Incoming Chelsea signing Estevao has sent a message to Marc Cucurella after the pair came to blows at the Club World Cup.
The Blues beat Palmeries 2-1 on Tuesday in Philadelphia to reach the semi-finals of the revamped tournament, where they’ll face Fluminense of Brazil.
Cole Palmer opened the scoring with a fine strike before Estevao, who will move to Stamford Bridge in a £29million transfer after the tournament, equalised for Palmeries.
Malo Gusto scored the winner in the 84th minute in what was an emotional game, with Chelsea and Portugal player Pedro Neto paying tribute to Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva ahead of kick-off.
Despite being knocked out, Estevao, 18, was named player of the match as he gave Enzo Maresca and his new teammates a taste of his talent but it wasn’t all harmonious.
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During the first-half alone, the teenager committed three fouls including a late challenge on Levi Colwill which left the defender wincing in pain and prompted some stern words from Cucurella.
Soon after, Enzo Fernandez hacked down the winger in brutal fashion, while Estevao and Cucurella continued to battle each other hard throughout the match.
Asked about the duel post-match, Estevao said there were no hard feeling between him and the Spain left-back: ‘We clashed a few times, it’s part of the game.
‘I hope it stays on the pitch and I hope he helps me a lot at Chelsea.’
‘It’s football, he tried to his job and I tried to do my job,’ Cucurella himself said.
‘I think the most important thing is that we won, got through and he had the chance to score a good goal. I hope now he enjoys his holidays, rests and becomes stronger.’
Maresca was very impressed with his new player saying in his post-match press conference: ‘Estevao, I spoke with him for the first time after the game.
‘I told him that it’s been the perfect night because we won, he scored. So it’s been perfect for us and for him.
‘Yes. Very good, very good. You can see that he’s a huge talent. You can see that he’s a fantastic player.
‘And the only thing for me is when you come from South America or in general from the other part of the world, Europe, you need to adapt. So, we’re going to help him to adapt.
‘First of all, to be happy, to continue to enjoy football. And we don’t have any doubt because he’s so good that he’s going to be a very important player for Chelsea.’
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