --> 00:19:52,749 and if they were kicked around over a wet pitch 114 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:54,624 by the end of the match 115 00:19:54,666 --> 00:19:57,832 they weighed about a kilo or a kilo and a half. 116 00:19:57,916 --> 00:20:00,957 We didn't have the gloves that they have now. 117 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,915 Sometimes I think: how has he lost the ball 118 00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:06,582 when it's impossible with their gloves? 119 00:20:06,625 --> 00:20:09,957 We had woollen gloves crocheted by my mother 120 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,290 and we only wore them when it rained. 121 00:20:44,625 --> 00:20:47,540 Antonio was everybody's idol. 122 00:20:47,625 --> 00:20:50,790 He was known as "the winged cat". 123 00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:54,582 It's funny because he used to take his goalie's kit home 124 00:20:54,625 --> 00:20:57,124 to be washed and ironed by his mother, 125 00:20:57,166 --> 00:20:59,290 because we bought them ourselves. 126 00:20:59,333 --> 00:21:02,582 Not like now when they give them away after the match. 127 00:21:02,625 --> 00:21:06,665 If I'd done that, I wouldn't have had any on game day. 128 00:21:44,875 --> 00:21:47,915 Kubala is one of the great Barça legends, 129 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,749 a very good player 130 00:21:49,833 --> 00:21:54,249 and was also surrounded 131 00:21:54,333 --> 00:21:58,999 by some very major non-sporting matters at the time, 132 00:21:59,083 --> 00:22:02,790 given that he was essentially a refugee 133 00:22:02,875 --> 00:22:05,165 CARLES SANTACANA Historian fleeing from the Eastern Bloc, 134 00:22:05,250 --> 00:22:08,249 which was all about Cold War dynamics... 135 00:22:10,250 --> 00:22:17,040 He came to Barça and really created a football revolution. 136 00:22:21,083 --> 00:22:25,749 He controlled the ball really well, with both feet with amazing ease. 137 00:22:25,833 --> 00:22:29,749 Sometimes he would sit on the ground like in the circus 138 00:22:29,791 --> 00:22:32,999 and kick the ball upwards... And why? 139 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,457 FERRAN OLIVELLA FCB player 1956-69 Because Kubala could control the ball, 140 00:22:35,541 --> 00:22:36,790 even in his sleep. 141 00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:41,915 He showed people things they hadn't seen before. 142 00:22:42,875 --> 00:22:46,040 People went to matches just to see Kubala play. 143 00:22:46,875 --> 00:22:48,957 This was the five-cup Barça. 144 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,624 Everyone wanted to play in Barça then. 145 00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:55,749 Kubala in the 1950s was one of the people who gave the club 146 00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:58,790 RAMON BESA Journalist a football and social dimension that was above the norm. 147 00:22:58,875 --> 00:23:01,624 All the most popular figures of the day 148 00:23:01,666 --> 00:23:05,082 wanted to be connected to Kubala in some way. 149 00:23:06,541 --> 00:23:08,957 Barça's culture has always been about play, 150 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,999 but the person who showed this on the field was a foreigner. 151 00:23:13,916 --> 00:23:16,999 It's interesting that it happened with Kubala, 152 00:23:17,625 --> 00:23:18,957 with Cruyff, 153 00:23:19,541 --> 00:23:20,999 with Ronaldinho, 154 00:23:21,083 --> 00:23:22,332 with Messi. 155 00:23:22,416 --> 00:23:26,582 This is another thing that doesn't happen much in many clubs. 156 00:23:26,625 --> 00:23:28,457 Barça can create a team, 157 00:23:28,541 --> 00:23:31,999 but it's a foreigner who usually makes the difference, 158 00:23:32,041 --> 00:23:35,665 soaking up a lot from Barça's game system and culture 159 00:23:35,708 --> 00:23:37,374 and giving it a dimension 160 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,624 that would be difficult for a player from here. 161 00:23:40,666 --> 00:23:45,040 And it's very much in line with Gamper's spirit. 162 00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:15,749 CAMP NOU OPENING 24 September 1957 163 00:24:23,583 --> 00:24:26,749 And also the European trophy at the time: the Latin Cup, 164 00:24:26,791 --> 00:24:28,915 as there wasn't any European Cup. 165 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,790 Barça was the dominant force not only in Spain, 166 00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:34,790 but also played a very major role in Europe. 167 00:24:58,791 --> 00:25:01,915 Barça had reached an agreement with River Plate, 168 00:25:01,916 --> 00:25:03,624 CARLES SANTACANA Historian which was the Argentine club 169 00:25:03,666 --> 00:25:06,040 that owned the rights to Di Stéfano, 170 00:25:06,083 --> 00:25:09,249 and what Madrid did was reach an agreement 171 00:25:09,291 --> 00:25:11,665 with Bogotá's Millonarios, 172 00:25:11,708 --> 00:25:14,415 the team Di Stéfano was playing in, 173 00:25:14,458 --> 00:25:19,582 and I emphasis the words at the time, "in defiance". 174 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,874 The player could only be signed 175 00:25:33,916 --> 00:25:37,999 from River Plate as they owned his registration rights, 176 00:25:38,083 --> 00:25:41,290 so Barça was legally doing the right thing. 177 00:25:49,083 --> 00:25:51,040 Di Stéfano comes to Barcelona 178 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:52,957 and trains with the players. 179 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,457 They want him to play in a friendly, 180 00:25:55,541 --> 00:25:59,457 But joint action is taken by the Federation, 181 00:25:59,541 --> 00:26:00,874 Real Madrid, 182 00:26:00,916 --> 00:26:03,915 and the Falangist National Sports Delegation 183 00:26:03,958 --> 00:26:05,957 to stop the process. 184 00:26:06,041 --> 00:26:07,749 Then you can see 185 00:26:07,791 --> 00:26:12,165 how the legislation on the entry of foreign players changes daily. 186 00:26:12,250 --> 00:26:14,540 When Barça already has him signed, 187 00:26:14,583 --> 00:26:18,124 the Federation decides that foreign players can't enter, 188 00:26:18,166 --> 00:26:21,124 but revokes the order when he might go to Madrid. 189 00:26:21,166 --> 00:26:22,957 There's a constant to and fro 190 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,040 in terms of legal actions in the summer of 1953 191 00:26:27,083 --> 00:26:30,415 so that Di Stéfano can't join Barça. 192 00:26:56,041 --> 00:26:59,082 Real Madrid's history is built on Di Stéfano. 193 00:26:59,125 --> 00:27:01,540 Madrid's world-renowned history 194 00:27:01,583 --> 00:27:05,290 is based on the five European Cups it wins with Di Stéfano. 195 00:27:47,625 --> 00:27:51,999 LUIS SUÁREZ, GOLDEN BALL 1960 196 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:56,999 FERRAN OLIVELLA FCB player 1956-69 Barcelona had to sell Luisito Suárez, 197 00:27:57,041 --> 00:27:59,832 which would be like us selling Messi now. 198 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,332 So let's say we don't have Messi. 