FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group E - Sevilla v Stade Rennes - Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville, Spain - October 28, 2020 Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui during the match REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo
KRASNODAR, Russia (Reuters) - Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui said he was not thinking about his shock sacking as Spain coach on the eve of the last World Cup after arriving in Russia ahead of his side's Champions League Group E clash against Krasnodar on Tuesday.
The Krasnodar stadium and training base was the scene of what Lopetegui would later call the worst day of his life, when he was dismissed two days before Spain's World Cup opener against Portugal due to negotiating a move to Real Madrid.
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