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Estêvão Fires Brazil Past Senegal as Ancelotti Lauds 18-Year-Old Chelsea Phenom

Ancelotti signals a balance of strict demands with trust as he integrates the teenager.

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.