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 character difficult football good half possible second strong
Bolton are very difficult to play against and they had a lot of free-kicks and throw-ins and you can't play the football you want to play. I like to play football as well as possible and in the second half we were very good and had a strong character to come from behind.
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.
chances game good lost points win
We had good chances to win the game and in the end it is two points lost for us,
analyze both good offer playing
We have a good offer from Lyon and another from Aston Villa. We must analyze both and while we analyze he will be playing for us.
game good
We could have scored a lot more goals, it was a good game for us,
ability deep good key normal player spaces
He's a good player and when you play deep with spaces and you have pace and ability it's normal that you can play well. But for me the key was the first 20 minutes.
ball crossed game good honest line main secretary sitting turned
Luis said to me that as he turned away, he was right on the line, and he said the ball was over the line. And after the game my secretary Sheila, who was sitting right in line in the main stand, said to me that the ball had crossed the line. She is a very honest person and that was good enough for me. It was a goal.
confidence favorites good maybe milan players
I have a lot of confidence in the team, maybe Milan are favorites -- they have a lot of good players -- but we have confidence and we can win.
continues difficult easy goals good likely score
If I say 'no' it will be difficult for me, but he will understand, and if I say 'yes' it will be good for me, him and the supporters. I am not in a hurry, but if he continues to score goals then it will be an easy decision. The more he scores, the more he's likely to stay.
against good mistakes punish team
When you play against a very good team with good players, you know that if you make mistakes they will punish you.
good talking
When you are talking about good players, they are always in the spotlight.
brussels good job leg win
We did a very good job in Brussels in the first leg to win 1-0,
english football good team
It's good for English football to have a team in the final.
difficult good moscow side trophy
It's a trophy we really want to win. But Moscow are a very good side and it will be a difficult game.