The case had caused a stir around an 18-year-old player with a bright future. It was in November 2006. The day after a 2006 World Cup marking the end of the “Zidane era”, Raymond Domenech, then coach of the Blues, had checked the name of Gonzalo Higuain, young scorer for River Plate, to play a friendly match against Greece.
The blow was daring, the player having for only link with the France his birthplace, Brest, where his father was playing at the Stade Brestois at the time. Gonzalo Higuain had finally declined the invitation and then defended the colors of Argentina, with whom he reached the final of the World Cup in 2014.
The blow was daring, the player having for only link with the France his birthplace, Brest, where his father was playing at the Stade Brestois at the time. Gonzalo Higuain had finally declined the invitation and then defended the colors of Argentina, with whom he reached the final of the World Cup in 2014.