The Strange Connection of goalkeepers to Depression

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2019 went to the hands of writer Peter Handke. Albanians protested such a decision because of his political stances on the Milosevic regime, but however, the decision did not waver.

This writer's greatest work is called “The doorkeeper's nightmare prior to the execution of the penalty”. It tells of the anxiety of a prominent former transportation officer, Joseph Bloch, who lost his career in football and was fired as an armworker to become a murderer later.

Block got a goal because he didn't react at all. He fought the opponent. He got a red card. His career broke. He was experiencing a existential crisis. And when we are existential, which for many critics is the dark and pessimistic philosophy of the world, the world's greatest writer and philosopher, Alber Kamy [Camus] was also a doorkeeper in his youth.

A few days earlier, Periscope He conveyed the message about the series of confessions Exciting of one of the best goalkeepers of all time in football. Gjanbulji Buffon [Buffon] confessed that at the height of his career, when he was 25 and 26, he had suffered from depression and had even been visited by a psychiatrist.

In 2009, the football world was shocked when German national goalkeeper who had protected Hannover and Barcelona, Robert Enke, committed suicide by throwing himself at a train. Enke had suffered from depression as well.

But is there specific concern about the doorman's role that can affect mental health beyond certain personal experiences?

The goalie is the loneliest football player on a football team. His task requires much of his handplay, which is strictly forbidden to other footballers. He holds gloves, which others do not, and has markedly smaller interactions with other players.

However, there are many inspiring cases of goalkeepers who went through numerous challenges, yet they succeeded in being the main ones in their teams and states.

One is Bert Trautmann, the legendary goalkeeper of Manchester City for fifteen years who had fought under Nazi air force during World War II.

In fact, his career was by no means easy, since he was not fully accepted into English society in the postwar years. In 1948 he signed for St. Helens Town and this caused quite a shock because of his Nazi past.

A year later, however, he received Manchester City, in which the club made 509 presentations, also winning the FA Cup in 1956.

He had been declared the Soccer of the Year in the same year and had entered the midst of England's legends, though German, in 2005.

In recent times, the goalkeeper's role has been changed dramatically thanks to trainer tactics like Guardilla. They are much more involved in the game, and they are required not only to branch and defend the gate but also to follow and interact with their players. /Periscope