A shy man who rarely displayed large-scale joy – the sporting world still thanks him for his courage in announcing his battle with depression – Iniesta celebrated the goal with a show of joy that eventually spread to thousands of homes. .
A year after the success in South Africa, many newspapers and television stations reported on the World Cup 'baby boom', testimonies from couples who claimed to have given birth to children on the night of the victory and even doctors who admitted they should have assisted more in childbirth. than usual. INE noted that in March, April and May 2011 there were 117,027 births, a thousand fewer than the previous year, although experts quickly clarified that the decline was more pronounced and that the months had softened thanks to the victory of the Red Party. .
But science has gone further. On 17 December 2013, the prestigious 'British Medical Journal' published an article indicating that the 'incident' against Chelsea in 2009 also led to an increase in the birth rate in Catalonia the following year.