destinyunknown
Banned deucer.
1. That elimination had NOTHING to have with Benitez. It is not his job to check availability of the players, it's the Secondary Coach and the Athletic Director's job. They actually won the match, which is Benitez's jobHe is on very borrowed time right now.
1.He stupidly got eliminated from copa del rey,
2. barely escaped top of the group from a fairly easy group to win,
3. and is still behind in la liga at the half way point. Any club but barca and real madrid in spain and this is acceptable. Not madrid, not barca
2. 16 out of 18 points, and only dropping points when visiting PSG. ''Barely escaped'' indeed, what were you expecting? Winning all games 5-0?
3. Trailing barca by 5 points is definitely not great, but considering Barca's superior squad, and the fact that Benitez has only been here 3 months compared to the season and a half Luis Enrique has, it's definitely not a terrible result.
As for ''there's a campaign against Benitez''. It's true. There has been one since the 2-3 weeks before he arrived. Spanish sport press is awful and only aims to stir up flames, so whenever something goes slightly wrong they start a campaign to get the manager out. And it's worse on Benitez case because the press has had a grudge against him for years, so they would flame him whenever they had the chance even when Benitez wasn't working in Spain.
That being said, I'm not for or against Benitez, though I'd rather see managers be given time to actually get the team to work the way they want.