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Football
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has been the greatest
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and strongest force
that I've had
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in my life.
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It was clear to me as a child
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what I wanted to do.
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One of the best
football players in the world.
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Hugo Sanchez
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has been the best
Mexican football player of all time.
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The way he played,
the way he scored
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was truly incredible.
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Hugo Sanchez is an idol.
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Hugo Sanchez is a character
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tied to the Mexicans' culture
and idiosyncrasy.
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There is no 20th century,
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nor a history of Mexico,
without Hugo Sanchez' presence.
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An average of 27 goals per year.
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Ten consecutive years
in Spanish football.
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Nobody does that!
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Hugo Sanchez is the eminence.
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The Miguel Hidalgo
of Mexican football is Hugo Sanchez.
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It was extraordinary
that his left leg
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was sensational in terms
of getting the goal.
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The best player I've ever had,
and for Spain too.
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HUGO SÁNCHEZ
GOAL AND GLORY
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I started in Pumas' basic forces
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since I was 11,
because my brothers were
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part of Pumas' basic forces.
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So they were
in the special reserve,
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which was the name
of the second team
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of the professional team.
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I started in the fourth children's,
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then the third,
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then the first,
and that's when I leaped
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to the special youth.
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They praised him at school
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because he always got good grades.
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All his friends liked football too.
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They played at school.
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We went where Hugo lived.
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It was a closed street,
the typical
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coladerita,
because there were two sewers
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along the street.
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So this friend came out,
and that one.
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"Let's play",
and we played on the street.
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In Jardin Balbuena,
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Place 18,
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with his mom,
with the family I know.
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They had a trampoline,
his sister was a gymnast.
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And he jumped and he jumped.
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And everyday Hugo
boom and boom!
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Then he arrived to the court
in CU and he finished his training
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and one, fifty cross, and I shot.
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Chucho Ramirez was on
the other side, 50 cross and shot.
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Training very day,
longing every day,
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wishing every day,
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leads you to a constant.
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And it ends up happening,
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because this is not about luck.
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Hugo Sanchez is exceptional
in that he became
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in the man of the instant
and the definitive decision.
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Many of his goals took one hit.
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He has a chance
and turns it into a result.
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What mattered to me
was to triumph in football.
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What mattered to me
was to be successful.
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What mattered to me
was to reach my goal,
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my objectives and I wouldn't stop
until I got them.
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We always had
a ball in the house.
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The boys, his brothers,
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started in college too,
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and through them,
he played a lot
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with the ball.
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I saw my brother Horacio
in the press,
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on the TV,
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and how important it was
to go to the Olympic Games.
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And I was jealous
because I wanted
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to go to the Olympic Games.
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When I was 14,
almost 15 years old,
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he tried me.
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"I want to go,"
he said.
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Since he was short,
his brother Horacio
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said they wouldn't take him,
because he was a small kid.
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His dad didn't want
to send him away,
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that he should stay,
and I was in charge of him.
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So I left him
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and they took him.
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A boy came,
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an actual child,
he was 14 or 15.
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We played in Amecameca
against the Amecameca selection.
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He was there in a tiny stadium,
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it housed around 3000 people,
but it was full.
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They were fat,
potbellied, shot.
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They mopped the floor with us.
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They beat us!
We got in the truck
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and the only one
that was crying
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was Hugo.
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So I said, "Hugo,
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why are you crying?"
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"For the first time in my life
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I didn't score a goal!"
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And I said, "Hugo,
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this is Amecameca.
No one will know."
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"But I will."
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I got accepted
in the Olympic Team,
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to play in different
international games,
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like the CANNES tournament,
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where I got nicknamed
"The Golden Child,"
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the Tulum Tournament,
in '75, '76,
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then the Pan Am Games in '75,
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and, finally,
the Olympic Games of '76.
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Goal!
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It was a dream
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that I wanted to come true,
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and at that age,
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12 years old,
I thought how I'd love
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to be able to play
with the National Team
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shirt on
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and play in the Aztec Stadium.
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Those are dreams
that you harbor as a child
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and, luckily, you attain them.
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Hugo arrived at the right time,
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at the correct hour
and the perfect place.
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University Pumas,
in the 70s and 80s.
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The best quarry
in Mexican football at the time.
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MEXICO CITY
UNAM, 1976
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Gold and blue
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are traditional colors,
it's very prestigious,
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it has a seal of approval,
you are proud to be there
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or to belong
to a successful community.
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I saw a young man
who talked about things
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we weren't used to listen to.
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A 17, 18-year-old Hugo Sanchez
who said
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not that he would be
the best Pumas player,
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nor the best Mexican player,
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but the best player in the world.
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When you entered the Pumas'
dressing room at that time,
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you entered and saw the players
who back then
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were whole figures,
were already cracks.
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In my Monterrey versus Tigres debut
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I arrived with the illusion
and the energy
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of living my dream of being a pro.
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I was fortunate to make Cabinho
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a pass to score the winning goal
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and we won Tigres
as visiting with my debut.
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And the coach back then,
Jorge Manrique,
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may he rest in peace,
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he was gradually helping me
and got me in as substitute
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and I hung around those
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who I knew that could help me
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to achieve my next target,
which was to be a starter player.
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Muñante was the forward,
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a spectacular Peruvian,
Cabinho, an impressive scorer,
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and Candido, a young Brazilian.
Hugo replaced Candido,
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and he slowly took over
Candido's place,
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until Hugo Sanchez stayed
as starter.
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When I became
the Pumas coach
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during the '77-'78 season,
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it was my destiny
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that a boy named Hugo arrived
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and I was lucky to work with him
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training in the basic forces.
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He scored amazing goals.
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Hugo Sanchez'
great launch in Mexican football
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came when, in March '77,
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at the Aztec,
scored with a free kick
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when he came as sub,
Pumas scored against America,
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and people got to know Hugo Sanchez.
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I celebrated greatly
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because it was my first
professional goal.
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And it was right here,
in this beautiful stadium.
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Bora was who explained me
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that last season finished
with the same score.
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So my job is to tighten up
a little bit more
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in this second round.
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I tried to convince him
to play center forward,
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because, due to his qualities,
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it would be better for him
to be close to the goal.
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He didn't like the idea.
He hardly agreed
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to play that game against Potosino.
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He scored three goals
and in the press conference
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people asked, "Hey, Hugo,
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today you played in a new position.
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You played center forward
with Cabinho,"
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and he said,
"It was hard to convince Bora
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to put me in this position."
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We played a game,
Pumas versus Atlante,
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and I scored three goals.
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I see his profile,
turning his back to me.
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He was not going to head the ball,
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but he'd attempt a scissor kick.
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It was not Chilean,
it was a scissors.
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I was standing well, I swear,
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and I even touched it.
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Goal!
Sure!
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Imagine the press,
Hugo scored a goal against me,
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I was no one next to him.
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Not anyone has that resource.
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Only the great ones.
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Coincidentally,
during the next season
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I scored three goals again.
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We defeated Atlante
in Ciudad Universitaria
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and I scored
with a "Chilena" again.
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After the game,
they ask you questions.
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And there was a moment of genius,
it was genius,
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where I said a little mad,
after the game,
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I said,
"It was a lucky goal."
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I scored six goals in two games.
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I don't know
if it goes without merit,
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because it was easy to me.
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HIS ARRIVAL TO SPAIN
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I wanted to be
in an important team in Europe,
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and Atletico de Madrid offered me
that possibility.
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I concluded the World Cup
is in '82,
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here in Spain.
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The eyes of the world
will be set on this country.
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It was wonderful to embark
on the adventure
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of going to Spain,
I was single,
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and being young at 23,
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I married Emma Portugal.
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Four years later,
Hugo was born.
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that helped me value family.
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I didn't value it
when I got married
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because, more than marrying
Emma Portugal,
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I married football.
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And she was the partner
that helped me
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through difficult times.
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When Hugo was born first,
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and Hemma three years later,
was fantastic
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because I reaffirmed what it is
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to live with a family
and to have a family,
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and to have a responsibility
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as a father, and as husband too.
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So I
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wanted to achieve goals
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and very large objectives
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and their mother wasn't
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very thrilled with the idea.
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So we both agreed
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to split.
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And Hugo and Hemma
understood it later.
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To have a family
and being married
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did not affect me,
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and it didn't stop me
from asking myself
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what do I want, the family
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or the football?
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If they had asked,
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what comes first
family or football?
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I would sadly say
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that football.
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As a 4, 5-year-old girl
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you don't understand
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why dad isn't here.
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Until later you start to realize,
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badly, because you get used
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to things being like that.
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Why there are cameras around him.
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You don't understand
why all the time
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people ask for an autograph,
a photo.
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And you understand
that your dad is working.
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And I thought and said,
"I'm achieving
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another dream,
another goal"
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which was to come and play in Europe,
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in a great team like Atletico Madrid.
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But the preseason started
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and I suddenly hear
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and find out that
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the coach that had hired me,
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with the technical secretary,
were gone.
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My support
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in the board
and with the coach were absent.
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They brought another coach,
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named Luis Cid Carriega,
who had me as substitute,
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He didn't give me a chance
to prove myself.
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FAILURE IN HONDURAS 1981...
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The definitive game came,
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Mexico stumbles in some matches.
It was hard.
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They played in Honduras.
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The field...
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is complicated
the audience is aggressive,
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the referee was biased.
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There, he had to take the blame for
a bad selection.
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I was starting again
my training adventure
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when I returned to Spain,
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I received the great news
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that the coach who had hired me
was back.
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I met Alfonso Cabeza,
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who was the president then,
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He said, "Hugo,
if you really want to stay here,
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you have to waive 50%
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of your contract."
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He tried to break my contract
with Pumas
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with the engineer
Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez.
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And Alvarez said,
"They won't give him back to us.
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Hugo will fulfill his dream.
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There is a contract
and you can't return him."
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Pumas fully supports Hugo.
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I don't care to earn the half,
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just to prove that I will succeed,
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and I will show my capacity
and my talent here in the field.
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Indio! Indio! Indio!
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Indio! Indio! Indio!
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I was in Camp Nou,
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watching Barcelona play
against Atletico Madrid,
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when Hugo had just arrived to Spain.
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Those mean enthusiasts shouted
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"Indio" at Hugo Sanchez.
It's hard to overcome
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this emotional lynching
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that was reproduced
in every stadium.
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Hugo armored himself against that,
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losing certain charm,
a certain charisma
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that the Mexican enthusiasts
would have preferred.
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But you must understand his history
within this context.
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It was surprising
that everyone agreed
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and said,
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"Indio! Bastard!"
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Outside the Molinon, for example.
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It was one of the chants
the whole stadium made.
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And they thought that shouting
"Indio" at me
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they would bring me down
or I would feel less.
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I turned those insults
into something positive,
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and it motivated me.
And dignity and pride
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gave me strength because I knew
they were aware of me.
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And their being aware
made me feel more important.
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I received a Spanish journal
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and the front cover said,
"Hugo, a failure."
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He didn't measure up
to the first games.
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His first year in Madrid,
was really hard.
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A Mexican player succeeding
in Europe
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back then, was unheard of.
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It was difficult for him,
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in the center of the field,
to make a good play,
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because it was not his thing,
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but from three quarters up,
he was lethal.
