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. GROUP CMarc Wilmots led Ivory Coast to a 3-0 win in Gabon in his first competitive match in charge. I can only say that at least from the area where I come from, not too many people will be keen. ”Spain’s all-time top scorer David Villa briefly took the adoring crowd’s attentio. Gareth Bale also went close with a left-foot shot to ignite a crowd desperate to see a rerun of Wales’ Euro 2016 heroics. Panama is likely to win Tuesday at Trinidad, and a loss at Honduras would drop the U. Algeria is eight points behind runaway group leader Nigeria with three games remaining in qualifying. , Honduras closes at Costa Rica and at home against Mexico, while Panama hosts Mexico in its finale next month. Finland earned just a single point from the previous six qualifiers _ a draw against Kosovo _ while . Aleksandar Mitrovic finished the scoring for Serbia nine minutes from time.