Vinicius, Rodrygo and Endrick started for Brazil for the first time against Paraguay, the first time in 24 years that the Samba Legion started the trident from the same club. However, they teamed up to deliver a poor "answer sheet".
The striker from the same club also started for the Samba Army, and on October 7, 2000, in the away game against Venezuela, Romario, Paulista, Pernambucano and Yule who played for Vasco da Gama started at the same time to help the Samba Army win 6-0, including Romario completing the quadruple.
In 2012, Sao Paulo's Lucas, Judson and Fabiano started at the same time, but Neymar, who played in midfield, played for Santos at the time, and Sao Paulo failed to set a record.
After 24 years, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Endrick, who also played for Real Madrid, started collectively, making Real Madrid the first club in 24 years to start for Brazil with three strikers.
It is worth mentioning that this was Endrick's second start for Brazil, with his only previous start coming against Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the Copa America when Vinicius was suspended.
Brazil boss Dolívar said: "We need players in the middle who can use the space, Endrick has that characteristic, he needs to adapt, but he is also the closest player to this role. ”
At the same time, he also explained the reason for starting the three Real Madrid strikers en masse, "I don't want Rodrygo to play as a central striker, I want him to be as flexible and intelligent as he was at Real Madrid. With Endrick, Rodrigo's position, freedom will be greater. ”
Sadly, the performances of the three Real Madrid strikers were disappointing. In the first half, the Samba Army had only three shots on goal, while none of the three strikers had a chance to get their feet on goal, and the three combined had only one successful breakthrough.
Brazil's most threatening attack came in the 25th minute, when Endrick split the ball, Vinicius crossed the bottom line, and Andre's shot was cleared by Adrete on the goal line. However, Vinicius reached out and pushed someone when he broke through and was suspected of a foul.
Such a poor performance caused Dolivar to replace Endrick with Pedro after the break, and in the 79th minute, Rodrigo was also replaced by Lucas.
For the first time in the first start for the Samba Army, Real Madrid's Trident did not perform well. Endrick, who played 45 minutes, had zero shots and zero breakthroughs, only 11 touches and five successful passes. Rodrigo had 1 shot, 1 successful breakaway, 48 touches and 28 successful passes.
Vinicius had two shots and one successful breakthrough in the whole game, but he only had 37 touches and 15 successful passes. It is worth emphasizing that the last time Vinicius scored in the World Preliminary Tournament was on March 25, 2022, and the goal drought in the World Preliminary Tournament has continued for 11 games.