“I need help, I need something because if not, I do not get out of this situation”: Andrés Iniesta

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Despite their many successes on the field, not everything has been happy for one of the great players of FC Barcelona

In the middle of this 2018, Andrés Iniesta, decided to put an end to his cycle in Barcelona after 15 years in which he won 32 titles. A record! Although it was thought that he was going to retire from football, he finally decided to continue his career in Japan playing for Vissel Kobe.

Leer en español: "Necesito ayuda, necesito algo porque si no, no salgo de esta situación": Andrés Iniesta

In addition to his successes with the shirt 'Blaugrana', Iniesta won two European Championships and a soccer world cup with the Spanish National Team. Outside of that, he received numerous personal awards as 'Player of the Match' in the final of the World Cup in South Africa 2010 and the final of the Champions League in 2015, which was won by the 'Culés' against Juventus.

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All these successes give rise to think that a player like these can never suffer episodes of sadness, let alone a depression, but it is not like that and evaluates revealed it from his own mouth.

In an interview for the program 'Salvados' of the Spanish channel La Sexta, Iniesta revealed unpublished details of that event that marked him forever. Andres account, cited by the El Tiempo portal, which started after winning the triple with Barcelona in 2009. "That is to say, you win the treble, you score the Chelsea goal, you win the Champions League, you win the three titles, an incredible year. In the summer you start to find bad and you do not know why, they give you tests and they go well but you do not feel good, "Iniesta told Spanish journalist Jordi Évole.

But the problem was more serious than he thought: "I remember that we came from that preseason and one afternoon I was at home. I was feeling bad. I called the doctor. Or we do something or I know what will happen."

"That afternoon I said: I need help, I need something because if not, I do not get out of this situation, that is, I was looking forward to the night to be able to take a pill and rest," Iniesta recalled, also quoted by the soccer portal. com.

The former 'azulgrana' midfielder said that "people are moved by the illusion and in a situation like that you do not have anything, you do not feel the things, I wanted the night to come so I could take a pill and rest."

Iniesta also recalled that bad relationship between Barcelona and Real Madrid that increased at the stage when José Mourinho led the club 'merengue' between 2010 and 2013. 'Don Andrés' said in the same interview that one of the biggest culprits was the Portuguese strategist whom he accused, in addition, of having damaged the atmosphere and the relationship in the Spanish National Team. "It was surreal. You did not see the usual rivalry, you saw hatred. That environment was cultivated and it was unbearable. "

In 2009, when Barcelona won everything, Iniesta suffered from depression.

Soccer and depression

What happens with Iniesta is not new in the world of football, where it is believed that with so many millions, luxuries and successes ahead, the sadness or depression are completely away from players or technicians.

In a ranking made by 20minutos.es the case of the German porter Robert Enke is remembered, who committed suicide in 2009 overwhelmed by the depression in which he was submerged by the death of his 2-year-old daughter. Although people close to him said that before that he had already suffered from depressive symptoms.

He joins the case of Danny Rose, left the side of Tottenham Hotspur, who confessed that he thought about committing suicide when several problems were added to his life: the death of an uncle, a serious injury and the racist attacks he suffered in the streets, precisely the same page.

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A multi-Olympic champion

But not only in football do these suicidal cases occur. Also, 20minutos.es remembers the cases of the basketball players Ian Thorpe and DeMar DeRozan, as well as the swimmer Michael Phelps. In particular about the Olympic multi-champion, he himself once said that although he won gold medals "there was a part of me that did not want to live anymore".

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Translated from "Andrés Iniesta sufre de depresión: conozca los detalles"