Rafa Benitez satisfied with these three factors after the victory against Cardiff City

Rafa Benitez thinks the week has been good for Newcastle United, despite the uncertainty that prevails off the field at St James's Park.

Although the owner of the club, Mike Ashley, has not managed to sell the club and is also reluctant to accumulate transfer funds, Benitez has released the Magpies from the last three places and the last 32 of the FA Cup.

After the 3-0 victory over Cardiff City, Benitez said: "Obviously, the team played well, with confidence, with energy, with intensity and after the victory of the FA Cup to score four goals, to score three today, good week so everyone is happy.

"Now we must try to continue."

Benítez is hoping his team will be able to continue its good form and believes that with a similar commitment in the coming weeks, his team will succeed.

He said, "I think so.

"We were talking about the importance of this game, but as I said before, we will have a lot of games against teams close to us, these are the key games where you can play well and where you can win. play, you can get something.

"Today, we did it, we played well, we had a lot of energy and the commitment of all and it was crucial.

"I think fans appreciate that and I hope we will stay together until the end and as I have said over and over, we will have more chances to stay in shape."