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. We also analyzed our performances at Azlan Shah, the three-nations after that and World League semifinals where we finished sixth out of 10. Despite that, our performances were still inconsistent. “It was incredible to see a player as good as Isco up in the flesh, he’s a great player and he did very important things tonight,” said losing coach Ventura. In short, the quality of the foreign coaches/technical/directors/advisors is not to blame. So, if “the performance of the team has not been consistent or up to the desired levels”, as the Hoc. o was thrown on by manager Chris Coleman in the second half as Wales struggled to secure the victory essential to keeping their hopes of qualifying alive. Spain beat Italy 3-0 to close in on World Cup spot. He averaged 62 errors in each of those outings, against 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe and 35-year-old Russian Mikhail Youzhny. He was very intelligent and smart as a coach because he recognised baseline is good, but I don’.