Barcelona legend, Andres Iniesta has come out to say that scoring the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final helped him conquer depression.
Iniesta recently revealed that the World Cup victory happened when he was going through the hardest time in his life.
According to him, his friend, Dani Jarque died around that time and he also experienced several misfortunes in a row that really put his mental health in a very fragile situation.
He added that it was surely the hardest phase of his life but he had the support of his wife, his parents and football.
His words, “Unfortunately, I had to experience several misfortunes in a row, even though I was really successful at the time,”
“But then my friend Dani Jarque died in August 2009, which really put me in such a fragile situation that I needed professional help.
“It was certainly the hardest phase of my life. It was very good for me to have the support of Anna, my then girlfriend and current wife, and of course that of my parents.”
“Fortunately, this phase is a thing of the past,”
“A phase that made me stronger and better.”
“You feel that it’s not you, that you don’t enjoy things, that the people around you are just people,”
“You have no feelings or passion. You end up feeling empty inside and there is a moment that you realise that you cannot take it anymore.
“I had the ability to see that I needed to see someone to get out of that situation. The important thing is that in that period I never lost the spark.”
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