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...
available coming games players selection
It's important for me to have these players back. We have a lot of important games coming up and the more players I have available for selection the better,
game incredible lost
It's incredible that we lost that game 4-1,
both difficult game
It will be a difficult game for both teams.
alex coaches conference ferguson geneva last nice sir travelled
I travelled to Geneva with Sir Alex Ferguson for the UEFA coaches conference last week. He's a nice person.
cup difficult shall tie
We know each other so well and when you play a cup tie you know it will always be a difficult tie. We shall see what happens.
goals good start
We started really well with two goals and good counter-attacks. But, after we conceded, it was difficult. But the most important thing is to start with a win.
controlled game half organised pressure second
We started off by controlling the game and were well organised and in the second half they did put some pressure on us but then we controlled the game at the end of the game,
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.
canadian final mexican referee
You wouldn't get a Mexican referee and a Canadian linesman in the final of the World Cup.
decision fact good happen michael reasons several
There were several reasons why it didn't happen in the summer: the price, the time, the decision of Michael and the fact that we already had good strikers at the club.
good last second situation
This is very different from the situation last season. This is very good for us. Now we can concentrate on the second round.
concern enjoy football manager offer player sadly
As a manager you do not want to see any player hurt. But sadly this is football and I can only offer my concern and just enjoy the victory.