Man United Leninge Antony lagged in tears after he was powerless to prevent Chelsea from coming from behind to beat his real betis side with 4-1 and win the final of the Conference League in Wrocław.
The Brazilian has been in dazzling form since he moved to Spain in January, scored nine goals and added five assists, a glimpse of the form that man United saw £ 86 million splash to sign him from Ajax.
Despite all the pre-match hype, however, the Brazilian was unable to influence the final.
Betis took a lead in the ninth minute through Abde Ezzalzouli that they held until the 65th minute when they capitulated in 25 minutes and gave four goals with Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson, Jadon Sancho and Moveises Caicedo all score.
At the last whistle, Antony broke into tears and was struck by his fellow man United -loaner Sancho who gave him a big hug.
Antony has spoken about his love for real betis and the joy he felt since he had moved to Seville after his dark days in Man United, where he says he “had” the power to even play with my son, days without staying, locked up in my room. “
The side of Manuel Pellegrini wants to keep the 25-year-old, but has to erupt around £ 30-35 million and defend the competition for his signature, leaving Antony in the dark.
And when he interviewed after the game, Antony admitted that he is not wiser in his future.
“I am not what will happen in the future, only God knows,” he told CBS Sports.
'My work is playing and I do that well. I have a lot of affection for Betis, for everyone, but I have a contract with Man United and I don't know what will happen.
'Now I go to the national team and then on vacation, we will see what will happen in the future.
“I am very happy here, everyone knows that, but I have a contract.”
The victory of Chesea means that they became the first club to win each of the five major European trophies, but for almost two -thirds of the game they walked to their Liga opponents.
The blues looked in a first half, but Cole Palmer turned the game upside down by giving two crosses in the 65th and 70th minutes – one with his left foot, the other with his right, both equally excellent – that turned this final upside down.
But while he congratulated Chelsea on their triumph, Antony admitted that Betis was only blamed.
'At the moment it is difficult to say words, we knew the importance of this final, but we lost. Congratulations to Chelsea for the title, “he said.
'Concentration was our downfall.
“It was a good first half, but we didn't have the ball in the second half.
We must not forget that it is a 90 -minute game and that we have not focused on the entire game. '