Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro becomes the first victim of Jose Mourinho’s wrath as the Portuguese manager has ordered Eva not to sit on the bench and she will also not attend training sessions, games or enter the team hotel. But she will remain Chelsea’s first-team doctor.
This axe comes after Mourinho’s remarks after Chelsea’s first Premier League game of the season against Swansea in which the Blues will be held to a 2-2 draw and in the dying minutes of the game, Eva rushed into the field to treat an injured Eden Hazard. Mourinho claimed that Hazard was not very serious and could bucked up and continued, but Eva’s ‘lack of understanding of the game reduced the side to 9 men on the pitch. Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was already sent-off due to a rough tackle on Bafetimbi Gomis.
I wasn’t happy with my medical staff because even if you are a medical doctor or secretary on the bench, you have to understand the game. If you go to the pitch to assist a player, then you must be sure that a player has a serious problem. I was sure that Eden didn’t have a serious problem. He had a knock and was very tired. My medical department left me with eight fit outfield players in a counter attack after a set piece and we were worried we didn’t have enough players left,” Mourinho said after the match.
Here is what happened during the match: