Why is Betis is the ideal club to relaunch

This winter, when Antony (25) landed in southern Spain, many observers in England were rather doubtful and circumspect. Having never really managed to take his marks in England, the Brazilian made the choice to relaunch himself far from the United Kingdom rather than stay in the Premier League. A choice that was therefore not really understood across the Channel, but in Spain, many of them were convinced of the future success of the Ajax former. And after several months, it is clear that Antony's bet was more than paying, since it shines under the green and white tunic of Betis. The winger very quickly adapted and, from his first steps on the Spanish and even European lawns, managed to make differences, offering us the passage of sacred golazos Like that of last weekend against Espanyol. Clearly, he delights, well accompanied by other players who are like a fish in the water in this Betis, like Isco, Gio Lo Celso or Pablo Forals, players who are also back to a very good level after gallery seasons.

How to explain that so many players – with generally offensive profiles and good balloon handlers – manage to hit this Betis? The first explanation is necessarily on the sidelines, where we find the emblematic Manuel Pellegrini. There are very few coaches who manage as well as the Chilean veteran to use the technical qualities and the magic of this type of player as best as possible. An ease of shining which is explained by the usually very offensive game plan of Pellegrini, which therefore offers many interesting situations to its offensive elements, the latter in addition to a well -established and well -oiled collective. Above all, the former Real Madrid and Malaga manages to trust his players with a very paternalistic attitude, and it is not a coincidence that Antony went directly to celebrate with him this weekend, with a beautiful hug. The two men managed to weave a great bond since the arrival of the Brazilian, who found a shoulder on which he had not had in England.

The best context to shine

The context around the club is also rather favorable to the development of players. Betis is a club where media pressure is logically much less present than in the big clubs in the Spanish championship or other countries of the old continent, and the players know themselves less scrutinized with a magnifying glass, just as they know that they will not be massacred in the media at the first bad performance. If the environment can be irrespirable sometimes in Madrid or Barcelona, ​​this is not the case for Betis. But at the same time, Betis remains a club where there is a certain degree of popular pressure, with a Benito Villamarin always full to encourage fans, but also to crop them and make them understand when they are not at the level. Even if Seville is not a gigantic metropolis, it is a football city, and there are several media that follow the news of the club (and the neighbor Le Seville FC), and this helps keep the players of the two teams under a minimum of pressure. A balance between pressure and indulgence ideal for relaunching players who have had trouble in more complicated contexts …

The functioning of the club internally is also one of the points to take into account. “Betis is one of the few clubs that treat footballers and humans, making you feel like a family, it's more than a football club project. It makes us feel comfortable and makes us want to make this club even bigger ”entrusted Hector Bellerin in the summer of 2023. And on this final sprint of the season, the Betis, carried by the duo Antony-Isco, can see things big, being one point of the positions of the Champions League in the classification of the Liga, and well placed to qualify for the final of the Conference League. And there is no doubt that this summer, thanks to the prowess of Antony, other players will try the bettis bet to relaunch their careers …