Chelsea youngster Estevão seems to be moving at his own speed these days, and honestly, it’s starting to feel like everyone else is just trying to catch up. The 18-year-old winger added another goal for Brazil in their friendly with Tunisia, calmly rolling in a penalty late in the first half to make it 5 goals in 5 starts for the national team. as reported by Fabrizio Romano via his official X account.
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Brazil needed someone to step up, and he just walked over, took the ball without much fuss, and sent it into the right corner like he’d done it a hundred times before. For a teenager still figuring his way through European football, that kind of confidence just jumps out.
Estevão, who Carlo Ancelotti has described as magical, as reported by Softfootball, has this natural calmness about him, a sort of quiet confidence that’s been showing since his first few touches in a Chelsea shirt. Sometimes you forget he’s just 18; there are moments where he looks like he’s been playing senior football for years already.
The timing of the goal makes it even better. Just a few days earlier, he scored against Senegal as Brazil defeated Senegal 2-0, another sharp performance that keeps confirming that his rise isn’t slowing down at all
It’s like every time he gets on the pitch he finds a way to leave a mark, whether it’s a neat finish, a clever run, or just the way he opens up space for others. There’s something a bit fearless about him, almost like he doesn’t fully realise how big the stage he’s on actually is, and maybe that’s a good thing.
Now sitting on five goals in his first six games for Brazil, he’s putting up numbers that, for his age, look a little ridiculous. Some of Brazil’s more established guys took much longer to settle into international football, needing time and patience before their goal tallies really started rising.
But Estevão is already pushing himself into that conversation, almost casually, even though he’s barely getting started.
There’s still a long way to go, and a lot he’ll have to learn, but the signs are there. The confidence, the end product, the way he plays without overthinking things,it all points toward a kid who might be on the edge of something much bigger.
