Higuain takes aim at Napoli owner
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GONZALO Higuain defiantly drew a line under his controversial move to Juventus with a brace against Napoli, picking out the president of his former club and mouthing: “It’s your fault.”
With a 3-1 lead from the first leg of its Italian Cup semifinal, Juventus travelled to Naples on Wednesday to secure its third consecutive final appearance.
It did, but not before suffering a scare, going down 2-3 at an emotionally charged San Paolo to creep through 5-4 on aggregate and maintain its hopes of a treble of trophies.
As well as ending Napoli’s hopes of silverware, Higuain’s double left president Aurelio De Laurentiis looking ever more the culprit in a spat that began after the striker’s shock move to the Serie A champion last summer.
Despite pocketing a healthy profit when he sold Higuain to Juventus for an Italian record transfer fee of 90 million euros (US$96 million) De Laurentiis said the Argentine had “betrayed” Napoli. Higuain, 29, who hit a Serie A record 36 goals in his final season with Napoli, had refused to respond to De Laurentiis’s provocation.
Until Wednesday night.
Whistled and jeered, Higuain overcame a hostile reception to give Juventus a 32nd-minute lead with a superb strike from outside the area. He then made a beeline for the executive boxes, pointing his finger directly at De Laurentiis and mouthing: “E colpa tua.”
De Laurentiis lifted his eyes to the sky in resignation, a gesture not missed by Higuain’s brother and agent Nicola.
“How I love to see the face of Aurelio every time my brother scores,” he wrote on Twitter.
“See you next time president. Hahaha!!!”
Higuain has now scored four goals against his former club this term.
Higuain claims De Laurentiis owes him 600,000 euros from image rights sales and has taken his case to the league.
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