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0:00I think Ronaldo say during this World
0:02Cup he say focus on what you can control
0:06and I think it's the best thing you know
0:08was like like I always say to be honest
0:11from my side and from my generation is
0:13the the best player Algerian player ever
0:15so
0:16>> it was so an honor for me to to play
0:18with him here I think the pressure is
0:22very very very high I don't know
0:24>> I cannot compare but I don't know if
0:26Europe there is some club like that what
0:28I want is just to to succeed did here
0:30to, you know, to
0:32to be part of the legend of Itihad, you
0:36know.
0:49Welcome back to Extra Time on Kura
0:51Break, the show that brings you closer
0:52to the biggest names in football.
0:53Today's guest is someone that made his
0:55name in France, played in the highest
0:57leagues across Europe, represented
0:59Algeria in an international stage, and
1:00now excelling in Saudi Arabia. There's
1:02so much I want to get into with him from
1:04his personal life, transitions across
1:06football, the pressures, and who the man
1:08is today. But first, make sure you
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1:14episodes. Ham, welcome back to Kura
1:17Break. It's been a year and a half since
1:18we last sat down with you. A lot has
1:21happened, a lot of success, some
1:22setbacks as the world of football, but
1:24from the moment you stepped foot into
1:26Saudi until this very moment. Who is
1:28Hama now?
1:29>> Yes, thank you very much. Yeah, been a
1:31long time. Well, I mean, not so much,
1:33but yeah,
1:34>> a lot of things happened.
1:37So, yeah, I'm very happy to be here with
1:39you again,
1:40>> let's say.
1:41>> And now it's your going into your
1:42obviously third season now that we're
1:44going into. How's life in Saudi? Have
1:46you settled in? Does it feel like home
1:47now?
1:49>> Yeah. Yeah. First when I when I arrived
1:50there I was like uh trying to discover
1:53the city the country you know to be part
1:56of the culture.
1:58>> Now I can see like uh I'm really living
2:00in Saudi you know it feel home a little
2:02bit. So
2:03>> yeah it's uh it was a a change you know
2:07between Europe and here but uh to be
2:09honest I feel very very very good here.
2:13I feel home. I feel comfortable. So I'm
2:16very happy. Yeah,
2:17>> I think a lot of people are very curious
2:18about how the international players live
2:20when they come obviously from from
2:21Europe or from abroad. What does a
2:23typical day look like for you away from
2:25football and training? How do you spend
2:26your time?
2:27>> Yeah. To be honest, oh football take a
2:29lot of time to be honest.
2:31>> Uh like a typical journey day it's like
2:34I don't know morning I go to the gym you
2:36know.
2:37>> Yeah.
2:37>> So then sometimes you know I like to go
2:39to to the restaurant because here you
2:42can eat very well. Uh
2:44it's true that a lot of people you know
2:46they asking how is it how is the the
2:49difference between Europe and here there
2:51is some difference of course uh me to be
2:53honest as a Muslim it was pretty easy to
2:56to adapt.
2:58>> So you know um
3:00>> I like to discover the city. I like to
3:02go to work when it's the weather is a
3:05little bit better sometimes.
3:07>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And now it's difficult
3:09but uh
3:10>> I like also to to go spend you know some
3:12times at the restaurant as I told you
3:14because here I think we eat very well.
3:16>> So yeah.
3:16>> Do you have any favorite restaurants?
3:18>> Uh not just one to be honest. I have
3:20many. Yeah I have many.
3:21>> That's the thing about Saudi when you
3:23come here and it's everything is
3:24available.
3:24>> Yeah in Jeda you eat very well and even
3:26the
3:27>> even the mood you know the vibe it's
3:28like very cool. So I like it.
3:30>> Yeah. I think that's the thing about
3:32Jeda and Riyad. So I I live in Riyad and
3:34I think here people may be a little bit
3:36more open. Uh and you obviously comes
3:38with having like a the sea, the beach.
3:41There's a little bit more to do during
3:42the daytime, especially with the heat,
3:44you know.
3:44>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That that's most
3:46of the people that tell told me that,
3:48you know, Riyad is a little bit more
3:50it's not it's like in France, you know,
3:51like Paris and for example, I live in
3:53Leon, it's a little bit the same things.
3:55I think in Leo it's a little bit more
3:57cool, chill
3:58>> and Paris it's everything busy, you
4:01know, traffic a lot.
4:02>> But here in Jeda, I feel very good. You
4:04know, all the people they're very kind
4:05kind with me.
4:06>> That's good.
4:07>> Uh
4:08very welcoming. Uh like you say,
4:11sometimes you can spend time at the
4:12beach. So all everything is everything
4:14is good.
4:15>> Has it been hard to adjust to? Obviously
4:16in Europe you we train in the morning.
4:18Here it's obviously in the evening or
4:19sometimes in the late afternoons. How
4:21has that been?
4:22>> Um yeah like I told you in the beginning
4:24it was a little bit difficult you know
4:26because you come back late to home.
4:29>> Yeah. So these things was a little bit
4:30difficult to adapt but uh you know every
4:33morning I still wake up to go to the gym
4:36to you know to to do the the session
4:39that I need you know uh because for me
4:42you know one session is not enough and
4:45also I don't like you know to spend to
4:46do I don't like to do nothing during the
4:48journey the day and then arrive arriving
4:51to the training stage. So yeah, so it
4:54was a little bit um not difficult, a
4:56little bit strange, but uh I think the
5:00the most difficult would be to if you
5:03come back to Europe and then now you
5:04have to wake up the morning. Exactly. I
5:07definitely agree with that.
5:08>> What do you think about the I mean look,
5:10you've been three years now going into
5:12three years. Could you
5:13>> third season and you know you're still
5:1628 very young in in football still have
5:18some time left inshallah. Do you still
5:20see yourself staying in Saudi beyond
5:22beyond football? Is that something you
5:23think about
5:24>> football or beyond football? Once
5:26football is over, do you see yourself
5:27still
5:29>> to be honest? Yeah, I can imagine. I can
5:31imagine that. Uh like I told you now, I
5:33I really, you know, I feel very
5:35comfortable here. I like uh
5:38>> I like my routine, you know. I like the
5:40way uh
5:41>> I have so many friends now. So yeah it
5:44can can something that I can imagine you
5:46know uh
5:49you know the when I restart stop
5:51football it's a little bit uh I hope in
5:53a long time a long time so
5:56>> you never know but um yeah why not
5:58inshallah
5:59>> yeah what is one thing you kind of think
6:00that people don't necessarily understand
6:02about Saudi but when you come here to
6:03experience it you kind of understand or
6:06truly see how it how it flows or feels
6:09>> um
6:11could be within football outside of
6:13football.
