Chelsea couldn’t get the job done against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi final second leg last night, but thry were without some key attacking players.
Estevao, for example, came on as a sub but was clearly pretty drained. On the London is Blue podcast they pointed out how crazy it was that he had even played, given he was back in Brazil over the weekend for personal reasons.
Estevao steps up for Blues despite personal challenges
Estevao warms up for Chelsea win.
Estevao warms up for Chelsea win. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
“The fact that Estevao played last night is remarkable. I mean, remarkable. He just flew, what 4000 miles in two days? Even on a private jet that’s taxing,” presenter Nick Verlaney pointed out.
“It’s 9300 kilometres, just in terms of a flight distance. Just a casual 12 to 14 hours depending upon which city you’re heading to. Obviously to be on compassionate leave signifies like, probably a pretty emotional situation. So it’s emotionally taxing, physically taxing and mentally taxing. The fact that he went out there for 30 minutes is an incredible show of strength.”
It sure is. We really hope he takes it easy this week and is ready to play an important role on Sunday against Wolves. He’s the only one of our wingers who is reliably getting the job done right now, and we would ideally like to start him against the 20th placed team.
Estevao never stops impressing us with how mature he is.
You can see them discuss the trip in the clip embedded here:
🙌 @nickverlaney: To be on compassionate leave signifies a pretty emotional situation. 5,800 miles or 9,300 kms of distance (to Brazil.) 12-14 hours. So it's emotionally taxing, mentally taxing, physically taxing. The fact he went out there is a fucking incredible show of… pic.twitter.com/hao2FeFwFf
— London Is Blue Podcast ⭐️⭐️ (@LondonBluePod) February 4, 2026
In other news…
Chelsea signed up yet another young talent today, securing Mathis Eboue on a pro deal on his 17th birthday.
Wesley Fofana showed his superb abilities last night, and continued to remind us all how frustrated we are that his career at Chelsea so far has been so ruined by injury.
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