In Summary
- England lost 1-0 to Brazil at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
- Endrick scored his first goal for Brazil as the five-time world champions hit England’s Euro 2024
England manager Gareth Southgate says he is happy with the performance of his side despite a 1-0 loss to Brazil.
According to Southgate his team was full of potentials with goalless run.
“I was pleased. Clearly we don’t like losing football matches but I thought there were a lot of very good individual performances from players who have hardly played for England. More regular players were very good. We had as many attempts on goal as they have and the difference was one moment. There were a couple of great quality passes [from Brazil]. You’re talking about players at the very highest level of the game. You’re going to have moments where your keeper has to make a save or defender block. We had those moments at the other end. If it finished a draw it would have been fair.’’ Southgate said.
“We’re playing a top team. Chances are going to be limited. Perhaps we had the chances from set-pieces to capitalize on one of them. I was pleased with the players that went in. We need to find out about them. I thought Ollie did a good job. Didn’t get that clear chance on goal you might want. A lot of his work was very good.” He added.
Endrick Strike
Wonderkid Endrick scored his first goal for Brazil as the five-time world champions hit England’s Euro 2024 preparations with a 1-0 victory at Wembley.
The 17-year-old sensation will join Real Madrid from Palmeiras this summer for £62m, but showed Europe a glimpse of his potential with a poacher’s finish with nine minutes remaining, tapping in after Jordan Pickford saved Vinicius Jnr’s one-on-one chance.
Brazil should have been ahead long before that breakthrough, with Kyle Walker injuring himself in the process of stopping a goal-bound Vinicius shot in a first half which also saw Rodrygo fire wide after Harry Maguire’s error and Lucas Paqueta hit a post. England’s defending was ragged.
