All language subtitles for Selección Argentina, la serie - Camino a Qatar_S01E01_Copa América

First thing that comes to mind
is when you're a kid

and once dreamed
of playing football with this jersey,

in the end I made it, then,
training with it it's also the greatest.

I'd say it's great pride.

Eh, son of a bitch! Nice, nice, nice!

THERE ARE 200 000 BIRTHS
IN ARGENTINA EVERY YEAR

THREE MILLIONS OF BOYS AND GIRLS
PLAY FOOTBALL

ONE MILLION DREAMS OF BEING
A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER

LESS THAN ONE PERCENT
MAKE IT TO DIVISION ONE

JUST A FEW CHOSEN PLAY A WORLD CUP

ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM
THE SERIES, ROAD TO QATAR

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

ARGENTINA VERSUS CHILE
NILTON SANTOS OLYMPIC STADIUM

Ladies, gentlemen,
football friends!

The moment of truth is beginning!

A new hope in our history
with the Argentina jersey

here in Rio de Janeiro,

in this beautiful stadium, Nilton Santos,

Argentina faces Chile
in this Copa América opening!

The AFA was founded in 1893

and it's the oldest football
association in South America.

HERNÁN CASTILLO, JOURNALIST

And, since it was founded,
Argentina has been World Champion twice,

three times World runner-up,

got a gold medal in the Olympic Games,

silver medal in the Olympic Games.

And has won the most cups
in Copa América history.

The latest titles were
Copa América '91 and '93.

Since then, the adult selection
has never won anything again,

and was defeated in seven finals:

Confederation Cup '95, Copa América 2004,

Confederations Cup 2005,

Copa América 2007,

World Cup 2014,
and Copa América 2015 and 2016.

That amount of years without triumph,

for us, who believe we're always the best

it's too much.

It's done, the National Team
is over for me.

THE PAIN OF WANTING TO
AND NOT BEING ABLE TO

Like I just said, it's four finals.

"THE NATIONAL TEAM IS OVER FOR ME"

It's not for me.

Sadly, I looked for this,
it's what I wanted the most.

It didn't happen, but...

- but I think this is it.
- Is this a final decision?

I think so.

MAY 2021
WEEKS BEFORE COPA AMÉRICA

LIONEL MESSI, CAPTAIN
ARGENITINA NATIONAL TEAM, STRIKER

Really excited, eager to have it here.

We still don't know
if everything will be here,

if we're gonna share or...

I don't know, they say many things.

I think it's a nice opportunity
for people if it's here,

for them to enjoy at home,
for who has to be locked up,

who's going through a hard time

and it's always a dream,

a special competition
with the National Team,

whatever it is, we always wanna win,
that's always the goal.

No matter what,
I always wanted to be here.

I suffered a lot, but, anyway.

ÁNGEL DI MARÍA
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, STRIKER

Being here was everything for me,
being in the field was everything

and I was never gonna give up.

And for me,
this is the most beautiful jersey.

NICOLÁS OTAMENDI
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, DEFENSE

If things are going fine on not so much,

you want to be there,
and I have the same mindset.

RODRIGO DE PAUL
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, MIDFIELDER

To wear the National Team jersey
gives you an energy

that, somehow, I feel it's always there.

Makes you feel way more powerful.

You know you don't play alone.
It's a country playing.

EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ, AKA "DIBU"
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, GOALKEEPER

It's something unique,
something I always dreamed of.

I worked for it
and always trusted I could do.

We used to train in a park,
placed two sticks as a goal and...

Well, those are things you never forget.

LEANDRO PAREDES
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, MIDFIELDER

For me it's a pleasure
and huge pride to wear this jersey.

Not only the game jersey,
but coming to the field

and wear the training gear, being here,
it's such a pride for me.

I try to live this
and enjoy it as much as I can.

ALEJANDRO GÓMEZ, AKA "PAPU"
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, MIDFIELDER

Because we know this has a due date

and you don't know
when the last competition will be

or the last game, so, I try to live
and enjoy this day by day.

Let's go! Let's win!

An important moment
for the country has begun,

because the social isolation

has just started,
pre-emptive and mandatory.

Last night we found out,
at 11:00 in the night,

that the Copa América
wasn't to be played in Argentina.

The development of Copa America
is like a show with many episodes

whose finale hasn't been written yet.
In the last episode of this season

Argentina was eliminated from the making.

CONMEBOL wants to host it in Brazil
and hell broke loose.

CLAUDIO TAPIA, AKA "CHIQUI"
AFA PRESIDENT

It was a shock
because you prepare yourself and work.

And I think the players also
worked on the mindset

to have a Copa América in our country,

that we'd be the venue.

I think this made us stronger.

Yeah, it made us stronger,
because the change was radical.

In the end you play in the country
of your classic rival,

I think it did, it made us stronger.

It goes through your mind...

GERMÁN PEZZELLA
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, DEFENSE

..."It was to be played in Argentina,

we were to be close to our people,
awesome."

