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Napoli belongs to the city and to the fans. If this city sees the team reach the final, it will be a source of pride.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Belongs
Sees
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Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supporters in Europe.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
England
Europe
Soccer
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It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Football
Soccer
Two
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You have to adapt to different teams and different players, but you have try to maintain your discipline and score goals.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Discipline
Score
Adapt
Maintain
Teams
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Inter did not treat me well. They did not recognise my value despite me winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club World Cup.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Italian
Recognise
World Cup
Cup
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Kenny Dalglish would be my first choice for Liverpool's best ever player because he was a great player with a lot of qualities.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Quality
Choices
Player
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I have experience and have been in Europe many times, so I know squad rotation is necessary to make everyone in the side stronger.
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Rotation
Squad
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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 / Football Manager
Footballer
Chat
Exchange
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You cannot control the market, you cannot control the players, you cannot control the clubs. You can try - but we have done our best.
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Done
Player
Trying
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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.
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Defence
Suffer
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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.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Sympathy
Madrid
Atletico
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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 / Football Manager
Score
Owner
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The champions are the team with the most points...if United have more points, it means they have more points, that's all. Nothing else.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Champion
Mean
Team
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It is very important that you can express yourself, especially at half-time in a changing room, which is the crucial time for a manager.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Crucial
Express Yourself
Time Yourself Important
Manager
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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 / Football Manager
Mentality
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I understand 100 per cent why someone would want to buy Newcastle United. It's very clear: it has the potential to be one of the top sides.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Newcastle
Sides
Cent
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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 / Football Manager
Features
Mindset
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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 / Football Manager
Absolute Power
Absolute
Budget
Executive
Manager
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I go to the training ground early in the morning, between 7:30 A.M. and 8:30 A.M. Not just me, my staff. Then, sometimes I leave at 8 P.M. or 6 P.M.
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Staff
Training Ground
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My family are really happy here at Liverpool and I am prepared to have my daughter with a Scouse accent, even though it is sometimes a problem for me.
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Daughter
Problem
Sometimes
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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 / Football Manager
Targets
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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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Catholic
Liverpool
Protestant
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When you play against a top side, you know they will have more possession, and they will be in more control, and you have to find one or two counterattacks.
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Possession
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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 / Football Manager
Former
Liverpool
Football I Am Me
Football Me I Am
Manager
Professional Football
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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.
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Saturday
Spain
Sunday
Thursday
Cup
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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.
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Good Manager
Nice Person
Manager
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Whether a player rotates more or less depends on his form and his position. It's not the same for a center back as it is for a winger. Every player is different.
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More Or Less
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As a manager, you are important sometimes, and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players. Never call me 'the special one!'
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Mistake
People
Player
Staff
Me People Sometimes
Important People
Manager
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If you have a car and you win a race, you cannot just settle for that. You must try and make the car better. We're a good car but you always want a bigger engine.
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Car
Race
Winning
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I was under pressure in my first season at Valencia, and we won the title. Two years later, I was under more pressure there, and we won the title and the UEFA Cup.
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Cup
Title
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How can you change things when you are under pressure? You don't tell a player who keeps giving the ball away not to touch the ball; you keep training and working hard.
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Change Things
Working Hard
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I don't always sleep for too long, but I sleep well. Sometimes when you have a doubt about team selection, you talk to your pillow, but in the morning, you have an idea.
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Pillow
Selection
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In Spain, the game is more technical; in England, it's more physical, while in Italy, it's more tactical. Each country is a challenge, and I like to put myself to the test.
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Spain
Tactical
Italy
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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.
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So Much Money
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I have won the Champions League, won the FIFA Club World Cup, the FA Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the Spanish league twice, nine trophies, all the trophies you can win at club level.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Champions League
Fifa
Italian
Trophies
World Cup
Champions
Cup
Spanish
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I come from a Napoli team who scored 104 goals. Do you think I'm going to be hyper-defensive with Real Madrid? A team that creates chances and is great in possession is not defensive.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Madrid
Possession
Real Madrid
Chances
Creates
Defensive
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The fans say you can do this and that, but you have to analyse the potential of the team with your staff. Will it be enough to be at the top until the end of the season? You never know.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Staff
Enough Your Will
Analyse
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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 / Football Manager
Chelsea
Former
Liverpool
Manager
Never Take
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The family is something you are always missing, but it has to be like this. It is not easy for any manager to be with your family, in your house, and working at your nearest club. So you have to travel.
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Missing
Manager
Nearest
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There are massive clubs with massive amounts of money, and Liverpool were always a little bit behind. But if you create a good team, a good atmosphere, and work hard, you can get there. You can win trophies.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Atmosphere
Clubs
Liverpool
Massive
Trophies
Work Good Money
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There are good players in Europe and all the way around the world, but better than Torres - no. I would not want to swap Fernando with anyone else in the world, because he is my player, and I'm very pleased with him.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Good World Better
Anyone Else
Good Better World
Fernando
Pleased
Swap
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When I arrived at Liverpool, the budget was £20m gross. When I left, it was £17m, but still people said I must win the title. Manchester United had around £50m more every year, but they said I must compete against them.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Gross
Liverpool
Manchester
Manchester United
Budget
Compete
Title
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With Tenerife, we had to fight in the most difficult second division in Spain with Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, and Real Betis, and we were promoted. I know you have to fight until the last day. We were promoted in the last game.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Division
Madrid
Spain
Atletico
Promoted
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You go to Madrid, you have four or five teams at the maximum level. You go to Milan, and it's the same. Napoli is similar to Newcastle in terms of everyone supporting one club in the city. It's positive and unique when you have that.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Madrid
Maximum
Milan
Newcastle
Unique
Club
Terms
Similar
Supporting
Teams
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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 / Football Manager
Bad Day
Distraction
Good Day
Supportive
Family Good Together
Family Good Always
Normally
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I was a PE teacher, and when you teach, you can say, 'You have to do this.' It's an order. That's one way. Or you can say, 'Listen, we have these problems, so give me the solution,' and they have to think about it. Or you can say, 'Here are three options - which one is best?'
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Best Teacher Me
Options
Solution
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People think I don't have experience in the second division, but we were promoted with Tenerife and Extremadura,and I was the coach of the reserve team with Real Madrid in the second division. I know what it means to go from this level to another level. I realise how difficult it is.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Division
Madrid
Real Madrid
Experience People Difficult
Experience Difficult People
Promoted
Reserve
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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 / Football Manager
Champions League
Fighting
League
Situation
Accept
Prefer
Avoid
Champions
Clearly
Manager
Once A Week
Teams
Title
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When I was at Valencia my wife said that we would win the league. She was right and to mark the occasion she asked me for a new watch. I bought her the watch, but then she said that we would win the UEFA Cup and that when we did she wanted another watch. Now she says that we will win the Champions League and that she will want an even more expensive watch. My wife has a lot of confidence and a lot of watches.
Rafael Benitez / Football Manager
Champions League
Wife
Winning
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