The 17-year-old Endrick's eye-catching performance against Uruguay gave Brazil hope for a while. However, in the penalty shoot-out, it failed to help the team win. Want to know how the young player is doing? Follow the editor to see down!
Beat Brazil to advance to the semi-finals
At the start of the first half, Uruguayan defender Araujo was injured in the game and could not hold on and was forced to be replaced, leaving Uruguay without a key main defender.
Brazil then continued to threaten the defence in Uruguay, with Nunez and Raphinha each missing two great chances.
In the 20th minute of the game, it was again Araujo's defender who made too much physical contact, Raphinha accidentally injured his head and fell to the ground during the battle, and the Brazilian players stepped forward to check, and finally Raphinha, who was not in serious condition, did not leave the field injured.
At the end of the first half, both sides failed to score and the score remained 0-0 into the second half.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Uruguayan defender Nandez received a yellow card for a tackle.
Soon after, he tackled a Brazilian player in a duel and the referee decisively showed a second yellow card and Nandez was sent off.
Uruguay could only hold out until the penalty shootout with a small number of people.
Penalty shootout
The confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce throughout the game, not only the physical confrontation was frequent, but also the emotional loss of control of the players on both sides many times.
And it all started with a battle for the top shortly after the start of the competition.
In the sixth minute, Endrick elbowed Araujo's face during a tussle, and a clash broke out between the entire team of the two sides.
Although the two sides failed to clash after a fierce confrontation, this scene planted a powder keg for the whole match.
The 17-year-old is a newcomer to the senior squad of the Brazilian national team, having come on as a substitute in the country's previous two games and has failed to score a goal in either game.
And before this match, Brazil could have easily advanced to the last four.
However, in the previous 1/8 final with Ecuador, Brazil drew 0-0 in regular time, and finally relied on penalty shootouts to eliminate the opponent to advance.
Not only that, Brazil has failed to score normal goals in two consecutive games, and the offensive firepower is also much worse than before.
Vinicius's suspension due to accumulated yellow cards, coupled with the absence of players such as Keita and Fatiin due to injury, has made Brazil's already not very strong squad even weaker.
Therefore, in this game, in the absence of big-name stars, whether the 17-year-old Endrick can surprise Brazil has become the focus of everyone's attention.
17-year-old Endrick
There has always been a "prodigy" in world football, and many players in football are called "prodigies".
Players like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Kevin De Bruyne have been scoring in the top flight since they were around 15 years old and can still be a regular player.
Endrick, facing Uruguay's strong squad in this game, completed the opponent's goalkeeper Martinez's ultra-long-range shot in the 6th minute, and successfully scored his first goal in the Copa America.
Such a performance is undoubtedly quite an outstanding existence in a 17-year-old player.
And this is such a 17-year-old player, in the face of a strong opponent Uruguay, Endrick, who had many good chances to score before the end of the first half, was repeatedly defused by Uruguayan goalkeeper Leto in the penalty shootout, and finally led to Brazil's penalty shootout loss.
Although he lost the match in the end, the performance of the 17-year-old Endrick in this game still left a deep impression on everyone.
After this defeat, Brazil will also have to wait for next year's World Cup to compete.
epilogue
The 17-year-old Endrick was impressive, and although he couldn't help Brazil win, he impressed in the game. Do you think he will achieve better results in the future? Leave a comment to share your thoughts!