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Eliminated from the World Cup with Argentina, Gonzalo Higuain did not have a significant playing time in Russia. An anomaly regretted by his father.
Already under fire from critics for months, both because of its ups and downs as well as coach Jorge Sampaoli's choices, Argentina will have dreamed little during this World Cup in Russia . First held in check by Iceland (1-1), the Albiceleste had come close to elimination in the group stages by losing against a deserving Croatia (3-0) before saving the game against Nigeria (2-1), reaching the 1/8 finals in an almost unexpected, so the largesse of this team were blatant. The rest, everyone knows, the team of the former coach of Chile was drastically eliminated by Kylian Mbappé and his family (4-3) in Kazan. Critics could now rain. In the line of sight: still and always the choices of Jorge Sampaoli …
"Really, I do not find a valid explanation to justify this choice"
What is mainly blamed on it? The fact of depriving experienced players honed at meetings of the highest level, such as Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain, scorers with talent recognized by all. If the first city was still able to score two goals in the country of the tsars, the striker who chained goals as pearls with Juventus Turin, he can not say the same. Indeed, if he can boast of having scored 32 goals in 75 selections under the jersey sky and white, the former Real Madrid had to settle for 132 minutes of play in the competition. Too lean for an attacker of his caliber
Furious about the treatment inflicted on his son, Jorge Higuain, the father of the native of Brest, did not fail to express his dissatisfaction in the columns Olé media. "Really, I can not find a valid explanation to justify this choice, I do not know why we played without number 9 against France You have two forwards who scored 600 goals in total with Higuain and Agüero and neither of them is playing, if there is one you do not like, put at least the other " said Higuain's father, not without bitterness.
"I think that somewhere helped the French team"
A statement shared by former Blue, in the person of Christian Lopez, who had also faced Argentina with France of the 1978 World Cup. Questioned by Goal on the subject, Saturday, at the end of the French qualification, the one who honored the tricolor tunic 39 times during his career did not understand either the choices made by the Argentinian staff. "Personally, what I did not understand was that Argentina played without a striker, by playing Lionel Messi at a position that was midfielder mid-high on the wings, I did not do well. The Argentinian coach did not play a player like Gonzalo Higuain This was one of the keys to the game and I think that somewhere it helped the Team of France " , entrusted to Goal.
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