Goodbye, Villas-Boas

The news comes Sunday from international football in west London. André Villas-Boas There has been fired as coach of Chelsea. The straw that broke a glass to the brim has been the ultimate defeat of the Blues, which yesterday fell against West Brom by the minimum. Roman Abramovich has not hesitated a second longer and been sentenced to Luso, who arrived last summer to lead an ambitious project, and has chosen replacement for Roberto Di Matteo, the second technical.

Villas-Boas became a year ago in one of the technicians with the greatest impact in world football, becoming the Europa League champions Porto, with which he achieved a historic treble . Young and handsome, his mentor Jose Mourinho was today and as the coach of Real Madrid, did not hesitate to follow in his footsteps and accept the offer of a large succulent Premier Legue, which had at its disposal a range of stars but for the Conversely, a suffocating pressure from the start.

The passing of the months have ended their poor adaptation to confirm Chelsea and objectives. Perhaps it was more the opposite, because Villas-Boas had several of the heavyweights of the London staff against him, the fact that it can get to understand the skeptics that have made ​​the bed. Without the support of the majority of a group to aspire to the highest levels, the game that's not so dazzled on the Old Continent has been impossible to enforce in England.

In the background can be good news for a coach with characteristics very plausible and that surely will implement shortly. In fact, Inter Milan followed closely after the noisy image is given with Claudio Ranieri, coach of way. Coincidences of life, would follow the same steps of Mourinho, but his understanding of football is not quite similar and, unfortunately for him, cost him the job.

For if 'The Special One' he did almost everything in London, his pupil has achieved the opposite. The Premier has long been a utopia, but after 'the' of yesterday scared the possibility of not even qualifying for the Champions League. Precisely at the continental showpiece has too crude, not impossible, Chelsea, since losing to Naples by 3-1 and will go up at Stamford Bridge if you want to save a resounding season in every way.

The 'brown' now turns to Roberto Di Matteo, the far right hand 'AVB'. Player 'blue' for six years, hung up his boots to try on the bench. With West Brom (coincidences of life) was promoted to the Premier and 'thank you' to WBA Chelsea may direct the remainder of the season. The challenge, as is the yard, get dizzy, but his favor is the affection of the fans and the Russian czar has chosen for his services in search of a reaction should be possible.

Di Matteo joins, thus, to the list of technicians who have gone for Chelsea since Abramovich governs it. Namely: Claudio Ranieri (2000-2004), Jose Mourinho (June 2004 to September 2007), Avram Grant (September 2007 to May 2008), Luiz Felipe Scolari (July 2008 to February 2009), Guus Hiddink (February to May 2009), Carlo Ancelotti (June 2009 to May 2011) and Villas-Boas, who arrived in June 2011 and is leaving today. continued ...

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