{"id":2040,"date":"2026-08-24T05:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2026-08-24T05:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:38:39","slug":"i-thought-it-would-take-longer-estevao-willian-opens-up-on-incredible-adaptation-at-chelsea-with-brazilian-sensation-revelling-in-happiest-moment-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=2040","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I thought it would take longer!&#8217; &#8211; Estevao Willian opens up on &#8216;incredible adaptation&#8217; at Chelsea with Brazilian sensation revelling in &#8216;happiest moment of my life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>Estevao told <em>Globo Esporte<\/em> of a whirlwind few weeks: \u201cIt&#8217;s happening very quickly, and I&#8217;m already getting a lot of opportunities there, more than I even expected at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think it&#8217;s the result of the hard work and dedication I&#8217;ve maintained in training. [Enzo] Maresca has a lot of confidence in me to play, even arriving in a new league, in a new country. I try to repay that on the field by giving my all. And this adaptation has been incredible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it would take a little longer to adapt, because of the climate and the language. But, thank God, it&#8217;s happening very quickly. I&#8217;m already getting used to the language well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe climate there has helped a lot during the three weeks I&#8217;ve been there, because it&#8217;s not cold, it&#8217;s hot. It&#8217;s getting dark by nine o&#8217;clock at night. So, I think that was crucial for me too, for my adaptation. It&#8217;s been really, really, really good, I&#8217;m loving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-ng\/lists\/estevao-willian-incredible-adaptation-chelsea-brazilian-sensation-happiest-moment-life\/blt22584fbb5ceb8ff7\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estevao told Globo Esporte of a whirlwind few weeks: \u201cIt&#8217;s happening very quickly, and I&#8217;m&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}