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Goat combination! The giants abandoned players and reunite, La Liga and European games have changed their minds. Do Real Madrid and Manchester United regret it?

4:12pm, 13 May 2025【Football】

In the second leg of the European Union semi-finals, Real Betis escaped from Frankie Stadium and entered the European finals for the first time, ushering in the opportunity to create history.

Betis has the confidence to defeat the "European Union Expert" in the past two seasons, Fiorentina has entered the European Union finals in a row under the leadership of "national leader" Italy. Unfortunately, they lost to West Ham and Olympiax one after another and missed the European Championship. This season, it was replaced by Paladino to coach, and Fiorentina once again came to the threshold of the Europa League finals. Facing the experts of the European Union, Real Betis was not afraid. They won at home in the first leg, and they still won the game in the second leg. The Anthony & Isco combination is their confidence.

Isco and Anthony are fighting each other, and former clubs Real Madrid and Manchester United are now missing players of the two of them.

In addition to participating in two goals (1 goal and 1 assist), Anthony also gave away three threatening goals to his teammates in this game, completing 3 passes and 7 ground-to-ground confrontations. Isco completed 56 accurate passes in the front midfielder position, broke through 2 times, and sent out 7 threatening balls. Fiorentina is a team that builds tactics on ball possession and delivery, but they have no advantage in front of Real Betis, a dual-core-driven one.

The engineer is experienced, and the giants abandoned the player and are in the water.

Anthony made 21 appearances for Betis (all starters), participated in 13 goals (8 goals and 5 assists), created 8 absolute opportunities in the La Liga, and ranked first in the league with a high ability to create threats. During Real Betis' double-line attack, Anthony's output was crucial, and he has scored goals in four of his last five games.

While Anthony continued to detonate traffic, Isco was also climbing to the peak of his career. Isco made 29 appearances for Real Betis this season, recording 11 goals and 8 assists, of which 8 goals were scored in La Liga, tying last season's results, only one step away from the peak of his personal career (10 goals in the 2016/17 season).

From San Lorenzo and Villarreal, to Real Madrid, Manchester City and Malaga, Pellegrini can leave a distinct technical football mark wherever he goes. Using the combination of the wing and front midfielder to dominate the offense is one of the highlights of his tactical system. Under this coach who advocates technical football and has rich coaching experience in wealthy families, it is not accidental that the two wealthy families abandoned them to regain their peak form.

The chemistry continues, and the record is waving

As Real Betis continues to create good results, the club officially called Anthony & Isco the "Goat" combination on social media, which attracted unanimous praise from onlookers. The Green Fir Legion back then once had Joaquin & De Nelson's "Wings of Freedom", but today's Anthony & Isco are obviously more charming. Living in the shadow of his city rival Sevilla for many years, Real Betis also hopes to prove himself through his outstanding performance in the European arena. With the chemistry between Pellegrini, Anthony and Isco, the Green Cypress Legion reached the European final for the first time and they saw a chance to realize their dreams.