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
against believe bigger compared games last manage season squad win
We know we can win against them, but over a season the differences are more demanding. But compared to last season we now have a bigger and better squad and I believe we can manage the games in a different way.
game
We know how important the game is for us as individuals and for the club, but we don't have any anxiety,
both cup final incident managers
We know how important the final of this Cup is. The incident is not serious. Both managers had the same idea. Someone must be sensible.
protect tired trying
We were trying to protect him and other tired players.
behind champions league moves
We are all very disappointed about going out of the Champions League but we have to put it behind us and think about going to Arsenal. We still have the league and the FA Cup. The world moves on.
gave knew missing needed newcastle problem recover rest
We knew they needed rest to recover but the problem that gave us was they were all missing the Newcastle game.
blow coming cope europe games good squad
It is a blow to us because of the big games in Europe that we have coming up, but we have a good squad and we will have to cope without him.
fight four good possible squad top
Totten-ham have a good team, a good squad and a good manager. They will fight to be in the top four and we will try to do the same. I don't know if it's possible but we will try.
beat fantastic final good people players shown team
We are in the final and my players have done a fantastic job. We have shown the people that we can beat them. They are a good team with some good players but our players were amazing.
best challenge delighted fit great people possible team tired
We are delighted with this possibility. We will try and do our best. People say we will be tired or will not go with the best team, but we will go with the best team and try and be as fit as possible because this is a great challenge for me.
hungry
We are really hungry and we want to win,
chances created played
We played well, created chances and scored goals.
goal hard liverpool reward score waiting
We were all waiting for Robbie to score his first goal back at Liverpool and it was a reward for his hard work.
attacks ball began counter game good quick tried
We began really well and started controlling the game with good counter attacks and scored two quick goals. After that, we tried to keep the ball but it was difficult,