貝尼特斯：我是職業教練，所以要擊敗利物浦 - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

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2013-04-19 08:02:17　來源: 網易體育


在昨天凌晨3-0擊敗富勒姆之後，切爾西已經超越阿森納躍居積分榜第三。然而，
相比於英超前四的競爭對手阿森納和熱刺來說，切爾西隨後的賽程可謂相當不好打。
就在這個週末，他們也將來到安菲爾德客場挑戰利物浦，切爾西主帥貝尼特斯也在賽
前接受媒體的採訪時表示利物浦仍然是他心中的最愛，但是這個週末他必須率領切爾
西去擊敗他們。


就在這週內，貝尼特斯迎來了自己的53週歲生日，著名的希斯堡慘案也迎來了24
週年的紀念日。不僅這樣，貝尼特斯還要在這週末還要率隊迎戰利物浦，這位曾經在
利物浦取得過輝煌戰績的西班牙教頭也不得不承認：“這週尤其特別。”


貝尼特斯如今已經離開利物浦三年之久，雖然已經過去了這麼長的時間，但貝尼
特斯仍然對利物浦有著深厚的感情。


“我不可能忘記在那裡（利物浦）的那段時光，那裡的氛圍，那裡的成功，那個
城市所發生的一切我都歷歷在目。但我是一個十分專業的教練，在這個週末我必須帶
領球隊取得好成績，所以我必須想辦法拿下這場比賽，這也是我應該做的。”
”

“重回安菲爾德對我來說有著一種十分親切的感覺，對面有我很多朋友，我所能
想的就是率領球隊踢好比賽，那是我的工作。”貝尼特斯在談到即將開始的比賽時如
此講道，“一般來說，我並不是一個喜歡談感情的人，但是隨著我年齡的增長，我有
時候也會那樣。”


本文來源：網易體育 作者：涼茶


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BENITEZ EXCLUSIVE: I can't forget the fans and the success. Liverpool is
my home... but now I have to beat them!

By Matt Barlow - PUBLISHED:22:10 GMT, 18 April 2013


Rafa Benitez has not made a habit of going back. He has never taken a team
back to Valencia, where he won two Spanish titles, and he has yet to
return to Inter Milan but on Sunday he will take Chelsea to Liverpool.


Rafa's return will be a love-in to test his emotional strength and his
ability to remain inside a professional shell. The Kop will sing his name
and familiar faces will trigger a cascade of memories from six successful
years at Anfield.


The date sprang out as soon as he studied the schedule of fixtures after
accepting the interim job at Stamford Bridge.


‘A special week,’ he acknowledged, the week of his 53rd birthday, the
24th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, the first since the truth
was unveiled, and his first return to a club where he remains a hero.


He won the Champions League and the FA Cup and won hearts with his
readiness to scrap: he tackled Sir Alex Ferguson and Everton; he even
waded into the political dispute between Liverpool's co-owners Tom Hicks
and George Gillett.


And, of course, he sparred with Jose Mourinho during an unfeasible series
of games against Chelsea, a team storming the established powers to win
their first title in half a century while trying to prise away his captain
Steven Gerrard.


Nearly three years after leaving Anfield, Benitez goes back with Chelsea,
determined to secure three points and stay on track for a top-three
finish.


Has going back ever been more complicated? ‘I will try to do the best for
my team and that is Chelsea,’ said Benitez. ‘I am a professional and
that is what I have to do. I cannot forget the time I spent there and the
feeling, the atmosphere, the success, the link with the fans and the city
— it is my home — but I will try to win. That is what I have to do.


‘This will be quite emotional but I have to concentrate. It will not be
easy when you see so many friends around but I will try to concentrate on
the game. The players have to believe I can manage the situation and give
them help if they need it. Normally, I am not too emotional but now I'm
getting older it happens sometimes.’


Benitez did not plan to fall in love with Liverpool when he arrived in
2004 but it happened quickly, helped by winning the European Cup in his
first season. ‘The people are good people,’ said Benitez.


‘They are workers, they are fighters and they are loyal. When you have
this relationship and you are there every day and you know more and more
people, it is even better.


‘We came from Spain into a different environment and everyone was really
nice. There was a great atmosphere at every game and we were doing well.
We finished fifth in the league but everything was going well in the other
competitions and everybody was enjoying themselves.


‘For the first time in 21 years we won the Champions League, which was
massive. Then the year after it was the FA Cup, the Community Shield and
the Super Cup. There were so many trophies and another Champions League
final. Liverpool needed to bring back the pride of the fans and that was
the situation.’


Other things dropped into place with his wife Montse and daughters Claudia
and Agata, who have set up home on the Wirral and launched the Montse
Benitez Foundation, which supports several local charities, including the
Hillsborough Families Group.


He improved his English by reading the lyrics of his Beatles albums, a
trace of Scouse distorts his Spanish accent every so often and he returned
to Merseyside when his move to Inter Milan went awry in December 2010.


‘When we went to Italy, we had to decide whether to move the family or
not,’ said Benitez. ‘In the end, we moved together but when we came back
you could see the smiles on their faces, so that was enough. They have all
their friends here and the little one thinks she is from Liverpool because
she has been there all her life.’


