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Marcelo Bielsa, Argentine soccer coach, said at one point: "A man with new ideas is crazy until his ideas succeed." A devastating phrase that could well fit into the project that

Florentino Pérez

designed before

becoming president of Real Madrid in 2000

. A successful businessman who appears in numerous moments in

Galacticos

, the documentary series

that

Star premieres on Disney + on July 30

and that recalls the 'Real Madrid of the Galacticos'. To subscribe to Disney + you can access here.

That team, created at the beginning of the 21st century, was a

sporting but also economic and marketing model

praised (and criticized) by its rivals.

An idea by Florentino Pérez that went beyond a simple soccer team to become an example of how

sport should reinvent itself.

Jorge Valdano appears in numerous moments.

A MORE MODERN REAL MADRID

The series,

divided into three chapters

, recalls the first stage of Florentino Pérez as president of Real Madrid.

Between 2000 and 2006, this

successful businessman managed to modernize an institution

that, in too many ways, was not performing as it should.

And that it needed very drastic changes to make it more modern.

To give a global picture of what those moments were like, Martín and Damián Ainstein, the creators of this

ESPN production, have interviewed

numerous players (among others,

Roberto Carlos, Steve McManaman, Fernando Hierro or Iker Casillas

), coaches (

Vicente del Bosque

) and even presidents of the Barcelona Football Club (

Joan Gaspart and Sandro Rosell

).

A total of 33 people who show their faces and express their opinions about a golden age for Real Madrid that they were able to experience very closely.

Iker Casillas remembers his time at Real Madrid 'de los galaácticos'.

The arrival of Beckham

("we were like The Beatles", can be heard from an English teammate),

the signing of Figo

, leader of the rival team, or the

goal of Zidane with a volley

in a Champions League final are situations that all the fans of the white team remember with a smile.

Facts that appear in

Galacticos

thanks to archive images and comments from many who were there.

VICTORIES AND DEFEATS

Although it would have been easy to include only praise,

in

Galacticos

you hear a lot of criticism.

There is talk of

unexpected defeats such

as that of the King's Cup Final against Depor (the 'centennial'), of bad streaks despite having a great team or of how rival fans received the white team in a hostile way for having so many stars.

Among others,

Santiago Cañizares, Albelda, Morientes, Iker Casillas and Vicente del Bosque

speak of the difficulties of a team destined to amaze everyone.

Fernando Hierro left the team after winning the League.

Thorny issues such as the

departure of Fernando Hierro

("business came first," says the footballer), the mediatic Ronaldo birthday party or the

importance of marketing

compared to other issues were traumatic moments.

Without forgetting the famous

motto 'Zidanes y Pavones'

, which defined the mix of megastars such as Beckham or Zidane with young people from the quarry.

A

documentary for football fans

that maintains interest at all times and from which

many conclusions can be drawn.

Some of them on economic and business issues that are linked to the world of sport.

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