“A Team Called Spain” premiers
A film preview, popcorn and the Luis Aragonés room converted into a cinema to exclusively enjoy ‘A team called Spain’, the sports docuseries that shows the Spanish national team players’ journey during Euro 2024, which culminated with the Spanish team becoming the first nation in history to win four European Championships after beating England at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The docuseries will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 200 countries on 29 November as part of the Prime subscription.
Three of the Spain stars were present this Thursday at the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas: national team coach Luis de la Fuente, Rodrigo Hernández and Dani Carvajal, who are both from the group of captains of the European champions.
The four-episode docuseries features the testimonies of the protagonists and unpublished images from never-seen-before places. Conversations in rooms, secrets from the physio room or the tension in the dressing room before a big match, A team called Spain shows the frenetic pace of the competition and the off pitch lives of footballers with very different personalities. The leadership of stars like Carvajal and Rodrigo, the freshness and jokes of youngsters like Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams or the suffering and dedication of a veteran like Jesús Navas bring us closer than ever to the most intimate part of a team that is as different as it is united.
Prior to the broadcast of the four full chapters of the docuseries, Álvaro de Miguel, General Secretary of the RFEF and Rodrigo Cabornero, Director of Prime Video Spain, spoke about the documentary that was previewed today. They both thanked the hard work of all the people involved in this months-long process. Rodrigo Cabornero said that the docuseries ‘combines everything that the best fiction film can have and we are going to see it all with magnificent production following the generosity of the stars and the entire technical staff’. Álvaro de Miguel expressed the ‘excitement with which one lives a tournament like the European Championships in which the national team managed to represent us all’, he added.
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After the exclusive screening, a discussion took place with the participation of the three representatives of the Spanish national team present at the event. Luis de la Fuente was moved after seeing the unpublished images shown in the docuseries on the road to Spain's fourth European Championship: ‘It was very nice to remember those moments that reflect what was a family for 45 days and watching it again makes you remember those exciting and intense moments that give you goosebumps’. ‘It was a great joy above all to see the people happy with a whole country supporting their national team,’ he said.
The word team perfectly defines a group of which Rodrigo Hernández, one of the captains of the national team, speaks of as follows: ‘It has been a long time since I have felt this emotion that I have felt. It has been spectacular to give people the opportunity to experience a European Championships from behind the scenes, with all the good and bad moments. The national team has always been a very united group. Morata, Carvajal and I, the most experienced, try to transmit what the values of the team can be in this type of tournament in which you go through many different and key moments. In my case, I put everything I had in me at the service of the group and tried to leave everything I had out there for my country and our goal’.
For Dani Carvajal, this docuseries is ‘an example of life for everyone’ and highlights one of the keys to success: ‘Everyone comes from their club with important roles and in the national team we assume the role that we play. We all took a step forward, we felt important and thanks to that the group became a family’.
The two captains, in the midst of recovering from long-term injuries, value even more what they achieved in Germany and, as Rodrigo says ‘we both know what it is to win and now we see it with more perspective, we know how difficult it is to win and we value how we have done it’. Winning two titles with Spain is for life.
‘We all go through life with a purpose, which is to try to leave a mark, otherwise life would have no meaning. One day we won't be here and we will want to be remembered for something beautiful. The feeling of peace of having achieved a dream that you've had since you were a child fills me with pride and it's something we fight for and to be remembered forever,’ Rodrigo concluded.
The struggle to achieve new goals defines this generation, as Carvajal says: ‘Now we have to be aware that we are the example for many children and it is one of the things that fills me with the most pride’.
To finish, Luis de la Fuente highlighted what ‘A team called Spain’ represents: ‘This documentary reflects many of the things we wanted to leave behind and many of the things that this generation of footballers represents, such as the values of suffering, work, effort, self-improvement and never giving up’.
The docuseries on the Euro 2024 victory is produced by the RFEF in collaboration with TBS. It is the sixth documentary produced by the RFEF after El sabio del éxito, La Quinta de la quinta, La fuerza del grupo, 10 años de la primera estrella and La Copa de todos, which can all be enjoyed on Prime Video.