Then it's canceled,
we didn't know where it'd be played,

it was to be played in Brazil,
with a crowd, without a crowd...

We didn't just know
we'd play without a crowd,

but they were taking us again
where we, once,

had a semifinal we felt wasn't fair.

These were all condiments
that motivated us even more

and it wasn't an easy Cup
because the flights were so intense.

Because, as close as we are from Brazil,

we had to go, come back,

train in the field,
in the middle of a pandemic.

As for prepping,
it changed a lot, as well,

although the President
and all the organizing body

let us stay in the field
and that was key for us.

Maybe from the outside
people noted only players.

The ladies cleaning the rooms,

cooks, doctors, physicians, press,

those who mow the lawn
where there 55 days ago,

they walked in ten days earlier.

They have families, too,
they have kids, too.

It was a big sacrifice, really.

My daughter was born over a videocall.

I mean, these are hard times
you have to face as a professional.

He already showered, Carlitos.

What are you doing?

He has to spray you.
Do it, don't fear, Carlos, spray him.

Nice haircut.

I said, since I'm in this...

My hair grows.
In the meantime, I gotta seize the chance.

In three years from now...
Yeah, I got a haircut...

I don't have to comb it.

- I do this.
- Gladiator haircut.

Right, right!

Chile is a great team
that has many great players,

with new guys that blended in
just as we did,

there was a replacement,
so it's a team on growth and preparation

and it's a pretty competitive team.

Wilmar Roldán's order,
the Colombian referee of the game.

We live, feel, enjoy!

They're playing.
Argentina zero, Chile zero.

Lo Celso attacks,
Lo Celso hits the goal with a left.

Lautaro has it!

He missed it!

Incredible goal Argentina misses!

Lo Celso's heel, there goes Nico González

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!

Free kick for Argentina.

Dangerous situation.

Messi will shoot.

Number ten from Argentina is focused.
Come on, Messi. Come on.

Messi straight to the goal. Messi!

Argentinian goal!

Chile attacks. Looking to tie, Vargas.

I don't wanna see. Dibu blocks!

Roldán goes to watch the VAR to decide.

REVIEW

Looks like he's having a penalty kick.

And Colombian referee, Wilmar Roldán,
sentences a penalty for Chile!

There goes Arturo Vidal, wants to tie.

Shoots. Dibu blocks it!

Rebound, Vargas. Goal.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Chile one, Argentina one.

END OF MATCH
ARGENTINA ONE, CHILE ONE

The story of Scaloni's arrival

to the National team is really singular.

Sampaoli's technical staff
was already fixed

and Scaloni almost gets in,
telling Beccacece and Sampaoli

and his entire staff

that he could deliver a different angle,
he could approach closer

and he'd do it to add experience.

Because you always learn something
from the bad things.

And after having a bad sporting experience

in the World Cup in Russia,

I started to see he was never
above the boys,

he was always at the same level.

But, over everything else,
the greatest professionalism.

I think he got here in a moment...

JUNE 2018, SCALONI-AIMAR DUO TO LEAD
U-20 TEAM IN L'ALCÚDIA TOURNAMENT

...able to partake this...

this challenge, so to speak,

because I've been working these last years

in great technical staffs

I also think I feel hopeful about
this opportunity I'm getting

and I wish and I'm convinced
it'll turn out just fine.

Having to face
with responsibility,

to lead temporarily
the Alcudia Tournament,

which he did pretty well and we won.

In 2011, still playing for Lazio,

I started the first coaching course,
which is the base course.

I always had the idea
that, once I'm done playing,

keep linked to football
and what's better than being a coach.

Maybe the names wouldn't guarantee

what I really felt
the Argentina National team needed,

a new project.

I'd even say I'm emotional,

NOVEMBER 20, 2018, AFTER LAST
FRIENDLY MATCH LEADING ADULT TEAM

because the opportunity I had,
sincerely...

It's hard to keep talking.
It was good, I didn't expect it and...

- and that's it.
- You're emotional, and you'll be more

- if you're confirmed as staff.
- I don't care about that.

I want to tell you all...

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

...today we're offering Scaloni

continuity until the Copa América
leading the adult team.

Argentina's National Team has a coach

with the huge responsibility that implies

being coach of the National Team.

At times they talk about
experience, right?

Bonavena used to say it's a comb
they hand you once you got bald.

It's maybe the key moment
in his story, Argentina - Paraguay

in Brazil's Copa América,
a game tied to one.

Armani under the posts,
penalty for Paraguay.

If Paraguay scores,

Argentina loses the two games,
because they'd lost against Colombia.

Armani blocks it,
gets up and shooshes everyone,

because the mumbling was:
"Argentina is out."

Obviously, it was a moment
of relief, it was like solace...

FRANCO ARMANI
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, GOALKEEPER

...because I remember,
during that phase in Copa América,

I remember going to a goal,
and people would diss me,

I looked back
and they were Argentinian fans.

There I felt the support.

