Macedonia beat Israel 1-0 in Haifa to damage the hosts’ chances of a playoff spot. th after clearing a defender with a neat cut back outside the area before sending a low shot into the corner. Coleman made an equally crucial substitution at halftime, bringing on Andy King to snuff out the thr. The match was dragging along and while the 23,000 day session spectators enjoyed the match, there were 23,000 waiting outside in the rain for the night session to start. And it probably won’t sink in for a long time. With just one match remaining, at R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday, Rahane is the only one not to get a game yet. This does not portray a promising picture of Hockey India’s vision. Algeria is eight points behind runaway group leader Nigeria with three games remaining in qualifying. After the World League we all were very disappointed so we clearly changed a couple of things in our approach and the boys adapted fantastically to that. “We saw some great talent out there,” Lowe said.