Elano breaks silence on last year's ISL final fiasco

"At no point in time have I acted in a manner that will bring disrepute to Chennaiyin FC or the sport of football. The allegations made against me by the FC Goa owner are completely false and baseless. I deny all such frivolous accusations. I have in no manner caused any hurt or wrongfully restrained or insulted/physically abused Mr Dattaraj Salgaocar as has been alleged by him," Elano wrote in his letter to the club after his return to Brazil, reported Times of India.

Elano went on to claim that some of the FC Goa players and management staff manhandled him while he was trying to calm things down, when the FC Goa players were abusing the referee and the match officials, after Chennaiyin FC won the match 3-2 in a dramatic fashion.

"Since I share extremely good relations with some of the Brazilian players in FC Goa, including coach Zico, I tried to calm the situation by explaining to them that such actions were not in the true spirit of the game. My intention to speak to the FC Goa players including Zico was to merely placate the tense atmosphere createdpost the match.

"At the police station, I was still stunned by the entire incident that took place at the stadium and hence was not in a position to comprehend the proceedings that took place at the police station. I was told that the police officials were trying to get access to my passport and thereby restrict my ability to go back to Brazil. However, I was in a state of shock. I thought it was best to let the lawyers along with officials of Chennaiyin FC management handle the situation," said the former Brazil international.