PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
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Who is Jerce Reyes Barrios and what is his connection to Real Madrid?
Your fandom for Real Madrid is... It's real in the sense that I grew up in Madrid in the 90s when it's sort of exploding. I played basketball. Basketball was my thing. But there was no way to not love Real Madrid as a kid during those years. Everyone sort of was pulled into the game.
They incentivized young kids growing up around Spain to be a frontrunner.
You felt it in the streets. You felt it everywhere. It was amazing.
Watching this team, this club, excuse me, come to power, for people who don't know anything about Real Madrid, don't give a about soccer, what was that like?
That was like, to me, like 1998, I believe. It's when it happens. I think I'm like 10 years old. It's one of the first times that my mom lets me stay up super late. And we're all watching the Real Madrid team parading through the streets of Madrid, ending up in this huge fountain called Cibeles. They take off their shirts and they're just like drinking champagne.
There's this like turning point, no? In who Real Madrid is.
Yes, they become globally popular. They're globally... A brand that lots of people know and care deeply about who didn't grow up in Madrid like you. When it comes to your favorite player, though, the soccer player that you were most entranced by on this team, who would that be?
Well, I remember Iker Casillas. And I'll tell you, even as gay as you can get, but Iker Casillas. Everyone loved Iker Casillas, even my old little young gay self.
I am as straight as it gets, and I also love... So we're going to love each other.
...Iker Casillas. When I play on FIFA, I'm like, this goalie is the one I want. But he couldn't get it beyond the trailing leg of the Spanish captain.
Yeah. I believe it too.
He is. When I thought about who do I need to help us understand and report this story, I was turning to you before I knew that you had any affiliation with Real Madrid as a concept. And now it feels almost inevitable that I would have had you work on something for weeks. And thank you so much for being here and for doing that, by the way. Because it's one of the biggest stories going on, certainly in America, but also globally. Latin America and also the world. You can make it as grandiose as you want, but it begins with something that's quite specific and quite small, technically.
What is the significance of Jerce's tattoo and how did it impact his life?
We're literally talking about a tattoo. This is a story about the tattoo from hell. We're talking about 2018, the small town of Venezuela. And this tattoo is inked by this guy called Victor. And during that time, one of his best friends, Jersey Reyes Barrios, walks in, and he asks for a tattoo of the Real Madrid, the favorite soccer team of Jersey Barrios. Jersey is someone that ends up becoming a goalie, ends up becoming a professional soccer player in Venezuela, but his very favorite soccer player is also Iker Casillas from Real Madrid. I mean, that was his dream and his idol growing up. He has a bunch of other tattoos. He has musical notes, a map of Venezuela, a goalkeeper, a hand with the pinky and the index fingers going up.
I'm imagining like the rock and roll thing, right? A pinky and index finger up like that. Exactly.
That's exactly that. And he also has tattoos of his two daughters. That's who Jersey is.
And so he walks in and he wants a new one. And his specific desire for this new tattoo is going to be what?
It's all based on his love for Real Madrid. And he asked for something very simple, and that is a ball with a crown sitting on top. If you zoom into this tattoo, it's the ball, a crown on top, a rosary.
But the Real Madrid part, I guess to do the little bit of Spanish translation I could do, Real means royal. That's right. And in this specific case, Real Madrid, more than any other club, has claims to being the royal franchise of Spain. This is sort of its own heritage is that it does have a crown as certainly the most distinguishing part of its own logo.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Jerce Reyes Barrios and what is his connection to Real Madrid?
0:35–3:16
2
What is the significance of Jerce's tattoo and how did it impact his life?
3:16–8:14
3
What mistakes did the Trump administration make regarding deportations?
8:14–11:44
4
Who is Paola Ramos and what perspective does she bring to this story?
11:44–12:29
5
What was Jerce's early life and soccer career like in Venezuela?
12:29–18:43
6
Why did Jerce leave Venezuela and what challenges did he face as an immigrant?
18:43–20:32
7
What is the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro?
20:32–24:58
8
How did Jerce's activism against Maduro's regime affect his fate?
24:58–52:16
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