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What's behind Lopetegui's fast start?

Historians variously attribute the saying "Give me a lucky general ahead of a good general" to Napoleon Bonaparte or General Eisenhower. And given the way the Internet distorts things, it'll no doubt eventually be quoted as having been initiated by Justin Bieber. But it's a phrase that Spanish FA president Angel Villar may be happily muttering to himself over a slice of tortilla and a little caña of beer today.

I guess you could still win a pub bet in most parts of the football world if you challenged a friend with the following questions: Who is Julen Lopetegui, and can you name any highlights of his career?