World Cup countdown: 50 days, Argentina moment number 43, Gonzalo HIGUAIN

1. if the keeper made a save then so be it but to have plenty of time and plenty space to direct his shot but to not even get it on target is a crime.
   4 finals and 3 misses (incl a pen kick) for hig grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2. 😡😡😡😡

3. Infantino wants mini-World Cup every 2-year. Everyone knows there’s nothing behind that idea apart money-desire. What is the sense of that further multiplication of international tournaments? (It’s already too many). People want to see WC as real football fest, something special. If you want to have fest too often and celebrate too often the fest will not fest anymore. Big NOOO to the money-maker idea. Mr. Infantino, I know your name commits. Nomen omen. Say no to that infantinism.

4. Cursing you forever Curse you stupid Damn your father and yourself

5. Do u guys think that Gago should be in the final squad?

   • He is part of same course: injuries in crucial moments and absurdal call ups. Aguero, Di Maria, Gago

     • For once we forget about the injuries.
       If he is fully fit do u think he should start in a midfield trio of paredes-gago-lo celso

6. What about the offside goal Higuain scored that day? He was running offside as soon as Lavezzi started the move and I was screaming in my mind to Higuain to stay onside all along. Then he started his crazy, extended celebration. I waited for the offside flag but Higuain kept on celebrating. Just when he got me convinced that the goal was okay and I finally started celebrating, they ruled out the goal for offside. A little less excitement from Higuain could have made it a valid goal. That was a great run and cross from Lavezzi.

7. Thanks for the post Roy, yesterday you talked about Batigol and now Higuain, what a difference 🙂

   Again, I repeat what I said previously on Higuain, he is a hard working forward, courageous and tried things. I remember when he arrived at Real, he used to play as winger as upfront was Raul-Van Nistelrooy. He showed a lot of weakness on his technical skill but despite that he finished as part of the starting XI with Capello as coach. You need to have strong personality to be in the starting XI of RM.

   Honestly, apart from his courage, I’ve never seen any special talents on him. He is not a technical player for sure, his control/passing is average, not fast neither nor creative, it’s almost a miracle for him to have such a career. I think his main quality is his high pressing and his sense of finding space for receiving the pass. But well, don’t expect from him to score on the only chance of the match or to drop deeper and creates opportunities for his partners. It depends really on what the coach expects from his forward. If Samp does not replies on him to score/create and his job is just to create unbalance to the opposite defense by his running and pressing, just like a defender in an advanced position then ok I can understand. But does it worth to have such profile in the 23?

8. Wanted to keep this space positive.. anyone wants to go for this. Name ur top 5 all time favorite Argentine footballers .
   Here is mine
   1. Maradona
   2. Goycochea
   3. Mascherano
   4. Burruchaga
   5. Messi
   Was jus unable to fit in batistuta!

   • 1) Maradona
     2) Messi
     3) Batigol
     4) Redondo
     5) Riquelme

     The first 3 are the legends. I hesitated between Veron and Riquelme. Redondo was my favorite midfielder.

   • 1. Maradona
     2. Messi
     3. Caniggia
     4. Batistuta
     5. Zanetti

     • My top five..

       1/Messi
       2/Maradona
       3/Mario campus
       4/Robarto Ayala
       5/pasarella

   • I was thinking about his for long time

     1. Messi
     2. Maradona
     3. Mascherano
     4. Riquelme
     5. Batistuta

   • 1. Messi
     2. Batistuta
     3. Maradona (his personality has left much to be desired. Used to be my fav growing up)
     4. Riquelme
     5. Caniggia

9. Look, luck has a substantial role to play in winning any tournament and I don’t recall ARGENTINA got any breaks during the 3 finals.
   RM IN their UEFA run. Remember the two finals against AM, YESTERDAY against BM, Portugal in the Euros, Roma vs Barcelona, freaking Germany in the final when ARG had all the chances .. .etc etc

   • I agree. If we were to win World cup this summer, luck will absolutely be needed. If you look at all the big matches, winner eventually get lucky and loser either miss a simple tapins or do something stupid. Argentina and Messi has too much pressure this summer, so to win the whole thing, luck have to pay substantial part in the tournament. However i believe in Sampoali to bring best out of Messi by playing him in more dangerous position and giving him more of ball than usually do. Also when in final third, sampoali should tell all of our attacker to pass it to Messi if he is open space like in barca than shooting from impossible angle especially augero and di maria.

10. Probably the most watched video of WC misses ever, I really wonder what goes through his mind when he puts on the Albiceleste shirt: “oh shit. Not this again”?

11. Ouch😂
    .btw if higuain had converted that , assist credit would have been Toni kroos. Kroos will be indebted permanently🤣 to higuain to preserve his identity as one of best modern day midfielders

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