Juventus, Higuain: "Buffon made me understand how important I am even when I don't score"

Juventus was able to overturn a 1-0 deficit in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Tottenham to win 2-1 and move onto the quarterfinals. The positive result was partly due to Gonzalo Higuain, who had a great game and provided a goal and an assist. He spoke to Argentina's Radio Continental 24 hours after the match: "When Tottenham scored the first goal yesterday we knew what we must do and that we couldn't lose our identity, we were very good at handling the crucial moments of the match and thank goodness we took advantage of the situations. This is how we won in a mythical stadium, Wembley, and passed to the quarterfinals. In this season there was a crucial moment that took place in the match against Udinese, just like now we were on track for first place in Serie A, we won 6-2 but I didn't even score one goal that day. Buffon then spoke to me, he explained to me how important I am for the team even when I don't score because of my quality. I realized that being a number nine is not all that matters. I listen to constructive criticism, the others no; it pleases me when they expect even more from me because it says they are used to seeing me play at high levels."