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"I would say that with Estevao it's not a matter of whether this place is easier or not because he's the kind of player that just goes there and gets things done. When you are an extra-class like him, that's how you do it," Sampaio concluded.

Sampaio recalls an episode that illustrated that.

"Last year, the players from the 'Copinha' who broke into the first team were Estevao and Vitor Reis. But don't ask me for those ETs again this season, all right? Now we get the normal ones," Palmeiras' head of academy Joao Paulo Sampaio joked when asked earlier this month about the next ones in line.

"In terms of quality, he has it all, man," Sampaio said.

After all, Reis da Silva had previously uploaded personal photographs of his partner Guilherme Sampaio Ricardo on other birthdays, and also on Valentine's Day.