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'More nervous than the players': the manager who was out of his depth
'More nervous than the players': the manager who was out of his depth
It was the moment all top managers hope to experience: a team-talk before the European Cup final. One last message to the players, a final opportunity to affect the game. But when Chelsea's band of international superstars listened to Avram Grant at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow last Wednesday night, they were not inspired. Instead, they could barely understand what their manager was trying ...
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Mourinho, Hiddink, Hughes or Rijkaard for Chelsea?
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more — ... The Independent also report on Avram Grant’s pre-match team talk at the Champions League final, “It was evident to the Chelsea squad that Grant was, a dressing room source said, ‘more nervous than the players’.” And the same paper also devote ...

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