But the trend that started with him continues to this day — of foreign coaches coming with high hope. Later on, it was abandoned due to adverse weather conditions and postponed till Sunday. The result left Spain in control of Group G with 19 points, three more than Italy, with three games left in European qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts. A transfer didn’t happen for Mahrez and, with the winger unable to get to Zambia in time, Saturday’s qualifier didn’t go to plan for Algeria. He left his opponents further dazzled in the second half with an audacious waltz to draw Antonio Can. Both Italy and Spain had won all their group matches apart from a 1-1 draw against each other in Turin. “Just look at the nutmeg in the second half, he’s in the middle of two players and he does that, it shows he is a truly great player. That they all departed with unfinished business, and more than a few complaints, shows that the problem with Indian hockey may be organic in nature. Yarmolenko opened the scoring in the 18th minute with his 30th international goal and added his seco.