Two of football’s most dazzling wonderkids went head-to-head in the first round of Champions League action as Barcelona and Chelsea tussled at Stamford Bridge in November.
Barça’s Lamine Yamal and Chelsea’s Estêvão dominated the discourse before and after the clash, with the latter stealing the headlines during a 3–0 victory for the Blues. An astonishing strike saw him overshadow his positional peer during the Brazil winger’s 100th club appearance.
Enzo Maresca waxed lyrical about both Yamal and Estêvão following the full-time whistle, insisting they have the ability to dominate world football in the same manner as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the coming years.
“Probably in the next 10, 15 years, Estêvão and Lamine Yamal are probably going to be the next Messi and Ronaldo,” enthused the Italian.
But how do the duo compare to one another at 18 years of age? And how do they compare to Messi and Ronaldo?
