Despite pubis issues, Antony scores career-best 13 goals and 10 assists

According to Marca, Antony, who has been plagued by osteitis pubis for months, is playing the best football of his career at Real Betis. This season, he has been directly involved in 23 goals in all competitions (13 goals and 10 assists), breaking his personal single-season record, surpassing any full season he had at Ajax and Manchester United.

The report states that Antony's first full season at Real Betis has not been easy. Antony has been suffering from osteitis pubis for months, which has prevented him from reaching his ideal competitive level and forced him to carefully manage his physical load and rest time. However, even such a painful physical setback could not prevent Antony from playing the most decisive season of his career to date.

With an assist for Abde in last week's league match against Oviedo, Antony has been directly involved in 23 goals in all competitions this season. He had never reached this number, even during his most productive time at Ajax.

Because his speed and explosiveness are severely limited by his pubic problem, Antony is adjusting himself: reducing unnecessary one-on-one attempts, understanding more deeply when to appear in key positions, and significantly improving his decision-making ability in the attacking third.

This season in La Liga, Antony has contributed 7 goals and 6 assists, scored 6 goals and completed 3 assists in the Europa League, and also provided 1 assist in the Copa del Rey. Previously, his highest single-season output was created in the Netherlands in the 2021-22 season - 12 goals and 10 assists, which was the performance that led Manchester United to pay 100 million euros to bring him to Old Trafford.

In the Premier League, his 10 goals and 5 assists in the 2022-23 season were once his best data. Now, wearing the Real Betis jersey, Antony has surpassed all of the above records. And in front of him, there are four more games to continue to refresh this number.

Antony, loved by Real Betis fans, has not been selected for Ancelotti's recent two Brazil national team training camps. He knows very well that it is extremely difficult to squeeze into the final World Cup squad. But he is fighting hard in the season's sprint: the excellent form shown in key matches against Real Madrid and others has awakened media attention.

He is using this to launch a final full-speed attack on the World Cup. Even if it doesn't happen in the end, he knows that at Real Betis, people are expecting him to continue shining as the core of the attacking system.