In an ordinary regular season game in the MLS, Miami International, who made the playoffs for the first time, lost 3-0 to New York City and was eliminated. Although it was the first knockout match, it was nothing more than an ordinary club game for Internacional Miami. However, it was the last battle of his career for an Argentine, 34-year-old Argentine Higuain.
Not long ago, Higuain announced that he would hang up his boots at the end of the MLS season. However, with Miami Inter making the playoffs, the Argentine's retirement was delayed. For Miami International, however, which has no playoff experience, it's hard for them to go further. Sure enough, in the first round of the playoffs, they lost 3-0 to New York City.
In this game, Higuain started the full game, 3 shots and 1 shot, the highest number of dribbles in the game. Unfortunately, in the final battle of his career, Higuain did not score, and he could only tear up and end the last battle of his career with a defeat. Despite a rough start to the season, Higuain is undoubtedly an absolute contributor to Miami's playoffs this season, scoring 16 goals in 31 games, his best season since joining MLS.
Higuain, 34, hung up his boots, while former team-mate Benzema, who was the same age, officially joined the Ballon d'Or five hours before the Argentine lost the game. At the 2022 Golden Globe ceremony, Benzema received the award by an undoubtedly huge margin. It was a sad day for Higuain and a day for Benzema, and the age difference between the two was actually only 9 days.
In addition to being close in age, in fact, whether it is size, playing style or position, Higuain and Benzema are extremely similar. And most importantly, the two were once close teammates at Real Madrid and were the most powerful strikers in football. The difference is that Higuain did not continue his career at Real Madrid, he left the Galaxy and went to many giants, but did not really become a core player.
Benzema, on the other hand, has worked hard all the way at Real Madrid. In the BBC and MSN era, Benzema was arguably the most low-key player of the six. However, I did not expect that when Mero's career began to decline, it would be Benzema who won the Ballon d'Or.
Benzema's story is clearly inspirational, and he went from being a leafy player to football's brightest superstar. But more ordinary people experience trajectories that are even less than Higuain. Either way, Benzema and Higuain are destined to make their names in football, the former's example of green leaves counterattacking safflowers is worthy of praise, but the latter's spirit of getting up after many failures is also worth learning.