"You have to take to the field like a child in a theme park"

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Endrick is taking football philosophically and happily before he is even 18. The soon-to-be Real Madrid striker, still at Palmeiras, explained what the pressure of being watched from an early age means to him.

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Endrick will join Real Madrid this summer. When he turns 18, he will fly from Brazil to Spain to start his career with Real Madrid, where he hopes to stay for many years.
Despite his youth, the striker is already a veteran in Brazil and speaks as such. He did so on 'TV Globo', where he spoke about what the pressure on his shoulders means for him.
"I want to play. To carry the responsibility onto the pitch is horrible. I felt that, you feel very heavy and you need to feel light, happy, like a child. Just like my brother Noah, no responsibility for anything. You have to take to the pitch to be happy, like a child in a theme park. Just like Abel told me, that I had to go to Disney. I took that advice for life. I think when I walk into the pitch, it's my playground," he said.
If there is one thing Endrick has shown so far, it is that he is a very family-oriented person: "When I score a goal I think a lot about my family, because I know that having a good house, food on the table, a good school, was in my hands. This happened when I started to have a good career at Palmeiras. When I had my first contract, I was able to give it to my family, so that weight was lifted".
Another topic Endrick talked about is racism: "One thing my mother always told me was to stay calm, not to let things get me down. I don't have white skin, I actually have black skin, it was God who gave me that shade. I'm not going to let this kind of thing shake me up, I'm going to let it make me stronger.
Endrick will play from the summer at the Bernabeu, where he has already scored a goal. "It was wonderful. When I did it and I was sliding in, I saw a fan with the Spain shirt in front of me and saying that he was waiting for me and that I'm going to be a great player. I did my celebration. This image has been in my head since I scored the goal," he confessed of the goal for Brazil.

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