199 00:28:03,375 --> 00:28:05,457 Would we notice his departure? 200 00:28:05,541 --> 00:28:06,832 Of course we would. 201 00:28:06,875 --> 00:28:09,832 The same thing was true with Luisito Suárez. 202 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,040 A period then begins 203 00:28:13,041 --> 00:28:15,999 CARLES SANTACANA Historian that is incredibly poor in sporting terms: 204 00:28:16,041 --> 00:28:20,082 those 14 years without a league title, which can be explained 205 00:28:20,125 --> 00:28:24,540 not only by some relatively poor decisions when it came to signings, 206 00:28:24,583 --> 00:28:27,624 but also mainly because of a lack of finances. 207 00:28:28,041 --> 00:28:30,915 It's our eternal rival that's winning everything 208 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,124 and it began with some government favours, 209 00:28:35,208 --> 00:28:37,999 but that doesn't explain your mistakes. 210 00:28:39,291 --> 00:28:41,415 It was a combination of things 211 00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:43,915 and so many years of hardship 212 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,790 often produce a certain feeling of victimisation. 213 00:29:07,291 --> 00:29:09,790 GERARD PIQUÉ FCB player Criticism always hurts. 214 00:29:10,416 --> 00:29:13,415 It would be a worry if it didn't hurt. 215 00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:18,332 If they criticise you and say that your work on the pitch 216 00:29:18,416 --> 00:29:22,207 is not up to scratch or not the best in the world, 217 00:29:22,291 --> 00:29:24,707 it's always upsetting, 218 00:29:25,125 --> 00:29:28,915 but criticism makes you improve and want to get better. 219 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,665 XAVI HERNÁNDEZ FCB player 1991-2015 People think that you have to win everything very easily, 220 00:29:32,708 --> 00:29:35,415 that Barça has always been a winning club, 221 00:29:35,458 --> 00:29:36,957 but it hasn't always been like that. 222 00:31:31,916 --> 00:31:35,915 Barcelona El Prat Airport 23 August 1973 223 00:31:48,708 --> 00:31:52,332 Cruyff was in this sense a revelation on the playing field, 224 00:31:52,333 --> 00:31:56,249 CARLES SANTACANA Historian alongside his image as a young, modern player 225 00:31:56,291 --> 00:31:58,957 who also had his mind on other things. 226 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,874 They asked him about divorce 227 00:32:00,916 --> 00:32:04,790 and things that nobody had been able to talk about before here 228 00:32:04,875 --> 00:32:08,540 and he spoke openly as a very liberal person 229 00:32:08,625 --> 00:32:10,290 from that point of view. 230 00:32:10,416 --> 00:32:13,249 Cruyff certainly had an image 231 00:32:13,333 --> 00:32:19,124 and symbolised the Europe that we couldn't gain access to. 232 00:32:22,250 --> 00:32:24,040 He gave us new hope 233 00:32:24,083 --> 00:32:27,332 and so we started perfecting the type of football 234 00:32:27,375 --> 00:32:29,457 that came from the Netherlands, 235 00:32:29,458 --> 00:32:32,415 CARLES REXACH FCB player 1965-81 which Rinus Michels had already brought over 236 00:32:32,458 --> 00:32:33,957 and incorporated here: 237 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,165 "Total Football", 238 00:32:35,208 --> 00:32:38,957 with all us players running hard and applying pressure. 239 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,415 It was Cruyff who honed the system. 240 00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:45,124 in that year when we swept the board. 241 00:32:48,291 --> 00:32:52,207 From the beginning, when I started to play 242 00:32:52,291 --> 00:32:53,957 in that season, 243 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,415 we didn't lose any matches to win the league title. 244 00:32:58,791 --> 00:33:00,790 All the public was behind us, 245 00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:03,957 All the press and all of Spain, 246 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,249 all the results went our way, 247 00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:10,207 so the team was so confident 248 00:33:10,333 --> 00:33:14,790 JOHAN CRUYFF FCB player 1973-78 that nobody could stop us. 249 00:33:45,291 --> 00:33:48,957 I'd probably crack my head open if I tried that today, 250 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:53,332 but it was a cross that I received and I didn't know what to do. 251 00:33:53,416 --> 00:33:57,540 I could do headers, but they weren't anything special, 252 00:33:57,583 --> 00:34:00,165 so I turned and jumped 253 00:34:00,208 --> 00:34:04,165 and was very lucky to strike the ball well into the goal. 254 00:34:13,541 --> 00:34:18,082 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 17 February 1974 255 00:35:00,541 --> 00:35:05,999 Everyone talks about the before and after of that match. 256 00:35:07,041 --> 00:35:11,999 It was very clearly a moment that had arrived after 14 years. 257 00:35:12,916 --> 00:35:16,874 I think it was a great blow in all aspects. 258 00:35:51,416 --> 00:35:55,707 Sant Jaume Square, Barcelona 14 May 1974 259 00:36:01,583 --> 00:36:05,874 GARY LINEKER FCB player 1986-89 260 00:37:02,916 --> 00:37:07,082 TERRY VENABLES FCB coach 1984-87 261 00:37:11,125 --> 00:37:14,082 Absolutely! A lot of people I know 262 00:37:14,125 --> 00:37:16,999 think that when Barça plays against Real Madrid, 263 00:37:17,041 --> 00:37:18,957 it's really Catalonia versus Spain. 264 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,207 It's hard to explain, 265 00:37:20,250 --> 00:37:22,457 you have to experience it and understand it. 266 00:37:26,375 --> 00:37:29,040 The rivalry between Barça and Madrid 267 00:37:29,125 --> 00:37:32,332 first began only in the sporting sense, 268 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:38,374 but it now obviously transcends things and is about politics. 269 00:39:09,041 --> 00:39:12,374 There's always been a very strong rivalry 270 00:39:12,416 --> 00:39:14,624 GERARD PIQUÉ FCB player between these two winning teams, 271 00:39:14,666 --> 00:39:16,374 because they want to win 272 00:39:16,416 --> 00:39:18,415 and always want to be on top. 273 00:39:18,458 --> 00:39:22,624 Perhaps things have become a little more exaggerated in recent years, 274 00:39:22,666 --> 00:39:24,082 but that often happens. 275 00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:27,124 It's always been that way and I don't think it will ever change. 276 00:39:27,333 --> 00:39:28,999 Definitely not. 277 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,207 XAVI HERNÁNDEZ FCB player 1991-2015 It all wouldn't be as passionate 278 00:39:31,250 --> 00:39:34,624 and perhaps we wouldn't be as "culé" as we are now, 279 00:39:34,666 --> 00:39:38,832 because everyone sometimes needs a sense of animosity 280 00:39:38,875 --> 00:39:40,749 to perhaps somehow improve. 281 00:39:40,791 --> 00:39:43,207 You have to identify a rival to be competitive, 282 00:39:43,250 --> 00:39:46,957 if not both competitiveness and competition would become meaningless. 