Recently, football has been screened by the Ballon d'Or, and Benzema's inspirational from green leaves to protagonists has also conquered everyone. In the green world, some people are born as protagonists, such as Messi; Some people are destined to become the protagonist, such as Ronaldo; Some people will always play the leading role, such as Benzema. In fact, everyone can be the protagonist in their own storyline. Just when the 34-year-old Benzema finally reached the peak of his life, another 34-year-old star ended his career: Higuain. The gears of fate never stop turning, and those who once intersected will eventually return to their respective tracks and run to their own distant places.
Higuain made his debut at Argentine home club River Plate and rose to fame after landing at Real Madrid in January 2007. His arrival coincided with Real Madrid's sluggish transition from Galaxy Battleship Phase I to Phase II, and as the younger brother behind Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy, he was once a highly anticipated rising star. In the 2008–09 season, Higuain had overtaken Raul as the team's top scorer. In 2009, the stars arrived, and the outside world was distracted by Kaka, Ronaldo and Benzema, and it was still Higuain who became the second La Liga silver boot after Messi with 27 goals that season. In the 2011-12 season, Higuain and Benzema scored 22 and 21 goals respectively in the league, but the two combined were less than Ronaldo's 46. The so-called Benzema and Higuain dispute was nothing more than a ninjutsu game around Ronaldo. Benzema traded his attitude to be a leafy in exchange for a qualification for the boys' band BBC, while Higuain finally switched to Serie A Napoli in 2013 to pursue his personal brilliance.
When an Argentine arrives in Napoli, it always brings back fond memories for the fans. Higuain has been on the road for three years and won the Serie A Golden Boot with 36 league goals in 2015-16 and set a single-season Serie A goal record. That summer, Juve, who dominated Serie A, spent 90 million euros to bring in Higuain, but he failed to help the Bianconeri break through in the Champions League, and was later loaned to Milan and Chelsea, and has been reduced to the fringes of the giants. After returning to Juve in the summer of 2019, Higuain completed his final season in the top five leagues before packing his bags and heading to the MLS to retire under David Beckham's Miami International.
A few days ago, in the first round of the MLS playoffs, with Miami International losing 3-0 away to New York City, the hourglass of Higuain's boot-hung countdown also bottomed. No victory to finish, no goal to embellish, this is perhaps the most realistic side of life, it lacks romantic cells, it has no sense of ritual. Corresponding to Higuain, who has traveled to wealthy houses, there is a kind of casualness that does not play cards according to the routine.
Throughout Higuain's career, it seems that his name always has to be mentioned alongside well-known superstars. In the 2014 World Cup final, Higuain missed a single knife and Argentina lost to Germany to win the title. It is not difficult to imagine that even if he scored that goal to lead Argentina to win the championship, it was considered a complete Messi in the eyes of outsiders, and in fact, his failure to score that goal was regarded as an owe to Messi. Why can't the world spare Higuain, those who walk with greatness, who have no right to sign their names even for regret?
Benzema and Higuain are both Ronaldo's fans, one sticking to Real Madrid to become a winner, the other fighting the sword to the end of the world for home. Golden Ball and retirement, although two peers at the same time different circumstances, but also deliberately create professional players achievement anxiety. The horizontal comparisons between people are endless, and the "little smoking gun" is not mixed into a "Tyrannosaurus rex", but his honor book is definitely more important than the vast majority of players.