DBasia.news – The Argentine national team has always been highlighted as of their difficulties to win trophies or achieve internationally. In fact, Lionel Scaloni’s landing team has quality players such as: Paulo Dybala, Lionel Messi, and Gonzalo Higuain.
Unfortunately, the performance of the last name can be said to be quite disappointing, even he is also often regarded as the culprit of Albiceleste’s failure in each tournament , after failing to win the 2014 World Cup and then the 2015 Copa America, Argentina also eliminated France in the last 16 of the World Cup. 2018.
This then made Gonzalo Higuain decide to end his adventure with Argentina. The player who was borrowed by the Blues from Juventus also believes that his time with the national team is also over.
“I have decided to retire from the Argentine national team. This decision was taken because I want to enjoy more time with my family and daughter. On the other hand, I have also provided everything for the national team,” Higuain said as quoted by the BBC.
“Now I want to concentrate fully with Chelsea. The Premier League is a very extraordinary and a competitive competition. I want to enjoy it,” added the former Real Madrid player.
Gonzalo Higuain began to defend the Argentine national team in 2009. While defending his country, the 31-year-old player has collected 75 caps and scored a total of 31 goals.
Higuain’s pension seems not to have bothered Scaloni, as he still has a number of reliable attackers, namely Mauro Icardi, Lautaro Martinez, Darrio Benedetto or Matias Suarez.