Gerard Pique threatens to retire from Spain's national team if anyone deems his support for Catalonian independence disruptive. How long ago it must seem to Julen Lopetegui since his Spain side tore Italy to shreds and left themselves not only on the threshold of World Cup qualification, but in a tight group of two or three teams capable of winning in Russia next summer. Lopetegui, whose own playing career was packed full of thorny and damaging experiences, is not a frivolous man. The Spain coach will unquestionably already have been viewing La Roja's impending home match with Albania and then the testing trip to Israel...
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