I was supposed to post this weeks ago but I was engaged with something else. Here are my thoughts on the lass, FWIW
There are goals that make a scoreboard look impressive.
Then there are goals that make people stop what they are doing and ask: Who is that?
Lim You gave Malaysian football both kinds of goals in one extraordinary evening.
At just 14, the young Malaysian attacker scored seven times as the Malayan Tigress Under-17s defeated Saudi Arabia 9–0 at the Srikandi Merdeka Cup in Indonesia. Six of her seven goals reportedly came from outside the penalty area, while another came from a free-kick. All seven were struck with her left foot.
Seven goals are the statistic everyone will remember. But the more interesting question is how she scores them.
Her left foot is not simply a preferred foot. It is a weapon that changes the space around her.
A defender normally wants an attacker outside the penalty area. With Lim You, that distance can become dangerous territory. Give her too much room and she can shoot. Step towards her too aggressively and another opening can appear.
That uncertainty is what makes her dangerous.
Her spectacular goals also reveal something about her technique. A long-range strike is not simply about power. It requires balance, timing, body position and clean contact. A curling shot demands even more: the ability to shape the ball while maintaining enough pace to beat the goalkeeper.
The free-kick offers another clue. Unlike an open-play goal, everyone knows what is coming. The ball is stationary. The wall is organised. The goalkeeper is ready. There is no surprise in the decision to shoot.
And yet she found the target.
Perhaps the most encouraging part of her emergence is that she is not being described merely as a player with a spectacular shot.
FAM Women’s Technical Director Soleen Al-Zoubi has highlighted her intelligence, coachability and ability to read the game and situations. Those qualities matter far more to her future than seven goals against one opponent.
A powerful left foot can make a teenager famous.
Football intelligence can make her a footballer.
She has also been quick to acknowledge that the seven goals were not created by her alone. Her teammates created the opportunities, she said, and she finished them.
That distinction matters.
The scorer is only the final link in a chain involving movement, passing, positioning and decision-making. The spectacular moment belongs to the player who puts the ball in the net, but the football belongs to everyone who made that moment possible.
It is tempting, after a performance like this, to reach for comparisons with established stars. Her left foot and long-range finishing have already prompted comparisons with Mohamed Salah.
But Lim You is 14.
There is no need to decide what she will become.
The more exciting question is what happens when opponents know what she can do.
They will close her down earlier. They will deny her shooting space. They will study her movement. They will make her find different solutions.
That is when the seven-goal sensation becomes a football story worth following.
For one remarkable match in Indonesia, Lim You made the goal seem closer than it was.
She found space where defenders thought there was none, trusted the left foot she has developed, and repeatedly turned distance into danger.
She bent the ball.
Now Malaysian football gets to see how far this lass can bend the future.