Rafael Benitez, former coach of Real Madrid, criticized the management of President Florentino Perez, whom he pointed out as hindering the coach's work by speaking "with players and the press daily," and recalled that "Barcelona won double the number of titles."
"The key to winning the La Liga is consistency. You have to fight against Barcelona, which has its own style and model. Real Madrid changes coaches every year and has to start again. That is the reason why they have won one league title and Barcelona has won five out of the last seven. Barcelona has won double or more than double the number of trophies that Real Madrid has won in the time the president has been there," he said on BT Sports, the channel on which he commented on Real Madrid's match in Rome.
For Rafael Benitez, the main positive aspect of Florentino Perez's work is "in terms of business," but in sports, he left a dart. "The problem is that in football, Barcelona keeps winning. They make changes because they try to find solutions for Barcelona winning more. That is the problem."
And he reflected on what happened for his departure from the club. "It is difficult to explain what happened. You need to know what happened in Real Madrid in the last few years with Camacho, Del Bosque, Pellegrini, Mourinho, Ancelotti. It is not easy. You have to do everything perfectly. Once you do something wrong or the president believes it is wrong, you have problems."
"I think we did quite well. Obviously, we expected to improve at the end of the season because that is the experience we have. We were playing two games a week, and then five weeks came with only one game. We believed we could do well, but there were nerves from the fans, the president, and they changed the coach," he explained.
Finally, he pointed out the difficulty of working as a coach at Real Madrid. "My assistant Fabio Pecchia said that there were constant pressures from the president, who is always around, talking to players and the press daily. It is not easy for a coach, especially when you have been in England, to see the president talking to the players or the press every day." (EFE)