Brazilians discover Chelsea's tactical secrets in dressing-room litter

Chelsea's Frank Lampard with his loser's medal after the Club World Cup final against Corinthians. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

Journalists from the Brazilian website Globoesporte have discovered details of Chelsea's tactical preparation for major matches after rooting through the rubbish bins in the English club's dressing room following their 1-0 Club World Cup final defeat to Corinthians on Sunday.

The website has published photographs of crumpled print-outs showing where Chelsea's players should be positioned at both attacking and defensive corner kicks, exhorting players in large red capital letters to "be aware of counter attack" while pushing forward, and to "immediately [push] up after we clear first ball" when defending set-pieces. The pictures also show that Chelsea's cornertakers were told to signal where they were planning to send the set-piece by either raising or lowering their arm.

Globoesporte describe how their journalist found the information. "Among sandwiches, energy drinks and broken sports equipment, the British left in the dressing room simple notes about O Timão [Corinthians] and detailed explanations of what each player should do at set-pieces," they write.

The name of Paolo Guerrero, the Peruvian whose goal was to decide the game, is frequently abbreviated to Guerro – "A situation that may be a mistake or just an abbreviation," according to Globoesporte.