That's what this is about in the end,
you can be trembling,

but the support of the administration
as the fan support, is key.

DEPARTMENT OF SELECTIONS
FIELDS ONE TO FOUR

YOUTH FACILITY

Since I was a kid
I felt that pressure of saying,

NICOLÁS TAGLIAFICO
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, DEFENSE

"I have to do this right,
because I stand for my country."

Since I was 14 until the moment
I was called to the adult team.

LAUTARO MARTÍNEZ
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, STRIKER

It was a dream I had since I was a child.

Because I always said wearing
Argentina's jersey is special.

Always, since a child,
I thought of it in school...

GUIDO RODRÍGUEZ
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, MIDFIELDER

...singing the flag anthem
before walking in

and in that moment thinking,

"This is what I wanna hear
when I play football."

It's the greatest dream
I was since I was a kid.

JOAQUÍN CORREA
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, STRIKER

I think it was the reason
you play football since young.

And, obviously, when you're a kid
and they make you debut in Tucumán,

I didn't see this any time near,
but it was always a dream in my mind.

Every player dreams
of playing for the National Team.

And being here today and enjoying
every day with this jersey...

NICOLÁS GONZÁLEZ
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM, MIDFIELDER

...it's the most beautiful thing there is,
that can exist.

I enjoy this very much.

From here, just as it is.
If it score, you leave, okay?

You have to go!

Having this luck of being a selection
and being able to pick players,

the football-related aspects
are essential, logically,

but then you have
the personal aspects, as a group,

and we pay close attention to that.

I care that, knowing
the little time we have,

I think it's important we're alright

and we care about those aspects.

Being a National Team player
it's something...

PABLO AIMAR, TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM

...that makes you different

or you have to have something
to be one of them.

There's not a check list
you have to complete.

You are.

Sometimes, there are moments.

Sometimes, you are for a while,
that's what happened to us.

You have to be more complete...

ROBERTO AYALA, TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM

...bring more tools
to the player, as well.

And, in the end,
then, the player decides.

But you have to give them
all the tools they need

to play a good game.

I'm happy to be here again with the guys.

It's a weird situation, really,
it's different what we have to live.

The truth is, the guys are really eager,

the older ones, too,

just as eager or even more,
it's really nice what this became.

I think there's a tight group,
with a wide foundation

that's been working
since the stage Scaloni started,

also with guys who are coming in,
some new, some at last minute.

Really, we're making a really good team.

That's what's important,
to build a strong group

for the upcoming challenges we have.

The intact hope.

First of all, because we are
the Argentina National Team

and, obviously,
we have the best one in the world.

We know everything's easier with him.
We have hope, we're okay.

I think, on top of it all,
we have to enjoy it,

because this can be a great
tournament for us.

It's kind of hard
since you can't see your family

or can't see anybody,
to be six, seven weeks together.

That's why it's important
to be fine as a group.

I think the group is pretty good,
there's a good relationship with everyone

the staff with the players.

We're having a good time

and we're going to Brazil
to win Copa América.

Come on, man!
Can't you see I'm recording an interview?

- Calm down!
- What do you want me to do?

I'm inside a bubble playing Copa América.

Goal!

Goal!

BRASILIA, BRAZIL

Day two of this Copa América!

The Scaloneta looking for their first
victory in the Copa América.

ARGENTINA VERSUS URUGUAY
MANÉ GARRINCHA STADIUM

Argentina the to field,
Uruguay to the field.

I give here in Brasilia,
the Argentinian team introduction.

And Messi shoots to the goal.
Muslera blocks!

The group phase in this Copa América
had a peculiarity,

four out of five would classify,

meaning, you have to do things
pretty badly to not classify.

This allowed Scaloni to try things,

because winning two games
you have room to see everybody.

Coming to the mid area,
De Paul crosses it. Romero looks for it.

Muslera!

Corner kick for Argentina, short corner.

Moves it for Messi, Messi crosses it.

Guido from the back! Hits the post, goal!

Argentinian goal!

The match is over.
Argentina one, Uruguay zero.

END OF MATCH
ARGENTINA ONE, URUGUAY ZERO

Here in Brasilia hearts are paralyzed.

I give you, in the Mané Garrincha stadium

Argentina and Paraguay.

Di María's coming. Di María to the side.

Delivers for Messi.

Da Motta fails, Kun has it,
Here comes the goal. Agüero!

Too bad, Kun had it!

There's Messi, passes to Ángel.

Still Di María, Di María faces.

Papu sprints.

Sees it, faces the goalkeeper,
he has the goal. There's Papu...

Goal!

In ten minutes of the first half,
Argentina one, Paraguay zero.

Messi wants the second one, Messi...

Messi was so close from the right post!

END OF MATCH
ARGENTINA ONE, PARAGUAY ZERO

CUIABÁ, BRAZIL

Here in Cuiabá,
looking for this win out of five

of this Copa América,
Argentina faces Bolivia.

