The good came with the bad for Tim Weah in the first game of the 2024-25 Serie A season for Juventus. The USMNT star scored his first career Serie A goal against newly promoted side Como on Monday, only to be forced off injured at halftime. Weah looked to pick up the injury in the moments before the goal, which came in first-half stoppage time.
In fact, he was seen limping slightly, but he still found a way to make a strong run into the box and powered home a vicious first-time strike that pinged the underside of the crossbar and bounced near the goal line and out. But the referee pointed to his watch, with goal-line technology confirming that the entirety of the ball had crossed the line: The goal was the second of the match for Juventus, but the 24-year-old wasn't particularly effusive with his celebrations, probably knowing what was set to occur at halftime. But that does not take away from the history made by Weah: He became the first American player to score in both France's Ligue 1 and Italy's Serie A.
Last season, his first with Juventus, Weah made 30 Serie A appearances, but only mustered a single assist in a difficult campaign which saw Juventus finish a distant 23 points away from league winners Inter Milan. It led to plenty of changes for the new 2024-25 season, including a switch at manager, as Thiago Motta was brought in to take over the reins after earning a surprise first-ever Champions League berth with Bologna. Motta was not afraid to make major changes ahead.