Gonzalo Vilariño: How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions (with English subtitles) | TED

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I opened a blind man's head.

Jednom slepcu sam otvorio glavu.

I didn't make him think or reflect -- I cracked his head open, literally.

Nisam ga naveo na razmišljanje, bukvalno sam mu otvorio glavu.

We were walking with him holding onto my shoulder,

Hodao je držeći se za moje rame,

I miscalculated how much space there was between us,

pogrešno sam procenio koliko prostora zauzima njegovo telo

and I knocked him into a gate.

i zbog mene je udario u rešetke na kapiji.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Five stitches in his forehead.

Pet šavova na čelu.

At that moment, I felt like the worst teacher in the world.

U tom trenutku sam se osećao kao najgori profesor na svetu.

I really didn't know how to apologize.

Uistinu, nisam znao kako da mu se izvinim.

Luckily, El Pulga is one of those people who takes things quite well.

Srećom da je Pulga jedna od osoba koja sve prima prilično dobro.

And to this day, he says that I was the coach

On i dan danas govori

who left the most important mark on his career.

da sam bio trener koji je ostavio najvažniji beleg u njegovoj karijeri.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

The truth is, when I started working at the institute for the blind,

Istina je da kad sam počeo da radim na institutu za slepe,

I was surprised by a lot of things.

mnogo šta me je izenadilo.

A lot of the things they did, I never imagined they could:

Gomila stvari koje su oni obavljali, a ja nisam ni mislio da mogu:

they swam, did exercise, played cards.

da plivaju, bave se atletikom, igraju karte, piju mate,

They drank mate, and could pour it

sami su ga sipali, a da se ne opeknu.

without burning themselves in the process.

But when I saw them playing soccer --

No kad sam ih video da igraju fudbal, to me je oduševilo.

that was amazing.

They had a dirt field, rusty goalposts and broken nets.

Imali su teren s parom zarđalih golova i pocepanim mrežama

i slepi koji su pohađali institut su tu igrali svoje utakmice,

The blind who attended the institute would play their games there,

baš kao što sam i ja igrao na napuštenom placu blizu moje kuće,

just like I did at a field near my house.

But they played without being able to see.

samo što se tamo igralo na slepo.

The ball made a sound so they could locate it.

Lopta je odašiljala zvuk kako bi je mogli pozicionirati;

They had a guide behind the rival team's goal

imali su vodiča na golu rivala kako bi znali kuda da šutiraju

to know where to kick the ball.

And they used eye masks.

i stavljali su maske.

Bilo je tu momaka koji nisu bili potpuno slepi

There were guys who could still see a little,

and they wore eye masks so everyone was equal.

i kako bi svi bili jednaki koristili su maske.

When I was more at ease with them, I asked for a mask myself.

Kad sam malo stekao njihovo poverenje

osmelio sam se da zatražim masku, stavio sam je i pokušao da igram;

I put it on and tried to play.

I had played soccer all my life.

čitav život sam igrao fudbal.

This is where it got even more amazing:

Bio sam još više zapanjen,

within two seconds, I didn't know where I was standing.

za samo dve sekunde pojma nisam imao gde stojim.

I had studied physical education because I loved high performance.

Ustvari, studirao sam DIF

jer mi se sviđao profesionalni sport.

I started working at the institute by chance.

Slučajno sam počeo da radim ovde.

My other job was with the Argentinian National Rowing Team,

Moj drugi posao je bio u argentinskoj veslačkoj selekciji

and I felt that was my thing.

i imao sam osećaj da mi to leži.

Here, everything was twice as hard.

Ovde sam morao dvostruko da se trudim.

I'll never forget the first day I did the warm-up with the team.

