Six months and one day after he was appointed as coach of Real Madrid, Rafael Benítez is already packing his things. The trainer worked on a mission that was doomed to fail.
“Benítez has our full confidence,” Florentino Perez repeated yet again. To an end, the president of Real Madrid had on November 23 after the 4-0 defeat by Barcelona held a special press conference to all the turmoil on the trainer position. “Rafa has only just started his job. Give him time and he will achieve the targets set. He will turn the tide “
A little over a month later Pérez suddenly ruthless:. Benítez is on the street. While in the meantime won six times, once played a draw and only lost once (the administrative error that led to shutdown cup not included). The target figures for the series: 34-10. Real also qualified as group winners for the eighth finals of the Champions League and reduced The Royal between November 23 and now the gap to the lead from six to four points. The results show so careful progression and thus provide more reason for moderate optimism, then blind panic. Yet Benítez victimized.
Benítez could actually succeed at Real Madrid? He was appointed as successor to Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian who not only among the players, but also the majority of the fans was particularly popular. A charismatic and pragmatic figure who is a master at managing and satisfied keeping his stars. In short, just about the ideal trainer for the veddettenverzameling which is Real Madrid.
An immediate need to dismiss him was therefore not real, but Pérez refused to abandon the maxim that once Leo Beenhakker already nekte: if you do not win a prize at Real Madrid, you will be replaced. It is a cruel exponent of short-term policies that predominate in the Spanish capital. That way of thinking the club breaks now, for to be guided by an unwritten rule, Pérez saddled the club with an early or late unsustainable situation.
Because Benítez is not a manager of compromise or man management, but a straightforward coach who regularly comes into collision with that way of working with his players. That could know Pérez, as he Benítez ‘past had studied in eg Chelsea, Internazionale and Napoli. Benítez is overall a completely different coach than Ancelotti.
A trainer who probably is not suitable for Real Madrid, Spanish newspapers concluded soon. Not surprisingly seeped early in the season stories about dissatisfaction with Marcelo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and James Rodríguez.
Then, when the supporters sided with the players rather than the trainer, created an untenable situation. An untenable situation that has created itself Pérez. With the expulsion of the coach he recognizes this failure. Benítez thereby affects less blame than Real Madrid. He is appointed for a job at his dream club he simply could not refuse, but which did not suit him. Real Madrid has fallen into a trap that has set it yourself.
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