BOLIVIA VERSUS ARGENTINA
PANTANAL ARENA STADIUM

Argentina attacks, Correa attacks.
Nice turn from Angelito Correa.

There goes Correa, has the goal,
passes to Messi.

Messi passes to Papu.
Come on, Papu. Come on.

Goal, goal, goal!

Goal of Argentina!

There goes Papu, hooks.

Penalty!

Bejarano brings him down inside the area.

There goes Messi, Messi shoots.

Goal!

Agüero has it, to Messi.
Has a goal overhead, Messi.

Messi, Messi, Messi. Goal, goal, goal...

Goal from Argentina!

Justiniano Saavedra hits the bottom.

Goal! Argentina three, Bolivia one.

Lautaro has the goal,
the goalkeeper blocks.

Montiel has it, Lautaro.

Goal! Goal!

It was a goal that relieved me a lot,

because I hadn't scored in many games

and in that game I started from the bench.

I think it was one
of the first balls I touched

and let's say it was a rebound goal.

END OF MATCH
BOLIVIA ONE, ARGENTINA FOUR

By the way, the worst news
comes in November 2020,

when Diego Armando Maradona passes away.

We can sadly confirm,

with the greatest grief the country
and the whole world is going through,

the passing of Diego Armando Maradona.

THE WORST NEWS,
DIEGO MARADONA PASSES AWAY

Diego Armando Maradona
dies at 60.

This news just came in.
Flash news.

Diego Armando Maradona has died.

THANK YOU, DIEGO

In our generation
it's impossible not to...

for him not to be a reference.

It's incredible to think
he's not here anymore...

It's a piece of news that...

moves everything.

He flattened the path
of what we wanted to be.

Later, some achieved it, others didn't,

but he was someone who influenced
the life we chose.

Maradona helps Messi
from Heaven,

Maradona helps the National Team
from Heaven.

And Maradona ended up helping
in another way.

With all the excitement in the world,
because I won't hide it.

I wear Argentina's jersey
and looks like I think I'm Superman.

If football doesn't let you think
you're there to win something,

to me, it doesn't...

Today is really hard.

I don't know,
in the previous Copa América,

I think we even played
for better moments than in this one.

We knew the team was okay,
there's no doubt.

We were a pretty solid team,

maybe we lacked,
specially in second halves,

trying to keep what we did
in the first ones.

GOIÂNIA, BRAZIL

QUARTERFINALS
ARGENTINA VERSUS ECUADOR

PEDRO LUDOVICO TEIXEIRA
OLYMPIC STADIUM

After the game against Bolivia,
where Argentina wins easily,

we had a tough rival, Ecuador,
with Alfaro, specially,

see how he'd sneak from the back,

what he'd do, if he'd make
the game harder or not.

Well, it was all a situation to observe.

We were just through the first round

and we had to see
the head to head clashes.

We got ready
to live those quarterfinals,

here in Brazil, in Goiânia,
Argentina faces Ecuador.

Nico González has the goal.
The goalkeeper has it!

Ball for Messi. Messi!

I think he hands me a deep one,
I end up right in front of the keeper.

Then, I think Leo is on my back.

I see it and think over and over,
"Where did that ball go through?"

It'll be De Paul's goal!

Goal, goal, goal!

Argentinian goal! Rodrigo De Paul.

We're a team that likes to get better
and match after match, always grows.

It'll be Messi's goal.
Passes to Lautaro.

Goal, goal, goal!

Argentinian goal!

Messi's gonna shoot. Aims, Messi shoots.

Goal!

Great Argentinian goal!

Like it was hand placed!
The best player in the world!

Argentina three, Ecuador zero.

Argentina gets in the semifinals...

END OF GAME
ARGENTINA THREE, ECUADOR ZERO

...of this Copa América here in Brazil.

Three goals of Argentina,
Messi is part of the three.

Good omens keep coming.

- Alright, alright, alright!
- Let's go!

- Let's go!
- Let's go!

Way to go, Rodri! Alright!

- Let's go!
- Let's go, dammit!

- Let's go!

Nice look.
This one is masked!

What do you say? Look at this one!

Come on, come on!

This one hit the gym, look.
Number one boxer.

Why weren't you scoring?

Oh!

Now you made me blush a little.

Yeah, I'm always a funny guy

who tries to get a smile
from everyone else and...

always live to the max,
always tries to have fun,

fool around, mess with the rest.

How do I pause this?

To get a smile...

That makes me happy, too,
because I see it in the others,

and I enjoy it, I enjoy it a lot.

JUAN CRUZ SOTO, KIT MAN

I'll teach you all the steps,
I don't remember how many they are,

to build a cooler,
many people messes it up

because they think the ice goes first
and then the drinks.

So, you have an empty cooler
and always clean.

You open it up and has to smell nice.

When you empty it,
when you come from the beach

or you're done with training,

clean it and leave it open.
Let the cooler breathe.

Once empty, put in the beverages you like

and then put the ice in, ma'am.
Then the ice, not sooner.

