• Told through the friendship between Aitana Bonmatí and Maria Rodriguez, the episode offers intimate insight into the power of community and belonging in Aitana’s journey
• Rooted in the universal truth that everyone needs someone to help make them believe You Got This, the film continues the brand’s new docuseries, which comes as part of its ongoing mission to disarm negative pressure in sport  
• The episode is available to watch now on adidas’ YouTube channel and will stream simultaneously across a number of social channels

Today, adidas premieres the second episode of its new four-part docuseries, Illuminated, featuring Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí, alongside one of her closest friends, Maria Rodriguez.

A story rooted in community and belonging, the documentary provides viewers with up close and personal access to Aitana’s mindset and determination, and the ways her community have underpinned this. Growing up alongside each other as neighbours, classmates and friends in the small Catalonian neighbourhood of Sant Pere de Ribes, the episode highlights the role Rodriguez played in Aitana’s story to date.