Zagallo speaks out against Ricardo Teixeira claims

Written by Nicholas Savage , 02.08 21h06

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Mario Zagallo has denied claims by CBF president Ricardo Teixeira that some players returned to the hotel drunk during last years world cup final.

"There was nothing like that," Zagallo told the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper. "We never heard anything about it because it never happened. There was no drinking."

On Wednesday, CBF president Ricardo Teixeira told Estado that a group of players lacked discipline during the World Cup and some players "arrived between 4 and 6 in the morning, drunk."

Teixeira did not single out any individuals.

"I don't even believe the president said that," Zagallo said. "And why say it now, almost two years after (the World Cup)? For what?"

Zagallo said it would be impossible to keep secrets from the hundreds of journalists who followed each step of the Brazilian players in Germany.

"You don't think they would know it?" he said.

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