283 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,999 So Madrid is obviously one of Barça's major rivals. 284 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,457 Just as Michels was in charge and did everything in the first year, 285 00:41:02,541 --> 00:41:05,832 in the second year Cruyff began to skip training. 286 00:41:05,916 --> 00:41:07,707 He would play on Sunday, 287 00:41:07,875 --> 00:41:09,999 a massage on Monday, 288 00:41:10,041 --> 00:41:11,915 who knows what on Tuesday, 289 00:41:11,958 --> 00:41:13,582 a day off on Wednesday, 290 00:41:13,666 --> 00:41:15,999 a bath and massage on Thursday... 291 00:41:18,083 --> 00:41:19,957 He began losing his speed 292 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,874 SALVADOR SADURNÍ FCB player 1961-76 and if a player loses his speed he's gone. 293 00:41:22,916 --> 00:41:27,415 And he didn't have the same motivation in his second and third year. 294 00:43:08,416 --> 00:43:12,749 Watching Maradona was like watching a spectacle in itself. 295 00:43:15,916 --> 00:43:19,874 RAMON BESA Journalist He made a mistake by not integrating into Catalan society. 296 00:43:19,916 --> 00:43:22,957 He lived behind a wall in his house 297 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,707 as if was still in Argentina, 298 00:43:25,791 --> 00:43:28,374 not as if he was in Barcelona. 299 00:43:28,416 --> 00:43:31,999 So all his circle of friends and people were Argentine 300 00:43:32,041 --> 00:43:36,790 and he thought that Catalan society had to somehow surrender to Maradona 301 00:43:36,833 --> 00:43:40,332 and not Maradona integrating into Catalan society. 302 00:43:40,583 --> 00:43:44,707 Even his agent, Jorge Cysterpiller, did things in a very curious way. 303 00:43:44,750 --> 00:43:47,249 The difficulty he had in integrating 304 00:43:47,333 --> 00:43:50,999 somehow forced him to seek comfort or refuge 305 00:43:51,375 --> 00:43:57,124 in things like sex, drugs... ordinary things, in a way. 306 00:43:57,166 --> 00:43:59,874 But I think he did it out of necessity. 307 00:44:00,666 --> 00:44:02,957 He obviously received very bad advice 308 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:08,249 and fell into traps that a player of his class theoretically shouldn't have, 309 00:44:08,291 --> 00:44:11,707 but later we also saw what happened with his life. 310 00:44:13,708 --> 00:44:18,832 Everyone felt that Maradona would make history wherever he went. 311 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,082 He went to Naples and did so, 312 00:44:25,125 --> 00:44:27,624 then he went to the Argentine team 313 00:44:27,666 --> 00:44:31,582 and scored those famous goals against England. 314 00:44:37,166 --> 00:44:41,124 He was an introverted 21- or 22-year-oId when he got here 315 00:44:41,166 --> 00:44:43,457 and things didn't work out, 316 00:44:43,583 --> 00:44:46,832 but people still worship Maradona a little 317 00:44:46,875 --> 00:44:49,665 because of who he was and what he meant. 318 00:44:51,083 --> 00:44:54,790 Tango's before my time. 319 00:44:54,916 --> 00:45:00,207 I like to listen to it, but I'm not a big fan. 320 00:45:30,875 --> 00:45:33,207 This and a pair of football boots. 321 00:45:33,583 --> 00:45:35,040 It's true. 322 00:45:35,125 --> 00:45:38,999 LEO MESSI FCB player It was the only thing I liked as a kid. 323 00:45:39,625 --> 00:45:41,707 You could give me any present, 324 00:45:41,750 --> 00:45:43,790 but I always asked for a ball. 325 00:45:43,833 --> 00:45:47,957 I asked for one on my birthday, for Christmas, on Kings' Day... 326 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:51,249 Although I had, I always wanted another. 327 00:47:38,666 --> 00:47:42,874 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 1985-86 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville 7 May 1986 328 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,207 There was so much over-confidence 329 00:47:54,250 --> 00:47:56,624 that it rubbed off on the players, 330 00:47:56,666 --> 00:48:00,082 because it's not normal to go to a penalty shootout 331 00:48:00,125 --> 00:48:01,707 and miss all five. 332 00:48:01,791 --> 00:48:04,707 CARLES REXACH FCB coach & assistant 1987-96 / 2001-02 The goal was 7.32 metres wide then, 333 00:48:04,750 --> 00:48:07,249 but it seemed to be 3 metres! 334 00:48:14,125 --> 00:48:16,207 Duckadam was their goalie 335 00:48:16,291 --> 00:48:19,665 and was known for stopping penalties. 336 00:48:20,166 --> 00:48:23,624 JOSÉ RAMÓN ALEXANKO FCB player 1980-93 I don't know if I kicked it badly or he stopped it, 337 00:48:23,666 --> 00:48:25,999 as it happened to all of us. 338 00:48:59,125 --> 00:49:02,957 It's almost impossible that those five quality Barça players 339 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:04,957 couldn't kick a goal. 340 00:49:05,083 --> 00:49:09,582 I think it's the biggest disappointment in Barça's history. 341 00:49:14,083 --> 00:49:15,957 It really hurts. It hurts a lot. 342 00:49:16,083 --> 00:49:18,374 You can be a good team, 343 00:49:18,375 --> 00:49:19,790 GERARD PIQUÉ FCB player have great players, 344 00:49:19,833 --> 00:49:22,040 but you don't always win. 345 00:49:22,125 --> 00:49:26,957 You have to accept that another team may be better than you. 346 00:49:27,250 --> 00:49:31,582 ANDRÉS INIESTA FCB player It seems a lot easier when the results are going your way, 347 00:49:31,666 --> 00:49:35,540 but football or sport is not like that. 348 00:49:35,583 --> 00:49:40,665 So when you don't win sometimes, when you lose a tittle, 349 00:49:40,791 --> 00:49:42,457 when you lose a league, 350 00:49:42,541 --> 00:49:44,874 it seems like the end of the world. 351 00:50:08,708 --> 00:50:12,999 Hotel Hesperia, Barcelona 28 April 1988 352 00:50:24,833 --> 00:50:26,665 The first squad of FCB 353 00:50:26,708 --> 00:50:28,540 out of respect for its fans, 354 00:50:28,583 --> 00:50:30,040 who have lost out most 355 00:50:30,083 --> 00:50:32,457 JOSÉ RAMÓN ALEXANKO FCB player 1980-93 because of the disastrous management 356 00:50:32,541 --> 00:50:34,249 of the president and board, 357 00:50:34,291 --> 00:50:37,457 has been forced into making our thoughts public. 358 00:50:37,625 --> 00:50:40,540 JOSEP LLUÍS NÚÑEZ FCB president 1978-2000 If a player doesn't want to be here, they can leave. 359 00:50:40,583 --> 00:50:44,457 The doors are open, because our club is above all this and... 360 00:51:17,333 --> 00:51:20,040 What does Barcelona want? To be the best. 361 00:51:20,041 --> 00:51:23,957 JOHAN CRUYFF FCB coach 1988-96 So if you want to be the best, you have to act like the best. 362 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,540 If not, it makes no sense. 363 00:51:25,625 --> 00:51:28,415 You can't act as a victim and be the best. That's impossible! 364 00:51:28,458 --> 00:51:31,165 So you have to be in charge in every way 365 00:51:31,208 --> 00:51:34,707 and to be in charge in football means having the ball. 366 00:51:38,791 --> 00:51:41,999 It was considered a revolution at the time, 367 00:51:42,083 --> 00:51:45,165 but it wasn't a revolution in my opinion, 368 00:51:45,250 --> 00:51:47,999 you just needed people who could do this. 369 00:52:26,083 --> 00:52:28,124 Did I invent the rondo? 