A couple of weeks ago, I texted Yohan Benalouane, a prefessional soccer player from Leicester
to challenge him, as a joke, telling him that
I would be able to beat him in an endurance race.
I never thought he'd write me back, but
he did answered and said "Ok, come and prove it! Come to beat me!"
So guys, what was I supposed to do?
I'm going! I bought a last minute ticket yesterday night and now here I am!
Guys, Yohan is waiting for me
He come to pick me up from Leicester, it's about an hour drive.
Even my parents don't come to the airport for me
Here he is!
Ah! I can't see anything!
You didn't notice!
No! Where were you?
Come on...
I can't hug you...
Here we are guys!
Anna, la ragazza di Yohan
- Hi! - Yohan Benalouane
He accepted guys
But he looks worried, I'm honest
He's worried!
Someone told me there's an Ironman around
I've just arrived to the hotel And I came to pick him up
So I want to see who this Ironman really is I've just arrived to the hotel
I've just arrived to the hotel
First official night in Leicester
we've been to the physioterapist till 1.30
cause he had to loosen his muscles.
Tomorrow at 8, training with the team,
one last training and the challenge will start:
me against him!
Hitman vs Ironman
Benhalouane vs Progetto Liminis
Now I'm going to bed cause tomorrow is gonna be a busy day
Where do I switch the light off?
Who is going to switch it off? Goodnight
It's 8 am and now I'm going to
have breakfast with Yohan, then we'll go to the fields to start! Good morning!
Good morning! Let's go!
It feels like being in an english cottage
Because it is
- The weather is not the best today... - Come Barcellona
Diciamo come Barcellona...
- Let's have breakfast!! - Let's go!
Breakfast of champios for Yohan. What do you have?
Here we've got some cereals, then I always have some
strawberry jam, cause red fruits are an anti-inflammatory food
So, as you see, we also have a strawberry juice
And we're going on like this! So now
we have a big breakfast and then
we're going to train!
Let's go... you only have that bag?
Well, I have my shoes
my socks
and this is my life.
But what matters at the end of the day
is to fill this bags with feelings,
of knowledge... I'd love to
meet someone new every single day
and to learn, cause we are here to learn and grow.
And now let's see
what this beautiful day will give!
Let's see how you'll fill your bag!
Exactly!
If you ask me "what do you love?" I'll say "Soccer"
but it's not enough, it's not enough because
there are so many things to discover in this world.
I want to come home and say "Ok, today I've been to work
But, from this, what have I learned?
Who gave me more?" Maybe tomorrow I have a dinner
with, let's say, an artist, ok?
Could be even someone else.
I swear that I'll drain him with questions for one hour
With the curiosity of a child!
With the curiosity of a child to say
"What does he do in his life?
Why does he do it?"
You're someone who's training for an Ironman
and this is amazing
and I can't feel that only you are focused on me.
I must be focused on you too.
I must understand, and learn what we are talking about.
If you say "I've traveled around the world
and I have bee, let's say, to Thailand,
and maybe I don't even know the capital city.
It's bad, isn't it?
It's great to learn from everyone
to fill the bag with one experience more.
Obviously we'll find out my trainings,
my life, everything.
But I also hope to find out something about you .
Here we are at the fields!
Guys, the official open fields of Leicester City!
My place...
Remind: always go with an empty bag
and come back with a filled heart and a clear mind.
He's a friend of mine
This is the car...
It's an ugly car!
Well, he's Chinese, Korean...
Chinese! No uh!
He doesn't like it when I say this
But he doesn't speak English nor Italian
nor french... only Chinese!
Nagatomo!
He's great!
- Nice to meet you! - Nice to meet you!
I'm filming Yohan
He's my friend!
It's for a huge documentary in Italy!
- A documentary? - Yeah
See you later my friend
He had an ugly car uh...
Yes this was a present from our President
who wanted to give us a present the year we won the championship.
Well, a little present... such as a tie!
Instead of a tie he gave you
a Porsche... My God
Yohan you have very green fields
if I show where I used to train when I was a child
Not like potato fields, it's asphalt!
England it's great for this
Great fields, the weather is not beautiful but...
Let's say you cannot complain! Look at this field, it looks fake!
Let's go to that bar...
He's a friend!
Good morning! Good morning!
They're staring at me!
Here we are!
So I stay here
- and here we have the gym... -Wow!
It smells like a barn
Yes, this is our private room
Just for our soccer shoes.
These are all yours? Why do you have so may? How...
Well cause our sponsor always give us the new one
so when there's a new colour you have to wear it...
You too have MYN?
- What? - Do you have MYN as sponsor?
No, Adidas...
I hope they'll call me.... well, not for... a Triathlon!
Cause I couldn't... but maybe for something else!
Wow! This is basically your office
I get shivers, you know?
What do you feel when you see these fields?
Mah... cioè lo vedi come un lavoro?
No, soccer is always been a dream for me, since I was a child
so it's more than a job for me
Obviously, why do I call it a job?
To become goo
you have to make it a job, right?
That means that you have to follow all the codes of this job ,
but then you only come here if you love it
if you still feel that fire as when you were a child.
