The best thing you can say about Rafael Benitez about the
time he spent in Chelsea is that he left the club he holds respect for even the
harshest of critics. The Spanish coach came to Stamford Bridge amid public
dissatisfaction but left the fans - who received him in a bad way - and his
reputation has been enhanced.
Benitez led - who took over Naples belonging to the Serie A
football on Monday - Chelsea to European Cup title and helped him to third
place in the Premier League to qualify it to the Champions League next season.
On paper, such as Chelsea poisoned cup Benitez.
Benitez had to - the unpopular and unwanted of those angry
at the sacking of then-champion Roberto Di Matteo in November - the leadership
of the team finished sixth in the league last season to the top four.
After he got unfairly as pathetic reputation for trouble in
previous roles was a failure dissipates any hope of getting a great job in
another place.
Spanish coach was not popular among Chelsea fans after
depriving them of the chance to play in the Champions League final twice when
he was the coach of Liverpool.
Benitez added insult to injury with comments which hinted
that the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge and compare it to some a thundering
negative screams for the fans at Anfield during a European night.
The crucial point in the logic of Chelsea fans is that
Benitez was replaced by one of the sons of their club and the man who led the
team to win the Champions League title in May 2012.
Not many paid attention to the fact that Benitez is not
sacked Di Matteo and within that not giving the opportunity to the seeds to
germinate stability.
While there was no collective gratitude at his departure,
few letters of gratitude emerged during the last matches of the team in the
Premier League against Everton.
As it was required to Benitez the success in leading the
team to return to the Champions League and added a European title last to
Treasury heroic.
In the title of European Cup will be written- achieved by
beating Benfica, as a result of the training plans Benitez - an achievement in
the history books for future generations.
And it shows the time spent at Chelsea, however, that the
role of the coach went to more than tactical capabilities that are not in
doubt.
Benitez deal with mass hostility but he simply used it to
reap some strength within the club. And some British media described initially
invited directed to the angry crowd calm after a routine victory over
Middleborough in the FA Cup as "bravado".
After that he proved that he was perspicacious in this move,
which give him respect for the players and led to a re-thinking of the majority
of the Chelsea fans.
Benitez succeeded also in that disqualify aside two of the
most important players of the club in a way to avoid entering into open war.
In the face of repeated questions about the exclusion of the
great club players Frank Lampard and John Terry Benitez has distanced himself
from the confrontation, which tarnished the former coach Andre Vilas Boas in
the previous year.
Contract was the issue of sequestration Lampard aside as a
matter of particular club and not the interim coach.
And shift the role of Terry - who is seen as an influential
player in the dressing room and outside the stadium under the leadership of Di
Matteo - of the amulet on the pitch, a leader off the field without entering
into bickering that could arise if the player expressed his displeasure
publicly.
Benitez also enables to solve a complex problem again when
he succeeded in dealing with David Lewis, a defender caused repeated his
conquests on the other side of the pitch and his habit of making mistakes naive
result in free kicks and penalty kicks to become a burden on the defense.
The involvement of the Brazilian player in midfield logical
solution which is avoided trained former rather than adopting the value of the
player.
Amid of the enthusiasm caused by the possible return of Jose
Mourinho is unlikely to consider any fan of Chelsea back towards Benitez.
His achievements in football are waived frequently, but
worth mentioning.
Benitez won the Primera Liga twice and the UEFA Cup once
with Valencia and won the Champions League and the FA Cup and the European
Super Cup in Liverpool and the Club World Cup with Inter Milan and European Cup
with Chelsea.
Benitez gave the impression that he longed to return to
Liverpool, where he led the team to the Champions League final twice in three
years of his appointment, where he owns a house and his family continue to live
there.
After returning to work again in Serie A this scenario seems
increasingly unlikely, but if it happens, the Liverpool fans will not need one
to tell them how to welcome him again.