Category: Football

The England job escaped him but he was given an opportunity to maneuver to London in July 2008, when Roman Abramovich brought him in to exchange Avram Grant at Chelsea. It started well and therefore the Blues were top of the league until late November. But Scolari was sacked in early February 2009 after some […]

“Then I looked and,” – he lets out an extended sigh – “I relaxed a touch . I saw they were concerned, that they had trained, prepared themselves. But they were confident. That was what won us the title. We played as if it were a traditional game.” They had knocked England call at the […]