Higuain got into positions as a nine but he looks a tad slower and heavier and his shooting. He seems to be taking just a fraction longer to pull the trigger which allows the defender to get back at him.
I'd expressed my concern over his lack of sharpness in the box post-swiss. He's missed 3 certain goals in his last 3 outings for them. His finishing is delayed (quite evident against Ecuador) which is uncharacteristic of him. The madridistas on here will tell us that its his back surgery that has slowed him down, but i blame the freq bench sessions that has made him the fat benzema v2. He played the CA Q.finals for 120 mins only a few months post-recuperation and looked to 've not lost much, the chile game in Oct further validates it. But its been downhill for him since, thanks to the role afforded to him at madrid. Hence, y i've been petitioning a change of scenery for him, so he can regain that cutting edge for the NT.
I'm with you on Banega. I wish he was a li'l more consistent, and stops messin' around. He needs a hard-task master for a manager, one who can make him perform within his defined role.
Btw, 'Banega' in hindi means 'become'. we should start calling him "never banega".