6:13>> Yeah. But if I'm talking about football,
6:15yes, people need to understand how
6:19the people love football, you know.
6:21>> Yeah.
6:21>> You know, I used to say uh when you in
6:24Jeda and you live in Jedha,
6:26>> like the city live
6:28with the team, you know, like the rhythm
6:30like you know, we we lead the the rhythm
6:32and the mood and the the vibe of
6:34>> you guys do well, the city is happy.
6:36>> That's it. So
6:37>> it's tough when the city is split
6:38between two clubs here, right? So it's
6:40Do you feel that as well? Sometimes
6:42sometimes you know sometimes when you're
6:43outside you you meet some fans but to be
6:47honest they always kind so
6:49>> so it's okay but uh
6:51>> and by the way I always meet more it
6:54defense because I think that there is
6:55more
6:57part in two side but I think I think it
7:01>> still has the lead and uh also I'm from
7:05Rome you know I was playing in Roma and
7:08same there's two teams there so I'm a
7:10little bit used to I mean for us like
7:12you know people who watch the Saudi
7:13league we get very excited when players
7:15like yourself kind of come abroad or
7:17come here at least. What kind of
7:19surprised you most when you first came
7:21to Saudi and what do you make the whole
7:22of the whole transformation that we're
7:24seeing now of the evolvement of the
7:25league? The league obviously wants to
7:26boost become a top top league within you
7:28know world football. So you've obviously
7:30experienced it from from the inside. So
7:32you can speak about it maybe more than
7:33anyone.
7:34>> Yeah. What impressed me the most uh like
7:36I told you for to be honest was the the
7:39way people love football you know they
7:41support every time everybody is um I
7:44feel that everybody involved in the
7:46league you know they all um they all
7:48want to watch the game when there's you
7:50know league league game the city stop
7:52everybody watch it
7:54>> and uh yeah I can see to be honest the
7:57difference also in the league I can see
7:58that the league is still improving uh
8:02but also to be honest when I arrive
8:04here. It was uh it was tough. You know,
8:07I I know that some people in Europe and
8:09um outside maybe they can,
8:12you know, under underestimate the
8:15league. But uh
8:16>> to be honest, when you arrive here, it's
8:17very difficult. You have to be you have
8:19to be ready. You have to be at 100%.
8:22Otherwise, it's tough. You can see when
8:24I arrive, first season, we won the
8:26league. Yeah.
8:27>> Second season it was um last season was
8:30Alas. Before was Hilad.
8:32>> Y. So competitive you can see that you
8:35know it's not like some you know in
8:37Europe sometimes there is one team that
8:39win every season every single season
8:41>> in Saudi is not the case. So
8:43>> I think this is the this is this is the
8:47the proof you know that the league is
8:49competitive.
8:49>> Yeah. I want to switch gears and you
8:52know I read somewhere that you wanted to
8:53become a sports journalist growing up.
8:55>> Tell us a little bit about that.
8:56>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When I was young you
8:58know because uh you know I was
9:00>> obviously I was fan of football. Uh so
9:04you know you always think about uh okay
9:07imagine I'm not I'm not
9:09>> what would I do
9:10>> what what will I do if I don't become
9:11football player of course was my first
9:13target
9:14>> and sometimes was just my only target
9:17you know to be honest but yeah I was
9:19like a I was saying myself that I want
9:21to be you know close to the football so
9:24I say why not journalist because I was
9:25watching TV and see them talking with
9:27the football players so you know I was
9:28like a fan
9:29>> it's it's almost that cool side if if
9:31you're not going to become the next
9:32thing you want almost become the next
9:33best thing to to playing football which
9:35is I think covering the game. What is it
9:37about media that that interests you
9:39aside? I mean now you look at it from
9:41the pitch. You went from you wanted to
9:43be the guy that that kind of talks to
9:44players now you became the player that
9:46people talk about. How is that?
9:48>> Yeah. Yeah. You know the thing that
9:49interested me the more like I told you
9:51it was like to to be u to be close to
9:54the players close to the pitch. you
9:55know, I was watching I remember like
9:57Champions League night and I was seeing
9:58that the journalist was traveling to the
10:01stadium, all these kind of things. It's
10:03cool. So, you know, I think it's the the
10:05most attractive thing in this uh in this
10:07job. Yeah.
10:07>> Yeah. And obviously there's two sides of
10:09of journalism. There's obviously a side
10:11that that is good and then the side that
10:12is obviously not so great. What do you
10:14think journalists kind of misunderstand
10:16about footballers?
10:18uh to be honest it's difficult to it's
10:21difficult to how do you say to take the
10:23place of someone else you know
10:25>> correct
10:26>> everybody has his own side own view so
10:28for me of course sometimes you can say
10:29that yeah journalists they're so rude
10:31with us but anyway you know he's outside
10:34so he can and he has the
10:37>> opinion
10:37>> yeah his opinion so I I have to respect
10:39it but uh
10:41>> I think sometimes there of course
10:42there's some journalists that they it
10:44can be a little bit more kind they can
10:46you always can see what you
10:47But in a different way, you know, I
10:49think this is cool. This is much better.
10:52>> But anyway, we need everything in this
10:54world to to live.
10:55>> Exactly. You need two sides of it. What
10:57do do you go is that like creating
10:59content? Is that something you would go
11:00into while you're still playing? You
11:03know, there's obviously different sides
11:04of journalism. There's people who are
11:05analysts. There's people who are
11:07presenters. There's people who have
11:08their own podcast. There's people now
11:10who are on Twitch. Like, could you see
11:11yourself going down the route now while
11:13you're still an active player, maybe to
11:14to be in front of the camera?
11:17Uh still playing? No, I don't have to be
11:19honest. Yeah, still you know like I told
11:21you football is like a
11:23>> big part of my um of my life. So it's
11:27still difficult but yeah you know after
11:29after football you never know you never
11:30know what can happen and I'm always
11:32saying that I I don't close any door you
11:36know but uh yeah I think it's always
11:39good that some football professional you
11:42know that uh after the they carry they
11:44can
11:45>> take the place transition you know and
11:47journalist because
11:48>> they know more about the backstage the
11:50inside so it's very cool
11:52>> I think that one thing that that at
11:54least I appreciate now with more
11:55footballers going into to the media
11:57space. It's them using theirelves as an
11:59example whenever they're talking about
12:00something, you know, something they have
12:02lived or even the stories that we get to
12:03hear of people and their teammates. I
12:05think that's absolutely brilliant. But I
12:07heard your your mother wanted you to be
12:08a doctor as well. How was that?
