Rafael Benitez
Rafael Benitez
Rafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudesis a Spanish football coach currently managing Newcastle United. He is the only manager in history to have won the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth16 April 1960
CityMadrid, Spain
faces harder players work
If we have new faces all the players think we need to work harder because they want to play,
delighted easy final men supporters win
I'm delighted with the players, the supporters and the final score. It's not easy to play with 10 men for a long time, but we have done all the things you need to do to win with 10 players.
goals good job score
He has done a good job for us. For a striker it is really important to score goals and now I will have more options.
alex saw sir
I saw Sir Alex once to say hello,
birmingham clubs concerned cope drawn good league maybe might playing position rather squad staying three
At this stage, with all Premiership clubs you've got to play good teams. Maybe Birmingham will be more concerned about their league position and this might not be as important to them as staying in the division. I feel I've got a big enough squad to cope with playing in three competitions and all I can say is that I'd have rather been drawn at home.
attempts delighted goal performance result score seemed shot today
I'm delighted with the result and also the performance. Sometimes you can't score a goal with 30 attempts but today it seemed every shot was a goal.
brain created difficult happy knows learn situation steven team truly
We must learn, Steven and all the players, that you can play with the brain as well as the heart. Steven is truly disappointed but happy for the team. He knows it created a difficult situation for the team and we must learn for the future.
brussels good job leg win
We did a very good job in Brussels in the first leg to win 1-0,
behind champions league moves
We are all very disappointed about going out of the Champions League but we have to put it behind us and think about going to Arsenal. We still have the league and the FA Cup. The world moves on.
best cannot control tried
We tried our best right up to the end, but you cannot control the market.
game
We know how important the game is for us as individuals and for the club, but we don't have any anxiety,
against believe bigger compared games last manage season squad win
We know we can win against them, but over a season the differences are more demanding. But compared to last season we now have a bigger and better squad and I believe we can manage the games in a different way.
act club example football loves passion player signed
We have signed a player with so much passion for this football club and I think he will act as an example to every player here in how much he loves Liverpool.
protect tired trying
We were trying to protect him and other tired players.