Talk Critiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand abouth secret of Real Madrid
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00:00Real Madrid. La Liga. I understand a lot of football.
00:14Just relax now, man. I love that place.
00:19You've got to go again. You've got to go again. I love that, man. I'm going to kill this all
00:27Let's go to European football and European football clubs. Obviously, you've got a big
00:31history there and Real Madrid. You have a great connection there. Some fantastic years.
00:37Firstly, what do you think of their season last year?
00:41Real Madrid? La Liga.
00:42Real Madrid are looking very, very good. It's the kind of team that don't rush under pressure.
00:50This is why most of the people say, they are lucky in the Champions League. No, they are
00:55not lucky. They have their brain. They prepare for this kind of moments. Bernabeu, the stadiums,
01:03they have a different aura. You understand?
01:05The energy is different.
01:06The energy is different. And when the big teams go there, they score one goal, 85 minutes,
01:1190 minutes. The pressure is a lot. For me, it's the best club ever in the history of
01:17football.
01:18How would you say Madrid is going to be better or going to be? We don't know. Let's see.
01:24Mbappe will go there now. I think Madrid will keep strong. But I don't know if they will
01:31be better than last year. I don't know. Let's see. Only God knows. But they have a fantastic
01:38team, fantastic players. I believe that they're going to be one of the best teams in the world.
01:46How do you continuously churn out, every season, mad numbers the way you were doing it? You
01:51were scoring a ridiculous amount of goals every year in the pressure cooker of the Bernabeu.
01:56I win trophies. I win everything there. I'm the record of goals of the club. And for me,
02:05it was a pleasure to play in Real Madrid for eight seasons, eight, nine seasons. And to
02:11win four Champions Leagues there and Golden Boots and everything. I win that. So I love
02:18that place.
02:19I want to talk about when you went there. But obviously, you've got Kylian Mbappe going
02:24there now. And we'll get on to him. It'd be similar for him. When you went there, what
02:30was the pressure like in the changing room? Because you had big... I remember we spoke
02:34years ago and you said there's a big Spanish contingent there. It's going to be difficult
02:38for me to get in.
02:39And I was the most expensive player ever.
02:41What's that like?
02:42It was pressure. But in the same way, I believe in myself. I say, listen, if I was the best
02:48player in the Premier League and I win the Golden Ball in Manchester United, Champions
02:52League, this is the league. But I knew that I will do it well. I knew it because, as I
02:59told you, I believe in my skills. I believe in my talent. It was difficult because it's
03:05a different country, the adaptation. I was 24. I was still young. But in the same way,
03:11I was very, very positive. The best club in the world. I say I'm going to make history
03:18in this club like I did in Manchester United. It was a challenge for me. But as you know,
03:23I'm a challenged person. I like to show the people that they are wrong. You understand?
03:28Even with the age right now that we're going to speak later about that, I like to prove
03:35the opposite of what the people are thinking. So it was a big challenge for me. And I was
03:39very, very, very happy to play in Real Madrid in that period.
03:42What are going to be the problems and what does Kylian Mbappe need to do going in there?
03:48I think he's going to do it well, to be honest. Because the structure of the club, it's nice,
03:53it's good, it's solid. You understand? And they have a great coach and the president
03:58who are there many, many years. I think it's not going to be a big issue for him. Not going
04:04to be a big problem because it's a challenge. He shows everything what he's capable of doing.
04:10And I think he's going to do it well, to be honest. Because in my opinion, he can be the
04:14next Golden Ball for the next years. Him, probably Haaland, Bellingham, Lamine. I think
04:25it's this new generation. They have a lot of potential. But I believe that he's going
04:30to do it very well.
04:31I look at your team and I was mesmerised by, obviously, yourself, the age that you're
04:36playing at, at the level. And Pep. Talk to me about your partnership, your bromance a
04:44little bit. And how you both, give me a bit of insight into how he's maintained the level
04:49he's played at as well. 40 years old. Crazy. 40 out of 40, I couldn't even play.
04:55I play extra time. One game, 40 minutes. Four days after, I play extra time again. People
05:02don't appreciate that. They always say, why do you play? Why do you play? Okay. But this
05:08is what I'm going to do. And against George, I played 60 minutes, so I didn't play all
05:12the minutes. It's longevity. It's the mindset of when you reach some age, the difference
05:20is your mind. It's not the body anymore. Because the body has memory. You understand? If you
05:25treat good your body, 10 years, 15 years, they're going to respect you. If you treat
05:32good. After will be in your mind. Always will be in your mind. If you want to, to play four
05:38or five years more, because in all the sports, the average age, it's between 30s and 40s,
05:46they finish. If you see, tennis, Formula One, the best guys, football. Consistent. It's
05:53that age that you start to lose your testosterone, whatever, your hormones and everything. It's
05:59normal. It's the process of life. But Pepe and me, we are a good example because we treat
06:04good the body during so many, many years.
06:07He's bosses on the pitch though, isn't he?
06:09Yes, yes, yes. But outside the pitch, yes, yes, yes. But outside the pitch, he's a very
06:13good guy and he's a very professional guy too.
06:15How do you do... You finish a season, you win everything, win the Golden Ball. What's
06:19your mindset when the season finishes in the summer so don't go again?
06:23Real, for me, it's only one word to define that. Enthusiasm. If you don't have enthusiasm
06:29in your life, this is why I was last night dinner with my family, with my mom, and we
06:35speak about some situations that happen in Euros. It's the enthusiasm that I still have
06:41for the game. I'm addicted for football. I'm addicted to score goals and to play in a good
06:47level, even with my age, because I love this.
06:50It's crazy though, man. It's crazy. I just sit there and just think, f*****g just relax
06:55now, man.
06:56Talking about longevity and playing, someone's cut their career short, I think. I think he
07:00could continue playing. Tony Cruz. Tell me a little bit about him. You played with him
07:04obviously at Real Madrid. What was he like?
07:06Listen, it's the way he sees the football, the way he sees life. We don't know behind
07:11the football what's going on in his life. We have to respect him. Because the people
07:17see now more people, the longevity. But we are not all the same, you understand? I respect
07:24his decisions because it's the kind of a guy who says, I will do that, and he does it.
07:29I respect. But if you ask me, he can play a few years more, yes. But maybe he has other
07:34issues that he doesn't want to. It's full of football, and you have to respect that.
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