"The mind also plays a role" - Andrés Iniesta's new book presents the dark and invisible side of sports

The veteran footballer wrote his third book, in which he recounts the mental difficulties an athlete faces during his career.

Jan Simak, Sebastian Deisler, Robert Enke and Andreas Biermann: Four stories of misunderstood signals, ignored calls for help and a football system that did not want to see mental problems for a long time.

Iniesta (Fuentealbilla, Albacete, 1984), who was part of the Barça de Pep Guardiola, played four World Cups and scored the goal that gave the Spanish National Team the first and only world title that he holds in South Africa in 2010, recounts in these pages his love story with football, the sport that he is passionate about since he was a child

Andrés Iniesta, one of the most emblematic figures of Spanish football, has decided to share his most intimate experience through the book Mind also plays. In this work, the former player of FC Barcelona and the Spanish team recounts the most momentous moments of his career, but also exposes the emotional and mental challenges he has faced throughout his sports career.Iniesta, who was a key player in the Spanish team champion of the world in 201…

He died Tuesday night in a care center in Bonao, sports leader Andrés Osiris Tejada Cessé, president of the Dominican Federation of Remo and Canotage and the Sports Unions of the country. (Continue reading...) Related: Dominican Olympic Committee expresses regret over the death of Tejada Cessé La entrada The sports leader Andrés Osiris Tejada Cessé dies was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.