Andres Iniesta is a Barcelona legend, but he wasn’t always a fan of the club. In fact, he once backed their bitter archrivals, Real Madrid.
According to Barca Blaugranes, Iniesta briefly supported Los Blancos as a child because he was upset with La Blaugrana.
Why was Iniesta upset?
Iniesta grew up in the Spanish province of Albacete and was part of Albacete Balompié’s youth set-up before he joined Barcelona.
Iniesta grew up in the Spanish province of Albacete and played for Albacete Balompié before joining Barcelona.
As a member of the team, he was a loyal supporter of both Albacete and Barcelona.
That changed after the Catalans thrashed his team in La Liga, which caused him to dislike the team a bit. “It was one of those things you could have as a child.”
One day Barca scored seven goals against Albacete, and I got angry at Barca. There was some time where I was a bit confused with my own mind,” he said.
The game in question took place in 1992 in La Liga when Iniesta was only seven. Barcelona won the match 7-1 and the midfielder started telling people that he supported Madrid.
Iniesta is a Barcelona legend Five years later, Iniesta joined Barcelona and the rest is history.
He went on to play 674 games for the Spanish side and scored 57 goals and notched up 137 assists, according to Transfermarkt.
Iniesta won four UEFA Champions League trophies, nine La Liga titles and won the Spanish Cup six times with Barcelona.
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