While Barcelona and Spain changed football from 2006 to 2015, the little artist from Albacete made everything even more beautiful, without him football in the Pyrenees would hardly experience a renaissance...
Although he has been far from the big stage in recent years, Andres Iniesta's unforgettable football journey will officially end on October 8, when he is expected to announce the end of his career.
As "Marka" writes, one of the best football players of all time is planning an event on that day where he will gather the media and announce his decision, and for the eighth day of the month, he decided symbolically by the number on the jersey with which he made history.
Barcelona's and Spain's tiki-taka charmed the world during the mentioned years, and Iniesta together with Xavi Hernandez formed the famous tandem of geniuses in the middle of the field.
He had everything - perfect passes, dribbling, vision, class... And he won everything.
With Barcelona, he was European champion four times, while with Spain he conquered the Old Continent twice (2008 and 2012), and he did what no Spanish master before or after him has done - his goal in the World Cup final in 2010 finally "La rohu" climbed to the top of the world.
"Spanish football is hard to understand without Andres Iniesta - that guy from Fuentealbilj (Albaseta) made history on July 11, 2010, when he scored the goal in Johannesburg in the 116th minute against the Netherlands that won Spain its first World Cup," she wrote. Brand".
The famous Madrid newspaper also sent a message to the legendary eight.
"Adios, legend of Barça and the Spanish national team".
Throughout his great career, Iniesta won a total of 40 trophies, and in addition to the ones mentioned, there are nine cups in La Liga, while UEFA declared him the best footballer in Europe in 2012.
After Barca, he played for the Japanese Visel Kobe, and until this summer also for the Emirates club from the United Arab Emirates.
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