Won the World Youth Championship
Argentina's 1987 golden generation is the white moonlight in the hearts of a generation of fans, they once came out of the World Youth Championship and the Olympic Games, a blue and white, like the sky, like white clouds, the eagles of Pampas once soared in the sky, full of spirit, waving, that is a young tango, a piece of youth.
Leo Messi, Sergio Aguero, Angel di Maria, and the protagonist of this article, Gonzalo Higuain, were the brightest stars of Argentina's glorious decade from 2008 to 2018, and the most innocent shield after the bleak.
He joined Real Madrid at the age of 19
On January 1, 2007, the 19-year-old Higuain joined Real Madrid, a teenager with long hair and stars came to the young battlefield, half a month later La Liga debut assisted Van Nistelrooy scored, a month later Madrid Derby scored Real Madrid's first goal, that season he won La Liga with the team reversal.
At this time, Di Maria had just transferred to Benfica, and Yu Dabao and others called "Benfica's four new stars", at this time, although Aguero was a Starter for Atletico, but the efficiency was far less than Higuain, at this time Otamendi was still difficult to find opportunities in Sasfield, only messi at this time was already Messi.
Argentina won the title without Higuain
Higua's achievements at this time are second only to Messi, but when the old boys in 2018 are brave enough to fight for the ideal of the last small smoking gun, and when Messi proudly lifts the Copa America in 2021 to draw a perfect end to their youth, Higuain is the only one who is absent.
He is a quality idol of Real Madrid, the "Raúl successor" recognized by Bernabeu fans, and his father was nicknamed a pipe when he played football, so when Higuain debuted, he was called a small smoking gun. In the 2007-2008 season, his 89th-minute goal against Osasuna helped Real Madrid reverse, winning the summer title three rounds in advance, and in the 2008-09 season he scored 22 goals in the league to become the team's top scorer, and the future of young Higuain is unlimited.
The addition of multiple superstars stole Benzema's chance
Compared with the smooth sailing of the league, in the Champions League arena Real Madrid has not been able to cross the Champions League round of 16 for many years, just in the year when Higuain shined, people remember only Barcelona's unprecedented six champions, the invincible battleship of The Universe Barca set sail, in the summer of 2009, Real Madrid Meritorious Chairman Florentino returned, and it is a familiar big stroke, Benzema, Kaka, C Ronaldo one by one bigger than a big name.
At this time, Higuain's position is a bit awkward, he is not a Real Madrid concubine, nor is he an absolute core, he is very good, then what? Aren't Ronaldo better than him?
Frequently substituted
Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo's presence has made him often appear in the center forward position, he is farther away from the goal, but there are many goals. In the 2009-10 season, La Liga had 27 goals in 32 games, 10 goals in 17 La Liga games in the 2010-11 season, 22 goals in 35 La Liga games in the 2011-12 season, and 16 goals in 28 la Liga games in the 2012-13 season.
Joined Napoli
With 121 goals in 264 games over six and a half years, napoli, a desperate man in 2013, spent 40 million euros to take Higuain, where he got the No. 9 shirt that symbolized the indian center forward, got the tactical position he wanted, got the cheers of the fans, and the fans also saw an ace shooter who scored a lot.
In 2015-16 he scored 36 goals in 35 appearances to break the 66-year Serie A goal record, but Juventus is still a difficult peak in Serie A, they once topped the table, and the blue number 9 reminds the fans of stadio São Paulo of the Argentine who wore the number 10 more than 20 years ago.
Joined Juventus
The old woman rode in Serie A but did nothing in the Champions League for 20 years, and at a sky-high price of 90 million euros, they took Higuain, who was almost 30 years old, from Napoli, and they wanted a Champions League trophy too much, and Higuain was the best striker available at the time.
71 goals in 94 games Higuain waved off Napoli, he is destined to belong to the big club, while the old woman was at one point only 90 minutes away from the Champions League, Higuain made 12 appearances for the team in the Champions League and scored five goals, including two goals in the semi-finals to help the team reach the Champions League final again after a gap of 14 years. Their opponent is their old club Real Madrid, and the 1:4 fiasco may still make Higuain remember it vividly, and they have no way to fight back.
Unexpectedly, the 2017-18 season is a more dangerous year, Napoli is still fierce in the standings to bite the old woman, as long as a mistake has the possibility of being reversed, in Meazza, the last round of the league, the Italian national derby, Juventus trailed by 86 minutes, until the 87th minute Cuadrado equalized.
But the average was not safe, and in the last minute of injury time, Higuain scored the most important goal of Juve's career to help the team beat Inter Milan to win the Serie A title.
Fat Fu figure
Is this 90 million worth spending? He scored 100 goals in 153 games, which is the club's fastest record of 100 goals, won 3 league titles, advanced to the Champions League final, he was criticized for being often invisible in strong confrontations, and more and more blessed figure, the former blonde teenager has now become a big belly uncle with more beard than hair, in the domestic league he is still a stable goal machine, but in the Champions League stage, he often can't help.
