er to be found wanting — had seemingly cracked the code, staying in India for four-and-a-half years, as either chief men’s coach, or high performance director, or both. “I think,” Lopez said, “he’s OK. Getting a big-name foreign coach and sacking him after a few poor results would prompt others to think twice about coming to India and would be akin to papering over the cracks. Despite trailing leaders Croatia and Iceland by two points before the match on Saturday, Ukraine top. Well, the team is going forward already and will continue to progress. During an interview with this paper on Friday, Shastri called Rahane’s situation a “happy headache”. “I didn’t expect that coming into today, but racing is full of surprises and you never know what will happen,” Stroll said. All of them came with great fanfare and were touted as having the perfect credentials for the job. The Ivorians eased some of those bad memories on their return to the country, with second-half goals. African champion Cameroon and Ghana are also way off the pace in their groups.