IRISH SETBACKJust four minutes into the game in Tbilisi, things looked bright for Ireland as Shane D. Their performances should be maturing and improving but our performances don’t reflect that. ’Two first-half strikes by Francisco “Isco” Alarcon helped Spain beat Italy 3-0 Saturday and move closer to securing a World Cup spot. “He had a magnificent game, just like the rest of his team mates,” Spain coach Julen Lopetegui said. The result ended a run of five successive draws and left them on 11 points, two behind Ireland, who they will play in their final qualifier in Cardiff, and four off leaders Serbia. take on Querrey knowing he is closing in on the top 20 for the first time in his career. The North Africans are one of three teams that represented Africa at the last World Cup which are highly unlikely to repeat in 2018. never begun a game for his country in a major tournament, but he set his home stadium alight with a formidable display as Spain grabbed Group G by the scruff of the neck. The core group of players that underachieved for most of the foreign coaches in the recent past has . And wasn’t it just over a year ago that Oltmans was being credited with guiding India to podium fini.