Imagine a world in which Lionel Messi has 2 World cups and 3 Copa America titles. It could very well have been a reality… if only Gonzalo Higuain was clutch.
But there was a time when he would even outscore Cristiano Ronaldo in La Liga, and even holds the record for most goals ever scored in a single Series A season.
In just a brief span of time, he went from being one of the most respected number 9s in the world, to becoming an absolute joke that got memed so much for his decision making, weight gain, and so much more.
Just what happened to Gonzalo Higuain's career?
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Does Higuain deserve all the hate?🤔
Hell yeah... how he can miss that one in front of Neuer.
@@actonman7291 How did Messi miss the same 1v1 against Neuer in that same game?
@@imPyroHD you can compare both play actions Higuain shot miles off target it was borderline amateurish
As an Argentine fan, Sadly a big YES.
I'm Argentinian, and F*** YES he deserves all the hate!!
Higuain : *retires* Messi : *wins copa america and world cup*
A Copa America that was moved from 2023 to 2021 to give Messi more chances at a trophy and a 2022 winter world cup in a country that had no business hosting it and an Argentina team that got gifted PKs almost every game they played ...
@@cadian122so according to your enlightened knowledge, who should've won those tournaments?
@@tomasmaniago5832 I'm just saying ... A lot of sus stuff going on... Along with the Barca ref paying scandal ...
@@cadian122lol no. Copa america years have always fluctuated. Copa america was held in 2015, then 16 then 2019, then 2021. Looking further back you'll see there's more ranging from 1 year to 4 years before the next copa.
@@cadian122”the Barca ref paying scandal” you mean the case that has been going on for over a year with no proof shown in court so far?
Higuain was lethal at club level. But he was Argentina's Lukaku in big tournaments 😂
He was almost overrated
And what does that make Aguero who couldn't even get in the team ahead of Higuain? Aguero was a million times worse but doesn't get anywhere near the criticism Higuain gets.
Lukaku is phenomenal International 😂😂😂
@@brianduru3753Injuries- simple reason
lakaka 😂
Higuain was Harry Kane before Harry Kane was Harry Kane.... (bottling finals but scoring lot of goals)....
Very different players
He actually won trophies 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Na for international career it's true
His worse then Harry kane man kane won't make millions of people and an entire country cry multiple times 😭
He is like Lukaku
The world cup moment was easily his worst. The implications of that miss, still haunt me to this day.
even Messi said that 22 cup have only healed a portion of the loss he still faces for 2014
Higuain was great but missed big chances, Lately seems like Lautaro Martinez is following his example especially with all his chances in the world cup
Not really man
@@mr.smart75 in that world specially that last 30 minutes in extra time, lautaro got soo many chances to score. for a second there I though I saw higuain again, but soo glad it was the other martinez saved argentina.
lautaro just had bad luck, he still is am absolute beast of a player
@@insomnion3892 put any other player in his same position they would also miss cause of the pressure. Sucks he got bad luck though
His performance in inter has been great lately tho
People can hate all they want but NAPOLI HIGUAIN is legendary. The most overlooked striker in Serie A history.
Ah yes, two cups, reeeaaaaally legendary
@@pyrochrys9555 Bro they were competing against Juventus. That Napoli backline was trash actually. Except Koulibaly nobody talented.
@@RespecTheLevYTalso gotta add Juventus used to pay referees
Agreed. Insane player.
The bar is so low huh? Napoli goal machine. Pfffft....
crazy that as soon as Real Madrid, Argentina and Napoli got rid of him they started to get their desired titles lol
it took Napoli seven years, after he left.
Don’t forget he played for Juventus as well
higuain really fumbled allot of the chances he had
I remember the days when Messi used to be hated because of Higuain's mistakes.
Higuaín singlehandedly kept the GOAT debate alive for more than a decade 😂 He also was CR7's teammate 💀
Cry about it
Euro 2016 buddy? It ended right there
@brohdez8857 it's not it's officially ended in 2022 when messi gets biggest price.
