Speaking to reporters after the game, Blues boss Maresca made a surprise claim that he was afraid to face rock bottom Wolves. The Italian coach said: “I was very worried before this game. These are the worst games, they’re tricky. Everyone is thinking it’s going to be easy. I can understand first half people were not happy because we didn’t score. Then, when Estevao came on the energy raised because people love that kind of player.”
Maresca heaped further praise on youngster Estevao, who came on as a substitute in the second half. The coach added: “You can see his talent. We are trying to help him to adapt and give him the right minutes. “He arrived from Brazil, he needs time to adapt, but he’s going to start games for us in the future. He arrived from a club where he was not training 100 percent so his physical condition was not good. Slowly, now he is better. He knows that to play with us he needs to be good on the ball and off the ball otherwise, he’s not going to play. We are very happy with him.”
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