00:03Hello Antonio, you have won this competition with Real Madrid and you have played historic games with Real Madrid in
00:13this stadium.
00:15With all that experience you have, what would you say are the keys for a game like tomorrow?
00:21Hello, good evening to everyone. A question is in Spanish but I answer in English.
00:30Yeah, I've been in many matches like this, as you mentioned, I won the Champions League with Real Madrid.
00:38And yeah, like this type of moments, this is what you're working for in this type of games.
00:45And yeah, of course, we played City a lot of times now in the past years, but yeah, they are
00:51one of the best teams in Europe.
00:53And it's always a pleasure to play against the best. And if you want to win the Champions League, you
00:58have to compete against the best.
01:01Tony, Manuel de Juan para Diarias. Do you prefer a question in Spanish or in English?
01:05No, no, in Spanish.
01:08Físicamente, ¿cómo te encuentras? Porque has pasado muchos problemas durante el final de la temporada pasada.
01:13La temporada sigue siendo muy exigente y el calendario es muy exigente.
01:17Tú te ves listo y te ves bien como para aguantar este ritmo hasta el final de la temporada.
01:20¿Cómo te encuentras con este ritmo durante la temporada?
01:24As you mentioned, I had physical problems, but yeah, that's in the past.
01:30And because if you can count well, you can see the last matches, I've always been on the pitch.
01:36And I'm feeling good, I'm ready for this stage.
01:40And to be honest, and also this was my aim, this is what I was working for.
01:45And to be, at this time of period, to be fit and to be helpful and useful for the team.
01:52Hello Antonio, how are you? Joel, from the Diario Marca.
01:56Analysing the data, Harlan, you're the dead.
02:02You completely beat him in every duel.
02:05Do you have the feeling that it's almost like his bad luck charm when you face him?
02:12Yeah, I don't think too deep about things like this.
02:19Of course, for you it's numbers.
02:22But for me, because in the game, when I remember against in the group stage, he had the better of
02:29me.
02:30So, like players like this, players like Erling Haaland, first of all, it's a huge pleasure to play against this
02:38type of player.
02:39Because I like the physical battle, I want it, I need it, and the same as him.
02:45So, it's always, it's always, and it's not only me.
02:49It's also like, I think, the other game, the first game against them, Dean Huyssen also did a great, great
02:55job.
02:56So, it was a collective thing, and yeah, but I'm looking forward to it.
03:02Hello Antonio, Abraham Romero, El Mundo.
03:04Quedan pocos meses para que termine tu contrato en el Real Madrid.
03:08Son meses importantes para el equipo, pero meses importantes para ti también.
03:12Te quería preguntar si quieres renovar con el Real Madrid, y si hay conversaciones para ello.
03:17And are you having conversations about this right now?
03:19For me, what is the most important thing is that I'm healthy, this is what I was looking for.
03:25And I am right now, I feel good, I feel great, as I mentioned before.
03:30And yeah, all the rest, I'm very sure it will solve it by itself.
03:36It's not the time to speak about any type of things.
04:00I feel great here, I feel the love, I feel the respect of the people, and I really appreciate it.
04:08And, but as I said, like, you know, sometimes you have to make decisions not basic only on emotions, you
04:17know?
04:17And, but for me, at the minute, there's no time to think too much, because for me, I am fit
04:25now, and I have to do my job.
04:29And, but still, I love, obviously, I like Real Madrid, I love Real Madrid.
04:33Me encanta estar aquí.
04:35Hello Antonio, how are you doing?
04:37How are you doing?
04:38How are you doing?
04:41How are you doing?
05:06How are you doing?
05:07How are you doing?
05:08How are you doing?
05:09How are you doing?
05:09How are you doing?
05:09What happened?
05:10Yeah, at the end of the day, you see the images with slow motion.
05:15Of course, it looks terrible.
05:17I don't take nothing away from it.
05:18But in the action itself, I think, and also what the player said, like, I don't take nothing away from
05:25him, but as the player said that he, that it was like almost that I killed him or something like
05:31this.
05:32I think he doesn't need to exaggerate because if I, if I had the intention to do that, he wouldn't
05:37have stand up.
05:38I don't, I don't just, I don't justify it.
05:40I don't justify it, but the way he spoke after the game is like I killed him.
05:47So, but he was running after, no?
05:49So, and sometimes pictures in the VAR, they look a bit, yeah, very horrible and everything and, yes, so, and
05:56why did I, why didn't I get sent off?
06:00So, at the end of the day, like, it was never, it was never my intention to do purpose on
06:05him.
