Luis Felipe Scolari
Luis (Luiz) Felipe Scolari is a World Cup winner with Brazil and a veteran manager with over 20 years in club and international football management. He has done extremely well with Portugal in Euro 04 and World Cup 06 and will officially become Chelsea manager after Portugal’s current Euro 08 campaign ends.
Talking points – Scolari, Italy and that Austrian penalty. What do you think?
We all like a bit of a discussion and debate at the start of the week so I thought I’d take a look at some the talking points from the last week, say what I think about them and ask you to get involved. I’ll take three things of note from the last seven days…
Scolari Watch – Chelsea finally have a top manager
From the outside Chelsea’s efforts to find a new manager over the last few weeks appear to have been conducted in their usual clumsy fashion — with Peter Kenyon running the ship what else did we expect — but there can be no doubt in my opinion that they have landed a top quality replacement…
Can Scolari do better than Grant?
Chelsea have named their new manager – Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari. Scolari will take over at Stamford Bridge on 1 July. Congratulations Chelsea fans – regardless of where one stood on Avram Grant’s impact on Chelsea’s performances last season, at least everyone can agree that Scolari has excellent managerial pedigree and will command the…
Fabio Capello vs Other Top Managers – Has The FA Made The Right Choice?
While Don Fabio has been more or less confirmed as the next England gaffer, has the FA made the right choice or is it another instance of going with the second best. The idea is to dispassionately look at statistics and evaluate the various contenders for the England post. We look at the club and…
World Cup: Germany vs Portugal
The World Cup is almost over and all eyes are trained towards Berlin, where Italy and France will meet on Sunday. Stuttgart though, will be preparing for a showdown of it’s own, as Germany and Portugal prepare to slug it out for a 3rd place finish in what promises to be a physical and controversial…
England’s Plan For Beating Portugal
By this point, very few people consider England as genuine contenders for joining Germany and Italy in the World Cup semi finals. And if that was a stretch, hardly anyone would consider the chance of England being in Berlin as being anything more than wishful thinking.
England Brace Themselves For Scolari
My first reaction after the Holland-Portugal game was one of relief and joy – “England are going to the semi final!”. In the aftermath, however, that glowing optimism has turned into a realistic appraisal of England’s chances of progressing to the semi-final of the 2006 World Cup – and let me tell you, they’re still…
Portgual vs Holland or Scolari vs van Basten?
Before the World Cup, it looked as if Portugal would edge out this contest, albeit with some difficulty. But watching van Basten’s Holland in action has been a treat whereas Portugal, despite the talents of Deco, Simao, Ronaldo and Figo look suspect at the back and as Mexico showed, vulnerable to fast counter-attacks.
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