The scene, as Chelsea’s players flocked to Estevao at the final whistle at Lincoln Financial Field, was telling. There was a language barrier between them, but Cole Palmer and Liam Delap asked their Portuguese team-mate Dario Essugo to tell the Brazilian teenager just what they thought of him.

João Pedro scores twice against his boyhood team as the Blues triumph 2-0 and will face Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid for the title Sunday.