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
goal known meant rest saw top
If you saw the first half, you wouldn't have known who was top of the table. Conceding the first goal meant they could play as they like -- on the counter-attack -- for the rest of the game.
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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.
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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.
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It was a difficult game because we created a lot of opportunities, but we never scored the second goal so they continued going forward.
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I don't want to blame the officials. For me the most important thing is to score goals with the number of opportunities we are creating.
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Defensive? When you see how many chances we had? We scored one goal and created opportunities,
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I am really happy because we played well, scored goals and could have won by a lot more than 3-1 in the end.
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In my opinion, we had a good first-half and they had a good second-half. But football is all about scoring goals and we scored two and they only scored one,
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The team has a lot of confidence in games. We know we can concede goals and still win matches. But it would be good to go in front and keep a clean sheet in these games instead.
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There was a nervousness there and we've put ourselves under pressure. When you are not scoring, you cannot afford to give the opposition one or two chances. We needed that second goal to finish the game.
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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.
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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.
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The two forwards scored in this game which is good for the team. The second goal relaxed the team and it's important that we kept a clean sheet.
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It is important for the manager to be able to say to players they want to sign that they will be playing in the Champions League.