In just seven games with Real Betis, Antony has generated five goals (three goals and two assists). Some figures that collide frontally with their low performance in Manchester United: 12 goals and five assists … in 96 games! The Antony that shone in Ajax can now be seen in Seville … but nothing was glimpsed in Old Trafford despite the 95 million euros paid by the ‘Red Devils’.
However, ‘to blame’ only the Brazilian would be unfair. Virtually nothing works in Manchester United for a few years. Nor this season: eliminated this Sunday in FA Cup by the Fulham, 14th in Premier League (13 points of the fifth place) and with the Europa League (in the eighth VS Real Sociedad) as the only objective at hand.
A negative context that seems, consumes talent … either of technicians or soccer players. Amorim is a good example: he arrived at Old Trafford after doing wonders in Lisbon with Sporting (in the League and in Champions), and now struggles to ‘survive’. Antony, another case. And thus an infinity of talented players who have radically lowered their benefits in Manchester.
The physicist and the Premier League
Amorim, meanwhile, has an explanation: the physicist. “When we play against any team here, the physicist is there. Many times it is not necessary to create too much, just a long ball, second play and you are there. If you don’t have a physique, it will cost you a lot. Antony is much better now in Spain. There are many factors, but I guarantee that it is the physicist, ”said the Portuguese in an interview with Rio Ferdinand in ‘TNT Sports’.
If you don’t have a physique, it will cost you a lot. Antony is much better now in Spain
Ruben Amorim
It is no secret that the Premier is one of the most physical leagues of European football, with great importance for duels and second plays. Antony is better fits the context of Spanish football: more technical and associative, with a perhaps more leisurely than that of English football. Beyond being a ‘contempt’ to Spanish football, as some have understood, Amorim describes a reality: without physicist … in the Premier you will suffer a barbarity.