Rafa Benitez exclusive: James Pearce speaks to the last manager to win the European Cup for Liverpool

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

We have a very special podcast for you as our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce speaks exclusively to Rafa Benitez from Madrid. Rafa, of course, is the last manager to bring the European Cup back to Anfield after he masterminded the magical victory over AC Milan in Istanbul 14 years ago. So who better to judge Jurgen Klopp's chances of following in his footsteps in Madrid on Saturday night? The Newcastle United boss is back in his hometown for the massive match with Tottenham Hotspur and in a must-listen chat with James he discusses:▪ How he sees the final going▪ How the managers will cope with the three-week break▪ Whether it really is possible to treat this match as ‘any other game’▪ How winning the Champions League with the Reds changed his life▪ What winning on Saturday would do for Klopp and the club▪ How Klopp’s current crop compares to his 2005 heroes▪ The fitness dilemmas over Roberto Firmino and Harry Kane▪ The power of Liverpool supportersThis is one not to be missed. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.
0:08.0	Well, hello and welcome to a very special edition of the Blood Red
0:13.2	podcast live from Madrid and I'm delighted to say
0:16.7	that myself James Pierce, The Echos, Liverpool,
0:18.9	reporter, was joined by none other than Raffa Benitez,
0:22.2	former Liverpool manager and
0:23.2	current manager of Newcastle United.
0:25.1	Raffa, great to see you, how are you?
0:27.1	Really pleased, really happy to talk with you.
0:29.5	So to see some friends here in Madrid in my city so I was you know that we live in
0:36.1	Liverpool but my man and my family also they are here in Madrid I'm really
0:41.6	pleased to see you. Great stuff. It's hard to believe it's 14 years on from that magical night in Istanbul here in
0:48.6	Liverpool again. Back in the Champions League final not won it since 2005. How do you see that game against
0:55.2	Tottenham on Saturday night? I think that would be tough because Tottenham is a good team
1:01.0	so people they say Liverpool their They are favorites because they did really well in the league that is true for me
1:06.8	But they still you are talking about a good team
1:09.2	They have had the three weeks to prepare the game
1:12.4	They are good players. They had good balance in defense. The team is strong enough in the middle
1:17.8	also they can compete physically with the Liverpool players and in attack they have pace
1:22.3	and ability that will be a threat and a problem for the Liverpool defender.
1:26.5	So it will be a top game and it depends like the other day Arsenal against Chelsea who scored the first goal.
1:33.7	Maybe the other team has to be more open, maybe you can find more spaces behind, things like that.
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