06:06Like, we all know I'm a player.
06:08I like to, I like to be tough on the pitch and everything, but still, I have boundaries.
06:12I also have boundaries, I'm human being.
06:15So, like, that's why I think the boy exaggerated a bit because they won and everything and this and that,
06:22and maybe he needs some, yeah, how to say, like, he needs some, he needs to be the star at
06:29something, you know?
06:30But, because you need to be careful with words, if you say almost kill and everything, this and that, because
06:36we see what happens in the world.
06:38So, we have to keep it a bit low.
07:02Yeah, I think, I see my role as very important because, as you mentioned, we play with a lot of
07:08young players.
07:11Some are new, some are a bit longer there and, like, we have to help them, like, especially me.
07:17I see it as my job to help them, to try to make them better and to take the responsibility.
07:24And this is what I'm doing and, but also it's important that young players need to also know their role
07:30in accepting that they have to listen and not thinking that they are, yeah, I don't know, Sergio Ramos or
07:38Maldini or something like this, no?
07:39Like, they, you can only help those who, they can help also a bit themselves.
08:01Yeah, like, I say, it's almost like before, as I said, like, you as a older player, you have to
08:10take the responsibility either way.
08:12And, uh, take off the pressure of the younger players.
08:15And, uh, this is how I see my, this is how I see myself.
08:18And, uh, to be honest, also, our young boys, they're doing well.
08:21Like, uh, for example, like, uh, Thiago, that he come up the ranks.
08:25Like, there's a lot of them.
08:26Like, against Asia, there were so many.
08:28And, uh, they're doing, they're doing a good job.
08:31And, uh, the coach knows them.
08:33And, uh, also heads up to the coach to give them, uh, this type of confidence.
08:38Hola, Antonio.
08:39Soy Damián Castillo, Olivero, para Real France.
08:42Eh, en el bus, cuando estabais llegando hacia el estadio en esa ida de octavos contra el City,
08:47le dijiste a Suameni, eh, si corremos, corremos, si morimos, morimos.
08:52Mañana tiene que tener el Real Madrid esa mentalidad para afrontar el partido contra el Manchester City.
08:57Not only, not only, we don't need only this mentality tomorrow, we need it all the time.
09:03It's, uh, it's, it's how I said how it is.
09:06And, uh, like, uh, it's basically just, I mean, just, uh, either we win together or we lose together.
09:13It's, uh, it's either way.
09:15So, we, we choose.
09:16We choose.
09:17We choose.
09:20We choose.
09:20Hello, Antonio.
09:21Aquí, al fondo, Olivia Lorenzo del país.
09:23Tus enfrentamientos con Haaland forman parte un poco de toda la historia de esta serie de enfrentamientos
09:30contra el, contra el City, que se repiten cada año, a veces dos veces al año.
09:35Tú has tenido, eres ya un jugador veterano, te has enfrentado a mil delanteros.
09:41¿A ti qué crees que te ha aportado este enfrentamiento con Haaland para tu carrera?
09:46Gracias.
09:49Yeah.
09:52Yeah, I face Haaland now many times and I repeat myself many times again and he's a, he's a,
09:59he's a, he's a world-class striker already.
10:01And, uh, he's a young man, he's, uh, very strong.
10:06And, uh, yeah, but, uh, as I said before, I like this type of duels and everything.
10:10And what it does, have it done something with my career?
10:14Yeah.
10:15Yeah.
10:15Yeah, because like, uh, probably like in my first season here, because, uh, everyone,
10:20like, I think no centre-back, uh, could have really beaten him.
10:24And, uh, yes, I was one of the first one who showed him a bit that, uh, yes, I can
10:28keep
10:29up with him.
10:29So, but in terms of that, yeah, it's just, I just find it fantastic to play against him
10:36because, uh, he seems like a good guy and, uh, he's a better footballer even.
10:40So, that's about it.
10:47Luis Castro, Radio Nacional.
10:49Hace dos años, en este mismo estadio, fuiste el héroe con ese penalti decisivo.
10:55Mañana firmarías poder volver a tener ese penalti decisivo en la tanda si llegara ahí,
11:02en ese momento?
11:05First of all, I hope it doesn't come, it doesn't come till then.
11:09But, um, yeah, like, uh, as I said before, for me is, uh, I'm ready to take responsibility
11:15for the good or the bad.
11:16Like, uh, if it comes to it, of course, I can take it again.
11:23No problem.
11:25Gracias.
11:28Ramadhan.
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