It was an evening of vindication. Yes, another one. On a day when Gonzalo Higuain reached the 100-goal mark in Serie A having already done so in La Liga (as Marca in English notes, only Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hit a century in two of Europe’s top five leagues in the last 20 years), it felt as if the Argentina forward was proving his worth all again.
Should a player with those numbers really have to do so? Regardless of whether that should really be the case, this is Higuain’s lot in his footballing life.