Gonzalo Higuain in an interview with La Nacion talks about himself: from the pressures in Europe to the happiness found in Mls
Matched by Ciro Immobile, Gonzalo Higuain still holds the record for goals scored in a single season: 36. In addition to being the only Argentine to have scored more than 100 goals in both La Liga and Serie A. Since September, Pipita has left the Old Continent and landed in Mls, at David Beckham's Inter Miami.
The beginnings at Real Madrid
A journey that began in Madrid, in the Galacticos in the winter of 2006: "That first year at Real Madrid I didn't talk much. I saw Beckham, Roberto Carlos, Casillas, Raúl, Cannavaro or Ronaldo, before he left, and I was amazed. I was ashamed, I never opened my mouth ”he said in an interview with La Naciòn.
The pressures
From that moment to today Higuain has toured and won a lot in Europe, but now in Mls he feels happier: "The other day I was thinking about everything I went through, the years of requests, responsibilities, changes of countries, which, like it or not, destabilize you. And the truth is, now I feel very, very happy because I got out of that pressure bubble. Here football is not a priority, there are other sports that bear those pressures ”.
The sacrifices
Many years as a professional have led him to make many sacrifices, above all that of being often away from friends and relatives. Sacrifices that brought him a high salary, but also a lot of pressure: “The money I have did not fall from heaven, I earned it, day after day, sweat after sweat. Money helps, yes, but it doesn't bring happiness. I have played in many different teams and I have celebrated birthdays with different teammates, Christmas with different teammates. Everyone judges you, and not only about football, but if you are fat, if you are thin, if you are bald ".
Ronaldo and Messi
In his career, in addition to the trophies, he was able to take away some other satisfaction. He is still the player who has played the most games with Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi: "If I was the player who played the most with both of them, then I was the one who understood them the most. I knew what they liked, what they didn't, how they felt more comfortable, how they felt more uncomfortable. They felt they could count on me too. When they have a player who relies on them 100%, they don't feel detached from all their responsibility. I think they felt they could count on me. They are two completely different players and I had the privilege of having fun and learning from both of them. "
Advice to Lautaro
In Argentina, now, they have indicated 'Toro' Martinez as his heir and for this reason, Higuain gives him some advice from a distance: "First of all, I would tell him to stay calm, because the path is long. For now, for Lautaro it's all pampering in the national team. Which is what happened to me until the final in Germany. Until 2014 I was the best number 9 in the world, and after that Germany was over. I would tell him to stay calm because now it's all rosy with him, but the time could come, perhaps in a World Cup or an America's Cup, which has the misfortune of missing a fundamental goal, and at that point Lautaro will no longer be Lautaro. I would tell him, then, not to think that he is neither the best nor the worst ”.
The future
In conclusion, Higuain also talks about his future, which he sees far from the world of football: “After all I have been through, I would be masochistic to stay in the world of football. First of all, I will enjoy the family. Then I want to study cooking and enology. But in the beginning, I will have fun with my family who has had to endure all this pressure ".
