Spanish footballing legend andres iniesta has announced his retirement from football. The a0 year old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22 year career before spending time injapan and the uae. Translation: i hope you ll allow me to get motional. I never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears we ve shed during the past days it are tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well earlier i spoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia who explained why iniesta mightjust be the country s greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a perfect partner
The ao year old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final, as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22 year career, before spending time injapan and the uae. Translation: i hope you ll allow me to get emotional. | i never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears we ve shed during the past days aren t tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well, earlier i spoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia, who explained why iniesta mightjust be the country s greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a perfect partner and there s not been a better midfield of course in fc barcelona s history and they
Translation: i hope you ll allow me to get emotional. | i never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears we ve shed during the past days aren t tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well, earlier, ispoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia who explained why iniesta mightjust be the country s greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a perfect partner and there s not been a better midfield of course in fc barcelona s history and they made the perfect cover for when lionel messi. His approach to football is extremely wise, his technicality, it s exceptional and notjust as a passer but also offensively. He s been seen more like a player who distributes and controls that midfield but hejust had more attacking projection. Probably this is what makes a big difference. And where do you think he ranks in terms of spanish football grea
Aggravating the injury by playing in the tournament in the united states. It is a blow to raducanus comeback following an injury disrupted 2023 season. The 2021 us open champion was beaten in straight sets by world number two Aryna Sabalenka in the third round at indian wells last week. Cobain new has received his first call up to the england senior squad. Kobe mainoo. All other 25 players arrived at the squad ahead of the friendlies against brazil and belgium. Fans of lionel messi who bought tickets to a friendly in hong kong that he didnt play in will be given a 50 refund. Some 38,000 spectators at the sold out Hong Kong Stadium booed and demanded their money back at the end of the game after messi stayed on the bench throughout the match due to an inury. Fans had paid up to £530 each to watch the 36 year old. Match organisers have confirmed they will pay out, which is expected to cost them £5. 6 million. Messi will also miss argentinas upcoming friendlies against el salvador and c
Programme. Could you hazard a guess as to why Ocean Temperatures are so vastly greater at the moment than they ordinarily would be . Vastly greater at the moment than they ordinarily would be . There are a number of they ordinarily would be . There are a number of theories they ordinarily would be . There are a number of theories being they ordinarily would be . There are| a number of theories being explored at the moment by climate scientists. The first, youve already mentioned, is this transition from La Nina To El Nino. The three years prior to 2023, el nino in the tropical pacific, with cooler surface waters, a rapid transition from La Nina To El Nino in 2023, and that tends to push up temperatures. What we saw was Sea Surface Temperatures in other parts of the world were rising even before el nino kicked in, so there are other potential theories, including things like changes in the amounts of sulphur in shipping fuel over the past few years, influence from the tonga eruption. And