- Estevao will move from Palmeiras to Chelsea after the FIFA Club World Cup
- But he played for Palmeiras against the Blues in Friday night’s quarter-final
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Palmeiras wonderkid Estevao will soon be a Chelsea player but on Friday night they were the enemy.
That is certainly how it looked midway through the first half in Philadelphia when Estevao — who will complete his move to Stamford Bridge later this month — made a late challenge on Blues defender Levi Colwill.
Colwill stayed on the floor for almost a minute and Estevao was perhaps lucky to avoid a yellow card as he escaped with only a stern word from the referee.
Estevao was seemingly also on the receiving end of some stern words from Chelsea left back Marc Cucurella, who was seen shouting at his future team-mate in the aftermath.
The incident did not go unnoticed as dozens of Chelsea took to social media to react.
One wrote: ‘Estevao needs to calm down. Almost injured Colwill there’.
Another comment read: ‘That’s one way to announce yourself to Chelsea, right in the back of Colwill from Estevao.’
A third fan wrote: ‘Estevao left a late challenge on Colwill. Cucurella nearly slapped the boy but remembered he’s now team-mate.’
Estevao committed three fouls in total during the opening 45 minutes — more than any other player on the pitch.
But it was also pointed out by another Chelsea fan on X (formerly Twitter) that the rough stuff involving Estevao was not entirely one-sided.
Their tweet read: ‘First Cucurella and now Colwill going really hard at Estevao… a proper footballers welcome to his future team for Estevao!’
Indeed, shortly before half-time Enzo Fernandez was also lucky to avoid a yellow card after he hacked Estevao to the ground in midfield.
