Club versus Country

Two days before the World Cup began in Russia, he was sacked by Luis Rubiales, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) all because the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, had issued a statement saying that, post the World Cup, Lopetegui would be anointed as the next coa...

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Published inEconomic and political weekly
Main Author Krishnaswamy, Arvind
Format Journal Article Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mumbai Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd 07.07.2018
Subjects
Coaches & managers
Hierro, Fernando
Messi, Lionel
Ronaldo, Cristiano
Soccer
Success
Tournaments & championships
Wenger, Arsene
Spain
India
South America
Colombia
Cameroon
West Asia
Argentina
Mumbai India
Uruguay
Europe
Japan
Egypt
Portugal
Russia
Senegal
Qatar
China
Brazil
Nigeria
France
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Summary:Two days before the World Cup began in Russia, he was sacked by Luis Rubiales, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) all because the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, had issued a statement saying that, post the World Cup, Lopetegui would be anointed as the next coach of Real Madrid. There are too many parameters: football programmes for multiple age groups across the country; a sporting culture to be inculcated; establishing playgrounds and facilities and finding coaches across the land; and money and other incentives, both long term and short term. [...]the World Cup, which was conceived like most other worldwide sporting events by France, as a platform to spread Liberte, egalite, Fraternite, has degenerated into a pageant show.
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ISSN:0012-9976