Chelsea forward Estevao Willian has opened up on the devastating injury that cost him a place in Brazil’s 2026 World Cup squad. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Admitting that he got emotional after he found out that his tournament was over before it began, Estevao stated that he ended up crying endlessly in parents’ arms when he found out the extent of the injury.
The Brazilian added that he got really emotional because featuring at the World Cup has always been his biggest dream.
His words, “Playing in the World Cup is a dream come true, everyone hopes for it.
Even more so for me, since I was involved in the whole process. So that was a moment of great, great sadness in my heart.
I cried so much in my parents’ arms, no joke, I cried a lot. It’s in moments like these that you need the people you love, and I’m very grateful for that.
When I woke up, I went to take a shower, the doctor called me three times, the day he said he was going to give me a result. Then I called him and he said: ‘Bring your parents here because we want to talk to them too.’
We already knew that if they were going to give any other news, they would say it right then and there, to my face, but when they told me to bring my parents there, I already had a feeling that something bigger was coming.
I think the hardest moment was when I actually found out the news, that it was grade four. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as grade four, I didn’t even know it existed. But unfortunately it happened, but life goes on. Now it’s about recovering well and getting treatment to get back as soon as possible.”
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