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
thinking
No, I'm not thinking about a draw. We're going out to win.
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.
thinking winning
I am thinking only of winning (against Chelsea).
chelsea gaps improve ourselves points start thinking
But if you start thinking about gaps in September, it is wrong. There are a lot of points to play for and we do not need to think about Chelsea or other teams, only how to improve ourselves in each game.
central centre forward thinking trying
We have a lot of strikers now and I am not thinking about another centre forward now, only trying to find a new central defender.
centre four january knows last left months people reinforce thinking three until
We have three or four months to get through. In January we need to reinforce the squad. We were thinking about a right-winger and centre half, everyone knows that, but when people say we left it until the last minute, that's not true,
game good last matched played team thinking three
The last game was not good for us but we matched them before and played at a very good level. All I am thinking about is my team and three more points.
air good team
I know this player. He is good in the air and can make this team stronger.
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.
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.