12:10>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I always hear about
12:12this story. Yeah. But uh
12:13>> yeah, in fact it was true. She wanted
12:15but uh
12:17>> with all the humidity to be honest, I
12:20think I was not I didn't have the
12:21capacity
12:23>> to go to go to the doctor. Yeah, of
12:25course it's tough uh tough um tough
12:27work. Uh but anyway, she she understand
12:31very quickly that uh it's will be
12:33football, you know, for me and
12:35>> I think it's difficult to
12:37>> when you want to be football, you know,
12:38professional football, it's difficult to
12:40Yeah, the percentage is very I think
12:42it's like less than 1%. I I don't know
12:45exactly the percentage, but uh
12:48>> it's difficult to go
12:50100%. I mean in the school you know at
12:53school it's very difficult because
12:55football take a lot of uh
12:57>> a lot of time so yeah she understand
12:59very quickly that I think it will be
13:01football for me.
13:01>> Was there a specific moment that you
13:03realized that she realized maybe for you
13:05that that football was going to become a
13:06thing but you had the the the ambition
13:09the drive but also the ability to one
13:10day maybe become a prof a professional.
13:12>> Uh to be honest to to to say um special
13:17moment it's difficult but I think more
13:18with the years you know.
13:19>> Yeah. uh years after years uh I think
13:23she she she start to understand that uh
13:26but anyway you know even before even
13:28before I go to the academy of Leon she
13:30were she was like take me to the
13:33training take me to you know to to the
13:34to all the games so
13:36>> she she always was involved 100% for me
13:40for my um for my development and of
13:43course obviously if she she was not
13:44there I would not become
13:47>> the manual
13:48>> the man that that I am now So,
13:50alhamdulillah. Very very happy for for
13:52that. Yeah.
13:52>> And I saw the first professional goal
13:54you scored, you dedicated to her as
13:55well.
13:56>> Yes. Yes. That's true. That's true. I
13:57think it was um it come along to be
14:00honest. I didn't even think about it
14:02before the game. It was like something
14:04that come straight away after my my
14:06first go.
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14:15so stay tapped in. Uh, Ham, I want to
14:17move on to, you know, your career
14:19obviously at at Leon. There was a lot of
14:21pressure on you, obviously as a
14:22youngster, but you ended up, you know,
14:24making your debut quite early. What was
14:26it like to deal with all the
14:27expectations put on you and then
14:29obviously exceeding everything?
14:32>> Yeah, you know, it was a lot of
14:34expectation. Uh, it was uh, you know, so
14:38I'm from Leon. I grew up in Leon. So you
14:42know when you're the young uh player
14:44from Leon the from the academy there's a
14:46lot of expectation the fans they push
14:48you a lot also they are a lot with you
14:50uh but you know when it you know it was
14:53my city so sometimes
14:55>> fell.
14:55>> Yeah. Yes. Yes. So sometimes you know
14:58you you a little bit forget that you are
15:01football profession you know
15:02professional football player you know
15:03because
15:04>> you go home then you have your friend
15:05nothing change you know. So this part
15:08was good for me because it kept me you
15:11know like uh
15:12>> keeps you grounded. No.
15:14>> Yes. That's it. Uh but of course there's
15:16a lot of expectation even when you start
15:19well you start to do great things. Uh so
15:21the fans start to
15:23>> to want to see more and everything. And
15:25also you know when you play for your
15:28>> your favorite club you know I always be
15:30and I'm still big fan of Leon. So you
15:33always want to do good. you know, you
15:34you see the previous players what they
15:36did. Uh you always want to to repeat
15:39that. So the pressure was coming of
15:42course from the fans, but it is what it
15:44is. It's part of the football. But a lot
15:47of of myself, you know, because I really
15:49wanted to do well in my city was my
15:52first goal was to become a a star in my
15:55city, you know.
15:56>> So I played for my club. I did well. We
15:59did well. Uh big things. We achieve a
16:01big things. So I'm very happy for that.
16:04>> Yeah. So the more pressure that you kind
16:05of put the pressure more on yourself
16:07then.
16:07>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly that.
16:09Yeah. I was putting pressure on myself.
16:11Yeah.
16:11>> Yeah. And obviously you've played in
16:13beyond obviously in France and then Roma
16:15in Italy and and obviously here in the
16:17sad pro league. How would you say the
16:18expectations the rhythm that we spoke
16:20about and and the pressures across all
16:23three different countries as well as
16:24clubs is?
16:25>> Yeah. So I played for
16:28uh before to commit. I play for two
16:30clubs that really really love football,
16:34you know. Uh so Leon, like I told you, I
16:37was putting more pressure on myself.
16:39Then I I went to Roma and I see a
16:43difference to be honest. I see a
16:45difference. What does it mean? The
16:48big step, you know, I made a big step
16:50about pressure about uh even pressure
16:53from the club. you know the expectation
16:55was there was huge because we had a very
16:58big big team big players great coach
17:02also so you know I see the difference
17:06and uh to be fair to be honest when
17:09players come to Saudi because I came it
17:12was the beginning like of uh you know
17:16the lot of players from Europe come yeah
17:18this wave you know
17:20>> so to be honest we didn't know the who
17:23is going like the expectations, the
17:26fans, you know, and when you arrive in
17:28it, you understand that there there is a
17:30lot a lot a lot of pressure
17:32>> and I can see this. I can see
17:36um you know sometimes you talk with
17:38players in Europe or France and you
17:40start to tell them hey trust me here I
17:44think the pressure is very very very
17:46high. I don't know
17:48>> I cannot compare but I don't know if
17:49Europe there is some club like that.
17:51>> Yeah. or I mean if there is it's the
17:54same and uh yeah so it's good it's good
17:58it's good when things go in the good way
18:01it's amazing because the stadium it's
18:03like crazy the fans everything they push
18:05you
18:06>> when it's go a little bit like for
18:08example last season it was difficult but
18:11it is what it is you know you have to
18:13take the ball side
18:14>> and to be honest to play for this club
18:16it's good because it push you you know
18:18the pressure don't let you relax, you
18:22know, take your foot off the gas. So,
18:23this is this is good. And here, I think
18:25there's
18:26>> it's good because I think it's a very
18:28it's a country of football.
