The Riddle of Rafa Will Give Inter No Lack of Mystique ; Euroview [Scot Region]

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THE last few days have seen proper commemoration of one of history's greatest phrases, when the 1940 victory in the Battle of Britain inspired Winston Churchill to point out that 'never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'.

But the great man had a deep reservoir of such sound bites and it was a year earlier that he first coined the perfect phrase to describe Rafael Benitez, when he called Russia 'a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'. For Russia, read Rafa.

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The Riddle of Rafa Will Give Inter No Lack of Mystique ; Euroview [Scot Region]

Rafa the Red gave Liverpool, even in context of the club's truly magnificent history, two of their most memorable trophy victories, in the 2005 Champions League Final (3-3 and penalties against Milan) and the 2006 FA Cup Fin...

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