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14-06-2018 | 10:34 Football
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Julen Lopetegui: ‘Win the World Cup now, this has happened to make us stronger.’

Axed Spain boss Julen Lopetegui had a unique opportunity to say his final word to Spain national team players as a motivation before World Cup will start. The 51-year-old was announced as the new manager of Real Madrid on Tuesday. However, only hours after the announcement Spanish football federation president sacked him from the national team’s head coach’s position. Lopetegui and Perez informed Rubiales just five minutes before Real’s announcement, which made him furious. Lopetegui was given a chance to speak to his players one last time before leaving, and told them: ‘Win the World Cup now, this has happened to make us stronger.’ And RFEF president Rubiales was understandably livid at a press conference: ‘I admire Julen very much, I respect him very much. He seems a top trainer and that makes it harder to make the decision. ‘You can’t do things this way, two or three days before the World Cup. We have been compelled to make this decision.’ Fernando Hierro, who previously played for Real Madrid and Bolton will take charge for the tournament.

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