With the shouts of the protagonists themselves, the ‘champions, champions’ who got tired of singing and the incredible song created by Leiva and Joaquín Sabina who has put the perfect hymn to this season: “Match by match, don't talk to me about resisting, I'm talking about surviving, it's my
Athletics
from
Madrid
. And win and win and win, and win and win again … ”.
The documentary began with Simeone clasping his hands and looking at the sky of Valladolid while he got that laugh that later would explain that he could not help but repress, the escape valve to the most difficult season according to confessed the Cholo. The most exciting because of how it ended. A collective effort, by a team in capital letters to twist history again and say that “the powerful don't always win”.
Of course, the explosion of joy in the Joseph
Zorrilla, with a very excited Philip who gave the key: “It's fair, we are a family. That we continue like this is the history of Atlético ”. And of course, the athletic at heart, of a lifetime, Koke Y Saul, hugging each other to verify that what they dreamed of as children in the quarry, was already a reality.
“Again!”, The Vallecano shouted to his friend. “We have done a spectacular job, many doubted us, but the more they doubted the stronger we became to get to this moment,” he acknowledged before not being able to avoid tears when talking to his wife and little boy. Leo: “A lot of work, a lot of tension, in the end you have to get it out somewhere”.
The protagonists paraded almost oblivious to the camera, hugging each other excitedly. Only they knew how much this 11th league title had cost, which was won with courage and a lot of heart. The protagonist of Valladolid, a Angel Correa that marked the path of the comeback, sheltered himself in his eternal humility: “Everything we suffered throughout the year to achieve it, now we have to enjoy it with our family.”
WIN UNTIL THE MOON
The players took the opportunity to talk with the family, still on the pitch of Pucela. Y Simeone he made a confession to his children via videoconference. “Look how hard it was. You have to win even on the moon ”.
And boy it was. The league of the comebacks, The league of self-love, of the damned Coronavirus, to have faith, to know that you can, that if you work and believe … you can. The Cholo noticed it, if there was a season when it was special for him to win the AthleticFor all that it represents, this was it. That is why it should not surprise you that this trophy was dedicated to the
Military Emergency Unit
and the soldiers of the
Air Force to thank you for your work against the coronavirus pandemic. Or that they visit a nursing home to offer them and the health workers, the great heroes of these very hard months, this title.
Images that of course were collected in this exciting documentary, such as the trip of Valladolid to Madrid by coach, with the everlasting and tireless music of the ‘champions, champions’. And the brutal arrival at the Sport City where hundreds of fans were waiting.
THE CROWNED GOD
And as. Tradition obliges. That this damn pandemic does not take away the symbolism, because symbols are almost everything. So Koke I would go at four in the morning to Neptune to crown the god and whisper to him that this Atlético never gives up and that they will see each other again.
“This is for you, we love you a lot and long live Athletic Madrid“Said the Vallecano, kissing the shield of the scarf placed on Neptune and hugging the statue as you would a good friend.
A documentary of the celebration that ended with the delivery of the trophy at the Metropolitano, with images of how the squad, with Koke Y Oblak carrying the cup, they approached the thousands of people who were waiting outside to celebrate, to sing a hymn of the Athletic a cappella that made the hair stand on end. Praise the heroes. The 'olé, olé, olé, Cholo Simeone '. The 'Obli, Oblak, Everyday I love you more'. The ‘U-ru-guayo!’. ‘El Koke, Koke’ …
And to finish more emotion. Koke taking the trophy to Athletic Museum and the club's dedication to Saúl Bachiller Román, the young fan who died in the celebrations.