Endrick (17 years old) has a special gift. The one that allows you to shine in the most important moments. He scored at Wembley, he scored again at the Bernabéu and in Brazil’s last friendly, against Mexico in the United States, he scored again but in an epic moment, with time running out and to give his team the victory. A header at an inappropriate height for a boy who measures 1.71 meters. Only Pelé scored in three consecutive games for the five-time champion before turning 18. Impossible not to get excited. “The football field is my Disney, it is my amusement park”he commented after the meeting.
In the surroundings of the Canarinha They no longer even know how to classify the barely 17-year-old phenomenon who will come of age in July. “He is enlightened”, they say behind the scenes, where they are amazed by his ability to appear when they need him most. “Is a crack. He has a knack for scoring and a lot of personality.“, they comment in the Brazilian locker room, where they have been able to see in the last two concentrations that he is a different footballer.
Meanwhile, Dorival Junior, the coach, maintains his role. He does not hide his euphoria, but also asks for patience with the teenager. “We have to be calm and patientwithout any comparison with one name or another. Endrick has to do it himself. He has to find his space and that is what has been happening calmly,” he commented after the game. “Let’s be very careful with this boy. There’s so much happening in your life in such a short time,” she added.
Nobody dares to put a roof on it anymore. The Copa América begins in eleven days and nothing is ruled out with Endrick, who With his goal against Mexico he asks for a place in Dorival’s eleven. The coach seems to have decided on the 4-3-3, but he is somewhat short of center forwards. He has eliminated Richarlison and Gabriel Jesus from the equation and for this tournament, in addition to Endrick, he has taken Evanilson, from Porto. Among other options, he could use Rodrygo or Vinicius, as Ancelotti does.
But in Brazil they are already asking for Palmeiras. In the renewal process that the five-time world champion is experiencing, Endrick occupies a space that was free and assumed it by wearing the number ‘9’. The same one he showed to the stands to celebrate his relentless header against Mexico.
At Real Madrid they wait for him with open arms. In July, after the Copa América, he will arrive in the capital to be introduced and finish closing some details of his new life. As Relevo reported, He will live in La Moraleja and plans to shorten his vacation to be able to join the tour of the United States. A gesture with which he wants to accelerate his adaptation and begin to demonstrate to Ancelotti.