370 00:52:28,250 --> 00:52:32,165 Well, I always practised it because I hated running 371 00:52:33,291 --> 00:52:35,249 and that's how it came about. 372 00:52:37,083 --> 00:52:41,415 JOSÉ RAMÓN ALEXANKO FCB player 1980-93 We went from concentrating on being stronger 373 00:52:41,458 --> 00:52:44,415 to being more creative and more technical, 374 00:52:44,458 --> 00:52:47,665 without renouncing our physical training. 375 00:52:47,708 --> 00:52:52,165 More importance was indeed placed on the ball, passing, controlling, 376 00:52:52,208 --> 00:52:54,957 the speed of the game, the short game... 377 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,957 whereas before we were used to playing 378 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:02,707 more directly to reach the goal area immediately. 379 00:53:22,500 --> 00:53:26,665 GARY LINEKER FCB player 1986-89 380 00:53:39,541 --> 00:53:41,749 First, you look for the athlete, 381 00:53:41,750 --> 00:53:44,082 CARLES REXACH FCB coach & assistant 1987-96 / 2001-02 then make him into a footballer. 382 00:53:44,125 --> 00:53:46,415 But we changed all that, 383 00:53:46,458 --> 00:53:48,832 because we first looked for the footballer, 384 00:53:48,875 --> 00:53:51,624 then changed him into an athlete if we could. 385 00:53:51,666 --> 00:53:55,665 It was at this point that Barça began to work with 386 00:53:55,750 --> 00:54:01,207 and produce players who weren't very gifted physically, 387 00:54:01,583 --> 00:54:03,207 but could play football. 388 00:54:25,125 --> 00:54:27,290 Physically, he was a normal guy. 389 00:54:27,333 --> 00:54:29,082 He wasn't quick or strong, 390 00:54:29,125 --> 00:54:31,165 wasn't powerful at free kicks, 391 00:54:31,208 --> 00:54:34,707 but he had vision and knew what to do at all times. 392 00:54:37,958 --> 00:54:41,665 JOSÉ MARÍA BAKERO FCB player 1988-96 He was a bit grumpy in his early days. 393 00:54:41,708 --> 00:54:43,790 He got angry with himself, 394 00:54:43,833 --> 00:54:46,915 when things went well or when things went badly... 395 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:48,999 He was very demanding with himself. 396 00:54:50,250 --> 00:54:51,707 "Why are we doing this?" 397 00:54:51,791 --> 00:54:53,540 "Why are we playing like this?" 398 00:54:53,583 --> 00:54:55,374 "What happened during that play?" 399 00:54:55,458 --> 00:54:56,999 "Why don't we try this play?" 400 00:54:57,083 --> 00:54:58,624 RAMON BESA Journalist He was a real sponge. 401 00:54:58,666 --> 00:55:03,415 He went through a sponge stage in his life when he asked questions. 402 00:55:46,791 --> 00:55:48,415 It was sometimes 403 00:55:48,541 --> 00:55:53,582 an unstoppable team when it played at full speed and expression. 404 00:55:53,750 --> 00:55:55,624 Later it could have lapses 405 00:55:55,708 --> 00:55:58,749 and concede a goal or anything could happen, 406 00:55:58,791 --> 00:56:01,040 but I've never seen any other team 407 00:56:01,125 --> 00:56:04,332 with such blind faith or confidence in its game. 408 00:56:36,416 --> 00:56:39,207 The pressure was on us, 409 00:56:39,291 --> 00:56:42,999 because the Barça fans 410 00:56:43,125 --> 00:56:46,457 were still scared of losing another final 411 00:56:46,583 --> 00:56:50,999 RONALD KOEMAN FCB player 1989-95 like the one in Seville against Bucharest. 412 00:56:51,625 --> 00:56:54,665 But we, and especially Johan, 413 00:56:54,750 --> 00:56:59,207 were very confident that we could beat Sampdoria. 414 00:56:59,541 --> 00:57:04,040 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 1991-92 Wembley Stadium, London 20 May 1992 415 00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:10,374 Tension is fine, but not nervousness. 416 00:57:12,250 --> 00:57:15,957 Logically, everything around Barcelona in that final 417 00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:20,207 had to do with being the victim... 418 00:57:20,375 --> 00:57:23,582 Let's see if we lose, let's see who knows what... 419 00:57:23,666 --> 00:57:25,415 So I told them this: 420 00:57:25,458 --> 00:57:29,749 "I don't know how often you're going to play in a final, so enjoy it 421 00:57:29,791 --> 00:57:33,082 and keep laughing not matter what the score." 422 00:57:52,916 --> 00:57:58,207 There was extra time. I think it was at the 108-minute mark... 423 00:57:58,333 --> 00:58:04,374 Obviously one of my skills is that I'm good at taking free kicks. 424 00:58:05,875 --> 00:58:09,040 There was a free kick outside the goal area; 425 00:58:09,125 --> 00:58:14,999 about 20 metres out, three or four metres or so from the 16-metre area... 426 00:58:16,083 --> 00:58:19,624 So the three of us decided to make that play. 427 00:58:19,708 --> 00:58:23,582 We noticed the defensive wall was quite close to the goal, 428 00:58:23,625 --> 00:58:29,582 so we tried to draw one of the players out to increase the angle of the shot. 429 00:58:29,625 --> 00:58:32,540 We decided it in a flash between the three of us. 430 00:58:32,625 --> 00:58:34,707 The referee whistled a foul. 431 00:58:34,791 --> 00:58:37,707 I felt as if I could kick a goal, 432 00:58:42,958 --> 00:58:45,415 but of course you have to be lucky, 433 00:58:45,541 --> 00:58:52,540 because normally the ball hits a defender coming out of the wall. 434 00:58:52,666 --> 00:58:55,540 I struck the ball really well 435 00:58:55,625 --> 00:58:56,915 and hard 436 00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,874 towards the left-hand goalpost 437 00:58:59,916 --> 00:59:03,165 and the goalie was surprised by its speed. 438 00:59:21,541 --> 00:59:26,832 It's something that's really huge and hard to explain, 439 00:59:26,875 --> 00:59:30,082 because winning such a major trophy 440 00:59:30,125 --> 00:59:32,582 for the first time for Barcelona... 441 00:59:32,625 --> 00:59:36,332 It's fantastic, unforgettable, 442 00:59:36,375 --> 00:59:41,374 especially for me because I scored the only goal of the match. 443 00:59:54,083 --> 00:59:57,415 We arrived at Barcelona airport 444 00:59:57,458 --> 01:00:00,415 and there were so many people in the streets... 445 01:00:00,458 --> 01:00:05,874 There was over a million people in the streets of Barcelona. 446 01:00:07,291 --> 01:00:13,374 I also remember that we went back to Camp Nou 447 01:00:13,416 --> 01:00:18,082 and there were still 60 or 70,000 people there. 448 01:00:20,625 --> 01:00:24,415 DREAM TEAM TRIBUTE MATCH Camp Nou, Barcelona 10 March 1999 The Wembley hero: Ronald Koeman. 449 01:00:27,250 --> 01:00:30,915 I couldn't have been happier that day. 450 01:00:36,291 --> 01:00:38,415 Football gives you many things, 451 01:00:38,458 --> 01:00:41,957 but I've never felt I'm special because I'm a footballer. 452 01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,374 It's true that sometimes at a certain age 453 01:00:44,416 --> 01:00:45,957 you can go a bit crazy, 454 01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,915 but it's not really me 455 01:00:47,916 --> 01:00:52,957 Sant Jaume Square, Barcelona 21 May 1992 to honestly think that we're gods or something special. 