Copa América 2021, WC 2022 and the Goat debate ended when Messi violated Cristiano in the 2009 Ucl final@@brohdez8857
😂😂😂😂😂 pathetic @@brohdez8857
When I think about higuain I never remember a goal he scored but I always remember a goal he missed 😂
Same 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I remember watching a Real Madrid CL match in 2011, and one of the moments that stood out to me was Higuain missing an open goal and hitting the post. I clearly remember talking about that miss to my classmates haha
That's why he should have retired (at least from the national team) after that. Higuain will always be remembered for being the player that ruined 3 chances for Messi to break his National Team curse.
Sad but so true
As Barca fan, I gotta tip my hat to Perez for realizing Higuain was the kryptonite for greatness..
Indeed man, he had great numbers, and even cr7 and Ramos defended higuain, still Perez was like “no fucking way I have seen enough already, bye”
Has to have balls to do that, because he was not hated at all in Madrid, and both captains defending him to stay at the club
Higuáin scored 107 goals in 190 La Liga matches for Real. Scoring more goals than Benzema in every, but one season, they played together!
I love the way the commentators calls his last name right before he strikes the ball both in game and in real life. Higuaaaaaaiiiiiin! Also he should have taken the Arsenal transfer after leaving Real Madrid. Wenger wanted to sign him along with Özil and experiment on his finishing ability. There is a high chance he would have become even more ruthless in front of goal which would benefit Argentina greatly in World Cups.
I remember there used to be a time i couldn't understand why Benzema was playing over him 😆
Benzema was not that good for France either. They literally won the worldcup without him.
Benzema was great in 2022. But back then Higuain was better than him.
Benzema sucked then as well, his finishing was shocking at times, especially for a striker
@@LjuboCupic1912still had great playmaking he didnt have much else benzi still scored 20 goals
@@Himsagi-Artzhe was very clutch tho he was good for france
Higuain Aguero Palacios Icardi were the nearly men underwhelmed but the most hated by a country mile is the Manager Sampaoli...man that dude is despised in Argentina an in every country he managed.
As a Flamengo fan, I can attest to that lol
Lol not all country's , chile was in beast mode during sampaoli era
The 2014 World Cup miss is very hard to forgive. It was such a bad finish, not even amateur worthy.
Let's talk about Messi dragging his shots wide in that very game😂😂😂
@@ezekielphiri2607correct. He also missed a big one in the second half. It just wasn’t supposed to be.
He was also the reason they went past Belgium
@@sabtiy80 I have insulted Messi many times for that miss but let's be real, he had a really tiny space to shoot and the ball just didn't bend enough. Higuain just had to shoot on target, Neuer was frozen on the spot.
@@ezekielphiri2607 Messi is not the number 9. Without goal, Higuain is useless on the field.
8:10 That caught me SO off guard 🤣
Same I was dying at that part 🤣😂🤣😂
im dying bro!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just watching this video disturbs my inner peace 😂 I remember every second of those 3 finals where Higuain messed up everything. Anyone else may forgive you Higuain, but Argentinians won't 😂😂
Messi fans as well. I can never forgive Higuain as well dude. Unreal and collosal fck up master he was.
@@DarthwRath You Messi fanboys are garbage.
Higuain thrived in Napoli because of the kind of football they play. He's a classic striker who needs the whole team working for him and A LOT of assists to score a goal. From 2010 - 2013 I watched every Real Madrid game and the amount of chances Higuain missed while basically camping in the box drove me crazy. Of course he scored many goals but he also got a ton of assists by some of the best midfielders in the world while doing absolutely no work against the ball and completely disappear in important games. In his seven seasons in Madrid he faced Barcelona in 19 times on the pitch, but only scored three (unimportant) goals and zero assists. In his first 19 games against Barcelona Karim Benzema scored 6 goals and contributed 6 assists. And when Higuain thrived in Napoli, Benzema thrived in Real Madrid, helping his team to three consecutive CL titles and leading it in an almost unhuman manner to victory in 21/22.
You're dumb.
Higuáin scored 107 goals in 190 La Liga matches for Real. Scoring more goals than Benzema in every, but one season, they played together! He also has an better overall quota than him (238 goals in 439 La Liga matches)
To be fair, one of the finals he blew, wouldn't have been blown if Manuel Neuer hadn't been pardoned for punching him in the face, which would've awarded Argentina a penalty kick and prevented Germany from winning their 4th World Cup.
