 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka wa2003-04, Valencia yakakunda La Liga nemitambo mitatu yekusiya uye yakakunda Marseille 2-0 mumutambo wekupedzisira weEFAFA Cup. Pasinei nokubudirira uku, Benítez akawira pasi naJesús García Pitarch, mutungamiri wenhabvu yekirabhu, pamusoro pekutonga kwekusaina kutsva uye kukundikana kwekirabhu kusimbisa boka nevatambi vaaida. Akati, Ndanga ndichitarisira kuti ndiwane sofa mudziviriri uye vakandiunzira rambi Fabián Canobbio, achitaura nezvezvinzvimbo zvaaida kusimbiswa. Kusiyana kwemaonero uku kwakaita kuti Benítez arege basa semurairidzi weValencia musi wa1 Chikumi 2004. 