Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain, July 21, 2016 (AFP) - Newly named Spain coach Julen Lopetegui, who led Spain's youth teams to international success, vowed Thursday to build upon the groundwork already laid by outgoing manager Vicente del Bosque as he took over the squad. The Spanish football federation on Thursday named the 49-year-old former goalkeeper as the new coach, just weeks after Del Bosque resigned following Spain's defeat to Italy in the last 16 of Euro 2016. "We will not be having a revolution, but rather an evolution within our ideas," Lopetegui told a news conference at the federation's headquarters in Las Rozas de Madrid, northeast of the Spanish capital. "We will take advantage of...
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