It is the strength of this bond which has made his move to Chelsea
challenging, although he did not hesitate when he took a phone call in his
hotel room last November, as he prepared for a seminar he was to give in
Abu Dhabi.


His credentials to succeed Roberto di Matteo were strong, but separating
his past and present lives and his personal and professional lives has not
always proved easy.


At the heart of this lies the rivalry of circumstance which erupted
between Chelsea and Liverpool. During the six years Benitez was at
Anfield, the teams met 26 times. For the first 16, Mourinho was on the
opposite bench.


Two big clubs were chasing the same big trophies under the leadership of
two ambitious managers, new to English football.


‘When you are winning and go to finals, you want to win the finals,’
said Benitez. ‘You will defend your club and defend your team. This is
the way and this is why the rivalry was so strong at this time.


‘We played in the Carling Cup final, we played in the Champions League,
we played in the Premier League and, after, we played in the FA Cup and in
the Community Shield. We were in tough games like the Champions League
every year and the rivalry was growing and growing but this is part of the
game. It was something you couldn't change. We were always playing against
Chelsea. That was the way.’


It was Mourinho who lit the fuse in Cardiff after winning the Carling Cup,
in 2005, his first trophy. He put a finger to his lips to silence
Liverpool fans and an arm around Gerrard's shoulder, fuelling stories of
the Liverpool skipper's imminent transfer to Chelsea.


For Benitez, the key details of this game are fresh. ‘We were winning 1-0
from the first minute and we conceded in the 79th minute with an own goal
by Gerrard,’ he said. ‘It was a goal which came from our corner, we
should have played it short but we played long.


‘Petr Cech caught the ball, there was a counter-attack, Didi Hamann made
a foul and from the free-kick they scored. After extra time they won and
then the fans and the reaction of Mourinho created a little bit more
rivalry.’


Two months later the teams met in the semi-final of the Champions League,
a competition which meant so much for both clubs for different reasons.
The first leg was goalless at Stamford Bridge and the return at Anfield
was settled by Luis Garcia and a goal Mourinho called the ‘ghost goal’.


Benitez said: ‘It was a great atmosphere and a great game to watch.
Chelsea were a very, very good team and, for us, we had to do
everything.


‘It is very simple, you can argue about the goal but you have to remember
the situation was a penalty and a red card or a goal, and it was a goal.
So I said fine, it's a goal.’


A warm relationship between the managers quickly cooled. ‘We were
rivals,’ said Benitez. ‘After these games it was not the same,
especially after the Carling Cup final. It changed things.


‘When you are the manager, you want to win. At this time, Liverpool were
my team and we wanted to win. Chelsea wanted to win too.’ What lingers
for Chelsea fans — and has made it hard for them to embrace their latest
manager — are some of the comments attributed to Benitez during this
period.


Many of them, including those about never wanting to manage Chelsea or
claiming they were only successful because of Roman Abramovich, have been
proved to be false; works of mischief by a blogger in the Czech Republic.


‘I didn't want to keep coming out denying every single comment,’ said
Benitez, but he holds up his hands to the quote about ‘plastic flags’
which struck a nerve between the first two Champions League games.


‘Our fans don't need plastic flags,’ he said, in reference to flags laid
out on seats at Stamford Bridge for fans to wave during the first leg. It
is a remark still cherished by Liverpool supporters. ‘I was just trying
to encourage our fans, that's all,’ said Benitez.


‘You try to create a good environment and if you remember in the
Champions League semi-final, there was massive support from our fans for
our players. It had to be like this.


‘If you have a chance, now with Chelsea, you would try to do the same,
for everyone, for the team. I've tried to bring everyone together here,
supporting the team. I did the same there and I will do the same if I have
to go to another team.


‘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. If the fans are behind your players, it's much better.’


These are not words directed at the Chelsea fans who have made his life
uncomfortable but they are relevant at a time when the club are fighting
to get back into the Champions League.


He made this point after winning at Middlesbrough in the FA Cup fifth
round and some of the hostility has eased. Victory at Fulham on Wednesday
moved Chelsea into the top three of the Barclays Premier League.


Form has improved despite the FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City
and Fernando Torres, also making a return to Liverpool but unlikely to be
received with such affection, looks more dangerous than at any time since
his transfer.


‘He was one of the best,’ said Benitez, reflecting on the time he
brought Torres to England. ‘I don't like to say the best. There's always
someone else doing well and you can't say “He's the best” but he was one
of the best, scoring a lot of goals.


‘He had the energy, the pace and movement you were looking for as a
striker and you can see it's still there, you can see in the last few
games.


‘When we arrived at Chelsea he had some good games but now he's scored
some goals and the movement and understanding is much better. It is down
to confidence and his work with the fitness coach in the gym and focus on
his performance.’


For Benitez, there are 15 points to play for, starting at Anfield. It will
not destroy his status in Liverpool if he takes three back to Stamford
Bridge, and it will not harm his reputation among Chelsea supporters.

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