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Too much pressure Morata: I have considered cheating and not playing in the European Cup, and called the team doctor to wear a costume

11:32pm, 14 June 2025Football

The Morata documentary was aired on June 14, and one of them tells the story of a player who encountered a trough last year and considered cheating and not participating in the European Cup.

Morata represented Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last year, and in the second leg against Dortmund, Morata lost the opportunity to face Kober, and Atletico Madrid was finally eliminated.

Morata talked about this opportunity and said: "I failed to keep up with the ball. After the game, I was completely eliminated with Atletico Madrid. After the game, I stayed alone in the locker room for a long time. I just wanted to cry. Everything started from that time."

"I had a lot of terrible, self-destructive thoughts in my mind. A thought flashed through my mind, pretending to be injured so that I could not play in the European Cup."

Morata later called the Spanish team doctor and said that he could not participate in the game. But the team doctor arranged for Iniesta to do ideological work for Morata, and Xiaobai also made Morata realize that the Spanish team needed him, which also gave Morata confidence and goal to participate. In addition, after the start of the European Cup, Morata also communicated with psychologists. In the end, Morata won the European Cup championship with the Spanish team.

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