What could have been a better start to Dorival Junior‘s Brazil chapter? Be it a friendly match, a 1-0 win against them in England is something special for the five-time world champions!
Brazil played 12 matches in England yesterday. They have won only two of these, in 1981 and 1995. After 1995, Brazil played four more matches against England in their field. Draw three of them and lose the other.
In his first match as the coach of Brazil, standing in the dugout, Dorival won the almost invincible England-Fortress. After this emotional victory, the new coach of Brazil threatened his future opponents by saying that this is just the beginning!
At the press conference after beating England 1-0 yesterday at Wembley, Dorival said, “It’s definitely a special moment. Brazil’s few previous wins on English soil give us an idea of this team. But we must not deviate from the fact that our work is just the beginning.
After losing regular players like Neymar, Alisson, and Ederson to injuries, Dorival made five debutants in the starting eleven against England. He said, ‘I have immense faith in these boys. I expect more from this team. But I think it (the win against England) showed how far we can go.’
Endrick’s goal in the 80th minute gave Brazil the win after playing excellent attacking football throughout the match. The young Brazilian forward scored the goal as a substitute. Endrick scored the goal at the age of 17 years and 246 days. This made him the youngest goalscorer in senior boys’ football at Wembley. He also became the youngest goal scorer for Brazil after Ronaldo Nazario in 1994. When Ronaldo scored his first goal in a Brazil jersey against Iceland in 1994, he was 17 years, 7 months, and 12 days old.
At the end of the match, Dorival also praised Endrick, saying, “With the attitude he has shown so far, he can be a very important name for Brazil and world football.”
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