Only one player, István Nyers back in 1949/50, has scored more goals than Gonzalo Higuaín’s 18 at the halfway stage of a Serie A campaign.
‘El Pipita’ finished one goal short of the Hungarian striker’s all-time record after netting twice in Sunday’s 5-1 success at Frosinone – his fourth brace in his last six league games. That win secured Napoli the title of ‘Scudetto d’Inverno’ (winter champions), with the Partenopei two-points ahead of Juventus and Inter, and on target for a first scudetto since the Diego Maradona-era triumphs of 1987 and 1990.
“No team has ever won the Scudetto in January,” Higuaín said after the match in Frosinone. “But we are top of the league and w…