Nikad neću zaboraviti prvi dan kad sam se zagrevao s ekipom,

I lined them up in front of me --

i poređao sam ih preda mnom, uz sve iskustvo sa veslačkom selekcijom,

I used to do that with the rowing team --

and I said, "OK, everyone bend down," going like this.

i reako sam im: "U redu, sad se svi sagnite",

uradio sam ovo (Savija se)

When I looked up, two guys were seated,

kad sam podigao pogled, dvoje je sedelo, troje ležalo, ostali su čučali.

three were lying down and others were squatting.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

How could I do here the same things I was doing there?

Kako da ovde postignem isto što i tamo?

It took me a while.

Trebalo mi je poprilično.

I started looking for tools to learn from them,

Počeo sam da tražim oruđa, da učim od njih,

from the teachers who worked with them.

od profesora koja su radili s njima.

I learned I couldn't explain a play on a chalkboard like a coach does,

Naučio sam da im ne mogu objašnjavati kredom igru na tabli, poput trenera,

but I could use a plastic tray and some bottle caps

ali da mogu da koristim plastičnu ploču sa čepićima kako bi me shvatili

so they could follow me by way of touch.

dodirom.

I also learned they could run on a track

Naučio sam da i oni mogu da trče na atletskoj stazi,

if I ran with them, holding a rope.

ukoliko i ja trčim s njima, držeći konopac.

So we started looking for volunteers to help us run with them.

Pa smo počeli da tražimo volontere koji bi nam pomagali u trci.

I was enjoying it,

I svidelo mi se i pronašao sam svrhu i smisao ove aktivnosti.

and finding purpose and meaning in what we were doing.

It was hard at first, it was uncomfortable,

Bilo je teško, u početku je bilo čudno, ali sam odlučio da to prevaziđem.

but I decided to overcome the discomfort.

And there came a time

I došao je tren kad mi je ovaj posao postao uzbudljiviji od svih prethodnih.

when it became the most fascinating job I'd ever had.

I think that's when I wondered:

Verujem da sam se tad zapitao,

Why couldn't we be a high-performance team as well?

zašto i naša ekipa slepih ne bi mogla

da bude ekipa profesionalnih sportista?

Of course, one thing was missing:

Naravno, nedostajala je druga strana, morao sam da vidim šta oni žele,

I needed to find out what they wanted,

the real protagonists of this story.

istinski protagonisti ove priče.

Three hours of training, playing soccer on that field,

Neće biti dovoljna tri sata na tom trošnom terenu

were not going to be enough.

na kom smo igrali fudbal.

We would have to train differently.

Morali smo drugačije da treniramo.

We started to train harder, and the results were great;

Počeli smo više da treniramo i rezultat je bio čaroban: tražili su još.

they asked for more.

I came to understand that they, too, wondered

Shvatio sam da su se i sami pitali zašto nisu profesionalni sportisti.

why they couldn't do high-performance.

When we felt ready, we knocked at CENARD's door.

Kad smo osetili da smo spremni, zakucali smo na vrata CENARD-a,

CENARD is the National Center for High-Performance Sports

Argentinskog nacionalnog centra za profesionalni sport.

here in Argentina.

It was hard to get them to hear what we had to say.

Mnogo nam je trebalo da nam otvore, ali nam je trebalo još više

But it was considerably more difficult

to get the other athletes training there to consider us their equals.

da nas drugi sportisti, koji su tu trenirali, vide sebi ravnima.

In fact, they would let us use the field

Zapravo, pozajmljivali su nam teren samo kad ga nijedna druga ekipa nije koristila.

only when no other teams were using it.

And we were known as "the blind ones."

I zvali su nas "slepcima", nisu svi znali šta smo tamo radili.

Not everyone knew exactly what we were doing there.

The 2006 World Championship was a turning point in the team's history.

Mundijal 2006. je bio odskočna daska u istoriji ove ekipe.

It was held in Buenos Aires for the first time.

Prvi put se održavao u Buenos Ajresu

It was our chance to show everyone

i bila je to prilika za nas da pokažemo našima

what we had been doing all that time.

