Higuain press conference
Gonzalo Higuain discussed his progress since joining Real Madrid and the team’s recent performance during Tueday’s press conference.
Goals:
Scoring makes me very happy. I try to grow as a player and person every year. I have improved a lot over the last three years, but there is still room for growth.
Future:
I don’t see myself playing for any other team. I am very happy here and there is no reason to think about a future elsewhere. I hope I spend many years here.
Pichichi:
Finishing as the league’s top scorer would be incredible, but my goal, which I stated at the start of the season, is to do better than last year. You earn respect and the credit you deserve by what you do on the pitch, which is where a player needs to do his talking.
Just keep it going lads
Hola,
I am sorry guys. My OS got completely screwed up and I had to live without a computer for two days which meant I missed both blogging and more importantly the Villareal game. So I just managed to post the pre-match press conference, the official preview, the report and the post-match comments as usual today and now that my computer is back I can assure you that I shall maintain whatever I had been doing for the past month successfully. A post per day.
I cannot say much about last night’s game itself as I have just seen the highlights and not the match itself. I am glad that we proved a point. And I am sure that this doesn’t mean we will rest on this win for and not look ahead. We have now scored more goals than Barcelona – 2 more to be precise – though they have conceded 4 less than us. Higuain is just two short of Messi in the race to win the Pichichi. Cristiano Ronaldo continued his splendid form and has definitely been the signing of the season for any club in the world. 18 goals in 19 appearances speaks for itself. That too on a day when his home town was affected by a devastating flood, to come up with such an all round performance is no easy task. He played a part in every single goal of ours and is showing signs of getting back to his Manchester United best. Kaka grabbed a brace and that should do some good to his confidence levels. Xabi Alonso scored his first goal in White from the spot late on (something which I thought was won by a very astute Cristiano Ronaldo). People might wonder why Pipita didn’t go for his hat-trick, instead why did Alonso take the penalty – but then again Alonso scoring meant two things. First, he opened his account as this was his first goal in White. Secondly, we now hold firm the record of having the most number of distinct goal scorers in the side. Pipita I guess took one for the team. It was sad to see Raul, Guti and Benzema miss out on the party. If they too had contributed to the success it just would’ve been the perfect night. Anyhoo, alls well that ends well and this is indeed well.
Just another Madridista
If you cannot decide then let us decide
Its really a petty issue. Its something that is common in school football. In that case its the guy who can dribble past three of his own team mates in training who is chosen to take the spot kick. But how should it be decided in international football? We cannot use the same rule, can we? Frankly, we never come across this problem in world football. Its either the top scorer or the captain who is given the responsibility in most of the teams. But as far as our team is concerned our captain is our goal keeper most ly and the other one is, well, not playing enough. So whom should it be?
Should it be Kaka? A brilliant and confident spot kick taker. Calm as well and has not missed a single one yet. Should it be Ronaldo? We all know what he is capable of. But we all do know that he can miss at some really crucial times. But what the hell. Its Cristiano Ronaldo! Or should it be Xabi Alonso? The power he generates with his right foot is at par with some of the best in the world. If he misses the kick he generally does score on the rebound. Or should it be Gonzalo Higuain? He was in charge of it last season and did helluva good job. He’s our main striker as well. Does that give him the right?
Well that was the problem which we faced towards the end of the game against Villareal. Ronaldo won the penalty. Xabi and Cristiano apparently had an argument over who would take it and Xabi had the final say. Ronaldo did not celebrate with his team-mates after Alonso eventually converted it. The exchange between the two was later broadcast by Spanish TV station Canal+ but Higuain is not attaching too much importance to it. He said:
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February 23, 2010 | Categories: Comments, News, Stand Up Speak Up | Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Kaká, Lionel Messi, Xabi Alonso | 4 Comments »