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September 22, 2010, Wednesday
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RAFAEL Benitez is glad to be working with someone who knows their soccer in Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti after the coach said he spent his last year at Liverpool with directors who knew nothing about it.
The Spaniard joined the European and Italian champion in the close season having left Liverpool after six years in charge of the Premier League club.
"The last year at Liverpool I had directors who knew nothing about soccer and you couldn't talk about soccer with them," he said yesterday without specifying who he meant by "directors". "My relationship with president Moratti is good, he is a man who knows his soccer."
His relationship with Liverpool's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who put the indebted club up for sale in April, was strained at times but Benitez had previously stayed silent about his Anfield exit.
Benitez, whose new side is joint top and hosts Bari today in its fourth Serie A outing of the season, took over from Real Madrid-bound Jose Mourinho after Inter sealed an unprecedented Italian treble last term.
Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted an FA improper conduct charge and will serve a one-match touchline ban.
The 60-year-old Frenchman accepted the standard sanction of a one match ban and an 8,000 pounds (US$12,500) fine, the FA said yesterday.
"The ban will be served with immediate effect," FA said.
Wenger was cited after reacting angrily when Sunderland striker Darren Bent scored in the fifth minute of additional time to force a 1-1 draw against Arsenal at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
The fourth official's display board had indicated a minimum of four minutes additional time would be played.
Wenger angrily remonstrated with match officials, furious over the time added on by referee Phil Dowd.
The Spaniard joined the European and Italian champion in the close season having left Liverpool after six years in charge of the Premier League club.
"The last year at Liverpool I had directors who knew nothing about soccer and you couldn't talk about soccer with them," he said yesterday without specifying who he meant by "directors". "My relationship with president Moratti is good, he is a man who knows his soccer."
His relationship with Liverpool's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who put the indebted club up for sale in April, was strained at times but Benitez had previously stayed silent about his Anfield exit.
Benitez, whose new side is joint top and hosts Bari today in its fourth Serie A outing of the season, took over from Real Madrid-bound Jose Mourinho after Inter sealed an unprecedented Italian treble last term.
Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted an FA improper conduct charge and will serve a one-match touchline ban.
The 60-year-old Frenchman accepted the standard sanction of a one match ban and an 8,000 pounds (US$12,500) fine, the FA said yesterday.
"The ban will be served with immediate effect," FA said.
Wenger was cited after reacting angrily when Sunderland striker Darren Bent scored in the fifth minute of additional time to force a 1-1 draw against Arsenal at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
The fourth official's display board had indicated a minimum of four minutes additional time would be played.
Wenger angrily remonstrated with match officials, furious over the time added on by referee Phil Dowd.
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