Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Motherwell - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - May 14, 2022 Celtic's Jota celebrates scoring their fourth goal REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
It wasn’t quite Diego Maradona against Belgium in 1982 but on Wednesday night Jota provided the most significant assisted assist of the season!
With Hearts digging in for a point, six of Robbie Neilson’s players had their focus on the Celtic winger.
One turn and one pass from Jota changed the direction of play, suddenly Aaron Mooy was breaking forward with Kyogo Furuhashi anticipating the pass.
When the ball came his way the top scorer in the SPFL knocked in his 20th league goal of the season.
How to take out 6 players by looking one way & passing the other….. ??? #JotaOnTheWing pic.twitter.com/4QlKXLb8wo
— Slimshady (@Slimshady1961) March 9, 2023
Tynecastle tomorrow won’t offer the same space down the flanks but with around 12,000 home fans expected there will be an onus on the home side to attack, which should suit Jota and his team-mates nicely.
I see the daily sevco running with a story today about a Brazilian player we could have signed 20 odd years ago,just how DESPERATE is that paper digging that up FAKE NEWS at that.
I wonder what EXCUSES Jobbie Neilson will regurgitate tomorrow should he and his team FAIL again.
Brilliant player, loved this