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Endrick Makes Madrid Debut and Becomes Youngest Foreign Player to Score for Club in Spanish League 

Real Madrid's Endrick celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP)
Real Madrid's Endrick celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP)
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Endrick Makes Madrid Debut and Becomes Youngest Foreign Player to Score for Club in Spanish League 

Real Madrid's Endrick celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP)
Real Madrid's Endrick celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP)

Endrick needed only 10 minutes to make an impression in his debut with Real Madrid.

The Brazil teenager replaced Kylian Mbappé late in the match and scored deep into stoppage time to seal Madrid's 3-0 win over Valladolid on Sunday.

The goal made Endrick the youngest foreign player to score for Madrid in the Spanish league at 18 years, 35 days, surpassing Frenchman Raphael Varane, who was 18 years, 152 days when he scored in 2011.

“He’s looking very good and he has a lot of potential,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said of Endrick. “He has shown his quality very quickly with his control and he’s got a very powerful shot. He’s a center forward and very dangerous in tight spaces.”

It was the first league win for defending champion Madrid after it opened with a 1-1 draw at Mallorca last weekend.

Mbappé scored in Madrid's UEFA Super Cup win over Atalanta at the start of the season but has yet to find the net in the first two league matches. The France star was making his debut at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium as a Madrid player.

Federico Valverde had put Madrid ahead in the 50th, and Brahim Díaz added to the lead in a breakaway in the 88th.

Endrick scored six minutes into stoppage time with a low shot into the near corner after going past a defender entering the area. He had replaced Mbappé in the 86th.

“He deserves it,” Valverde said of Endrick. “He has to keep working, he still has a long way to go with this club, he should keep working hard because he deserves it.”

Endrick was only 16 when he was sold to Madrid by Brazilian club Palmeiras for more than 40 million euros (around $45 million), plus add-ons, in 2022. He stayed with Palmeiras until arriving at Madrid for this season after turning 18. Madrid had already done similar deals with Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, who are now regular starters with the Spanish club.

Endrick was an unused substitute in the team's first two matches this season, against Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup and at Mallorca.

Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on Saturday for its second consecutive win to start the season. Celta Vigo, which defeated 3-1 Valencia on Friday, also has two wins to open its campaign.

After an opening draw at Villarreal, Atletico Madrid earned its first league victory of the season by defeating Girona 3-0 at home with goals from Antoine Griezmann, Marcos Llorente and Koke Resurrección.

Griezmann put Atletico ahead in the 39th off a free kick prompted by a handball by Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga outside the penalty area. Llorente added to the lead with a long-range shot in the 48th, and Koke closed the scoring from close range in stoppage time after an assist by Llorente.

Girona, which surprised with a third-place finish last season, had opened with a 1-1 draw at Real Betis.

In other results, promoted Leganes beat Las Palmas 2-1 at home, while Betis drew 0-0 at Alaves.

Villarreal hosts Celta on Monday.

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Fearless German Soccer Coach Christoph Daum Dies after Career of Highs and Lows

Christoph Daum the fearless soccer coach - The AP
Christoph Daum the fearless soccer coach - The AP
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Fearless German Soccer Coach Christoph Daum Dies after Career of Highs and Lows

Christoph Daum the fearless soccer coach - The AP
Christoph Daum the fearless soccer coach - The AP

Christoph Daum, the fearless soccer coach who was denied the German national team job after admitting cocaine use, has died. He was 70 years old.

Daum died Saturday at his home in Cologne after a battle with cancer, family members told news agency dpa on Sunday.

“He was a pioneer of the modern game and was controversial and passionate about football until the end,” German soccer federation president Bernd Neuendorf said. “I was able to experience this first hand in a personal meeting a few weeks before his death. He lived football with every fiber of his being.”

Daum’s struggle with cancer was symbolic of his life – even as a skinny young child growing up in the west German city of Duisburg, he picked fights with boys who were bigger and stronger, The AP reported.

As a passionate and demanding coach, he led Stuttgart to the Bundesliga title in 1992. But Daum never lifted the trophy again. Between 1996 and 2000 his Bayer Leverkusen team finished runner-up three times and third once. In 2000, Leverkusen squandered the chance to win the Bundesliga for the first time by losing 2-0 at promoted Unterhaching. Daum said he cried his eyes out.

Leverkusen would have to wait until this year before finally ending its “Neverkusen” moniker. But Daum's contribution arguably laid the foundations for success. He was a guest of honor at the celebrations.

“Christoph changed a lot of things here in terms of processes and internal structure. Under him, Bayer 04 became the biggest competitor to Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund," Leverkusen great Rudi Völler said.

Daum was tipped to take over as Germany coach in 2000 after the national team’s disappointing European Championship, but his personal life came under scrutiny when long-time rival Uli Hoeneß of Bayern Munich suggested in an interview that Daum had a drug problem. Media reported cocaine-fueled parties involving prostitutes.

Daum denied drug use and gave hair samples for analysis. The samples showed traces of cocaine.

He was fired as Leverkusen coach as a result, while the scandal also ended his dream of becoming Germany coach.

“It was a big mistake that I acknowledged and apologized for,” Daum said years later. “Who can say that their life has been completely free of mistakes? I certainly cannot. Ultimately, it’s important to recognize mistakes, correct them, and then do better. That’s what it means to be human.”

Daum enjoyed success as coach away from Germany, winning a league and cup double with Austria Vienna in 2003, and Turkish league titles with Fenerbahce in 2004 and 2005. He previously led city rival Besiktas to Turkish cup (1994) and league (1995) titles.

Daum returned to Germany after Fenerbahce and helped Cologne to Bundesliga promotion in 2008.

He also later returned to Fenerbahce, then coached Eintracht Frankfurt, Club Brugge, Bursaspor and Romania.

“Christoph Daum was a true child of the Bundesliga. As a motivator and communicator without a previous professional career, he helped shape the coaching profession and the Bundesliga at the beginning of the media age,” said Marc Lenz, the managing director of the German soccer league.

Lenz said Daum "remained true to himself throughout his career, both in success and after setbacks and mistakes."

For his part, Daum remained philosophical about his highs and lows.

”You can fall. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall,” he said. “You just have to keep getting up again.”