“Benitez was a mistake”

– The former Inter president blasts Rafa Benitez

– Ronaldo compares Zidane and Benitez

Massimo Moratti,  the former president of Inter, states that it was a mistake to replace Jose Mourinho with Rafael Benitez.

Mourinho had just won the treble the Italian club (2008-2010) when he was signed by Real Madrid(2010-2013).

And Moratti says that he went after the wrong coach.

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Criticizing Benitez, Moratti noted: “We went after the wrong coach. Benitez was alert and prepared, a great connoisseur of football, but there was a huge difference in terms of his character and how he communicated with club. Benitez felt the weight of wanting to win everything, but asked that everything that happened in the past be forgotten.We were afraid to look back and be proud of what we had done.”

“We could not celebrate, and so there was no longer the enthusiasm of the previous season,” he stressed.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo also says the players have a better relationship with new coach Zinedine Zidane than predecessor Rafael Benitez who was sacked last month.

Ronaldo said Zidane’s presence has lifted the atmosphere of the dressing room. Benitez is not known to have a good personal relationship with his players as he prefers to keep them at arms length and Ronaldo suggested that might have affected his relationship with the big ego’s in Real Madrid.

He said: “Truthfully, with some coaches you have more empathy than others. The players feel more empathy for Zidane. I did my job naturally under Benitez. I was serious and did the best for the club, independent of the person who is in charge of the team. I have never had a bad opinion of Rafa. He always did the best for Madrid, but he sees football in a different way from Zizou.”

Former Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez has been confirmed as the Newcastle coach. The club also confirmed the appointment of Fabio Pecchia, Francisco de Míguel Moreno, Antonio Gómez Pérez, who will join Ian Cathro and Simon Smith to form Benitez’s coaching team.

 

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