“If you want to be in the Real MadridIt is customary to suck a little bench “. Carlo Ancelotti, with the usual naturalness, spoke in these Endrick terms on Monday, before his round of Tuesday's Cup semifinals at Bernabéu against Real Sociedad (0-1 in the first leg in Anoeta). Not as a notice to navigators, which would have been improper of their mood, but a finding that things, processes go like this in football.
A Endrickin this first season on the other side of the Atlantic, it is still 18 years old to “suck bench”, overshadowed by the constellation of stars that move around. The hierarchy of the Mbappé, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Bellinghamtogether with the remarkable level that Brahim has shown whenever he has had to play, they have pushed the young Brazilian to residual role in his first course with Real Madrid.
The example of Vinicius and Rodrygo
“Beyond the competition it has, nothing is missing. It is just a competition problem with players that are of extreme quality. I think the history of this club says that Many headlines have sucked bench for a long time: Vinicius a couple of years, Rodrygo, Valverde, Camavinga … “, deepened a 'Carletto' that is happy with the performance of its young star project. Although the numbers suggest otherwise.
Statistics say Endrick has only played 496 minutes this season. In the first white team, only the defenestrated Jesús Vallejo (10) and the newly recovered of injury David Alaba (311) have played less minutes than him. Even Dani Carvajal, injured since the beginning of October, accumulates more participation than him in this course.
“He is not worried, he is happy, working well and when I can give him minutes. He has always taken advantage of them and I see him calm. Tomorrow (for this Tuesday) he will have options because in the Cup he has done very well,” Ancelotti praised him on Monday, suggesting The possibility that the Brazilian is the title in the Bernabéu in front of the Royal Society.
Four goals in Cup
And the Cup has been the escape valve for Endrick this season. If Madrid arrives at the second leg in advantage, in fact, it is because of the goal he scored in Anoeta a month ago and that he set the final 1-0 that the whites defend on Tuesday. It was his fourth goal in this Cupafter the two of the eighth extension against Celta and the one that marked the Leganés in the quarterfinals. Outside the KO tournament, only adds one goal in the League (Valladolid) and another in Champions (Sttutgart), both in its premiere in two competitions.
“Of course it is difficult to be in the world's biggest club, with the best players, and not have the opportunity to always play. But whenever I play, I can demonstrate my level to be in the selection“, said the boy a few days ago in the Pódcast de Romario, aware that his learning period at Real Madrid can condition his near future in the selection. In fact, he recognized his” fear “to lose the 2026 World Cup train.
In this last break, he remained without participating in the Brazilian victory against Colombia, in which it was his third game without adding a minute. Until then, and from its debut, had chained 13 games with minutes and only one blank among all of them. Days later, however, he had 45 minutes in the South American classic against Argentina.
The road is open so that Endrick can start on Tuesday in front of the Real. That would imply the substitution of a Mbappé that played 90 minutes (scoring two goals) against Leganés and that comes from playing two full games and an extension with France. Rodrygo and Vinicius aim to return to eleven After resting on Saturday's derby, just like Valverde and Tchouameneni. Courtois, meanwhile, remains absent and lunin is consolidated as the goalkeeper of the Cup.
Real Madrid: Lunin; Valverde, Rüdiger, Alaba, Fran García; Tchouaméni, Camaving, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinícius y Endrick.
Real Sociedad: Remiro; Aramburu, Zubeldia, Aguerd, Aihen; Zubimendi, Marín, Sucic; Cubo, Oyarzabal y barrenetxea.
Arbitrator: Alberola Rojas (Castilla-La Mancha committee).
OUR: Daniel Trujillo (Tenerife committee).
Estadio: Santiago Bernabéu.
Time: 21.30. LA1 and Movistar+.