šta smo radili već duže vreme.

We made it to the finals.

Stigli smo do finala, rastući sve više kao ekipa.

We were growing as a team.

It was us against Brazil in the finals.

U finalu nas je čekao Brazil; bili su najbolja ekipa na turniru.

They were the best team in the tournament.

They won every game by a landslide.

Sve utakmice su ubedljivo dobili.

Hardly anyone believed we could win that game.

Skoro da niko nije verovao da možemo da dobijemo tu utakmicu.

Hardly anyone -- except for us.

Skoro niko, osim nas.

During pre-game meetings,

Tokom treninga i u svlačionici

in the locker room,

during each warm-up,

i tokom svakog zagrevanja, osećao se miris šampiona.

it smelled of victory.

I swear that smell exists.

Kunem vam se da taj miris postoji.

I smelled it several times with the team,

Osetio sam ga više puta s ekipom,

but I remember it in particular, the day before we played that final.

ali se naročito sećam dana pred finalnu utakmicu.

The Argentine Football Association had opened their doors to us.

Argentinsko fudbalsko udruženje nam je otvorilo vrata

i pripremali smo se u AFA-i, gde treniraju Veron, Igvain i Mesi.

We were training at AFA,

where Verón, Higuain and Messi trained.

For the first time ever,

Zbog toga smo se prvi put osećali kao prava reprezentacija.

we felt like a true national team.

At 7:30pm, the day before the game,

Na tehničkom razgovoru, dan pre, u šest popodne,

we were in the lounge discussing strategy,

bili smo u sali

and a waiter knocks on the door, interrupting our conversation.

kad je razgovor prekinuo konobar, lupajući na vrata,

He suggested we go to church.

da bi nam predložio odlazak u crkvu, došao je da nas pozove u crkvu.

He came to invite us to church.

I tried to get rid of him, saying it wasn't a good time,

Pokušao sam da ga odgovorim, govoreći kako nije pravo vreme,

that we better leave it for another day.

da to ostavimo za neki drugi dan.

He kept insisting, asking me to please let him take the guys to church,

A on je insistirao, molio da povede te momke u crkvu

because that day, a pastor who performed miracles would be there.

jer je tog dana došao pastor koji je čuda činio.

I was slightly afraid to ask what type of miracles he meant,

Upitao sam ga, s blagom strepnjom, na kakva čuda misli,

and he replied nonchalantly,

i neodređeno mi je rekao: "Profesore, dozvolite da povedem ekipu u crkvu

"Coach, let me take the team to the church,

and when we return, I guarantee that half of them will be able to see."

i dok se vratimo, ubeđen sam da će polovina njih da progleda."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Some of the guys laughed,

Začuo se smeh, ali zamislite da ste slepi i neko vam kaže nešto slično,

but imagine being a blind person and someone says that to you.

I didn't know what to say.

Nisam znao šta da mu odgovorim, zaćutao sam, beše to neprijatna tišina.

I said nothing; it was an awkward silence.

I didn't want to make him feel bad,

Nisam hteo da ga povredim jer on je zaista verovao da je to moguće.

because he truly believed this could happen.

One of the players saved me,

Iz te frke me spasio jedan igrač, koji se podigao i samopouzdano rekao:

when he stood up and confidently said,

"Juan," -- that was the kid's name --

"Huane", tako se mladić zvao,

Gonza already told you it's not the best time to go to church.

"Gonza ti je već rekao da nije najbolje vreme za crkvu.

Besides, let me make this clear:

Ali dozvoli da nešto raščistimo: ako pođemo u tu crkvu

if we go to that church, and I end up being able to see when we return,

i kad se vratimo, ako ja budem među polovinom onih koji vide,

I will beat you so hard if I can't play tomorrow."

ubiću boga u tebi ako sutra ne budem mogao da igram utakmicu."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Aplauz)

(Applause)

Juan left, laughing in resignation,

Huan je otišao smejući se, nastavili smo trenerske konsultacije,

and we continued with our pregame talk.