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He had it in his head
that he could not leave Mexico
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and come back without succeeding,
right?
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And that ambition led him to try
and work with the utmost interest.
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And then his conditions,
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conditions as a goal scorer,
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I have never seen another one
in my life,
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in the way he acted,
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in the way he looked for the goal,
right?
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He changed those,
"Go back, Indio!"
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for white handkerchiefs
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that the Spaniards waved
everywhere
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Hugo returns and scores goals.
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There was an As journal
front cover
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that said, "That's the way, buddy."
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With Atletico Madrid
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I had the chance to win
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my first Pichichi
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and then the Copa del Rey.
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I got a call from Ramon Mendoza,
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who'd become Real Madrid's president.
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He wanted to interview me
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I observed the importance,
the greatness,
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and the mindset
of always winning titles
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in Real Madrid.
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And what I'd like
is to win titles.
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When I received the proposal
from Real Madrid,
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I was heading
to Vicente Calderon's office
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and, to soften him up,
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I took my little son Hugo
in my arms
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to tell him,
"Please, don Vicente, help me.
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I want to go with Real Madrid,
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because it's the team
where I want to get more titles
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and I have the chance to be there.
Please."
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Until he said, "Hugo,
it's okay. I'll help you.
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But I can't negotiate directly."
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I thought of taking
the Pumas president,
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engineer
Guillermo Aguilar,
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to help me out
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by having Pumas buy me again
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to supposedly sign with Pumas,
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but then Pumas
would sell me to Real Madrid.
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The Club Atletico Madrid
president agreed
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with the Real Madrid president
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to manage it that way
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because Hugo wanted to come
with Real Madrid
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and to do it directly
was a slap in the face
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to the Club Atletico president.
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Finally Ramon Mendoza,
Madrid's president, came
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and had the idea to carry over
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three or four stronghold players.
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We came from rage, a football
with no discourse, aesthetic.
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When Franco dies,
the transition starts.
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Spain feels European,
feels free.
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And football,
which usually translates
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the social pulse,
brought a generation
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with an amount of players,
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that played very well,
a very delicate football.
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We represented intuition,
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intelligence, creativity,
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inspiration, something different.
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They complemented very well.
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Maceda, Gordillo
and Hugo Sanchez,
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who were the pillars
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on which that team was built.
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They made
such an important team
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00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:38,381
that they called it
Real Madrid's Second Golden Age.
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00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:41,467
Little by little,
they were realizing
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00:21:42,343 --> 00:21:45,763
that he was important,
necessary, vital
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for a group,
even if it was Real Madrid,
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00:21:49,434 --> 00:21:52,311
and that made him get more involved
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and deliver greatly, as always.
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00:21:55,231 --> 00:21:57,233
Hugo was not surrounded
by his countrymen.
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He was miles away from Mexico,
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00:22:01,070 --> 00:22:03,573
in a terribly demanding club,
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00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,783
with a different football concept
than America.
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00:22:06,075 --> 00:22:08,119
But he got over all of that.
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00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,288
He came to Madrid
and there he succeeded.
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He won over the Madrilenians,
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00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:17,670
he won the followers,
the people's hearts
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00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:21,424
for his dedication, his conviction,
his character,
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00:22:21,591 --> 00:22:22,717
and on top of that,
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00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,636
an extraordinary performance
as a goal scorer.
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00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,098
An aggressive attack player
who has fun.
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The goal of my dreams
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was a goal with a "Chilena",
from my father's influence,
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00:22:42,779 --> 00:22:45,615
for he was the reason
I practiced since I was 4.
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00:22:46,157 --> 00:22:49,160
I practiced a thousand times.
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00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:52,330
and I made that kick my favorite
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00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:53,706
and I perfected it.
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00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:02,215
Goal!
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00:23:04,926 --> 00:23:07,345
Again in Santiago Bernabeu,
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00:23:07,637 --> 00:23:09,388
sporting the Real Madrid shirt,
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00:23:09,472 --> 00:23:10,681
I scored with a "Chilena"
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00:23:10,765 --> 00:23:13,351
and I made my dream come true.
430
00:23:15,353 --> 00:23:17,563
That goal went down in history
431
00:23:17,647 --> 00:23:19,941
and its aesthetic, because
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00:23:22,151 --> 00:23:25,154
it perfectly showed
what kind of forward
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00:23:25,238 --> 00:23:26,614
and what possibilities he had.
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00:23:26,989 --> 00:23:30,868
It's not a coincidence
that 38 goals or a right touch,
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00:23:30,952 --> 00:23:33,538
left, head, penalty,
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00:23:34,122 --> 00:23:37,041
does not make any sense,
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00:23:37,125 --> 00:23:38,793
because he made no sense.
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00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:41,712
He was a star.
He was gifted.
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00:23:43,297 --> 00:23:46,008
He scored 38 goals in a season,
with first intention.
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00:23:47,051 --> 00:23:48,386
That's a phenomenon.
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00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:51,556
As a player,
as a center forward,
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00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:53,850
there's hardly anyone better.
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WORLD CUP
MEXICO, 1986
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The '86 World Cup
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00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:03,651
meant a return to the World Cups
for Hugo Sanchez,
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00:24:03,901 --> 00:24:08,781
go back to his country
as a triumphant idol in Spain.
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00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:11,033
It was a hard to beat team.
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00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:14,579
We lost very few games.
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00:24:15,538 --> 00:24:20,126
A well-coordinated team
in its playing style,
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00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:24,255
and we were missing
the important piece
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00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:27,383
who couldn't be with us,
who was Hugo Sanchez.
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00:24:27,717 --> 00:24:29,010
It was totally shameful
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00:24:29,093 --> 00:24:30,553
for the rest of the players
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00:24:30,636 --> 00:24:32,388
the treatment they gave
Hugo Sanchez.
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00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:36,267
Imagine a Hollywood superstar
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00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:39,562
and the rest of them were
mere mortals.
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00:24:39,854 --> 00:24:41,898
If you have a guy
that wins every year
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00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:43,524
the scoring championship in Spain,
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00:24:43,608 --> 00:24:45,860
which is a world-renowned league,
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00:24:46,903 --> 00:24:48,988
will you spare him from your team?
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00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,157
Will you tell Hugo Sanchez,
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00:24:51,282 --> 00:24:53,659
"Don't come.
I have a group of friends
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00:24:53,743 --> 00:24:55,703
that have a good time
and play in Mexico."
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00:24:56,454 --> 00:24:58,372
When you have a goal
with your team,
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00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:01,709
the least you can do
is agree
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00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,669
on how to defend or attack,
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00:25:03,753 --> 00:25:05,421
where is everyone going.
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00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:07,423
There was none of that.
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00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:10,176
And that screwed the group.
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00:25:12,136 --> 00:25:14,347
He showed in the field
and in training
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00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:18,976
that he's one of the best,
472
00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:20,603
but the people
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00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:22,063
say this,
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Bora gave him advantage.
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00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:31,072
He didn't want
to blend in the group,
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00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:33,032
but the group to accommodate
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00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:36,452
to his way of being,
thinking, playing.
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00:25:36,619 --> 00:25:39,747
There were many unspoken clashes,
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00:25:39,830 --> 00:25:41,332
but of course there were clashes.
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I remember a National Team player
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00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:47,755
said before the World Cup,
"Hugo come, let's see what he finds."
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00:25:51,676 --> 00:25:53,261
He took a Spanish accent.
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00:25:54,971 --> 00:25:57,139
That annoyed some teammates.
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00:25:58,557 --> 00:25:59,976
Even the coach.
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00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:03,938
He asked me to talk to him,
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00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:09,151
which I found to be
a ridiculous request,
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00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:12,029
because it was like
not respecting
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00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:14,907
the way he was.
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00:26:14,991 --> 00:26:16,575
Bora gave instructions,
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00:26:16,659 --> 00:26:18,160
"We'll run this way,"
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00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:20,663
and Hugo,
and I'm telling the truth,
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00:26:21,205 --> 00:26:24,208
naturally said,
"Bora, can I make a suggest?
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00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:26,127
In Real Madrid,
Butragueño gives me the ball
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00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:27,670
and I rely on Michel,
who centers."
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00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:30,339
The group said,
"Son of a gun!
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00:26:30,756 --> 00:26:32,008
What's with this guy?"
497
00:26:32,341 --> 00:26:35,553
Hugo, as an icon, arrived
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00:26:37,054 --> 00:26:38,848
acting like team captain.
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00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:40,308
He deserved it.
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00:26:40,391 --> 00:26:43,227
But there were people who had
501
00:26:43,686 --> 00:26:46,564
worked for three years,
like Tomas Boy.
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00:26:47,565 --> 00:26:50,901
They asked me to please,
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00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:54,822
be more humble, down to earth,
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00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:57,658
they said they talked
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00:26:57,742 --> 00:27:00,411
and that I wouldn't be made
team captain,
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00:27:00,494 --> 00:27:03,706
because, if I was made team captain,
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00:27:04,165 --> 00:27:07,126
there would be
more envy and jealousy.
508
00:27:07,668 --> 00:27:10,588
It's unbelievable
they didn't let me be captain
509
00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:14,216
because of their mentality
and jealousy.
510
00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:18,429
I think they should have
asked me politely
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00:27:18,763 --> 00:27:20,723
to be the leader,
the captain,
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00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:24,477
because I was succeeding
outside of Mexico.
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00:27:26,103 --> 00:27:29,357
Tomas was the captain
who wore the badge,
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00:27:29,899 --> 00:27:33,402
and we sat down
and I remember that in that meeting
515
00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:36,280
Tomas and I commented
516
00:27:36,447 --> 00:27:39,075
that the group was a little restless
517
00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:41,410
regarding Hugo's behavior.
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00:27:42,620 --> 00:27:44,080
And Hugo
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00:27:44,747 --> 00:27:46,290
said the same.
"This is sad.
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00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:50,044
I thought it was a different group,"
he expressed,
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00:27:50,127 --> 00:27:52,630
because he had been
in two previous
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00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:53,714
World Cups, '78 and '82,
523
00:27:53,798 --> 00:27:56,133
where he perceived,
I wasn't there,
524
00:27:56,509 --> 00:28:00,179
factions, jealousy,
insecurities, small team,
525
00:28:00,554 --> 00:28:04,225
and he clashed with that,
and he felt that '86 was,
526
00:28:04,475 --> 00:28:07,395
finally, a competitive, winning,
527
00:28:07,478 --> 00:28:08,604
protagonist team.
528
00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:12,733
The World Cup '86 is for Hugo
529
00:28:12,817 --> 00:28:14,527
the Cup at home,
where he is and idol,
530
00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:16,028
and he's expected,
531
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:19,949
and he arrives with an injury
from a game in Europe.
532
00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:23,577
He had a different commitment
from everyone else.
533
00:28:23,661 --> 00:28:27,206
So, surely,
the coaching team decided that Hugo
534
00:28:27,289 --> 00:28:29,166
would be granted
certain concessions.
535
00:28:30,918 --> 00:28:32,461
They were asking me to lower
536
00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:34,839
my performance to their level.
