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.
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.
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.
continued created difficult game goal second
It was a difficult game because we created a lot of opportunities, but we never scored the second goal so they continued going forward.
clean game goal good kept relaxed second team
The two forwards scored in this game which is good for the team. The second goal relaxed the team and it's important that we kept a clean sheet.
ball became chances chelsea control created defense deserved difficult enjoy finish good half hard kept playing points second sheet team top worked
We deserved to finish top because we have more points than the other teams. We done a good job, kept another clean- sheet and created some chances on the counter-attack. It was important for us to control the midfield. However, this became more difficult in the second half when Chelsea started playing long ball but the team worked hard in defense and we must enjoy this moment.
closer fight game move next second win
My idea is to think about the next game and if you win the next game we can move closer and fight for the second place.
condition control decide game good physical plays second start whether
But he may not have the physical condition to play at this level. He is a good passer and can control a game and we have to decide whether he plays from the start or just the second half.
afford cannot finish goal needed opposition ourselves second
There was a nervousness there and we've put ourselves under pressure. When you are not scoring, you cannot afford to give the opposition one or two chances. We needed that second goal to finish the game.
crowded decisive final half middle park pass second
The final pass wasn't there in decisive moments. In the second half they crowded the middle of the park and we didn't have much in the way of chances.
calls early phone sign tried until yesterday
We tried until the very end to sign Michael. We even made phone calls early yesterday morning. In the end, it was impossible.
game lost
We lost a game that we were controlling.
result wait
We will wait to see the result of the scan.
controlled goal half tempo
We controlled the tempo in the first half but after we conceded the goal it was difficult.