Endrick is a kid who has been in the spotlight in Brazil since he was 11 and has high expectations at 17. I have not been closely following football for very long, and this is the first time I see this. Is that common? Did this media circus happen with Ronaldo, Neymar, Messi, CR7 and other young talents in football who went on to be great? I guess I’m just fearful that this much pressure on a kid might mean he doesn’t match expectations, so i’m looking for some success stories that came from situations similar to his haha.
Tbf to Messi, the expectations on him were at times just stupid. To expect him to win everything in a team sports. If football was an individual sports, like badminton, he would have won World Cup many times before the age of 30. And he demonstrated that with the amount of Ballon d’or he won.