18:30>> Yeah. I think mah you're very fortunate
18:32to ended up in like a team like a jihad.
18:34Like you said, you feel that the
18:36pressure, the expectations, the fans,
18:38and you said something I think is is so
18:40true. The rhythm of of of the city kind
18:41of matches how the club is doing, right?
18:44Um do you get more players kind of your
18:46friends in Europe messaging you about
18:47Saudi? You know, they're curious about
18:49what it's like. I'm sure everybody, you
18:51know, worldwide now watches the league.
18:53>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The first season, more
18:55the first season, you know, when I
18:56arrived, they was texting me like, for
18:58example, when we played big games in the
19:00stadium was like full uh they make like,
19:03you know, the T4,
19:04>> crazy T4, you know,
19:06>> not like us one was crazy. This one.
19:08>> Yeah. Yeah. I think it was the best T4
19:10to be honest. I play in many club, but
19:12uh
19:13>> T4 in with the It had fans was the best
19:16of my career to be honest. And at this
19:18moment they text me you know friends
19:20like hey what's going on it's crazy the
19:22stadium the the atmosphere. So yeah more
19:24the first season they was like
19:26>> they was totally shocked to be honest.
19:28>> Yeah. How would you describe the it had
19:31fans in one word?
19:34>> Um
19:36they in one word is difficult. In one
19:38word is difficult but uh
19:41>> yeah the passion to be Russian. Yeah.
19:43>> Yeah. I want to I want to touch on on it
19:46a little bit. Um I think you know when
19:48you first came that season was
19:49phenomenal. I don't think it could have
19:50gone any better you know winning the
19:52league and and the obviously the Kings
19:53Cup last season a little bit of a
19:55struggle. Would you say you learned more
19:57in success or in I don't want to say
19:59failure but when you didn't really match
20:01the expectations of of the club.
20:03>> Yeah I think that's a good question.
20:04Yeah really good question.
20:07No of course I think you enjoy more in
20:09success.
20:10>> Yeah,
20:10>> but you learn more in failure and
20:12correct last season you know
20:14>> it's like this. part of uh it's part of
20:16our career, part of history of a club.
20:19Uh first season we did amazing. We won
20:21everything. Uh so
20:25then a lot of things happens in the
20:27club, you know. Uh
20:29we just couldn't repeat our our success
20:33and uh you learn a lot, you know, a lot.
20:35I learn a lot of uh
20:38uh of myself also how to you know to get
20:41back every game every after every game
20:43you know after every I don't know like
20:45defeat or
20:46>> or draw or something happened you miss a
20:48chance you know you you learn a lot you
20:51get back home and you like you start to
20:53talk at yourself to be honest you see
20:55the image so I think yes last season was
20:59um a season that of course we want to
21:02forget
21:03uh a season not to forget it but as a
21:06player you cannot forget a season like
21:08that you know like you will uh you will
21:09learn from it.
21:10>> Yeah. How do you deal with tough
21:12moments? I'm sure there'll be a lot of
21:13you know young players also watching
21:15this you know when you go through a
21:16patch that is quite difficult like every
21:18player does and every team does like
21:20what can you do? What can you control to
21:22obviously ensure that that you bounce
21:23back?
21:24>> Uh for to be honest in the to start I
21:27have good environment. I have people
21:30around me that talk to me a lot in a
21:32good way. If sometimes you know football
21:34players sometimes we more emotional you
21:37know you're emotional so we want to
21:38react
21:38>> correct
21:39>> when something happen you know that
21:41>> and uh and uh that's the good side of
21:45family and friends you know if they hear
21:48you yeah the good circle you know if
21:49they talk to you like they
21:51>> they tell you to be calm to you know to
21:55put down the pressure that's it and uh
21:57that's the first thing and uh but of
22:00course now with you know I'm 28. So now
22:03I start to to know almost almost because
22:07you always learn you know it's like in
22:09the life you learn till the end.
22:11>> Uh now I know more and almost everything
22:13in a career. So I had very good moment
22:17amazing moment in my career. I have very
22:19bad moments
22:20>> and very very bad to be honest. So
22:22mentally was difficult.
22:24Now I know how to learn and now I know
22:27to how to handle that's the most
22:29important you know
22:31>> when uh I don't remember who say that
22:33but I seen like one video you know I
22:35like to see some video like he say like
22:38>> when things going well stay calm
22:41>> but when things going very bad stay calm
22:43also you know
22:44>> I love this
22:44>> you know so I think it's the the good
22:46mix
22:46>> yeah one thing I always try and do at
22:48least I learned is just to control what
22:49you can control the controllable
22:51>> I feel like sometimes you go into a
22:53stage where
22:54>> you really trying to control too many
22:55things that that are not up to you.
22:57>> That's it. That's it. And sometimes you
22:59put pressure on yourself for nothing,
23:00you know, like uh because I like to, you
23:02know, to see to watch videos of great
23:04athlete and I think Ronaldo say during
23:07this world cup we say uh
23:10>> control in uh focus on what you can
23:12control
23:13>> and I think it's the best thing you know
23:15sometimes football player me before
23:18>> I was like wanted to control everything
23:21>> and you think that you can control these
23:23things but it's not true. The only thing
23:25that you can control is what you do
23:26yourself
23:28and what you do every day, every single
23:30day. What you eat, what how you sleep,
23:32>> how you train, and how you focus your,
23:34you know, your mindset for the game.
23:36>> And I think now it's the only thing that
23:39um it's one thing that I know, you know,
23:43I know and and I like about uh about uh
23:46you know, the focus, the the preparation
23:48of the of the games. Yeah. I think even
23:51like you know football is now it's
23:54become a real mental game. There's a lot
23:55that that happens you know if you're
23:57good here I think you end up playing
23:59good and even for me like as a youngster
24:01I used to always read online you know
24:02what people are saying and stuff and I
24:04would say footballers as much as they
24:06would hate to admit sometimes go down
24:07this route of you know looking online
24:09seeing what people are saying and how
24:11much can that like affect someone.
24:12>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Of course that's
24:14totally the things that I told you like
24:16you have to focus on what you can
24:17control. Of course, when I was younger,
24:19I I was going on, you know, it was
24:23Twitter at this time. It was Twitter,
24:24you know, Instagram, everything. I still
24:26go on Instagram, on social media, of
24:28course, but I
24:29>> put on the side what they saying about
24:31me.
24:32>> Good things, I don't even go when it's
24:34good, you know,
24:34>> because sometimes, you know, football
24:36player, we have ego when you want to go
24:38to good things, but then you have to
24:40accept, you know, correct?
