After defeating England, Brazil coach said, 'It's just the beginning'
What could not have been a better start to Dalibal Jr.'s Brazil chapter! A 1-0 win against them in England, even in a friendly, is something special for the five-time world champions!
Brazil have played 12 games in England until yesterday. He has only won twice, in 1981 and 1995. After 1995, Brazil played four more matches against England in their field. Draw three of them, lose the other.
In the first match as the coach of Brazil, standing in the dugout, Darival won the almost invincible England-Fortress. After this emotional victory, the new coach of Brazil threatened his future opponents by saying that this is just the beginning!
At the press conference after beating England 1-0 yesterday at Wembley, Darival said, "It's definitely a special moment. Brazil's few previous wins in England soil give us an idea of (this team). But we must not deviate from this that our work is just the beginning.
After losing regular players like Neymar, Alisson, Ellsson to injuries, Darival made five debutants in the starting eleven against England. He says, ``I have a lot of faith in them,'' and expects even more from this team. But I think [the win against England] showed us how far we can go.''
Brazil played some great attacking football throughout the match, and Endrick's goal in the 80th minute sealed the victory. The young Brazilian striker came on as a substitute and scored the goal. Endrick scored his goal at the age of 17 years and 246 days. This made him the youngest goalscorer in senior men's football at Wembley Stadium. He also became the youngest goal scorer for Brazil after Ronaldo Nazario in 1994. When Ronaldo scored his first goal in a Brazil jersey against Iceland in 1994, he was 17 years 7 months 12 days old.
At the end of the match, Darival also praised Endrik, "The attitude he has shown so far, he can be a very important name for Brazil and world football."
