France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. They also got 40 million euros each returned under the deal. Ultimately, though, it is up to the federation to get a coach as per their requirements. Matic’s involvement was rewarded with a man of the match award on debut. “Btw … I wish you a speedy recovery… we have a lot of work ahead of us,” he added. “It would be something very special to win here _ also given the anniversary _ but it would be a bad sign if we were only to try hard here and not anywhere else. The house has never been on the market,” he said, adding that Neymar was renting it. With Delhi underachieving over the last few years and coach KP Bhaskar and veteran batsman Gautam Gambhir having a fractious relationship, his assignment was not easy. Over 228 million Euros were spent on deadline day itself, with the total expenditure during the transfer period crossing the 1. Denmark stays in third place, level on points with Montenegro which earlier won 3-0 in Kazakhstan.