There is a huge difference, when Higuain was getting abused, what did messi do?
Here is what Higuain himself said:
Gonzalo Higuain: "After the match, everyone in the locker room turned cold toward me and no one spoke.
Only Messi came over to me, hugged me, and said, 'No problem, this is football. We made it to the final and gave it our all.'
Later, the coach at the time told me not to come back to the national team, but once again Messi stepped in and talked to the coach. 'This isn't his fault. In football, we win and lose together. No one is perfect, he said. He changed the coach's decision.
That's how I got called back to the national team. If it weren't for Messi, I'd still be tormented by guilt to this day."