- England lost 1-0 to Brazil in friendly at Wembley on Saturday
- Endrick came off bench to score game’s only goal
- 17-year-old broke Wembley record with his contribution
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Endrick became the youngest ever male scorer in a senior professional game at Wembley Stadium when he came up with the late winner in Brazil’s 1-0 victory against England on Saturday night.
The Palmeiras forward broke the record at the age of 17 years and 246 days, scoring his first goal for Brazil in the process and ending England’s 21-game unbeaten streak at the national stadium.
Endrick, who will join Real Madrid in July, broke the deadlock after a relatively quiet and timid affair in north-west London. Andreas Pereira set Vinicius Junior racing away after Lewis Dunk had stepped up to win a header, and though the mercurial winger fluffed his lines with a low shot straight at goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, Brazil’s newest teenage sensation was alert to stab in the rebound.
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For the sake of putting into perspective how young Endrick is, he was born twelve days after the conclusion of the 2006 FIFA World Cup football tournament. The headbutt that Zinedine Zidane delivered to Marco Materazzi occurred while he was not even alive. Absurdly absurd.
He has already established a reputation for himself in his native nation of Brazil, where he has played 66 times for Palmeiras and scored 18 goals. This was just his third appearance for Brazil.
The fact that Endrick’s agent said earlier this week that he came close to signing for Chelsea rather than Madrid occurred as a result of his first game in England. Blues supporters must be cursing themselves at the notion that this particular transfer opportunity was lost.
“I think Real decided that they were never going to miss another talent like Vini or Endrick after Neymar moved to Barcelona,” Frederico Pena said with reference to the Daily Telegraph. Due to the fact that Chelsea was in the lead at the beginning of the game, what could possibly be a lesson for them?
“The boy’s parents visited Cobham and were impressed, but Chelsea were worried about the fee and then when Real came in and were prepared to pay what Palmeiras wanted, it became almost impossible for them.”