🇧🇷 After UCL stunner, Estêvão tipped as Yamal’s main rival

Estêvão's performance in Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over Barcelona at Stamford Bridge has elevated the young Brazilian to a new level of prominence in European football.

Scorer of the most beautiful goal of the match, in an individual play that ended with an unstoppable shot, the forward received praise from the international press.

According to The Athletic, the young Brazilian star, only 18 years old, is already one of the most important names in the Blues squad and is beginning to shed any trace of anonymity since arriving in England.

The young player signed from Palmeiras is quickly losing any vestige of anonymity and, on Tuesday night, once again introduced himself to the football world with an impressive moment of individual brilliance.

Estêvão has become only the third player in Champions League history to score in his first three starts, joining Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé.

Among the three, the Brazilian is the second youngest to achieve this feat—behind only the Frenchman.

Rivalry with Yamal

In an article titled “Estêvão’s brilliant goal that shows he deserves to be in the Champions League”, The Athletic placed the Brazilian on the same level as Lamine Yamal, Barcelona and Spain’s young star.

The article recalls that the match was billed as a duel between the two great prospects of the continent, both born in 2007, with just three months’ difference between them.

Before Tuesday night, Yamal was considered the greatest prospect in European football. But the events at Stamford Bridge suggest he now has a rival of equal stature, the report analyzes.

The Stunning Goal

The publication detailed the play scored by Estêvão nine minutes into the second half. Chelsea was already leading 1-0 and Barcelona was down to ten men.

The Brazilian regained possession after a counterattack, dribbled past Cubarsí, resisted Baldé’s attempt to dispossess him, and finished into the top corner, leaving goalkeeper Joan García with no chance.

The outlet described the play as a moment of maturity and composure from a player who is rapidly rising in Europe.

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