Spain changes of technical director in less than 24 hours, to a single day of the 2018 World Cup
As well as showing all the covers of the biggest sports newspapers around the world Julen Lopetegui, now the former coach of La Roja (Spanish Football Team), has stopped being the coach of the national team, the main reason was his sudden but surprising signing for Real Madrid, after this news the president of the Spanish team held a press conference in which his words were:
We have been forced to dispense with Lopetegui. I have a very close relationship with them. Of course it is the most complex situation that I could find. I have spoken with them and I can guarantee that the players will do everything in their power to take the team as far as possible, "he answered." We are all affected without a doubt. We must always think about the best for the entity, the Federation and the selection. Of course it is a hard blow, but from this afternoon, with the new training and the new 'staff', we will all be together to row forward, "he added.
On the other hand, just one day before the start of the FIFA World Cup, a prestigious national football team could not wait and lose time to get a new director and coaching staff, so much the next day or even hours later the same president of the selection called a press conference in which he was going to announce the name of the person who was going to take the reins of the campus.
The man chosen was, Fernando Hierro who until that moment was as the sporting director of the national team and for reasons of making a minimum change, he was chosen because he is a man who knows the team and would like to the idea of directing it.
In a press conference to these subjects gave answers:
How it is: "It's a nice, exciting challenge, I know the circumstances, Julen's work has been fantastic, I wish him the best, I know what players we have, we face him with courage, it was a quick decision. I could not say no, I would not have forgiven myself. "Idea:" You can not play two years of work in two days, a large part of the staff is still with us, you have to be smart. We ask them to be themselves, the ones in the fantastic classification, the key is to play as little as possible, we have to compete in these three games, there is no other objective, I would like my team to play well, to have the ball , put three or four goals ... compete. "
We have come for the World Cup and there is no justification "
Team: "I want to look everyone in the eyes, we have acted as we should, I have no doubt, we have come for the World Cup and there is no justification." Tomorrow, Juan Carlos Martínez, physical trainer, and Julián Calero join. the second. "Charge:" My job is Portugal, nothing else, we do not think about anything other than a great World Cup, I have only one year's experience as head coach, one second and 30 years surrounded by the ball. "
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