24:41>> And this things that you have to to
24:43handle. But uh
24:46you know before I was going now to tell
24:48you you know to be honest I still focus
24:49on what I can control you know like
24:51social media you cannot control the
24:52opinion of guys is their right to do
24:56they can do what they want of course
24:58sometimes social media is going a little
25:00bit too much not even about football
25:02about society so
25:04>> it's part of the life now
25:06>> it's widespread now um obviously third
25:08season now uh you achieved one of your
25:11goals that you mentioned obviously
25:12qualifying for the Champions League
25:13group stage. What would make the season
25:15a success for the team first and
25:17foremost and then for for Hanam?
25:19>> Uh for me to be honest, I will start for
25:23me to help the team.
25:24>> Yeah,
25:25>> that's it. Nothing more, nothing less. I
25:27just want to be a player that help the
25:30team, help my teammates uh to be um to
25:34be the best uh that I am. Uh I always
25:37want to be better than yesterday.
25:39>> It's the only thing that I focus. Uh so
25:42yeah if my team is going well I will be
25:45happy. That's the only thing. So the
25:47most uh thing important it's the result
25:49of the team
25:51>> uh to to give joy to to the fans because
25:54they deserve it to be honest. I was
25:59it touched me a lot last season when it
26:01was when the things going bad touched me
26:03a lot because I was looking at the
26:05stands and I was seeing
26:08you know like memories of the fans going
26:10in the stadium be happy you know so I
26:13really wanted to give them this joy back
26:16so this season uh it's something that I
26:18really want uh and the result to be
26:20honest because at the end it's all about
26:22result you know of course you have to
26:24give joy but it's all about result.
26:26>> Yeah.
26:26>> And uh
26:28>> a team and a club like it had they need
26:30to win titles. So every season it's like
26:32this. You have to be to make them proud
26:34and to win titles.
26:36>> Yeah. Do you think we've seen the best
26:37of Hassam or do you think there's still
26:39a lot more that that you can give in in
26:42the league so far?
26:43>> Yeah, of course. I think I can give
26:44more. I can give uh a lot more. Uh
26:50>> and this is the thing inside of me. I
26:51will always give I will always give 100%
26:55and more for for the team.
26:57>> Uh of course uh
27:01there is it was good moment, bad
27:03moments, but this season I'm you know in
27:06everything's going uh good. I don't like
27:08to talk a lot before but uh I'm well
27:11prepared mentally I'm good. Uh, of
27:14course sometimes it's going to be like a
27:15tough moment but in this tough moment I
27:17will always stay focused till the end uh
27:20to to help the team to help my squad my
27:22teammates because you know we we all
27:24together and yes inshallah I will I will
27:28give a lot to to my team
27:29>> and you've obviously made history of
27:31being at the top of the scoring for in
27:33the Asian Cup with you know the likes of
27:35Roman Marino and Abd Malik what what
27:37what does that mean to you? I mean it's
27:39around seven goals inshallah with many
27:40games left you will take that number one
27:43spot but how does that make you feel?
27:46>> Proud.
27:46>> Yeah really proud to be honest when I
27:48see these kind of things. I was u you
27:50know I was on Instagram and I've seen
27:52this people send it to me you know even
27:54WhatsApp you know my friends and uh yeah
27:57I'm really proud of this. I think it's
27:59something uh it's a great achievement.
28:01It's not the the end, but of course it's
28:05a great achievement because a club like
28:06that had a big players.
28:08>> Yeah.
28:09>> Uh so to be on the top of this uh
28:11>> something
28:12>> it's Yeah. It's something you know. Uh
28:14I'm not looking after goals. I'm not
28:16looking after this kind of things
28:18because you know I'm I'm more like
28:20looking after performance and like how
28:23to give joy to the to the fans. But uh
28:27when you see that it's come in your mind
28:30and of course you always want to stay at
28:32the top. It's like this he's human. We
28:34all human. So at the end it's it's just
28:36the the truth to say it. But yeah very
28:39very proud. Amazing. You've achieved so
28:41much in your career. Do you feel like a
28:43lot of the stuff that you've achieved
28:44you will appreciate more once you stop
28:46playing? When you look back on your
28:47career? Cuz right now you're still an
28:49active player. I'm sure there's so many
28:51things you're still yet to achieve that
28:52you want to. How does it feel like?
28:54>> Definitely. Yeah. Definitely like I told
28:56you of of course for sure you know that
28:58like uh
29:00>> everything is going so fast uh you win a
29:03game 3 days after there's another game
29:06so you don't even have time to enjoy
29:08>> uh I remember when we won the title uh
29:11it was the end of the
29:13>> it was the the league you know we won
29:15the league we could we couldn't even
29:19enjoy too much because one week after it
29:21was the final of the Kings Cup
29:22>> you know when you play
29:24>> it's always, you know, always something
29:26>> they always say in football you have to
29:28have a short memory.
29:29>> Yeah. Very short memory. Like for
29:30example, last season when tough things
29:33happen like tough things of course
29:34alhamdulillah it's at the end is just
29:37football but like
29:38>> when it was a little bit of more
29:40struggle it was uh I was thinking about
29:43hey we was good last season. We enjoy a
29:45lot but in the right moment you don't
29:47have time.
29:48>> Correct.
29:48>> So for example this summer was at the
29:50World Cup.
29:52you enjoy I enjoy a lot you know
29:54everything every small things all every
29:55small details you know for example I
29:57don't know you go to the stadium
29:58everything is different for the world
30:00cup you know it's the
30:01>> it's the the dream you know to be honest
30:03to play it
30:05>> but you don't even have time because you
30:06have the pressure you have to be focused
30:08you have to train you have to go sleep
30:11you have you know you have the
30:13>> you have some goals to achieve so you
30:15don't have time to enjoy so I think
30:17>> football player they yeah definitely
30:19they enjoy after carrier I think yeah
30:21Yeah. No, inshallah. Um, obviously, you
30:24know, being here and in it for going
30:26into again your third season, is there a
30:28specific game that that you kind of look
30:29back on that you're extremely proud of?
30:32Maybe one that you'll never forget, you
30:33know, for the rest of your life or one
30:35that made you to think like this is why
30:36I came to Saudi?
