{"id":1566,"date":"2025-09-10T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:30:35","slug":"rising-star-estevao-says-chelsea-chances-came-sooner-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/rising-star-estevao-says-chelsea-chances-came-sooner-than-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising star Estevao says Chelsea chances came &#8216;sooner than expected&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-17.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-17-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-17-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rising Brazilian star Estevao Willian has admitted he has already enjoyed more first-team chances at Chelsea than he initially expected, crediting hard work in training and the faith shown by coach Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 18-year-old winger, who arrived in west London this summer amid high expectations, revealed that Maresca&#8217;s trust has been key to his early impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been given more opportunities than I thought I would, and that&#8217;s down to the effort I put in every day,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The manager believes in me, and I try to give everything back on the pitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While adapting quickly to the Premier League, Estevao has leaned on the strong Brazilian contingent at Stamford Bridge, forging close ties with Joao Pedro and Andrey Santos on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted the guidance he has received from established internationals on the national team, including Marquinhos, Alisson, Raphinha, Lucas Paqueta and Bruno Guimaraes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another key step in his adjustment has been language. The teenager confessed that his English has come on significantly since moving to London, largely thanks to his Brazilian teammates. &#8220;They actually push me to speak English all the time,&#8221; he smiled. &#8220;It&#8217;s been tough, but it helps a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising Brazilian star Estevao Willian has admitted he h [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1568,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/1568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}