Ethan Nwaneri was the coolest teenager on the pitch amid the sauna of Singapore’s National Stadium, at least until a team-mate three years his junior came on and whistled down the wing like a breeze.
Max Dowman is 15 years old. He will be completing his GCSEs next spring, at roughly the same time Arsenal will be learning if they are finally Premier League champions under Mikel Arteta. He could yet be juggling exam room and dressing room.
The schoolboy made his senior debut here last night and looked anything but junior, and that was before he kicked a ball.