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Promising signs for Spain

Spain's first game under Julen Lopetegui, the start of a new era after eight years with Vicente Del Bosque, ended with Belgium's first defeat at the Heysel stadium in three years, but it was the "sensation" more than the "score" that the new manager said pleased him most.

And rightly so. This is an era that that begins with the seleccion no longer champions of anything for the first time since 2008, but with the hope that, who knows, they might become champions once again.

Time to calm down? Of course. Time to put this into context?