Manchester United beat the Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol without worry on Thursday evening in the Europa League (3-0), with a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo in particular.
The Brazilian winger Antony signed during this meeting an astonishing gesture, and very commented.
Namely a "spinning top" dribble, turning on itself twice without eliminating an opponent.
His coach Erik ten Hag did not appreciate this technical gesture, described as "ridiculous" by Paul Scholes, and he released his major summer recruit at halftime.
Side useless dribbling, or whimsical it depends, are you more team Allan Saint-Maximin or Jaouad ZaĂŻri?
Our two former residents of Ligue 1 have just found a major rival on Thursday evening: the Brazilian winger from Manchester United Antony.
The man who was worth 100 million euros in the last summer transfer window (
true story
) indeed embarked on a funny number, during the clear success (3-0) against Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League.
đź”´ The Antony special is always a little eye candy that we love to taste.
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At 0-0 (it may be important for purists), the former Ajax player controlled a ball on his right wing, before chaining two turns on himself with the ball.
A "spinning" dribble which did not eliminate any Moldavian player, and which was followed by a poorly measured through pass for a partner.
Typically the action that provokes an almost generational debate in 2022, between thousands of enthusiastic shares on social networks, and the harsh criticism of an
oldschool
player .
Erik ten Hag took Antony out at halftime
In this role, the former mythical midfielder of the Red Devils Paul Scholes, now a consultant for BT Sport, dryly commented: "It's just ridiculous, it's sham".
His trainer Erik ten Hag, who pushed for Antony to be in his luggage this summer from Amsterdam to Manchester, was more measured.
“I have no problem with this type of dribbling as long as this one is useful.
But I expect Antony to be more dominant.
A dribble like this can only be fun if it's effective and you don't lose the ball behind.
But if it's a technical move just like that, then I'll point it out to him.
“We can estimate that it is already done, since the Brazilian international was replaced at halftime Thursday by Marcus Rashford.
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