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How he visited Rafael Benitez at Liverpool in 2005, when the Reds won the Champions League.
— You talked a lot about your European internships. Is this story closed to the Russians after February 2022? — I don’t think so. If you have connections, then it’s possible. The last time I was there was before working at Rubin. I went to Lazio, to Simone Inzaghi.
to see. And after that it was difficult for me to part because of my busy schedule.
— What did each training give you?
— It’s not just about the training process. It’s about getting into the mentality of each country, because everything is different everywhere. The Germans have one order, the Italians have another. My first training was in 2005 with Rafa Benitez, at Liverpool, who won the Champions League. I spent two weeks with them in Bad Ragaz. I remember we were talking, and at that moment analysts approached him and gave him discs with cuts on each player. Then Rafa called the players, asked them to watch, and then together with the player he analyzed and discussed everything. That was the first time I saw that. During training, Benitez only participated in team training, and there was no control in everyday life, — said Rakhimov in an exclusive interview with Championship correspondent Andrei Pankov.
Recall that Rubin finished last season in seventh place in the Russian Premier League standings.