He was very intelligent and smart as a coach because he recognised baseline is good, but I don’. ’High performance director David John was named interim coach following the pink slip issued to Roelant Oltmans. With three more games to play, Serbia lead with 15 points. Despite trailing leaders Croatia and Iceland by two points before the match on Saturday, Ukraine tops the group after Finland beat Iceland 1-0. his season but he seized his moment spectacularly, collecting the ball outside the area, taking one touch and sending a low curling right-foot shot just inside the post after 74 minutes. Only the five group winners qualify for the World Cup. o perform a detailed assessment of all the senior core probables, with those that have reached their peak performance to make way for younger talent,” the release adds, a routine task for selectors which could have been done with the same coach at the helm. We want a coach who can get us results, podium finishes. The questionsrevolved around last 12 months, going back to the Olympic Games and performances. But Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup _ for the first time since 2002 _ were damaged a half-hour later when Valeri Qazaishvili equalized from close range.