Scolari fires Chelsea

* 'It's been a very valuable experience, "the coach was fired, which will continue in London

The draw on Saturday at Stamford Bridge (0-0) to Hull City has been the straw that has filled the cup of patience of Chelsea, which has fired the technician Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari seven months after his arrival in London.

Chelsea is ranked fourth in the Premier League with 49 points, seven fewer than the leader, Manchester United and five the second, Liverpool Rafa Benitez.

"I am thankful for the opportunity to have worked for the Chelsea and English football," said Brazilian coach hours after it was known for his dismissal. "It was a very valuable experience. I regret that my time with not last longer. I wish luck to Chelsea in the three competitions in which they are involved and take this opportunity to inform that I will continue living in London."

Classification does not appear solely responsible for the dismissal of former coach and Brazilian Portuguese. The results were not good, especially in their stadium, but also the costumes seemed to have been left hands, with several 'rebel' in her womb.

Chelsea had hoped to be a break of two weeks in the Premiership, and that next weekend will be played in Cup matches and the team of the 'Blues' search for the quarterfinals on Saturday in the field of Wattford.

The club expresses its intention to find a replacement on the bench "as soon as possible and meanwhile stands at the head of the technical staff assistant Ray Wilkins.

The club's note published this afternoon on their website is the cessation of the activity of Scolari as coach with immediate effect "and said in such cases: the expression of" appreciation "for the work accomplished at the helm of the team andalusia who "led" aspects "positive" and the sadness that the relationship between the coach and the club finished soon. "

The club argues that "unfortunately, the results and performances of the team seem to be deteriorating at a key moment of the season" and that "to keep fighting for the title chase still feel that the only option was to make the change now .

"The search for a new manager has begun and we hope to have it as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the technical assistant Ray Wilkins will be in charge of the team on an interim basis," concludes the official note.

Portsmouth opened the dance

Hours earlier, Portsmouth was the first to take the league to stop firing the coach the first team, in this case Tony Adams, who with his team's defeat to Liverpool 3-2 signed his last performance in this club.

Adams went 16 games since he replaced Harry Redknapp and only won two. The current champions of the Cup of England dropped many positions in the ranking, to be in the square 16, a decrease of the posts. Served little flamboyant football that practiced by the whole time.

"The priority for the team is to stay among the elite and that we sign a new coach will give us a better chance to reach our goal" reported Portsmouth.

The head of the lower levels, Paul Hart, will take command of a provisional. The former coach of West Ham United Alan Curbishley and former Chelsea coach Avram Grant as possible replacements sound.(Source: Elmundo)

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