By Martyn Herman
June 13th 2008 @ 3:02am
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Tantrums and silverware make Scolari perfect for Chelsea
Any manager of Chelsea, as Avram Grant found out to his cost last month, needs to be a serial collector of silverware and have a big personality able to cope with one of the most unforgiving jobs in soccer.
Luiz Felipe Scolari, who will take over at the London club on July 1 once his stewardship [...]
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