'Brutal' And 'Special' Endrick Hailed By Real Madrid Teammates And ...
Real Madrid teenager Endrick was hailed by a teammate and his head coach Carlo Ancelotti after ... [+] making his Los Blancos debut against AC Milan in Chicago on Wednesday.
Real Madrid via Getty ImagesReal Madrid teenager Endrick was hailed by a teammate and his head coach Carlo Ancelotti after making his Los Blancos debut against AC Milan in Chicago on Wednesday.
The Champions League holders lost 1-0 to Ancelotti's former club at Soldier Field, but Endrick was a rare bright spark alongside Arda Guler.
Following the defeat, Lucas Vazquez had kind words to say about the Brazilian, who got minutes as promised by Ancelotti after completing a move from Palmeiras last month which could reach $65 million in value.
"Endrick looks very good, to be honest. In these last three training sessions he has been good, he needs to adapt a little to our way of playing, but he has brutal conditions, [and has made] an incredible start," Vazquez said.
Endrick is of course Madrid's second big signing of the summer after Kylian Mbappe, who has landed at the Bernabeu on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain.
Vazquez called the Frenchman a "world-class player", who everyone is "looking forward" to playing with "because the best have to be at Madrid, of course".
Madrid will need as much firepower as it can get considering the seven competitions it will contest this term including the newly-imagined Club World Cup.
"A season in which we can play 72 games is going to be very demanding," Vazquez noted.
"I think it is a very big motivation to be able to fight for those seven titles, we always set ourselves the demand to go for everything.
"On a personal level I am happy for the [comtract] renewal, for being where I wanted to be. On a personal level I want to improve on the previous season with more games, more goals, more assists, more defensive work. In football you never stop learning," the former Spain international added.
As for Ancelotti, he remarked that Endrick "has something special".
"He has a great ability to be very fast in a few meters and that is rare to see a player like that," the manager explained, while also stressing that Endrick "combined well" with colleagues such as Arda Guler.
Endrick's next outing could be his first taste of El Clasico on August 3 against his new club's bitter rivals FC Barcelona.