Is this man the most overrated manager of the last 20 years? I think hopefully now he's found his place in the Championship, which is exactly where he deserves to be. It's ludicrous to me there was once a time he was considered a tactical genius.
Let's go through his recent history
>Relegated Newcastle
>Absolutely failed at Real Madrid, would've failed to finish in the top 3 if he had stayed. As soon as he went they won the champions league
>Took over a great Napoli team and then failed to finish in the champions league places in one of the weakest leagues in Europe
>Joke at Chelsea
>Took over a treble winning Inter Milan team and turned them into a joke
>Ended Liverpool's status as a top four team
It's literally been 11 years since he did ANYTHING. Hopefully this fat fuck will never get a top job ever again
>Real Madrid fired Ancelotti for not winning the CL 2 years in a row and hired Benitez
lel
>>67946295
He did win the Champions League with a shit team though. Djimi fucking Traore level shit. Up against a Milan side with Shevchenko Crespo and Kaka all at top of their games
>>67946365
A complete fluke of a game where his team were pissed on for 115 minutes of play and only managed to sneak into ET because of Dudek and a penalty from a dive does not make him a good manager. Both legs of the semi final were managerial masterclasses from him, way bigger feather in his cap
>>67946394
They had no business even being in the semis
>>67946394
>to win the Champions League you only need to win the final
Cool story bro. Oh wait you then acknowledged he beat a lot of good teams to get there. I spent that year living with two Liverpool fans and waiting every fucking game for them to get their shit pushed in
>>67946459
What are you on about, I'm saying the final was a complete fluke and the semis and Juve tie are a far bigger display of how good Benitez was back then
>>67946474
Right misread you there. Apologies bro
>>67946295
>Joke at Chelsea
he salvaged their season and won them the Europa league. Just because the plastics cried about him doesn't mean he did a bad job
>>67946322
Don't remind me.
>>67946322
Didn't his contract just expire and Ancelotti wanted a break?
>>67947030
>Salvaged their season.
Di Matteo had literally only just lost his first 2 games before he was fired.