But no player worth his salt and professional pride would like to be a serial bench-warmer. Isco got a standing ovation from the crowd when he was substituted in the final minutes. remained more or less similar, but Hockey India believes getting rid of the foreigner will somehow improve performance. quarter-finals before moving to Real, although he struggled to truly realise his enormous potential until last season. So what we try to do is tell the players that just go out there and express yourself and you will be. Just 10 minutes later, it was Gacinovic from the right who did the same for Kolarov to tap in from close range. Dutchman Roelant Oltmans, who was formally shown the door on Saturday — becoming the seventh foreign. That ensured a frenzied finish with another substitute Hal Robson-Kanu firing over when Bale was completely free in the area. Wilmots was brought in as coach after Ivory Coast, the defending champion, crashed out of the African Cup of Nations in Gabon in the first round at the beginning of the year. The Spaniard, chasing his second grand slam title of the year, was on the back foot early on but onc.