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#4 Players know the plan
After the retirement of Vicente Del Bosque, Julen Lopetegui took control of the national team. His successes with the youth level of the nation only made him the logical choice to be the manager of La Furia Roja.
Since taking over, Lopetegui managed Spain in 20 games but never lost a single one of them while winning 14 and drawing 6 in the process. Given that he took over a team at the end of a cycle and needing drastic changes and transforming it into a team with a perfect amalgamation of experience and youth, it could be claimed that this team knows his ethos in and out.
After all, he was their manager at a time when a change was needed – and he gave them just that, which won’t just fade away with his sacking. The players don’t need to be taught football, rather a system in which all of them can flourish.
Lopetegui already did that and they will just have to play keeping that in mind.
