Antony made the winning 3-2 in the 86th minute, after which he took off his shirt and received the yellow card. In the fourth minute of extra time, Dusan Tadic, the scorer of the 2-2, pushed his Brazilian team-mate to the ground when he was supposedly injured. It gave Antony his second yellow card, while that card probably should have gone to Tadic. ,,I think Danny (Makkelie, ed.) is the best referee in the Netherlands, but I should have received the yellow card there. It may have been an odd move. But if he goes down there, we can switch,” Tadic told ESPN afterwards. Antony will miss the away match at FC Groningen in two weeks, although that was also the case after his first yellow card.
The match winner ran happily back onto the field a minute after his red card, to celebrate the victory with his teammates and the supporters. Even before the left-footed right winger from São Paulo could give his shirt to a young fan, the shirt was snatched from his hands when Antony had it in his hands behind his back. The adult man who took the shirt then ran up the stairs at lightning speed towards the exit of the Johan Cruijff Arena.
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