Was Benitez right to leave Alonso out of the Inter game ?

Rafa was right to leave Alonso at home. Even if he had gone Alonso's mind would not be 100% on the game so the best and right thing was to leave him behind. Good luck Alonso hope the birth and baby will be fine.

What manager in the world would play a player in one of the biggest games of the year, when the player was not able to train with the team leading up to the game? Especially in this situation where Xabi should stay with his new son. If Torres himself had been away from the team during this time, I would not expect anything better than to start on the bench... and Torres is the MAN! Xabi is great, but they will do just fine without. Get off Rafa's back. He did what he is supposed to do.

Benitez was absolutely right to leave Alonso behind. If he wasn't fully prepared for the game then he might not play the game on full form and make no mistakes, tonight we need every player to play to their full potential to go through, 2 goal lead or not.

i think rafa was right to leave him out of the squad, but i dont mean that to reflect badly on alonso, if i was alonso i would have done the same the birth of your child is not something to be missed, however i think benitez is right too he has a big squad with for excellent centre mids its not a great problem missing alonso when we have gerrard lucas and mascherano, this is common sense to me not will he wont he benitez not knowing exactly who will play etc. this way it is much more black and white, good luck to alonso and his wife and good luck rafa and the boys tonight!