Football and Champions League fans remember with special appreciation the 2018 quarterfinal games between Real Madrid and Juventus in Turin, especially the second leg, where the Italian team was about to make a comeback of the time to leave the merengue team out of the competition, which at that time shone for its two consecutive ‘Orejonas’ during the last two editions of the maximum European tournament at club level.
However, the followers are not the only ones who keep this memory, but Gonzalo ‘Pipita’ Higuaín keeps the second leg as one of his fondest memories throughout his participation in the Champions League, as he came very close to eliminating Zidane’s team, which ended up being European champion for the third consecutive edition.
This is what the Argentinean let know in an interview for the podcast ‘What a Golazo!’ from CBS Sports, where he ruled that there are many special moments around the UEFA Champions League, but described that He really enjoyed the 0-3 at the Santiago Bernabéu.
“I had many (good memories in the Champions League), the first game, the match with Tottenham with Juve that we qualified at Wembley, the memory of being able to almost eliminate Real Madrid, 3-0 there, a game that was very much enjoyed until the end, The same with Napoli against Dortmund, that San Paolo fell, and well, there are many memories, at least being able to live a Champions League final that did not go well, but also that memory of at least being able to live that previous one, the adrenaline of the party, there are many beautiful memories ”.
A historical game
The first leg had ended with a resounding 0-3 after Cristiano Ronaldo’s double and Marcelo’s solitary score, so closing at home with an advantage of that magnitude did not sound so complicated, but those of Turin were to kill or die in the second leg and, despite the fact that Mandzukic and Matuidi gave the visitors a draw, a penalty that CR7 converted the goal changed everything and defined the pass to the semifinals for the Spanish.
