he is not right. gerrard carra alonso hyppia hamann finnan were the main reasons..rafa's great contribution is that he got all these great lads to stand in two lines and stop chelsea from scoring. his actuall record in the group stages was very poor.rafa's performance in both finals was very very poor. got everything wrong. should have had two cause that milan team was there for the taking. ok yes he got us back there and he has a brilliant knack of stopping the other team scoring but that knack wouldn't have worked if not for the players here already and the kop crowd etc. rafa could have been a great but as everyone can now see his personality lets him down
Emp, in the 2007 final though we ha Masch, Alonso, Zenden, Kuyt, Pennant, Crouch...all Benitez signings that got us to the final...surely you have to recognize that Rafa had gotten us to 2 CL finals and did the same with Valencia....I am not gonna say I wish we had him now etc. but you surely have to recognize that he does seem to have great knowledge and experience when it comes to European competition.