456 01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:57,957 We've simply been lucky to be here and to have won, 457 01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:01,415 especially that first European Cup. 458 01:01:13,458 --> 01:01:15,415 Long live Catalonia! 459 01:01:16,833 --> 01:01:18,207 Long live Barça! 460 01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:25,415 Citizens of Catalonia! Now we've got it here! 461 01:01:29,791 --> 01:01:32,624 Long live Barça 462 01:01:33,041 --> 01:01:36,124 and long live Catalonia! 463 01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:56,165 LOUIS VAN GAAL FCB coach 1997-00 / 2002-03 464 01:03:25,625 --> 01:03:28,207 RAMON BESA Journalist It's about rationalisation on the ground. 465 01:03:28,250 --> 01:03:30,707 There's a square ground in his square head: 466 01:03:30,791 --> 01:03:33,415 positional play, field distribution... 467 01:03:33,458 --> 01:03:35,582 He's the perfect schoolteacher. 468 01:03:35,625 --> 01:03:38,332 As a teacher, I think he's indispensable. 469 01:04:03,625 --> 01:04:07,540 Camp Nou, Barcelona 24 June 2001 470 01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:31,790 When he announces that he's leaving Barça, 471 01:04:31,833 --> 01:04:35,999 he thinks he can play at Juve, in an elite team, 472 01:04:36,041 --> 01:04:39,165 and then finds himself playing with Brescia, 473 01:04:39,208 --> 01:04:41,999 a team that's somehow like saying: 474 01:04:42,041 --> 01:04:45,415 "Wow, you left Barça to end up in Brescia? No way!" 475 01:04:45,666 --> 01:04:48,249 It was all about contractual circumstances. 476 01:04:48,291 --> 01:04:52,707 Finally, Juve pulls out of an agreement to sign him 477 01:04:52,750 --> 01:04:55,249 and he ends up playing in Rome. 478 01:05:05,208 --> 01:05:09,499 GRAHAM HUNTER Journalist 479 01:05:43,833 --> 01:05:47,957 Next Tuesday, Josep Guardiola Will make the trip from Brescia to Rome 480 01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,957 for a second drug test after testing positive to Nandrolone 481 01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:53,790 after the Lazio-Brescia game. 482 01:05:53,875 --> 01:05:58,624 TVC 6 December 2001 It's another step in his difficult, lengthy battle to prove his innocence. 483 01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:02,874 His first reaction was despair; he couldn't believe it. 484 01:06:02,916 --> 01:06:07,957 But from then on he tried his best to seek the truth. 485 01:06:14,208 --> 01:06:17,957 He said he hadn't taken anything and the body itself produced it. 486 01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:22,415 He became an expert in the production of Nandrolone 487 01:06:22,458 --> 01:06:26,582 and didn't stop until he reached the courts, where he was acquitted. 488 01:06:56,541 --> 01:07:00,374 It's a question of personality and character 489 01:07:00,375 --> 01:07:03,124 PAU GASOL FCB basketball player 1999-01 in the person and player, 490 01:07:03,166 --> 01:07:07,040 your ambition and appetite to remain at a certain level 491 01:07:07,083 --> 01:07:10,957 and do whatever it takes to stay there or keep improving. 492 01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:14,540 So for me it's a question of mentality and attitude: 493 01:07:14,583 --> 01:07:16,957 how you act, how you deal with things, 494 01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:19,624 how you focus and the priority you give to this 495 01:07:19,666 --> 01:07:23,624 and what you're willing to sacrifice to achieve these aims. 496 01:07:23,708 --> 01:07:28,624 I demand a lot from myself and then compete against others 497 01:07:28,708 --> 01:07:32,415 and this motivates me because I'm a competitive person. 498 01:09:12,750 --> 01:09:16,332 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Camp Nou, Barcelona 15 June 2003 499 01:09:20,166 --> 01:09:23,790 This can be a great day if it leads to the change 500 01:09:23,833 --> 01:09:26,415 that I believe the club needs. 501 01:09:59,625 --> 01:10:03,540 I'll do everything I can to bring joy to everybody. 502 01:11:14,458 --> 01:11:18,540 Ronaldinho's first years in Barcelona were really amazing 503 01:11:18,583 --> 01:11:23,207 and he sort of ended that situation that we had over several years, 504 01:11:23,250 --> 01:11:26,124 especially after the Van Gaal era. 505 01:11:26,166 --> 01:11:30,207 These were very difficult periods after Cruyff 506 01:11:30,291 --> 01:11:33,124 and it was really like a rebirth, 507 01:11:33,208 --> 01:11:36,957 and the person who made it greater was Ronaldinho. 508 01:11:37,708 --> 01:11:39,207 The stadium was full 509 01:11:39,250 --> 01:11:42,790 XAVI HERNÁNDEZ FCB player 1991-2015 and people were starting to wear Barça shirts again. 510 01:11:42,875 --> 01:11:44,207 He was a magical player, 511 01:11:44,250 --> 01:11:47,957 capable of doing things we'd never seen in the history of football. 512 01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:50,124 He did some really amazing stuff, 513 01:11:50,166 --> 01:11:52,207 some dribbling on the wing 514 01:11:52,250 --> 01:11:54,874 that brought people to their feet. 515 01:11:55,250 --> 01:12:00,790 That positive glow and laugh and smile of his were hard to resist for many people. 516 01:12:37,458 --> 01:12:39,082 LEO MESSI FCB player Different, small... 517 01:12:39,166 --> 01:12:41,332 Truth is I don't really remember, 518 01:12:41,375 --> 01:12:43,332 but it must have been 519 01:12:43,375 --> 01:12:46,999 in my second year here in Barcelona. 520 01:12:47,458 --> 01:12:50,874 CARLES FOLGUERA La Masia director His desire to want to be what he ultimately became 521 01:12:50,916 --> 01:12:51,999 was so strong 522 01:12:52,041 --> 01:12:54,165 that it gave him a special value, 523 01:12:54,208 --> 01:12:56,915 an enormous talent, a desire to win 524 01:12:57,000 --> 01:13:01,290 and play competitive sport as if it were a game, 525 01:13:01,375 --> 01:13:03,415 a game that he always wants to win, 526 01:13:03,458 --> 01:13:06,832 but something that deep down inside is really fun for him. 527 01:13:09,583 --> 01:13:13,874 It's true that Barça from the start said that it was relying on him 528 01:13:13,916 --> 01:13:16,457 and wanted him and that in the long-term 529 01:13:16,583 --> 01:13:18,957 he had to become that amazing player 530 01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:20,915 you could already see in those videos 531 01:13:20,958 --> 01:13:23,124 when he was 10 or 11. 532 01:13:28,125 --> 01:13:29,665 CARLES REXACH FCB coach & assistant 1987-96 / 2001-02 A guy says to me: 533 01:13:29,708 --> 01:13:32,749 "There's a kid who plays really well and stuff..." 534 01:13:32,791 --> 01:13:35,957 The usual stuff like: "This boy's a phenomenon." 535 01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,540 Another guy says: "Sure, but he's very small." 536 01:13:38,583 --> 01:13:41,207 Then another: "He's a table footy player." 537 01:13:41,291 --> 01:13:43,915 So everyone kind of claimed him. 538 01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:48,374 Everyone recognised his talent, which was dribbling... 