17-year-old star shines as Brazil defeats England

Brazil traveled to Wembley with a squad that was weakened by injuries. However, the "Samba Dancers" still created an equal match with England. In fact, the opportunities created by the South American representative in the first half were many times more dangerous than those of the home team.

In just 45 minutes, Rodrygo faced goalkeeper Jordan Pickford three times. However, his shots were not enough to bring Brazil a goal. In the 35th minute, the entire England defense stood still after a chaotic play. A gap opened up for Lucas Paqueta. However, the midfielder, who is playing for West Ham, still hit the post, much to the regret of a few fans at Wembley.

Brazil (blue shirt) played on equal terms with England despite being rated lower.

On the other side, England mainly applied pressure from the flanks. The best chance came to the "Three Lions" in the 18th minute, Conor Gallagher's pass tore through the Brazilian defense. Olliw Watkins received the ball but shot straight into the stands.

In the second half, England increased the speed of the ball and created many opportunities. However, Anthony Gordon and John Stones could not take advantage. After a period of playing at a disadvantage, Brazil suddenly scored against the home team in the 80th minute. Starting from Lewis Dunk's mistake, Vinicius Jr. escaped but could not beat Pickford. Young star Endrick was there at the right time to score the rebound, opening the score.

Endrick scored his first goal for Brazil.

In the remaining minutes, England tried their best to attack but could only find opportunities from the balls fed in from the wings. Brazil's defense played focused to maintain the fragile gap. Endrick even almost completed his double after a counter-attack in the last minute of injury time.

The 17-year-old's goal ended a three-match losing streak against European opponents, and was the first victory for the Samba Dancers against the Three Lions since 2002.

Minh Tu

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