Wahala don show for Brazilian national team coach Carlo Ancelotti as him star attacker Estêvão collect injury for Chelsea match against Manchester United. The young player wey dey important for Brazil World Cup squad come off the pitch after just 12 minutes of play for Premier League match wey happen on Saturday.
Estêvão wey dey wear Chelsea colors try to make one quick run with the ball. According to match reports, the boy attempt one shot wey touch the crossbar before the injury happen. As he dey run enter the opponent area, he suddenly feel pain. He manage to take one weak shot wey the goalkeeper save easily, but then he fall down for ground.
Medical team rush enter the pitch to attend to the Brazilian player. After some minutes of treatment, Estêvão stand up and walk out of the field by himself, but people wey watch the match say he dey walk with some small difficulty. The Chelsea staff take him straight to the dressing room for further check up.
Garnacho, another young talent, enter the match to replace Estêvão. The substitution happen early for the first half of the Premier League game wey still dey ongoing as at the time of this report.
This injury come at bad time for Brazil national team. World Cup dey just 54 days away, and Estêvão na one of the key players wey Ancelotti dey depend on for the tournament. The coach already get plenty injury worries for him squad. Other Brazilian players like Alisson from Liverpool, Wesley from Roma, Vanderson from Monaco, and Raphinha from Barcelona all dey recover from different small injuries.
Estêvão own case dey bring extra concern because this na not him first time to miss matches this season. The player miss Brazil last squad selection because he dey recover from previous injury. He also miss some Chelsea games this season for personal reasons.
Medical team still dey examine the exact nature of the injury. Nobody know yet if na muscle problem, knee issue, or ankle trouble. What dey clear na say the timing dey terrible for player wey dey fight for starting position in World Cup team.
Ancelotti and Brazil coaching staff dey monitor the situation closely. They hope say the injury no go serious and Estêvão go recover quick. All the injured Brazilian players wey dey recover, according to team sources, no get serious injuries and dem suppose fit play for World Cup.
But this early substitution for important club match dey cast shadow over Estêvão preparation for the big tournament. Chelsea medical team go do proper tests to determine how long the recovery go take.
Football fans for Brazil and worldwide dey watch with concern as one of their promising young talents face this setback just before the biggest football competition on earth.
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