That night when I went to sleep,

i te noći, kad sam zaspao

I began to dream about the next day's game,

počeo sam da sanjam sutrašnju utakmicu,

imagining what could happen, how we would play.

zamišljao sam šta može da se desi, kako ćemo da igramo.

And that's when I noticed that smell of victory

I tad sam osetio taj miris šampiona o kom sam vam malopre govorio.

I mentioned a while ago.

And it's because at that moment, I thought:

Jer sam u tom momentu osetio da ako i drugi igrači

if the other players had the same desire as Diego going into the game,

imaju podjednaku želju kao Dijego da igraju tu utakmicu,

it was impossible for us not to win.

ne možemo da ne budemo šampioni.

The next day was going to be wonderful.

Naredni dan će biti čaroban.

We got up at 9am, the game was at 7pm,

Ustali smo u devet ujutru,

utakmica se igrala u 7 posle podne, i jedva smo čekali da zaigramo.

and we were already eager to play.

We left AFA, and the bus was full of flags that people had given to us.

Napustili smo AFA-u i autobus je bio ispunjen zastavama

koje smo dobili na poklon,

We were talking about the game,

razgovarali smo o utakmici

and we could hear people honking and cheering,

i čuli smo ljude kako trube i uzvikuju:

"Go Murciélagos! Today's the day! The final challenge!"

"Napred, Šišmiši, danas je poslednji dan, poslednji napor."

The guys asked me, "Do they know us? Do they know we're playing?"

Momci su me pitali: "Poznaju nas? Znaju da igramo?"

Some people followed the bus to CENARD.

Ljudi su stizali na CENARD, prateći naš autobus.

We arrived and found an amazing scene.

Stigli smo i zatekli neverovatan prizor.

In the corridor leading from the locker room to the game field,

A na putu od svlačionice do terena

I was walking with Silvio,

hodao sam sa Silviom, držao se za moje rame, vodio sam ga,

who was holding onto my shoulder, so I could guide him.

Fortunately, there were no gates along the way.

- srećom nije bilo nikakvih rešetki na putu -

(Laughter)

When we reached the field, he asked me about everything.

i kad smo stigli na teren,

o svemu se raspitivao, nije želeo ni detalj da mu promakne.

He didn't want to miss a single detail.

He said, "Tell me what you see, tell me who's playing the drums."

Potom me je upitao: "Reci mi šta vidiš, reci mi ko svira bubnjeve."

I tried to explain what was happening with as much detail as possible.

Pokušao sam da im opišem što detaljnije šta se dešavalo.

I told him, "The stands are packed, a lot of people couldn't get in,

Govorio sam im: "Tribine su popunjene; mnogo ljudi je ostalo napolju,

there are blue and white balloons all over the field,

svuda po terenu su svetloplavo-beli baloni,

they're opening a giant Argentine flag that covers the entire grandstand."

raširili su jednu ogromnu argentinsku zastavu po čitavoj tribini..."

Suddenly, he cuts me off and says,

U jednom momentu me je prekinuo i rekao:

"Do you see a flag that says 'San Pedro'?"

"Pazi, da nema jedna zastava na kojoj piše San Pedro",

That's the city where he lives.

to je grad u kom živi.

I started looking into the stands

Počeo sam da gledam po tribini

and I spotted a little white flag

i visoko gore sam video malenu, belu zastavu na kojoj je crnim sprejem

with lettering done in black spray paint, that read:

bilo ispisano: "Silvio, tvoja porodica i čitav San Pedro su ovde."

"Silvio, your family and all of San Pedro are here."

I told him that and he replied,

Rekao sam mu, a on je rekao:

"That's my mom, tell me where she is, I want to I wave at her."

"To mi je majka, reci mi gde je, želim da je pozdravim."

