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Benitez gets Perez vote of confidence
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REAL Madrid president Florentino Perez insisted on Monday that the club remains fully behind coach Rafael Benitez despite the humiliating loss to Barcelona at the weekend.
Perez pledged his full backing to Benitez at a hastily called news conference, two days after the 0-4 defeat prompted widespread calls for the coach’s resignation.
“We analyzed the situation and I’m here to announce that Real Madrid’s coach has our full and unequivocal support,” Perez said. “He was the coach that we picked for his professionalism, his trajectory and his experience. He has the capacity to make this squad play up to its potential.”
It was the first time Perez spoke publicly since Saturday’s game, when he and Benitez were loudly jeered by the home fans at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
“I understand the disappointment of our fans after what happened,” Perez said. “But Benitez just started his job and we need to let him do his work. More than ever we need the fans to show their support to the team and to the players.”
The club president said Benitez needs to be given more credit because Real has been dealing with a series of injuries since the coach took over the squad less than six months ago.
The game against Barcelona marked only the second time that Benitez had all of his players available.
Perez also said the team’s results under Benitez have not been bad apart from the last two losses in the Spanish league. Real was unbeaten until a defeat to Sevilla two weeks ago, and it easily advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League with two matches to go.
The news conference took place after a board meeting and Perez said the support for the coach was unanimous. He said the club felt the need to publicly display its support because “of all the doubts” that surfaced after the loss to Barcelona.
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