537
00:28:34,922 --> 00:28:39,176
And I said, "Why don't you
rise up to my mentality,
538
00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:40,845
my football level,
539
00:28:41,262 --> 00:28:44,098
and that leadership I've earned,
540
00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:45,516
why don't you have it too?"
541
00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:47,768
He said, "It's too hard.
542
00:28:47,852 --> 00:28:49,603
We are not like you.
543
00:28:49,854 --> 00:28:52,231
We are limited
and we have problems."
544
00:28:52,314 --> 00:28:55,317
I said, "That's not my problem.
It's you problem."
545
00:28:55,651 --> 00:28:57,069
Hugo was here
546
00:28:57,862 --> 00:28:58,988
at that time
547
00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:01,449
and the rest of us were here.
548
00:29:01,866 --> 00:29:03,534
There was no one here
549
00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:06,245
in the middle, or close
550
00:29:06,328 --> 00:29:09,874
to Hugo in that competition sense.
551
00:29:10,833 --> 00:29:12,376
Hugo, you have to understand
552
00:29:12,585 --> 00:29:17,173
that we decided
that the eldest is the captain.
553
00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:20,384
We think it's the most convenient.
554
00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:23,971
The eldest, back then,
was Tomas Boy.
555
00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:29,560
I didn't know
he wanted to be captain.
556
00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:34,523
Bora kind of mentioned
557
00:29:34,899 --> 00:29:37,485
that Hugo asked to be captain.
558
00:29:37,568 --> 00:29:40,029
but, as I understood,
559
00:29:40,571 --> 00:29:43,532
Bora said he chose me as captain
560
00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:46,577
and the rest of the team
chose me as captain.
561
00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:49,497
The decision to make
Tomas Boy captain
562
00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:51,832
becomes a diplomatic move
563
00:29:51,916 --> 00:29:55,169
from Bora Milutinovic,
to avoid another kind
564
00:29:55,252 --> 00:29:57,087
of issue.
565
00:29:57,171 --> 00:29:59,507
He chooses a talented guy
with leadership,
566
00:29:59,590 --> 00:30:02,301
which is what you need
567
00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:04,345
to carry the captain band.
568
00:30:04,553 --> 00:30:08,349
They're all the same to me.
569
00:30:08,432 --> 00:30:11,727
Tomas Boy had a lot of merits.
570
00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,688
He is captain.
Hugo is third.
571
00:30:15,022 --> 00:30:18,776
Hugo never protested against it.
572
00:30:18,943 --> 00:30:20,444
What does that show?
573
00:30:20,528 --> 00:30:22,446
That the team was important to him,
574
00:30:22,530 --> 00:30:24,782
the team's spirit,
575
00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:26,742
no matter who was captain.
576
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:29,119
Later I knew that he thought,
577
00:30:29,203 --> 00:30:30,996
since Maradona had been chosen
578
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,999
by his great Argentinian colleagues,
579
00:30:34,083 --> 00:30:35,709
he had to be chosen too,
580
00:30:35,793 --> 00:30:37,127
like him.
581
00:30:37,211 --> 00:30:38,879
I didn't get that part.
582
00:30:39,046 --> 00:30:40,005
No.
583
00:30:40,089 --> 00:30:41,465
It's not like,
584
00:30:41,549 --> 00:30:43,676
"Stop pretending, Tomas."
585
00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:45,261
They always think that.
586
00:30:46,095 --> 00:30:49,014
I never knew
he wanted to be captain.
587
00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:52,560
"Being captain or not,
588
00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:55,229
it doesn't matter to me.
589
00:30:55,312 --> 00:30:58,065
But their way of thinking
is really sad.
590
00:30:58,315 --> 00:31:01,068
They have a mediocre mentality."
591
00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:16,208
The Coca Cola company
made an important
592
00:31:16,292 --> 00:31:19,128
where there was a minute left
and Hugo Sanchez
593
00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:20,588
shot a penalty and scored.
594
00:31:20,838 --> 00:31:22,506
And he played against Paraguay,
595
00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:25,634
there's a minute left,
it's made for TV.
596
00:31:25,718 --> 00:31:27,177
I ran
because we went live
597
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:31,515
and I go out, there's a stand,
Coca Cola and the shot.
598
00:31:31,599 --> 00:31:34,852
Hugo Sanchez was that ad
in front of my eyes
599
00:31:34,935 --> 00:31:36,604
with a different ending.
600
00:31:37,104 --> 00:31:38,981
I remember Hugo took the ball.
601
00:31:39,064 --> 00:31:41,066
Aguirre could have shot,
Tomas could have shot,
602
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,527
I could have shot, Luis Flores,
603
00:31:43,611 --> 00:31:45,112
if he was there, I forgot.
604
00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,281
But the important thing
605
00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:49,867
is the confidence
to stand up in there.
606
00:31:49,950 --> 00:31:51,285
Not anyone does it.
607
00:31:54,121 --> 00:31:55,623
When I failed at that time
608
00:31:57,041 --> 00:31:58,334
and it was a tie,
609
00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:00,794
I felt human.
610
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,257
How would you feel
when a player like Luis Flores,
611
00:32:05,716 --> 00:32:07,760
is told,
"Go to the bench,
612
00:32:07,843 --> 00:32:09,261
because Hugo Sanchez
is taking your place"?
613
00:32:09,470 --> 00:32:10,554
Imagine.
614
00:32:10,638 --> 00:32:13,641
I'm not ousting anyone.
615
00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:16,685
I'm part of a 22 players list.
616
00:32:16,727 --> 00:32:19,271
A process that takes up
many years,
617
00:32:19,355 --> 00:32:22,191
and there's a decision
that leaves you out.
618
00:32:22,358 --> 00:32:23,734
You'll be starting?
619
00:32:24,234 --> 00:32:26,987
That depends on the coach.
620
00:32:27,071 --> 00:32:30,783
They will hang Bora
in Mexico City's Zocalo.
621
00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:31,825
Exactly.
622
00:32:31,909 --> 00:32:34,703
He will assume that responsibility
623
00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:39,249
and he will take the risk,
if that happens.
624
00:32:40,376 --> 00:32:42,378
We played the fifth game
against Germany.
625
00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:44,588
We played really well.
626
00:32:45,506 --> 00:32:47,007
We had many chances to score.
The Colombian referee
627
00:32:47,091 --> 00:32:49,677
canceled my goal,
Aguirre was really close.
628
00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:52,513
When we get to penalties,
629
00:32:52,596 --> 00:32:56,183
none of us believed
that we would arrive to that.
630
00:32:56,266 --> 00:32:59,812
When Bora asked, "Who's shooting"
Nobody stepped in.
631
00:33:00,771 --> 00:33:02,523
Everyone cramped.
Tomas cramped.
632
00:33:02,606 --> 00:33:04,817
Quirarte cramped.
Hugo Sanchez cramped.
633
00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:06,193
Nobody shot the penalties.
634
00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:07,945
They look like defenses
shooting penalties
635
00:33:08,028 --> 00:33:09,780
in front of a goalkeeper
like Schumacher.
636
00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:19,498
The possibility of Hugo
reversed what he had done
637
00:33:19,581 --> 00:33:22,000
in that World Cup,
shooting the penalty
638
00:33:22,084 --> 00:33:25,629
and scoring, helping Mexico
to go over Germany,
639
00:33:25,713 --> 00:33:27,339
would have changed
the rest of History.
640
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:29,258
Despite that,
641
00:33:30,092 --> 00:33:32,302
from my outside point of view,
642
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,388
as a journalist that watches the Cup
643
00:33:34,471 --> 00:33:37,808
and broadcasts it,
I always saw him
644
00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:39,810
give his all in the World Cup.
645
00:33:41,228 --> 00:33:43,188
The World Cup
is also politics.
646
00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:44,732
They always say,
647
00:33:44,815 --> 00:33:47,735
"The referee helped the local team,
because they're local".
648
00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:50,070
But the referee didn't help here.
649
00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:51,822
Mexico didn't help itself
650
00:33:51,905 --> 00:33:55,367
protecting its own interests
since the schedule design.
651
00:33:55,826 --> 00:33:58,370
Who always has the preference?
The local.
652
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:01,165
It wasn't the players' fault,
653
00:34:01,248 --> 00:34:03,292
nor Bora's, nor Hugo's,
nor anyone else's.
654
00:34:03,459 --> 00:34:05,335
You just take them out
of their fortress,
655
00:34:05,419 --> 00:34:07,045
the Aztec,
and they become vulnerable.
656
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:21,518
Any player
who performs below expectations
657
00:34:21,602 --> 00:34:24,438
gets disproportionate criticism.
658
00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:29,151
And no one garnered more expectation
than Hugo Sanchez in Mexico.
659
00:34:34,448 --> 00:34:35,991
I met Isabel,
660
00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:39,036
my current wife, in '90.
It was love at first sight
661
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:42,873
and we haven't been apart since.
662
00:34:43,999 --> 00:34:48,128
Hugo made me feel the most
wonderful person in the world.
663
00:34:48,295 --> 00:34:49,671
I was a princess
664
00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:53,091
and all he wanted was
that I was happy.
665
00:34:53,175 --> 00:34:55,761
The rest of the world
disappeared for a while.
666
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:57,596
Hugo is very protective.
667
00:34:57,679 --> 00:35:00,682
The priest that married us
came at the end of the ceremony
668
00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:01,892
to say goodbye,
669
00:35:01,975 --> 00:35:04,853
and he says,
"What's your problem? She's my wife.
670
00:35:05,312 --> 00:35:06,396
Why are you talking to her?"
671
00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:08,816
And he says,
"Sorry, Hugo!
672
00:35:08,899 --> 00:35:10,567
I was just saying goodbye."
673
00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:12,611
"I'm sorry, but she's my wife."
674
00:35:12,903 --> 00:35:14,947
You can't be jealous
of the priest
675
00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:16,281
that just married her.
676
00:35:18,867 --> 00:35:20,035
We waited a few years,
677
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:23,288
to enjoy a childless marriage
678
00:35:23,747 --> 00:35:26,250
until she got pregnant.
And,
679
00:35:26,834 --> 00:35:29,586
thank God, they were two.
680
00:35:29,753 --> 00:35:30,796
Isabela and Hana.
681
00:35:31,964 --> 00:35:36,343
I was lucky to find him at a time
682
00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:41,390
when he had practically achieved
everything he ever dreamed of.
683
00:35:41,723 --> 00:35:43,934
Imagine the euphoria.
684
00:35:44,309 --> 00:35:47,312
He was conquering the world,
at that time
685
00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:49,314
it belonged to him.
He was the center
686
00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:51,024
because, in football,
687
00:35:51,108 --> 00:35:53,151
being Real Madrid's center forward
688
00:35:53,235 --> 00:35:54,820
is the center of the world.
689
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,282
He was that back then
and he was scoring
690
00:35:58,365 --> 00:36:01,243
two or three goals
every week.
691
00:36:01,910 --> 00:36:05,497
He felt that rush you get
when you do everything right.
692
00:36:05,581 --> 00:36:08,125
When things you thought of doing
turn out right.
693
00:36:08,584 --> 00:36:11,837
He had the traits of a born winner,
694
00:36:12,337 --> 00:36:14,965
and he fundamentally showed
the ambition,
695
00:36:15,048 --> 00:36:18,218
a determination out of the ordinary.