Joined AC Milan on loan
In 2018, Juventus took a fancy to C Ronaldo, a man who can summon victory, and if C Ronaldo comes, then Higuain will definitely go, in July the old woman officially announced that C Ronaldo joined, in August Higuain loaned AC Milan, he was squeezed out by C Ronaldo.
Joined Chelsea
The 31-year-old Higuain was destined to wander, Milan was dropped off loan for 8 goals in 22 games in the half season, he moved to the Premier League, wearing the Blues' No. 9 he scored 5 goals in 18 appearances, the only good news may be that he won the Europa League title that year with Chelsea, which was his first state game crown in more than a decade across The Continent.
Higuain returned to Serie A in the 2019-20 season and did not see Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo for a long time.
He and C Ronaldo met in the locker room and smiled, Serie A 32 appearances 12 off the bench scored 8 goals, the main force of the front belongs to the omnipotent C Ronaldo, belongs to the team future Dybala, the young man who once fought with C Ronaldo in the Bernabeu now has no more competitive confidence, at the end of the season he was terminated early by the team, the next stop Miami International, away from the dispute quiet play, less and less about him.
Played for Miami International
On the flight from Turin to Miami, he looked back at those green years in Iberia with his vicissitudes, full of envy, he and C Ronaldo and Messi had been teammates, but in his heart "C Ronaldo is very egotistical, if you don't say that he is the best player, he will not treat you as a friend." He always thought he was the best one in the world, but in my opinion, he was overrated. ”
He didn't like Cristiano Ronaldo.
Higuain's national team career was full of regrets, "I was close to the championship, but I didn't do it, but I persevered the whole journey, I tried hard. But the world has not changed. ”
Partnered with Messi on the front
He made his national team debut under Maradona in 2009, after the French national team contacted him but was rejected by him, he has since become a partner of Messi, who has been more opportunities than Aguero and wasted more opportunities, and he has been the main player in the Argentine national team's front line for the past 10 years.
The World Cup was a hat-trick
In the 2010 World Cup, he was the main striker who pinned Inter's treble champion Diego Milito to death on the bench, and in the 4-1 sweep of South Korea he scored the only hat-trick in the World Cup, scoring four goals and ranking second in the top scorer list.
In 2014, people remember higuain's one-handed failure in the final, otherwise the outcome of the game would have been rewritten, people could not see Messi's lonely eyes, could not see Pampas's eagles crying again, if that goal may change the fate of many people, including Higuain himself.
The 2014 World Cup final was not scored
2014 was the moment when Argentina's 87 golden generation had the best chance of being crowned collectively, but they were a one-handed distance apart, and the gap of less than 30 centimeters was a 7-year journey that had failed in Higuain.
Since then, he has been equated with the soft egg and the undercover, but have you ever eliminated Belgium in the quarter-finals, and Higuain scored the only goal, without him there would be a final later?
Missed opportunities in the Copa America final
In the 2015 Copa America final, he received a pass from Ravitch, forming a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper but the angle was small, higuain's shot was deflected off the goal.
In 2016, he missed another one-handed opportunity
In the 2016 Centennial Copa America final, Higuain broke the ball in front of him, hesitated when he singled out Bravo, and finally picked out the shot.
Three chances and three shots in the finals, this may be the fate, Higuain's shot can be a great achievement for Argentina, unfortunately it backfired, but he lost three single knives, three regular time + zero goals in extra time in the three finals, and the luxurious Argentine forward did not rely on standing up, these are all problems.
Missed three chances to be a hero
In fact, these opportunities were created by Higuain himself by running and counter-grabbing, and he was not so much a sinner in Argentina as he missed the opportunity to become a hero.
He retired from the national team in 2019
His chances are getting less and less after the 2018 World Cup, and in March 2019, after playing for Argentina for a full 10 years, the 31-year-old Higuain announced his retirement from the national team. He made 75 appearances for Argentina and scored 31 goals.
He is a good goalscorer whether in Spain, Italy or in the national team, he has proved himself, he shoots superbly, runs well, shoots efficiently, when in 2021 Messi leads the 87 generation to the last attempt, and finally fights for the Copa America, while Higuain is enjoying the sun and waves in Miami, he watches his former teammates lift the trophy, which is their dream that they have fought together for 10 years, "My contract with Miami International will expire in 2022, when I will stay away from football. ”
In 2022, when his contract with Ami International expires, he will most likely retire, he should take it, how to force it? The teenager dreamed of a hero, he was the future prince, experienced the new man laughing at the old man crying, he ran away from the Apennines to prove his value, the sky-high transfer he was diligent and focused, failed to reach the value and was loaned and drifted, he wanted to do better, three times missed a single knife He is not a sinner of the country, but three times missed the opportunity to become a national hero, he must have been angry, but how can this be, the world still has not changed, last year today in this door, the face of the peach blossoms. People don't know where to go, and peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze.