Real Madrid: How Could I Not Love You (Real Madrid: Cómo no te voy a querer)

RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA

If we make a good run, we're in on goal.

We drag them out and attack the gap.

Even if we don't get the ball. Their line is way up high and they're not quick.

Just stay calm.

Let's be confident and go after the game.

Let's go for it. Let's win this.

Gavi and Ferran are open.

We go up to their half and start passing it there.

And sooner or later, we'll get a chance.

Understood? Let's go.

We've written many pages together.

But don't doubt even for a second

that the best part of our history is yet to come.

Take a look at the footsteps we've left wearing this jersey.

And look up at the sky, because now's our time to fly.

REAL MADRID HOW COULD I NOT LOVE YOU

CHAPTER 3 IF I KEEP DREAMING OF YOU

That feeling when you put on the Madrid jersey for the first time...

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER 2023-2024

It's unique. I mean, its...

You can't explain it.

It's a feeling of...

It's as if you were putting on a superhero suit.

The greatness of this jersey

has been proved many times in Real Madrid history.

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER

It comes with a lot of responsibility, but it also gives you strength.

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER 2011-2024

The strength to achieve things you can't achieve anywhere else.

It's a mental thing.

You think with this jersey, this club, this history, you can always do it.

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER 2014-2024

That crest doesn't make you faster or stronger,

but people have done some amazing things wearing it.

That thought always pops into my head when I'm playing.

I'm living a dream. I look at my jersey and...

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER

Sure, there's the pressure of always having to win.

We know that to wear it means

to win titles, to always strive for the win and to be a team player.

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER

Wearing it feels monumental because it's the most demanding.

The best players in the world are there, which makes it even more beautiful.

Wearing this jersey has been

one of the best things that has happened to me.

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER

You can see a Real Madrid jersey anywhere in the world,

in the most remote places.

Specifically, in recent years, they have gained many fans...

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...in the Middle East, in countries like Saudi Arabia.

Lunin!

Mid-season, they must go to Saudi Arabia to play the Spanish Super Cup.

JOURNALIST, DAZN

Let's go get that Super Cup.

Let's go to Riyadh.

The Super Cup is the first title of the year,

and for Madrid, the closest title is always the most important.

Especially in a foreign country where Real

always have to keep the flag flying because of their own history.

RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA

SPANISH SUPER CUP

Jude.

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER

It was the first title we were fighting for in the season.

We were required to either win, win, or win. There was no choice.

SPANISH SUPER CUP SEMI REAL MADRID - ATLÉTICO DE MADRID

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

- One minute! - Okay, people, be ready.

The Super Cup, in this case, was very special for me

because it was my first title as captain of Real Madrid.

Real Madrid had to face Atlético Madrid in the semifinal.

It's the first title of the year, a short one, only two games,

but two very demanding games.

And the expected final would be decided after the match between Barça and Osasuna.

They were complicated opponents. The first match was a derby.

And remember, that was the only match Real Madrid had lost that season.

One, two, three, Madrid! Let's go!

We were up against a team that had already beaten us in the league.

We knew they would make things hard.

Let's go!

It's derbies. They're important for us and for the fans.

Welcome to the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup.

Real Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid.

The game kicks off.

There goes Samu Lino, taking him on. He shoots...

- Great save. - Kepa!

The Frenchman will take the corner. He lofts it into the box.

Left foot, sends it high, danger, the strike... Goal.

A few minutes in,

Ancelotti's side was already down by one goal.

One of those games where nothing clicks, where everything goes backwards.

JOURNALIST

Even if we're losing, the same thought always pops into our heads,

"We'll make a comeback."

Luka Modrić will resume the game. It flies up high...

Rüdiger, goal!

Rüdiger!

"We scored the hard one. The next one will happen for sure."

Here's Bellingham. People wanted him to shoot.

He opens it up to the right, Carvajal... Goal!

I think it was one of the best derbies in recent times.

Griezmann running down the middle.

Danger, Griezmann is going to shoot... Goal.

