Endrick scored his first goal for Brazil at the Bernabéu on Tuesday. The goal represented the end of an amazing journey that, after going through the most inhospitable catacombs of football, and even hunger, had deposited them there.

Four months before he turned 18 and could, therefore, finally join Real Madrid, he began to conquer his future home just five minutes after coming on to replace Raphinha in the match against Spain. The young man, for whom it paid around 60 million euros, is one of the club's riskiest bets in its policy of attracting emerging talent.