Bro chocked one on one and miss off target. Anytime he started in big matches finals man ghosted
Madrid fans remember the ucl semi finals against bayern in 2012 and dortmund 2013... he did miss chances there as well... the guy was always gifted .. but lacked pressure handling capabitlites ... which is a sad truth
He missed so incredible chances against Barca in some Copa del Rey finals too, one was similar to the miss he would have later against Germany.
@@RockoEstalon ok.. this either i don't remember or it was before i followed Madrid .. can you tell which year? is it the year cr7 scored the winning header in the cdr final ?
Higuáin scored 107 goals in 190 La Liga matches for Real. Scoring more goals than Benzema in every, but one season, they played together! He also has an better quota then him (238 goals in 439 La Liga matches)
@@yannick245 agreed he was a much better goal scorer than Benz..but he wasn't a clutch player which Benz became once cr7 left..even a simple goal become incredibly tough when it's a high stake season defining or era defining match
Messi was almost left without mundial because of higuain. Don't feel bad for him
The way people always delight when someone fails is disgusting. Can anyone imagine waking up night after night because he sees these scenes in his dreams? And yet they all step on it again and again. Did he intentionally fail to score? Maybe there was a reason for everything. Maybe higuain was important to Messi's story to really deserve this World Cup title. In 2014, it would have been said that Messi did not lead his team to the World Cup title. Not like Maradona in 1986. It all makes sense. It's very tragic for higuain that he didn't become world champion, but he still had a great career and his family will tell him every day what a valuable person he is.
Finally some good to read . The guy was a beast , unfortunately he came up short in big games . Its not easy being in those shoes .
@@jordanvenegas8022 Thanks for the compliment. I just try to put myself in other people's shoes. And when I imagine that your whole country hates you and you don't break because of it? Then you are a true hero. Worthy of a world champion.
lol... Higuain had it easy... he fucked up like.. 5 finals ALMOST made the best player ever existed to retire without international success... He could've been hated MUCH MUCH MUCH more... honestly, he deserves WAY more hate than the hate he gets... Although after like.. the 2nd-3rd final, it's the coach's mistake. Karius on the other hand, bottled 1 Final... 1! And against fucking madrid, not against Chile... ANd his career was OVER that nigh... Now that's unfair.
@@akhsdenlew1861totally agree
@@akhsdenlew1861he really only fucked up 2-the 2016 copa and 2014 wc
The only mistake was betraying Napoli. He could have gone to PSG (I don't think that Bayern would have splashed money on him, especially with Lewa in his pump) or in Premier League to *insert Top 6 club here* to try to win a major trophy + get a better contract or even go to China for that Oscar paycheck, and people would have been way more understanding.
Yeah, why the f**k did he join Juve?! And then going on a loan twice (Milan and Chelsea). Why did Juve even loan out their best striker after only two seasons, where he scored 40 goals in 72 matches? Even to an Italian rival! But people also forget that Higuáin scored 107 goals in 190 La Liga matches for Real. Scoring more goals than Benzema in every, but one season, they played together! He also has an better overall quota than Benzema (238 goals in 439 La Liga matches).
They should have just subbed him off, similar to how they put Julian in the first team after seeing that Lautaro was not in form during the world cup…
unlike Alvarez to Lautaro , Aguero was not better than Higuain at that tournament in 2014 actually he was worse .
@@yassiamy lol the Argentina coach take risk he played super young squad who never played in any stage for Argentina and it worked out
He was the reason they went past Belgium at all
There was no Julian Alvarez in that WC for Argentina. Higuain's sub was Palacio, a player far worse than him and Agüero played the whole tournament with an injury.
@@yassiamy Yeah Agüero is technically a more gifted player than Higuain but in that tournament he arrived with a really bad injury. It showed becase everytime he entered the pitch he could barely move.
335 goals, 112 assists… Won in Madrid, Naples and Juve.. 3 la Liga titles, 3 Serie A, 3 Coppa Italia, 2 Italian and 1 Spanish Supercup, 1 Europa League… But yeah his career was just decent…
That's a VERY decent career.
Messi has been suffering all these years MAINLY because of this man alone.
