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Rafael Benitez
Spanish
Coach
Born:
Apr 16
,
1960
Club
Every
Like
Sometimes
Win
You
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Having the family around is always very important because they are supportive. If you have a good day, you can enjoy it together. And if you have a bad day, you always find something as a distraction with your children, because they are normally happy.
Rafael Benitez
Good
Day
Family
You
Together
Happy
Good Day
Bad Day
Important
Enjoy
Bad
Distraction
Find
Something
Having
Supportive
Because
Around
Always
Very
Normally
Children
Your
Everyone has to have the same targets, and the fans are very important for every team, for the motivation of the players. It's the same in every club.
Rafael Benitez
Fans
Important
Club
Every
Everyone
Motivation
Very
Targets
Same
Team
Players
I knew off by heart the names of the Real Madrid team that played Liverpool in the European Cup final of 1981.
Rafael Benitez
Heart
Final
Madrid
Knew
Names
Real
Off
Cup
Real Madrid
Team
European
Liverpool
Played
There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.
Rafael Benitez
Quality
Losing
Try
Defense
Solid
More
Attack
Without
Method
Does the manager have absolute power in England? No, it depends on a budget and on the executive director that negotiates the signings of players.
Rafael Benitez
Director
Power
Absolute
Absolute Power
Budget
Executive
Does
Manager
Depends
England
Players
In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.
Rafael Benitez
Confidence
Sometimes
Understanding
Atmosphere
Mentality
Football
Question
Players
What features in a midfielder am I after? Players who have the mindset to win every game - then we can start to talk about the technical quality.
Rafael Benitez
Game
Quality
Win
Every
Mindset
About
Features
Talk
Am
After
Then
Who
Technical
Start
Players
For me, it is a great challenge to be at the most important club in the world, and I will try to win everything that I can win.
Rafael Benitez
Great
Me
World
Win
Try
Challenge
Will
Important
Club
Everything
Most
The Most Important
To win the league with Valencia in Spain after 31 years changed my life.
Rafael Benitez
Life
Win
My Life
Changed
League
Years
After
Spain
Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players; every manager wants to coach a such a big team. But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what.
Rafael Benitez
Respect
Matter
Job
Big
Club
Every
Would
Take
Never
Never Take
Chelsea
Manager
Wants
Former
Fantastic
Coach
Team
Liverpool
Players
In England, there is a tradition of playing on Saturday. But in Spain, I won the UEFA Cup with Valencia playing on Thursday and Sunday, which was just the same.
Rafael Benitez
Sunday
Thursday
Tradition
Cup
Won
Same
Just
Which
Spain
England
Saturday
Playing
I don't talk about referees. I never do, usually, and I want to carry on like that.
Rafael Benitez
Carry
About
Never
Like
Talk
Want
I am not hugely concerned about the amount of goals we score - it is the final results that are the difference.
Rafael Benitez
Goals
Final
About
Results
Concerned
Am
Score
Hugely
Difference
Amount
You have to adapt to different teams and different players, but you have try to maintain your discipline and score goals.
Rafael Benitez
You
Discipline
Goals
Try
Maintain
Score
Different
Your
Teams
Players
Adapt
I've worked with so many teams, so many dressing rooms.
Rafael Benitez
Dressing
Rooms
Worked
Many
Teams
I like to exchange ideas because we all want to win. If a footballer doesn't agree, then you try and have a chat to work things out.
Rafael Benitez
Work
You
Win
Try
Out
Chat
Exchange
Footballer
Like
Ideas
Because
Want
Then
Agree
Things
Carlo Ancelotti is very competitive, but he does it with respect.
Rafael Benitez
Respect
He
Does
Very
Competitive
As I see it, Seedorf and I are coaches who handle the concept of a more proactive game.
Rafael Benitez
Game
See
More
Concept
Handle
Proactive
Coaches
Who
It is always difficult, but when you have been a manager for a while with different teams, sometimes you were only playing once a week, trying to avoid relegation. When you have experience, you know all about the different feelings. Clearly, I would prefer to be fighting for the title or for the Champions League, but you must accept the situation.
Rafael Benitez
You
Experience
Sometimes
Feelings
Situation
Fighting
Difficult
Once
Once A Week
Must
Would
About
Only
Week
Clearly
League
Know
Accept
Always
Were
Been
Trying
Manager
Different
While
Title
Prefer
Avoid
Teams
Champions
Champions League
Playing
I have to do what I have to do so that we can win games.
Rafael Benitez
Win
Games
I have experience and have been in Europe many times, so I know squad rotation is necessary to make everyone in the side stronger.
Rafael Benitez
Experience
Stronger
Side
Everyone
Know
Make
Been
Squad
Times
Europe
Rotation
Many
Necessary
If the owner wants to support the team, that's okay. If the owner can be on the pitch and score a couple of goals, it would be better!
Rafael Benitez
Better
Goals
Okay
Would
Would-Be
Support
Couple
Score
Owner
Pitch
Wants
Team
If you spend £200million, £300m every year, obviously, even if you make mistakes, you have a good team, but without spending so much money, you can still improve and do well.
Rafael Benitez
Good
You
Money
Mistakes
Year
Every
Spend
Spending
Obviously
Well
Make
Without
Still
Improve
So Much Money
Much
Team
Even
To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.
Rafael Benitez
You
Stronger
Enough
Right Things
Like
Improve
Bigger
Newcastle
Teams
Right
Things
Compete
The Champions League is the most important, but I love the Liga and the Copa.
Rafael Benitez
Love
Important
League
Most
The Most Important
Champions
Champions League
I like working on the pitch, staying focused.
Rafael Benitez
Focused
Staying
Like
Pitch
Working
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