539 01:13:48,583 --> 01:13:51,415 "There's no doubts about this guy, you can already sign him." 540 01:13:51,458 --> 01:13:54,165 "He's out of this world; this guy's from another galaxy..." 541 01:13:54,208 --> 01:13:56,582 He did different things. He was different. 542 01:13:56,625 --> 01:13:59,165 All of him. Skilled, fast... 543 01:14:02,166 --> 01:14:05,165 He looked so dull and lifeless off the field, 544 01:14:05,208 --> 01:14:09,040 but when he was on the ground he became another person. 545 01:14:14,291 --> 01:14:17,165 Leo's a guy who came in 546 01:14:17,208 --> 01:14:20,915 and was introverted, shy and couldn't play... 547 01:14:20,958 --> 01:14:24,915 The club helped him medically because he could barely stretch himself... 548 01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:27,832 His family was in Argentina. 549 01:14:27,875 --> 01:14:29,624 He could've been vulnerable. 550 01:14:29,666 --> 01:14:34,040 Given that he didn't have his brothers around him or his mother close by... 551 01:14:34,083 --> 01:14:37,207 It's normal that things would have been difficult for him. 552 01:14:37,416 --> 01:14:40,749 It was hard because it was a big change. 553 01:14:40,791 --> 01:14:43,165 I was 13 and left everything behind, 554 01:14:43,208 --> 01:14:46,374 my family, my friends, my country. 555 01:14:46,416 --> 01:14:49,124 Truth is it was difficult. 556 01:14:49,208 --> 01:14:53,999 I was lucky to have landed in Barcelona, in La Masia, 557 01:14:54,083 --> 01:14:57,290 on a team with great kids 558 01:14:57,375 --> 01:15:00,915 who treated me really well from the start. 559 01:15:01,250 --> 01:15:04,040 I went to school with the kids from La Masia. 560 01:15:04,125 --> 01:15:07,540 I practically spent all day with them 561 01:15:07,583 --> 01:15:10,249 and that made things easier for me. 562 01:15:10,416 --> 01:15:13,082 The one great positive thing about Leo Messi 563 01:15:13,125 --> 01:15:16,082 is that he fought for what he really wanted 564 01:15:16,125 --> 01:15:17,707 when nobody could really see it. 565 01:15:17,750 --> 01:15:20,124 He fought a lot and dug his heels in 566 01:15:20,166 --> 01:15:21,832 and became successful: 567 01:15:21,875 --> 01:15:23,874 success in searching, in dreaming... 568 01:15:23,958 --> 01:15:27,749 And why shouldn't a boy dream even though he's away from his family? 569 01:16:19,500 --> 01:16:22,332 MICHAEL MILANI WARSHAW Manhattan Kickers F.C. player 570 01:16:32,583 --> 01:16:34,290 GUS MAHLER Manhattan Kickers F.C. player 571 01:16:42,916 --> 01:16:44,874 NICOLAI PERALTA Manhattan Kickers F.C. player 572 01:17:21,125 --> 01:17:25,540 ANDRÉS INIESTA FCB player It's my life. I've grown up with it. 573 01:17:26,958 --> 01:17:32,540 I love waking up to it every day... 574 01:17:33,041 --> 01:17:38,082 As a good "culé", and as a person who's been here since he was 12, 575 01:17:38,166 --> 01:17:41,415 I think it's an emotion. 576 01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:44,332 XAVI HERNÁNDEZ FCB player 1991-2015 Look how shit-scared I am in this photo. 577 01:17:44,375 --> 01:17:45,832 I'm frightened... 578 01:17:46,750 --> 01:17:51,124 You feel scared when you sign with Barça; everything seems so big. 579 01:17:51,166 --> 01:17:53,707 The club's greatness really overwhelms you. 580 01:17:53,750 --> 01:17:58,707 This photo is from my early days, from the first photos of me in Barça. 581 01:17:58,875 --> 01:18:01,749 I think we've retained a lot of things 582 01:18:01,750 --> 01:18:05,957 GERARD PIQUÉ FCB player from when we were so young and innocent. 583 01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:09,124 You learn a lot from life along the way, 584 01:18:09,166 --> 01:18:14,999 but you also retain many hopes and dreams you had at that age, 585 01:18:15,041 --> 01:18:19,707 which have grown and supported you, and many that have come true. 586 01:18:46,291 --> 01:18:49,249 About 50 to 60 kids are signed from these 8,000. 587 01:18:49,291 --> 01:18:51,915 We're talking about a massive filtering process, 588 01:18:51,958 --> 01:18:54,332 and not only of those kids that Barça goes to see, 589 01:18:54,375 --> 01:18:57,915 but also those presented by parents 590 01:18:57,958 --> 01:19:01,665 who believe their children have got enough talent to get into Barça. 591 01:19:01,708 --> 01:19:05,290 There are countless letters from kids and parents, 592 01:19:05,333 --> 01:19:08,290 thousands of videos on YouTube 593 01:19:08,333 --> 01:19:11,749 with footage of athletes... 594 01:19:11,750 --> 01:19:14,915 CARLES FOLGUERA La Masia director They see it as a unique opportunity, 595 01:19:14,958 --> 01:19:17,999 because if Barça is on the lookout for talent, 596 01:19:18,041 --> 01:19:20,999 then why can't it be my son? 597 01:19:21,583 --> 01:19:24,582 You have to leave a lot of people behind along the way. 598 01:19:24,708 --> 01:19:26,374 And when you do let go of one, 599 01:19:26,375 --> 01:19:28,165 JOSÉ RAMÓN ALEXANKO FCB youth program director 2005-10 the father and mother appear, 600 01:19:28,208 --> 01:19:29,249 as well as the kid 601 01:19:29,291 --> 01:19:32,124 and sometimes the agent at the last minute. 602 01:19:32,166 --> 01:19:35,582 And naturally the father asks why, 603 01:19:35,625 --> 01:19:38,082 it affects the mother a lot more 604 01:19:38,125 --> 01:19:39,999 and the kid ends up crying. 605 01:19:40,250 --> 01:19:42,207 Not everyone manages to make it here. 606 01:19:42,291 --> 01:19:45,665 It's difficult and it's even harder to remain. 607 01:19:45,750 --> 01:19:49,665 Barça's like that, a pyramid on top of which the chosen 608 01:19:49,750 --> 01:19:51,624 or the luckier ones remain. 609 01:19:51,708 --> 01:19:54,332 And it's cruel because you're a kid, 610 01:19:54,375 --> 01:19:55,999 Still green. 611 01:19:56,041 --> 01:19:58,999 Your emotions are really sensitive. 612 01:19:59,333 --> 01:20:02,790 They teach you a little about the realities of life, 613 01:20:02,833 --> 01:20:06,415 how competitive it is, those who'll be there next year... 614 01:20:06,458 --> 01:20:07,582 It's really tough. 615 01:20:31,791 --> 01:20:34,082 His father and his agent said: 616 01:20:34,083 --> 01:20:36,665 CARLES REXACH FCB coach & assistant 1987-96 / 2001-02 "Hey you, they're messing with me." 617 01:20:36,708 --> 01:20:37,999 So we had to do something 618 01:20:38,041 --> 01:20:40,165 and I tried to calm things down by saying: 619 01:20:40,208 --> 01:20:42,707 "Don't worry, I'll fix things up quickly." 620 01:20:42,750 --> 01:20:46,415 So we grab the nearest piece of paper and I write down 621 01:20:46,458 --> 01:20:48,790 that "as technical director of FCB 622 01:20:48,833 --> 01:20:53,415 I agree to sign Messi as long as we discuss the amounts, etc." 623 01:20:53,541 --> 01:20:54,540 So I sign it 624 01:20:55,541 --> 01:20:58,999 and for my sake had to get down to work. 625 01:20:59,041 --> 01:21:02,457 Basically it happened like that, but never thinking 626 01:21:02,541 --> 01:21:05,707 that this napkin would become so important. 627 01:21:08,958 --> 01:21:10,915 Remember my name: Leo Messi. 