he might at least have received a few words of consolation from Julen Lopetegui. This was a night of quiet triumph for a manager who knows what it is like to be put in an impossible position by ...

Talk of former West Ham United boss Julen Lopetegui moving to Mexico has been played down. Lopetegui has been linked with Sergio Ramos' Monterrey this week, where he would replace Martin Demichelis.