30:38>> Yes, of course. Many games, you know,
30:40the first season that we
30:43>> we won the league, many we score a lot
30:47of goals at the end at the very end was
30:49crazy. And know more we were scoring
30:51goals at the end and more I was like hey
30:54that's for something for sure you will
30:55be champion you know but you keep this
30:57for you
30:58>> keep this for yourself and uh yeah I
31:01remember the game against San Nasser
31:02there when I score at the end because
31:04after this game
31:05>> it was like almost okay
31:07>> field
31:07>> yes I'm almost sure we we're going to be
31:10champion you know uh yeah this game last
31:13season I remember in Azia we we have to
31:16win against you know I hat trick, you
31:20know, and I was feeling that um, you
31:23know, I was feeling a lot of pressure
31:25during before this game
31:27>> because the, you know, a lot of things
31:29happened during the transfer window and
31:32then u, the fans was like angry but also
31:35they didn't know what's going on, you
31:37know. So you know before this game I
31:39post something for the fans you know I
31:41was but I really what I post I really
31:43thinking you know and oh yeah I was
31:45feeling it and
31:46>> like straight after I score a hat trick
31:49level
31:50>> you know the best way to to back you up.
31:52Yeah best feeling to be honest was good
31:54I enjoy a lot. So yeah this kind of
31:55games
31:56>> make me proud and I say yeah that's why
31:59why I come to to Saudi.
32:00>> Yeah you you score a lot of goals mah is
32:02that something you think about while
32:03you're playing? Is that something you
32:04always try and obviously make the relate
32:06runs into the box? Does it have to do
32:08with anything tactically maybe based on
32:10the positions that that you kind of put
32:11in?
32:12>> Yeah. Yeah, of course. So, since I'm in
32:14Saudi, I play uh more like a number 10,
32:18you know.
32:19>> Before I was playing more number eight,
32:20number six, you know, I play even number
32:22six, but I played many position, but I
32:25was more down on the on the field, you
32:27know. So obviously I will score more you
32:30know but um you know of course you
32:33always want to score. Uh it's a thing
32:35that I of course I think about it to be
32:37honest because uh I like to score.
32:40Everybody like to score. You play
32:41football to score goes is the best
32:42feeling ever. Football you know when you
32:44see the net and you know it's the best
32:46feelings. Let's be honest. But uh
32:50>> now I'm more focused because like I told
32:52you you always learn. You always learn
32:53every day. You want to be better one.
32:55even if it's one person but you always
32:56want
32:57>> and now you know I want to to be to be
33:02more part of the game you know to inform
33:05more about the game to to give more I
33:07don't know like assist to key passes
33:09because yeah
33:10>> people don't see key passes you know
33:12they always see just the assist of the
33:14goal but key passion yes you know
33:16>> how the way you build the action you
33:18know so I I want to to focus a little
33:22bit more on that I'm 100% honest honest
33:25with you. I want to focus on that to to
33:28help more my team. Uh but also, you
33:31know, why I always have I can, you know,
33:34be on the box because I run a lot. You
33:36know, I run a lot. So, I have this
33:38>> It's not easy when you're tired, though,
33:39to make that late run, right? Every time
33:41you might not get the balls nine times
33:43out of 10,
33:44>> of course. And you have to think about
33:45it. And then, of course, we have great
33:47assist, you know?
33:47>> Yeah.
33:48>> In this team, they they cross, they
33:50assist. So,
33:52>> though I'm lucky, you know, to play with
33:53this kind of players. So it's much
33:55easier to to score.
33:56>> Yeah. And you've played in your career,
33:57you've played with, you know, different
33:58different attackers from, you know,
34:00Benzema and now you have Ned. How do
34:02they differ, would you say? Um does your
34:04role change in any capacity? You know,
34:06obviously Kareem like to kind of come
34:08deep and play and say is more of like a
34:10you know station player with with balls
34:12into the boxes where he thrives. How
34:13does that kind of you know change?
34:15>> Of course. Of course. Of course. It
34:16depend of the players like you say you
34:18you say Karim of course he he love to
34:20come and play football. So I was always
34:23like adapting myself. For example, if he
34:25drop, I have to adapt his position.
34:27>> Same as a goal against he came and
34:29>> you see that you always have to adapt
34:31for these kind of players. Uh this
34:33season is another type of player. So you
34:36have to adapt. You have to be more like
34:37I told you
34:38>> you have to build that more touch the
34:41ball more to to give them assist and to
34:44give them the
34:45>> the best way to score. Uh I played with
34:48Lukaku. It's always it's something
34:49different. Also, I play with Memphis
34:51Depay
34:52>> which I had a great relationship on the
34:54field to be honest. I think it was the
34:56best relationship with the players
34:58>> from my cool guy.
34:59>> He's a very cool guy. He's a very close
35:01friend also. So, we used to go holidays
35:03together. So, I think that's why then on
35:05the field you can see it. I assist him a
35:08lot of times.
35:09>> So, every player is different. And uh in
35:13football is like this. When a player go
35:15out from the squad and you buy another
35:17one, don't expect him the same, you
35:19Yeah,
35:20>> people has to understand that everybody
35:22is different. It's like in the life
35:24>> you have to understand, you have to
35:25adapt
35:26>> and uh that's what I say when you play
35:28midfield, you always adapt to your
35:30strikers, to your wingers because at the
35:32end
35:33>> you just here to make them shy. Yeah.
35:35>> You know, they you want them to to score
35:38goals to because midfielder we are like
35:40more um
35:42>> you we build the team, you know, we
35:44build the the action, we build the
35:45offense,
35:46>> put others in positions to succeed, you
35:47know.
35:47>> That's it. That's it. And you have to
35:49accept that.
35:49>> Yeah.
35:50>> Yeah. So that's it. Yeah.
35:51>> Definitely. There was reports linking
35:53you with a with a move away from from it
35:55the past summer. You know, I think Rales
35:56was one of the clubs involved uh you
35:59know for you know coming in for you at
36:01least. Tell us about that period. Were
36:03we ever close to to leaving it or
36:05>> you know transfers window in football
36:07it's always um
36:10there's no only one true you know. Yeah.
36:13I'm totally honest with you. uh one day
36:15you can say I will stay the next day you
36:18have to take a luggage and go so
36:20football it's always like this so every
36:22transfer window we do it's a period that
36:24it's 50/50 so it's like this it is what
36:28it is every transfer window we do you
36:29can leave I could leave uh now I'm here
36:32in it so I'm very happy you know to to
36:35play for this team I always say and I'm
36:38totally honest I'm very proud and I'm
36:41grateful to play for this kind of kind
36:44of club and uh to be honest I'm very
36:46happy to play for them. Uh what I want
36:49is just to to succeed here to you know
36:52to
36:54to be part of the legend of it you know
36:57because I know that it's a very
36:59>> big club it's the oldest club.