696
00:36:18,302 --> 00:36:19,469
I confronted Hugo
697
00:36:19,553 --> 00:36:23,056
and he had no friends.
698
00:36:23,140 --> 00:36:24,683
He was a
699
00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:27,144
killer.
If he had to step on you,
700
00:36:27,227 --> 00:36:29,521
elbow you,
spit on you, threaten you
701
00:36:29,771 --> 00:36:32,482
and score, he would.
He had no remorse.
702
00:36:33,817 --> 00:36:37,613
Many of the things he accomplished
703
00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:40,240
were because he said,
"I'll be the best."
704
00:36:40,449 --> 00:36:42,326
When you say,
"I'm the best one here,
705
00:36:42,409 --> 00:36:43,201
or I want to be
or will be the best,
706
00:36:43,285 --> 00:36:44,536
or I'm the best,"
707
00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:48,332
it seems wrong,
it hurts
708
00:36:48,624 --> 00:36:52,377
and we vent national miseries
that burden us.
709
00:36:53,837 --> 00:36:55,297
Since I was a child,
I didn't
710
00:36:56,381 --> 00:36:59,343
have such a strong personality,
temper,
711
00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:03,972
but when I became a pro
ad went to Spain
712
00:37:04,264 --> 00:37:07,100
and I lived outside my country,
713
00:37:07,184 --> 00:37:09,978
away from my surroundings,
my family, my friends,
714
00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,606
it hardened my temper
715
00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:16,068
and my personality
became more defined.
716
00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:19,154
For the first time
in Mexican football's history
717
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:23,367
someone crossed the borders
and wasn't
718
00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:28,372
shy enough to be great.
719
00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:32,834
In Mexico, success divides people.
720
00:37:33,043 --> 00:37:36,171
We have this attitude
of feeling beneath
721
00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:38,632
and if someone goes away
722
00:37:38,715 --> 00:37:41,635
to triumph,
they have abandoned us.
723
00:37:41,718 --> 00:37:44,930
It's the apostate leaving the tribe.
724
00:37:47,724 --> 00:37:49,059
It's called envy.
725
00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:51,687
It's the pain of not being.
726
00:37:52,854 --> 00:37:56,191
Envy, seeing another succeed
while you don't.
727
00:37:56,984 --> 00:37:58,860
It blinds you
728
00:37:59,319 --> 00:38:01,989
and you don't see why
such person succeeded.
729
00:38:02,364 --> 00:38:05,492
Sure!
You have to be blind, crazy and sick
730
00:38:05,701 --> 00:38:10,455
in your head,
and boiling with envy and jealousy
731
00:38:10,664 --> 00:38:14,251
to not see the work
732
00:38:14,376 --> 00:38:15,961
of Hugo Sanchez.
733
00:38:16,378 --> 00:38:21,174
In that trade,
you can't project weakness
734
00:38:21,258 --> 00:38:22,676
or gratitude.
735
00:38:22,926 --> 00:38:26,346
He was competing
next to big players
736
00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:28,390
and he had to feel that way,
737
00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:32,686
with a certain dose of arrogance.
738
00:38:34,354 --> 00:38:36,940
The Hugo from Jardin Balbuena
is the same as now.
739
00:38:37,274 --> 00:38:39,776
That's what's magic about him.
740
00:38:40,152 --> 00:38:43,822
He's a guy that has no need
741
00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:47,868
to show people that he's wealthy
or that he's powerful.
742
00:38:48,118 --> 00:38:50,162
He never carries that flag.
743
00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:55,000
He's a person that has done.
744
00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:57,836
He's had like a script
745
00:38:58,462 --> 00:39:00,964
of his life,
since he was a child.
746
00:39:04,301 --> 00:39:05,677
And he followed it,
747
00:39:05,761 --> 00:39:08,388
and to get what I want
748
00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:09,848
I will do this."
749
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:15,145
He decided he wanted to be
the best player in Mexico
750
00:39:16,063 --> 00:39:18,148
and he achieved that.
751
00:39:18,482 --> 00:39:19,858
The truth, it is something that...
752
00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:22,486
many people admire,
I admire him,
753
00:39:23,153 --> 00:39:25,530
it is something very difficult
to achieved
754
00:39:25,614 --> 00:39:29,910
it is a source of pride for me.
755
00:39:30,619 --> 00:39:33,455
He must relax and not be so...
756
00:39:35,165 --> 00:39:36,541
like...
757
00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:38,168
anxious, controlling.
758
00:39:39,336 --> 00:39:41,713
He exerts an excessive control.
759
00:39:41,797 --> 00:39:44,633
It's excessive because
he wants to control everything.
760
00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:48,512
Everything.
And some things are not for him.
761
00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:55,685
He does not think of himself,
he thinks of the good of all.
762
00:39:58,105 --> 00:40:00,607
I just want to thank him for...
763
00:40:03,443 --> 00:40:05,904
helping me to be the way I am now.
764
00:40:07,781 --> 00:40:09,491
I love him very much,
he is my father.
765
00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:13,120
"Dad, I can't be the best
at everything.
766
00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:16,039
I will try, but no.
767
00:40:17,165 --> 00:40:19,835
I can't be the best at everything."
768
00:40:20,293 --> 00:40:23,046
"Well, try and do your best
769
00:40:23,713 --> 00:40:27,551
to at least get close to perfection."
770
00:40:29,219 --> 00:40:32,139
The mindset plays a big role
771
00:40:32,389 --> 00:40:34,015
in wanting to be different
772
00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:37,185
and standing out.
773
00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:42,482
That guideline,
that awareness
774
00:40:42,566 --> 00:40:45,026
that my mother gave me,
she wanted me to be the best,
775
00:40:45,277 --> 00:40:48,572
it helped me
and I took it seriously.
776
00:40:49,114 --> 00:40:51,616
I won't be the best at everything,
but I will be closer
777
00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:53,702
than others who don't try to.
778
00:40:56,538 --> 00:40:59,916
The second and third years
helped me improve
779
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,795
my productivity
in goals and in playing.
780
00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:06,256
And Leo Beenhakker left
781
00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:09,217
after winning the third title
in a row.
782
00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:12,387
Before the championship was over,
783
00:41:13,054 --> 00:41:15,599
it was like warning the manager
784
00:41:15,682 --> 00:41:17,601
to bring another forward
instead of Hugo,
785
00:41:17,684 --> 00:41:21,062
because Hugo was getting old
in football.
786
00:41:24,858 --> 00:41:27,611
BACK TO MEXICO
CLUB AMERICA 1992...
787
00:41:28,153 --> 00:41:30,405
America offered to pay me the same
788
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:31,823
that Real Madrid was paying me.
789
00:41:31,907 --> 00:41:34,993
I accepted looking forward
to the '94 World Cup.
790
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:37,287
I thought it was
791
00:41:37,537 --> 00:41:39,539
a good way to return to Mexico.
792
00:41:39,956 --> 00:41:43,376
Do you remember
the day of your debut
793
00:41:43,877 --> 00:41:45,712
in Leon, America?
794
00:41:47,339 --> 00:41:48,715
We were losing 1 to 0.
795
00:41:49,925 --> 00:41:51,801
He scored the goal.
796
00:41:51,885 --> 00:41:56,014
It was a foul and Hugo is cunning.
797
00:41:56,348 --> 00:41:59,976
He tried to screw the goalkeeper
798
00:42:00,435 --> 00:42:03,021
and it was a free shot
and it was a 1-1 tie.
799
00:42:04,356 --> 00:42:07,651
As an Americanist it was unthinkable
that a Pumas player came to America.
800
00:42:07,734 --> 00:42:10,195
An iconic Pumas player
came to America.
801
00:42:10,445 --> 00:42:13,490
Without trying,
I'm responsible of the National Team
802
00:42:14,074 --> 00:42:18,328
and it's part of my fate
and I embraced it.
803
00:42:18,787 --> 00:42:20,914
That's when I invited Hugo
804
00:42:20,997 --> 00:42:24,542
and I tell him,
"In the National Team,
805
00:42:24,626 --> 00:42:26,670
through history, for many reasons,
806
00:42:26,753 --> 00:42:28,880
you haven't done well
or quite matched.
807
00:42:29,214 --> 00:42:33,510
You have a lot of influence
with any group of people.
808
00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:38,306
I know this generation,
and they are
809
00:42:38,390 --> 00:42:41,226
talented young people
and you are an example
810
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:44,187
and you, certainly,
811
00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:46,856
will boost that group.
812
00:42:48,441 --> 00:42:51,528
Miguel Mejia Baron,
who always had a close link
813
00:42:51,611 --> 00:42:54,239
with Hugo Sanchez,
specially in the beginning,
814
00:42:54,531 --> 00:42:56,408
he had a kinship with Hugo,
815
00:42:56,491 --> 00:42:59,119
not only because they had
816
00:42:59,202 --> 00:43:01,288
the same career, football, Pumas,
817
00:43:01,371 --> 00:43:02,706
dentistry,
but there was a kinship.
818
00:43:02,789 --> 00:43:04,249
Miguel felt
a great respect for Hugo,
819
00:43:04,332 --> 00:43:05,292
they had good rapport
and talked a lot.
820
00:43:05,375 --> 00:43:06,501
Miguel always expressed
821
00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:09,170
that Hugo Sanchez
was his friend.
822
00:43:09,421 --> 00:43:11,715
What we lived in Honduras
was like a war.
823
00:43:11,798 --> 00:43:14,926
They gave us awful treatment
since we arrived,
824
00:43:15,010 --> 00:43:16,553
they threw rock at the bus,
825
00:43:16,761 --> 00:43:20,181
they wouldn't let us train,
and they told Hugo,
826
00:43:20,265 --> 00:43:24,269
"We will break your leg."
And they looked for him.
827
00:43:24,436 --> 00:43:27,564
And he was so sly
they could never beat him.
828
00:43:28,356 --> 00:43:31,735
And Hugo transmitted
that slyness in every sense.
829
00:43:58,928 --> 00:44:01,097
They celebrated,
for first occasion,
830
00:44:01,181 --> 00:44:03,975
the '93 American Cup,
which cost a lot
831
00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:07,979
to achieve that Mexico could go
to an American Cup.
832
00:44:09,105 --> 00:44:12,734
I told him, "In appreciation to
833
00:44:12,942 --> 00:44:14,235
your whole story
834
00:44:14,444 --> 00:44:16,863
and this last stretch you accepted,
835
00:44:17,614 --> 00:44:20,784
I'd like you to retire
in the American Cup as captain."
836
00:44:22,077 --> 00:44:25,205
His football quality,
his background, his history, his all,
837
00:44:25,288 --> 00:44:29,084
he automatically, and unwillingly,
put a distance.
838
00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:31,711
He is the best.
You can't deny it,
839
00:44:31,795 --> 00:44:33,129
nor, "I'm taking your place,
840
00:44:33,213 --> 00:44:34,172
or give me a good pass."
841
00:44:34,255 --> 00:44:36,966
We even joked,
some of us made lewd jokes
842
00:44:37,050 --> 00:44:39,803
about the mom and the sister,
and the girl and the wife.
