Free kick from the right wing, clearing header falls right to Weah, first time volley into the lower corner! Awesome stuff. He had been quiet today, but that will be forgotten...
Wheeeee.... Weah...... Tim Weah scored a beautiful goal for Lille! #USMNT pic.twitter.com/I0TVwUxRhU— Soccer Brothers Pod (@SoccerBrosPod) December 10, 2020
Also - he may have been moved to right back after starting at left midfield. But now they need to preserve the tie, so makes sense to me.
So much for not having the physical fitness to play more than 20 minutes at a time, & the notion it would be reckless to even give him a half in a friendly. Moves to rb to extend him for the rest of the game.
Noteworthy that Weah got little time with the national team despite being back on the field for months, while Paul Arriola immediately started coming off an ACL injury.
Celtic score again, 3-2 now. Turnbull scores after the attack came up the opposite side from our latest right back. He tried to close late on the unmarked Turnbull, but saw it too late.
It is noteworthy. But what it's indicative of, I'm not sure. Probably Gregg drafting off Lille's manager's decision, which was more a byproduct of Lille having good attackers & trusting the guys he was winning w/ before Tim was ready. Pretty confident Weah is better than KDLF & Llanez atm.
It was the guy who bumped him back to rb (Lihadji). Good for Tim nevertheless. Give him those balls. Bradaric couldn't pass. Looks like another lb who is a pro at a decent level simply because he's left-footed.
Could mean that Lille asked for Weah's minutes to be limited, and no similar request was made about Arriola.
Well, glad for him, scoring does matter. Otherwise, not a fun game to watch. Lille finishes 2nd in the group.
I must say I'm impressed we got through an entire game against an SPL team without someone worrying if Weah's career would be ended by a "violent, reckless tackle (tm)"