The only Argentine Papa Perez really wanted was in Barcelona 😆
Also have to put in note how good Chile was back then , i also knew Argentina later on would win it 🇦🇷❤🇨🇱
Higuain really broke and shattered the hearts of billions of fans that day. At least we were alive to witness Argentina and Messi lifting the world cup 2022. RIP to all the millions of people who passed away from 2014 to 2022 and were true argentine fans. All of them could've witness argentina winning the world cup if higuain scored that day.
Don't know why but Lautaro Martinez also giving me Higuen vibes since the last world cup
No, Lautaro is a beast since always, his 2 offside goals (one of which, fifa accepted was a goal) absolutely broke him down.
@@insomnion3892no, false, what a ridiculous statement
@@EvieWillNotDie i know lautaro since his Racing Club days, he always was "the bull", also, the team wasnt centered around him, it was centered on messi and julian. lautaro IS, a good player, and yes, the CREATOR of var admitted it was ONSIDE.
@@insomnion3892 irrelevant statement that means nothing, another irrelevant statement that means nothing, another irrelevant statement that means nothing, and another irrelevant statement that means nothing. What's the point in you?
@@EvieWillNotDie point is lautaro ISNT a ghost like Higuain.
On 3 occasions he Gonzalo Higuain has been the reason i haven't won inordinate amounts of money
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Raymar, thank u so much 4 making this vid. So many yung fans don’t know who higuian was n how badly he choked.
he was a fine striker that let pressure get to him
7:49 messis reaction 😳💀
no matter what his records were all stat padding. i hate this guy with a passion. he was super good with no winner mentality.
Comparing Higuain to Bellingham is strange. Bellingham is scoring goals from midfield, Higuain is a number 9
Higuian is the biggest disgrace in Argentina football history. If only he didn’t choke and bottle those finals
Lautaro nearly became Higuain in 2022 worldcup too. Thank god , Argentina have Alvarez at the moment 😬
Plz add more funny skits like higuian missing the penalty meme, lmao great job m8
I always said Higuain was better than Benzema until 2020. Kids nowadays think benzene always played as good as 2022
It’s hilarious that he is hated by Messi’s fans because of poor performances in finals especially in the 2014 WC final, but Messi was also bad in this game (Missed a crucial 1 v 1 against Nueur, or poor performance against Chile in copa’s finals) Higuain was amazing in the early 2010s
This kid is feeling all sensitive now becuz he's watching a video about Higuain 😂 I bet if this was a video about a player from the 70s, you'd have say "he's the goat 😢🥺" with all sensitivities 😂
Higuain was average..He had chances upon chances..Messi had 2, 3, 4 defenders marking him If Ronaldo had that markings he wouldn't have even scored 200 goals in his career
Messi supposed to have 2 world cups, so it don't even got to be a debate on who the goat is
In 2014-2016 Ronaldo fans like to blame Messi and Messi fans like to blame Higuain. Both are right, but more than that, the entire national team was simply bad, the football was not at a high level. The most important player Di Maria was injured in all 3 finals. This team definitely deserved no more than finals. But right now I think Messi and his team deserve to take another Copa America. What they failed to do then they are doing today. The biggest success story I know in football and the biggest failure story I know😢😮❤️🙏
@@eL--RaL salty messi fan now you guys should enjoy he is the GOAT you don't need to meat ride him now
I remember when Higuain was at Real, I only ever remember him for being an absolute beast and an awesome goal scorer. After Casillas left Madrid though, I stopped caring about football and stopped watching it. So I never saw Higuain's downfall or important goal misses.
You make theee best videos. Your unconventional voice tone is its own category due to your information. 🔥
I find it funny that you say they had to find him all the way in Argentina playing for River Plate:))) like they scouted him from amateur league:))) he was playing at one of the biggest teams in the world:)))
"he was playing at one of the biggest teams in the world:)))" 🤣🤣🤣
this guy deserves zero sympathy, he’s not some underrated legend. Timo Werner was having multiple 25, 30 and 40 G/A contributions in serie A for fun. This man scored 2 goals in 20 plus matches his first season. 8 the next season when Barca was winning trophies. Messi almost went trophy-less for country because of this man.