843
00:44:39,886 --> 00:44:42,889
He didn't cross the line,
but he fooled around.
844
00:44:42,972 --> 00:44:45,558
He was very affectionate
in those circumstances.
845
00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:50,605
I had Luis, Hugo and Zague,
846
00:44:50,772 --> 00:44:52,816
and I only wanted to play
with two.
847
00:44:53,608 --> 00:44:55,985
I told Luis, "I have this problem."
848
00:44:56,945 --> 00:44:59,614
Zague was the apex,
he was the fastest.
849
00:44:59,823 --> 00:45:01,199
I needed speed.
850
00:45:01,366 --> 00:45:03,910
"It's between you and Hugo."
851
00:45:04,077 --> 00:45:06,079
Miguel comes to my room and says,
852
00:45:06,162 --> 00:45:08,998
"You won't play.
I will be with the two forwards.
853
00:45:09,082 --> 00:45:12,001
They want me to ditch Hugo."
854
00:45:12,085 --> 00:45:15,547
He literally said,
"They want me to push
855
00:45:15,922 --> 00:45:16,881
Hugo aside."
856
00:45:16,965 --> 00:45:18,591
I would never do that.
857
00:45:18,675 --> 00:45:20,260
He says "I'll screw you."
858
00:45:21,177 --> 00:45:22,887
"Don't do that, Miguel."
859
00:45:22,971 --> 00:45:26,433
I said, "Yes.
Your time is the future.
860
00:45:26,558 --> 00:45:27,976
Hugo is retiring
861
00:45:28,268 --> 00:45:30,103
and this is part
of the appreciation."
862
00:45:30,979 --> 00:45:35,066
He got very upset.
He threw a tantrum.
863
00:45:35,316 --> 00:45:38,445
"You are still starting forward
in '94, the World Cup,
864
00:45:38,653 --> 00:45:40,363
but I must back up Hugo Sanchez
865
00:45:40,447 --> 00:45:42,198
and he will play in your place."
866
00:45:43,199 --> 00:45:45,243
It was not just about
having a star,
867
00:45:45,326 --> 00:45:47,454
or to play
accommodating the player.
868
00:45:47,537 --> 00:45:49,956
And everyone, including Hugo,
869
00:45:50,039 --> 00:45:52,292
always understood
the collective effort
870
00:45:52,375 --> 00:45:54,878
where everyone has to participate.
871
00:45:55,420 --> 00:45:57,088
In that Hugo Sanchez generation,
872
00:45:57,255 --> 00:46:01,301
the best group of players'
history combined
873
00:46:01,426 --> 00:46:03,011
to support the idol.
874
00:46:03,094 --> 00:46:05,221
And that Miguel Mejia Baron's team,
875
00:46:05,346 --> 00:46:07,640
of '93 and '94,
I believe,
876
00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:09,350
along with Lapuente's in'98,
877
00:46:09,517 --> 00:46:12,103
are the best
in the National Team's history.
878
00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:17,775
Miguel Mejia Baron,
before the final, said.
879
00:46:17,984 --> 00:46:20,904
"Hugo, the time has come
to leave like the great ones,
880
00:46:20,987 --> 00:46:23,781
in the final we always dreamed of,
881
00:46:24,407 --> 00:46:26,034
leave like a God."
882
00:46:44,928 --> 00:46:47,180
Unfortunately, we got to the final
against Argentina.
883
00:46:47,263 --> 00:46:48,890
We had an extraordinary
performance
884
00:46:49,224 --> 00:46:50,892
and we didn't get the title.
885
00:46:50,975 --> 00:46:53,645
That would have been my last game
with the National Team.
886
00:46:55,146 --> 00:46:56,898
We had a great game.
887
00:46:57,482 --> 00:47:00,652
Hugo liked what was happening
with the team.
888
00:47:00,944 --> 00:47:03,196
Maybe he didn't think
889
00:47:03,279 --> 00:47:05,323
we could play so well as a team,
890
00:47:05,406 --> 00:47:08,785
or be the protagonists,
like we were.
891
00:47:08,868 --> 00:47:11,079
That commitment was over
and Hugo says,
892
00:47:11,162 --> 00:47:13,790
"I'd like to go to the World Cup."
893
00:47:14,123 --> 00:47:15,124
I said, "Hugo,
894
00:47:15,416 --> 00:47:16,918
we agreed this was the end."
895
00:47:17,585 --> 00:47:19,587
After some time
896
00:47:19,963 --> 00:47:22,757
between the American
and the World Cup,
897
00:47:23,174 --> 00:47:24,926
Miguel said,
"I have to leave America,
898
00:47:25,009 --> 00:47:27,595
because I feel a very bad attitude
899
00:47:27,679 --> 00:47:30,014
from the America's board.
900
00:47:30,932 --> 00:47:33,101
They wanted me to sign
an image contract,
901
00:47:33,434 --> 00:47:34,727
and through that
902
00:47:34,811 --> 00:47:38,439
I wanted to earn an amount
besides the sports contract.
903
00:47:39,148 --> 00:47:43,403
They wouldn't pay that.
It was peanuts.
904
00:47:44,028 --> 00:47:47,031
So I deftly told my manager
905
00:47:47,115 --> 00:47:48,408
to add a clause
906
00:47:48,491 --> 00:47:50,785
where, if a foreign team
907
00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:53,496
was interested in me,
I could leave.
908
00:47:57,250 --> 00:48:00,628
Hugo Sanchez did two things
when he left America.
909
00:48:00,712 --> 00:48:04,215
One, he valued himself
and he looked independent.
910
00:48:04,299 --> 00:48:06,718
And to fulfill another dream,
return to Madrid
911
00:48:06,801 --> 00:48:09,429
with a very popular team
like the Rayo Vallecano.
912
00:48:16,269 --> 00:48:18,813
WORLD CUP
USA 1994
913
00:48:18,980 --> 00:48:20,273
I distinctly remember
914
00:48:20,356 --> 00:48:22,191
that the trip from the hotel
to the stadium
915
00:48:22,275 --> 00:48:23,234
was really long.
916
00:48:23,318 --> 00:48:24,944
We were all very quiet,
917
00:48:25,028 --> 00:48:25,945
save Jorge Campos,
918
00:48:26,029 --> 00:48:27,530
who narrated his own game
919
00:48:27,614 --> 00:48:29,449
in the backseat.
920
00:48:29,532 --> 00:48:30,908
And in his own game
921
00:48:30,992 --> 00:48:32,744
he made frequent mistakes.
922
00:48:32,994 --> 00:48:35,121
So everyone laughed.
923
00:48:35,204 --> 00:48:37,415
An almost nervous laugh.
924
00:48:38,041 --> 00:48:39,959
Hugo starts the process.
925
00:48:40,168 --> 00:48:41,794
He plays center forward
926
00:48:41,878 --> 00:48:44,881
and gets the nine
and is a starter.
927
00:48:44,964 --> 00:48:46,633
He plays as starter the whole game.
928
00:48:47,342 --> 00:48:51,971
One of the clearest occasions
I had was a "Chilena" where
929
00:48:52,347 --> 00:48:55,558
center came fantastically,
930
00:48:55,642 --> 00:48:58,853
And it passed by the post.
931
00:48:58,936 --> 00:49:00,521
So that was
932
00:49:00,605 --> 00:49:04,400
a critical moment for my future,
933
00:49:04,692 --> 00:49:06,819
because I'm convinced
934
00:49:06,903 --> 00:49:08,696
that if I had scored,
935
00:49:09,489 --> 00:49:12,492
I would have played as starter
in the next game
936
00:49:12,867 --> 00:49:15,870
and it could have been a tie
or we could have overcome.
937
00:49:15,953 --> 00:49:18,581
But the result was we lost
938
00:49:18,665 --> 00:49:20,667
and that was my last
939
00:49:20,750 --> 00:49:23,044
official game
with the National Team.
940
00:49:23,127 --> 00:49:24,462
And that cap,
941
00:49:24,545 --> 00:49:26,130
which is my favorite,
942
00:49:26,214 --> 00:49:28,591
in that case,
didn't help me
943
00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:30,134
in the end.
944
00:49:30,635 --> 00:49:31,844
Miguel...
945
00:49:32,762 --> 00:49:34,889
lost that confidence
946
00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:37,600
in Hugo's image
947
00:49:37,934 --> 00:49:41,312
and doesn't regard him
for the next games.
948
00:49:42,230 --> 00:49:43,231
At that time,
949
00:49:43,314 --> 00:49:45,942
it was like a castle crumbling,
950
00:49:46,317 --> 00:49:49,237
like a castle that I had created
951
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:50,279
and formed, crumbled.
952
00:49:50,655 --> 00:49:52,365
Like I didn't deserve
953
00:49:53,783 --> 00:49:57,036
to end my trajectory
with the National Team in that way.
954
00:49:59,247 --> 00:50:01,833
Miguel realizes,
in my opinion,
955
00:50:01,958 --> 00:50:05,920
that he could forego
Hugo Sanchez in the games.
956
00:50:06,003 --> 00:50:07,296
He played in such a way
957
00:50:07,380 --> 00:50:09,173
where he had two fast forwards
958
00:50:09,340 --> 00:50:11,592
and Luis Garcia
was scoring 17 goals
959
00:50:11,676 --> 00:50:13,052
with Atletico Madrid, 16.
960
00:50:36,659 --> 00:50:38,119
I think Miguel
961
00:50:38,202 --> 00:50:40,538
didn't want to change
the structure,
962
00:50:40,788 --> 00:50:42,999
but the team was practically
963
00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:45,835
pushed to the background.
964
00:50:47,503 --> 00:50:52,258
That day, the Bulgarians
were really worried
965
00:50:52,341 --> 00:50:54,177
because they couldn't catch Zague.
966
00:50:54,385 --> 00:50:58,181
You couldn't change a player
to change your game scheme
967
00:50:58,264 --> 00:51:00,558
when you controlled the game
in other way.
968
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:03,853
I wanted to keep Zague
with the possibility
969
00:51:03,936 --> 00:51:05,521
of arriving with his speed,
970
00:51:05,605 --> 00:51:07,857
but someone had
to play Galindo's role.
971
00:51:07,940 --> 00:51:10,568
Tuca was on top.
It took him so he
972
00:51:10,651 --> 00:51:12,820
would see what I couldn't
from below.
973
00:51:13,196 --> 00:51:15,490
And I tell
974
00:51:16,282 --> 00:51:20,995
Memo Vazquez, "Ask Tuca
what he thinks about Galindo?"
975
00:51:21,621 --> 00:51:24,123
While he found out,
I talk to Hugo.
976
00:51:24,207 --> 00:51:28,377
I said, "Warm up,
because you'll probably take
977
00:51:28,544 --> 00:51:30,838
Galindo's place."
978
00:51:31,297 --> 00:51:33,466
He comes from the bench.
979
00:51:33,549 --> 00:51:37,261
"Tuca, what do you think
about Hugo as a possibility?"
980
00:51:37,678 --> 00:51:39,263
I said, "Instead of who?"
981
00:51:41,557 --> 00:51:44,143
There isn't.
"What do you think?"
982
00:51:44,685 --> 00:51:47,605
"The three centers
are containing well.
