10/17/2020 4:21 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 10/17/2020 4:21 PM
In a fun chat with the official media of his new club, Inter Miami, Gonzalo Higuaín explained that he must have looked at the way Juan Román Riquelme and his brother Federico played, since they asked him to step back a few meters on the field during his stay at Juventus.
"With
Fede
we played in Reserve (in River) and something that he taught me is how he played as a hook, because after Napoli, when I returned to
Juve
, they asked me to delay more and he, who played as '10' He told me what I had to improve in that position.
I learned from him and from (Juan Román) Riquelme, from what I saw at that time. I think that today I am more complete in that because of the help of Fede and Roman ".
Together with Federico, they began a new stage in MLS but they do not forget the time they shared a team in the River Reserve, and especially the games against Boca.
"With Fede we are in Reserve and together we play little.
Against Boca, always undefeated, which is not easy.
He played as a hook and I was 9. Although it was not a long time, I enjoyed it and then we made our debut together in First"
Pipita
spicy
.
The Higuaín Brothers 🎬 #InterMiamiCF pic.twitter.com/Zeday5YWjO
- Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) October 15, 2020
Having left those memories behind, Gonzalo expressed his feelings about the reunion with his brother in David Beckham's team.
"We are going to share our life again, beyond football.
The social life that we never had. It grabs us in another era, he with children, I with a girl.
We are going to share very beautiful things and I am happy that I can to be in Inter Miami and to
make up for the lost time that football took from us
, "revealed the former 9 of Juventus, Napoli and Real Madrid, among other teams.
On Federico's side, regarding the opportunity to play with his brother again, he said "
It was many years of seeing each other 2 or 3 days a year. And if we could ... because he was always much busier than he was. I was competing practically throughout the year.
It is a joy to share time again, to have the opportunity to play for this club, with everything he had been telling me. For me it is a spectacular possibility to represent Inter Miami and be next to him. I hope everything goes well. "
It took
15 years
for the brothers to once again have the pleasure of sharing a court.
And it happened in Federico's debut this past Wednesday when his team faced Atlanta United.
Gonzalo was present throughout the game while his brother entered the 87th minute to play the final minutes in a 1-1 draw.
Last night, Federico Higuain made his #InterMiamiCF debut, playing alongside his brother Gonzalo for the 1st time since 2005. pic.twitter.com/B1YC3j3hMf
- Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) October 15, 2020
The Higuain, thus became the eighteenth pair of brothers to be part of the same team in the history of the North American league MLS.
They are currently joined by Cristian and Alex Roldán from Seattle Sounders FC, Diego and Yimmi Chará from Portland Timbers and finally Gabriel and Nicholas Slonina from Chicago Fire.
A historical event occurred precisely at the beginning of this year, when in the game between Seattle and Portland two pairs of brothers faced each other for the first time in MLS history in the same match: on the one hand the Chará and on the other the Roldan.
In the event that the Higuaín combine in a goal, they would enter the records although it has already happened 7 times in the history of MLS, including two of them this year thanks to the Colombian Diego and Yimmi Chará, who managed to do it in the games against San José Earthquakes and LA Galaxy.
David Beckham's team will return to competition this Saturday, when his team faces the Canadian Montreal Impact, whose technical director is French legend Thierry Henry and which has among its ranks, the Argentine and former Newell's, Maximiliano Urruti.
Currently Inter Miami is in the 12th position out of 14 teams participating in the Eastern Conference, having achieved just 5 victories in 18 games played, reaching 18 points and placing only 6 points behind the last in the table, DC United.
JCH.