Yeah he's been good for some few years but doesn't remove the fact that Messi would have 2 World Cup by now without this rat
Make a video about the Ghana legend Essien please, love the vids btw😊
He was one of the best strikers, scored great goals and 250 goals in first leagues plus 29 in MLS... Under these circumstances. We called him Higany in Hungary as a nickname sometimes (which means mercury in English).
No matter what people say he will always have a spot in my heart! MADRID! MADRID! MADRID!
For me, Higuain was one of my favorite players. One of the most underrated players. Alvaro Morata is levels beneath Higuain but gets so much more trust in representation and in clubs, and he has so many more blunders, not just in big games but in every game he plays.
True but Alvaro Morata doesn't carry the hopes of millions of Spanish .. They know he is fake , incompetent,lucky and unreliable both at club level and country ...Higuain carried pressure because he had moments the gives people hope but failed under enormous pressy
Love your videos ❤
The biggest problem of his is, he always wanted to outshine Messi in Argentina. When he scored the offside goal and pointing at him, people understand this guy only play for himself and wanted to more than what he is.
make a video about Abédi Pelé. The guy is just so criminally underrated man, they gave him the nickname pelé for a reason... Truly one of the best playmakers of his generation and one of the best african players of all time he won everythingggggg Ligue 1 (3x), UAE pro league and even the champions league. Also won the afcon and was named african player of the year 3 times yetttttt nobody knows his nameee so unfair. pls try to introduce the world to this forgotten legend
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@@amsterdamG2G lovee🙌🏾
Nice vid. Can you do a video on Roberto Carlos
Missing a penalty in a final is understandable, because i takes allot of nerves to stay cool in that situation, and you have all the time in the world to overthink. It's worse when you miss 1v1 vs goalkeeper as a striker, because you don't have time to overthink, it's all instinct for a striker at that point. And Higuain fell short as a striker when it mattered, several times. He's definitely no Mario Kempes.
He was terrrible in argentina finals and in Madrid champions. He was more a striker to win leagues scoring tons of goals like in napoli or juve and even in Madrid being a sub (120 goals).
Higuain always came across as the type of player that, when he was up and coming, could play with minimal pressure and expectation - particularly at Madrid - because of the players around him... but with Argentina it seems that the pressure was absolutely immense and he would snatch at chances that he would score at club level. I feel like it was almost as if he knew that might be the one chance he got, whereas at club level there's always another match
He carried Argentina in every game up until the final. The disrespect is insane
Higuain has never carried any team throughout his career.
Carried?? That's insane 😂
Dont miss him too much , lautaro martinez will continue his legacy.
I remember him at Madrid and Napoli. His bad decision making is summarized by leaving Napoli to join Juventus. Fans felt betrayed
We laughed at all Napoli fans😂 he chose the better club
Higuain did not ”simply leave Napoli to win silverware”. Sure that was part of the reason but his relationship with President De Laurentiis was completely broken down months before him leaving. They did not get along at all and De Laurentiis even called Higuain ”As fat and overweight as a brick of concrete” in the middle of the season he broke the record for most goals in Serie A. Could he have gone to another club than Juve? Maybe, but I don’t think any other club were willing to match his release clause of 90 million € at that time given that he was 29 years old.
Messi fans around the world destroyed him. I can pick Messi in 2010 WC when he scored nothin, i can pick the 1 on 1 situation against Neuer in the WC Final , i can pick his missed pen against Chile in 2017. But the world embraced him. I think Higuain’s Napoli prime is so forgotten bcs of that miss. He was a beast. In a previous you can be loved. In then next game can be hated bcs of one situation. So don’t come at my comments saying „ ShUt up & fOcuS bEiNg a rOnaLdO faN“. I know Messi is the greatest but said what i said.
Truth he was a huge fraud
He was horrible in those finals for Argentina, but overall still a better international performer than Aguero and obviously an amazing club player.
i think he is overhated
Overhated?? Stop feeling all sentimental kid
@@eL--RaLeh he is still over hated
Eh
I am a big fan sir ❤❤ I have a request for you Can you please make a video on Joe Hart please 🙏🙏💓
Great video!
