David Vidal: “No goalkeeper has been a good coach; Lopetegui is the exception ”

Julen Lopetegui has curdled an exceptional season in his first year at Sevilla that can still crown with something sounded in the Europa League, but it is true that he is an exception within a footballing reflection that veteran coach David Vidal has made, who in a Interview in Movistar has ensured that the Gipuzkoa coach and former Spanish coach have broken a rule that until now was strictly observed in football. “Lopetegui is an exception in the world of soccer. With all my respect towards the goalkeepers, no goalkeeper has ever been a good coach, “said the Galician in a relaxed talk about the world of the benches for the program 'The day after'.

David Vidal also reproaches Messi, who he says is his friend and who gave him a shirt signed by all the Barcelona players, because he says that the Argentine “is not behaving well with his teacher (Quique Setién)”.

The one who was coach of Rayo Vallecano, Cádiz, Logroñés … has just taken Racing de Murcia to the Third Division and will become the most veteran coach in Spain, about to turn 70 years old.