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
continues difficult easy goals good likely score
If I say 'no' it will be difficult for me, but he will understand, and if I say 'yes' it will be good for me, him and the supporters. I am not in a hurry, but if he continues to score goals then it will be an easy decision. The more he scores, the more he's likely to stay.
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.
faces harder players work
If we have new faces all the players think we need to work harder because they want to play,
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.
list
I could show you a list of controversial incidents.
shot time
Today, every time we shot it was a goal.
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.
ability deep good key normal player spaces
He's a good player and when you play deep with spaces and you have pace and ability it's normal that you can play well. But for me the key was the first 20 minutes.
calf problem took
He had a problem with his calf so we took him off just in case,
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.
finish game goalkeeper goals halftime happy performance played players team third
I am happy with the performance of the team but we should have scored more goals and their goalkeeper played very well. I told the players at halftime to finish the game off but we couldn't get the third goal.
hurry sell
I am in no hurry to sell the player,
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.
clubs proud talk trophies win
I am proud when big clubs talk about me, I must be doing something right. But I want be here and win trophies here with my club.