628 01:21:43,791 --> 01:21:46,624 I was already happy to be here with my two companions 629 01:21:46,666 --> 01:21:49,915 and it's a very special day for me. 630 01:22:24,625 --> 01:22:28,915 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2005-06 Stade de France, Paris 17 May 2006 631 01:24:40,958 --> 01:24:43,874 Welcome to this season, 632 01:24:43,916 --> 01:24:45,957 welcome to your home. 633 01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:49,582 Fasten your seatbelts because we're going to have fun. 634 01:25:28,458 --> 01:25:32,749 Long live Barça, Long live Catalonia and good luck. 635 01:25:44,666 --> 01:25:49,040 GRAHAM HUNTER Journalist 636 01:26:43,625 --> 01:26:47,999 GARY LINEKER FCB player 1986-89 637 01:28:12,958 --> 01:28:17,374 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2008-09 Olympic Stadium, Rome 27 May 2009 638 01:29:57,000 --> 01:29:59,457 There was a person named Johan Cruyff 639 01:29:59,541 --> 01:30:04,165 who arrived and changed the philosophy of playing football. 640 01:30:04,208 --> 01:30:06,290 He wanted to be a protagonist, get the ball, 641 01:30:06,291 --> 01:30:08,790 XAVI HERNÁNDEZ FCB player 1991-2015 maintain possession, dominate, play attacking, 642 01:30:08,833 --> 01:30:11,874 attractive football, in which people saw themselves reflected 643 01:30:11,958 --> 01:30:14,540 in the sense that we really dominated the game. 644 01:30:14,583 --> 01:30:17,624 And we've been practicing this for 20 or 30 years, 645 01:30:17,666 --> 01:30:19,415 ever since he arrived as coach. 646 01:31:20,083 --> 01:31:24,249 ANDRÉS INIESTA FCB player It's not only about just winning, but also how we go about it, 647 01:31:24,291 --> 01:31:30,249 and so people admired and still admire us for that. 648 01:32:12,416 --> 01:32:13,749 The key to success 649 01:32:13,750 --> 01:32:15,999 CARLES FOLGUERA La Masia director of this generation of athletes, 650 01:32:16,041 --> 01:32:19,249 some of whom have been there two or three years, 651 01:32:19,291 --> 01:32:23,415 like Iniesta, Messi, Cesc, or Jordi Alba and Víctor Valdés... 652 01:32:23,458 --> 01:32:26,249 Many of them had played for the same team 653 01:32:26,291 --> 01:32:28,749 in lower levels, as kids or juniors... 654 01:32:28,791 --> 01:32:32,249 I mean, they knew each other at the age of 13 or 14, 655 01:32:32,291 --> 01:32:38,332 they had suffered hardships, they had won some championships, 656 01:32:38,375 --> 01:32:41,707 and this unites them. That's the key. 657 01:33:28,625 --> 01:33:32,999 GRAHAM HUNTER Journalist 658 01:34:20,125 --> 01:34:23,207 RAMON BESA Journalist Oh, absolutely, he felt slighted, 659 01:34:23,250 --> 01:34:26,999 he felt hurt because of Barça. They rejected him. 660 01:34:27,041 --> 01:34:31,999 He lost a battle and that caused him great frustration. 661 01:34:35,666 --> 01:34:37,290 Madrid signs up Mourinho 662 01:34:37,333 --> 01:34:40,415 to finish with Barça, not to make Madrid better. 663 01:34:40,458 --> 01:34:43,207 That's the great contradiction of Madrid: 664 01:34:43,250 --> 01:34:46,832 it doesn't know how to stop Barça's growth, 665 01:34:46,875 --> 01:34:51,249 so it signs up the person it thinks has the formula to stop Barça. 666 01:36:55,458 --> 01:36:59,415 The footage of you looking to poke Tito Vilanova in the eye, 667 01:36:59,458 --> 01:37:03,957 is this part of the philosophy that you say you're teaching in football? 668 01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:04,707 Me? 669 01:37:04,750 --> 01:37:05,540 Yes. 670 01:37:05,583 --> 01:37:06,749 "Pito" Vilanova? 671 01:37:06,791 --> 01:37:08,040 Yes, Tito Vilanova. 672 01:37:08,083 --> 01:37:10,124 I don't know what you're talking about. 673 01:37:10,166 --> 01:37:12,165 The question you're asking me 674 01:37:12,208 --> 01:37:15,374 about "Pito" Vilanova or whatever his name is... 675 01:37:15,416 --> 01:37:17,165 no, I don't know his name. 676 01:37:17,208 --> 01:37:19,999 No, I don't have anything to say... 677 01:37:20,041 --> 01:37:22,665 That's for the referee to say, or the fourth referee, 678 01:37:22,708 --> 01:37:24,999 or the TV cameras... 679 01:37:25,041 --> 01:37:26,540 I have nothing to say. 680 01:37:26,750 --> 01:37:28,749 One day, not here, but outside, 681 01:37:28,791 --> 01:37:31,290 a situation will arise that won't be any good. 682 01:37:31,333 --> 01:37:32,707 Things will get nasty one day. 683 01:37:44,375 --> 01:37:46,124 When it comes to football, 684 01:37:46,166 --> 01:37:48,957 CARLES REXACH FCB player 1965-81 there's that saying that I use a lot: 685 01:37:49,000 --> 01:37:51,415 "It's better to win roughly than lose cleanly." 686 01:37:51,458 --> 01:37:53,207 It's like that in football. 687 01:37:53,250 --> 01:37:57,915 It's like saying: "We're in today's world, Let's win however we can." 688 01:37:57,958 --> 01:37:59,207 It's a bit like that. 689 01:37:59,250 --> 01:38:00,374 So what happens? 690 01:38:00,416 --> 01:38:03,999 Some coaches even today say about matches: 691 01:38:04,041 --> 01:38:07,290 "We can't win with the referee they've given us today!" 692 01:38:07,583 --> 01:38:11,790 You have a game plan that the referee doesn't let you implement. 693 01:38:11,958 --> 01:38:14,624 Bang, he's gone and said it. 694 01:38:14,666 --> 01:38:15,624 Do you see? 695 01:38:15,958 --> 01:38:18,999 Given that Mr Mourinho has addressed me in a familiar manner, 696 01:38:19,041 --> 01:38:20,165 I'll do the same. 697 01:38:20,208 --> 01:38:22,290 He called me Pep so I'll call him José. 698 01:38:22,333 --> 01:38:25,165 I don't know which is Mr José's camera... 699 01:38:25,208 --> 01:38:27,290 It must be all of these... 700 01:38:27,333 --> 01:38:31,707 Tomorrow at 8.45pm we'll face each other here on the ground. 701 01:38:31,750 --> 01:38:33,874 He's already won off the pitch. 702 01:38:33,916 --> 01:38:36,874 I'll give him his particular Champions off the field. 703 01:38:36,916 --> 01:38:39,999 He can take it home and enjoy it with all his others. 704 01:38:40,083 --> 01:38:43,207 In this room, he's the effing boss, the effing master, 705 01:38:43,250 --> 01:38:44,707 who knows most in this world. 706 01:38:44,750 --> 01:38:47,124 I don't want to compete with him even for a moment. 707 01:38:47,333 --> 01:38:50,707 You'll be the effing master here, but I challenge you on the field. 708 01:38:50,750 --> 01:38:54,040 So he challenges Madrid on the field and is lucky enough to win. 709 01:38:58,125 --> 01:38:59,040 Why? 710 01:38:59,083 --> 01:39:00,415 Why expel Pepe? 711 01:39:01,041 --> 01:39:01,999 Why? 712 01:39:02,458 --> 01:39:04,790 That's when Mourinho's "whys" appear, 713 01:39:04,875 --> 01:39:08,082 because on Mourinho's theoretically ideal stage, 714 01:39:08,125 --> 01:39:10,999 which is body-against-body, Guardiola also wins. 715 01:39:17,666 --> 01:39:22,040 GARY LINEKER FCB player 1986-89 716 01:39:37,416 --> 01:39:41,790 REAL MADRID 2 - FC BARCELONA 6 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 2 May 2009 717 01:39:53,500 --> 01:39:58,124 FC BARCELONA 5 - REAL MADRID 0 Camp Nou, Barcelona 29 November 2010 718 01:40:42,541 --> 01:40:44,957 GERARD PIQUÉ FCB player I think the two feed off each other. 719 01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:48,249 Barça without Madrid might not be as good, 720 01:40:48,291 --> 01:40:51,207 and the same goes for Madrid without Barça. 