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Football: end clap for Argentinian Gonzalo Higuain

2022-10-18T09:37:17.142Z


The 34-year-old goalscorer couldn't prevent his team Inter Miami from losing in the MLS play-offs, so he played the last game


Like a sad symbol, he bowed out of a stinging defeat when, some 6,000 kilometers away, his former strike partner Karim Benzema, only nine days his junior, lifted the Ballon d'Or.

On the night of Monday to Tuesday, former Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain played the last match of his career, while his team, Inter Miami CF, was dryly beaten (3-0) by New York City FC in the play-offs of Major League Soccer (MLS), the American football championship.

“The dream is over, now another life begins,” said Higuain at the post-match press conference, whose last image on the pitch will remain a long moment of silence, squatting, after this setback.

I felt like what I loved was over.

It's been half of my life, a 17-year career, and images of my entire career have come to mind.

But I'm leaving very happy because I gave everything until today and that's the most important thing.

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Retraining in “mental coaching”

The Argentinian had already announced he would retire at the end of the season, which he left his mark on with 16 goals in 28 games for David Beckham's franchise.

In February this year, it was his older brother, Federico, who was also playing in Miami, who ended his career.

He also made it known that he did not necessarily intend to follow in the footsteps of the big brother, assistant coach of the Inter Miami reserve, but said that he would be interested in a retraining in "mental coaching ".

"It's the most important part of the game. You can have all the skills and all the talent but if you're not mentally well, it doesn't matter much," he said.

Gonza total thanks 🫶 pic.twitter.com/XAKC6GWC43

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) October 18, 2022

Having cut his teeth at River Plate in his native country, Higuain won three Spanish league titles with Real Madrid, scoring 107 goals in 190 games.

Barred by competition in attack with the

Merengues

, he joined Italy and Naples, where he had the best season of his life in 2015-16, with 43 goals in 53 games, including 36 in 35 Serie A games. stride, he inscribed his name in the pantheon of the most expensive transfers in the history of football by joining Juventus against 90 million euros, a transaction which is still one of the 15 biggest moves of the transfer window.

Born in Brest in 1987 to an Argentinian father, Jorge, who was then playing at Stade Bestois, the one who had French nationality could even have worn the Blues jersey but had finally chosen Argentina.

With 31 goals in 75 appearances for Argentina, Higuain helped the Albiceleste reach the World Cup final in 2014 and the Copa America final in 2015. He retired from international duty in 2019, a year before his departure to the United States.

Source: leparis

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