Estêvão shows Chelsea he can form dangerous partnership with Palmer | Chelsea

TThe good news for Chelsea is that Cole Palmer and Estévão Willian will be on the same team on their next land. Even better, it seems that two of the most gifted young attackers already have a connection. Friday evening, they were on the opposite sides in Philadelphia, but friends when it was finished, sharing a warm embrace after the victory of Chelsea over Palmeiras in the club World Cup, exchanging shirts and perhaps thinking how much they will have fun to the detriment of the defenses of the opposition when they line up together next season.

It was a comforting show. Palmer recalled that he remains the main man in Chelsea, performing with crafts and intelligence during a first half in which he opened the scoring in a gentle way, but Estêvão competed for the central scene during his last appearance for Palmeiras. It was an extraordinary performance given the context. The anticipation has been based since Chelsea agreed with 52 million pounds sterling with Palmeiras for Estêvão in May 2024. The 18 -year -old was on an ascending trajectory after staying with Palmeiras for one more season, but all hope of keeping the machine to have the machine to have overdrive with a player considered as the best employee of Brazilian Generation.

The pressure on Estêvão was extreme. He delivered a series of wonderful goals and performances for Palmeiras in the past 12 months, but was criticized by the Brazilian media during his stay in the United States. Abel Ferreira, the charismatic manager of Palmeiras, had to jump for the defense of the young person. There have been stretched press conferences. Nevertheless, it was only human nature to wonder if Eassevered was able to occur against Chelsea. Would his heart really be in it? Hold back? Would he be too desperate to impress?

Now, of course, the challenge will be to maintain expectations at realistic levels when Eassevão arrives in England. He was called Messinho (Little Messi) because of his dribbling capacity but is determined to follow his own path. This kid is intrepid. Questions as to whether he will be able to adapt to the physicity of the Premier League is standard. Against Chelsea, there could be no better taste for what defenders are in England than being marked by Marc Cucurella. The Spaniard is tenacious, unpleasant and very good in his work. It was striking to see him expels east blows during the first half. It was as if Cucurella was trying to see if the child was done good things.

The answer was resounding. Estêvão continued to find the ball and continued to try to make things happen. At one point, he moved away from the right, passing through the grass, Cucurella left desperately trying to hang on to his shirt. It was easy to imagine that Cucurella go back to the locker room after full time and tell his teammates that they will not have to worry about whether this slight little kid on the right of Palmeiras can do it on a wet Tuesday evening and windy in Stoke. Only, the rest of the Chelsea players had already seen it for themselves. It is is the end that dragged Palmeiras in the contest, turning in space in the 53rd minute and catching Robert Sánchez by pulling the tightest angles. The ball flew over a surprised Sánchez, who could not even be blamed for being beaten at his nearby post, and when he entered, there was no restraint from Eastern when he celebrated.

Palmeiras could not, however, quite do the work. Then the atmosphere was bit bitter. Appointed the match player, is a forced to speak to the media. He sat next to Ferreira and thanked the man who treats him like a son. Ferreira was tender, whispering advice at Est Estévão whenever he did not seem to know what to say. “I love this guy so much,” said is the Make. “I thank God that Aubel and Palmeiras are in my life.”

Ferreira, ignoring the pain of losing against a late goal, made the praise. He spoke of the talent of East Besides, but also described it as an incredible person. The Portuguese admitted that he was not sure to know if Eastern was large enough when he was promoted to the first team, only for these doubts to have some early. “He looks thin, but he is strong,” said Ferreira. “I said to Estêvão:” We are delighted that you joined “, but he did not understand a single word that I said,” offered Palmer.

This sign of head to the linguistic barrier recalled that Estêvão must have time to settle in England. “Take care of him,” said Ferreira, very similar to Sven-Göran Eriksson urging the English media to protect Wayne Rooney in 2006. “It is the first time he left his country. In England, the sun appears two or three times a year and the night arrives early but Chelsea has conditions to support him.”

It is good that there is no pressure on Enzo MARESCA to rush is the early. Chelsea has a lot of attack options and know that leaving South America will not be easy. Despite this, it is revealing that there is no plan to send is a loan. Chelsea knows they have a special talent on their hands. No wonder they are looking forward to seeing is the early and palmer together.