37:01>> Yeah.
37:02>> So
37:02>> going on 100 years.
37:03>> Yeah. 100 years. So to be to to be part
37:06of this club it's a very it's a honor
37:09for me.
37:09>> Amazing. Amazing. I want to talk about
37:11Algeria. Yeah. you know, it's a it's a
37:13place that, you know, means so much to
37:14you. You spent, you know, a lot of your,
37:17you know, younger years in in in France,
37:18but your summers were spent in in
37:20Algeria. What does it mean to you?
37:23>> It's mean a lot. It's mean a lot, of
37:25course. Uh, I born in France and I grew
37:26up in France, but every summer I was
37:28spending my time in Algeria.
37:30>> Summer, even winter, when we had the
37:32holidays during the winter, I was
37:33spending my times there.
37:35>> Uh, my family, all my family, they come
37:38from Algeria. So of course I'm it's it's
37:41mean a lot for me. Uh
37:44I have still a lot of family there. Uh
37:48friends there. Uh you know it's mean a
37:50lot. It's my country. Uh so now of
37:53course with football I'm like more happy
37:55than everyone to play. It's a honor to
37:58to to wear this jersey you know.
38:00>> And when you go back is it a place where
38:02you can be Ham the person or you still
38:05Hassan the footballer? Does it humanize
38:08you a little bit maybe or not?
38:09>> Uh still when it's a Yeah. Uh some Yeah.
38:14You know you know football player you
38:16know how how's life's going you know and
38:18they always seeing you like
38:20>> people's idol.
38:21>> Yeah. You know football player you know
38:23but uh
38:24>> um like you know always I say when I go
38:27home I don't want to talk about
38:29football. You know that
38:30>> I try to do the same.
38:31>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you know and
38:33sometimes just you're home and family
38:35come or friends come
38:37>> but I can understand them they they want
38:39to know things you know so they talk
38:41about food but sometimes it's boring but
38:43>> you give them you give them you give
38:45them because they you know you love them
38:47and you just want to
38:48>> to you know to share things with them uh
38:51but obviously when I go home uh in
38:55Algeria or in France in Leon you know
38:57when I spend time you know I don't know
38:58with my model of course I'm I'm just I'm
39:01just a little hidden they forget
39:03everything about about football. Yeah.
39:05>> Tell me about the first time you put on
39:06the Algeria shirt and represented them.
39:08Is it was it everything you would ever
39:10imagine? The feeling.
39:12>> The feeling was big. Huge feeling to be
39:14honest. Uh huge feeling. Uh
39:17it's go again with the pressure but it
39:19is what it is because it's a country
39:21above football.
39:22>> Correct.
39:23>> They live for football. It's like uh
39:26crazy, you know, the first time you hear
39:28the anthem, the national anthem, it's
39:29something apart. Uh
39:33yeah. Uh every single game, you know, uh
39:38they used to say in national team
39:40there's no friendly game and that's
39:42true.
39:43>> There's no friendly game in national
39:44team and every game it's a lot of
39:46pressure. It's a honor and you know
39:49every time you play for your club you
39:51always want to to be the best but you
39:54always think also about okay I have to
39:56perform because then I have national
39:57team.
39:58>> Yes.
39:58>> So you know national team is
39:59>> it's always in the back of your mind
40:00huh?
40:00>> Yes. National team is always something
40:02uh something important. Yeah.
40:05>> What what do you think representing a
40:06national team gives you that club
40:09football can't? And I mean more so in
40:11the feeling right you know you've you've
40:12achieved a lot of people's dreams in
40:14terms of representing your country.
40:16There is a certain thing that you know a
40:18feeling that you can't get if you don't
40:20represent your national team that you
40:22that club football cannot give you.
40:25>> Yes.
40:25>> A passion. There's a pride.
40:26>> Yes. Is a Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Of
40:28course. There's
40:29>> you're proud to play in big team. You're
40:31proud to play in big club of course. But
40:33national team is something different.
40:34You play for whole country
40:36>> and whole country uh whole Algerian uh
40:41all over the world you know.
40:43So when you play for the
40:47for the for Algeria to be honest the the
40:50country stop you know just stop and all
40:52eyes on you you know
40:54>> they all look after the game uh when you
40:57represent your national team
40:59>> even outside the pitch you have to be
41:01you know
41:02>> you know Algeria is a very proud proud
41:05country uh huge history uh tough history
41:09so you have to be you know I always say
41:12that when I take off the jersey, but I'm
41:16still, you know, and I still represent
41:18Algerian people. So, I have to be
41:20straight, you know, I have to be
41:22straight. I have to be proud. I have to
41:23be uh
41:24>> respectful
41:26>> and you know, as a Muslim country, we
41:28have to you have a lot of um you know, a
41:31lot of code. You you have to respect
41:33that and I think it's something very
41:35important. So, you have
41:37>> when you play for national team, you
41:39have huge responsibility.
41:41>> Yeah. And there's no responsibility
41:43bigger than like you said you you played
41:45in the in the World Cup, you know, your
41:46first World Cup. Two questions. First
41:49one, what was that like for you as an
41:51experience in general? Cuz everybody
41:52growed up, you know, grows up wanting to
41:54to play in the World Cup. You did that.
41:56You achieved that. And the second part
41:57of the question is, you know, what was,
41:59you know, the expectation going into it
42:01and give us at least a recap of of the
42:03whole experience. Yeah, the World Cup.
42:06It's um to be honest, I don't know if
42:09it's the the best thing that happened in
42:12my career.
42:13>> I don't know, but I'm thinking about it.
42:14Yeah.
42:15>> Because it's something amazing,
42:18something crazy, you know, uh I just
42:21remember for example like uh before the
42:24first game, I was like, you know, when
42:26you're in the room, you know, you always
42:28football player, you a lot of time
42:30you're alone. You know, in the room, the
42:32hotel, you know, a lot of time you're
42:33alone. So you have time to think about
42:35everything and you know before the game
42:37start I was like here we are okay so
42:41when you was young everybody remember
42:43about world cup when you was young the
42:45first things your the first memories of
42:47football it's always about world cup
42:49let's be honest you know uh
42:52so when I was on in the room yeah I was
42:54like okay now it's time you know a lot
42:57of emotions you know I was very
42:59emotional so when then you step in the
43:02the field you the stadium full. You see
43:04uh you see how people are waiting for
43:07you, how Algerian people are proud of
43:09you and they push you, you know,
43:12>> it seems something very very very
43:15huge, you know, and also the family, you
43:18know, our family was very proud of me.
