Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster last night launched a stunning,
unprovoked attack on Rafa Benitez and Liverpool.
He branded the style of the Premier League leaders both
unattractive and ugly.
The arrogant German savaged the Kop after confessing boss Benitez
has transformed them into one of only two teams he believes can
prevent the Spanish giants winning their 10th European Cup in
Moscow on May 21.
Schuster rapped: Liverpool rely on an unattractive style of
football. They are an ugly team to play.
Look how they really gave Barcelona a going-over last season, when
they knocked them out of the Champions League. Thats what I
mean.
I want the Champions League because its a trophy I was so close
to winning as a player with Barcelona under Terry Venables.
We reached the final in 1986 and lost to Steaua Bucharest on
penalties. Then I also lost in the semis when I was playing for
Real Madrid.
I would rate Liverpool, like AC Milan, as our major rivals for the
Champions League this season. They are clubs which never tire of
winning big trophies again and again.
But my personal preference, if I could choose the best of all our
European rivals and transplant them to Madrid, would be to take the
Manchester United attack and graft it on to the Chelsea defence.
That would be the perfect combination.
Schusters comments about Benitezs ugly team can be taken as a
backhanded compliment to someone he regards as a potential rival
for the Madrid job.
