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
city knew looked manchester supporter
If you looked any Manchester City supporter in the eye, they knew I wanted to come back and I don't think they would begrudge me that.
beaten chelsea last team year
Chelsea are not unbeatable. We have beaten them before and we can beat them again. They are a better team than they were last year but we're a better team as well.
chelsea difficult good
Chelsea are a very good team, they are very difficult to beat,
ambition champions felt hungry league repeat satisfied tournament trophies win winning year
I felt the same way going into this year's tournament as I did a year ago. And I'm as hungry now to win more trophies as I was before. It's my ambition to win many competitions with the club. I'm not satisfied with only winning the Champions League once. We want to repeat our success.
assure fans steve
I can assure the fans we want Steve to stay.
board happy problems
I can say I don't have problems with the board or the chairman. I am very happy here.
game maybe needed played qualify wants win
He told me he wants to play but I said no, you must rest. If it was a game that we needed to win to qualify then maybe he would have played but we have already qualified.
chelsea good lots seen
he said. ''Have you seen Santos or Sao Paolo or Boca Juniors? Chelsea are very good but there are lots of very good teams.
blame goals number score sports
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.
attempts delighted goal performance result score seemed shot today
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.
delighted easy final men supporters win
I'm delighted with the players, the supporters and the final score. It's not easy to play with 10 men for a long time, but we have done all the things you need to do to win with 10 players.
football problem
We don't have any problems, apart from the problems we have.
things-in-life corruption ifs
If you talk about corruption, you can talk about a lot of things in life.
soccer football two
It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso.