Monday, April 5, 2010

Why Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain might be the best striker in Europe

Statistics show that the underdog Argentine is streets ahead of Messrs Rooney, Drogba and Torres.



I've always loved the underdog, the individual or team effort that springs a surprise on the people's favourite, and condemns them to failure. In the first knockout round of the Champions League, French side Lyon did just that to Real Madrid.
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Beating them 1-0 in France and then, after going a goal behind, finding an equalizer in the second leg with fifteen minutes to go. Real now needed two goals to advance, and after playing punch drunk for most of the second half, and literally running out of ideas, it was never going to happen.
Gonzalo Higuain was playing that night for Real Madrid, and he was guilty in the first half for missing what appeared to be the easiest of chances.
After beating Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, the Argentine found an empty goal to shoot into. From 15 yards, he hit the post. It was clear on this evidence that the gods were not with Los Blancos tonight.
But for Higuain, he would have to suffer more than any of the other players.
by David Bronstein

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