FEROCIOUS ... Carlo
Ancelotti
The new Blues boss said: "As a player I was not always
quiet.
"On the field I was a fighter and I didn't want the
opponent to come into my territory. Now for me it is about the
players having respect for my position as the coach.
"I have to make the decisions and at the same time I
have respect for the players. This is my system to bring forward a
relationship."
Ancelotti's charges will have to be aware of their
boss's style and have a work-rate to match. He warned: "My message
to work is to stay every day on the field. To work hard at
training, that is my passion.
"My vision is to have players who can play well
together and stay well together."
Ancelotti will be without banned Didier Drogba for four
Champions League games in the new season but says, as a former
player, he understands the striker's emotion. Drogba was suspended
for a foul-mouthed outburst at the referee after last season's
Champions League semi-final defeat against Barcelona.
Ancelotti said: "I was a player and it can happen,
where in a moment, in a game, the mind is not cold, you get carried
away."
His major task this week will to convince John Terry
not to leave for Manchester City.
Terry's representatives met owner Roman Abramovich over
the weekend.