At 18 years of age and approximately four months after landing in Londonsigned by Chelsea for the equivalent of R$367 million, the Brazilian Estêvão he became the man in Europe. Last Tuesday, with the goal he scored against Barcelona, he became the third player under 20 to score in three Champions League matches.
The other two? Frenchman Kylian Mbappé and Norwegian Erling Haaland, simply two of the greatest stars of the current generation in football. 10 minutes into the second half, the Brazilian striker received a pass from teammate Reece James and went all out on the attack, with insinuating feints that left Alejandro Balde and Pau Cubarsí, Barça’s poor defenders, defenseless like two boys.
The final act was a strong and well-placed shot, undefendable for goalkeeper Joan García. “Statistically, Stephen There were few chances to score from there, but he made it look easy. It’s what the best players do,” Chelsea’s official website wrote about the play.
The best in the game
For this brilliant move and others, Estêvão was chosen as the best on the field. He received the spotlight and attention from English journalists and was applauded by the fans.es who went to Stamford Bridge Stadium. He left the field eight minutes before the end of the game.
“I have no words to describe what happened,” said the Chelsea winger. “It was a perfect night for me. I scored a very special goal in my career and I hope to score many more. From the moment I arrived, I felt a very strong connection with our team’s fans.”
Meanwhile, Spaniard Lamine Yamalconsidered Barcelona’s best striker and one of the best in the world, performed discreetly and was substituted ten minutes from the end of the match.
Five goals in 11 games
Now wearing Chelsea’s number 41 shirtEstêvão has been increasingly impressive since scoring the winning goal against Liverpool last October. Since then, his goalscoring instinct has been disenchanted in Europe: he scored five goals in his last eleven games as a starter for Chelsea, not counting the two goals for the Brazilian team in friendlies against Senegal, in London, and Tunisia, in Lille, France.
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“Estêvão needs to relax and enjoy football. There’s no point making comparisons between him and Lamine (Yamal) with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo”, commented the Italian Enzo MarescaChelsea coach, to the English newspaper The Guardian. “It’s a lot of pressure for young kids like them. They need to relax, play football and have fun on the pitch.”
