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Teen star Estevao has Chelsea looking like a team that deserves 'world champions' tag
Craig Burley reflects on Chelsea's win vs. Barcelona but believes facing Arsenal is a 'different ball game' for Enzo Maresca's side. (1:28)
Ahead of Chelsea's meeting with Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League, the prematch comparisons between teenage phenoms Estevao Willian and Lamine Yamal felt premature. They don't now.
Chelsea's 3-0 win on Tuesday was the night when 18-year-old Estevao announced himself on the world stage, capped with a stunning goal that put his fellow young winger firmly in the shade.
Of course, 18-year-old Yamal won't be too worried when the dust settles. He is a European Championship winner with Spain, a two-time LaLiga champion and a Ballon d'Or runner-up. The world is at his feet and will continue to sit there for a decade or more if he wants it.
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Marc Cucurella was one of the stars for Chelsea as they defeated FC Barcelona 3-0 last night at Stamford Bridge in the UEFA Champions League.
The Spanish international was solid in defence, nullifying the threat of Lamine Yamal and was influential going forward on the left flank as well, with his performance earning him the MVP award.
Now, according to journalist Roger Arbusa on Catalunya Radio, Cucurella had the Barcelona match marked in red on his calendar. He treated his duel with Lamine Yamal as a personal test.
The Chelsea left-back has always thought that Barça never gave him the opportunity in the first-team setup after years spent at the club. As such, he was extra-motivated to prove himself against his boyhood club.
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Everything Lamine Yamal does oozes quality. Even when he is strolling about looking dejected, which he did quite a bit at Stamford Bridge, he does it with the nonchalant grace of a star. He caresses the ball rather than kicking it, generating remarkable power from limited back-lift. He plays on the balls of his feet, always alert, always able to go either way. He glides rather than runs, but does so at speed. He has already finished as runner-up in the Ballon dâOr. But he was not the best 18-year-old right-sided forward on the pitch on Tuesday, not even close.
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