Among the candidates to take over for the next qualifying campaign is Roberto Martinez, who has impressed many at global level with the style of his Belgium team and his possession based football would suit the Spanish style of play, also the lure of returning to his homeland may be too good for Martinez to turn down.
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However after a couple of mistakes in the group stage, calls were made to see him dropped for Sunday’s Round of 16 clash with hosts Russian Federation.
“The match. was a horror. They are better than us in many ways, so I don’t believe we should risk going forward, and I think we chose the correct tactic”.
Strangely, only the cover of one newspaper, Valencia-based daily Super Deporte, pointed to the decision to sack Lopetegui the day before the tournament started for failing to tell the federation about his impending move to Real Madrid.
“There are players around, they just have to find a path to success”, he said.
Rubiales sidestepped questions about who will be the coach long-term but Hierro is surely unlikely to continue.
The former Barcelona midfielder amassed an incredible 131 appearances for La Roja at senior level, scoring 13 times and winning the European Championship on two occasions, as well as the World Cup – and now he’s finally stood down, aged 34.
“Let us say this openly, they are better than us in many ways”, he said. That faith wasn’t rewarded and we will never know if Kepa could have been Spain’s saviour.
“Spain had a “siesta” for 80 minutes and didn’t have any luck in extra time”, said the paper.
To make matters worse for De Gea, football fans have been mocking him on social media by sharing a rather cruel – but amusing – video of his “saves compilation” from this summer’s World Cup.
“Proud to have defended this country and great group”.
Akinfeev came to the rescue once again to deny Rodrigo after his fine sprint before becoming a national hero by saving the two spot kicks to send the hosts into the last eight and his fellow Russians to the streets to celebrate.
Pique, one of three starters left who played in the 2010 final victory over the Netherlands, was called for a blatant hand ball, leaping into a jumping jack as Artyom Dzyuba’s header bounced off his left arm.
“The soccer god had always turned his back on us – but not today”.
‘This tournament shows that we are honest in what we are doing, and that is why it is going so well so far’.
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“In football, when you lose it’s because you missed many things”.
