We Have No Choice!

"Juande is planning to go all in!"

In the head coach's office at Liverpool's Melwood training base, Jesper said this to the Head Coach and the other members of the coaching staff with a confident smile.

Because of Benitez, Liverpool's coaching staff was made up of Spaniards, so they were no strangers to Juande Ramos.

"This is a problem every Head Coach has to face when managing Real Madrid: proving himself!" Benitez said incisively. "No matter how good or outstanding your results were at other clubs, at Real Madrid, at the Bernabéu, you have to prove yourself all over again. That applies to the players, and it applies to the Head Coach as well."

As Benitez said this, his eyes gleamed.

Everyone in the world knew that he was a die-hard Real Madrid fan. He had been one ever since he was young.

The Arluche District in southwestern Madrid was known as a paradise for immigrants, as well as one of Madrid's famous slums. Rafael Benitez had grown up chasing a ball through the neighborhood's alleyways.

His family had been extremely poor. When he was born, his parents could only settle in cheap housing in Arluche. Strangely enough, though, the entire family preferred distant Real Madrid and the Bernabéu in the city center to the much closer Atletico Madrid and Calderon Stadium to the south, which represented the poor and working classes.

Benitez had played in Real Madrid's Youth Training Camp. He later began his coaching career there, then went to Italy to broaden his experience before making his debut with Tenerife and astonishing everyone with his success.

He had also never concealed his wish: to return to the Bernabéu one day and become the master of the stadium and this powerhouse club.

So every time he led a team