Gonzalo Higuain: “My retirement is approaching, I don’t like football anymore”

After it turns out Gonzalo Higuain was thinking of retiringThe Argentine striker himself admitted that he knows it Farewell to football is approachingBecause after playing for a year in MLS with Inter Miami, he says he feels it Happy without the pressure in other football leagues.

“Retirement is approaching I have other projects on my mind. Football is a jungle And each one has to take care of his ass. My head is down here in Miami and There is no chance of going back to that pressure bubble, from not being able to get out. I am calm with myself “And I give everything so that my family is happy,” he said in an interview with ESPN F90.

similarly, Pepita lamented the changes football is going through Due to the different methods of coaches and the arrival of technology, he stated that the game is moving away from its essence, which He doesn’t like it.

“I love footballI loved him and will always love him but lately I like it less I see it because today’s technology, limited space and two-touch play, robbed the dribbling, and you have a 1-on-1 and all that talent is wasted.”

He kept playing in memory of his mother

during the interview, Higuaín had a very emotional moment when he remembered his mother Nancy Zakaria, who died this year after a struggle with cancer, and admitted this He was about to retire when he found out about the disease Who was his mother, because for him football went to a “fifth plane”.

“The disease was discovered in the America’s Cup in the USA (2016). From there I go to Ohio to see Fede (her brother) and she told me about it. When he told me about it, I went to Argentina and told him that until he was cured, he would never play football again.. In fact, I quarreled with her. And she told me: If you don’t play I’ll die sooner, because I won’t let you leave something you love For me’. I kept playing her. I was about to quit football. For me, football went to the fifth plane.”