When Achraf Hakimi (Madrid, November 4, 1998) the journalist invites him to externalize a dream, he takes his time. «I would like to do something big with Dortmund. Win the Bundesliga. Get as far as possible in the Champions [faces Barcelona this Wednesday]. And get some trophy with the Morocco team ». When he reflects, Achraf puts the speed aside. His preaching is rested. Enjoy the best moment of your life. Not forgetting what and who have taken him here. The origins define. And they mark.

Do you remember your first soccer ball? Yes, it was a Mikasa. Of those hard ones that were played on land. You hit him with the ankle and ... Itched! I went down to the portal of my house in Getafe. On the left, the people of the neighborhood had two goals mounted. We played a field by field . And when we were more, even triangular. My parents still live there. They have not changed his life. They do not want to. We lived all five in a humble apartment. My father, my mother, my two brothers and me. Five. Were there difficulties? We were going with the right thing. He gave us to eat, to buy something. Although we were not asking either. My parents tried to buy me football boots, but not high-end. I was small and I didn't have the foot for it either. But they did try to bring me the ones I liked. I can not complain. Neither me nor my brothers. Whenever we wanted something, we had it. They preferred not to buy clothes so that we were not missing anything. How did they get ahead? My parents arrived in Spain when they were young. They were just over 20 years old. My mother cleaned houses. And my father looked for life on the street. He was a street vendor. They made a living as they could. He never went to help his father to the market? Sometimes he did go with him. He tried to help him. But he wouldn't let me. So I went around with my brothers. We went to the park while he worked. Then we were going to see him. If he hadn't been a footballer, what do you think he could have been? Right now I like boxing. But I think I would have tried to study, although it was very bad. I struggled to be a soccer player because I had very clear ideas. I focused more on football, on friends ... Did his parents insist on him with studies? Yes, yes. They gave me a lot of cane. Sometimes they scared me: 'Because you don't study, we don't take you to train.' But it always went. It was what I liked. Although they were very angry with me. They also punished me. But little by little, when I focused more on football, they had to assume it. They did not know that he could live on this. They were afraid that I had neither football nor studies. From Moroccan parents, you were born in Madrid. Have you suffered racist episodes during your life? Even having my ID and my passport, it doesn't matter. Come an Arabic name. Come your Moroccan face. Whether or not they do racist things. Although it is not intentionally, I have noticed it. And I still notice it. Could I specify it? I can go in a good car, with the cap, leaving the Bernabéu, or to have dinner with my friends ... And we stop for the police. They think we are people who steal cars. You can understand it, but it is always with them, with foreign people. Without despising anyone, a Spaniard or a white person does not stop him.When he reads or hears stories of unaccompanied minors fleeing from Africa, what does he feel? Luckily or unfortunately I come from a continent, Africa, which is third world . With the selection of Morocco I have to travel to many countries. You realize what life is. It removes me from the inside. I see [people] suffering, trying to leave that area to look for something better. I feel very sorry, but at the same time it encourages me to keep fighting. And to think that I am lucky to have what I have. Remember when they announced that I would debut with Real Madrid? I will never forget it. It was an evening, I was with friends having dinner at home. Suddenly Zinedine Zidane called me. And he said: 'What are you doing? Can we talk for a moment? He told me that Carvajal had a problem, that he could not play, and that he was summoning me. Not only that, but it would be headline. I picked up the phone to let my parents know. It was something he had dreamed of since childhood. Play with the best in the world, in that stadium ... Joy, illusion. It was amazing. I could hardly sleep. I just thought about the next day. I wanted to play. I wanted to play. I was dying. In the summer of 2018 he had to leave on loan to Borussia Dortmund. How is your life there? The truth is that I have adapted quite well. It is different from Madrid. Dortmund is a quiet city. Another place, another language ... But I'm happy. Will your life priorities change now that you're going to be a father? I think so. I will be looking forward to continue enjoying and fighting every day. My partner [actress Hiba Abouk] lives with me in Dortmund. At first it was quite difficult [because of the labor commitments of both]. But everything is trying to take the best possible. We take time to see each other, which was what we wanted. Your team is playing mid-ranking this Wednesday. Barcelona has not lost at Camp Nou in Europe since 2013. Does it motivate you? It always motivates you to win in a stadium like Camp Nou. And also against Barcelona, ​​we look forward to doing something beautiful in the competition. And moving on to the next round, which is one of our goals. We will try to win. He is the defender who has scored the most goals this season in Europe (six). Is the goal innate? He won't believe it, but this comes since he was little. I played forward until age 14. When you've lived and fought like a striker, that nose stays with you. I keep it. Do you have any goals in mind for next season other than returning to Real Madrid? My goal is to keep growing. And improving. So that what has to come in the future is getting better.

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