Luiz Felipe Scolari claims a number of Chelsea players did not respect him and his training methods during his ill-fated eight-month stint at Stamford Bridge.
The 60-year-old Brazilian, who is currently coaching Bunyodkor in Uzbekistan, singled out the behaviour of Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, Germany midfielder Michael Ballack and Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech as unacceptable.
Scolari, who took over the Blues hot-seat last July and was sacked in February, told O Globo newspaper: "The real owners of football at the moment are the players. The coach, in most European clubs, has no strength to contradict them.
"The people sacked are always the coaches. The main players already know this. That was my problem at Chelsea. Drogba, Ballack and Cech did not accept my training methods or my demands."
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Drogba, Cech & Ballack didn't accept your trainning because of your poor tactic Scolari, blame yourself, that's why you get sacked.
SCOLARI DOESN'T KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HE DOING! HE TRY TO USE FULLY ATTACKING TACTIC WITH PLAYERS AT AGE AROUND 30? WTF!!! CHELSEA HAVE NO PACE LOL!!! WE CANNOT HANDLE MAN UTD COUNTER ATTACK!! THATS WHY WE ALWAYS LOST WITH MAN UTD WHEN HE WAS CHEALSEA"S COACH!! STOP BLAMING THE OTHERS!! U SHOULD REALIZE THAT U HAVE NO CAPABILITY TO MANAGE BIGGER CLUB LIKE CHELSEA!!! SUBSTITUTE IN STOCH DURING MATCH WITH ARSENAL?? U R REALLY HAVE NO IDEA!!! SHUT UP UR F**KING MOUTH!! STOP BLAMING DROGBA, BALLACK AND CECH!!
Scolari is a good coach, most of the players also good but Drogba is a crybaby and relishes in doing the whole French person I am going to strike unless you love me thing, does it well for someone from Ivory Coast. Cech was rubbish this year and he cost us the premiership, that and that Man Utd were unstoppable, no matter what any other club did they would lose by ref's decision. Malouda is back on form and Anelka, with Cole returning, we should be in with a chance without diving poof Ronaldo around.
scolari is not a good club coach. he costed chelsea d premiership title.
I thought Czech was a good guy and did not know he is like the other two bas.tards. Shame on him. Haven't someone noticed they have something in common: big heads?
Proves what I always thought. The Prima Donna's Drogba and Ballack were stirring things up for Scolari but did'nt realise Cech was doing the same. Mind you it comes as no surprise when I saw the reaction coming from two of these yobs last season when they were constantly reacting to decisions like a kid having its dummy taken away from it.
If you already knew that going in what are you complaining about?
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