The fall and rise of Mario Gotze

Mario Götze had won back‑to‑back league titles and scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, all before he was 20 years old. He was compared to Lionel Messi, but what followed was a decade of struggle, disappointment and frustration. He eventually turned his career—and his life—around with a move to the Netherlands, a medical diagnosis, and a distraction from football.