He's not doing too well in the poll.
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Wow, a Spaniard who comes to North England in the middle of winter to 'relax'. Respect to him and his wife for his attachment to Liverpool though!
Would still love to see Rafa become manager of Utd soon. Is that wrong? Maybe I should have put 'Agent' before his name to make it more palatable.
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Rafa Benítez claims there is a campaign against him, Pérez and Real Madrid
• ‘Everything is criticised … it is clear if you look at the situation from outside’
• Real Madrid face Real Sociedad on Wednesday after Christmas break
The under-pressure Real Madrid manager, Rafa Benítez, has claimed that there is a campaign against him and the club and that the team is not playing as badly as is being made out before their clash with Real Sociedad in La Liga on Wednesday.
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Speculation has been rife in the Spanish capital over the future of Benítez who has failed to win over many fans with his team’s results and style of play this season.
“There is a campaign against [the president) Florentino [Pérez], Real Madrid and me,” said Benítez. “Everything is criticised that can be and where not it is manipulated which anyone can see. This is particularly clear if you look at the situation from the outside.”
Real face Sociedad on the back of a crushing 10-2 win over Rayo Vallecano but the result was distorted by two sendings-off for the visitors who looked strong early on and held a 2-1 lead.
Although they have scored freely against the more modest sides, Real have generally been unable to beat stronger opponents and a humiliating 4-0 loss to arch-rivals Barcelona last month was particularly damaging for Benítez.
Real are two points off the joint leaders, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, with 33 points from 16 games, but the Catalan side have a game in hand after playing in the Club World Cup.
“Everything is being magnified and I have a lot of experience coaching so I know to be distracted as little as possible,” Benítez said. “I have 24 players in the squad but when I leave out one player then it is made out that it is something personal and a load of speculation is built up. The team is a lot better than people think.
“My relationship with the players is infinitely better than what you read in the press. There is a communications department that keeps me informed. The team is doing some things well and others not so much.”
Benítez said he was able to relax over Christmas which he spent with his family in northern England where he used to manage Liverpool.
“It was calm. I had a short holiday as we are playing again on the 30th,” he said. “Fortunately, the English press do not exaggerate as much and so it was relaxing with the family and concentrating on how to beat Real Sociedad and win trophies this year.”Leave a comment:
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Could be his agent pushing for the United job but it wouldn't surprise me if Real went that way about it... their a pretty ridiculous club. I can't see Mourinho going back there, the media over there don't seem to wear him as much as the British press.Leave a comment:
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Feel for Rafa he was on a hiding to nothing anyway at Real regardless of what he wins.Leave a comment:
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Weren't they 2-1 down before the sending offs? Not saying Rafa got lucky but he needed the 10 goals just to prevent any booing. Vallecano are your bog standard relegation fodder team right now.Leave a comment:
it took you that long to work it out hey Rafa
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