Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts. The core group of players that underachieved for most of the foreign coaches in the recent past has . Teams that already clinched often experiment with young players in their final qualifiers. The result left Spain in control of Group G with 19 points, three more than Italy, with three games left in European qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Just 10 minutes later, it was Gacinovic from the right who did the same for Kolarov to tap in from close range. “I didn’t expect that coming into today, but racing is full of surprises and you never know what will happen,” Stroll said. never begun a game for his country in a major tournament, but he set his home stadium alight with a formidable display as Spain grabbed Group G by the scruff of the neck. 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 Spaniard went on to win seven successive points to set up three set points and on the third, he levelled the contest with a jaw-dropping dipping passing shot. Despite trailing leaders Croatia and Iceland by two points before the match on Saturday, Ukraine top.