Come on! This is like tennis.
You decide before.

In tennis, it goes through wherever.

Come on, come on, come on.

No, where? Two touches?

No. Two touches, where? Where?

In the Argentina National Team's goal

there's another story
this Copa América has.

The starting goalkeeper was to be Armani
and that was it.

He's positive for COVID.

Emiliano Martínez starts to build up.

We were following Emiliano
for a while now...

MARTÍN TOCALLI, GOALKEEPERS COACH

...at least since I got here in 2017.

Having little time, he's a goalkeeper
we've been tracing since always.

I played cadet,
played in Europe my whole life.

I was born in Argentina, I mean,
it wasn't a factor for me

being under the posts
of the National Team,

I knew it since day one.

When I started playing,
it was like if I had played many games.

We saw that Emiliano
could bring something to the team,

better than Franco at that moment,
he was also doing good.

Since I walked into the field
I think I'd been

about 20 days there, give or take.

I was still testing positive.
Well, a hard situation.

It was to decide for an almost unknown
for Argentinians.

Almost unknown.

ATHLETIC CLUB GENERAL URQUIZA

My name is Roberto Atilio Etcheverrygaray

member of the Athletic Club
General Urquiza.

Club where Emiliano Martínez
took his first steps.

ROBERTO ETCHEVERRIGARAY
FORMER VP, A.C. GENERAL URQUIZA

"Dibu," according to...

Let's say, chronicles back then,
came to keep his brother company.

My brother was a striker
and was three years older than me.

He'd always say, "Come on, boy.
Get to the goal line".

For the sake of beating him,
as competitive as I am,

he'd toss me everywhere
and I got passionate about it.

In my category, I was always benched,
because there was the starter keeper...

ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ
EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ'S BROTHER

...and he was backup for two years,
he just wanted to catch.

At times we had one less player
because of that.

He was another staff member
in the field.

JORGE PETA
FORMER COACH, C.A. SAN ISIDRO

A lot of personality,
he'd always train to the max.

If he had to stay a while longer
by himself, he would.

Or his father himself at home
would keep training him

and they'd kick the ball
not for a little boy, they'd hit it hard.

Emi wouldn't give in, not ever.

ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ
EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ'S FATHER

He wanted... I'd kick, and kick soft

and he'd say, "Ah, you're scared!
Hit me hard, fatso!"

And he was seven
and I had to kick it hard,

because if I hit it softly, he'd mock me.

This was the locker room,

here under this tree
the boys would change,

and we'd train in this square.

Dibu was a little kid.

MARIO DE STÉFANO, AKA "MARITO"
HEAD OF KITS

I see him this way,
because I'm pretty big.

He's 29 and Dibu's a little kid.

And he says, "Marito, are you going
to sleep in the motorhome?".

"Yes," I said to him.

"Come sleep with me."
I said, "You're alone."

"Alright, I'll sleep with you."

Being 12 years-old
he leaves to Buenos Aires.

First, we took him to River,
but he didn't make it.

We took him to Boca,
didn't make the cut, either.

Until this day we'd go
to River and Boca and say,

"We did bring him, you didn't want him."

Then we took him to Independiente,

where Pepe Santoro notices him.

You can have fortune
right at your corner...

MIGUEL ÁNGEL SANTORO, AKA "PEPE"
GOALKEEPERS COACH COORDINATOR

...and you have to look for it.

I told him to go change,
he came that very same day,

got changed and I decided to put him in.

I left my house at 12
for the Rojo's boarding house,

then, at 17,
left for England to live by myself.

Think he's a 17 year-old kid,

who, if the goal was to make it to Europe,

that was pretty premature,
he wasn't ready for Europe yet.

At 23, 24, I was lent to Spain,
and I didn't do well,

I played six, seven games
and my head was smashed, really.

I thought of coming back to Argentina,
I thought of quitting football.

When I bring my kid,
who's only three years-old,

y take him where my brother and I
used to play, and it's such a pride,

and that's why kids are always so hungry,

because players in the National Team
also came from down below

and if today they're worldwide stars

and you always feel that hunger
you had when you were a kid.

I feel full of pride when I see him.

We used to talk every week.

If I text him,
he replies back immediately.

If I take a while to answer, he texts me.

That's what fills you with pride.

We're in Brasilia to live,

feel and enjoy
the introduction of Argentina.

The semifinals of this Copa América.
On the other side, Colombia.

SEMIFINALS
ARGENTINA VERSUS COLOMBIA

MANÉ GARRINCHA STADIUM

The ball comes for Messi. What a escape!

Two on the way, a third one! Phenomenal.

Long live football, Lionel!
Crosses it to Lautaro's head.

Argentina attacks.
Great pass from Lo Celso. Messi turns.

He's in the area and this is good.
Play behind, there's the goal.

There goes Messi. For Lautaro.

Goal!

Argentinian goal!

Lautaro Martínez!

Argentina wins!

Argentina one, Colombia zero.