43:20So to be honest, step in the World Cup,
43:23it was something very amazing. Yeah.
43:25>> Yeah. And then what how would you assess
43:27this generation now of of Algerian
43:28football?
43:30>> I think we have good players. very good
43:32players, new players, young players. Uh
43:35what's good about the young players that
43:37they don't think so much, so they go,
43:40you know,
43:40>> brave.
43:41>> Yeah. You know, depression, everything
43:43come after.
43:44>> Yeah.
43:44>> Football's better when you don't think
43:45too much.
43:46>> Yeah, it is. But to be honest, football
43:48push you to think
43:48>> to think too much. So, it's a little bit
43:50of a
43:51>> That's it. That's it. So, you know, when
43:53you're young, that's good. So, of
43:54course, we have talented player. Uh they
43:56play in amazing club. So I think yeah we
44:00have we can do big things achieve big
44:03things uh of course have big players
44:06it's not everything and great players
44:09quality you have then to find the good
44:12uh I don't know how to call that but the
44:14good things to
44:15>> yeah the chemistry everything
44:16>> everything you know so yes I hope
44:18inshallah we will uh we will do great
44:20things because this national team
44:21deserve
44:22>> it guys make sure you follow kurreak on
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44:30episodes. Ham, I want to ask you about
44:32Riyad Mahrez and and Isa Mendi. Um, two
44:36legends of of Algerian football,
44:38>> you know, wonderful history. Both
44:40obviously retired from from the national
44:42team now. What are your first thoughts
44:44in regards to obviously them retiring
44:46from the national team, but what did
44:47they really represent and the impact
44:49they had on the country and the team?
44:50First two great person really I wanted
44:54to start uh with that two great person
44:56amazing person
44:58>> they dedicate a lot for the national
45:00team
45:01>> I was there with them so I' I've seen
45:03how they dedicate everything for the
45:05national team for the team how they
45:09like they never cheat to be honest they
45:11give everything 100% and more for the
45:13national team of course when you lose a
45:16amazing player legend like that it's
45:18always um People say that um there is a
45:22time to adapt
45:25but it's also part of the football you
45:26know they came after legend legend will
45:29come after again so everybody has to
45:32>> everybody has to stop one day
45:35>> uh of course uh I had great relationship
45:38with them uh
45:42I'm really happy I'm proud to to have
45:44played with with them to be honest
45:45because uh you learn a lot from them and
45:48uh yeah now they deserve to they deserve
45:51to take rest for from the national team.
45:54They uh they always been a legend of
45:58Algeria. So yes, that's it. We we're
46:01really happy. Uh we we hope they will
46:04still uh play long time because we still
46:07enjoy watching them.
46:09>> Is there a story or maybe something you
46:11can share from experience? You've
46:12obviously played with them for for a
46:13while. Maybe you know from Riyad Mars or
46:16from Isaia.
46:18Yeah, something spec specific. No, but
46:21like I told you, the way they talk, the
46:23way they give everything on the field,
46:25>> uh
46:26>> the way also when things was going bad
46:30with the national team, the way they was
46:33um they impact them, you know,
46:35>> there was really really
46:38focus and they they took the
46:40responsibility on them, you know, and
46:42this is something that I really I always
46:44like uh notice, you know, like okay, so
46:47this guy they really involved and uh He
46:50has the only thing. But anyway, our part
46:52football of course on the field there
46:54was amazing. Riyad was like like I
46:57always say to be honest from my side and
46:59for my generation is the the best player
47:01Algerian player ever. So it was so an
47:04honor for me to to play with him.
47:06>> Mhm.
47:06>> I want to transition to Hassan today.
47:09You're 28 years old.
47:11>> Yeah.
47:11>> What is something you wish you knew
47:12about football when you were 18?
47:16>> What? What?
47:17>> You're 28 years old today. There's so
47:19much you learned about the game. If you
47:20could tell your 18-year-old self
47:23something about everything that you know
47:24now, what would you tell him?
47:26>> Uh, I will tell him uh
47:30yeah, I I will tell him to I will tell
47:34him to enjoy
47:35>> like I like we
47:37>> Yeah.
47:37>> before uh time flies. So I will tell him
47:41to enjoy and to
47:44to be to be ready
47:46>> to be ready for what's coming.
47:47>> Ready to be ready. Yeah, because uh
47:49because uh like I told you um I had good
47:53moments, bad moments. So yeah, the the
47:56first thing it but anyway, if I have to
47:59to pick one word, it will be enjoy.
48:01Yeah,
48:01>> enjoy.
48:02>> Yeah.
48:02>> Yeah. You're so fast, you know.
48:03>> Yeah. Time flies. Football is amazing.
48:07Football give me a lot like to discover
48:10new country, new culture, to enjoy
48:12adrenaline a lot.
48:15>> So yeah. So you have to enjoy uh
48:18now uh I start to to enjoy more you know
48:23but it's like the life more you you grow
48:26up more you you know about life and you
48:29>> you know all the and what's are the the
48:32the precious moments.
48:33>> Yeah.
48:34>> Yeah.
48:34>> And then when football eventually
48:36finishes inshallah in a long time for
48:37you when people hear the name Husam a
48:40what do you want them to think?
48:43uh what I wanted to think uh if it's
48:45about football uh that I gave everything
48:49uh of course it will always have um
48:52people that say maybe he could give more
48:55>> or if you know people like the you know
48:58if but
49:00>> it is what it is. It's part of my
49:02career. It's part of my life. Uh if
49:05things didn't come to me that's for a
49:08reason. So that's it. And uh but the
49:13best thing is that if I if I could uh
49:16give joy to people uh make proud my u my
49:20um you know my family my uh my uh my
49:23fans uh if they can say that I was like
49:27a brave guy uh always respectful so it
49:30can be the the best thing for me. Yeah.
49:32>> Awesome. Thank you so much for your time
49:33man. Appreciate having you very much and
49:35all the best for the rest of the season.
49:36>> Thank you very much. Thank you. Byebye.
49:37>> And that is a wrap for today's episode.
49:39Thank you so much for tuning in. Thor
49:41really enjoyed this one with Hassan. We
49:42covered everything from his personal
49:43life to it, his journey across Europe,
49:46the national team, and all the pressures
49:47that came with it. Make sure to stay
49:49tuned for the next episode. I've been
49:50your host, Mo Adams. I'll see you on the
49:51next one.