Great goal from Griezmann.

A game with a remarkable exchange of strikes.

Danger, there goes the cross. Kepa...

I can't believe it.

Real Madrid were up against the ropes in the last few minutes.

It looked like the team was overwhelmed.

Vini gets the ball, Vini drives forward, Vini all by himself, Vini...

Bellingham on the loose ball!

- Another chance! Goal-line save! - Unbelievable.

But Dani Carvajal came along and said that it was not over.

- Another chance! Goal-line save! - Unbelievable.

- Carvajal! Goal! - Goal!

-Goal! - So persistent! Come on!

Carvajal, in my opinion, is the best wing-back in the world.

Good in attack, good in defence.

EXTRA TIME

The first half of the extra time kicks off.

- We have 30 more minutes ahead of us. - Hold on to your seats. It'll be exciting.

In those moments, you realise that the team will fight until the end.

That they won't stop believing. We were close to winning a title.

That's when two supporting players stepped up.

Carvajal with his chest, drives forward.

There goes Carvajal. He's going to cross it. Come on, Joselu!

- Goal! - Goal!

Madrid have scored!

This, ladies and gentlemen, is Real Madrid!

Joselu stepped up, Brahim stepped up.

Azpilicueta. Surely this is the last one.

Back into play, right into the box. Nacho jumps.

- Come on, let's go! Go, Brahim! - Joselu clears it.

Brahim running forward...

- He's going to get there! - Shoot!

-He got there! Goal! - Goal!

-Five! - Goal!

It was a goal that I think will be remembered

for the moment and the way it happened.

The Real Madrid crest wins the game again!

Real Madrid are through to the big Spanish Super Cup final!

And there's Carvajal, the MVP. What a game.

- Good job! Come on! - You're amazing!

What a goal!

Especially for the newcomers, this is Real Madrid.

We never give up.

Always fight to the last moment.

This is very important.

We've won the semifinal.

You have to recover quickly because you've really worn yourselves out.

But you've done great. Thank you very much.

This is for all of you, okay?

- A birthday gift. - Tomorrow's my birthday.

Tomorrow dinner's on me at the hotel.

Happy birthday to you

Roberto Carlos down the wing. Lofts it in the air.

There's Zidane, Zidane strikes... Goal!

Dani Carvajal was somehow blessed...

JOURNALIST, EL MUNDO AND COPE

...from the moment Di Stéfano consecrated him in that footage

where he was a blonde little boy with a bowl cut.

He's been in the club from day one. He laid the first stone.

I share this parallelism in the women's team.

I've been contributing here from day one.

And, well, he's a role model for me.

REAL MADRID CF WOMEN'S TEAM PLAYER

He's a Real Madrid icon because he's a homegrown player,

he's from Madrid, from Leganés,

and because of his personality.

We'll be champions again!

He first made a name for himself in the German league.

The guy moved to Germany just like our ancestors

when they had to find a way to make a living in the post-war period.

And he came back a bigger Madridista than he was when he left.

His end goals were to be successful at Real Madrid

since he came back from Leverkusen, to win titles, become the captain,

win a European Championship, win Champions League titles...

He's very stubborn and he didn't stop working hard until he made it.

He really deserves it.

That anger when you see him practise. He doesn't like to lose at anything.

I also get too mad sometimes.

Other players call us "grumps."

So now we have to ask who's the loco one. I think Carvajal is the loco one.

Maybe I get angrier. I'm very competitive.

REAL MADRID CF PLAYER

He's more the type to do crazy things.

But I think what got me here,

the reason I play for Real Madrid and have a very successful career

is that I get mad, I compete.

I don't want to lose even a small match without goalkeepers.

But everybody knows me.

They know what I'm like, so they don't say anything when I get mad.

When his career is over, hopefully a long time from now,

he should stay and teach newcomers and youth players

what it means to wear the Real Madrid jersey.

Not a lot of people are more morally authorised than Carvajal

to teach what it means to wear that jersey.

Only being a part of Real Madrid do you realise the pressure it entails.