Maresca took the Brazilian off at halftime, with the teen struggling to get into the game.
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He said afterwards: "I think the feeling with Estevao was a little bit, 'welcome to Premier League, welcome to Leeds'.
"The impact for him must have been probably a big, big impact for him. The reason why we changed him is because he was already a yellow card.
"Sometimes when you are 18, you struggle to manage emotion, so it was better to change him and to avoid any red card."