HA decade ago, in the summer of 2012, little was known in Spain about Mario Götze (Memmingen, 3-6-1992). Those who were attentive to German football did know that in the ranks of the Borussia Dortmundunder the orders of Jürgen Klopp, a talent matured that already in November 2009 had put his head in the Bundesliga, only 17 years old. That season, the 2012-13, idol He introduced himself to those who did not know him as the playmaker of a Borussia Dortmund team that reached the final of the Championswho lost to Bayern at Wembley, and left the shocking 4-1 night against Real Madrid in the semi-finals with the scoring poker of Lewandowski.
10 years have passed and that kid with acne marks on his face is back with Real Madrid. Because Mario Götze has been one of the reinforcements of Eintracht, the champion of the Europa League that faces Ancelotti’s men in Helsinki for the crown of European champion.
Götze’s life in these 10 years has been a brutal roller coaster. The highest point came on July 13, 2014, in one of the temples of World football: maracana. His was the goal in the 113th minute of the final match against Argentina, the one that sewed the fourth star to the Germany shirt. “Show the world that you are better than Messi”, they say he whispered to him Joachim Löw before sending him to the field to take Klose’s place with two minutes to go in the 90th minute.
However, far from achieving the status of eternal legend as was the case with Iniesta in Spain, idol entered a downward phase that led to irrelevance. Because in reality, the night of Rio de Janeiro it was an oasis in a desert he had entered almost without realizing it.
Goal by Götze (1-0) in Germany Argentina
Of Dortmund, his house since he was 9 years old, went badly. Because in April 2013, weeks before the end of Wembleyit was learned that he had signed for the Bayern. It was the first stone of the Bavarian project of Guardiola. In London he felt the rejection of his fans even though it was a historic day, continuation of the banners in the Westphalia Stadium in which it was read idol out! (Gotze, out).
Injuries and metabolism
The fall was constant until in 2016 he returned to Borussia. His value in the team declined until in 2020 he left for PSV. Muscular injuries became Mario’s faithful traveling companions. A problem in your metabolism I was behind so much break. A disorder in which he inflamed muscles became a nightmare that led him to enter treatment. “Tomorrow I will start the third stage of my recovery program. This means that I will complete the performance test and I will be able to start training with the team soon. I’m beyond excited to be back in the stadium and on the training ground.” idol on their social networks in the summer of 2017.
But he never looked the best again idol. His body wasn’t working, his mind wasn’t either. That led him in 2020 to take a step back. He went to PSV, to a lesser impact League like the Dutch. And in Eindhoven everything changed.
Götze’s best moments in his first spell at Borussia
Motto and Nadal
His head began to function in a different way, away from the pressure that Borussia put on his head. Over time he regretted not accepting the offer to go with Klopp when the coach arrived Liverpool. But that also buried him under a phrase that was burned into his head: “Go to the end!”.
idol found in yoga an escape route. He practices it at least once a week in sessions of three and a half hours. Taekwondo has been one of the ways through which he has reached a point of form that allows him to be important now in the idea of the game of Oliver Glasner at Eitracht.
And in this manual back to life of Mario Götze is marked in red a reflection that he heard one day from Rafa Nothingl: “You work mentally when you walk off the court every day. Everyone. You don’t complain when you play badly, when you have problems, when the pain comes. No. So you put on a good face and have a positive attitude. You go out on the court every day. days with the passion to train, day by day. That’s the real mental work.”
