s of making a tangible difference, but walking away disillusioned, with their spirit crushed. ournaments in recent times, and some blame has to be attached to those taking to the turf. Last-placed Liechtenstein has lost all of its seven matches, being outscored 26-1. ’Gaining at least a point on Tuesday at Honduras is critical for the United States’ chances to qualify for an eighth straight World Cup. 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. Oltmans has been in India for a fairly long time, and the team’s performance in his last assignment – the European tour – was decent. Normally you have a process, and if you have that in place results will come. IRISH SETBACKJust four minutes into the game in Tbilisi, things looked bright for Ireland as Shane D. Yarmolenko opened the scoring in the 18th minute with his 30th international goal and added his seco. With chief selector MSK Prasad confirming a middle-order role for KL Rahul before the series, Rahane becomes Dhawan’s shoo-in.