983
00:51:48,439 --> 00:51:50,358
Benjamin Galindo is perfectly
984
00:51:50,441 --> 00:51:53,361
projecting Zague.
985
00:51:53,444 --> 00:51:57,490
And Hugo wasn't still
the protagonist of the story.
986
00:51:57,698 --> 00:51:58,699
That was terrible for Hugo.
987
00:51:58,783 --> 00:51:59,826
It was terrible for him.
988
00:51:59,909 --> 00:52:00,993
He was used to the limelight,
989
00:52:01,035 --> 00:52:04,080
he was used to be the protagonist,
990
00:52:04,163 --> 00:52:05,373
to play the lead.
991
00:52:05,456 --> 00:52:06,916
He was used to score.
992
00:52:07,333 --> 00:52:08,668
For him, it was,
993
00:52:09,335 --> 00:52:12,880
and I daresay, unbearable
to be on the bench.
994
00:52:13,506 --> 00:52:16,717
In a game that went into overtime
995
00:52:18,052 --> 00:52:20,346
you have to have changes.
996
00:52:20,972 --> 00:52:24,183
It was strange for us
that there were no changes,
997
00:52:24,559 --> 00:52:26,269
but they were warming up.
998
00:52:26,769 --> 00:52:28,312
Those two were warming up.
999
00:52:28,771 --> 00:52:32,608
It was obvious to Hugo
that there would be a change.
1000
00:52:32,692 --> 00:52:34,652
And Hugo feels from outside
1001
00:52:34,735 --> 00:52:37,864
that if we go to the front,
we will beat Bulgaria.
1002
00:52:50,751 --> 00:52:53,880
When Miguel finally decides
1003
00:52:54,630 --> 00:52:55,798
I forgot the minute,
1004
00:52:55,882 --> 00:52:58,718
he says, "I'll bring Hugo in."
1005
00:52:58,801 --> 00:53:01,095
He gets up confidently
and goes to Hugo.
1006
00:53:01,178 --> 00:53:04,348
He wanted me as midfielder
to replace Benjamin Galindo.
1007
00:53:04,515 --> 00:53:07,059
I have never played there.
1008
00:53:07,518 --> 00:53:08,769
And right now in the game
1009
00:53:08,853 --> 00:53:11,898
I said, "I can go get them."
1010
00:53:12,148 --> 00:53:15,026
If everyone does everything right,
1011
00:53:15,651 --> 00:53:17,445
why do I have to change that?
1012
00:53:17,945 --> 00:53:20,364
Because they think of refreshing.
1013
00:53:20,865 --> 00:53:22,450
What is refreshing?
1014
00:53:22,575 --> 00:53:24,201
It's taking out a player
1015
00:53:24,619 --> 00:53:28,247
that's been doing fine
for 80 minutes
1016
00:53:28,456 --> 00:53:32,543
to put one
that you don't know if will work.
1017
00:53:32,668 --> 00:53:35,421
And that's why you have to refresh.
1018
00:53:37,131 --> 00:53:40,801
It's the stupidest thing
I've ever heard.
1019
00:53:42,386 --> 00:53:43,888
Wait a minute!
1020
00:53:45,014 --> 00:53:47,183
If they are doing thing well,
1021
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:49,727
why do I have to change someone?
1022
00:53:50,937 --> 00:53:54,523
When he warms up,
I go by the stripe and ask, "What?"
1023
00:54:10,706 --> 00:54:13,125
That dialogue on the bench
1024
00:54:13,209 --> 00:54:15,753
was me trying to convince him
1025
00:54:15,836 --> 00:54:18,673
to be more daring.
"Think it through.
1026
00:54:18,756 --> 00:54:20,174
I have to come in as forward
1027
00:54:20,257 --> 00:54:23,052
to score the goals
and win the game."
1028
00:54:23,970 --> 00:54:25,513
"You know what?
I'd like it too
1029
00:54:25,596 --> 00:54:27,765
if you came as center forward,
but right now,
1030
00:54:28,307 --> 00:54:29,892
if I leave midfield,
1031
00:54:29,976 --> 00:54:32,019
we're standing against
a very good team
1032
00:54:32,561 --> 00:54:33,896
and we'll be in trouble."
1033
00:54:34,397 --> 00:54:35,856
"But keep warming up."
1034
00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:37,817
I then decided
he wouldn't get in.
1035
00:54:38,651 --> 00:54:41,153
He comes back five
or three minutes later
1036
00:54:41,362 --> 00:54:43,114
and says, "Hugo won't play.
1037
00:54:43,906 --> 00:54:45,032
Period."
1038
00:54:45,116 --> 00:54:46,867
You enter as midfield
and move forward.
1039
00:54:47,243 --> 00:54:49,203
The player rules the field.
1040
00:54:49,412 --> 00:54:51,080
"I'll enter midfield."
"Yes."
1041
00:54:51,163 --> 00:54:52,832
"You go back, I go forward."
1042
00:54:52,915 --> 00:54:56,127
But a center forward
was missing.
1043
00:54:56,210 --> 00:54:58,129
I'm completely convinced.
1044
00:54:58,629 --> 00:55:01,882
That's what the whole
country was clamoring.
1045
00:55:14,603 --> 00:55:18,065
The Mexicans said,
"Isabel, what's wrong?
1046
00:55:18,149 --> 00:55:20,568
Tell Hugo to come out."
You know the Mexicans.
1047
00:55:21,193 --> 00:55:23,612
I was like, "What can I do?"
1048
00:55:23,696 --> 00:55:25,698
"You tell him!
Sure you can."
1049
00:55:25,781 --> 00:55:27,283
"Tell Miguel."
1050
00:55:27,783 --> 00:55:31,287
And, sadly, for many fans
1051
00:55:31,370 --> 00:55:33,497
and for the football world
1052
00:55:33,581 --> 00:55:36,333
the only one who could decide
1053
00:55:36,417 --> 00:55:37,710
at that time was I,
and I exerted that power.
1054
00:55:38,711 --> 00:55:41,380
He didn't come out.
1055
00:55:42,173 --> 00:55:45,885
It was one of the saddest episodes
in Mexican football,
1056
00:55:45,968 --> 00:55:49,346
because we felt we had the man
1057
00:55:49,430 --> 00:55:50,347
that could take us
1058
00:55:50,431 --> 00:55:55,436
to the next desired round...
1059
00:56:01,442 --> 00:56:03,569
Football generates, during games,
1060
00:56:03,652 --> 00:56:04,862
many scenarios.
1061
00:56:04,945 --> 00:56:07,156
One of the most important
it generates
1062
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:09,700
is what you can provoke
in your rival
1063
00:56:09,784 --> 00:56:11,118
with the players you have.
1064
00:56:11,786 --> 00:56:14,413
Don't get the player in,
get his name in,
1065
00:56:14,538 --> 00:56:17,333
and you disturb them.
That was the dilemma.
1066
00:56:17,583 --> 00:56:20,461
Maybe Miguel Mejia Baron
did it to take care of him.
1067
00:56:21,128 --> 00:56:22,213
Who knows.
1068
00:56:22,463 --> 00:56:24,340
To bring Hugo in,
1069
00:56:25,007 --> 00:56:26,133
as people think,
1070
00:56:26,217 --> 00:56:29,220
just to kick a penalty
1071
00:56:29,637 --> 00:56:30,971
is ridiculous.
1072
00:56:31,263 --> 00:56:32,681
Not because he can't.
1073
00:56:33,265 --> 00:56:34,183
Ridiculous
1074
00:56:34,266 --> 00:56:36,936
because he shot his last penalty
1075
00:56:37,019 --> 00:56:39,271
with his team Rayo Vallecano
and he failed,
1076
00:56:39,355 --> 00:56:41,398
and his team went
to Second Division.
1077
00:56:41,482 --> 00:56:42,942
That was his last penalty.
1078
00:56:43,818 --> 00:56:45,694
I saw the Paraguay one,
1079
00:56:46,779 --> 00:56:48,405
in '86.
1080
00:56:48,781 --> 00:56:52,118
I lived the moment
when Hugo told Bora,
1081
00:56:52,201 --> 00:56:53,244
"I have cramps against Germany."
1082
00:56:53,327 --> 00:56:54,829
At that time,
everything came over me
1083
00:56:55,121 --> 00:56:57,957
and I thought,
"Why should I bring him in?"
1084
00:56:58,833 --> 00:57:02,753
Such a big responsibility,
just to do that.
1085
00:57:03,712 --> 00:57:06,173
I thought all those things
and said,
1086
00:57:06,382 --> 00:57:08,217
"Not even for penalties."
1087
00:57:08,509 --> 00:57:09,844
I meant no disrespect.
1088
00:57:09,927 --> 00:57:12,096
It was a coaching decision
in a given time.
1089
00:57:12,388 --> 00:57:14,723
If he had wanted to come in,
1090
00:57:15,099 --> 00:57:17,977
of course we would have won,
just for his presence.
1091
00:57:19,019 --> 00:57:21,480
Not because he'd have scored
three of four goals.
1092
00:57:21,605 --> 00:57:24,233
Hugo's presence in the field,
1093
00:57:24,525 --> 00:57:25,234
in the penalties,
1094
00:57:25,317 --> 00:57:27,278
he would have been
the first shooter
1095
00:57:27,611 --> 00:57:30,281
and we would have felt confident.
1096
00:57:30,364 --> 00:57:31,532
Maybe...
1097
00:57:31,824 --> 00:57:34,243
I should have seen before Miguel.
1098
00:57:35,286 --> 00:57:37,580
He asked me if Hugo...
1099
00:57:37,663 --> 00:57:39,874
I said, "It's unnecessary."
1100
00:57:40,583 --> 00:57:42,126
I didn't promise him anything.
1101
00:57:43,085 --> 00:57:44,211
I had no obligations.
1102
00:57:44,295 --> 00:57:45,838
He and I had obligations
as sportsmen
1103
00:57:45,921 --> 00:57:48,090
that represented Mexico,
that's all.
1104
00:57:48,841 --> 00:57:50,426
There was nothing more.
1105
00:57:50,676 --> 00:57:53,012
I didn't break any commitment.
1106
00:57:53,679 --> 00:57:55,347
I'm not guilty of that.
1107
00:57:55,806 --> 00:57:57,766
I would apologize
1108
00:57:58,350 --> 00:58:01,812
in regards to
realizing now, as a coach,
1109
00:58:02,188 --> 00:58:04,899
that my stance was wrong.
1110
00:58:05,566 --> 00:58:06,650
As a coach.
1111
00:58:06,734 --> 00:58:09,653
But a star and player,
undoubtedly,
1112
00:58:10,696 --> 00:58:13,657
I think I wouldn't
have developed my qualities
1113
00:58:13,824 --> 00:58:15,910
unless I played
where I always played.
1114
00:58:17,244 --> 00:58:18,537
I loved him dearly.
1115
00:58:19,288 --> 00:58:20,372
Are you not friends anymore?
1116
00:58:20,456 --> 00:58:21,999
We're not friends.
1117
00:58:28,797 --> 00:58:29,882
Yeah.
1118
00:58:30,507 --> 00:58:32,718
It happens to everyone,
specially at my age.
