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How overmuch enactment does Carlo Ancelotti person to bash with Brazil? (1:16)
Alejandro Moreno discusses what helium thinks Carlo Ancelotti needs to bash to beryllium palmy with with Brazil. (1:16)
Adriana Garcia
Jun 10, 2025, 04:43 AM ET
Antony has described his instrumentality to the nationalist squad arsenic much affectional than his archetypal Brazil call-up aft "hitting stone bottom" astatine Manchester United earlier this season.
The winger, who has not played for the nationalist squad since 2023, was included successful Carlo Ancelotti's squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers aft an awesome 2nd fractional of the run connected indebtedness astatine Real Betis from United.
"It was 1 of the astir affectional moments," Antony told Brazil's Football Confederation. "I mentioned to immoderate friends present successful the nationalist squad that this call-up was much breathtaking than the archetypal clip I came present [October 2021], and it was adjacent much affectional due to the fact that of everything I've been through.
"Being successful bully shape, hitting stone bottom, and having the resilience that I had, with the assistance of God and my family, was precise important."
Antony has scored conscionable 12 goals successful 96 appearances for United since his £85 cardinal ($114.6m) transportation from Ajax successful 2022. He did not commencement successful immoderate Premier League games this play earlier joining Betis.
He did get regular playing clip astatine Betis, scoring 9 goals successful 26 games portion besides helping the nine scope its archetypal European final.
"Even though I had nary anticipation during the hard clip I was going through, astatine the aforesaid clip I remembered galore things I had experienced," Antony, 25, said.
"I stopped to deliberation and said to myself: 'I haven't forgotten however to play soccer, I didn't play successful a World Cup for nothing, I didn't marque it to the nationalist squad for nothing.' Everything happens for a reason, and this process was precise indispensable for my beingness due to the fact that it made maine stronger."
Antony's past crippled for Betis was a 4-1 defeat to Chelsea successful the Conference League final. He bid farewell to Betis connected May 31, describing his spell astatine the Seville-based nine arsenic "one of the astir beauteous chapters of my life."
Antony has a declaration with United until June 2027. He has scored 2 goals successful 16 appearances for Brazil.
