Rafalution: Citaten

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Hyllningarna med det bästa och mest intressanta från Rafael Benitez´s tid i Liverpool fortsätter idag. I den här delen får ni höra en hel del av de bästa citaten Benitez sa om spelare, tränare, andra klubbar med mera.

Du får också reda på vad han verkligen sa till spelarna i halvtidsvilan mot AC Milan i Istanbul, vad han tycker om Mourinho, Cricket, Gerrard, Crouch, Sir Alex Ferguson, och mycket mer!

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Rafael Benitez...

...om ryktena att Gerrard ska lämna klubben: "We are preparing a special weightlifting plan for Gerrard´s shoulders because we want him to lift a lot of trophies for Liverpool in the next few years."

...om slutresultatet i Istanbul mot Milan: "I said to them. If we score it will change things. We scored... and it changed things."

...om hur han trivs som tränare för Liverpool: "I´m very proud each day I´m Liverpool manager. I´m only interested in listening to the people who want the best for Liverpool Football Club, no-one else. They are always with us. It is they who motivate us. To me, the most important thing is my players and the supporters. I´m very proud each day I´m Liverpool manager, whether I´m leading the team, signing autographs or meeting the supporters. In the end, if we win, those people who criticise will change their minds and those who´ve always been with us will be happiest."

...om Luis Garcia´s 1-0 mål mot Chelsea på Anfield i semifinalen av CL 2005: "Luis said to me that as he turned away, he was right on the line, and he said the ball was over the line. And after the game my secretary Sheila, who was sitting right in line in the main stand, said to me that the ball had crossed the line. She is a very honest person and that was good enough for me. It was a goal."

...om ryktena att ta över Real Madrid: "I am very happy here for sure, my family is very happy here too, we are settled very well. my youngest daughter speaks alot of english now, more so even than spanish, and she speaks with scouse accent so i cannot understand her (beaming smile) but she also speaks alot of spanish, or sometimes even gets mixed up and speaks alot of spanglish."

...om språket till Fernando Morientes: "Talk to Carra, if you can understand him you can understand anyone."

...om José Mourinho innan semifinalen i CL mot Chelsea: "He is a good manager, yes, but he will lose tomorrow."

...om att Gerrard vill vinna titlar: "When people talk to me about Gerrard and say he wants to win trophies, I say, ´me too´. I want to win trophies, I am not here to learn English, I am here for winning trophies."

...om hur hans relation till Gerrard och sin fru är: "My relationship with Steven is good, but with my wife it is better." "My wife has a lot of confidence and a lot of watches."

...om vad han tänkte efter att Kaunas gjort matchens första mål: "That we must score more goals than they."

...om pengar samt klubbkänsla för spelare som skriver på: "People can talk about having a lot of money to buy players but we´ve just signed a player with a passion and a heart for this club that no amount of money can buy."

...om Robbie Fowlers återkomst till Liverpool och Anfield: "I´m not sure I´ve ever seen a player quite so happy to be joining a club before."

...om vad han sa till spelarna i halvtid i Istanbul efter att man legat under med 3-0: "Don´t let your heads drop. We´re Liverpool. You´re playing for Liverpool. Don´t forget that. You have to hold your heads high for the supporters. You have to do it for them. You can´t call yourselves Liverpool players if you have your heads down. If we create a few chances we have the possibility of getting back into this. Believe you can do it and you will. Give yourself the chance to be heroes."

...om Arjen Robbens filmning som gav Pepe Reina rött kort på Stamford Bridge i Premier League för några säsonger sedan: "Sorry I must hurry I must go to the hospital to see Robben, maybe his neck is broken, maybe if Reina had of reacted like that when Gallas touched him his neck would be broke also."

...om varför han betalade £7M för Jermaine Pennant: "I do not know many right wingers in this country who are better than Pennant playing in the Premier. Who else, (Shaun) Wright-Phillips at £21 million?."

...om vad han tycker om Cricket: "Cricket is a sport where you can say to your wife im going to play Cricket and return a week later."

...om ryktena att Thierry Henry vill spela för LFC: "I even heard rumours this week that Henry was supposedly coming to Liverpool. All I can say is that he is coming tomorrow but will be going back to London after the game. He might come here on Tuesday as well!."

