It moves lightly across the field, falls to the side, presses the exit of the ball from the opponent and defines as a 9. It is the Gonzalo Higuaín of 2016 and its renewed version of 2019. Yesterday the Argentine forward met again with the goal in Champions , something That had not happened for a year and a half. He dropped a rained ball on the front of the area, controlled well and fired fast. He celebrated with the rage of someone who is always questioned and does not finish meeting. When it seemed less, Higuain returns .

This Wednesday all the covers talk about him. " The golden pipita ", reads again in the sports press, which had parked the nickname in the newspaper library. Who would say it after a summer that pointed to his sunset as a footballer. Juventus was desperately looking for a tip, he didn't find anyone who wanted to pay the more than seven million the Argentine wins and in the end he ran out of 9 and with Higuaín.

The 'Pipa' rejected offers from China and other exotic destinations. At 31, he didn't want to get out of the elite car anymore. Last year, after signing Cristiano Ronaldo he was forced to leave. But the search for prominence was a disaster, first with a transfer to Milan and then with another one in winter to Chelsea, where Maurizio Sarri , his fetish coach, asked for it. The English experience was not good either, but the arrival of Sarri to the Juventine bench did not make him lose hope to the Argentine.

They took the 9, which was deserted, and gave him the 21. He would have to win a spot in that fast football for which the new coach bets, ahead of Cristiano. And Higuaín showed, since the summer, that it was coming lighter. A stigma, the weight, which has haunted him throughout his career. The 'Pipita' made a good preseason and started playing home.

He had only scored one goal - to Naples - so far this season, but he has started almost every game. In the Champions League against Atlético his new role has already been seen. In the first goal, Higuaín receives space, moves well, is able to hold the ball and deliver it to Cuadrado , who scores a goal coming from behind. It is the 'Pipita' 2.0, which yesterday made an identical play for Bernardeschi to push it, more mobile and generating more spaces. He was missing the goal and now he has also found it.

In his resurrection also influences the absence of another leading forward and the decline of his compatriot Dybala. Mandzukic has been about to leave for Qatar, although his signing has finally been thwarted. While Dybala has been asked to play the role that Higuain does now, but he has not been able. His thing is to play with space behind the tip, although all that area is now a Christian's heritage and there is no coach willing to question it. Dybala's summer has been similar to Higuain's, with the difference that one shows its head and the other continues to shrink.

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