1119
00:58:32,801 --> 00:58:34,094
I'm sure it does.
1120
00:58:41,810 --> 00:58:44,521
THE BEGINNING OF THE END 1997...
1121
00:58:46,065 --> 00:58:46,982
Hugo!
1122
00:58:47,816 --> 00:58:48,692
Hugo!
1123
00:58:49,735 --> 00:58:50,611
Hugo!
1124
00:58:53,989 --> 00:58:57,743
We'd all have liked
that he left at that great moment,
1125
00:58:57,826 --> 00:58:58,744
but it's really hard.
1126
00:58:58,827 --> 00:59:00,955
I think
everything football gives
1127
00:59:01,038 --> 00:59:02,373
makes it impossible
1128
00:59:02,456 --> 00:59:06,418
to do it on time,
according to all of us
1129
00:59:06,502 --> 00:59:09,088
who surround the empire
of sportsmen.
1130
00:59:10,673 --> 00:59:12,007
I decided to retire
1131
00:59:12,091 --> 00:59:15,219
on May 29th, '97,
1132
00:59:15,302 --> 00:59:17,596
in the tribute match
Real Madrid threw for me
1133
00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:20,266
against Paris Saint Germain.
1134
00:59:20,349 --> 00:59:22,393
Those were my last three flips
1135
00:59:22,726 --> 00:59:24,103
my last three goals.
1136
00:59:25,229 --> 00:59:28,816
He didn't train once in Real Madrid,
1137
00:59:29,108 --> 00:59:30,859
not because he didn't want to train.
1138
00:59:31,068 --> 00:59:32,861
Real Madrid was not doing well
in the League.
1139
00:59:33,070 --> 00:59:35,447
Hugo said,
"The tribute is approaching.
1140
00:59:35,614 --> 00:59:38,492
To train under pressure
with the team
1141
00:59:38,742 --> 00:59:40,577
will only make me
distract them."
1142
00:59:41,412 --> 00:59:42,329
It's incredible
1143
00:59:42,413 --> 00:59:43,998
that he went to Majadahonda,
1144
00:59:44,081 --> 00:59:46,500
close to his home,
to run in the woods.
1145
00:59:46,917 --> 00:59:50,170
And then he kicked
any amount of balls
1146
00:59:50,254 --> 00:59:52,172
against two trees
that were the goal.
1147
00:59:52,256 --> 00:59:55,009
And he refined his aim.
1148
00:59:55,092 --> 00:59:56,468
They took him everywhere
1149
00:59:56,552 --> 00:59:58,637
in Madrid to give
midnight interviews
1150
00:59:58,721 --> 01:00:00,764
and the next day
he scored three goals.
1151
01:00:00,848 --> 01:00:04,226
The front cover reads,
"Real, there's your solution"
1152
01:00:04,310 --> 01:00:06,228
Only Hugo Sanchez can do that.
1153
01:00:07,730 --> 01:00:10,316
He scored in pregames
1154
01:00:10,399 --> 01:00:12,192
two or three goals.
1155
01:00:13,277 --> 01:00:16,113
All Michel and the midfielders
and above
1156
01:00:16,196 --> 01:00:19,158
were obsessed with
was to try
1157
01:00:19,241 --> 01:00:20,326
to make Hugo happy.
1158
01:00:20,409 --> 01:00:21,493
What made Hugo happy?
1159
01:00:21,577 --> 01:00:22,786
Scoring goals.
1160
01:00:25,789 --> 01:00:27,833
When I woke up that morning,
1161
01:00:28,167 --> 01:00:29,668
with my bride by my side,
1162
01:00:30,586 --> 01:00:34,506
I said, "I wouldn't have liked
to wake up
1163
01:00:34,590 --> 01:00:35,716
from this beautiful dream."
1164
01:00:50,606 --> 01:00:53,609
I didn't really realized
what he was going through.
1165
01:00:53,692 --> 01:00:55,277
He was just like now.
1166
01:00:55,694 --> 01:00:56,862
It was the same effect.
1167
01:00:56,945 --> 01:01:00,032
For the rest of the civilization,
it was the same.
1168
01:01:00,115 --> 01:01:03,660
For me, I realized
it was obviously a hard time.
1169
01:01:04,119 --> 01:01:05,829
A little bit of the nose,
1170
01:01:05,913 --> 01:01:07,748
those big,
beautiful eyes,
1171
01:01:07,831 --> 01:01:09,500
the big eyelashes
and the eyebrows.
1172
01:01:09,583 --> 01:01:11,627
- The mouth.
- Not the mouth.
1173
01:01:12,419 --> 01:01:13,587
You don't want my mouth?
1174
01:01:13,754 --> 01:01:15,547
He keeps everything inside.
1175
01:01:16,799 --> 01:01:21,095
I think he doesn't want
to share his sadness
1176
01:01:21,178 --> 01:01:25,224
or his fears with others,
1177
01:01:25,307 --> 01:01:30,562
I mean, with his closest
family members, because
1178
01:01:31,021 --> 01:01:33,607
he prefers, somehow,
1179
01:01:33,690 --> 01:01:36,985
to suffer on his own
and his pain to others,
1180
01:01:37,069 --> 01:01:42,741
like when he shares
that suffering with us.
1181
01:01:43,409 --> 01:01:45,035
I mean,
1182
01:01:46,203 --> 01:01:49,039
the time I saw him
suffer the most
1183
01:01:49,123 --> 01:01:51,500
was when my brother Hugo died.
1184
01:01:52,126 --> 01:01:54,253
It was very sad.
1185
01:01:55,671 --> 01:01:58,257
My wife, my daughters
and I got ready
1186
01:01:58,340 --> 01:02:01,718
to take a flight from Tijuana
1187
01:02:02,636 --> 01:02:04,221
to Mexico City.
1188
01:02:04,888 --> 01:02:06,265
And suddenly
1189
01:02:06,682 --> 01:02:08,392
my wife's phone rang,
1190
01:02:08,475 --> 01:02:10,144
because I turned my phone off,
1191
01:02:10,436 --> 01:02:12,896
because we had boarded the plane,
1192
01:02:13,313 --> 01:02:17,651
and my wife didn't turn it off.
1193
01:02:18,777 --> 01:02:21,405
The call came in
1194
01:02:21,572 --> 01:02:26,785
and it was my manager's wife,
Jose Manuel Sanz.
1195
01:02:26,994 --> 01:02:29,788
She has my wife's number
and called her.
1196
01:02:30,289 --> 01:02:33,208
She said, "We are calling Hugo
and he doesn't answer.
1197
01:02:33,292 --> 01:02:36,128
But I call you
because we need to find him."
1198
01:02:36,712 --> 01:02:38,881
"We're on the plane to Mexico City.
1199
01:02:38,964 --> 01:02:42,134
We'll make a stop to go to Pachuca,
for the Hall of Fame."
1200
01:02:43,051 --> 01:02:45,053
She says,
"Jose Manuel wants to talk to Hugo,
1201
01:02:45,137 --> 01:02:46,346
can you give him the phone?"
1202
01:02:46,472 --> 01:02:48,182
So she gave me the phone.
1203
01:02:49,391 --> 01:02:55,731
It was on that damn
November 8th, 2014,
1204
01:02:56,607 --> 01:02:59,443
when Jose Manuel told me
1205
01:03:00,068 --> 01:03:01,403
that they...
1206
01:03:03,155 --> 01:03:04,781
They informed him that
1207
01:03:05,073 --> 01:03:07,075
they had found two bodies
1208
01:03:07,618 --> 01:03:08,660
in Polanco
1209
01:03:08,744 --> 01:03:11,455
and it seemed like
one of them was Hugo.
1210
01:03:12,706 --> 01:03:14,583
So I was paralyzed and...
1211
01:03:31,892 --> 01:03:33,060
I couldn't speak.
1212
01:03:38,065 --> 01:03:40,442
Isabel asked, "What happened?"
1213
01:03:40,984 --> 01:03:42,152
I said,
1214
01:03:43,737 --> 01:03:47,449
"They told me it's possible
that Hugo
1215
01:03:48,992 --> 01:03:53,580
is one of the bodies
they found in Polanco,
1216
01:03:54,414 --> 01:03:56,124
but it's not confirmed yet."
1217
01:03:57,626 --> 01:03:58,794
So
1218
01:03:59,628 --> 01:04:00,921
I was speechless.
1219
01:04:08,637 --> 01:04:09,805
They...
1220
01:04:11,932 --> 01:04:13,433
Isabel, my wife,
1221
01:04:13,976 --> 01:04:15,978
and my daughters in the next seats,
1222
01:04:17,062 --> 01:04:19,523
didn't know what was going on.
1223
01:04:19,606 --> 01:04:22,776
So I told Isabel,
1224
01:04:22,859 --> 01:04:27,030
"It's not confirmed,
but it might be."
1225
01:04:27,823 --> 01:04:29,908
I couldn't hold myself.
1226
01:04:32,786 --> 01:04:34,037
That was the most
1227
01:04:35,038 --> 01:04:36,748
fucked up flight...
1228
01:04:43,714 --> 01:04:45,007
I've ever taken.
1229
01:04:47,259 --> 01:04:48,176
That one.
1230
01:04:49,761 --> 01:04:53,098
A three goddamn hour journey
1231
01:04:53,390 --> 01:04:54,808
to Mexico...
1232
01:04:56,018 --> 01:04:57,561
From Tijuana to Mexico.
1233
01:05:00,772 --> 01:05:02,149
And I spent
1234
01:05:03,191 --> 01:05:05,902
the whole trip crying,
1235
01:05:06,737 --> 01:05:07,946
my wife too,
1236
01:05:08,238 --> 01:05:12,868
and thus my daughters.
They couldn't believe it.
1237
01:05:15,871 --> 01:05:17,497
I arrived to the airport
1238
01:05:18,540 --> 01:05:20,167
and the first thing I did...
1239
01:05:26,590 --> 01:05:27,924
was pick up the phone,
1240
01:05:28,008 --> 01:05:30,344
call Jose Manuel
1241
01:05:31,136 --> 01:05:33,180
and ask him to please investigate
1242
01:05:33,263 --> 01:05:34,765
while I was in the flight,
1243
01:05:34,848 --> 01:05:35,891
to investigate,
1244
01:05:36,099 --> 01:05:37,893
and please confirm
1245
01:05:38,727 --> 01:05:39,978
if it was Hugo or not.
1246
01:05:40,437 --> 01:05:42,981
So I arrived to the airport,
1247
01:05:44,483 --> 01:05:47,986
descended the escalator,
1248
01:05:49,613 --> 01:05:50,906
which I'll never forget,
1249
01:05:51,239 --> 01:05:52,783
it seemed eternal.
1250
01:05:54,117 --> 01:05:55,619
I went to the men's
1251
01:05:57,412 --> 01:06:01,667
room, and my wife
and my daughters went
1252
01:06:02,584 --> 01:06:03,835
to the women's room,
1253
01:06:04,169 --> 01:06:05,796
and when I called Jose Manuel,
1254
01:06:07,422 --> 01:06:08,757
he confirmed
1255
01:06:09,299 --> 01:06:10,425
that it was him.
1256
01:06:13,637 --> 01:06:15,138
I wanted to leave before.
