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8. Andres Iniesta - Tribute to Friendship

'Cos
'Cos there's nothing quite like friendship

Dani Jarque played at Espanyol's first team for 8 years, rising through the youth ranks to earn 173 caps for the Catalunyan side and earned 36 caps for the various youth teams of the national side but not once earned a senior cap for La Furia Roja. The combative centre-back was named the captain of the side before the 2008-09 season started but tragically passed away before he could play a game with the armband on. He was only 26.

He was also Andres Iniesta's best friend.

The great midfielder went through a harrowing year and a half - suffering emotional and physical distress but recovered in time to make it to the 2010 WC squad for Spain where he so famously scored the only goal of the final to grant Spain their first ever World Cup.

And he celebrated by whipping off his shirt to reveal the message that lay underneath - "Dani Jarque Siempre con Nosotros"... "Dani Jarque, always with us". The sheer beauty of the goal and the awesome momentousness of the occasion served to embellish what was a gloriously heartfelt tribute to that most human of all relations - friendship.

Thank you, Andres. Smile in peace, Dani.

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