Colombia attacks. This is dangerous.

There goes Luis Díaz.
Crosses it for Cuadrado. Cuadrado!

Dibu Martínez saves Argentina.

There for Barrios, there goes Barrios!

Hits the post!

Argentina having a bad time.

There comes Colombia,
and this is good for the Colombian team.

Tagliafico moves it.

Messi has it, there goes Messi.
Hey, Fabra goes with everything!

Hard entrance, a hard one!

Deep pass, Luis Díaz will get it.

Pezzella marks him, Luis Díaz with Dibu.

Goal of Colombia.

Ladies and gentlemen, Colombia ties it.

Colombia one, Argentina one.

In a complex moment for Argentina.

Díaz escaped and the match
it's tied to one.

Di María goes, has the goal,
there no keeper!

Let's see, Angelito! Let's see, Di María!

Passes to Lautaro, shoots!

Barrios! Di María has it!

I can't believe it!

Di María hooks it, will pass to Messi

and the goal near the end.
We're gonna win this, Messi! Post!

A spicy semifinals,
hot one against Colombia,

a good game from Argentina.

Argentina deserved better,
but ended up in penalties.

Tied to one in a game
worthy of a Copa América.

COPA AMÉRICA, SEMIFINALS

We'd go to penalties

to see who's in the finals
at the Maracaná.

Colombia will start shooting
the first penalty of the series,

Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
The referee warns Dibu Martínez.

I was standing to the side
on the penalty situation,

we worked on this,
who's kicking and all that,

we always work on that

and I stand on a spot
where they can see me

if they need to ask me anything,

but the merit here
is only on the goalkeeper,

because, in the end, he makes the call.

There goes Cuadrado!
Goal for Colombia!

Colombia one, Argentina zero.

Come on, Captain. Come on, genius.
There goes Messi.

Goal!

We're tied to one in this series.

There goes Davinson Sánchez.

I'm sorry, but I am gonna eat you, bro.

Martínez blocks it!

Argentina and the chance to get ahead.

He did it like he played at home.

He didn't even noticed
he was being filmed,

but TV is different.

He felt that in his soul.

He wanted to win
and I don't know what happened with him,

but I don't think
he'd do that all the time.

I couldn't hear very well and I said,
"what is he saying?"

In that moment I saw it worked,
I saw the nerves,

I saw their faces
and I used that in my favor.

There goes De Paul!

High. Too bad!

Rodrigo De Paul elevates it.
Still one to one in penalties.

- The ball is ahead.
- On the white spot.

Yeah, play fool. I know you.

They've been trash talking us
during halftime.

"Cold chested", that we always
lose in finals, see?

And I didn't like that, really.
I took that personally later.

I'm gonna block it.
I'm gonna eat you, bro.

Martínez! Martínez!

Phenomenal Dibu Martínez drawing.
That's what I want, Dibu.

He has that, he wants to win.
He doesn't care about anything else,

he wears the team jersey and transforms.

Have you seen a superhero on TV?

Well, this is the same,

he gets in costume and the National Team
is everything for him.

I didn't know he'd say,

"I am gonna eat you up,
come on, look at my face!"

I didn't know. I never imagined it.

In fact, not even the guys knew.

Angelito tells me: "Are you mad?

How can you keep talking to him
when the guy's about to kick?" He's say.

I told my teammates
I'd stop two.

We have to put it in. We're classifying.

Paredes!

Goal!

Argentinian goal! Leandro Paredes.

We're closer to the Maracaná.

Look at me, look at my face.

For sure, for the one kicking the penalty

it must not be easy
to face a keeper like that.

Borja. Goal of Colombia!

Come on!

The penalty shootout heats up.

I don't know if I'd do it again.
Maybe I would, maybe I wouldn't.

There goes Martínez.

Goal!

Essential penalty,
three to two for Argentina in the series.

Here's Cardona.

If Dibu blocks it
or if the Colombian misses,

Argentina will be once again in finals.

There goes Cardona.
Martínez, Martínez, Martínez!

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina finalist!

Argentina's playing next Sunday
July tenth at the Maracaná

for another continental dream!

END OF MATCH

ARGENTINA ONE, (THREE)
COLOMBIA ONE, (TWO)

For us,
who are his teammates,

who live with him day by day,
when we're here in the National team,

we feel great joy for him
blocking those penalties.

Like I said, "Maybe I won't block
another penalty in five more years,

but the ones I had to block,
I did block them".

Alright, Dibu!

With another fan base,
through thick and thin

I follow you since a brat
all over since ever

Today I come to see you unraveled

And even more I cheer for you

If you're losing

A feeling

Don't try to understand it

Can't compare to another fan base

I'm Argentinian through thick and thin

And the championship is against Brazil,

that, linking that to the starting
of this story,

you say: "There's the Maracanazo."

Brazil, tell me what does it feel

To have your daddy at home

I swear, even though years go by

We'll never forget

That Diego dribbled you all over

That Cani nailed you

You've been crying since Italia
until this day

You'll see Messi

He'll bring us the Cup

Maradona is bigger than Pelé

A minute and a half.

