The Related PressPublished Friday, January. 28, 2013 4:05PM EST LONDON -- Rafa Benitez's tirade against Chelsea's board and supporters seemed to go unpunished Thursday, with the European champions saying it had been "business as usual" at the club and showing he will be in control this weekend. The Spanish instructor released 90 days ' worth of pent-up frustration after Chelsea's FA Cup gain at Middlesbrough on Wednesday, criticizing an element of the supporters for his or her constant stream of abuse and describing the club's decision to make his job title 'interim' boss as "a massive mistake." Benitez introduced all through his remarkable outburst that he would keep the team by the end of the season -- when his short term option was due to end -- even though incident sparked speculation that he would not last that long, given the reputation of questionable Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Nevertheless, Benitez used a training session with the group at the club's training base southwest of London and participants seemed happy while they signed autographs and smiled for images within their cars. When asked within an meeting with the BBC on Thursday whether he would be sacked after his post-match comments, Benitez said: "No. They (the team) understand how we work and what we're wanting to do. "If we stick together and support the participants, we will have the ability to gain games," Benitez included. "Then, at the end of the season, I will leave and they (the lovers) can criticize." Backing up the club's main official statement that it was "business as usual," Chelsea established Benitez would be holding his program news conference on Friday to examine Saturday's match against West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. Whether his departure is just being delayed while Abramovich decides his next move remains to be seen. But Benitez's place still remains unsafe, having been effectively weakened since he decided to take control because the replacement of the most popular Roberto di Matteo on Nov. 21. Officially called because the team's interim first-team coach, his power was immediately blunted, with participants knowing they were playing for a boss unlikely to be around in the beginning of next year. Benitez has additionally been denied frequent usage of Abramovich, instead being forced to proceed through technical director Michael Emenalo -- a intermediary between the hierarchy and the training staff. And then there is the regular hounding by a group of Chelsea supporters, who will not take him after his issues with the team all through his spell as Liverpool director between 2004-10 and because of their continuous support of Di Matteo. The jeers started at Benitez's first match in charge, against Manchester City at home. Many continue steadily to perform the title of Di Matteo, who led Chelsea to its first Champions League name last season. Others have already been more unpleasant and personal. "Every sport, they carry on singing and organizing banners, they are losing their time," Benitez said Wednesday, putting that fans had an "agenda" against him. "What they've to complete is support the team." After this type of public criticism of the fans, they are unlikely to avoid now. Benitez is no stranger to a news conference rant. Last Year, he notoriously pulled out a hand-written set of alleged "facts" from his pocket, copying his claim that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was not disciplined enough for verbally abusing referees and match officials. This episode was reasoned and more calm. The same criticism was unleashed by him in interviews with a television station, BBC radio and then at the post-match news conference following the 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough. That effect ended up being a mere side note, though it set up an Cup quarterfinal match against United. He appeared to require little prompting by editors, so it could have been a pre-planned assault on the fans who he vowed he would conquer on the day the job was started by him. That has perhaps not occurred and probably never will. Chelsea fans spent a lot of the Middlesbrough fit singing: "We do not care about Rafa, he does not care about us. All we value is Chelsea FC." Since Benitez joined, Chelsea has been eliminated from the Champions League, League Cup and lost in the last of the Club World Cup. The group was third in the Premier League, four points behind chief Man City, on his arrival but has become final and 19 points adrift of Manchester United, the new leaders. In his three months, Chelsea has won 14 of 27 matches in all competitions. Chelsea may drop from the top four, and thus risk the team's odds of qualifying for the Champions League next period, when it doesn't defeat West Brom at Stamford Bridge. "This band of fans, who are singing and creating banners, have to focus on supporting the team," Benitez explained in the BBC interview. "The rest of the fans -- the majority of fans -- know the way to support the staff is by supporting the players. "I am considering my membership and my team - I wish to gain every game."
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