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Brazil’s striker #21 Endrick celebrates with Brazil’s midfielder #07 Vinicius Jr after scoring the opening goal of the international friendly football match between England and Brazil at Wembley stadium in north London on March 23, 2024. Brazil’s new boss Dorival Junior started his bid to revive the five-time world champions with a 1-0 win against England as teenage sensation Endrick bagged his first international goal in Saturday’s friendly at Wembley.
The Palmeiras forward, due to join Real Madrid in July, has been tipped to succeed Neymar as Brazil’s latest superstar and his match-winning cameo appearance off the bench was a suitable coming of age moment in his third appearance.Aged 17 years and 246 days, Endrick is the youngest senior international goal-scorer at Wembley.
The 61-year-old left Sao Paolo to take charge of Brazil in January, moving into world football’s most scrutinised job at a time when his country had just finished a calender year with more defeats than wins for the first time since 1963.Beaten in three consecutive World Cup qualifiers for the first time ever, the team’s confidence is at its lowest ebb since the 7-1 humiliation against Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals.
They will aim to build on the momentum from their first win over England since 2009 in another friendly against Spain on Tuesday.England’s spluttering performance featured few highlights, although boss Gareth Southgate will have been encouraged by a lively debut from Newcastle forward Anthony Gordon.
Belgium’s friendly visit to Wembley on Tuesday represents the last chance for England’s fringe players to impress before Southgate names his Euro squad.
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