Normally you have a process, and if you have that in place results will come. A transfer didn’t happen for Mahrez and, with the winger unable to get to Zambia in time, Saturday’s qualifier didn’t go to plan for Algeria. “I threw everything into the game at 4-5, and luckily it worked out, and I think this was also. Open began, the idea that a German man named Zverev would be in the last 16 would barely have raised an eyebrow. his season but he seized his moment spectacularly, collecting the ball outside the area, taking one touch and sending a low curling right-foot shot just inside the post after 74 minutes. A different coach can bring different playing style and that may confuse the players initially. After the World League we all were very disappointed so we clearly changed a couple of things in our approach and the boys adapted fantastically to that. Ireland coach Martin O’Neill had warned about “some exceptionally good talent” in Georgia’s team and the draw appeared to prove him right. Macedonia, second-to-last in the group, got the winner with a goal by Goran Pandev midway through the second half. He is one of India’s best all-round fielders and a terrific runner between the wickets.