It's almost impossible to believe, but nonetheless true, that Gerard Piqué fell out of love with football this season.
From the way he has played during Euro 2012, ahead of tonight's final against Italy in Kiev, you'd never guess that in the dark unhappy corners of his mind, while seated in a dark unhappy corner of the Camp Nou dressing room he started to doubt whether his future remained in the sport that has made him a national, European and world champion while earning him multi million-pound contracts and making him a superstar.
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