As a Madridista, I will always remember El pipita and his time at the bernabeu
Higuian was ishowspeed when it came to cant miss goals and misses them.
You know Higuaín was underrated when knobody knows he broke the record of most goals in seria A with 36, everybody forgets that and he was key in Madrid leagues. Imagine if he was mexican,indian or asian..he would be called legend.
Got a lot of hate for big misses when even Messi had those misses in those big games
not really 😂😂, not missing tap ins like that
Higuaín was a phenomenal striker, go watch the goal highlights and you'll see some of the most beautiful goals ever made by an elite player, it's unfortunate that he's remembered more for his misses which were some nototorious ones not going to lie, but still was a tremendous player despite that
This video tells me every body in football was a baller at once before injuries at once I was good I was a goal scorer but when that knee injury happened it affected my pace dribbling shooting one point I got so much hate even I was the one who never picked me
yo so early,please make a video on philip lahm
In the end Higuain turned into Benzema
8:10 hahahahahahahah didnt expect that! 🤣🤣🤣🤣👊👊👏👏🥶🥶
Idk why Aguero wasn't starter for Argentina
If he didn’t fumble he would be by now a Argentina Legend
Can you make a video on Dunga from Brazil? He’s one of the best defensive midfielders to play and even had more passes than Xavi in World Cup that he won 1994. No disrespect to Xavi who’s a midfield god obviously. But I feel nobody knows how good he was and was in my opinion way better than most
He was the exact opposite type of a striker a team would need to win a title , he was a bad vibe and always gave that feeling that he is going to miss goals more that scoring it .
I remember when he played for Chelsea on loan. Scored a few decent goals
You forgot that one Champions League miss that would put Madrid through too. Dude was massively unlucky when it came to key moments.
I remember when I used to play Football Manager 2009, I put Higuain and Balotelli in front, both Wonderkid, bagged me Champions League and Scudetto using Fiorentina. He was good.
Higuainis is the reason messi loves luis Suarez....When messi lays a pass ...Suarez will always take it .
Higuain was in a class of his own ❤
ya the special ed class
@@paulmansi797💀💀💀💀
Can you do a video on Gabriel batistuta or Cristian veiri or pipo inzhagi
Messi doing all the hard work, carrying the team, creating chances and all Higuain had to do was finish it. Guess that was too hard at the international level. Still remember that 1v1 watching it live and he missed. More pressure was on Messi then Higuain. Til this day i still blame Higuain, Messi could of been a world cup winner before 2022.
In 2014 if Higuain didn't score against Belgium they wouldn't even be in the final.
@@stefan5730 that's the problem with Higuain, his inconsistent. Always choke in big games
Lautaro Martinez needs to shrug off Higuain kind of Argentina performances ...I can foresee him wielding pressure
I knew he would miss that PK against Chile in 2015 final. Was actually happy when he came up to take it, lol. 🇨🇱
This just reminds me of Lautaro, he'll take you there but can't pin the final nail in the coffin
Perez refused to entertain the idea of liking Higuain as he was purchased by former Real Madrid president & long-term rival Ramon Calderon therefore unfortunately Gonzalo made the bad list automatically. Gonzalo was fan’s favourite & popular if he’d further success Calderon & media would have praised the former instead of Perez. Same thing happened to Robben & Sneijder both OUT🫵
Florentino just hates Argentines, for reasons that dodge me, but his actions speak. He never signed one, and make sure the ones already at the club when he assumed both of his presidencies left soon after. Getting rid of Di Maria AND Redondo speaks world. He's a hater and a brazilian lover.
We will never forget Higuain. Never. May he rot inhell.
Why would it be a shock to have to go "all the way to Argentina", and ESPEICALLY to River to find talent? 😂
You need not just talent but a lot of confidence to shine on the biggest moments, and you can see from this video that madrid already damaged his
It’s a team game. Plenty of all time greats missed out on championships because their supporting casts were not good enough.
Madrid Legend ❤❤❤
Should have just declared for France
I don't agree. The guy was a great striker for a mid table club. But his weak mentality meant he was sometimes useless in big matches. When you're in a club like real madrid, that is not a forgivable flaw. All in all, leaving real madrid was a blessing for both sides.