Real Madrid ahead Endrick praised teammate Antonio Rüdiger for guiding him via his objective drought, dedicating his brace in their 5-2 Copa del Rey win over Celta Vigo on Thursday to the defender.
Madrid survived a scare within the final 16 tie on the Santiago Bernabéu, as Celta fought again from 2-0 all the way down to stage within the 91st minute, earlier than the house aspect scored three targets — two from the Brazil worldwide — in further time.
Endrick, 18, began the season brightly, opening his account in LaLiga and the Champions League, however hadn’t discovered the web since Sept. 17 and has performed a complete of simply 83 league minutes this marketing campaign.
“I hold working on daily basis,” Endrick instructed Real Madrid TV. “My two targets are for Antonio Rüdiger. He is aware of what he does for me on daily basis. He by no means praises me, and that is a superb factor! He tells me what to do, to attain, to run, to maintain combating. Yesterday in coaching he gave me a tricky recreation. I used to be fascinated with it at house and he is an awesome individual. The targets are for him.”
Endrick’s first objective was fired in on the flip from the sting of the field — which {the teenager} celebrated by ripping off his shirt — whereas the second was a quick-thinking backheel contained in the six-yard field.
“[The first] was a vital objective for me,” Endrick mentioned, when requested about that exuberant celebration. “This is my job. I’ve to do properly for the group, scoring targets, doing no matter. Scoring a objective for Madrid, for these followers, the gamers, the employees, is basically good. In the final Copa recreation I missed the possibilities I had. Today, I had two probabilities and scored.”
The cup win noticed Madrid bounce again from their 5-2 defeat to Barcelona within the Spanish Supercopa closing in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Captain Lucas Vázquez mentioned the efficiency, which got here after coach Carlo Ancelotti rested key gamers equivalent to Jude Bellingham and Fede Valverde, confirmed Madrid’s energy in depth.
“Endrick did properly with the minutes he had,” Vazquez mentioned. “It reveals the standard on this squad. We made modifications, and the group did properly, whoever performs delivers.”
Ancelotti was requested about whistles from sections of the Bernabéu crowd for a few of his gamers, together with midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni.
“It’s a wake-up name from the followers for the gamers and the coach,” Ancelotti mentioned. “It’s acceptable, with what occurred within the recreation towards Barcelona. The group reacted properly, above all Tchouameni, who had an awesome recreation.”
