Palmeiras head coach, Abel Ferreira, has hit hard at Chelsea for their lack of English footballers after a 2-1 defeat to the Blues in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.
The Portuguese coach claimed Thomas Tuchel’s team included only two English players, Mason Mount and Callum Hudson-Odoi in his squad that faced the South-American club during weekend.
The German striker, Kai Havertz helped his side to win their first FIFA Club World Cup as he grabbed the final goal for the European Champions after a 1-1 draw at full-time.
The 43-year-old manager made the revelation while speaking at the post-match press conference.
Ferreira was quoted by Eurosport to have said: “I am not going to go into details of individual qualities of players.”
“Do you know how many Englishmen were playing? Do you know why I am sad sometimes? How many Brazilians played in my team? How many British men played in the other team?”
“Food for thought for you.”
“They played against the Libertadores champions, and how many English men were in the Chelsea team?”
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The former Sporting boss added: “I am not going to speak about anything else because of the work that we did.”
“I am sorry that sometimes people don’t understand that we’re not on a level playing field.”
“I don’t pass the responsibility to anyone else, it is always with me, but it is also about competence.”
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