Morata also overcame depression: “There is always light at the tunnel”

The Spain captain picked up the Euro 2024 but he didn’t forget what he went through to get to this level. He had recently referred to his battle with depressionfrom which he was helped out not only by his family, but also by his colleagues, such as Andres Iniesta and Bojan Krkic who faced a similar psychological problem.

“This is not the right time to talk about my future. It would be selfish. I want to enjoy it now. I send my thanks to my wife, my family and Andres Iniesta. If it wasn’t for him and Bojan Krkcs I wouldn’t be playing at the Euros. There is always light at the tunnel. I am the happiest Spanish fan right now. This trophy is more important than scoring 20 goals“, emphasized the 31-year-old striker.

“The most important thing is that I finally found the way and psychologically I am fine. In football, physical condition is very important, but psychology is the most important. If you don’t have the right psychology and a good mindset, then you have a big problem. There was a period when everything was my fault. If it rained, I was angry that it rained. If I missed a goal, it was my fault that the pitch had too much water. I always had an excuse. This was not good for me at all. Everyone can have a bad period in their life. But we footballers are famous, we have a lot of material goods and sometimes people think that we are not human, we don’t have feelings, we don’t have problems. The important thing is to find the right balance. Now I have found her and I am very happy. Sometimes I got huge criticism when the team was losing or not playing well. But it does not matter. I am much better now. Only my wife knows what I went through. Now everything is fine. At one point I was too down psychologically. I couldn’t have been worse. When you hit rock bottom, all you can do is go up and come back. It took me a long time because I had an injury and I wasn’t in the best shape when I was playing“, he added.