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
crystal options palace players strong team year
We have some options for this match. We have a lot of competitions to play for and this year we have more players in the first team squad. We will go to Crystal Palace with a strong team, that is the idea.
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.
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.
aggressive strong
He is a strong fullback, aggressive and offensive. He can play as a fullback or a wingback.
field game job players rest side squad strong time
But we have another game on Friday, and this is the time to use the squad to give players some rest and to field a side which will still be strong and do the job for us.
against character difficult football good half possible second strong
Bolton are very difficult to play against and they had a lot of free-kicks and throw-ins and you can't play the football you want to play. I like to play football as well as possible and in the second half we were very good and had a strong character to come from behind.
atmosphere behind good home knocking manchester proved strong team united
They're a very good team and they proved just what they can do by knocking Manchester United out of the competition. They're strong at home and they'll have a good atmosphere behind them in the first leg.
difficult maybe solution
It is not easy. If you have a solution maybe we can see but the solution is very difficult to find.
becoming clubs face round
It is now becoming very important when you face clubs who are round about you in the league.
easy players produce tired
It is not easy to produce performances like this when we have so many players who are tired after so many games.
steven
It is only a possibility that Steven can play.
applaud few people
It is a pity. It was only a few people and most of them did applaud but it is a pity, you can't say anything else.
clean good pity playing
It is a pity he has another injury. We are playing well, we have a lot of clean sheets, Pepe Reina is playing well, we have Jerzy and Scott Carson is a very good young goalkeeper.
alex saw sir
I saw Sir Alex once to say hello,