Antony, his pardon and Real Madrid: "I always had hopes, I'm very happy and ready for Saturday's match"

The player was delighted to hear the news, as Antony himself showed on Wednesday just after finishing Betis' training session. The Disciplinary Committee has withdrawn the red card he received in the match against Getafe, meaning the Brazilian will be able to play next Saturday in Real Madrid's visit to Benito Villamarín in LaLiga EA Sports.

After learning of the disciplinary decision, the player was very satisfied in front of the media who were waiting for him when he left the training ground: "I always had hopes... I'm very happy, very happy, I'm ready for Saturday's match. I was leaving training and someone from the staff told me and everyone is very happy now," said the Betis winger.

"I have to be focused. We know what we're playing for in front of our fans," added Antony about the big game he will be able to play with his team on Saturday in Heliopolis.

The referee Javier Alberola Rojas sent him off directly last Sunday after a challenge from behind on Juan Iglesias in added time "without the possibility of contesting the ball, using excessive force", according to his report. Real Betis presented objections pointing out "a manifest material error in the referee's report" and asking that the red card that prevented Antony from playing against the Madrid team at the Benito Villamarín be "voided".

«After viewing the images , it can be seen how the player Antony Matheus Dos Santos does not stop looking at the ball that the opposing player is controlling, trying to intercept with his left foot the trajectory of the ball that the aforementioned opponent has just hit, without it being possible to infer in the impetuous action of the expelled player any intention of contacting the Getafe player, but rather of reaching to contact the ball, although in the end he does not succeed», specified the disciplinary ruling in favor of the Betis club.