Why Does NOBODY Like Gonzalo Higuaín?

Gonzalo Higuaín has to be one of the most memed and disrespected football players over the past few years.

Thanks to a few mistakes (albeit, high profile mistakes), many people have completely written him off. To some, he was never a good player.

This requires investigating.

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Background music:

0:00 - Introduction
01:38 - Why is Gonzalo Higuaín of Interest?
04:10 - Real Madrid: Prolific yet Underappreciated
08:38 - Napoli & Argentina: The highs and lows
13:29 - Juventus: Loved then tossed
14:45 - Did Gonzalo Higuaín deserve better Treatment?
Producer: Tinashe Chipako
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[lonelyplatypus]

Idk what you're talking about. Higuain is a national hero in Chile and Germany.

[FootballDrawn]

I think he's the opposite of Didier Drogba. His goalscoring record is amazingly impressive, but unfortunately for him, he's had massive failures in the biggest moments of his career (unlike Drogba, who's known for those BIG occasions), and the ghosts of the WC final among other big occasions will haunt him. Still a brilliant career, and massive respect to him ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

[MISSINGSITTERS]

Higuain is the full manifestation of Tottenham Hotspur in the flesh.
Decent every other game, even impressive but always chokes when it's an important game

[ayushman]

He deserves more brilliant at madrid, Napoli and even at Juve

[SKOT_]

As an Argentine I can speak first hand about it. Sadly both him failing in the world cup and copa America finals have lead to this negative view of him. Memes about him have been made for years because of it. Those loses were incredibly painful for us, but I still feel bad for the man. At the end of the day he's human.

[sordnassela]

As a Napoli fan I can't deny how much I loved Higuain when he played for us, and if I have to be honest I didn't even get angry when he left in order to join Juventus: in my opinion almost everyone would accept a bigger wage and the possibility to win national and international trophies when in our prime

[shahadatsaad]

Disclaimer:
Arsenal was not hurt in the making of this video.

[ХорхеГарсия-эе]

Before even watching the video: I think the real question is "Why does nobody loves Higuain?". A player of his stature can have haters, that´s normal, the weird thing is he not having any diehard fans, or at least visible ones. For reference, he scored over 300 goals in Spain, Italy, England, and for the Argentinian NT.

[isaisabellaisa]

as a Napoli fan, seeing him score 36 goals, then leaving for the team we hate most and the team who dominated the league for years, it was heartbreaking. The fans loved him, he was like a god to us.

[zizoushifty]

Loved him when he played for Napoli but I couldn't fuck with him ever again after he joined Juve.

[johnk]

I swear, this man does the best ever intros on youtube💯

[ani]

Always felt if di Maria had played in those finals .. the history would have been different and no one would even remember his misses

[VisarHyseni]

Loved him since his early days, and I also agree as a Real Madrid fan that they did not correctly value him, he dealt great with the arrivals of CR7 and Benzema he even came back stronger after that nasty back injury which kept him one season from playing, and that can be fatal for a carrer of a 21 year young player (that injury gave Benzema the time he needed to show his quality), as he said he and benzema had a healthy competition. Wish he staid longer at Real Madrid

[bigburdmillion]

i have to say, despite the failure to deliver on big matches and flopping performances that overshadowed his abilities, ill always have a soft spot for el pipita for being the first player ive scored with in my first ever game of fifa

[tankisomakhetha]

You have a unique take on players and their careers. You’re able to highlight some of players’ greatest achievements while juxtaposing them with their fallibility as human beings and athletes. Some of the smart and funny comments you sneak in between your commentary is one of the reasons I look forward to a Saturday evening in South Africa. These vids make my week. Thank you, T👊🏽

[rakhmathadita]

This man is truly cursed, since his retirement Argentina winning 2 major tournament

[arnabthreethreesixfivethre]

lots of love for HIGUAIN! not everyone is perfect!

[omarbiro]

16:12 more of these haters forget exactly THIS, should come to their senses and give credit, where credit is due. Higuain is easily on of the best strikers of the last decade. His numbers and accolades back it up. The reason why his reputation got tarnished is because Messi fans were too loud and tried to blame EVERYTHING on him despite Messi not showing up in some of these finals aswell. I mean, the only sitter he really missed was the one in the WC agains Germany and people don't realize how much pressure must've been on his shoulders considering the fact that it was an unexpected back pass by Kroos and Higuain only had few seconds to think ik order to score against the best goalkeeper of all time, Neuer. The other chances he missed weren't 100% chances in my opinion because the first chance he missed against Chile was from an extremely difficult angle and both 1v1 against the keepers weren't 100% sitters, in my opinion. And yeah, penalties are penalties. Even Messi missed A LOT of them, in the final too. So yeah, I'm not a Higuain fan or trying to justify his failures but I think people often times overreacted when it came to the chances he missed out of sympathy for Messi but like I said the Messi fans took it to another level, blamed unjustly EVERYTHING on him and thus tarnished his reputation in the eyes of many. Unlike many of the trolls used to actually watch him at Real, Juve and especially Naples scoring goals however he wanted and he was an absolute monster during these years.

[aaronq]

The biggest problem of this guy is on psychological level, he just couldn't handle the pressure.

[mzmz]

I wish you talked more about his time with Juventus . In his first two years he was the best player . Then after the loans even with Ronaldo existing he scored the most important goals . He didn’t get mocked until Ronaldo arrived but before that he didn’t . Those who watched the actual games for Napoli Madrid and Juventus know his true value and how good he was