Antony has returned as if it hadn’t gone from Betis. Despite not having played a game, even friendly or official, from the final of the Conference League on May 28, its physical condition is optimal to compete with … His teammates from this Sunday against Levante. The two weeks of the break have come very well for the Brazilian to recover sensations of group training in which he has shown that he is practically full available to Manuel Pellegrini For the next commitments both in LaLiga and the Europa League. He arrives to play Antony with the hunger for football at his 25 years and after having lost his call with Brazil because of his insistence that his return to Heliopolis will be completed. Now he wants to recover lost time, as happened in January, when after his landing in Seville he played everything.
Antony’s professional exemplary has been demonstrated in this hard time in which he has been separated from United Discipline. The Brazilian Be careful in food and rest Despite living more than 40 days in a Manchester hotel. He went daily to training with the Descartes of the English team such as Garnacho, Sancho or Malacia. Sessions in which exercises such as the usual in the dynamics of an elite team could not develop.
However, Antony has since he stated in the Sao Paulo working with A physiotherapist of its maximum confidence That he has accompanied him where he has gone in his sports career, either in Brazil, Amsterdam, Manchester or Seville, and that is one of the keys to his good physical condition. It’s about Fernando Silvawhich has caused Antony to have suffered any muscle injury in recent years. With elements such as hyperbaric cameras or tepes for physiotherapy, both work has been decisive for Antony to be as one more with the group. Food, rest and contact with your family have also been key at this time. The player’s biotype also influences, very often and quickly, which adapts more early to physical efforts.
In this way, Antony He has not needed a special session plan upon arrival in Seville Since last Monday, September 1, when his signing was made official and could finally travel. He has been in all training sessions and has been one more on days in which several players have done load management work after the first days. Antony’s mentality convinced to return to Betis, which was followed in the first four games on television from his hotel room (even coinciding with United games), is one of the motivations that prompted him to be so well in these dates. The hard moments lived with the pressure by the English club to accept the offer of another team and with the comings and goings in the negotiations did not affect Antony’s day to day with their physical care, something that has been proven as soon as possible.
In last season, after confirming his arrival at Betis, he did not play against Mallorca since his hiring was only a few days before although he traveled to start the process of its integration but then he did play all the official matches: 17 of LaLiga EA Sports and nine of Conference League. He was only substitute in three games and played 16 complete. His balance was remarkable, with nine goals and five assists, which earned him the confirmation of his recovery for elite football and the revitalization of his position in the market. Hence the Verdiblancos paid 22 million euros plus three in variables for their services before the market closure.
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Antony does not dispute an official or friendly match since the final of the conference on May 28, since he was set out from the dynamics of Manchester United throughout the summer.
«It has been very hard but we are here now. I am looking forward to putting the Betis shirt again. He could only thank all those who have made it possible, ”said the Brazilian in his official presentation in Triana. This re -release points to what will be this Sunday and have continuity later, with ovation included, in the Three consecutive duels in La Cartuja: Real Sociedad (Friday 19), Nottingham Forest (Wednesday 24) and Osasuna (Sunday 28).
Now it is about to see Pellegrini’s management with the Brazilian. It is expected in the Luis del Sol Sports City that Antony is starting on Sunday against Levante but also that it can be one of the changes around 70 to avoid overloads for the time it has been competing and to prevent in the face of the intense calendar that awaits the Verdiblancos before the next October break. In addition, the Chilean coach usually distributes the times with the players who arrive from being with their selections and will now have more to choose in its template with the return of Antony and the presence of Amrabat. The only ones already discarded for Valencia Ciutat are Aitor, Isco and Abde.
In the videos that Betis has distributed through its official media, Antony has been seen scoring goals of different invoice and leaving in the speed of the classmates in the training. The coaching staff is very satisfied with its contribution these days and was expected as May water to complete the design of this equipment. Also, these days Aitorwhich has been common in the formations in the first days, is low due to injury and Pablo García He is summoned with the Sub 21 team, so that Antony, in case he was not enough with the importance of his signing and contribution, has all the ballots to play Sunday against Levante and restart a stage that the parties expect fruitful in Heliopolis after the lived this summer in a love story difficult to see in football.
