It was billed because the battle of the 2 teenage wonderkids – and for as soon as it was Lamine Yamal who discovered himself overshadowed, forged except for the highlight.
This was Estevao Willian’s night time.
With Chelsea already 1-0 up and Barcelona right down to 10 males, the 18-year-old produced a very memorable second to gentle up an already raucous Stamford Bridge.
Amassing a move from Reece James, Estevao minimize inside, turned Alejandro Balde inside out after which despatched a rasping drive into the roof of the web previous goalkeeper Joan Garcia.
As former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin put it: “Begin believing the hype.”
“The objective’s the bit everybody will see, and it was great in a variety of methods,” Nevin stated on BBC Radio 5 Reside after the 3-0 victory. “It was simply so tight, the footwork, and it is a good, good end.
“However all the opposite components of his recreation, the intelligence, the motion, the choosing up of place… he is a pure. As a result of normally footballers are referred to as pure they usually’re not – nevertheless it simply appears to be like so easy for him. Some gamers simply transfer in another way to different gamers, a grace and class. It is stunning to see.”
Talking on Amazon Prime, ex-Chelsea ahead Daniel Sturridge added: “The anticipation and expectation was that it was going to be Yamal’s night time and it could be all about him. However you see Estavao tonight and it was completely good.”
Yamal’s night got here to an finish within the eightieth minute, substituted to jeers with the match already misplaced.
Simply two minutes and 40 seconds later, Estevao departed to a standing ovation.
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