Pele knows nothing about football, says Brazil coach Scolari

BRAZIL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has claimed Pele knows nothing about football and the Brazil players had not wanted to receive the World Cup trophy from him after their 2-0 win over Germany in the final.

Pele took part in the ceremony at the invitation of FIFA but Scolari said in an interview his players would have been happier without him. “They didn’t want Pele to hand them the Cup,” Scolari told the Chilean newspaper La Tercera while on a skiing holiday in the Andes.

“If you talk badly about one person five times, you can’t expect that person to like you afterwards,” added the man known as Big Phil.