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
chances creating maybe question score
If we need to score two, or maybe even three, then why not? We will score. With strikers, it is a question of luck. We are creating chances for them and they are creating their own.
finish maybe second winning
If we keep winning then we will finish third, with the possibility of maybe second - so we will keep going to the end.
last liverpool people season talked team worst
A lot of people talked about Liverpool last season and said we were the worst Liverpool team for 40 years,
challenge convinced fight games good last players squad strong team trophy
My idea is to have two players for each position, ... If you have a strong squad you can play all the games with a good team. I am convinced we already have a better team than last season. Yes, we want to fight for the Premiership, but we want to go for all of the trophies. We will not say one trophy is more important than the other, because we now have a squad that can challenge in all competitions.
finish moment season second thinking
If we finish second it will be fantastic, but very difficult. At the moment I am not thinking about statistics, only that we finish the season well.
challenge convinced fight games good last players squad strong team trophy
My idea is to have two players for each position. If you have a strong squad you can play all the games with a good team. I am convinced we already have a better team than last season. Yes, we want to fight for the Premiership, but we want to go for all of the trophies. We will not say one trophy is more important than the other, because we now have a squad that can challenge in all competitions.
future good nice player prefer talk
He is a good player and a nice lad, but only he can talk about his future because I only prefer to talk about our own future,
press spanish
I read the Spanish press and I smile,
celebrate prefer respect talk victory
I prefer to talk about this game, to celebrate our victory and to show respect for my players,
clever game gives left lines plays space
He's a clever player, he plays well between the lines he can play on the right or the left side. He gives us more chances, more opportunities, more space and more game intelligence.
chances created goal
Defensive? When you see how many chances we had? We scored one goal and created opportunities,
chelsea gaps improve ourselves points start thinking
But if you start thinking about gaps in September, it is wrong. There are a lot of points to play for and we do not need to think about Chelsea or other teams, only how to improve ourselves in each game.
chelsea good lots seen
he said. ''Have you seen Santos or Sao Paolo or Boca Juniors? Chelsea are very good but there are lots of very good teams.
goals happy played won
I am really happy because we played well, scored goals and could have won by a lot more than 3-1 in the end.