Luiz Felipe Scolari has no regrets over his turbulent time as Chelsea manager.
Now in charge of Brazilian giants Palmeiras and dreaming of leading his country on home soil at the 2014 World Cup, he insists he has no regrets.
But he admits to fifa.com: "There were one or two issues with some of the top players. That's because I took a stance that other coaches wouldn't have taken. I didn't have total control.
"There was this resistance to me, mainly because there were two or three players who tried to impose their authority in a way that wasn't right.
"I wanted them to get back to their best, not just for Chelsea but for the rest of their careers, and they couldn't see that. They wanted to play every game.
"My working methods were not the kind you'd usually associate with English football. In South America we do a lot of work on the basics.
"When we have a whole week of training sessions, for example, we get the first-team players and the reserves together, and that doesn't really happen over there."
Despite being previously seen as a disciplinarian with a fierce reputation, Scolari struggled to assert his authority in England - in part because of his poor command of the language.
He now admits: "It would have been much easier for me (if there hadn't been a language barrier).
"You have to think hard about which words to use and that stops your thought processes. And even then it often comes out wrong.
"If I'm talking in Portuguese though, I'll say what I want to say and add a bit more if I feel like it. Then I'm done."
