Andres Iniesta Receives A ‘Pasillo’ Honor

Anders Iniesta (11th May 1984) is a Spanish professional football player. He stood for the position of a midfielder in the football team. Barcelona was the team with which he started his career in football. He served Barcelona in club matches from 2004-18 and even played for Vissel Kobe, Japanese club in the year 2018. Iniesta started his international league in 2001, playing for Spain.

It was the ultimate game that he played for Barca on 21st May 2018, at Camp Nou. The crowd displayed their support with a message of “Infinite Iniesta”. He received a “pasillo” (guard of honor) before the match. For the final time, he lined up as a captain for his team alongside with the captain of Sociedad, Asier Illarramendi. He took photographs with some players and one player out of them was Xabi, who had played for one club before the match.  The match started and soon Iniesta took his rhythm in the match. Iniesta received a standing ovation and applause from the whole crowd and even both the team took time to applause him off as an honor for serving the team. Finally, his manager congratulated him and finally, after the final whistle, Iniesta took a round around the pitch with his family members.

Very recently he faced a backlash after a photo of him works a group of people including the black face which was also a part of the celebrations. He has faced a lot of social media criticism after this incident. It is going to be interesting to note how the team is going to perform well in the upcoming matches. The team is especially dependent on the player given the recent form and it is going to be great.