1257
01:06:15,681 --> 01:06:17,391
The normal thing is...
1258
01:06:18,225 --> 01:06:19,976
that grandparents leave first,
1259
01:06:20,227 --> 01:06:21,561
then the parents
1260
01:06:22,688 --> 01:06:23,939
and then the children.
1261
01:06:25,357 --> 01:06:28,902
But I don't understand
why he left first.
1262
01:06:29,444 --> 01:06:31,071
I wanted to go before him.
1263
01:06:32,739 --> 01:06:33,824
That's it.
1264
01:06:33,907 --> 01:06:35,242
When I knew that...
1265
01:06:37,869 --> 01:06:38,829
my life
1266
01:06:39,454 --> 01:06:40,539
has been another.
1267
01:06:45,752 --> 01:06:47,087
It's not the same.
1268
01:07:02,978 --> 01:07:03,937
God...
1269
01:07:04,688 --> 01:07:06,815
God has supported me
in everything.
1270
01:07:09,067 --> 01:07:10,610
And I accept fate.
1271
01:07:20,287 --> 01:07:23,165
Every time I see my dad
1272
01:07:25,917 --> 01:07:27,836
I feel my brother close.
1273
01:07:46,396 --> 01:07:50,358
I don't know why Mexico
doesn't have
1274
01:07:50,442 --> 01:07:52,444
forwards up to par
with Hugo Sanchez.
1275
01:07:52,527 --> 01:07:54,696
Forwards like Hugo Sanchez
1276
01:07:54,780 --> 01:07:56,990
don't exist anywhere in the world.
1277
01:07:59,659 --> 01:08:03,330
Nowadays,
societies' new gods,
1278
01:08:03,413 --> 01:08:05,540
as in ancient times,
in the Roman Empire,
1279
01:08:05,874 --> 01:08:07,083
were warriors.
1280
01:08:07,209 --> 01:08:09,002
They are football players,
1281
01:08:09,586 --> 01:08:10,921
the sportsmen
1282
01:08:11,296 --> 01:08:13,298
the nations' ambassadors,
1283
01:08:13,715 --> 01:08:14,758
the characters that
1284
01:08:14,841 --> 01:08:17,344
can easily be more recognized
than a president.
1285
01:08:18,011 --> 01:08:19,763
And that's what happened
with Hugo Sanchez.
1286
01:08:19,846 --> 01:08:20,764
He became an ambassador
1287
01:08:20,847 --> 01:08:23,099
where everyone in the world
know who he is.
1288
01:08:27,312 --> 01:08:28,980
Hugo started to turn
1289
01:08:29,397 --> 01:08:31,858
Mexican football
into globalized football.
1290
01:08:32,234 --> 01:08:36,238
He helped give Mexico
an important type of identity,
1291
01:08:36,404 --> 01:08:39,324
as an exporter of Mexican culture.
1292
01:08:41,785 --> 01:08:44,871
I pictured myself
being Hugo Sanchez,
1293
01:08:44,955 --> 01:08:46,248
playing in Europe too.
1294
01:08:46,373 --> 01:08:50,669
If back then Hugo Sanchez
1295
01:08:50,919 --> 01:08:52,170
hadn't been there,
1296
01:08:52,254 --> 01:08:53,964
I wouldn't have had
anyone to look up to
1297
01:08:54,047 --> 01:08:56,758
and have that dream.
1298
01:08:58,510 --> 01:09:00,679
Hugo should be next to Cantinflas,
1299
01:09:00,762 --> 01:09:02,639
with Pedro Infante.
1300
01:09:02,806 --> 01:09:03,974
It's a popular matter.
1301
01:09:04,391 --> 01:09:06,226
Hugo Sanchez doesn't belong to himself.
1302
01:09:06,309 --> 01:09:08,812
Hugo Sanchez is society's heritage.
1303
01:09:08,895 --> 01:09:11,606
Whether you like him or not,
he's Mexico's heritage.
1304
01:09:13,316 --> 01:09:16,736
Whoever thinks it's easy
that the master Hugo Sanchez
1305
01:09:16,820 --> 01:09:18,697
was five times Pichichi,
1306
01:09:18,780 --> 01:09:22,576
lifted Pumas up to be a champion
1307
01:09:22,826 --> 01:09:24,828
two seasons in a row,
1308
01:09:24,911 --> 01:09:27,247
that he made all those guys
that spread hate
1309
01:09:27,330 --> 01:09:29,291
eat their own words
1310
01:09:29,374 --> 01:09:31,042
when he played in Atletico,
1311
01:09:31,126 --> 01:09:34,337
that he made Real Madrid champion
1312
01:09:34,421 --> 01:09:35,422
who knows how many times,
1313
01:09:35,505 --> 01:09:37,966
it seems easy,
1314
01:09:38,550 --> 01:09:40,927
but only the Indian
1315
01:09:41,094 --> 01:09:43,513
knows the weight he carries.
1316
01:09:43,930 --> 01:09:46,182
I'm very lucky to have been
1317
01:09:46,266 --> 01:09:48,852
exactly in the same field,
kicking the same ball
1318
01:09:48,935 --> 01:09:50,729
and sometimes
defending the same team
1319
01:09:50,812 --> 01:09:54,149
with the greatest guy
that Mexican football gave us.
1320
01:10:01,448 --> 01:10:04,367
What would I say
if we played together?
1321
01:10:06,161 --> 01:10:07,913
"Make a pass
to score a goal."
1322
01:10:08,788 --> 01:10:12,042
No.
For me, obviously,
1323
01:10:12,125 --> 01:10:15,253
I love to play with top players,
and Hugo Sanchez
1324
01:10:15,545 --> 01:10:18,590
was in the top, a legend
and I'd be proud
1325
01:10:18,673 --> 01:10:19,799
and I'd love to play with him,
1326
01:10:19,883 --> 01:10:22,802
because good players
must play together.
1327
01:10:22,886 --> 01:10:25,555
The cracks,
the legends must play together.
1328
01:10:25,639 --> 01:10:28,099
What I said is not a dream,
1329
01:10:28,183 --> 01:10:31,269
it's the truth. It would be
a pleasure to play with him
1330
01:10:31,353 --> 01:10:35,231
and we'd surely make a top duo.
1331
01:10:40,153 --> 01:10:41,988
I'm grateful to Sanchez
1332
01:10:42,197 --> 01:10:44,866
because he has made me
feel proud
1333
01:10:45,075 --> 01:10:46,534
as the Mexican I am.
1334
01:10:46,618 --> 01:10:49,704
For everything that Hugo Sanchez
has represented to us
1335
01:10:49,788 --> 01:10:52,499
and everything he's given to Mexico.
1336
01:10:52,624 --> 01:10:55,335
Despite everyone.
1337
01:10:56,127 --> 01:10:58,546
Without Hugo Sanchez
football would be different.
1338
01:10:58,838 --> 01:11:00,548
I can agree or not.
1339
01:11:00,632 --> 01:11:03,385
He might be arrogant or not.
1340
01:11:03,468 --> 01:11:05,428
Whatever he is.
1341
01:11:06,054 --> 01:11:07,555
He is a necessary guy.
1342
01:11:07,639 --> 01:11:09,516
A guy that football needed
1343
01:11:09,599 --> 01:11:11,393
and I think we enjoyed him a lot.
1344
01:11:12,143 --> 01:11:15,563
When you start in football
1345
01:11:15,647 --> 01:11:17,065
or want to become someone,
1346
01:11:17,148 --> 01:11:19,526
there's no better example
than Hugo Sanchez,
1347
01:11:19,609 --> 01:11:22,612
Mexican, triumphant, scorer.
1348
01:11:23,071 --> 01:11:26,032
Everything he achieved in Europe
1349
01:11:26,491 --> 01:11:27,826
is something
1350
01:11:28,535 --> 01:11:30,036
not anyone can reach.
1351
01:11:31,079 --> 01:11:33,915
Due to the magnitude
of Hugo Sanchez' figure
1352
01:11:34,666 --> 01:11:38,003
and all he planted
in the collective unconscious
1353
01:11:38,962 --> 01:11:41,339
we will always expect
that what Hugo Sanchez does
1354
01:11:41,798 --> 01:11:44,801
in any walk of life
is triumphant.
1355
01:11:45,427 --> 01:11:46,970
That's not Hugo's fault.
1356
01:11:47,846 --> 01:11:49,431
Our expectations.
1357
01:11:51,641 --> 01:11:55,478
Hugo Sanchez is a character
in Mexican history,
1358
01:11:55,895 --> 01:11:56,938
not football only.
1359
01:11:57,022 --> 01:11:58,440
I think Hugo transcended
1360
01:11:58,523 --> 01:12:00,358
beyond our borders
1361
01:12:00,442 --> 01:12:02,402
and Hugo is a Mexican icon.
1362
01:12:04,070 --> 01:12:07,282
Despite that
many things have happened
1363
01:12:07,365 --> 01:12:08,658
and many years have passed
1364
01:12:08,742 --> 01:12:10,535
since his days in the field,
1365
01:12:11,161 --> 01:12:13,955
the Mexican boy
that wants to be a football player
1366
01:12:14,122 --> 01:12:16,291
still identifies with Hugo Sanchez.
1367
01:12:26,384 --> 01:12:27,719
When I was a child,
1368
01:12:28,428 --> 01:12:32,307
maybe I was 4 or 5,
1369
01:12:33,058 --> 01:12:35,560
I came to my house
from the street,
1370
01:12:35,643 --> 01:12:38,646
one Saturday,
and my father was with his friends
1371
01:12:38,730 --> 01:12:39,689
playing domino,
1372
01:12:40,398 --> 01:12:44,486
and when I came in,
he sat me on his lap
1373
01:12:44,569 --> 01:12:46,654
and asked his buddies,
"Do you know who this child is?
1374
01:12:47,447 --> 01:12:49,824
This boy will be
the best football player
1375
01:12:49,908 --> 01:12:51,493
of all time in Mexico".
1376
01:13:03,797 --> 01:13:05,256
HUGO SANCHEZ
STARTED HIS TRAJECTORY
1377
01:13:05,340 --> 01:13:06,424
AS A COACH IN THE YEAR 2000.
1378
01:13:06,508 --> 01:13:07,801
IN THE YEAR 2004, HE ACHIEVED
THE DOUBLE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH UNAM
1379
01:13:07,884 --> 01:13:09,094
AND GOT THE TITLE
SANTIAGO BERNABEU.
1380
01:13:09,177 --> 01:13:10,345
IN THE YEAR 2006
HE TOOK THE REINS
1381
01:13:10,428 --> 01:13:11,763
OF MEXICO'S NATIONAL
FOOTBALL TEAM
1382
01:13:11,846 --> 01:13:12,639
FOR ONLY 13 MONTHS
1383
01:13:12,722 --> 01:13:14,182
PLACING THIRD
IN THE AMERICAN CUP.
1384
01:13:14,516 --> 01:13:15,183
HE CURRENTLY WORKS
AS ANALYST FOR ESPN.
1385
01:13:15,266 --> 01:13:16,684
So, Atletico de Madrid
has the opportunity
1386
01:13:16,768 --> 01:13:18,520
to take three points,
which would be...
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