TURIN – Disastrous American night for the Stars and Stripes national team who, at Commanders Field in Washington, lost 5-1 against Colombia in the friendly match – which also saw the other American Juventus player, Weston McKennie, on the field for over an hour – of preparation for the Copa America: the only positive note was the goal of Timothy Weah, a real bomber’s goal at the end of an extraordinary action between cuts and insertions. It’s not just a small consolation for the player Juventus but a performance in perspective because the Juventus player has demonstrated that he has the qualities to apply for the role of external attacker on the board of Thiago Motta.
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There has been much discussion about how the new Italian-Brazilian coach will make the Old Lady play based on the systems he has used most in recent years, namely the 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1. And Weah can fit into the role due to his characteristics and do theOrsolini of Bologna, that is, create numerical superiority and then put it in the middle or go to the conclusion. In fact, the American winger was born as a right winger, then was moved back a few meters and used as a right winger until Paulo Fonseca decided to even lower him to a full-back, first on the left and then on the right, in Lille. He is not the first and will not be the last to undergo these transformations: it was for example the fate of Spinazzola at Atalanta but also of Juan Cuadrado, who even went the whole way, forwards and backwards. Even Massimiliano Allegri, last season when Weah moved from France to Turin, although he didn’t focus much on him, always deployed him as a full-back or midfielder, never as an external attacker. Yet Weah has a technique as a striker: dry and linear, capable of making full use of his speed along the line. So it is possible that the new Juventus coach wants to return Weah to his original position, that of winger, in order to be able to make use of his running and crossing skills.
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