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.
challenge convinced fight games good last players squad strong team trophy
My idea is to have two players for each position. If you have a strong squad you can play all the games with a good team. I am convinced we already have a better team than last season. Yes, we want to fight for the Premiership, but we want to go for all of the trophies. We will not say one trophy is more important than the other, because we now have a squad that can challenge in all competitions.
challenge convinced fight games good last players squad strong team trophy
My idea is to have two players for each position, ... If you have a strong squad you can play all the games with a good team. I am convinced we already have a better team than last season. Yes, we want to fight for the Premiership, but we want to go for all of the trophies. We will not say one trophy is more important than the other, because we now have a squad that can challenge in all competitions.
available final games leaving players serious
Suspending the players for two games and leaving them available for the final would be enough because it was not a serious incident.
either fair games gone
It was a fair result, one of those games which could have gone either way,
clean confidence front games goals good sheet team win
The team has a lot of confidence in games. We know we can concede goals and still win matches. But it would be good to go in front and keep a clean sheet in these games instead.
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.
approach beat coming confidence games
The games we have coming up are all going to be really important for us. We need to approach all of these games with confidence because we know we can beat any team.
running winning games
When you have a run of games where you keep winning and winning, you know it must end.
games goes good player plays works
The idea is, he goes away, plays more games and comes back a better player. If it works out like that, it will be good for the player and for the club.
protect tired trying
We were trying to protect him and other tired players.
champions league positive wednesday
The positive things from Wednesday are that we have one more Champions League point, and we were better than Chelsea,
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.
game
We know how important the game is for us as individuals and for the club, but we don't have any anxiety,