Antony 'crushed' Raphinha in his particular duel

The past year, when it began to approach the summer, the FC Barcelona understood that it had to build a competitive staff during the following market if it wanted to go back to be a competitive team, especially in Europe. The culés came of not surpassing the phase of groups of the Champions League for the first time in two decades and that did that the club concentrated in doing a reconstruction.

A position that by those months of March or April of 2022 seemed an important need was the one of the right extreme. The renewal of Ousmane Dembélé was totally detained, Leo Messi had left to the PSG and lace arrived of Ferran Torres and Adama Traoré in winter did not seem sufficient for a sector in which the Barça had sustained his attack during a lot of years thanks to the presence of the Argentinian, and also of Dani Alves like side.

The sportive direction began his work and arrived to the conclusion of a very punctual profile: left-handed, fast, habilidoso. Inside this, Antony and Raphinha were two names that stood out quickly. Finally the second of them was the elected to move index card, whereas the now extreme of the Manchester United remained relegado for understanding that it still was very 'green' for the maximum level.

Antony came of his best season in the Ajax, but these 22-23 years seemed that they still needed things for working, and the Barça looked for a player much more fact. Raphinha Offered a 'package' much more complete and the relation of the Barça with his agent, Deco, allowed that the agreement between both parts closed quickly and even kept when Chelsea wanted to carry to the player.

One showed his value

Now, almost a year after Raphinha arrived to the Camp Nou, and Antony to Old Trafford, the destination put them to the two in the same field to confront , and the one who had remained second, now was the winner. The player of 23 years went in in the second time and left 45 minutes of big level, as all the United, and besides annotated a big goal that to end of accounts would finish being the difference in the eliminatory.

Although it is true that the English team paid more than 90 millions, while the Barça remained underneath of the line of the 60 'kilos', Antony showed that yes it was prepared for big nights and that this profile of dangerous extreme that looked for Xavi and Mateu Alemany, understands it to perfection. The course will finish, surely, with Raphinha without having convinced, and with the possibility to lose with his compatriot this place to title in the Brazilian selection, one that will have in summer a new trainer.