Fernando Hierro – Spain’s emergency manager with a pastoral touch | Sid Lowe

Hierro’s former players at Oviedo have no doubt that despite his limited experience as a coach he is the right man for the jobThe message arrived very late on the night Spain played their opening match against Portugal, so Miguel Linares did not see it until the following morning. When he looked at his phone, he says he could hardly believe it: it was from the national team manager, Fernando Hierro.The day before Linares had announced that, out of contract at 35, he was leaving second divi