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Only George Raynor and Ernst Happel led the teams to the World Cup final as foreign coaches.
Moscow, Russia (EFE) –
Spanish Roberto Martínez Rewritten the history of Belgian football and, in Russia 2018 has the opportunity to become the first coach to win the World Cup with a country that is not his.
The Spanish coach, born in Balaguer and who will turn 45 on July 13, can join two myths such as the English George Raynor and the Austrian Ernst Happel the only two coaches who reached the final as "foreigners".
In fact, in the World Cup no foreign technician had come as far as Martinez with Belgium since the Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari put Portugal in the semifinals in Germany 2006.
The Portuguese team was found stranded in this round by falling to France for 0-1 with a goal by Zinedine Zidane penalty. Then he also lost in the fight for third place against Germany (1-3).
Raynor led the Swedish selection to Finale of the World Cup played in the Scandinavian country in 1958 and Happel did the same with Netherlands in Argentina 1978.
Roberto Martínez had a difficult start with Belgium in September 2016 when he fell clearly in his early days against Spain, where he also began his work Julen Lopetegui
He even had to listen to some of the fans remember the name of his predecessor and question him about the reason for his hiring. Methodical and convinced of his model, Bob Martinez as he was known in the Premier League redesigned the situation and made the Red Devils to the football elite
. You have one step left to enter the history books. To do this, the Iberian coach and his team have to overcome France and then reach what they could not Raynor and Happel .
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