Gonzalo Higuain

Icarium

Lifestealer
Meh this is not the first time it happened. It amazes me how he chokes so consistently even more than messi playing in God mode. If I have to pick one guy to blame this defeat it would be a hard choice between higuain and Tata.
 

Alarcón

New member
Didn't he score vs Holland in the semifinal of the World Cup? That was probably his most important penalty for Argentina and he scored. Many players miss penalties when the pressure is on. Doesn't mean much. Messi bottled it vs. Chelsea. So what? It happens. Baggio missed it in 94, Shevchenko bottled it in 2005, Trezeguet in 2003 and 2006. Countless of other examples. Messi himself said he gets nervous when he has to take a penalty, it's normal.

Yes, but Higuain ALWAYS bottles it.
 

Blaugrana Bull

HiiiPoWeR
The chance he missed was not on him. Lavezzi's pass was a bit too strong. Higuain was not really able to score that.
But the pen, holy shit. If you just smash the ball as hard as you can, it is a lottery indeed. I do not expect players to score every penalty but at least try to aim for the goal instead of using pure force without being able to tell yourself where the ball will be going to.
 

El Gato

Villarato!
Gonzo doing his madridista duty as long as he's on the same NT as Leo, lol.

Sad story. The guy does it every time without failure. How long will it take before he gets his redemption "Robben" moment? It's crazy how regularly he's at least partially to blame for a loss of his team.
 

Alik

Moderator
But the pen, holy shit. If you just smash the ball as hard as you can, it is a lottery indeed. I do not expect players to score every penalty but at least try to aim for the goal instead of using pure force without being able to tell yourself where the ball will be going to.

Yeah, I don't know what he was thinking.

Reminds me of Ramos and the Xavi facepalm.
 
M

magicomessi

Guest
is he old or does he really suffer from back injury because the way he run is pathetic

for tata i still wonder why he choose this loser over tevez !!!! it was clear even for a blind person who had a great season



hope he has some dignity left & announces his retirement
 

Beast

The Observer
What would have been if Higuain didn't get this nasty back injury....

He never recovered his pace or agility since than and i remember arguing in this very forum that the decision to sell him was right because he won't recover what was his lethal weapon before which of course no one believed it . Higuain relied on shots from the outside his pace running off the shoulder of the last defender and agility .. all affected by a back injury .. he is not the same...
needless to say he always had this mental block.. which seems permanent he scored in the clasico in 2008 but never took as a starting point to overcome his big game record.. instead he went back to being invisible in all the clasico's ..same for the CL.. he had some chocking misses i can remember the Dortmund one & Lyon in 2009 ... although truth said.. in terms of game play he suits Messi with Argentina than Aguero who hangs around just for fun
 

Aryagorn

Improvin' Perfection!!
What would have been if Higuain didn't get this nasty back injury....

He never recovered his pace or agility since than and i remember arguing in this very forum that the decision to sell him was right because he won't recover what was his lethal weapon before which of course no one believed it . Higuain relied on shots from the outside his pace running off the shoulder of the last defender and agility .. all affected by a back injury .. he is not the same...
needless to say he always had this mental block.. which seems permanent he scored in the clasico in 2008 but never took as a starting point to overcome his big game record.. instead he went back to being invisible in all the clasico's ..same for the CL.. he had some chocking misses i can remember the Dortmund one & Lyon in 2009 ... although truth said.. in terms of game play he suits Messi with Argentina than Aguero who hangs around just for fun
was it intentional?
 

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