The legend of Spain, Andrés Iniesta, He excitedly announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 40 after more than two decades of career.
According to the criteria of
“I can’t be away from football, it has been my life and will continue to be. Now to continue training, I am getting my coaching title and it is my next stage. “I will try to do a great job again, it will no longer be running after the ball but from another place,” he said.
idol
The former player born in Fuentealbilla (Castilla-La Mancha) He reviewed his career from his beginnings in the youth ranks of Albacete, his most successful stage in the Barcelonauntil his last years in Vissel Kobe Japanese and the Emirates Club of United Arab Emirateshis last club.
“I am proud to have fought and worked until the last drop, until the last day that I was a footballer and it is the greatest thing for me. “Proud of never giving up, sad because I would have played until I was 90, but happy to have fulfilled the dream of having been a footballer,” he said.
At the announcement he was accompanied by his wife and children, and by numerous faces from the world of sport, such as the president of Barça Joan Laporta, Emilio Butragueño representing the Real Madrid, the also historical members of the culé team Piqué and Xavi Hernández and the current coach, Hansi Flick, and several players from the current first team of the Barcelona club, such as Dani Olmo, Gavi and Ansu Fati.
Historic goal
AFP remembered July 11, 2010 at the stadium Johannesburg Soccer City lhe history of Spanish football changed forever since for the first time Spain was proclaimed World Champion, scored by Andrés Iniesta, as great with the ball as he was discreet and humble off the pitch.
“Iniesta also became the emblem of an entire generation of footballers, along with Xavi Hernández, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Fernando Torres, David Villa, among others, who starred in the most successful era of Spanish football, with the 2010 World Cup title and two European Championships in a row (2008 and 2012),” the agency stated.
That goal by Iniesta in South Africa served to end the curse of a team that, although it had won the Euro Cup in 2008, preserved in the memory of many the eternal return home in the quarterfinals of the World Cups.
“There are no words to describe that moment, it was something heavenly. It is THE moment. For me it was a privilege to have lived it, but also happy for what it meant for our football and our country,” recalled the former player.
Sports
#Video #Andrés #Iniesta #goodbye #football #great #Spain #emotional #farewell