SCOLARI HAILS MIKEL OBI

Chelsea boss,Felipe Scolari has hailed come-backing Nigerian Super Eagles midfielder,John Mikel Obi courageous after the Nigerian stayed on for over 90 minutes in the Blues of London’s 3-1 win over the Blues of Manchester (Manchester City) last Saturday at the City of Manchester Stadium. Mikel made a 90 minutes return to action after staying on the sidelines for nearly a month following the injury he copped in the 4-0 rout of Portsmouth on the opening day of the on-going season last month. Scolari admitted he was not sure if the former Lyn Oslo youngster would last for that long and actually pencilled him down for a 60 to 70 minutes appearance. Mikel not only lasted the whole match,his impressive showing especially in the second half delighted his Brazilian boss . ‘My players want to play. They have confidence. They like each other. On Tuesday I will say to [Michael] Ballack you can play 45, 60, 70 minutes but we saw today with Mikel, I say before that he play 60 minutes and he played 93 minutes. All the players when they come in play very well.’said Scolari