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Champions League will be tougher than ever for Premier League clubs: Benitez.


Byline: ANI

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, Sep 27 (ANI): Rafa Rafa or Rafah (both: rä`fä), town in the present Gaza Strip on the Egyptian border. The ancient name was Raphia. There in 217 B.C., Ptolemy IV defeated Antiochus III.  Benitez Benítez or Benitez is a Hispanic surname. The name refers to: Persons
  • Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier (1819–1879), Puerto Rican poet
  • Antonio Benitez-Rojo ([?]–2005), Cuban-American professor
 reckons that this season's Champions League will be tougher than ever for the Premier League clubs.

There has been an English side in every final since 2005 but Benitez, whose Liverpool side travel to Italy to face Fiorentina on Tuesday, believes Real Madrid's massive spending to challenge Barcelona in Spain has shifted the balance in the chase for a place in this season's Madrid final.

"Barcelona is a very good team and Real Madrid have signed some very good players," News of the World quoted Benitez, as saying.

"The English teams will be there but there are more options because other teams are improving," added Benitez, who also sees Bayern Munich, Inter and Juventus as big threats. (ANI)

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Date:Sep 27, 2009
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