I didn't watch much football those days, but ai often read that his downfall started with the death of his father. Something like that will hit people very differently. If he didn't manage to think about football with the same importance after that that's perfectly fine, but could it also be that media like to "romanticize" the story of his career? Many players have talent without the right attitude to craft a world class career out of it. Although his talent was greater than 99% of those players, without the right attitude he won't reach the greats. Of course, not trying to downplay the death of a parent - just asking if this is the media using a tragic accident to create better stories or not.