And I still have it
so everyday it's a pleasure
to come here
and smell the grass,
and the competition.
Now guys I have to go...
Go move the car cause I won't pay the fine!
I was joking!
Well guys, the coach didn't let me enter the locker rooms.
He doesn't let me watch the training session, I cannot even watch!
so... Yohan texted me
and said "Sorry, but I can't let you go out of the car
You cannot go out from the car!"
Top secret , guys, cause it's the day before the game
These cars, I won't tell what kind of cars I see... they're all Range Rover
All of them, Range Rover, except a couple of BMW, Mercedes...
The challenge is gonna be tomorrow!
Guys, I don't know if it's working
It's the first time I use it. Now we have finished the training session
Giuseppe left the camera in the car, cause he had to
go away from the fields to go training.
Now, let's see what he is doing... here we are
Let's see where he is!
- Did you switch on the mic? - Here he is!
If the yellow light isn't on, the camera is off...
So guys, this wasn't planned
but we're going to train for the first time
It's not the challenge yet, not today
It's gonna be tomorrow...
Yes tomorrow...
Now we're going to have a double session
Cause Yohan has already done his training
this morning,
And so did I, alone...
Giuse, look at that care over there, you see it?
- The Smart? -No!
- That one inside? - Yes the one right at the end...
The white one and the yellow one
Those are typical English cars and they're beautiful
In England there are a lot of cars like those
On Sundays, I like to go to those...
Thrift shops?
Yes! I like old stuff, that are old but have a story...
And when people say "What are you doing here?" What do you say?
"What the fuck are you doing here?"
No it's true, sometimes it feels like you cannot go somewhere just because...
You are a soccer player...
Yes, it's true! But it's not right...
This is interestin! We don't think about this... but when you
think about someone famous,
you ask yourself "What is he doing here?
A soccer player... " Why?
Obviously is something unexpected so people like it
to meet someone they usually see on the TV, somewhere els, but I love it!
I love it so much...
Guys here we are! Back home,
Now this is home to you, right, Yohan?
Ok guys, I managed to see the locker rooms
Everyone has his own lockers
Here's Yohan's... Yohan,
You need some shoes, right?
I mean, look at his space, there are only shoes
Here it is!
So when the coach comes here...
- No! - Where's his place?
- This is private! - He doesn't come here?
He doesn't, this is our home...
It's like our home, you know?
- He doesn't tell you the training here? - Yes, but in another room...
This one is only for the players...
Do you have music, don't you?
Yes there's the stereo here...
Now we dress up
and then we go for a workout
We didn't bring anything, neither the pants, I swear
Yohan went to pick everything we might need
and the pants!
This is how you make someone a real professional!
Now we'll see on the fields what you are worth!
Guys, we are in the gym
where all the guys train
Now we're doing spinning
so I got a question for you
Would you ever do an Ironman?
Well the truth is
my passion is playing soccer, not running
Swimming instead is something I really enjoy
but I can't think of me running for so many hours
I also love biking
So let's say I could do an Half Ironman
Would you?
But if I challenged you?
I don't cause...
You have a orofessional career, but if I did challenge you to finish an Ironman?
Would you do it or not?
Yes cause I love challenges
But saying that I like running
would be a big lie
I would only do it for a challenge
- Obviously ... - It's incredible
I'm dressed total Benalouane
Right now I'm using pants that could have been his,
Or Vardy's, or Morgan's, all of them Right now I'm using pants that could have been his,
Or Vardy's, or Morgan's, all of them
and it works like this, they can come here
without brining anything and they give 'em it all
socks, pants,
shorts, everything! Shoes!
Yes they have everything here
Is it like this in every professional team?
- That they wash everything for you? -Yes
You can also bring your own stuff, it's your choice
Today I wear Leicester's pants,
which one do you wear?
Oh my god, it's incredible
We made it!
I'm filming uh...
Giuse!
Great!
Good, very good
Guys, I swear I didn't tell him
that I was going to do it
but he did right.
- Reflexes right? - Very good
Yohan I don't know if I want to do it
So basically this one's the cold one and that is hot?
- No, the opposite! - Ok, I knew you were gonna play a joke
but the hot one is for real man
I want to try but
why am I doing it...?
- Well guys, these pants... - Top!
Leicester's!
Who wore these? Everyone!
You have to go... Come on!
Eccolo!
How long do I have to stay?
- 5 minute at least! - You're crazy! Come here
Come on!
So how was this first training?
All good till now...
But you said this was you're favourite thing
No, I liked the idea but now...
Well, you're right, I'm getting used to it
I told you...
It's true, it's true
How long have I been here?
- 1 minute 35 seconds... - No, it's a lie
Speak to me, tell me something
I'm freezing!
But the water jet...is it mandatory?
Let's say it's good for you
- It doesn't feel good.. - It's a massage
If you say so...
- I see you're shaking... - No!
Let's speak, come on
I can even swim...
So it's stared: Ironman!
Come on, let's have a shower and let's go
Don't film me as I get out cause it would be... a disaster!
Bye guys!
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