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
competition country pleased supporters
I know that this competition is important for the whole country and also to our supporters so I am pleased we are through.
delighted easy final men supporters win
I'm delighted with the players, the supporters and the final score. It's not easy to play with 10 men for a long time, but we have done all the things you need to do to win with 10 players.
enjoyed played score supporters team
The score is good, the team played well, the supporters enjoyed it and at the end I'm very happy.
decided director gave sign support technical
When the technical director at Valencia decided to sign him I gave him every support.
city knew looked manchester supporter
If you looked any Manchester City supporter in the eye, they knew I wanted to come back and I don't think they would begrudge me that.
behind bit final good means qualified run supporters
We have qualified for the final which means we have done a good job. When you have your supporters behind you, you run a little bit more.
air good team
I know this player. He is good in the air and can make this team stronger.
advantage against atmosphere behind expecting fans fight good knew team
It was against a team that we would be expecting to fight for qualification. They are a very good team at home, with their fans behind them But I had an advantage in that I knew the team and knew the atmosphere here.
against expecting fight team
It was against a team that we would be expecting to fight for qualification,
either fair games gone
It was a fair result, one of those games which could have gone either way,
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.
attempts delighted goal performance result score seemed shot today
I'm delighted with the result and also the performance. Sometimes you can't score a goal with 30 attempts but today it seemed every shot was a goal.
amazing linked names player spoken
I have not spoken to any player yet and I find it amazing to see so many names linked day after day.
proud result staff
I'm very proud of the staff and the players. For us it's important to give this result to our supporters.