The former captain could be criticised for being harsh on a class-act, who only a few months previou. #8217;s top-ranked team a few years ago _ with little hope of making it to Russia next year. “It’s all still in our hands, and we’re ready to go down to the wire to get ourselves into the World Cup,” Bradley said. Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts as Mannarino took early control at 5-3. Looming further down the road is a possible semifinal matchup against No. He was very intelligent and smart as a coach because he recognised baseline is good, but I don’. Mexico clinched one of the three berths from North and Central America and the Caribbean on Friday night, and Costa Rica is close to securing another. Despite trailing leaders Croatia and Iceland by two points before the match on Saturday, Ukraine tops the group after Finland beat Iceland 1-0. The main reason, according to them, is you are defensive in targets and team’s performances are inconsistent. I congratulate him and I wanted to jump up and applaud him because I love to see technique like that.