Overview
- The winger struck first in Brazil’s 2-0 friendly win over Senegal at the Emirates Stadium, with Casemiro sealing the result.
- Post-match, Carlo Ancelotti said the teenager has “incredible” talent and declared that “with Estêvão, Brazil have guaranteed future.”
- He has six goals in his last five starts for club and country, and he is reported as the first 18-or-under to reach four Brazil goals since the 1960s.
- Reports from October describe Ancelotti halting a training drill to demand pressing discipline from Estêvão, a standard the player has since met in games.
- Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhães left the match with an adductor issue that Ancelotti said would be assessed by medical staff.