As already announced in recent days, however Andres Iniesta his career in football will officially end tomorrow: the choice of the former Barcelona and Spain phenomenon has been made and today, through his Instagram profile, the midfielder has fueled the curiosity of professionals with a video in which he is moved by the question: What does football mean to you?
And instead the videos of his coaches start: “Do you know what it reminds me of? When as children we played football in the street. When your mother called you after it got dark and you couldn’t see the ball anymore. She shouted ‘come back here, come back here !’. This is Andres Iniesta: he’s 40 years old and he’s still not sure he’ll stop,” says Luis Enrique.
Vicente del Bosque, Iniesta’s coach in the magical Spain of the 2010 World Cup, spoke of him like this: “On the Espanyol pitch, the team won 5-1 and received a standing ovation. I think it’s an image that perfectly captures what people appreciated about him.”
“He is one of the few footballers who, from memory, was a professor before being a student. He already knew everything”, the memory of Serrar Ferrer. “He wasn’t a player with a great physique, but he had a giant brain. He’s humble,” says Louis van Gaal.
Pep Guardiola instead said: “He had one of the most important talents. We only had 1 point out of 6 and were almost in the relegation zone. A player like Andres tells me at that moment that we are on the right path, that people are happy and that everything will be fine. I think ‘wow, it gave me the energy to continue’. I will be forever grateful to him.”