At the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid’s young prodigy Endrick Felipe had a fairytale Champions League debut. He scored the game’s winning goal just 15 minutes of replacing Jude Bellingham, capping a 3-1 victory. Even though the photo was striking, the focus of conversation was his choice.

After failing to feed Kylian Mbappe or Vinicius Junior to his left or right and instead striking the ball and lucking out that Alexander Nubel’s glove was weak enough to keep it out, Endrick was referred to as having “balls” by manager Carlo Ancelotti to the media. Even Kylian Mbappe was seen raising his arms in bewilderment that Endrick had won the shot.

It was fortunate that everything went smoothly for “Bobby,” as Antonio Rudiger called him, alluding to his nickname inspired by Bobby Charlton; otherwise, there would have been a “big problem in the German’s eyes.”

“Endrick is insane. Rodrygo Goes spoke to MD about his comrade, saying, “He did something that nobody would do, but I am very happy for him and I understand the joy he must be going through.” “We practise this move with Rudiger during training, and it went really well.”

In the meantime, Thibaut Courtois, who was named man of the match for his seven saves, shown considerably less tact.

He laughed, “I would unfriend him if he misses.” “He has a lot of qualities and charisma, and he has a pretty good shot. Everyone will be silent if he scores and doesn’t give it to Vini or Bellingham.”

Despite not having started a game this season, Endrick has had a strong start, scoring in his home debut in La Liga and now in Europe. Even though the 18-year-old has a lot of competition for playing time up front, he has shown his worth by playing for just 20 minutes total over his five outings (not counting stoppage time).