Schurrle won the World Cup, today he climbs mountains in the cold and bare-chested – Corriere.it

If he thought he had known all possible emotions with the World Cup won in Brazil in 2014 with his Germany (1-0 to Argentina after extra time), Andr Schrrle he definitely changed his mind. After his farewell to football in 2020, just 30, the former German striker it keeps itself in shape in an extreme and unique way.

How? He accepted the challenge proposed by the 63-year-old Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof, aka The Iceman: combines the discipline of the soul and motivational factors that lead him to get involved in the toughest trials. The ex of Mainz, Bayer Leverkusen, Chelsea (he won a Premier League with the Blues), Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund, Fulham and Spartak Moscow shared several photos on his Instagram profile that portray him while climbs a mountain half naked (wearing a pair of sports shorts and a black cap firmly on the head), under the snowwith some travel companions.

Schrrle’s party ascended the Sniezkaa 1,603-metre peak in the Giant Mountains, Poland (the name means snowy). Hardest mental and physical thing I’ve ever done! For the last few minutes I couldn’t hear anything and I had to find something inside of me to keep going. An experience I will never forget :-19 degrees, 100 kilometers per hour of wind in face, heavy snow and rain! cWhat I’ve learned, my body and I are stronger than I thought. If I put my mind and soul into it, I can do anything, wrote the 2014 world champion.

Former Chelsea team-mate Didier Drogba responded by praising Schrrle’s feat: Proud of you, my friend, my body would immediately stop working. It should be remembered that the German left football at the age of 30, in 2020, after the experience in the Russian capital. He could no longer bear the pressure and expectations of everyone towards him, after the World Cup won in 2014 with a brace in the 7-1 victory over Brazil in the semifinals and the assist to Gtze for the winning goal in the final against Lionel Messi’s Albiceleste. Six years after that passage that went down in history, he said enough. Now accepting The Iceman’s challenge and feeling new emotions compared to the ones he had lost on the football fields.