{"id":2593,"date":"2026-09-23T14:05:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2026-09-23T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:05:53","slug":"estevao-plays-down-lack-of-minutes-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/estevao-plays-down-lack-of-minutes-at-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Estevao plays down lack of minutes at Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-29.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-29-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-29-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estevao downplayed his limited playing time at Chelsea and highlighted his partnership with Endrick upon his return to the Brazil national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forward has made six appearances this season, starting two, and has logged 148 minutes under Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a press conference, the Brazilian stressed that he respects the manager&#8221;s decisions and remains focused in training to seize his chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estevao also celebrated reuniting with Endrick, his former teammate at Palmeiras. Both have found regular game time hard to come by in Europe, but enjoy the trust of Carlo Ancelotti with Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have a very strong bond, we consider each other brothers,&#8221; Estevao stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estevao downplayed his limited playing time at Chelsea  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2593","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\/2593","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=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions\/2595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}