{"id":12036,"date":"2026-04-26T09:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/12036\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:46:23","slug":"endricks-father-criticizes-real-madrid-he-found-happiness-again-in-lyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/12036\/","title":{"rendered":"Endrick\u2019s father criticizes Real Madrid: \u2018He found happiness again in Lyon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid<\/a> went through a roller-coaster season that ended without a trophy, a rare outcome for the club. With what seemed like an overload of forwards, they loaned Endrick<\/a> to Lyon<\/a> at the end of last year, a major move for the player.<\/p>\n

Endrick has returned to the version of himself he was before joining Real Madrid, making the most of the minutes he did not get in Spain to show his talent in Lyon. About that decision, the Brazilian\u2019s father, Douglas Sousa, spoke to ESPN in his country.<\/p>\n

Sousa said: \u201cEndrick has a saying: his fun park is the soccer field. What he wanted was to play, but they took away his fun park. He found happiness again in Lyon. He\u2019s happy. His whole family is happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sousa on Endrick\u2019s World Cup chances<\/p>\n

The main effect of getting more minutes in Lyon has been the chance of returning to Brazil for the World Cup. His dream was fading at Real Madrid because he was not playing regularly, but he now has a real shot at being called up by Carlo Ancelotti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Endrick<\/p>\n

Endrick has played well for Brazil (Julio Aguilar\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A few injuries also gave him a place in the national team lineup in recent friendlies, especially against Croatia, where he made a difference. He now looks like a very interesting option for the Italian manager.<\/p>\n

\"Barcelona<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Barcelona and Real Madrid target Jon Mart\u00edn\u2019s release clause could keep him at Real Sociedad<\/p>\n

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Sousa said: \u201cThe expectations are high, and after the match against Paris Saint-Germain, Ancelotti has more reasons to consider him. Endrick keeps his feet on the ground. He thinks he could be in the World Cup if he plays well in the next four matches with Lyon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Endrick\u2019s spell in Lyon<\/p>\n

Endrick agreed to join Lyon on loan last December and made his debut for the club in January. He has played 12 matches and scored four goals in Ligue 1, helping the team stay in third place. The forward also added three matches and two goals in the French Cup, and he has two Europa League matches and one goal as part of his overall record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid went through a roller-coaster season that ended without a trophy, a rare outcome for the club.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7074,2121,301,5039,847,82,83],"class_list":["post-12036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-carlo-ancelotti","tag-endrick","tag-la-liga","tag-ligue-1","tag-lyon","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}