Get under the posts, go.

Look, look, look!

There you go.

Easy, easy, easy.

Goal!

Well, we're in Rio de Janeiro,
in Fluminense's field.

Tomorrow is the championship game
against Brazil

and these days are useful
to assess the whole process.

MATÍAS MANNA, GAME ANALIST

We're all on the same side,
from the staff to the players.

Move! A woman's name!

It's a woman's name!

Hands on your butts.

Woman's name. Steady!

Mercedes!

11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,

18, 19, 20. Gentlemen, 20.

I was happy there, I was happy.

ALFIO BASILE, AKA "COCO"
ARGENTINA HEAD COACH

I'd breath vegetation, chlorophyll,
there all day with the players.

It was beautiful!

The greatest emotion was
when for the first time...

The first one is always different
to everything else.

And the one from 2007
had a great team as well.

I still can't explain
how we lost against Brazil,

because I was convinced.

We were even a better team,
an awesome team. Awesome!

Nobody had Messi and Maradona
and was able to direct both,

because it's a generation
and then comes another one

and I was lucky to have them both.

He was a god, you know? For his teammates

He had a normal treatment daily-base,
it wasn't elite.

In every way,
not just for being a crack player.

He was impressive.

The things I saw from him,
with his laces untied,

in the mud, everywhere what he'd do...

It was impossible to do for a human being

The coach of a National Team
has to have the capability

to know how to choose associations,

not only if he's playing good or bad.

The personality of this guys
to be in the team,

who gets in sync right away,
who you see is quick of mind,

smart and likes to the group,
fits in the roster.

You must be active.

Hit the ball you too, if possible.

Scaloni is a simple guy, humble,
he made a great team.

Besides, he has a staff that,
I know them since they were players,

Ayala, great guy and good player,

and Aimar, to me, he was a semi crack.

When I took over the National Team,

Julio Grondona told me,
"We haven't been champs in 32 years."

Now, these guys, 28.
Also happened to them.

Since we started having
that generational change,

they'd see and saw our suffering
in so many lost finals,

all those bad moments,
and would always say it,

they'd say, if we win, it was also for us,

it was for us.

If you see
some interviews I had,

you'll see I'd be happier if Leo wins it

than if I win it.

Seeing the sacrifice in the old litter,

not just Leo, but also Angelito, Ota, Kun

We saw all this, what the guys suffered.

And they'd always tell us
the pain that you feel,

but we saw them eager to have a rematch.

We all had the same feeling,

it was for them, you know?

It was kind of "the last dance,"
like they say now.

So, we all had that feeling
of wanting to win for them.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
ARGENTINA VERSUS BRAZIL

MARACANÁ STADIUM

We're here in Rio de Janeiro,
in Brazil, in the mythical Maracaná.

The rival is nothing less than Brazil.

10 233 NIGHTS DREAMING OF THIS DAY
28 YEARS AND SIX DAYS

Don't forget to dream big.

I remember looking up
and seeing Fideo crying,

to see Dibu emotional.

I remember, basically, us screaming

when the chanting is over, you know?

Saying: "Alright, this is it!"

And it was a sincere scream,
it resounded the locker room.

Then we left for the field
to eat up whoever was in front.

28 years later,
some Messi has the chance

to give us the joy to be once again
Champions of América!

The hope, the dream is intact.

Next, Argentina versus Brazil!

Hard foul from Fred,
violent against Montiel.

Brazil attacks, there goes Everton. Foul!

Hard foul from Otamendi.

Before the game, I had talked to Fide
because Angelito Correa

gave us a little information.

It's coming for De Paul,
Di María sprints.

Angelito Correa told us

the wing had back problems sometimes.

Great pass from De Paul,
ball for Di María.

Di María faces the keeper from above.

At some moment, when he kicked it up,

I thought it'd hit the horizontal.

When you touch the ball
and you know you kicked it right,

you know it's going, it's done.

Goal!

Argentinian goal,
Argentinian, Argentinian!

From the soul, the heart.

I think that was the most important
play or pass of my life.

It's thousands of second
where that crosses your mind,

you do it and that happens.

In Rio de Janeiro,
in the mythical Maracaná,

Argentina wins, Argentina dreams.
Argentina one, Brazil zero.

Ángel Di María, author of the goal!

I'm not speaking, thank you. Thank you.

It was 15 minutes of very little talk
because we were playing very well

we had a lot of rest,
we knew we had to run.

Brazil looks to tie it.

Paquetá comes with the ball.
What a great pass.

Ball is for Richarlison,
Cuti, Richarlison. Goal.

I was behind that spot.

Hearts stopped.
Richarlison is offside.

I was in line with the sideline ref,
so, all I thought there was

I wished he were a little further on
than our defenders,

so he'd whistle offside and so it was.

Brazil attacks, Neymar.
Hang on, Argentina, hang there.

