I Felt Like I Was Going To Faint During My Last Game As A Footballer – Aguero

Manchester City legend, Sergio Aguero has come out to open up on how he felt during his final professional game at Barcelona before being forced to retire due to a heart condition. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, even if he did not feel pain while playing with his sickness at the time, he remembers jumping for a header on the pitch and feeling very dizzy afterwards.

Aguero added that he felt like he was going to faint before he asked one of the opposing players to tell the referee to stop the game.

His words, “I felt like I was drowning, I didn’t feel pain. I had a lot of pressure in my head. I figured it was because I was physically ill and I thought: ‘Shit, I’m so bad.’

I jumped for a header. They went to counter and I started to get dizzy. I felt like I was going to faint and I wanted to calm down. I wanted to say something and the words didn’t come out. I grabbed the hand of the Alaves captain as if to say: ‘Stop the game.’ He started screaming and they stopped the game.

When I calmed down, I felt like my heart started beating faster. That’s where the arrhythmia attack caught me. A week before it had happened to me in training but it had only been for 20 seconds.”

On why he took the No. 19 shirt, “When Leo left Barcelona, they offered me the number 10 shirt and I said no. Not because I didn’t want it. I thought he was going to come back,” he added. “They told me that I was the only one that could use it but for me, the number 10 belongs to Leo. Lastly, if he is not there, don’t use it.”