I pointed him toward the flag

Usmerio sam ga i njegovom rukom sam mu pokazao gde je bila zastava

and showed him with his arm where they were sitting,

i sa svoje obe ruke je pozdravljao u tom smeru.

and he waved his arms in that direction.

About 20 or 30 people stood up and gave him an ovation.

Otprilike 20, 30 ljudi ga je ovacijama pozdravilo

When that happened,

i kad je to prošlo video sam kako mu se lice preobrazilo, kako je ganut.

I saw how his face changed, how moved he was.

It was moving for me, too;

I ja sam bio ganut,

two seconds later, I had a lump in my throat.

no za tren sam imao knedlu u grlu.

It was strange -- I felt both the excitement of what was happening,

Bilo je čudno, jer sam bio uzbuđen zbog svega što se dešavalo,

and the anger and the anguish that he could not see it.

a osećao sam bes i bol jer on ne može da vidi sve to.

A few days later when I told him what I had experienced,

Nekoliko dana kasnije kad sam razgovarao s njim i rekao mu šta se dešavalo,

he tried to reassure me, saying,

umirio me je rečima: "Gonza, ne sekiraj se,

"Gonza, don't feel bad, I could see them.

video sam ih na drugi način, ali kunem se da sam ih sve video."

Differently, but I swear to you that I saw them all."

The game started.

Utakmica je počela,

We could not fail; it was the final.

nismo mogli da posustanemo, bilo je finale.

The audience was quiet, like here,

Publika je morala da bude tiha, poput vas sad

because in soccer for the blind,

jer u fudbalu za slepe

the public has to be quiet so the players can hear the ball.

publika mora da bude tiha kako bi se čula lopta.

They're only allowed to cheer when the game is over.

I može da se navija jedino tokom prekida utakmice.

And when there were eight minutes to go,

Ostalo je bilo 8 minuta do kraja, vikali su kako nisu vikali prethodna 32.

the crowd did all the cheering they hadn't done in the first 32 minutes.

Iz srca su vikali, kad je Silvio zabio loptu u ugao gola,

When pigeon-toed Silvio nailed the ball at an angle,

they cheered with all their heart,

taj gol su slavili na neverovatan način.

in an incredible way.

Today, if you go to CENARD, you'll see a huge poster on the door,

Ako danas krenete u CENARD, prođete kraj vrata,

videćete ogroman poster sa fotografijom Šišmiša.

with a photo of our team, Los Murciélagos.

They're a model national team, everyone in CENARD knows who they are,

Oni su uzorna reprezentacija, svi u CENARD-u znaju za njih,

and after having won two World Championships

i nakon što su osvojili dva svetska prvenstva i dve paraolimpijske medalje,

and two Paralympic medals,

no one doubts they are high-performance athletes.

niko ne sumnja da su profesionalni sportisti.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

(Applause ends)

I was lucky to train this team for 10 years,

Imao sam sreće da treniram ovu ekipu,

first as a trainer and later as their coach.

prvo kao kondicioni trener, kasnije kao tehnički trener

tokom deset godina.

I feel that they've given me much more

Osećaj koji me prati i koji imam je da sam dobio mnogo više nego što sam im dao.

than what I've given them.

Last year, they asked me to coach another national team, Power Soccer.

Prošle godine mi je predloženo da treniram selekciju u električnim kolicima.

It's a national team of young men who play soccer in wheelchairs.

To je argentinska reprezentacija momaka koji igraju fudbal u invalidskim kolicima.

They use motorized wheelchairs that they drive with a joystick,

To su električna kolica, kojima se upravlja uz pomoć džojstika

because they don't have enough strength in their arms

jer nemaju snage u rukama da guraju klasična kolica.

to use conventional chairs.

They added a bumper to the chair, a safeguard that protects their feet,

Dodat je štitnik na kolica kao zaštita stopalima,

koji pored toga što štiti stopala dozvoljava im i da šutiraju loptu.

while allowing them to kick the ball.

