After the deserved victory of the American team over the Iranian counterpart, the photographers immortalized moments of intimate embrace between the liberal president, George Weah, and his son, who decided to represent the American team in the biggest football event in the world.
The USA team needed a win to reach the second round against Iran, who needed a draw.
The Azzurri attacked relentlessly in a fast-paced match and opened the scoring in the 38th minute when Serginho Dest’s header reached Pulisic, who collided with the goalkeeper as the ball entered the goal, and was so injured that does not rejoice The goal. the goal.
The American team drew its enthusiasm from the tumultuous atmosphere in Doha’s Al-Thumama Stadium, and was full of confidence and dominated the match.Younis Musa and Stone McKinney played big roles in almost every move, and Dest he constantly annoyed Iran, which created little chance.
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The confrontation between the two political rivals was the first at the World Cup since 1998 in France, a match defined as the “mother of football”.
After the end of the game, the Liberian president, together with his wife and some of his government officials, wanted to congratulate his son Timothy, as they walked towards the corridor leading to the locker rooms, where a warm embrace took place between the father, who won the world’s best player award in 1995, and her son, who hopes to follow in his mother’s footsteps.
Timothy made history when he became the first son of a Republican president to score a goal in the history of World Cup tournaments, after managing to score for the Welsh national team in the match which ended in a positive draw.
Interestingly, Timothy was born in New York, USA and holds US citizenship, and this is his first appearance at the World Cup.
Timothy Weah, 22, began his career at an academy in the United States, before moving to Paris Saint-Germain’s squad in the age stages, from which he graduated through to promotion to the first team.
Subsequently, he went on loan to Scottish club Celtic, from which he returned to his squad again, before moving on to the ranks of French side Lille in 2019, and put in a distinguished performance under him, which attracted the attention of the coach of the US national team to convince him to represent the United States.
The young striker holds Liberian nationality alongside his mother’s Jamaican nationality, not to mention French nationality, and was therefore able to represent three other teams before choosing the American one.
George Weah took his son to watch the World Cup final match between Spain and the Netherlands at the 2010 edition in South Africa, before his son returned 12 years later and fulfilled his father’s dream of playing in the World Cup.
His father failed to realize his dream of participating with the Liberian national team at the World Cup, even though he was crowned with the Ballon d’Or after playing for Milan’s blue shirt.
It should be noted that George Weah came to power in Liberia in 2017.
