Andres Iniesta Has Seen World Cup Winning Goal “A Thousand Times”

September 7th, 2010 | by: Daryl | Comments Off

Have you ever wondered why Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta is so pale? Well apparently he spends a lot of time indoors watching video of his own games, and as a result has seen his World Cup final winning goal 1,000 times.

“I watch all my matches many times,” the 26-year-old Barcelona playmaker told the Spanish daily El Pais.
“It helps me to improve. Also, they repeat it a lot. So whether I like it or not, I have seen the goal a thousand times,” said Iniesta.

My guess is that Iniesta is exaggerating, so let’s not take that four figure number too literally. But I’m genuinely fascinated to learn that Iniesta rewatches his games in order to improve. Just last week I was complaining that Iniesta makes football look too easy. Now I realize that it only looks easy because he puts so much effort in.

So, if you’re reading Andres, here’s that goal one more time: