Ballack breaks silence on coping with tragic passing of his son Emilio

[p]"[b]It's difficult, because you can't imagine it, nor can you describe it in words. It's a process of suppression. Everyone deals with it in their own way[/b]," said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ballack-michael/l0J9U8Vp/"]Michael Ballack[/a], whose son was just 18 years old.[/p][p]In 2021, he died in a quadbiking accident in Portugal.[/p][p]"[b]I can hardly talk about him, if at all. I wish I could say much more, but it's simply too emotional for me. That's why it's a process of suppression[/b]," Ballack explained.[/p][p]"[b]And you try to get through everyday life, through things that motivate you like work, family, the other sons, to cope. [/b][/p][p]"I've managed to do that as best I can up to now. We've managed it. And I'm grateful for that."[/p][embed guid="905f9bd5-5c8e-4a09-b9e7-ab32a1db5340" url="https://x.com/ChelseaFC/status/1994647763556905318" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Four-time German champion[/h2][p]The former DFB captain played 98 international matches for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a] during his active career. After successful spells at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayer-leverkusen/4jcj2zMd/"]Bayer Leverkusen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]FC Bayern[/a] - where he won the Bundesliga title four times with the record champions - the former midfielder moved to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] in the summer of 2006.[/p][p]Ballack now works as a player advisor. Since 2022, he has also been a regular TV pundit for DAZN.[/p]