Ethan Nwaneri was the coolest teenager on the field in the middle of the sauna of the national stadium of Singapore, at least until a teammate came up his junior for three years and whistles the wing like a breeze.
Max Dowman is 15 years old. He will complete his GCSEs next spring, at about the same time that Arsenal will learn whether they are finally Premier League champions under Mikel Arteta. He could still juggle with an 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.
He has length and balance and a physique that lies his childhood. In short, he looks like a football player. We soon discovered that he also plays like a very good one.
Dowman's first involvement – against AC Milan, no less – was to beat and watch two men while his shot just went wide. His career in the first team was currently less than 60 seconds old. It was fearless, but at the same time scary to consider the potential of this boy.
Declan Rice calls him the best 15-year-old in the country, and what the midfielder of England has seen behind closed doors that we enjoyed here in public.
Dowman took a competition, not a snake, to the hype that surrounds him. When you make your debut under the age of 18 at the age of 13, the expectation is inevitable.
Normally you would call his half hour during Arsenal's 1-0 win a 'cameo', but this felt more like an announcement. It felt like a boy who said he is ready for the man's game.
Dowman receives the ball with the delicacy from Puck on a stick and slides on ice. When it comes to a ceremonial penalty shootout, he sent the goalkeeper in the wrong way with a left-base Swoosh who cut through the nonsense of the complicated attempts of his elderly. The socks at Half-Mast spoke about his self-confidence and Swagger without the need for a Panenka.
Nwaneri's first half Showreel was a distant memory at this point, but it shouldn't be. He does not look 18 and does not play 18. If there is something, his new shirt number, 22, would be a better gamble of his age if it doesn't know anything else.
The England under the 21 attacker was used at no. 10, but caused Havoc on the left, right and center. Indeed, Milan defender Strahinja Pavlovic would rather that Nwaneri had not been driven precisely at some point in the first half. He thought he had captured the Arsenal youngsters against the touchline.
It was Nwaneri who set the fall and, with a piece of skill that is related to escapology, he made a statue of his opponent before he fled to the penalty area.
There was a moment of magic very quickly, a snaps turn on the edge of the box that Christian Pulisic sent for the half-time noodles. His shot, a crispy half volley, was turned back by Milan keeper Pietro Terracciano.
But it was Dowman who Arteta was first asked after the victory, assured thanks to the second half of Bukayo Saka.
“I am happy with all the children,” he said, after he had also given a debut to center Marli Salmon, another 15-year-old.
'I think they can play at the age of 15 at the age of 15 because of the environment and culture within the team. It gives you the best chance, but then you must have the qualities that this boy (downman) must deliver against opposition like this. '
There was also praise for Nwaneri and although this may sound like the most popular summer takes, he looked like a player who is planned for the World Cup next summer. That tournament will come too fast for Dowman, but Euro 2028 will not do that.
Before all that, both players have a title to contend with Arsenal. They may just play a larger part than someone expected.