...om Jamie Carragher: "He reminds me of a hunting dog, when I want something specific done in defence he is very willing to learn. As a defender he is someone you do not want to play against, to have marking you."

...om pengar till Transfers: "It´s easier if you´ve got the money to go into the transfer market. Imagine if you want to buy a jacket, if you have £1000 you can buy a good jacket, but if you have £10,000 you can buy the best."

...om Everton: "I know being in the top four of the Premiership is very important, but you will never see any club honours list recording an historic fourth place in the Premiership."

...om rivaliteten mellan Liverpool och Man United: "I understand it. It’s similar to the rivalry with Everton but this time it’s about two of the top sides and it’s very important we win this game."

...om Peter Crouchs brutna näsa: "I was pleased also with Peter Crouch. We have been talking to him, before and after his nose operation, to show more confidence with his heading. Now it seems to have worked. Lets say that if he has a few games without scoring again, maybe we should arrange to break his nose again."

...om Anfield: "This is Anfield, they say you´ll never walk alone... it´s true."

...om sitt förhållande till Mourinho när han tränade Chelsea: "We were good friends until we started beating them. He is good friends with managers of teams he beats."

...om supportrarna - Liverpool vs. Chelsea: "We have our special ones here, they are our fans, who always play with their hearts. At Stamford Bridge, we showed that our supporters won their battle, even though Chelsea had their fans all with flags to wave. But our supporters were there with their hearts. We do not need to give away flags for our fans to wave - our supporters are always there with their hearts and that is all we need."

...om Sami Hyypiäs skada i 2-0 vinsten över Fulham:
"We have a problem with Sami. He has a knock in the head. He was dizzy so I asked him if he´d seen the third goal! He just looked at me (with a confused look)."

...om Fabio Aurelios skadeproblem vilket gör att han missar returmötet mot Chelsea: "Fabio will be out for three weeks, so Riise knows he has to be ready and give everything for us. The best solution would be for him to score at Stamford Bridge... in the right goal."

...om att Liverpool ska vara ett defensivt lag: "We have scored 116 goals. We want to be the best team in England - and people talk about us being defensive!."

...om Lucas: "I think you could see today, including the experts on TV, that he´s a very good player. Sometimes you cannot see these things if you´re expert on the TV."


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Journalist: "How difficult is it for Ngog to fill Torres´ boots?."

Rafa: "Well, he has his own boots..."

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Ferguson efter matchen:

"Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are, they pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece deliveries they keep you under pressure."

Rafa´s svar på Ferguson´s kommentar:

"If we can win a game in five minutes against a top team just think how much more terrible damage there would be if we played for the other 85 minutes."

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"He´s always a player from whom you can expect something different. If you´re struggling in a game you can either do two things, send your centre back up front as a centre forward or use Luis Garcia between the lines."

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Sky:
"Were you confident when you saw Chelsea´s team sheet?."
Rafa:
- I was confident when I saw my own team sheet!."

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Journalist: "Everyone is saying George Gillett is coming to watch this game tonight, does that make any difference to you or are you just focussed on that 90 minutes tomorrow?."

Rafa: "I think that he is not available for tomorrow so, he is not a big difference for me in my team selection."

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Setanta reporter: Is Torres tired?

Rafa: Yes.

Reporter: And Kuyt, is he tired too?

Rafa: Yes.

Reporter: Why is Jamie Carragher not tired? He´s played more than Torres.

Rafa: Someone who knows about football knows that a striker runs more than a defender.

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Sista kommentaren från Benitez, samma dag som det blev klart att han lämnar klubben: "It is very sad for me to announce that I will no longer be manager of Liverpool FC. I would like to thank all of the staff and players for their efforts.

"I´ll always keep in my heart the good times I´ve had here, the strong and loyal support of the fans in the tough times and the love from Liverpool. I have no words to thank you enough for all these years and I am very proud to say that I was your manager.

"Thank you so much once more and always remember: You´ll never walk alone."

I den kommande och sista delen av Rafalution-hyllningarna får du reda på allt när det blev klart att han lämna klubben. Håll utkik!

Undertecknad skulle även vilja tacka Rafael Benitez för sina sex år i klubben. Cardiff, Istanbul, Barcelona, 4-1 mot Man United, 3-1 mot Olympiakos, 8-0 mot Besiktas och mycket mer. Minnen som man aldrig glömmer... du lär bli saknad!

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