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Andrés Iniesta Celebrates Conception Day for Children Born After 2009 Goal

Former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta hasn't been able to appear on the pitch in recent months amid the COVID-19 crisis, but Iniesta turned back the clock and celebrated one of his most famous goals on Wednesday.

Iniesta looked back at his game-winning goal in the 2009 Champions League semifinal, a score that caused a "spike in the birth rate in Catalonia," per The Guardian's Sid Lowe. And over a decade after the goal, Iniesta called a pair of 10-year-olds born in January 2010 to commemorate the moment.

"Has your mum shown you the goal?” Iniesta asked 10-year-old Ignacio Barri in a video call on Wednesday.