The ball is for Richarlison,
I don't wanna see. Dibu!

Incredible response from Dibu Martínez!
Richarlison had it!

Neymar attacks,
De Paul covers, still Neymar.

Ball for Paquetá from the left,
Paquetá and out.

Goal kick.

Here comes Brazil.
Great pass for Vinícius.

Deep pass for Gabigol
and Pezzella kicks for a corner.

Argentina, with an early score
from Di María, ends tightened.

I mean, not dribbled, but tight.

Another free kick
to the center from Neymar.

Ball is on Gabigol. Dibu!

We're having such a bad time!

Great response from Dibu Martínez!

And Messi played an awesome game, for me,

when you say, "he was really a leader."

You have to review the last 20 minutes
to see how many kicks

they moved the ball side to side
and gave the team a breather,

they were exhausted from running,
getting in, jam, pulling out.

Argentina can sentence here.

Great pass from Messi. De Paul has it.

Messi sprints. De Paul for Messi.
It's a goal, a goal! Messi!

No, no, no!
The goalkeeper takes the ball!

The game is about to end.

De Paul! Now, Rodrigo De Paul!

The goalkeeper scratches it away!

Argentina's gonna win!

We will be champions,
ladies and gentlemen!

It is over!

Argentina Champion of America!

When it ended and the ball was near him,

well, I think it's an image
that will stay engraved forever,

because it's emotional,
worthy to see, about what he evokes,

what he generates in his teammates,
in the world of football, right?

And, when we made it and we saw him there,

the way he kneeled, how he fell apart,

that hug we all shared

it was like, basically,
the hug of the entire country.

We're Champions!

By the hand with Leo Messi

Eh, you son of a bitch! Alright!

We started to shake hands
with the rivals, referees,

and I bump into him face to face
and, all of a sudden,

because, until that point,
I hadn't seen the players

and he was the first one I found.

It was nice, emotional.
And spontaneous, what's most important.

Let's go, champ, let's go, champ!

The wall came down.

I got hit many times, but I remained here.

I always stood, never gave in, dad!

Like you always taught me,
never gave in, I was always there.

Thanks so much to the Argentinians
who always had our backs. Thank you.

Being able to score,
to bring that wall down

after all that suffering,

I think it's one of the most
beautiful things

ever happened to me wearing this jersey.

I'm telling you.

We, today, June tenth,
are winning Copa América.

We'll win Copa América 2021 in Brazil
and we'll write history.

Precisely on June tenth
I say this on a barbeque.

I never knew this video existed,

Nahuel Molina showed this to me
after we became champions.

He asks me if he can upload it,
and I said: "Yeah, now you can."

There's no better feeling
after finishing a game.

It ended and I sat on the backups' bench.

Greeted the guys and sat.

For me, the best moment
after years in football.

Atta, champion, atta, champion

I can't believe it,
at times.

When I look back, I see the pictures,

when we talk to teammates
when we meet, you say,

"It's so incredible, and we made it,"

when the National Team has had
spectacular players

over the last years,
and they couldn't make it.

Sometimes, football
doesn't give you what you want,

but it's about being in the right time,
like it happened to me

or Fide or Leo.

Leo, you marked the way already.

You marked the way. Hell, congrats.

We were all certain we'd win it

and it just happened that way.

It was impressive, we way we lived that,

the way we won it,
an unforgettable moment for all of us.

This is for everybody,
for all the Argentinians.

And if this message goes out,

I'm Argentinian and I'm proud,
no matter what.

Let's go!

Let's go!

I think, when you dream
of becoming champion in Brazil,

at the Maracaná, against Brazil,

to be next to Leo, too,
that was important for us,

for him to win with our team,
it was incredible and unique.

By the hand with Leo Messi
we'll all take a lap

- Look, look, look.
- Well deserved. Congratulations.

By the hand with Leo Messi
we'll all take a lap

Maradona is bigger than Pelé

Brazil, tell me what does it feel

To have your daddy at home

I swear, even though years go by

We'll never forget

You'll see Messi

He'll bring us the Cup

Maradona is bigger than Pelé

Brazil, tell me what does it feel

To have your daddy at home

Let's go, champ. Let's go, champ

NEXT EPISODE

The Finalissima is played

between the winning National Team
of the Europe Cup, Italy,

and the winner of Copa América, Argentina

To have lived so many moments

and now being applauded
just by touching a ball

and having people behind you...

Like I said, that goal at Maracaná
changed my life.

And this game has all those condiments.

After that, depends on many factors
if the match has them.

But, yeah, it'll be something unique.

You feel eager to come.
You can't wait to wear that jersey,

to be focused,
despite being away from your family.

It's an international title,
we'll play it just like at the Maracaná.

It's to stay undefeated
and we don't wanna lose,

we don't wanna lose anything.

We want another medal around our necks
and get to the World Cup in the best way.

NEXT EPISODE

Let's go, let's go, Argentina

Let's go, let's go, let's win