721 01:40:51,250 --> 01:40:55,290 When you have a team like Madrid in your league competition, 722 01:40:55,333 --> 01:40:58,207 it makes you always want to go to the limit 723 01:40:58,250 --> 01:41:00,832 and win every game to win league titles, 724 01:41:00,875 --> 01:41:04,332 so that when you go to Europe you've already acquired 725 01:41:04,375 --> 01:41:07,999 this mentality and this intensity to win games. 726 01:41:11,666 --> 01:41:15,832 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2010-11 Wembley Stadium, London 28 May 2011 727 01:42:30,250 --> 01:42:35,749 ÉRIC ABIDAL FCB player 2007-13 To describe Carles' gesture of giving me the armband... 728 01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:41,665 there are really no words. 729 01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:46,124 They're the sorts of things you don't see every day in team sports. 730 01:42:46,375 --> 01:42:48,540 This is what Barça is all about; 731 01:42:48,583 --> 01:42:51,415 it's more than a club, more than a family. 732 01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:18,415 I proved that I was a fighter 733 01:43:18,458 --> 01:43:21,707 and that's what allowed me to have the strength 734 01:43:21,750 --> 01:43:25,124 to try once again to overcome my ordeal. 735 01:43:26,625 --> 01:43:30,249 As I said, the important thing is to fight. 736 01:43:30,291 --> 01:43:34,374 We should never give up, no matter what happens in our lives. 737 01:43:34,416 --> 01:43:39,374 We should make the most of our opportunities, whether good or bad. 738 01:43:40,416 --> 01:43:42,999 That's what life is all about. 739 01:44:15,666 --> 01:44:20,040 GRAHAM HUNTER Journalist 740 01:44:45,791 --> 01:44:48,957 I think everybody got fed up with Guardiola, 741 01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:50,915 because he was so demanding, 742 01:44:50,958 --> 01:44:55,415 RAMON BESA Journalist in terms of diet, training, match preparation... 743 01:44:55,458 --> 01:44:57,540 This self-demanding culture 744 01:44:57,583 --> 01:45:00,999 ends up becoming unbearable at some point. 745 01:45:01,041 --> 01:45:04,124 He realised that he'd also lost his influence 746 01:45:04,166 --> 01:45:07,582 on Messi and the players, with those talks of his. 747 01:45:07,625 --> 01:45:10,374 When you have to come up with a new one every day, 748 01:45:10,416 --> 01:45:12,540 they end up not having the same effect, 749 01:45:12,583 --> 01:45:14,624 so when that happened he left. 750 01:45:26,250 --> 01:45:28,707 Camp Nou, Barcelona 27 April 2012 751 01:45:28,875 --> 01:45:31,040 The reason is simple: it's been four years 752 01:45:31,083 --> 01:45:33,374 and time wears everything down and I'm worn out. 753 01:45:33,416 --> 01:45:36,457 I feel all empty and need to fill myself up again. 754 01:45:36,583 --> 01:45:38,207 It's been a high demand. 755 01:45:38,250 --> 01:45:40,957 I need to experience that life, that passion, 756 01:45:41,000 --> 01:45:43,415 that energy that's so necessary 757 01:45:43,458 --> 01:45:47,415 to motivate so many other things, especially your players. 758 01:47:10,458 --> 01:47:14,999 I want to dedicate this title to Tito Vilanova, 759 01:47:15,041 --> 01:47:17,624 my friend, my companion, my assistant. 760 01:47:18,125 --> 01:47:20,999 This one's for you, kid. It's for you. 761 01:47:41,333 --> 01:47:44,415 Their relationship was that of equals. 762 01:47:44,458 --> 01:47:49,707 They made all their decisions by mutual agreement, 763 01:47:49,750 --> 01:47:54,165 so there wasn't that hierarchy of first and second. 764 01:47:54,208 --> 01:47:56,999 He was an atypical assistant coach 765 01:47:57,208 --> 01:47:59,124 JORDI ROURA FCB youth program director 2014-15 with a strong character, 766 01:47:59,166 --> 01:48:01,999 a direct man, a frank man 767 01:48:02,791 --> 01:48:07,832 and a man who told you things straight if he had to. 768 01:48:09,666 --> 01:48:12,999 And I especially think he was a brave man. 769 01:48:13,250 --> 01:48:17,415 You need to have a certain type of courage to join Barcelona... 770 01:48:17,458 --> 01:48:20,790 Okay, not courage, but you can't be scared of losing 771 01:48:20,833 --> 01:48:22,749 or making decisions, and he wasn't scared at all. 772 01:48:22,791 --> 01:48:27,040 SPANISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2012-13 Camp Nou, Barcelona 19 May 2013 773 01:51:36,583 --> 01:51:40,957 KING'S CUP FINAL 2014-15 Camp Nou, Barcelona 30 May 2015 774 01:51:52,750 --> 01:51:57,040 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2014-15 Olympic Stadium, Berlin 6 June 2015 775 01:53:11,833 --> 01:53:16,207 SPANISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2014-15 Camp Nou, Barcelona 23 May 2015 776 01:53:30,666 --> 01:53:35,040 GARY LINEKER FCB player 1986-89 777 01:54:46,166 --> 01:54:49,082 ÉRIC ABIDAL FCB player 2007-13 Barcelona is more than a club, 778 01:54:49,125 --> 01:54:51,707 because of all that it represents, 779 01:54:51,750 --> 01:54:55,457 both professionally and at an amateur club level. 780 01:54:55,541 --> 01:54:59,999 Barça tries to establish itself throughout the world 781 01:55:02,875 --> 01:55:04,415 to leave its mark: 782 01:55:05,000 --> 01:55:09,374 how it sees things, how it educates, how it plays football... 783 01:55:10,625 --> 01:55:14,374 Trying to put a little of Catalonia in the world 784 01:55:14,416 --> 01:55:18,790 so that people abroad can feel how things are here. 785 01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:22,999 That's why Barça is great 786 01:55:23,041 --> 01:55:25,207 and will continue to be more than a club. 787 01:55:35,416 --> 01:55:39,332 GRAHAM HUNTER Journalist 788 01:58:21,666 --> 01:58:23,749 LEO MESSI FCB player It's amazing and nice 789 01:58:23,791 --> 01:58:26,249 to live what I'm living, 790 01:58:26,291 --> 01:58:27,749 being on a ground, 791 01:58:27,791 --> 01:58:30,707 creating a play, scoring a goal 792 01:58:30,750 --> 01:58:35,290 and seeing so many people applauding or saying my name. 793 01:58:35,333 --> 01:58:36,707 It's really nice. 794 01:58:53,625 --> 01:58:55,582 The views and opinions expressed in this film were freely made by each person 795 01:58:55,625 --> 01:58:57,832 under his or her own responsibility and were neither suggested nor dictated 796 01:58:57,875 --> 01:58:59,374 by the producers or vany of their contracted staff. 797 01:59:26,791 --> 01:59:27,874 I have several. 798 01:59:27,916 --> 01:59:30,624 When I was in Rome, the World Cup Final, 799 01:59:30,666 --> 01:59:31,957 in London, 800 01:59:32,000 --> 01:59:34,415 also the King's Cup at Calderón... 801 01:59:34,458 --> 01:59:35,624 I have several. 802 01:59:41,083 --> 01:59:43,040 The first year of my career, 803 01:59:43,083 --> 01:59:45,582 when I was an 11-year-oId youngster, 804 01:59:45,625 --> 01:59:47,415 I earned 4,000 pesetas, 805 01:59:47,458 --> 01:59:48,999 my first salary. 806 01:59:49,083 --> 01:59:51,582 I made sure to get my mum a toaster, 807 01:59:51,625 --> 01:59:53,374 as we didn't have one at home. 808 02:00:03,208 --> 02:00:05,749 I hope that in a few years time, 809 02:00:05,791 --> 02:00:09,874 some of us can be a part of that history.