Scolari impressed by four-goal Anelka
Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari believes Nicolas Anelka
finally showed he can be his lethal weapon with a four-goal rampage
against AC Milan.
The clinical Frenchman scored two in each half as the Blues
hammered the Italians 5-0 in Moscow in the pre-season Railways Cup
after Frank Lampard's early opener.
'This game was important for Anelka but more important for us -
the fans, the coach and the other players who will have more
confidence in him,' Scolari said.
'Today was good not because he scored four goals but because he
played more free and with more quality than in other games.
'He was playing against a big club and to get four goals against
Milan, for his confidence it is fantastic and Anelka today and in
the last game played more inside the penalty area than before.
'That is where I asked him to play and where I need him, not
right and left as before, because we have one striker and that is
Anelka.'
With Didier Drogba getting ever closer to returning to training
after a knee injury, Scolari admits he has some tough decisions to
make before meaningful action kicks off against Portsmouth on
August 17.
'Maybe I will receive good news about Drogba and we have 12 days
to train and maybe we will have something I don't expect,' he
said.
'I have quality, competitive players and they fight for places
on the pitch. I have 22 here, five at home. I have a good
team.'
