“Unfortunately, it’s another of the president’s whims. If [Julen Lopetegui] was the right man in June, only four months ago, he cannot be unfit now. He signed him just two days before the WorldCup started, so damaging our national team and now he’s sacking him. So that’s the problem, I think he [Lopetegui] is not the one to be blamed. That has been the main trouble, to transfer Cristiano[Ronaldo] in June has been a historic mistake and we are paying for that now.”

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