I had the same problem,
Just disconnect the MISO from the tft controller, you will then good signal to esp8266 from the touch controller
Problem is that the coordinate system on the touch screen is not the same as the screen coordinates
The X or Y or even both axis are reversed from the touch controller
Try touching at the opposite place on the screen
I placed a patch in the future request section to modify the touch coordinates to match the display coordinates
Hope this helps
Greeting from rainy Belgium