Why is rafa benitez hated

But what was Benitez expecting? They'll tell you Shelvey, a man proven by football's governing body to have been racist towards a Wolves player, got off pretty lightly. It's mud-slinging for mud-slinging's sake and Benitez — who has managed Real Madrid, Liverpool and Inter Milan in a distinguished year managerial career — should know better.

Dignity and decorum was called for. The kind you'd expect from someone who's managed at the very top of world football and will have been given far worse abuse himself over the years. Defending your player in public is one thing — to deflect attention elsewhere and show a complete lack of humility is crass.

Not content with saying it once, Benitez reiterated his bizarre comments during his Monday morning press conference.

It's not just the Newcastle manager who has shown insensitivity and a lack of respect, though. The club's captain Jamaal Lascelles labelled it 'terrible' that Shelvey was banned in the first place. He told Shelvey before Saturday's game that he should 'embarrass' Wolves.

Jonjo is not that type of person. Lascelles' comments, and those of Benitez, show a breathtaking and classless arrogance and ignorance over the whole saga. As for Wolves — whose manager Paul Lambert took a sage, sensible approach by calmly dismissing Benitez's comments and avoiding more mud-slinging — they are doing a good job of keeping a quiet nobility in a multicultural city where stances like this matter.

Sport Published: Feb 14, Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up. Sorry Rafa, say that again? Investigate the fans? For what, exactly? Actually he probably would. The club accepted the five-game punishment and everyone moved on. Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article. Shrewsbury 18 hours ago. South Shropshire 20 hours ago. Shrewsbury 20 hours ago. More from the Shropshire Star. July , Benitez's first move as the boss was taking the team to a pre-season in Australia.

While talking transfers during a press conference, Benitez was asked the tough question: who is the best player in the world? This should be a simple one to answer as Real Madrid coach, but instead he denied Cristiano as the G.

Benitez made the worst possible mistake. Still in July , Chris kept his head down on Benitez's interview on who was the best, he focused on proving him wrong, but Benitez kept on picking on him.

During a pre-season training session, Cristiano felt he was being targeted, no fouls were given in his favor and when he scored a goal, Benitez disallowed it. Benitez only gave fouls against the Portuguese player.