{"id":87434,"date":"2025-05-09T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87434\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:15:10","slug":"antony-shares-one-word-message-after-his-incredible-free-kick-strike-vs-man-utd-legend-david-de-gea-in-real-betis-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87434\/","title":{"rendered":"Antony shares one-word message after his incredible free-kick strike vs Man Utd legend David de Gea in Real Betis draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Antony came back to haunt former Manchester United teammate David de Gea for the second time after his stunning impact for Real Betis against Fiorentina.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Brazilian winger has had a career resurgence away from Old Trafford<\/a> after the Red Devils allowed Antony<\/a> to leave in the January window.<\/p>\n

Real Betis snapped up Antony from Manchester United<\/a> in a loan deal and the La Liga club are covering the majority of the Red Devils winger\u2019s wages during his spell.<\/p>\n

Antony has become a key player for Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini and the United<\/a> loanee has entered a rich vein of form during his six-month loan spell in Spain.<\/p>\n

The former Ajax ace, who is under contract with United until 2027<\/a>, has netted eight times and registered five assists in 21 matches for Spanish side Betis this season.<\/p>\n

Antony has been met with criticism at United<\/a> after the Red Devils brought the Brazil international to Old Trafford from Dutch side Ajax for an initial fee of \u00a381.3m.<\/p>\n

The ex-Ajax winger reunited with Erik ten Hag<\/a> at the Red Devils in 2022, but Antony failed to replicate his form from the Dutch side at the Premier League club.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Mason Mount sends spine-tingling 11-word message after true Man Utd No 7 display vs Athletic Club, Ella Toone reacts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Giuseppe Maffia\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMan Utd loanee Antony speaks out after scoring against David de Gea in Fiorentina and Real Betis\u2019 Conference League clash<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antony played alongside David de Gea<\/a> at Old Trafford and the pair crossed paths with one another in the semi-finals of the 2024-25 Conference League campaign.<\/p>\n

The Real Betis player scored past the Manchester United legend<\/a> in the 2-1 first-leg Conference League semi-final win last Thursday at the Estadio Benito Villamarin.<\/p>\n

Following on from Betis\u2019 result against Fiorentina in Spain, Manuel Pellegrini\u2019s men travelled to the Stadio Artemio Franchi for the return-leg encounter on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Antony opened the scoring in the 2-2 draw after De Gea was unable to deny his former United teammate\u2019s stunning free-kick in the 30th minute of the tie.<\/p>\n

The Brazil and United winger took to social media and Antony shared a heartfelt message with Betis fans after the La Liga club reached the Conference League final.<\/p>\n

Posting two heart emojis, Antony added in his Instagram post: \u201cBETIS!\u201d<\/p>\n

Betis player Pablo Fornals was spotted in the comments and he wasted no time in making his feelings clear on Antony\u2019s performance against Fiorentina.<\/p>\n

\u201cIluminado,\u201d he wrote, which means \u2018enlightened\u2019 in a rough translation from Portuguese to English.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Alejandro Garnacho and Casemiro send perfect messages to Man Utd fans after Athletic Club win, both make same point<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Man Utd winger Antony could now lift major silverware with Real Betis after reaching the Conference League final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Betis are through to the final of the 2025 Conference League after knocking Fiorentina out of the semi-finals thanks to a 4-3 aggregate scoreline.<\/p>\n

Pellegrini\u2019s men will meet Premier League side Chelsea in the Conference League final on 28th May, which is held at the Wroclaw Stadium in Poland.<\/p>\n

Chelsea punched their ticket to the final of the Conference League after beating Swedish side Djurgardens IF across both legs of the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Antony\u2019s long-term future at Old Trafford remains uncertain after the former Ajax player fell down the pecking order at United under manager Ruben Amorim<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Antony came back to haunt former Manchester United teammate David de Gea for the second time after his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[95,34980,94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-87434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-antony","9":"tag-david-de-gea","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}