It's the first time that, instead of being the spectators,

Prvi put su prestali da budu posmatrači i postali su protagonisti.

they're now the main characters.

It's the first time their parents, friends and siblings can see them play.

Prvi put njihovi roditelji, prijatelji, rođaci,

mogu da gledaju njih kako igraju.

For me, it's a new challenge,

Za mene je to novi izazov.

with the same discomfort, insecurity, and fear I had

Ponovo osećam nelagodu, nesigurnost, strah kao i sa slepima u početku.

when I started working with the blind.

But I approach it all from a more experienced position.

Međutim, sad imam više iskustva.

That's why from day one, I treat them as athletes on the field,

Zato ih od prvog trena tretiram kao sportiste na terenu,

and off the field, I try to put myself in their shoes

i pokušavam da se stavim na njihovo mesto kad su van terena.

and behave without prejudice,

Bez predrasuda, jer se najbolje osećaju kad se prirodno ophodite prema njima.

because treating them naturally feels best to them.

Both teams play soccer; something once unthinkable for them.

Obe ekipe igraju fudbal; to je za njih bilo nezamislivo.

They had to adapt the rules to do so.

Morali su da prilagode pravila kako bi ga igrali, istina.

And both teams broke the same rule --

I obe ekipe su prekršile isto pravilo,

the one that said they couldn't play soccer.

baš ono koje im je govorilo da ne mogu da igraju fudbal.

When you see them play, you see competition, not disability.

Kada ih posmatrate kako igraju,

ne vidite hendikep, vidite sposobnost.

The problem starts when the game is over,

Problem nastaje kad se partija završi i kad napuste teren,

and they leave the field.

Then they step in to play our game,

i kad zaigraju našu utakmicu.

in a society whose rules don't really take them into account

U društvu koje uspostavlja pravila

koja gotovo da ih ne uzimaju u obzir, koja ne mare za njih.

or care for them.

I learned from sports

Naučio sam iz sporta

that disability greatly depends on the rules of the game.

da hendikep uveliko zavisi od pravila igre.

I believe that if we change some of the rules of our game,

Zato verujem da ako promenimo neka pravila u našoj utakmici,

we can make life a little easier for them.

njima ćemo bar malo olakšati živote.

We all know there are people with disabilities; we see them daily.

Svi znamo da postoje osobe s hendikepom, svakodnevno ih viđamo.

But by having no direct contact with them,

Ali možda, bez direktnog kontakta s njima,

we're not aware of the problems they face every day,

nismo svesni problema s kojima su svakodnevno suočeni.

like how hard it is for them to get on a bus,

Koliko im je teško da uđu u autobus,

find a job,

nađu posao, spuste se u metro, pređu ulicu.

take the subway

or cross the street.

It's true that there is an increasing social responsibility

Istina je da postoji velika društvena odgovornost

regarding the inclusion of people with disabilities.

za inkluziju osoba s invaliditetom.

But I think it's still not enough.

Ali verujem da i dalje nije dovoljna.

I think change needs to come from every one of us.

Verujem da mora da dođe do promene kod svih nas.

First, by leaving behind our indifference toward the disabled,

Pre svega, odbacivanjem ravnodušnosti prema njima

and then by respecting the rules that do take them into account.

a zatim poštovanjem pravila koja ih uzimaju u obzir.

They are few, but they do exist.

Ima ih malo, ali postoje.

I cracked a blind man's head open -- El Pulga's head.

Otvorio sam glavu jednom slepcu u Pulgi.

I can assure you these two teams opened mine as well.

Uveravam vas da su te dve ekipe takođe otvorile moju,

They taught me that above all,

jer su me naučile pre svega kako se igra svaka utakmica

you have to get out there and play every game

na ovom divnom šampionatu koji se zove život.

in this beautiful tournament that we call life.

Thank you.

Hvala!

(Applause)

(Aplauz)