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
enjoyed played score supporters team
The score is good, the team played well, the supporters enjoyed it and at the end I'm very happy.
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.
fit normally okay performed played ready reserve training
Crouch is okay now. He's played a reserve game, where he performed really well. He's been training normally and he's now fit and ready for selection,
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.
champions manager players playing sign
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.
central defender saying sign
As I keep saying I want to sign a central defender and not a forward.
details difference maybe penalty small
The small details are the difference and maybe we should have had a penalty or even two penalties.
losing
If you play in the final, it's for winning, not for losing
champions everybody fans league
It's very important for the club, the manager, the fans and everybody to be in the Champions League at this stage.
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.
press sale spanish talking time waste
I know a lot about the Spanish press and I know sometimes they need to say something. But here I am really clear, he is not for sale and I don't want to waste my time talking about it.
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.
english football good team
It's good for English football to have a team in the final.
arsenal champions last league looking target winning
Arsenal are now looking at winning the Champions League as a real target and they can do what we did last season.