Endrick shares Veiga’s advice from his Palmeiras debut: “It stuck” | OneFootball

One of the great revelations from the Palmeiras youth academy in recent years, forward Endrick recalled the importance of a club idol at the beginning of his journey with the professional team led by coach Abel Ferreira. Currently at Lyon, on loan from Real Madrid, the young player highlighted the importance of Raphael Veiga in his maturation process.

The forward shared that, upon joining the first team, he began spending more time with Veiga. The experienced player, who holds idol status at Palmeiras, sought to share some of his experience with Endrick to help him deal with pressure, mistakes, and criticism.

“The essential one was Raphael Veiga. When I moved up to the professional team, I changed apartments and he lived next door. We would play, then I’d go to his house, we’d talk. Every time I went there, he would plant a seed in my mind,” he said in an interview with Cazé TV.

Endrick revealed that one of the conversations he had with the midfielder was particularly memorable: about penalty kicks, one of Veiga’s specialties.

“I brought up the topic of penalties. He never missed a penalty. He would say: ‘I go, I trust what I’m going to do, and that’s it.’ And I asked: ‘And what about when you miss?’ He’d say: ‘You have to keep going, you can’t stop and even less look at what people are saying about you.’ That stuck with me,” he revealed.

The former Palmeiras forward is on loan at Lyon from Real Madrid. For the French team, he has scored six goals in thirteen matches. Earlier this week, he was called up by coach Carlo Ancelotti for the last friendlies of the Brazilian National Team before the World Cup.

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From Palmeiras to Real Madrid

Endrick was discovered by Palmeiras in 2022, at the age of 16, and quickly drew attention. With Alviverde, he won two Brazilian Championships, a Brazilian Supercup, and two Paulista Championships. During his time there, he played 82 matches, scored 21 goals, and provided two assists.

Signed by Real Madrid for 47 million euros (R$ 306 million) in 2023, Endrick was rarely used last season and ended up being loaned to Lyon.

Veiga is an example of “overcoming” at Palmeiras

Raphael Veiga left Palmeiras this year for América-MEX, on loan until the end of the season. The player is constantly used as an example by Abel Ferreira when asking fans to be patient with newly arrived players at the club, due to his history at Palmeiras.

The player did not succeed right away and only delivered as expected for Verdão after returning from a loan to Athletico-PR, two years after his arrival. Gradually, he established himself in the team and, in recent years, has been one of the pillars of the squad since 2020, solidifying his status as an idol.

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