00:02Andres Iniesta, the legend of La Roja and the FC Barcelona,
00:05announced the end of his career as a professional footballer
00:08at 40 years old.
00:10In a press conference, the martes in Barcelona,
00:13the footballer said that he concluded his stage
00:15of being in the césped.
00:16They are not tears of sadness,
00:22they are tears of that child,
00:31that child of Fuentealvilla,
00:33who had the dream of being a footballer.
00:42And I got it, I got it,
00:45I got it, I got it,
00:46after a lot of work, a lot of sacrifice, a lot of effort
00:53and never to give up.
00:56I think that those values have been imprescindibles in my life.
01:03In his death, Iniesta,
01:05he made a report on his career,
01:07from his initials in the lower categories of Albacete,
01:10his most successful stage in Barcelona,
01:13to his last years in the Bicel Kobe Japanese
01:16and the Emirates Club of the United States,
01:19his last club.
01:21And that's why today I feel very proud
01:25of all this journey,
01:29evidently with all the people that have been accompanied,
01:34but I feel very happy,
01:38very happy to have achieved the dream,
01:41the dream,
01:42the maximum of being a professional football,
01:45because it was what I wanted.
01:48One championship,
01:49two Eurocopas,
01:50four Champions,
01:52three Supercopas of Europe,
01:53three Mundiales of Clubes,
01:55nine Títulos of the Liga Española,
01:57six Copas del Rey
01:58and seven Supercopas of Spain
01:59are the legado of the centrocampist
02:01that already thinks about their next step.
02:03I'm starting with the training course
02:07and I want to form myself in this next step
02:12in this way.
02:15So, those who know me,
02:17I know I'm a leader in that sense,
02:22and I will try to do a great job
02:26that will not be running behind the ball
02:30but from another place.
02:34And that's what will be the next step.
02:38Iniesta no solo ha sido uno de los mejores futbolistas del mundo,
02:41sino que también fue uno de los primeros profesionales
02:44en hablar de la salud mental,
02:46que hasta hace pocos años era un tema tabú en el deporte de élite.
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