Diego Costa has confirmed that he underwent a massage using horse placenta and electroshocks to try to be fit for the 2014 Champions League final.
Former Chelsea striker confirmed he underwent the bizarre treatment in an interview with ESPN Brazil before Atletico Madrid’s Champions League final against city rivals Real Madrid.
The Atletico Madrid forward said: “The horse placenta gets spoken about a lot, people say it was a lie. "That treatment was real, even though when they were applying the electroshocks the doctor was smoking two cigarettes. "They were two-hour sessions.
It was tough and very painful, so much that when I ran after I didn’t feel any pain. "For me, there was nothing else at the time other than the Champions League
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