Angry Benitez leaving Chelsea at end of season

In a bitter outburst at the fans who have barracked him relentlessly and an angry swipe at the club's board for only appointing him 'interim' manager, Rafael Benitez has announced that he will leave Chelsea at the end of the season. The Spaniard, his cheeks puffed and flushed, hit out in his news conference following FA Cup holders Chelsea's 2-0 win at second tier Middlesbrough that secured a quarter-final clash with Manchester United. Abused and jeered from the moment he walked out at Stamford Bridge for his first game in charge in November after replacing the popular Roberto Di Matteo, Benitez let his anger spill out in the unlikely settings of Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium. "I have been in charge in football for 26 years, won the Champions League, the Club World Cup, the FA Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the Spanish league twice - nine trophies - all the trophies you can win at club level," Benitez began. Warming to his task, he added: "A group of fans, they are not making any favour to the team and they are singing and wasting time preparing banners. "It's because someone made a mistake. They put my title interim manager and I will leave at the end of the season so they do...