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
clubs proud talk trophies win
I am proud when big clubs talk about me, I must be doing something right. But I want be here and win trophies here with my club.
thinking winning
I am thinking only of winning (against Chelsea).
case chelsea game hope maybe means playing sure talking
I am sure Chelsea do not like playing Liverpool. When they are talking and talking and talking before the game it means they are worried, maybe they are afraid. But I hope that is the case after this weekend.
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.
difficult moment players prefer talk work
I would prefer to work with the players I have at the moment and it's difficult to talk about hypotheses.
available minutes month next rather steven
I would rather have Steven available for the next month rather than just 80 minutes of this match.
finish moment season second thinking
If we finish second it will be fantastic, but very difficult. At the moment I am not thinking about statistics, only that we finish the season well.
faces harder players work
If we have new faces all the players think we need to work harder because they want to play,
finish maybe second winning
If we keep winning then we will finish third, with the possibility of maybe second - so we will keep going to the end.
aim continue growing growth stay team
My aim is to stay here and continue growing with the team and the board.
depends difficult ignore injuries maybe similar
Maybe they will have similar possibilities. It depends on injuries and themselves. If they play really well then it will be difficult for me to ignore them,
hope maybe
Maybe they are afraid. I hope they will be after the weekend.
liverpool result
No one will underestimate Liverpool after a result like this,
champions continue finish hope intend job league matches positive victory virtually
Now we intend to finish the job with another victory. If we do that we will be virtually through into the knockout stages. We have been very positive in our Champions League matches and I hope that we can continue this now.