An hour into is third appearance for Melbourne City, Marco Tilio has scored a stunning equaliser away to Sydney FC.
Taking a quick diagonal clear out from his keeper, the on loan Celtic winger picked up the ball on the right, just inside the Sydney half, raced forward then curled in a left foot shot from 20 yards out to bring his side level. It was a very Ange like move as Sydney were cut open by pace and a lethal finish.
It was the sort of clip that would make scouts sit up and take notice, similar to many involving Tilio before his June move to Celtic for a fee reported to be around £1.5m.
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? Marco Tilio individual brilliance #SYDvMCY pic.twitter.com/FHvCUXa1lz
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Moving to a new club with a new manager on a different continent is always going to be high risk, doing it while you are injured makes it even more of a gamble.
One of three wingers signed by Celtic during the summer, Tilio make two brief substitute appearances for the hoops before returning on loan to Melbourne City.
It seems difficult to imagine where he could fit in at Celtic in the future but after a taste of Celtic Tom Rogic went on loan to Melbourne City in 2014 before returning to Celtic and going on to achieve near legendary status.
Perhaps he thrives on a quick delivery from the goalkeeper…. he would grow old and die waiting on the ball reaching him that fast at Celtic as we persist with playing out from the back to such an extent that tactical geniuses like Derek McInnes have worked out how to counter it effectively. The lad clearly has pace to burn, but with our style of play you’d never notice.
Big mistake letting him go. Marco is as good as jota all day long . Trust me.