Rafael Benitez Quotes

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Rafael Benitez

Profession : Coach

Birth : April 16, 1960

You have to be positive and turn things in your favour.

Rafael Benitez

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

Whenever people say things about me, it always comes back to Liverpool - but I cannot just become 'the former manager.' I am a professional football manager.

Rafael Benitez

Luiz Felipe Scolari was a good professional, a nice person, someone you could talk with before and after games. He has a lot of experience and is a good manager.

Rafael Benitez

You cannot bring in two or three top-class players if you don't have the money. You have to sell.

Rafael Benitez

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

The most important thing is that my players work well. What people say on the outside is not important.

Rafael Benitez

You cannot win every year.

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There are only two or three places in Britain with Catholic and Protestant cathedrals,and Liverpool is one. My wife Montse and I like to go to both of them.

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I have always had sympathy for Atletico Madrid because, among other things, I have friends there, and my father always liked Atletico.

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When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the others.

Rafael Benitez

I knew off by heart the names of the Real Madrid team that played Liverpool in the European Cup final of 1981.

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There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.

Rafael Benitez

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

If you are a referee, it's not easy because everyone wants to win, and so there will be cheating.

Rafael Benitez

In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.

Rafael Benitez

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

Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

Rafael Benitez

I have to concentrate on my job and try to do my best in the things that I know. Coaching the team and trying to have a winning mentality.

Rafael Benitez

I have said many times that I am convinced that Benzema is a great striker, and I think he has demonstrated that.

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