{"id":87943,"date":"2025-11-25T20:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/estevao-chelseas-jewel-maresca-calls-for-calm-amid-messi-comparisons\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:02:03","slug":"estevao-chelseas-jewel-maresca-calls-for-calm-amid-messi-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/estevao-chelseas-jewel-maresca-calls-for-calm-amid-messi-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Est\u00eav\u00e3o, Chelsea’s jewel: Maresca calls for calm amid Messi comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maresca Asks for Caution with Estev\u00e3o: “Too Much Pressure”<\/h2>\n\nChelsea coach Enzo Maresca has warned about the pressure that the comparison of young Est\u00eav\u00e3o with football legends like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could generate.\n\nEst\u00eav\u00e3o, Chelsea’s teenage sensation, has impressed with his performance, including a spectacular goal in the 3-0 victory over Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.\n\nThe match saw an own goal by Jules Kound\u00e9 and the expulsion of Ronald Ara\u00fajo, leaving Barcelona with one man less and at a disadvantage on the scoreboard.\n\nIn the second half, Est\u00eav\u00e3o received a pass from Reece James, beat Pau Cubars\u00ed and Araujo before scoring a great goal.\n\nEst\u00eav\u00e3o became the third teenager in Champions League history to score in his first three matches, following in the footsteps of Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Erling Haaland.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nThe goal generated comparisons to Messi in his prime, but Maresca seeks to protect the Brazilian from such pressure, believing that both Est\u00eav\u00e3o and Lamine Yamal, 18 years old, need space to develop.\n\n\n
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“Est\u00e3o needs to relax. He needs to enjoy, he needs training sessions. He needs to play football. He, Lamine, they are so young, 18, that if you start talking about Messi, Ronaldo, I think it’s too much pressure for young guys like them. They need to enjoy, get to the training ground, happy, train.”<\/p>\n\nEnzo Maresca<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nEst\u00eav\u00e3o has scored five goals since he arrived at Chelsea in the summer, but Tuesday’s could be the most special.\n\n\n

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“I really don’t have words to sum up how I feel. It was all very fast for me. I found some space and made my way. I hope to keep scoring for many more years”.<\/p>\n\nEst\u00e3o<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nLiam Delap closed the account, and Chelsea moved up the table, while Barcelona dropped positions.\n\nChelsea’s next challenge is against Arsenal.\n\nMaresca highlighted the importance of the players’ physical recovery before the next match.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maresca Asks for Caution with Estev\u00e3o: “Too Much Pressure” Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca has warned about the pressure that the comparison of young Est\u00eav\u00e3o with football legends like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could generate. Est\u00eav\u00e3o, Chelsea’s teenage sensation, has impressed with his performance, including a spectacular goal in the 3-0 victory over Barcelona at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[156,220,4096,1427],"class_list":{"0":"post-87943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-chelsea","10":"tag-estao","11":"tag-messi"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}