An injury that Andres picked up in the final of the Champions League caused some problems, and that’s why he didn’t play with Spain in the Confederations Cup. He was doing daily excersizes, and yesterday the main doctor of FC Barcelona, dr. Ricard Pruna, has examined the state of the injury and gave Andres the green light to go to vacation. That means that he has fully recovered from the injury.
“Honestly, I feel fantastic. I am very happy that this turned out well, and now I can go on vacation.” said Iniesta. He will have to report to Pep Guardiola on July 27th.
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Andres Iniesta is currently recovering from an injury he picked up during the end of the season. He played injured in the final of Champions League, and now needs to take time to fully recover. He will miss the Confederations Cup, and will join FC Barcelona when the pre-season starts. He will probably miss the visit to London, but will travel with his teammates to USA, where Barca will tour the west coast.
Journalists from Spain cought him and asked him a couple of questions about his career. “My biggest dream would be to end my career in Barcelona.” That’s how Andres answered when journalists asked him would he like to leave Barca. “I have the will to stay until the end. Of course, it also depends on if the club wants me.” Let us just say that Andres is in his mid twenties, and that this is just the beggining on a great, amazing player who will impress the world many times.
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Last night was a magnficent night — the finals of the Champions League, played in Rome on the Olympico stadium. The show before the game was spectacular, but the game was even more so. In an amazing display, Barcelona, with Andres Iniesta as part of the starting squad (he successfully recovered from the injury), beat Manchester United 2-0.
Andres Iniesta played a great match, and together with Xavi Hernandez, controlled the midfield. The first goal was scored by Eto’o, and guess who passed the ball to him? It was Iniesta, of course. The “midfielder king”, as they call him, played great through the whole game, showed us some great moves. Pep Guardiola substituted him just before the end of the game in order to prevent any potential injuries.
All in all, Barcelona won the treble this year (La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League), and Andres Iniesta is a part of that success. Barca is more than a club, definitely.
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Fans of FC Barcelona have been in fear after Andres Iniesta got substituted in the game against Villareal on Sunday. It seemed that he got injured, and some newspapers said that he will not be able to recover in time for the final in Rome.
However, Iniesta underwent an exam this morning at the clinic. The MRI showed that he has a 2cm tear in his muscle, BUT he WILL BE ABLE to play in the finals of the Champions League against Manchester United. This was confirmed by the doctors, and Andres himself said: “I will play in Rome, no matter what.”
That’s the spirit, Andres!
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Wednesday night was the happiest night in Andres’ life. He scored in the 93rd minute a 1-1 equalizer against Chelsea and thus took Barcelona to the finals. The result in the first game was 0-0, so the 1-1 was perfect for Barcelona.
The goal was beautiful. After a pass from Lionel Messi, Andres took a great shot and scored an amazing goal in the right upper corner of the goal.
“This goal was scored by the whole team,” said Andres in an interview. “I was extremely happy that I could help my team to go to the finals in Rome. We’ll try our best to win there too.”
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