Rafa Benitez
Rafa 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...
behind champions chance cup european league losing move players retaining upset
We still have the FA Cup and we still have the league and a Champions League qualification place to secure. We must put this behind us quickly. My players are very upset by losing the chance of retaining their European title, but the world must move on and we have other things to achieve.
character defeat hard worked
We worked very hard and showed a lot of character after the midweek defeat by Charlton. It was an important win.
defeat hard last performance worked
We worked really hard for the win...after the last performance (a 2-0 defeat at Charlton Athletic) we showed we had character.
good
It was very good for him and important for him and the club.
chelsea good team
Chelsea are a good team but they can be beaten,
beaten champions chelsea close confident league matches season three
But we are confident in the Champions League and now we have Chelsea next, who have beaten us three times this season already. But we were very close to them in all three matches and could have won. We have nothing to lose, only something to win.
champions clearer european hope league maybe
I hope it will be like a European game. It will be better for us. We have a clearer idea in the Champions League and maybe we will have more confidence.
attacks counter lose minutes playing preferred steve tried
I preferred to lose Steve for 80 minutes than for one month. We tried playing second-half counter attacks but we couldn't score.
five last minutes
I'm really disappointed with the last five minutes of the first half.
intend players
I intend to use all the players in my squad.
gives happy
I'm very happy with him. He gives us many options.
dangerous days doctors england fit manager speak three
I need to speak to the doctors but if he is not fit in two to three days it could still be dangerous in one week. I will speak to the England manager (Sven-Goran Eriksson) about it.
game problems three
I need to know why after all the problems in the game there was only three minutes.
ball england life starts team
In England sometimes the other team starts with the long ball and that makes life difficult.