But the 25-year-old’s recent performances for Real Madrid, helping them to win La Liga and the. 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. The half ended with the Spanish fans chanting “Ole, ole” as their team overwhelmed Italy. Gareth Bale also went close with a left-foot shot to ignite a crowd desperate to see a rerun of Wales’ Euro 2016 heroics. captain Michael Bradley said after the stunning 2-0 loss to Costa Rica at Harrison, New Jersey. Isco got the better of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon from a free kick early in the game, then ou. It all added up to a straightforward 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victory over 31st-seeded Feliciano Lopez in the t. Open champions Roger Federer and world number one Rafa Nadal, Thiem has stayed out of the spotlight . He was very intelligent and smart as a coach because he recognised baseline is good, but I don’. from Max Gradel and two from Seydou Doumbia taking Ivory Coast back to the top of Group C ahead of Morocco.